- : Waiting for the Mahatma (No:15499)
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- : Sriram is twenty. As a mark of his coming of age his grandmother allows his the pass-book to his savigns in the local bank, but Sriram is growing up in other ways, too, and an enchanting and unpredictable girl leads him into the entourage of Mahatma Gandhi.
- : 10 -14 Yrs
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- : Swami and Friends (No:15500)
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- : The first book of R.K. Narayan's famous trilogy, 'Swami and Friends' happens to be Narayan's first published book as well. It was published in 1935 with a lot of motivation and help from Graham Greene, a famous novelist. The setting is of British India, in a fictional town named Malgudi. Swami is a ten-year old boy who studies at a mission school. He lives with his parents, younger brother and grandmother. He has a set of friends in two schools that he gets removed from. Events lead Swami to leave his house and go on a run. He is drawn heavily towards the unrest that is prevalent everywhere in India, but he fails to understand the cause. What happens with Swami? Will he be able to get back home safely?
- : 9 -14 Yrs
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- : The Diary of a Young Girl (No:15384)
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- : In 1942, with the Nazis occupying Holland, a thirteen-year-old Jewish girl and her family fled their home in Amsterdam and went into hiding. For the next two years, until their whereabouts were betrayed to the Gestapo, the Franks and another family lived cloistered in the “Secret Annexe” of an old office building. Cut off from the outside world, they faced hunger, boredom, the constant cruelties of living in confined quarters, and the ever-present threat of discovery and death. In her diary Anne Frank recorded vivid impressions of her experiences during this period.
- : 10 -14 Yrs
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- : Pride & Prejudice (No:15382)
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- : When Elizabeth Bennet meets Fitzwilliam Darcy for the first time at a ball, she writes him off as an arrogant and obnoxious man. He not only acts like an insufferable snob, but she also overhears him rejecting the very idea of asking her for a dance! As life pits them against each other again and again, Darcy begins to fall for Elizabeth's wit and intelligence and Elizabeth begins to question her feelings about Darcy. When Darcy saves her youngest sister, Lydia, from a scandal, Elizabeth starts to wonder if her pride has prejudiced her opinion of Darcy.
- : 13 -17 Yrs
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- : The Butterfly Lion (No:15498)
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- : Bertie rescues an orphaned white lion cub from the African wild. They are inseparable until Bertie is sent to boarding school far away in England and the lion is sold to a circus. Bertie swears that one day they will see one another again, but it is the butterfly lion which ensures that their friendship will never be forgotten.
- : 8 -12 Yrs
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- : Private Peaceful (No:15506)
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- : Heroism or cowardice? A stunning story of the First World War from a master storyteller. Told in the voice of a young soldier, the story follows 24 hours in his life at the front during WW1, and captures his memories as he looks back over his life. Full of stunningly researched detail and engrossing atmosphere, the book leads to a dramatic and moving conclusion.
- : 10 -14 Yrs
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- : The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (No:15383)
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- : The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain is an 1876 novel about a young boy growing up along the Mississippi River. The story is set in the fictional town of St. Petersburg, inspired by Hannibal, Missouri, where Twain lived.Tom Sawyer lives with his Aunt Polly and his half-brother Sid. Tom dirties his clothes in a fight and is made to whitewash the fence the next day as punishment. He cleverly persuades his friends to trade him small treasures for the privilege of doing his work.
- : 8 -12 Yrs
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- : Disney's Dinosaur (No:15494)
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- : Lost in the scary, dangerous aftermath of a devastating asteroid explosion, Aladar the iguanodon struggles to find a place where his friends and family can start again, in a novel that includes an insert of scenes from the new, animated film.
- : 8 -12 Yrs
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- : The New Adventures of Wishing Chair 4 - Giantland (No:15544)
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- : Whisk yourself away to lands of magic and wonder with Enid Blyton's New Adventures of the Wishing-Chair. Book 4: Giantland Jack, Jessica and Wishler go to Giantland where they are tiny and everything is, well, Giant! But the wishing-chair gets taken to be 1st prize in a talent contest and they will be stuck without it. They must help Olga the giantess win the talent show. But does she have the talent to succeed?
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- : Billy Chews (No:15042)
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- : Chomp! Chomp! Chomp! Little Billy Goat enters someone’s home and starts to chew everything in sight. He chews a shoe, a box, a toy, some socks . . . But when he chews an entire pack of bubble gum, he is in for a big surprise!
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