Region: Wales (UK)

Materials from Wales (UK)

The Real Plato Jones

By Book Importer | Published: October 1, 2009

Thirteen-year-old Plato Jones comes to terms with his mixed heritage when he visits Greece and finds out about his Welsh grandfather, a World War II hero, and his Greek grandfather, who is rumored to have been a traitor.

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Baby Baby Blah Blah Blah!

By Book Importer | Published: October 1, 2009

When her parents tell Emily that they are going to have a baby, she makes a list of the pros and cons of what is to come, which includes everyone saying baby this and baby that and baby blah blah blah when it arrives.

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Griffin’s Castle

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

Lonely and friendless from constantly moving, Dinah finds herself wishing the animal statues protecting a nearby Welsh castle would keep her company. Suddenly, to Dinah’s delight, the stone animals start to magically spring from the walls and follow her home. But when the animals refuse to let Dinah leave her house, she quickly realizes that [...]

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Ibby’s Magic Weekend

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

When straight-arrow Ibby visits her two troublemaking cousins in their chaotic country house, she learns of an old box of magic tricks they found hidden in the attic. Ibby thinks magic is nothing but sleight of hand until her cousin Francis shrinks to the size of her thumb! The trio gets into all sorts of [...]

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Lost Boy

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

New house, new school, new friends–but Matt Lanchester knows it won’t all be that easy when he moves to the town of Hay-on-Wye. Almost as soon as he arrives, he is drawn into a mystery when he sees a roadside memorial marked by a little wooden cross with the initials M.L. carved into it. His [...]

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Ian Penney’s Abc

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

Young readers have fun learning their ABCs by finding the objects beginning with the letter for each page. Colorful borders on each page show the entire alphabet.

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Breakfast At Sadie’s

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: June 22, 2007

When thirteen-year-old Sadie finds her mother’s note saying she has to “get away for awhile,” Sadie is left to manage a bed and breakfast in the Welsh countryside by herself, while at the same time trying to cover her mother’s absence.

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The Broken Bridge

By Kathy G. Short | Published: March 14, 2007

Over the course of a summer in Wales, sixteen-year-old Ginny, the artist daughter of an English father and a Haitian mother, learns that she has a half-brother from her father’s earlier marriage, and that her own mother may still be alive.

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Hello, Twins

By Kathy G. Short | Published: March 14, 2007

Although twins Charlotte and Simon do everything differently and do not look alike, they still share a special bond.

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The Owl Service

By Kathy G. Short | Published: March 14, 2007

During a summer vacation in a secluded Welsh valley, three young people find themselves driven by the spirits of three mythical lovers to reenact an ancient tragedy.

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