england

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

Contains all seven volumes of the Harry Potter saga, following the young wizard through his seven years at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, an education marked by repeated clashes with Voldemort, the evil wizard who murdered Harry's parents and tried to kill him as an infant.

Fourteen-year-old Alix is faced with a huge moral dilemma when she helps pull an illegal Iraqi immigrant from the incoming tide on the coastal English island where she lives.

Contains four Christmas stories written by Charles Dickens, including the classic story of Ebinezer Scrooge who is visited by a series of ghosts on Christmas Eve.

Property Jones and her family are in dire straits when they win a drawing for the greatest bookstore in England, but the previous owner was hiding something nearly as big as Property's secret.

Harry Potter, now a fifth-year student at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, struggles with a threatening teacher, problematic house elf, the dread of upcoming final exams, and haunting dreams that hint toward his mysterious past.

Harry Potter, a fourth-year student at Hogwarts, longs to escape his hateful relatives, the Dursleys, and live as a normal fourteen-year-old wizard, but what Harry does not yet realize is that he is not a normal wizard, and in his case, different can be deadly.

"Zoe Phillips is finally getting the hang of life at Bright Field Stables. She's ready to enjoy some downtime with her family, her best friends, and her horse Raven. But then, Zoe, Becky, and Jade notice some strange things happening at the new steeplechase racetrack that has the whole town abuzz with excitement"--Back cover.

In early nineteenth-century England, a spirited young woman copes with the courtship of a snobbish gentleman as well as the romantic entanglements of her four sisters. Includes commentary on literary and historical context as well as allusion and language.