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Author
Series
Bartimaeus trilogy volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Nathaniel, a magician's apprentice, summons up the djinni Bartimaeus and instructs him to steal the Amulet of Samarkand from the powerful magician Simon Lovelace.
Author
Publisher
New York Review of Books
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
When Peter, an eight-year-old London boy with neglectful parents and a distant nanny, is transformed into a cat after rescuing a stray, Jennie, from being hit by a car, Jennie takes care of him despite her contempt for humans.
Author
Series
The Bolds volume 2
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
"The Bolds are a family of hyenas living as humans in a suburban house. But now their kindness to animal waifs and strays has become legendary, and more and more animals keep turning up to stay!"--
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
When lonely, ten-year-old Hal learns that his wealthy but neglectful parents only rented Fleck, the dog he always wanted, he and new friend Pippa take Fleck and four other dogs from the rental agency on a trek from London to Scotland, where Hal's grandparents live.
9) Mimi
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Language
English
Formats
Description
Mimi is determined not to give up on anyone or anything, but since Mammy died, her father never smiles, her sister Sally is in a bad mood, brother Conor keeps to himself, and even Sparkler the dog does not want to go for walks.
11) Mary Poppins
Author
Series
Mary Poppins series volume 1
Language
English
Description
An extraordinary English nanny blows in on the East Wind with her parrot-headed umbrella and magic carpetbag and introduces her charges, Jane and Michael, to some delightful people and experiences.
12) Artemis Fowl
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
When a twelve-year-old evil genius tries to restore his family fortune by capturing a fairy and demanding a ransom in gold, the fairies fight back with magic, technology, and a particularly nasty troll.
13) Harriet's hare
Author
Publisher
Crown Publishers
Pub. Date
[1995]
Language
English
Description
A young girl's life with her father on their farm in England is changed when she befriends a talking hare that is really a shape-changing alien.
14) The golem's eye
Author
Series
Bartimaeus trilogy volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
In their continuing adventures, magician's apprentice Nathaniel, now fourteen years old, and the djinni Bartimaeus travel to Prague to locate the source of a golem's power before it destroys London.
Author
Series
Dark is rising sequence volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
On his eleventh birthday, Will Stanton discovers that he is the last of the Old Ones, destined to seek the six magical Signs that will enable the Old Ones to triumph over the evil forces of the Dark.
17) Brave Emily
Author
Publisher
Pleasant Company Publications
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
When Emily Bennett comes to stay with Molly's family to escape the bombings of London, she learns the true value of friendship and how brave she really is when she makes a big mistake and must rely on Molly for help.
Author
Series
Planet Omar volume 1
Publisher
Putnam/G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Imaginative Omar goes through the ups and downs of starting a new school and making new friends with the help of his wonderful (and silly) Muslim family"--
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