The Exiles at Home
10 best books like The Exiles at Home (Hilary McKay): When the Sirens Wailed, Ordinary Jack, Odious Oceans (Horrible Geography), Mennyms Alive, Julia Gillian And the Quest for Joy, Reach for the Stars, The Groovy Greeks And The Rotten Romans (Two Horrible Books In One), Tajemnica zielonej pieczęci, Making Waves, Ugly Bugs
| Author | Noel Streatfeild |
| ISBN | 0394831470 |
It is 1939, and the Clark family (Nobby and Rosie, and the children Laura, Andy and Tim) lives in South London. Although they are poor - and often hungry - they have a happy home.
There is talk that there may be a war with the Germans, and one Saturday morning the children are taken to the Town Hall...
| Author | Helen Cresswell |
| ISBN | 0192753991 |
Everybody in Jack's family seems to be brilliant - apart from Jack and his downtrodden dog Zero. Even his little sister can beat him at swimming. But Jack's uncle Parker has come up with a plan to make him and Zero shine: they'll pretend that Jack can tell the future! If only they could foresee what chaos...
Odious Oceans (Horrible Geography)
| Author | Anita Ganeri |
| ISBN | 0590543741 |
I expected that this book will cover a lot more of biology than it did. It was sort of a mixture of biology, chemistry, geography and history.
Some of the images were funnier that other, but overall I was not impressed. I did learn a couple of things, but I am secretly scared that because of the format...
| Author | Sylvia Waugh |
| ISBN | 0380729431 |
The Mennyms, a family of life-sized rag dolls, have always lived with danger, ever since their maker Kate Penshaw instilled in them an indomitable life force. That life force carried them through perils of many kinds and helped them survive the greatest danger of all -- the ever-present fear of discovery...
Julia Gillian And the Quest for Joy
| Author | Alison McGhee |
| ISBN | 0545033500 |
Where is the joy? Julia Gillian is sure to find it! This is the second story in an extraordinary series by a New York Times bestselling author.
So far, fifth grade at Lake Harriet Elementary School is not exactly a thing of joy. Julia Gillian's best friend, Bonwit Keller, is keeping a secret from...
| Author | Cindy Jefferies |
| ISBN | 0142407151 |
Chloe loves singing and spends hours practicing in her bedroom, miming into her hairbrush in front of thousands of imaginary fans. So when she gets the chance to audition for Rockley Park the school for budding pop starsChloe's determined to make the cut. But first she has to persuade her parents...
The Groovy Greeks And The Rotten Romans (Two Horrible Books In One)
| Author | Terry Deary |
| ISBN | 0439973325 |
History with twice the nasty bits| Want to know: Why dedicated Greek doctors tasted their patients' ear wax? What Roman soldiers wore under their kilts? Who had the world's first flushing toilet? The Groovy Greeks is full of fab facts about the hip 'n' happenin' Greeks - who used to hang out over 2,000...
Stefan Żórawiec otrzymuje niespodziewane podarunki na zakończenie piątej klasy. Dyrektor szkoły wręcza mu słownik i pokaźny zeszyt z poleceniem prowadzenia pamiętnika. Pomoże to Stefanowi uniknąć popełniania błędów ortograficznych. Zapiski chłopca w pewnym momencie...
| Author | Annie Dalton |
| ISBN | 0007204779 |
Mel is swashbuckling off to the seventeenth century Caribbean – watch out, there are pirates about! New-look cover for an angelic series rebirth!
Lately Brice seems to be behaving, so when Michael asks Mel to join him on a mission to the 17th Century Caribbean, she happily zooms off to...
| Author | Nick Arnold |
| ISBN | 0590558080 |
A great horrible non-fiction book. This book use some really special ways to teaching us about bugs. For example, jokes, quiz, and even true historical stories about horrible bugs... Not only that, this book also leading you to the world of bugs by asking questions about horrible bugs. For examples,...
How To Write Really Badly
| Author | Anne Fine |
| ISBN | 0749720239 |
Chester Howard a survécu a pas mal d’établissements scolaires. Il a connu des uniformes qui grattent, la prière cinq fois par jour, des profs qui se prenaient pour des psychothérapeutes et même une école ou personne ne parlait sa langue.
Pourtant, il se demande comment il va survivre à...
Plastuś to mały ludzik z plasteliny, bardzo popularny wśrod dzieci. Doskonale przekazuje on pierwsze doświadczenia i wzruszenia ze szkolnego życia. Co więcej, Plastuś nie jest tylko obserwatorem przygod uczniowskich, ale sam bierze w nich udział. Dotrzymuje kroku małej Tosi i jej kolegom...
| Author | Hugh Lofting |
| ISBN | 0440400589 |
Doctor Dolittle's Circus (Doctor Dolittle, #4), Hugh Lofting
Doctor Dolittle's Circus, written by Hugh Lofting and published in 1924 by Frederick A. Stokes, is set in England sometime between the original story and the later voyages narrated by Stubbins. It was one of the novels in the series...
| Author | Linda Newbery |
| ISBN | 1842555472 |
'What's all this ready for?' Tizzie asked. 'Is someone coming?' 'No,' Davy answered. 'It's always like this. No one ever comes.' 'It feels like the house is waiting.' 'That's because it is. Always waiting.'
Tizzie's changeable life has brought her to Roven Mere, a mysterious, rambling house,...
| Author | Adam Bahdaj |
| ISBN | 8376721852 |
Praca detektywa wymaga poświęceń i wyrzeczeń. Trzeba przemóc drżenie kolan i tropić złodziei także późną nocą. Ćwiczyć umiejętność dedukcji nawet podczas deseru. Przejrzeć czyjeś notatki jak poranną gazetę i nie przejmować się cieniem, który od tygodnia snuje się...
