Emily Watson
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While the boys get to sail off with the new Great Fleet to chase pirates across the Sunrim Ocean, Amy and Airdella are stuck in Chalef for an unusually boring summer. Until an early morning walk down to the docks takes an unexpected turn...Walter and Aaron are forced to play politics as they work with the representatives of the other nations to track down and eliminate the pirates plaguing their ocean. The pirates lead them on a merry chase from island...
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Three children must go on a quest to find a cure to save their father by climbing over the edge of the world, using as their guides a prophecy given by an ill-reputed pseudo-historian and a map of unknown origins. Along the way, they will meet creatures of myths and legends, as well as Aaron, a peasant boy also searching for the cure. The four children learn of long forgotten secrets and ancient history that may just help them unravel the clues in...
3) Down Root
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Ned is happy to go on spring break with his foster family and friends, and to leave the stresses of college life behind, where his biggest concern in life is passing business calculus. But events are soon triggered that will turn his world upside down. Now the clock is ticking in the hunt for a forgotten artefact. And if he can't find it in time, well, he may not live to fail business calculus anyways...
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Little Women volume 3
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A year has passed and there are new additions to the March family, but there is worry all around as Beth's health and spirits flag. Amy is chosen over Jo to go on a tour of Europe. Jo flees to New York to pursue her career, but devastating news from home cuts Jo's adventure short. The family reunites upon Amy's return, which is made more joyful by unexpected news and a surprise visitor.
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Little Women volume 1
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Christmas, 1861. The March sisters--Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy--and their mother, Marmee, prepare for Christmas without presents and without their father, a Union army chaplain away at war. The sisters strike up a friendship with their charming new neighbor, Laurie. The girls attempt to live humbly and with open hearts throughout the new year, but are faced with a series of testing events.
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Little Women volume 2
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As Marmee waits by her husband's sickbed, the March sisters must learn to cope without their parents. Together they face unrequited love, hurtful rumors, trouble at school and the toll of sickness. Meg and John Brooke's relationship develops, as do Jo's literary prospects. Jo grows anxious as the future for her and her loved ones seems fraught with challenges.
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The Wishbones are a happy family - but not all is perfect. Max and Fay are struggling with the pressures of growing up, while Mom and Dad have the demands of work and parenting; but their hum-drum life is about to change. Mila Starr, a monster hunter, has made it her mission to capture all spooky creatures including the Wishbone's friends King Conga, The Loch Ness Monster, and The Yeti. In order to save their friends, the Wishbone's must transform...
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The Wishbone family is far from happy. With a struggling bookshop, an overworked husband, and two misunderstood teenagers, Emma is at her wit's end trying to be the perfect mom. After dragging her family to a costume party on Halloween night, they are cursed by an evil witch and transformed into a Vampire, a Mummy, a Werewolf, and Frankenstein's monster. Now Emma will fight to keep her Monster Family together and uncover the secret of their curse......
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Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning memoir by Frank McCourt, Angela's Ashes is an alternately funny and heartbreaking look at growing up in Ireland. Born in Brooklyn, NY, young Frank (Joe Breen) moves at an early age to Limerick, Ireland, with his parents Angela (Emily Watson) and Malachy (Robert Carlyle), who have been unable to support their family in America and are hoping for better prospects in their home country. But things hardly improve once...