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A Medal for Leroy by Michael Morpurgo
epub |eng | 2012-05-31 | Author:Michael Morpurgo [Morpurgo, Michael]

Within a few months I was out in Belgium, not France as it turned out, posted to a hospital a few miles behind the lines. Here we heard for the ...
( Category: African-American March 25,2014 )
Private Peaceful by Michael Morpurgo
epub |eng | 2012-02-18 | Author:Michael Morpurgo [Morpurgo, Michael]

Two days later, two days of parrying Mother’s many attempts to keep me from going, we all went off together to Eggesford Junction Station where Charlie and I were to ...
( Category: Military & Wars March 25,2014 )
A Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver by E.L. Konigsburg
epub |eng | | Author:E.L. Konigsburg

11 AND SO IT WAS. The world well knows the story of the feud that developed between my son, King Henry, and his Archbishop, Thomas Becket. Shortly after he was ...
( Category: Medieval March 25,2014 )
The Queen at War by K. A. S. Quinn
epub, mobi |eng | | Author:K. A. S. Quinn [Quinn, K. A. S.]

For a moment the words hung above them in the carriage, then dissolved into nothing. Men do not stumble over mountains, but over molehills. The words formed and reformed, seeping ...
( Category: Historical Fiction March 25,2014 )
Shadow on the Mountain by Margi Preus
epub |eng | 2012-09-20 | Author:Margi Preus

window on the second floor slid open, and a familiar face appeared. “Espen!” It was Solveig. At least she hadn’t called him “chowderhead,” he noted. That was encouraging. Moments later, ...
( Category: Holocaust March 25,2014 )
King of Shadows by Susan Cooper
epub, mobi, azw3 |eng | | Author:Susan Cooper

“I do not know the French for fer, and ferret, and firk.” That got a real laugh, probably helped by the fact my voice went up into a squeak because ...
( Category: Renaissance March 25,2014 )
The Other Side of Truth by Beverley Naidoo
epub |eng | 2000-01-02 | Author:Beverley Naidoo [Naidoo, Beverley]

CHAPTER 22 BULLIES IN THE HEAD A FRESHLY BAKED CHOCOLATE CAKE was waiting on the kitchen table when Sade arrived back at the Kings’. A large slice was already missing. ...
( Category: Africa March 25,2014 )
Pocahontas by Joseph Bruchac
epub |eng | | Author:Joseph Bruchac [Bruchac, Joseph]

15. POCAHONTAS: Corn Although the corn, like all good things, was made by Ahone, it is said that corn was not owned by all the people at first. Those who ...
( Category: Colonial & Revolutionary March 25,2014 )
The Ballad of Sir Dinadan by Gerald Morris
epub |eng | | Author:Gerald Morris [Morris, Gerald]

The next morning, Dinadan said nothing to the others, but he made certain that he was the first one to break camp so that the others would have to follow ...
( Category: Medieval March 25,2014 )
No Turning Back by Beverley Naidoo
epub |eng | | Author:Beverley Naidoo [Beverley Naidoo ]

13. A World Away When he woke, the wall opposite the window was slashed with a strip of bright sunlight. Not sure what to do, Sipho lay in bed, enjoying ...
( Category: Africa March 25,2014 )
A Mad, Wicked Folly by Sharon Biggs Waller
epub, mobi |eng | 2013-08-12 | Author:Sharon Biggs Waller [Waller, Sharon Biggs]

twenty Westminster School Boat Club, Saturday, third of April SATURDAY WAS THE day of the Boat Race and I was looking forward to seeing Edmund again. It was a fine ...
( Category: Europe March 25,2014 )
The Adventures of Sir Balin the Ill-Fated by Aaron Renier
epub |eng | | Author:Aaron Renier [Morris, Gerald]

Sir Balin and Lady Annalise transported Sir Harleus Le Berbeus to the monastery, then rode away together. When they had gone about a mile, Lady Annalise cocked her head and ...
( Category: Europe March 25,2014 )
Parsifal's Page by Gerald Morris
epub |eng | | Author:Gerald Morris [Morris, Gerald]

VII. Questing They rode toward Wales, leaving the fields and plains and then climbing wooded hills. Piers was still often startled by the casual manners that Sir Gawain and his ...
( Category: Medieval March 25,2014 )
The Light of the Oracle by Victoria Hanley
epub, mobi |eng | 2005-03-24 | Author:Victoria Hanley [Hanley, Victoria]

Summoned to the Master Priest's sanctum late that afternoon, Kiran gazed through the window at the sunset flaming the skyline outside. Failing red light clung to the heavy drapes, dulling ...
( Category: Medieval March 25,2014 )
Toro! Toro! by Michael Morpurgo
epub |nld | 2000-12-31 | Author:Michael Morpurgo [Morpurgo, Michael]

Sauceds Nog steeds was Paco over zijn toeren en nog steeds liep hij van angst rondjes in de veekraal, dus lette hij nauwelijks op me toen ik Chica ving, haar ...
( Category: Europe March 25,2014 )

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