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The Family

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    HORVATH, Polly
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    Although Ivy and her family welcome the Halibuts, not all the townspeople are pleased to have circus people as neighbours, especially when more circus families move in.

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    Hinton, S. E.
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    Three brothers struggle to stay together after their parents' death, as they search for an identity among the conflicting values of their adolescent society in which they find themselves 'outsiders'.

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    TAYLOR, William
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    n his sixth form year, Matthew 'Spider' Trent must make decisions regarding his future with little guidance from his family, but the opportunity to enter a piano competition gives him a focus and provides the direction he...

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    HOLLOWAY, Judith
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    Ruby loves her half-sister, Hine, and treasures all the fun times they share together. Hine has suffered from a serious illness since her birth, and she dies a few months before her tenth birthday. Ruby attends Hine's tangi and...

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    HAUPTMANN, Gaby
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    Anno Adelmann, a wealthy widower, is the survivor of two heart attacks. His four scheming daughters all have designs on his inheritance. He decides to have a bit of fun at their expense, but what starts as a joke soon becomes more...

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    NAGELKERKE, Bill
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    Reuben thinks that his little brother Matt ruins everything, at home, at the mall, at the magic show. He's told him to get lost so often that when Matt does disappear a wave of fear grips Reuben.

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    Fine, Anne
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    Gerald Old Goggle-eyes is the new man in Kitty's mother's life. He is conservative and bossy and to make things worse, Kitty's little sister adores him!

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    COWLEY, Joy
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    Flea, Pete and Libby think they're the luckiest kids on earth when the family goes sailing around the Marlborough Sounds for a year. Will their new life at sea be full of dolphins and great fishing or will cramped spaces,...

  • Auteur:
    ORMSN, Lorraine
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    In Marlborough Sounds in the 1820s sixteen-year-old Lizzie is forced to become the child bride of a notorious whaler. Her life is a living hell, until she meets a young Maori preacher. In the present day Bel, also aged sixteen, is sent...

  • Auteur:
    Voigt, Cynthia
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    Jeff Greene was seven when his mother, Melody, left him and his professor father. After being betrayed by his mother again, Jeff breaks down completely before reaching out to his father and to Dicey Tillerman, whose friendship has...

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    FORD, Vince
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    A drought threatens to force Jeremy's family off their farm and everything he does seems to make matters worse. His family is starting to crack up as they struggle under forces that will influence the rest of their lives.

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