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Author: Mike Revell Publisher: Quercus Children's Books ISBN: 1848668228 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 243
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'Gripping - a joy of a story' Robin Stevens Shortlisted for the Shrewsbury Book Award and the Warwickshire Book Award When ten-year-old Liam moves house to be closer to his dementia-suffering grandma, he's thrown into an unfamiliar place with a family that seems to be falling apart. Liam doesn't remember what his grandma was like before she became ill. He only knows the witch-like old woman who snaps and snarls and eats her birthday cards. He wants to fix it, but he can't. Walking his dog one day, Liam discovers an old stone gargoyle in a rundown church, and his life changes in impossible ways. The gargoyle is alive. It moves unseen in the night, acting out Liam's stories. And stories can be dangerous things... Seeking revenge against the bullies at his new school, Liam tells a story about the gargoyle attacking them. When one of them ends up in hospital, a regretful Liam vows never to go near the gargoyle again. But his grandma's illness is getting worse, his mum isn't coping, and his sister is skipping school... What if the gargoyle is the only thing that can save Liam's family?
Author: Mike Revell Publisher: Quercus Children's Books ISBN: 1848668228 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 243
Book Description
'Gripping - a joy of a story' Robin Stevens Shortlisted for the Shrewsbury Book Award and the Warwickshire Book Award When ten-year-old Liam moves house to be closer to his dementia-suffering grandma, he's thrown into an unfamiliar place with a family that seems to be falling apart. Liam doesn't remember what his grandma was like before she became ill. He only knows the witch-like old woman who snaps and snarls and eats her birthday cards. He wants to fix it, but he can't. Walking his dog one day, Liam discovers an old stone gargoyle in a rundown church, and his life changes in impossible ways. The gargoyle is alive. It moves unseen in the night, acting out Liam's stories. And stories can be dangerous things... Seeking revenge against the bullies at his new school, Liam tells a story about the gargoyle attacking them. When one of them ends up in hospital, a regretful Liam vows never to go near the gargoyle again. But his grandma's illness is getting worse, his mum isn't coping, and his sister is skipping school... What if the gargoyle is the only thing that can save Liam's family?
Author: Val Goldenbrook Publisher: iUniverse ISBN: 0595305172 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 112
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Stonebird is a historical fiction told through the eyes of a Genizaro Indian boy, who experienced the fallout of Texas' drive into New Mexico Territory from 1833 to 1841.
Author: Mike Revell Publisher: Quercus ISBN: 1623654637 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 207
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When 10-year-old Liam's family moves to be near his grandmother who is suffering from dementia, he's left to navigate his new neighborhood, school and grandmother's illness all by himself; His mom regularly looses herself in a bottle of wine, and his sister sneaks out to who knows where shortly after "wine o'clock"-as they've come to call it-strikes. Life it isn't easy. The one place he seems to find solace is a rundown church where he finds an over-sized gargoyle that keeps drawing him in. After learning that they were created to protect people from demons and evil spirits, he can't seem to shake the image of the old stone bird and its presence weaves itself into the stories Liam tells himself and others, so much so that Liam starts to believe that it might be alive. Shy Liam's only means of confidence during shared story time is to tell tales of the gargoyle. His classmate mock him at first but are soon are captivated by his storytelling, and his teacher's slight nods of encouragement fuel Liam's belief in the bird and lead him to think that she knows a thing or two about the old bird herself. As his home life gets harder and the bullies more relentless the gargoyle seemingly brings Liam's stories to life-swooping in to protect and defend him in the most unexpected ways. But is the old stone bird really alive, or is it just Liam's imagination finding ways to help him through a difficult time?
Author: Jenny McCartney Publisher: Andersen Press USA ISBN: 1541514653 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 35
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It might look like a pebble from the beach, but Eliza knows this is an egg. And one night when she hears cracking, she discovers the Stone Bird. It might still look like a stone to her mom, but Eliza knows it's alive. Step into the magical world of one child's imagination in this stunning debut by exciting new author Jenny McCartney, illustrated by luminary of children's books Patrick Benson.
Author: A D MOODLEY Publisher: Notion Press ISBN: 1648057292 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 282
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The Flight of A Stone Bird is about the triumph of the human spirit over the adversities that defined ‘indenture’ and its legacy. In the struggle to unshackle their bondage, men and women scratched out niches with bloodied hands to write a chapter of their existence, a shared destiny and a common destination. From the fragments of a common past and a mutual predicament, another bond emerged – the ‘brotherhood’. Emotional, enduring and powerful, devoid of the vestiges of caste or religion, this bond, which became as intimate as real blood kinship, was cherished by men well into their twilight years as a memory of a shared ordeal and of solidarity against the antagonism and adversities of a hostile new world. We shall forever remember those who built the steps we take.
Author: Greg Crowhurst Publisher: Lulu.com ISBN: 1326271865 Category : Health & Fitness Languages : en Pages : 250
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This illustrated guide with contributions from carers and those who are ill, from around the world, is packed full of practical tips, insights, guides and self-reflective exercises designed to raise awareness of how to care for someone with Severe/Very Severe M.E. Greg Crowhurst PgDip, Cert Counselling, Dip Life Coaching, MA, who qualified as a Registered Nurse in 1984, has spent over two decades caring for his wife who has Very Severe ME. In 2015 he was a finalist in the prestigious BJN Nurse of the Year Award, receiving a certificate in Clinical Excellence in Nursing. Greg is the author of ""Severe ME featuring Justice for Karina Hansen"" widely acclaimed as a book of ""immense value"" in describing what it is like to ""live a life as and with someone who is severely stricken with the devastating disease Myalgic Encephalomyelitis.""
Author: Barbara Pym Publisher: Pan Macmillan ISBN: 1447238435 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 223
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'I'm a huge fan of Barbara Pym' Richard Osman ‘Barbara Pym is one of my most favourite novelists. Few other writers have given me more laughter and more pleasure.' Jilly Cooper ‘The day comes in the life of every single man living alone when he must give a dinner party.’ The parish of St Basil, on the fringes of North Kensington, is all of a flutter due to the arrival of Rupert Stonebird, a most eligible bachelor, in the neighbourhood. The local matchmakers are sure he will make a suitable husband for the vicar’s wife’s sister, Penny, or perhaps for local librarian Ianthe Broome? But Ianthe is in danger of forming a most unsuitable attachment for her new library assistant, John, a man of questionable background with not a penny to his name... Owing a debt to Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, Barbara Pym's An Unsuitable Attachment is an elegant and witty comedy of manners from an acclaimed author who Philip Larkin called: 'the most underrated novelist of the century'.
Author: Georgios Lygkas Publisher: Lulu.com ISBN: 1999969014 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 444
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'Soulflowing Fire' is an anthology of twenty-five short and long stories. These are stories born in light and darkness, written on the tallest peaks but also in the deepest canyons of my last ten years. The reasons for writing them, were many and varied - from exercises in expression and personal depth fathoming, to a thirst to create new characters and new stories, inside worlds which for all these years exist in my mind, and which I want to capture on paper. These stories do have common themes but they penetrate genres, pertain to multiple worlds and ages, their order is unorthodox. Therefore, there is a degree of difficulty in reading this book. 'Soulflowing Fire' is the first release of CHTHON, and since it was completed under my personal responsibility, I am certain it will reward every careful reader.
Author: Mike Revell
Author: Mike Revell
Author: Val Goldenbrook
Author: Mike Revell
Author: Jenny McCartney
Author: A D MOODLEY
Author: Greg Crowhurst
Author: Barbara Pym
Author: Sarah Myhill
Author: Georgios Lygkas
Author: Sean Connolly