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(0)Elizabeth Laird
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Publisher
Haymarket Books
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
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The classic children's novel of a teenage girl and her special needs brother is "quite simply, a wonderfully moving story about the power of love" (Times Educational Supplement).
Twelve-year-old Anna Peacock is looking forward to the birth of her baby brother. But when Ben is born with a rare condition, it is clear that he will never be like other children. Though Anna loves him immensely, she finds herself unable to tell her friends...
Twelve-year-old Anna Peacock is looking forward to the birth of her baby brother. But when Ben is born with a rare condition, it is clear that he will never be like other children. Though Anna loves him immensely, she finds herself unable to tell her friends...
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Language
English
Description
A Little Piece Of Ground will help young readers understand more about one of the worst conflicts afflicting our world today. Written by Elizabeth Laird, one of Great Britain's best-known young adult authors, A Little Piece Of Ground explores the human cost of the occupation of Palestinian lands through the eyes of a young boy. Twelve-year-old Karim Aboudi and his family are trapped in their Ramallah home by a strict curfew. In response to a Palestinian...
Author
Language
English
Description
The acclaimed author travels across Ethiopia collecting folktales in this travelogue featuring many of the fabulous stories she heard.
In 1967, at the age of 23, Elizabeth Laird set off for Addis Ababa, Ethiopia's capital city, to start her first teaching job. She was introduced to Emperor Haile Selassie, made a pilgrimage across the mountains on foot to the ancient city of Lalibela, hitched a ride on an oil tanker across the Danakil Desert, and...
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Language
English
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In seventeenth-century Scotland, saying the wrong thing can lead to banishment-or worse. Accused of being a witch, sixteen-year-old Maggie Blair is sentenced to be hanged. She escapes, but instead of finding shelter with her principled, patriotic uncle, she brings disaster to his door.
Betrayed by one of her own accusers, Maggie must try to save her uncle and his family from the king's men, even if she has to risk her own life in the process.
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Language
English
Description
Jenny wants to take her new puppy, Toto, to the circus but Toto isn't willing to sit still and watch the show. Suddenly there's a whooosh and the circus cannon goes off... Where's Toto now?! The parallel stories in alternating language chapters will help you to find out - in English and Spanish!
Author
Language
English
Description
Jenny wants to take her new puppy, Toto, to the circus but Toto isn't willing to sit still and watch the show. Suddenly there's a whooosh and the circus cannon goes off... Where's Toto now?! The parallel stories in alternating language chapters will help you to find out - in English and French!
Author
Publisher
Tiny Owl Publishing
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Gloria is making a delicious porridge, but she's too hungry to share it with the cat. When Gloria goes to fetch some water, cat eats all the porridge. Angry Gloria shakes her spoon at the cat, and the scared cat runs away, starting a chaos around her. A retelling of an Ethiopian folktale by acclaimed author, Elizabeth Laird."--Amazon