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The Amulet of Samarkand

The Bartimaeus Trilogy, Book One

by Stroud, Jonathan

Nathaniel, a magician's apprentice, summons up the djinni Bartimaeus and instructs him to steal the Amulet of Samarkand from the powerful magician Simon Lovela...

Lyra's Oxford

by Pullman, Philip

Lyra and Pantalaimon (now a pine-marten) are back at Oxford. But their peace is shattered by Ragi, the daemon of the witch Yelena, who is searching for a heali...

Bridges

From My Side to Yours

by Adkins, Jan

A look at bridges throughout history, from simple arrangements of stepping stones, to famous landmarks such as London Bridge, to marvels of engineering such as...

The Kite Rider

by McCaughrean, Geraldine

In thirteenth-century China, after trying to save his widowed mother from a horrendous second marriage, twelve-year-old Haoyou has life-changing adventures whe...

Counting Stars

by Almond, David

In a series of interconnected stories, a boy describes his life growing up in the English urban district of Felling.

Houdini

Master of Illusion

by Cox, Clinton

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Running Back to Ludie

by Johnson, Angela

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The Boy in the Burning House

by Wynne-Jones, Tim

Trying to solve the mystery of his father's disappearance from their rural Canadian community, fourteen-year-old Jim gets help from the disturbed Ruth Rose, wh...