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A second wonderful collection of Just William stories, selected and read by Martin Jarvis. Richmal Crompton’s stories featuring irrepressible schoolboy William Brown have been firm favourites with both young and old for decades. Perpetually scruffy, mud-stained and mischievous, he is a lovable scamp whose pranks usually end in disaster - for his harassed elders at least. With friends Ginger, Douglas and Henry (the Outlaws) and the angelic thorn in his side, the lisping Violet Elizabeth Bott, William has rightly joined the literary and radio immortals.

William Golding's classic novel of primitive savagery and survival is one of the most vividly realized and riveting works in modern fiction. The tale begins after a plane wreck deposits a group of English school boys, aged six to twelve on an isolated tropical island. Their struggle to survive...

Joshua lives with his mother and step-father in Amarias, an isolated town, where all the houses are brand new. Amarias is surrounded by a high wall, guarded by soldiers, which can only be crossed through a heavily fortified checkpoint. Joshua has been taught that the Wall is the only thing keeping his people safe from a brutal and unforgiving enemy. One day, Joshua stumbles across a tunnel that leads underneath the Wall. The chance to catch a glimpse of life on the other side of The Wall is too tempting to resist. He's heard plenty of stories about the other side, but nothing has prepared him for what he finds…

The price of a crown is high. It may even cost his life... Though peace has settled over Alamore, dangers are far from gone. The arrival of a messenger brings with it the promise of war as Shadow Dale calls for help. Will and his friends finds themselves riding for battle. But Will is certain that things are not all that they appear.

Whispers of war, cryptic warnings, and new dangers await... Plunging into the second year of training as a squire, everything is looking up for Will. He gets to train with his best friends, work a new mentor, and learn to become a knight of Alamore. Though the war of the winter is a raw memory, Will is doing his best to push the secrets he's uncovered about who he truly is to the back of his mind. As long as he never speaks of his relation to King Tollien, he hopes he will never have to consider its consequences.

A Canadian teenager travels to China to explore her ancestry and search for her birth mother in a dramatic and moving YA novel. Throwaway Daughter tells the story of Grace Dong-mei Parker, whose biggest concern is how to distill her adoption from China into the neat blanks of her personal...

Minisc Premier has never wanted to be like his father. Most kids would kill to have the Hero of Light, the most famous Elementalist in history, as their dad. Minisc hates the pressure, though, and wants only to bring his mother’s dying wish to life: unity and peace between humans and Elementalists, the recently evolved species capable of controlling and wielding elements such as light, fire, and water. But peace doesn’t come easy. With the Hero of Light out of the picture and tensions rising, Minisc is forced into a role he never asked for.

Taught to kill without question, Emma is tasked by her demanding headmaster with going undercover at Grover Cleveland High School. There, she must do the seemingly impossible—truly become a better person in order to win the trust of Grover Cleveland's most virtuous student, Susie Robinson, and help Susie gain the affections of her crush, Brayden. Susie is a straight-A teacher's pet, naturally suspicious of the manipulative and deceitful Emma, and the one person standing between the success or failure of Emma's mission to assassinate an international political figure.

Plunged into preparations to take his father’s throne, Prince Paradon is torn between the duty of his birth and his want to avoid the shackles of power. Even as the country prepares to celebrate, Paradon can feel an unrest brewing within the walls of the castle. Unsure of who he can trust, where to turn, Paradon is thrown into dangers he could never have foreseen as he uncovers the truth of his father’s death.

When college student Kaylah Rhodes begins experiencing unexplained blood and memory loss, she suspects that she is the unwitting victim of a vampire. But meeting the vampire William Moore was nothing like what Kaylah expected. He is shy, socially awkward, and seems surprisingly normal for someone who drinks blood to survive

It was a simple plan. She would help him pass algebra. He would help her win the student election. What could go wrong? Take one geeky 16-year-old girl deathly afraid of speaking to any crowd larger than one, but who desperately needs something on her application other than perfect grades to get her into Stanford. Add in a star basketball player who's Mr. Popular to everyone else, but who's hiding more than a few startling secrets. Throw in a crisis of identity, a scheming girlfriend, and troubled family lives.

In the vast and mystical lands of Alterra, angels—rare supernatural beings born through a profound bond called unity with humans—are whispered of in legends. For 17-year-old Noah, unity with an angel was the last thing on his mind. Content as a small-time mercenary in the quiet village of Berrios, his life is upended when the mighty nation of Engvall, a dominant force in Alterra, demands his service in their army.

In his final year of training as a squire, it seems nothing can go wrong for Laster. He's trained for six years to become a knight of Alamore and make his father proud. Now only three months separate him and the moment he's dreamed of for years. But his perfect image of knighthood is shattered by a single deadly ride. Captured by the Prince of a rival Kingdom, Laster must face a reality that he may not live to become a knight. And if he is to live—it means making a deal with the enemy.

Minisc Premier has never wanted to be like his father. Most kids would kill to have the Hero of Light, the most famous Elementalist in history, as their dad. Minisc hates the pressure though, and wants only to bring his mother’s dying wish to life: Unity and peace between humans and Elementalists, the recently evolved species capable of controlling and wielding elements such as light, fire, and water. With Minisc Lily and Jules still reeling from the tragedies that befell everyone at the Tournament of Elements, fractures begin to form.

A first-hand account of the fall of Lucifer, the creation of the world Earth and its inhabitants as told by the unwilling demon Orsolyk Sixdoom.

This spiritual fable intends to make us reflect on our own life, the things we put our security in, the values we live by, the dreams we have set aside as wishful thinking. It makes us look at the community around us, the connections we have. Through the life of a dog who’s left on the side of the road, abandoned by his owner. He then comes across a wolf, that tells him to go on a journey to find his true identity and who his creator really is.