Eva Ibbotson
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Anna, a young Russian countess forced to flee to England with her governess during the Russian Revolution, conceals her past in order to gain a much-needed job as a maid in the Westerholme household, where the growing attraction between her and Rupert, the handsome Earl of Westerholme, makes it difficult for her to keep her secret, and endangers his plans to marry for money.
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Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2013.
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A century after a yeti captures Lady Agatha Farlingham and takes her to a hidden valley to raise his motherless children, tourism threatens their peaceful existence and young Con and Ellen take these educated and civilized yetis across Europe to Lady Agatha's home in England.
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Penguin Young Readers Group
Pub. Date
2011
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Ivo the orphan, together with the Hag of Dribble, Ulf the Troll, and Brian the Wizard, sets out to save Princess Mirella from the dreaded Ogre of Oglefort. But when the rescuers arrive at the castle, they are shocked to find that the princess doesn't want to be saved; she wants the ogre to turn her into a bird so she can escape an arranged marriage. And the Ogre isn't nearly the fearsome creature he once was—in fact, he's rather depressed. Now the...
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Penguin Young Readers Group
Pub. Date
2009
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At first Tally doesn’t want to go to the boarding school called Delderton. But she soon discovers that it is a wonderful place where freedom and selfexpression are valued. Tally organizes a ragtag dance troupe so the school can participate in an international folk dancing festival in Bergania in the summer of 1939. There she befriends Karil, the crown prince, who would love nothing more than to have ordinary friends and attend a school like...
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Nudged Children's Audiobooks
Pub. Date
2015
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Under Platform 13 at Kings Cross Station there is a secret door... It appears only once every nine years. When it opens, four mysterious figures step into the streets of London. A wizard, an ogre, a fey and a young hag have come to find the prince of their kingdom, stolen as a baby nine years before. But the prince has become a horrible rich boy called Raymond Trottle who is determined not to be rescued.
7) Which Witch?
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Nudged Children's Audiobooks
Pub. Date
2015
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Arriman has decided to marry. His wife must be a witch of the darkest powers... To find the most fiendish, he holds a spell-casting competition. Glamorous Olympia performs the Symphony of Death and conjures up a thousand plague-bearing rats. The magic of gentle Belladonna, the white witch, goes hopelessly wrong. She produces perfumed flowers instead of snakes. Bats roost in her hair instead of becoming blood-sucking vampires. Belladonna longs to be...
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Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2021
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Return to the magical world of Platform 13 in Sibéal Pounder's new novel inspired by Eva Ibbotson's classic, The Secret of Platform 13!
"That's the thing about magic — it's only real if you believe in it."
The Island of Mist is under siege and Prince Ben and his best friend Odge Gribble — a hag — are in hiding. Desperate to find out why the island's protective mist is disappearing, Odge travels through an enchanted...
"That's the thing about magic — it's only real if you believe in it."
The Island of Mist is under siege and Prince Ben and his best friend Odge Gribble — a hag — are in hiding. Desperate to find out why the island's protective mist is disappearing, Odge travels through an enchanted...