In Victorian England, orphaned siblings Joe and Annie escape from the abusive farmer they work for and try to survive in Manchester, with help from a friendly tramp, a mysterious dog-woman, and a renegade printer.
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Wolf
Cassy is forced to stay with her mother in a squatter’s settlement of artists, where she joins the group in producing an educational program about wolves and inadvertently learns that her missing father is a notorious terrorist.
I Will Never Not Ever Eat A Tomato
A fussy eater decides to sample the carrots after her brother convinces her that they are really orange twiglets from Jupiter.
Pig Tale
When they find a treasure chest in the orchard, two discontented pigs abandon their rural paradise for what they think will be the pleasures of a more luxurious life.
I Want My Tooth
The Little Princess takes good care of her teeth, and loves every one of them, but one begins to wobble and doesn’t stop until it disappears, prompting a search for the missing tooth.
A Pipkin Of Pepper
While making pumpkin soup, three friends discover they have no salt and go to the city to buy some, but Duck stops to look at a pepper shop, then fears he will never see his friends again.
The 7 Professors Of The Far North
Eleven-year-old Sam and his new friends, brother and sister Ben and Zara, set off for the Arctic to try and rescue the siblings’ great-uncle and five other professors from the mad scientist holding them prisoner.
Dizzy: A Novel
After an eight-year absence, Dizzy’s ‘New Age traveler’ mother suddenly shows up on her twelfth birthday and whisks her away to a series of festivals throughout Scotland in her rattletrap van.
Utterly Me, Clarice Bean
When someone steals the winner’s trophy for the school book project, Clarice emulates her favorite book heroine, Ruby Redfort the detective.
The Secret Country
Having learned from a talking cat that he and his sisters are the half-elfin royalty of a parallel world called Eidolon, twelve-year old Ben Arnold attempts to stop his evil uncle from smuggling magical creatures between the two worlds.