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Simon can hardly believe where he and his parents are moving to. It’s a tiny town called Grin and Bear .....
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The little seaside town of Sidford-on-Sea has come alive with the buzz of the famous escape artist Harry Houdini. Friends .....
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Now that Oliver Wormwood is 13, he must choose a calling. All of his sisters have left home and become .....
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Kim is used to it by now, but it still annoys him and those around him. His little sister is .....
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When Frankie’s Mama’s vase breaks, so it seems does her family. Dad left with his belongings and Nan came to .....
Maddison is excited about the coming A&P (agricultural & pastoral) Show coming to Wanaka. She knows there is much more .....