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By: Adle Geras

ISBN: 9781474954983
Readership/Audience: Children
Publication Date: May 2019
Publisher: Usborne Publishing Ltd
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Lizzie longs to be a gardener, a bold choice for a Victorian girl. When her strict stepfather sends her to London, Lizzie misses her country garden and struggles with her new life. She lives for the daily letters from her mother, until suddenly, the letters stop. Can Lizzie find the courage to stand up to her stepfather, and to follow her dreams


(Paperback)

By: Adle Geras

ISBN: 9780552545549
Readership/Audience: Children
Publication Date: Jul 1998
Publisher: Penguin Random House Children's UK
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Poor Callie feels totally ignored when a new baby arrives in the house. Even David - her special friend - pushes her away and no-one seems to appreciate the efforts she makes to welcome it. And when she is banished to the kitchen, Callie sadly resolves that she is no longer wanted. She has no choice but to run away...


(Paperback)

By: Adle Geras

ISBN: 9781849417709
Readership/Audience: Young Adult
Publication Date: Oct 2013
Publisher: Penguin Random House Children's UK
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The Tower Room: Loosely based on Rapunzel, this is the story of a sudden, unexpected, passionate relationship and the unforessen yet inevitable results of defying convention.

Pictures of the Night: A retelling of the Snow White fairytale, this is a thirlling story of jealousy and enchantment.


(Paperback)

By: Adle Geras

ISBN: 9780099218227
Readership/Audience: Children
Publication Date: Nov 1997
Publisher: Penguin Random House Children's UK
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Louisa (known as Weezer) is determined to become a ballet dancer. She starts lessons locally and with her typical self-assuredness, soon sees herself in the role of class-star. So when it comes to putting on a performance, Weezer knows there's only one place for her prima ballerina or bust!


(Paperback)

By: Adle Geras

ISBN: 9780099409540
Readership/Audience: Young Adult
Publication Date: Apr 2001
Publisher: Penguin Random House Children's UK
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Megan, Bella and Alice inhabit the isolated world of a girl's boarding school, Egerton Hall, buried deep in the English countryside.


(Paperback)

By: Adle Geras

ISBN: 9780099417231
Readership/Audience: Young Adult
Publication Date: Sep 2001
Publisher: Penguin Random House Children's UK
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But now something is very wrong with Alice - poisoned by dark memories and unable to speak to a single soul it seems the ill-wishing placed on her has come true. Even her closest friends don't seem able to save her from the nightmare .


(Paperback)

By: Adle Geras

ISBN: 9781474954976
Readership/Audience: Children
Publication Date: Nov 2018
Publisher: Usborne Publishing Ltd
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Cecily is enchanted when she meets photographer Rosalind, and soon longs to learn more about this art of the future and become a famous photographer herself. Believing Rosalind to be the perfect match for her widowed father, Cecily conspires to unite the pair, but her fathers friend keeps spoiling her plans. Will Cecilys dreams ever come true


(Paperback)

By: Adle Geras

ISBN: 9781783440603
Readership/Audience: Children
Publication Date: Dec 2024
UK Publication Date: 3rd October 2024
Publisher: Andersen Press Ltd
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As featured on BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour. and a grief-stricken widow defends her homeland amidst the destruction of war. Through these and other tales, War Girls presents a moving portrait of loss and grief, and of hope overcoming terrible odds.


(Paperback)

By: Adle Geras

ISBN: 9781782066071
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 2014
Publisher: Quercus Publishing
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Eva Conway has spent a lifetime hiding from a ghost in the mirror. A story of loss and the possibility of new beginnings.


(Paperback)

By: Adle Geras

ISBN: 9781782066095
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2016
UK Publication Date: 1st September 2016
Publisher: Quercus Publishing
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Warm, engaging, contemporary fiction about a woman who's so busy organising others' lives and loves, she neglects her own.


(Paperback)

By: Adle Geras

ISBN: 9780552574150
Readership/Audience: Children
Publication Date: Oct 2015
Publisher: Penguin Random House Children's UK
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ITHAKA tells the story of the women left behind after the end of the Trojan War.

The vivid colours of life on the abundant island of Ithaka are evoked with magic and warmth, as Penelope and those around her tell their own incredible stories.


(Paperback)

By: Adle Geras

ISBN: 9781849419680
Readership/Audience: Children
Publication Date: Aug 2013
Publisher: Penguin Random House Children's UK
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Once, when Megan, Bella and Alice shared a room, the Tower Room was theirs alone, remote from the rest of Egerton Hall School. Here they formed a deep friendship, which would continue long after they left their enchanted world. But now Bella thinks her life is in danger.