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1. Pet

Book cover for "Pet".
Publisher:
Europa Editions
Pub. Date:
2023
Language:
English
Description:
"Like every other girl in her class, twelve-year-old Justine is drawn to her glamorous, charismatic new teacher and longs to be her pet. However, when a thief begins to target the school, Justine's sense that something isn't quite right grows ever stronger. With each twist of the plot, this gripping story of deception and the corrosive power of guilt takes a yet darker turn. Justine must decide where her loyalties lie. Set in New Zealand in the 1980s...
Book cover for "The wish child".
Publisher:
Counterpoint
Pub. Date:
2018
Language:
English
Description:
"The story of two German families caught up in the Second World War, both a love letter of sorts to Berlin, and a terrifying portrayal of the way ordinary Germans were drawn into the Nazi dream."--Publisher information.
Book cover for "The Axeman's carnival".
Publisher:
Europa Editions
Pub. Date:
2024
Language:
English
Description:
Tama is just a helpless chick when he is rescued by Marnie, and this is where his story might have ended. "If it keeps me awake," says Marnie's husband Rob, a farmer, "I'll have to wring its neck." But with Tama come new possibilities for the couple's future. Tama can speak, and his fame is growing. Outside, in the pines, his father warns him of the wickedness wrought by humans. Indoors, Marnie confides in him about her violent marriage. The more...
Book cover for "Remote sympathy".
Publisher:
Europa Editions
Pub. Date:
2021
Language:
English
Description:
"Moving away from their lovely apartment in Munich isn't nearly as wrenching an experience for Frau Greta Hahn as she had feared. Their new home is even lovelier than the one they left behind, and best of all--right on their doorstep--are some of the finest craftsmen from all over Europe. Frau Hahn and the other officers' wives living in this small community can order anything they desire, whether new curtains made from the finest French fabrics,...
Book cover for "The wish child".
Publisher:
HighBridge
Pub. Date:
[2018]
Language:
English
Description:
Germany, 1939. Two children watch as their parents become immersed in the puzzling mechanisms of power. Sieglinde lives in the affluent ignorance of middle-class Berlin, her father a censor who excises prohibited words ('promise', 'love', 'mercy') from books. Erich is an only child living a lush rural life, aware that he is shadowed by strange, unanswered questions. Drawn together as Germany's hope for a glorious future begins to collapse, the children...
Book cover for "You can do it, Bert!".
Publisher:
Gecko Press
Pub. Date:
2015
Language:
English
Description:
Burt was mentally and physically prepared. He checked everything. Again and again. He hesitated. There was something missing-- Oh yes! Refreshment. Not that Burt tried to retreat, no, no, he has just gone for a banana. Maybe if his friends had not all encouraged him, Burt would not dare. But they shouted BURT! because they believed. And it is then, and only then, that Burt felt ready. And he did it.
Book cover for "Let's play, Little Rabbit".
Publisher:
Gecko Press
Pub. Date:
2022
Language:
English
Description:
"Little Rabbit can hide, swing, splash and fly! He'd like someone to play with. Can you play too?"--Back cover.
Book cover for "The wolf and the fly".
Author:
Publisher:
Gecko Press
Pub. Date:
2020
Language:
English
Description:
Gulp, gulp, gulp: one toy after another disappears into the mouth of the hungry wolf. Now he’s almost full, just a last little fly for dessert―uh-oh! The Wolf and the Fly combines story and guessing game. Together you can guess which object on the shelf will be eaten next, then, when everything re-emerges, the game starts anew.
Book cover for "Anton and the battle".
Publisher:
Gecko Press
Pub. Date:
2013
Language:
English
Description:
When Anton and Luke engage in a battle of one-upmanship, they imagine a puppy as a large dog, escaping to a tree.
Book cover for "Poor little rabbit!".
Publisher:
Gecko Press Ltd
Pub. Date:
[2017]
Language:
English
Description:
Oh no, Little Rabbit has hurt his arm. And there's blood! Can you help him? Blow gently three times, try a bandage, a rhyme, but he's still crying... Let's give his ears a stroke and wipe his tears. There, all better! Off you go, Little Rabbit!
Book cover for "Tickle my ears".
Publisher:
Gecko Press
Pub. Date:
2017
Language:
English
Description:
Encourages readers to interact with the story by helping a little rabbit go through the steps of getting ready for bed.