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ABHORSEN

\pause{1500}Author: Nix, Garth
\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 16487 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 8
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 0.00
\pause{1500}Main subject: Key stage 4 - ages 14 - 16 years
\pause{1500}Additional subject: Key stage 3 - ages 12 - 14 years
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In the final book of the Old Kingdom trilogy Lirael has to stop Orannis, the destroyer, from unleashing its terrible powers.

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ABSENT FRIENDS

\pause{1500}Author: Linscott, Gillian
\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 5580 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 6
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 8.50
\pause{1500}Main subject: Detective & Mystery Stories
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December 1918, the World War is over and suffragette Nell Bray is standing for election in a constituency where the former candidate was blown up at a celebratory firework display. Nell is asked by the widow to discover the truth about his death.

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BEEKEEPER'S APPRENTICE, THE

\pause{1500}Author: King, Laurie R
\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 5661 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 9
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 13.50
\pause{1500}Main subject: Detective & Mystery Stories
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In 1914 Mary Russell meets a retired beekeeper on the Sussex Downs. He is Sherlock Holmes, who recognising Mary's intellect takes her on as his assistant. Usually their cases are small but suddenly they find themselves against a murderous enemy.

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BREADWINNER, THE

\pause{1500}Author: Ellis, Deborah
\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 16266 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 4
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 3.25
\pause{1500}Main subject: Key stage 3 - ages 12 - 14 years
\pause{1500}Additional subject: Key stage 4 - ages 14 - 16 years
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In Afghanistan, Parvana's father has been arrested by the Taliban and by law the women cannot leave home alone. When the food runs out Parvana pretends to be a boy. It is dangerous but the only way to save the family.

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CANDLE HOUSE, THE

\pause{1500}Author: Fisk, Pauline
\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 16241 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 5
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 7.25
\pause{1500}Main subject: Key stage 2 - ages 8 - 11 years
\pause{1500}Additional subject: Key stage 3 - ages 12 - 14 years
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Vee and her father feel as if they have entered another world when they cross the Caus Valley. Who is the mysterious boy in black? Does he bring a message from another place or even another time?

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CHILD'S GARDEN OF VERSE, A

\pause{1500}Author: Stevenson, Robert Louis
\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 16359 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 2
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 1.25
\pause{1500}Main subject: Key stage 2 - ages 8 - 11 years
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A classic collection of verse for children.

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CORAM BOY

\pause{1500}Author: Gavin, Jamila
\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 16174 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 7
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 10.50
\pause{1500}Main subject: Key stage 3 - ages 12 - 14 years
\pause{1500}Additional subject: Key stage 4 - ages 14 - 16 years
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Whitbread Children's Award Winner 2000. Set in the eighteenth century. Toby and Aaron both live in Captain Coram's Hospital for orphans, but their backgrounds are very different and who is Mish who watches over them?

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DESERT IN BOHEMIA, A

\pause{1500}Author: Walsh, Jill Paton
\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 6011 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 8
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 11.00
\pause{1500}Main subject: General Fiction
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In 1945 central Europe is in upheavel, communities destroyed and the social order changed forever. Count Michael Blansky is forced to abandon his ancestral castle and join the flood of refugees, but he leaves behind a tangled legacy.

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HANDMAID'S TALE, THE

\pause{1500}Author: Atwood, Margaret
\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 5427 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 8
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 11.50
\pause{1500}Main subject: Contemporary Fiction
\pause{1500}Additional subject: Family Stories
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The Republic of Gilead allows Offred only one function - to breed - and if she deviates she will be allowed to die. But even such a repressive state cannot obliterate desire!

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HOUSE UNLOCKED, A

\pause{1500}Author: Lively, Penelope
\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 6163 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 9
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 8.25
\pause{1500}Main subject: Biography & Autobiography - General
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In the 1930's and 1940's Penelope Lively was often sent to stay at Golsoncott, her grandparent's country house. Over fifty years later she delves into the past of the house and the people who lived there.

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