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A class outing to a botanical garden goes horribly wrong; a vampire survives the zombiepocalypse in the Mother City; a woman confronts a child's ghost in an empty house-these are but a few of Nerine Dorman's stories that have drifted between the cracks and lodged themselves in dusty corners. Step closer and take a seat. There's a warm fire, and the wind is rattling the windowpanes. Stay a while; let me whisper in your ear. Dream.
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"From the two-time NBCC Finalist, a fiercely imaginative novel about a family's summer road trip across America--a journey that, with breathtaking imagery, spare lyricism, and profound humanity, probes the nature of justice and equality in America today. A mother and father set out with their kids from New York to Arizona. In their used Volvo--and with their ten-year-old son trying out his new Polaroid camera--the family is heading for the Apacheria:...
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Brotherly Havoc:Brother against brother…Love becomes deadly…Propelled by animosity and envy, brothers Kimnor and David battle for their father's favor. Kimnor chooses reckless abandon. David prefers obedience to orders.Kimnor joins secret organization on direct opposition to his family …David thinks the arguments have ended…Until he learns of his brother's order to kill him.Betrayed TrustKindness …Deceit …Terror.All Erzi wants is to live...
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First published in 1974 as A Circle of Children this is the first of four books from learning disabilities specialist Mary MacCracken. This is a book about children so emotionally disturbed they cannot fit into society; it is also the story of a woman whose involvement with these children changed the shape of their lives forever. When Mary MacCracken joined a school for emotionally disturbed children as a volunteer, she quickly found herself rocked...
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First published in 1974 as A Circle of Children this is the first of four books from learning disabilities specialist Mary MacCracken. This is a book about children so emotionally disturbed they cannot fit into society; it is also the story of a woman whose involvement with these children changed the shape of their lives forever. When Mary MacCracken joined a school for emotionally disturbed children as a volunteer, she quickly found herself rocked...
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""The best kind of story-one that will both break your heart and scare the hell out of you." -Jennifer McMahon, New York Times bestselling author for They Drown Our Daughters ONCE SHE HAS HER GRIP ON YOU, SHE'LL NEVER LET YOU GO. At four months old, Olivia Dahl was almost murdered. Driven by haunting visions, her mother became obsessed with the idea that Olivia was a changeling, and that the only way to get her real baby back was to make a trade with...
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As Lena and the others explore their powers and try to figure out who and what they are, they make a frightening discovery. Those who know the answers to their questions are hunting them. And if they find them, these super humans may not survive.
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Lena, Flint and their unique family have discovered what created their extrasensory abilities and hidden memories. When a new opportunity arises to give them answers to a past they...
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First published in 1974 as A Circle of Children this is the first of four books from learning disabilities specialist Mary MacCracken. This is a book about children so emotionally disturbed they cannot fit into society; it is also the story of a woman whose involvement with these children changed the shape of their lives forever. When Mary MacCracken joined a school for emotionally disturbed children as a volunteer, she quickly found herself rocked...
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Matilda Darke is back... APRIL 2020: LOCKDOWN DI Brady has been tracing victims of systemic abuse at a local children's home after a high-profile accusation pitched it into the spotlight – a case that couldn't be more personal. As Matilda and her team piece together the disturbing picture of the history of the home, it soon becomes clear that this is much bigger than they ever suspected. But nothing prepares them for what they uncover next... The...
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Stargirl The Lost Children volume 1
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An epic teenage-DC-hero event brought to you by Teen Titans writer Geoff Johns and iconic Young Justice illustrator Todd Nauck! When Stargirl of the Justice Society and Green Arrow's ally Red Arrow discover a tragic teenage hero from the past has gone missing, they set out to find him...only to discover he's not the first teenage hero of the Golden Age to have vanished without a trace. But where have they gone? Who are they? And what does the Childminder...
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Lost Children of the ProphetAbducted as children.Sold into new lives…Brother and sister struggle…Nat is a slave. Ziva is a beloved daughter, purchased to replace a lost child. Her despicable master lusts for her. Her rejection sets off a devastating chain of events that could send Nat to the mines and ruin her adopted father.Can they avoid the trap?Will Ziva escape the clutches of the wicked master?Captured FreedomSlave to a cruel high priest…Forced...
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Only weeks into their marriage a young couple embark[s] on a six-month period of separation. Tom Cavendish goes to Japan to build lighthouses and his wife Ally, a doctor, takes work at the Truro asylum where she must struggle against the terrible conditions imposed on the patients, the mores of late Victorian society and her own demons.
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Forever
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2022.
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In 1943 England, after their mother Martha is killed in an explosion, 8-year-old twins Molly and Jacob, facing the grim reality of life in an orphanage, find a letter left behind by Martha that could change the course of their tragic fate.
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In 1962, in a shack that was going to be a new start for my mother, that turned horrible wrong. A tragedy took place that would destroy an entire family for many years to come. Children separated for years to come and a father who remained in his own world forgetting he had a family.
My name is Joanne Schickler born on May 22, 1954. I was born in Kitchener, Ontario. I have two grown children of my own. This book, "Four Lost Children" was written...
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Investigative journalist Oonagh O'Neil's instincts tell her when a story is worth pursuing. And the death of an elderly priest on the altar of his Glasgow church, just as she is about to expose the shocking truth behind the closure of an infamous Magdalene Institution, tells her a sinister cover up is in play. DI Alec Davies is appointed to investigate the priest's death. He and Oonagh go way back. But now they're united in uncovering not only what...
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Come in. Come in. You have nothing to fear… Separate incidents and weeks apart, two girls are abducted from outside local nightclubs.When eight days after the second abduction, one girl stumbles battered and dazed into the arms of a rescuer, all evidence leads to a convicted rapist. Detective DeLuca Greyson (Grey) is convinced he has his man. The problem is the victim has little recollection of her captivity other than her assailant looks like Grey....
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Menemsha Films
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When two stolen children reappear after 40 years, their eccentric family is thrown into disarray. Attempting to put the past to rest and discover the truth, Ben-Moshe and his family embark on a remarkable journey from Australia, to England and Iran, in an attempt to unravel the dense web of secrets, and put the past to rest. Best Documentary nominee at the **Jewish International Film Festival** and the **UK International Jewish Film Festival**.
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Leander is a knight of the realm who is sent to a castle on the edge of everything. The castle's ruler, a cloud of red smoke, invites him to kidnap their most prized possession, the red-skirted maiden. Can Leander do this without falling in love and getting himself into a mess?
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