This final book in the trilogy begun in The Breadwinner and Parvana’s Journey paints a devastating portrait of life in refugee camps and shows the resourcefulness of children who endure great suffering there.
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Gideon The Cutpurse : Being The First Part Of The Gideon Trilogy
Ignored by his father and sent to Derbyshire for the weekend, twelve-year-old Peter and his new friend, Kate, are accidentally transported back in time to 1763 England where they are befriended by a reformed cutpurse.
The Ghost Horse Of Meadow Green
Kim is new to the area and looking forward to the day her ill grandmother comes to live with her family, but when life with her grandmother turns out to be different than she had expected, her interest shifts to a beautiful black horse.
The Girl And The Elephant
A girl becomes good friends with the elephant she visits at the zoo, and when he returns to Africa, she wonders if she will ever see him again.
Bilby Moon
After watching the moon get smaller and smaller, Little Bilby goes on a quest searching for the missing pieces of the moon, asking everyone she meets for their help.
Superteam
The new soccer season is here, and Harvey has spent his entire life savings on a pair of Armadillo Aces– the best cleats money can buy! Everything seems great until Professor Gertie accidentally destroys the cleats while testing her newest invention
Little Pear And His Friends
Six-year-old Little Pear has many adventures with Big Head and his other friends in his village in China.
Flour Babies
When his class of underachievers is assigned to spend three torturous weeks taking care of their own ‘babies’ in the form of bags of flour, Simon makes amazing discoveries about himself while coming to terms with his long-absent father.
Naming Maya
When Maya accompanies her mother to India to sell her grandfather’s house, she uncovers family history relating to her parents’ divorce and learns more about herself and her relationship with her mother.
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The Fisherman And The Goldfish
A fisherman returns a magic goldfish to the ocean so is granted a wish, but his greedy wife makes him ask for better things several times until they are back to the poor state they began with.