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The adventures of Tom Sawyer / Mark Twain ; retold by Jacqueline Kehl

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The Big bag mistake / John Escott ; [series editors: Andy Hopkins and Jocelyn Potter ; cover illustration by Adam Willis]

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Christmas in Prague / Joyce Hannam

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The coldest place on earth / Tim Vicary

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Columbus and the New World

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Daniel Radcliffe / Vicky Shipton

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David Beckham / Bernard Smith

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Deserts / Janet Hardy-Gould

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The dreamtime painters / Rob Waring, series editor

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The fifteenth character / Rosemary Border ; Illustrated by David Hine

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The future of a village

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A ghost in love and other plays / Michael Dean

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The giant's causeway














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The gift of the Magi and other stories / O. Henry ; retold by Nancy Taylor

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Goodbye, Mr. Hollywood / John Escott

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The hat / John Escott [illustrations by Jesús Alonso Iglesias]

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Jennifer Lopez / Rod Smith

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Little women [kit] / Louisa May Alcott ; retold by M. Albers ; series editors Andy Hopkins and Jocelyn Potter ; [illustrated by Gabriel Leon Bernstein]

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The long road / Rod Smith ; series editors, Andy Hopkins and Jocelyn Potter

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Lucky break / John Escott ; [series editors: Andy Hopkins and Jocelyn Potter ; cover illustration by John Rielly]




















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Michael Jordan / Nancy Taylor

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Monkey party / Rob Waring, series editor

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Mother Teresa / D'Arcy Adrian-Vallance

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Muhammad Ali / Bernard Smith

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Mystery in London / Helen Brooke ; illustrated by Ron Tiner

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New York / John Escott

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New York café / Michael Dean ; illustrated by Peter Richardson

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Newspaper chase / John Escott ; series editors, Andy Hopkins and Jocelyn Potter

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The Omega files : short stories / Jennifer Bassett ; illustrated by Paul Dickinson

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The pearl girl / Stephen Rabley

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Pele / Rod Smith

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Police TV / Tim Vicary ; illustrated Dylan Teague

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The rainbow serpent and other stories [kit] / James Vance Marshall ; retold by Paul Shipton ; [illustrations by Fátima García]

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Run for your life / Stephen Waller

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Sally's phone / Christine Lindop ; illustrated by Gavin Reece

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San Francisco / Janet Hardy-Gould

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Sister love and other crime stories / John Escott ; illustrated by Gavin Reece

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Tom Cruise / Rod Smith

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The withered arm / Thomas Hardy ; retold by Jennifer Bassett ; illustrated by Bob Harvey

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The young riders of Mongolia
















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The Amazon rain forest / Bernard Smith; [illustrations, Harriet Buckley]; series editors, Andy Hopkins and Jocelyn Potter

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American life / Vicky Shipton

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Apollo 13 / adapted from the junior novelization by Dina Anastasio ; retold by Brent Furnas

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Audrey Hepburn / Chris Rice

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The call of the wild / Jack London ; retold by Tania Iveson ; series editors, Andy Hopkins and Jocelyn Potter

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A Christmas carol / Charles Dickens ; retold by Michael Dean ; [illustrations by Giles Waring]

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Cries from the heart : stories from around the world / retold by Jennifer Bassett ; illustrated by Kwame Nyong'o



















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Dead man's island / John Escott

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The death of Karen Silkwood / Joyce Hannam

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A disappearing world

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Extreme sports / Michael Dean ; series editors: Andy Hopkins and Jocelyn Potter]

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Five famous fairy tales / retold by Jane Rollason ; [illustrations by Gwen Tourret]

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Gandhi / Jane Rollason

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Gorilla watching tours

















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Ireland / Tim Vicary

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The lady in the lake / Raymond Chandler ; retold by Jennifer Bassett

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The last of the Mohicans / James Fenimore Cooper ; retold by Coleen Degnan-Veness

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The last of the Cheju divers

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Making a Thai boxing champion

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The memory man

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Nelson Mandela / Coleen Degnan-Veness















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New Yorkers : short stories / O. Henry ; retold by Diane Mowat ; [illustrated by Susan Scott]

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Oceans / Barnaby Newbolt

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One thousand dollars and other plays / O. Henry ; retold by John Escott ; [illustrated by: Susan Scott]

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Peruvian weavers

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Seasons and celebrations / Jackie Maguire

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Sherlock Holmes short stories / Sir Arthur Conan Doyle ; retold by Clare West

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A special kind of neighborhood



















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Stranger than fiction : urban myths / Phil Healey and Rick Glanvill ; retold by Patty Key and Stephen Kirby

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Taiko master

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Water for life / Bernard Smith ; series editors, Andy Hopkins and Jocelyn Potter

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The year of sharing / Harry Gilbert











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The adventures of Huckleberry Finn / Mark Twain ; retold by John Votaw

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The Beatles / Paul Shipton

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Cambodia animal rescue

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Chemical secret / Tim Vicary

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A cup of kindness : stories from Scotland / retold by Jennifer Bassett ; illustrated by Dave Hill

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Dancing with strangers : stories from Africa / retold by Clare West

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Dangerous dining


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Five one act plays / by Murray Schisgal

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Grey owl / Vicky Shipton

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The hunchback of Notre-Dame / Victor Hugo ; translated by Walter J. Cobb ; retold by Nancy Taylor

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Information technology / Paul A. Davies

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Japanese ghost stories / Lafcadio Hearn ; retold by Jane Rollason ; illustrations by Yuko Aoki

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Jim Smiley and his jumping frog and other stories / Mark Twain ; retold by Nancy Taylor
















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Leaving no footprint : stories from Asia / retold by Clare West ; [illustrations by Kim Seng and Prashant Miranda]

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The long white cloud : stories from New Zealand / retold by Christine Lindop ; illustrated by Chris King

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Making a deal / Rob Waring, series editor

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Martin Luther King / Coleen Degnan-Veness

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Martin Luther King / Alan C. McLean

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The missing snows of Kilimanjaro / Rob Waring, series editor

















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New York / Vicky Shipton ; series editors Andy Hopkins and Jocelyn Potter

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One boy's journey / Rob Waring, series editor

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Princess Diana / Cherry Gilchrist ; series editor: Derek Strange

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A real winner / Rob Waring, series editor

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Recycling / Sue Stewart

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The road ahead / Bill Gates with Nathan Myhrvold and Peter Rinearson ; retold by Donald Domonkos

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Romeo and Juliet / William Shakespeare ; retold by Anne Collins

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Skyjack! / Tim Vicary

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Stories of courage / Clare Gray

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Tales of mystery and imagination / Edgar Allan Poe ; retold by Margaret Naudi

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The three strangers and other stories / Thomas Hardy ; retold by Clare West ; illustrated by Adam Stower

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Titanic! / Paul Shipton

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The USA / Alison Baxter

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The yearling / Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings ; retold by Coleen Degnan-Veness

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About a boy [kit] / Nick Hornby; retold by Anne Collins; [illustrations by Iván García]

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The accidental tourist / Anne Tyler ; retold by Jennifer Bassett

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Alexander the Great / Fiona Beddall

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Crime story collection / Sara Paretsky and others ; retold by John and Celia Turvey

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The diary of a young girl / Anne Frank ; retold by Cherry Gilchrist

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Doors to a wider place : stories from Australia / retold by Christine Lindop ; illustrated by Iain McKellar

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The dream and other stories




















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Falling leaves / Adeline Yen Mah ; retold by Sue Harmes

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Far from the madding crowd / Thomas Hardy ; retold by Clare West

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The history of the English language / Brigit Viney

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Mount Fuji / Rob Waring, series editor

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Nelson Mandela / Rowena Akinyemi

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Oliver Twist / Charles Dickens ; retold by Richard Rogers

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The Olympians

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One woman's choice / Rob Waring, series editor

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Orangutan language / Rob Waring, series editor

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The price of peace : stories from Africa / retold by Christine Lindop

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Saving the pandas / Rob Waring, series editor

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Shakespeare: His life and plays / Will Fowler

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Strangers on a train / Patricia Highsmith

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The street lawyer / John Grisham ; retold by Michael Dean ; series editors, Andy Hopkins and Jocelyn Potter


















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A tale of two cities / Charles Dickens ; retold by Ralph Mowat

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Teacher man / Frank McCourt ; retold by Chris Rice

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The thirty-nine steps / John Buchan ; retold by Nick Bullard

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A time of waiting: Stories from around the world / retold by Claire West

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Washington Square / Henry James ; retold by Kieran McGovern
















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The age of innocence / Edith Wharton ; retold by Clare West

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Bird girl

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The bride price / Buchi Emecheta ; retold by Rosemary Border

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British and American short stories / retold by G.C. Thornley

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Confucianism in China

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The life of a geisha

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A murder is announced / Agatha Christie


















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Mysterious crop circles

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The riddle of the sands / Erskine Childers ; retold by Peter Hawkins

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Ripley's game / Patricia Highsmith ; retold by Kathy Burke

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The story of the Internet / Stephen Bryant

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World folktales / retold by Kathy Burke













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The black diamonds of Provence

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A Chinese artist in Harlem / Rob Waring, series editor

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Cry freedom / a novel by John Briley ; simplified by Rowena Akinyemi

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The gauchos of Argentina / Rob Waring, series editor

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The Joy Luck Club / Amy Tan ; retold by Clare West

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A passage to India / E.M. Forster ; retold by Clare West

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Polar bears in trouble

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The woman in white / Wilkie Collins ; retold by Richard G. Lewis




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