In Edwardian England a vow of friendship is a thing of innocence. Even when tested by the passionate militancy of the suffragette movement or the rigorous demands of the Season, the bonds between Rory, Eleanor, Jenny and Francesca hold fast. But nothing can withstand the unprecedented onslaught of t[...]
Poorly equipped for the modern world given an eccentric mother and lack of education, four aristocratic sisters, facing a mountain of debt and a deteriorating family home, set out in London society in search of rich husbands. Reader's Guide available. Reprint. 25,000 first printing.[...]
Twelve-year-old Flora Fox would do anything not to go to Penrice Hall, the boarding school her parents are shipping her off to because of a family emergency. Penrice has horses and an Olympic-size swimming pool, but flashy facilities won't change how Flora feels about being sent away and having to m[...]
"Reminiscent of Road Dahl's "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" . . . a great read-aloud." --"Booklist
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Welcome to the most magical house in London.
The family of eleven-year-old twins Oz and Lily have inherited it, together with the mysterious shop downstairs. Long ago, the shop's famous[...]
A follow-on from Five Children and It stories, in which, the five children have grown up and World War I has begun in earnest. Cyril is off to fight, Anthea is at art college, Robert is a Cambridge scholar and Jane is at high school. The sand fairy has become a creature of stories ...until, for the [...]
Oz and Lily's family have inherited an ancient chocolate shop and they're moving in upstairs. It's the perfect home ...apart from the small fact that it's haunted. And then they discover some solid gold chocolate moulds - with magic powers! Soon the ghosts are joined by some evil villains determined[...]
The exciting companion to THE WHIZZ POP CHOCOLATE SHOP. A secret government department, once again, needs the magical help of Oz and Lily in a desperate new mission. Along with everyone's favourite cantankerous cat, Demerara, her ratty companion Spike, and the help of some powerfully magical chocola[...]