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"In Depression-era London, a grown Jane and Michael Banks, along with Michael's three children, are struggling after a personal loss. Then, on a stormy day in the park, hope reappears as the enigmatic Mary Poppins float down from the clouds to visit the Banks family again"--Back cover.

Artemis Fowl creates an extraordinarily powerful computer with stolen fairy technology, but his business deal hopes go sour when a Chicago businessman steals his invention and mortally wounds Artemis's loyal bodyguard.

Introduces young readers to the geography and culture of England.

Orphaned British teenager Scarlett Wakefield postpones her romance with the handsome son of the school groundskeeper in order to travel to Scotland with her American sidekick, Taylor, in search of clues to the murder of a boy who dropped dead after kissing Scarlett.

A miser learns the true meaning of Christmas when three ghostly visitors review his past and foretell his future.

The escapades of four animal friends who live along a river in the English countryside--Toad, Mole, Rat, and Badger.

Rescued from the outrageous neglect of his aunt and uncle, a young boy with a great destiny proves his worth while attending Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

A group of teenagers uses their combined talents to re-steal several priceless paintings and save fifteen-year-old Kat Bishop's father, himself an international art thief, from a vengeful collector.

Artemis Fowl, having reverted to his criminal ways, travels to Berlin to steal a famous painting from a German bank, not realizing his old rival, Opal Koboi, has been waiting for a chance to destroy him.

In a war-torn England where her half-brother Arthur will eventually become king, the young Morgan le Fay comes to realize that she has magic powers and links to the faerie world.