When a downhearted ghost becomes the "invisible friend" of an eleven-year-old boy who is an outcast in his new school, the two help each other find their place in their respective worlds.
Provides an overview of the country of England that includes information on its geography, history, government, economy, people, and culture. Includes color photographs, a map, a fact list, a glossary, and sources of further information.
Spider, a baby abandoned on an English farm, grows up to be mentally slower than other children but manifests a remarkable talent for communicating with animals as he comes of age during World War II.
When Ted and Kat's cousin Salim disappears from the London Eye ferris wheel, the two siblings must work together--Ted with his brain that is "wired differently" and impatient Kat--to try to solve the mystery of what happened to Salim.
When young Edward VI of England and a poor boy who resembles him exchange places, each learns something about the other's very different station in life.
A teenage girl makes friends with a proud old Cornishman who, after his wife's death, stays on alone in the house they had shared, only needing someone to share his memories with.
Strange voices and a sword hilt with mysterious powers lead teenage Christina back in time to ninth-century Mercia where a young king, so much like her own brother, is destined for a tragic end.
