Rooftoppers

Author: Katherine Rundell
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1442490586
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 288

Book Description
When authorities threaten to take 12-year-old Sophie away from Charles, who has been her guardian since she was one and both survived a shipwreck, the pair goes to Paris to find Sophie's mother, and they are aided by Matteo and his band of "rooftoppers."

Skysteppers

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Publisher:
ISBN: 9781526630452
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :

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Cartwheeling in Thunderstorms

Author: Katherine Rundell
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1442490632
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 272

Book Description
Even a life on the untamed plains of Africa can’t prepare Wilhelmina for the wilds of an English boarding school in this “gripping, magical, and heartwarming tale of resilience, friendship, and hope” (Publishers Weekly, starred review). Wilhelmina Silver’s world is golden. Living half-wild on an African farm with her horse, her monkey, and her best friend, every day is beautiful. But when her home is sold and Will is sent away to boarding school in England, the world becomes impossibly difficult. Lions and hyenas are nothing compared to packs of vicious schoolgirls. Where can a girl run to in London? And will she have the courage to survive? From the author of Rooftoppers, which Booklist called “a glorious adventure,” comes an utterly beautiful story that’s “a treasure of a book” (VOYA).

ROOFTOPPERS

Author: NARAYAN CHANGDER
Publisher: CHANGDER OUTLINE
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 19

Book Description
THE ROOFTOPPERS MCQ (MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS) SERVES AS A VALUABLE RESOURCE FOR INDIVIDUALS AIMING TO DEEPEN THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF VARIOUS COMPETITIVE EXAMS, CLASS TESTS, QUIZ COMPETITIONS, AND SIMILAR ASSESSMENTS. WITH ITS EXTENSIVE COLLECTION OF MCQS, THIS BOOK EMPOWERS YOU TO ASSESS YOUR GRASP OF THE SUBJECT MATTER AND YOUR PROFICIENCY LEVEL. BY ENGAGING WITH THESE MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS, YOU CAN IMPROVE YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF THE SUBJECT, IDENTIFY AREAS FOR IMPROVEMENT, AND LAY A SOLID FOUNDATION. DIVE INTO THE ROOFTOPPERS MCQ TO EXPAND YOUR ROOFTOPPERS KNOWLEDGE AND EXCEL IN QUIZ COMPETITIONS, ACADEMIC STUDIES, OR PROFESSIONAL ENDEAVORS. THE ANSWERS TO THE QUESTIONS ARE PROVIDED AT THE END OF EACH PAGE, MAKING IT EASY FOR PARTICIPANTS TO VERIFY THEIR ANSWERS AND PREPARE EFFECTIVELY.

The Explorer

Author: Katherine Rundell
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1481419455
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 336

Book Description
From the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award-winning author of Cartwheeling in Thunderstorms comes an exciting new novel about a group of kids who must survive in the Amazon after their plane crashes. 5 1/2 x 8 5/16.

The Tree Climber’s Guide

Author: Jack Cooke
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0008153922
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 304

Book Description
‘After I finished this book I alarmed my family by going into the garden and climbing the apple tree.’ – Damian Whitworth, The Times

The Good Thieves

Author: Katherine Rundell
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1481419501
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 272

Book Description
“A dazzling tale of wild hope, lingering grief, admirable self-sufficiency, and intergenerational adoration.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review) “Vita tests her own limits, and readers will thrill at her cleverness, tenacity, and close escapes.” —Booklist “A satisfying adventure.” —Kirkus Reviews From award-winning author Katherine Rundell comes a fast-paced and utterly thrilling adventure driven by the loyalty and love between a grandfather and his granddaughter. When Vita’s grandfather’s mansion is taken from him by a powerful real estate tycoon, Vita knows it’s up to her to make things right. With the help of a pickpocket and her new circus friends, Vita creates the plan: Break into the mansion. Steal back what’s rightfully her grandfather’s. Expose the real estate tycoon for the crook he truly is. But 1920s Manhattan is ever-changing and full of secrets. It might take more than Vita’s ragtag gang of misfits to outsmart the city that never sleeps. Award-winning author Katherine Rundell has created an utterly gripping tour de-force about loyalty, trust, and the lengths to which we’ll go for the ones we love.

The Wolf Wilder

Author: Katherine Rundell
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 1481419439
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 256

Book Description
“Fairy tale and history merge seamlessly” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) in this enchanting and lyrical novel about love and resilience from the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award winner, Katherine Rundell. Feo’s life is extraordinary. Her mother trains domesticated wolves to be able to fend for themselves in the snowy wilderness of Russia, and Feo is following in her footsteps to become a wolf wilder. She loves taking care of the wolves, especially the three who stay at the house because they refuse to leave Feo, even though they’ve already been wilded. But not everyone is enamored with the wolves, or with the fact that Feo and her mother are turning them wild. And when her mother is taken captive, Feo must travel through the cold, harsh woods to save her—and learn from her wolves how to survive.

Lizzy and the Cloud

Author: Eric Fan
Publisher:
ISBN: 0711275920
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 53

Book Description
The next title from award-winning due The Fan Brothers is a modern fable about a child learning that if you love something, sometimes you have to set it free.

Why You Should Read Children's Books, Even Though You are So Old and Wise

Author: Katherine Rundell
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1526610078
Category : Children's stories
Languages : en
Pages : 83

Book Description
_______________A pocket-sized, unmissable essay on the importance of children's literature by the bestselling and award-winning author, Katherine Rundell._______________'It's a very short book but it packs a real punch... A real delight' - Financial Times'Rundell is the real deal, a writer of boundless gifts and extraordinary imaginative power whose novels will be read, cherished and reread long after most so-called "serious" novels are forgotten' - Observer'Rundell's pen is gold-tipped' - Sunday Times_______________Katherine Rundell - Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, and prize-winning author of five novels for children - explores how children's books ignite, and can re-ignite, the imagination; how children's fiction, with its unabashed emotion and playfulness, can awaken old hungers and create new perspectives on the world. This delightful and persuasive essay is for adult readers.