Geraldine McCaughrean
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In the summer of 1723, 8 boys and 3 men were marooned on a rocky stack in the middle of the sea at the edge of the Outer Hebrides. This book tells the story of how they survived nine months of deadly storms, madness and starvation with only a few ropes and baskets, and their own fortitude and endurance to save them.
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In the 1930s, all is not well. Nightmares are leaking out of Neverland. Fearing for Peter Pan's life, Wendy and the Lost Boys go back to Neverland -- with the help of the fairy Fireflyer -- only to discover their worst nightmares coming true! Peter Pan and his friends eventually restore Neverland to rights.
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2007.
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Taken to Antarctica by the man she thinks of as her uncle for what she believes to be a vacation, Symone--a troubled fourteen year old--discovers that he is dangerously obsessed with seeking Symme's Hole, an opening that supposedly leads into the center of a hollow Earth.
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2011.
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When a diphtheria outbreak forces twelve-year-old Cissy to leave her Oklahoma hometown in the 1890s, she and her two classmates embark on a wild adventure down the Missouri River with a team of traveling actors who are living on a dilapidated paddle steamer.
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This is a completely new version of the Arabian Nights-many of the stories have never appeared before in a collection for children. They include fables, romances, narrative jokes, and fairy tales. It is written in a style that is clear, gripping and poetic-one which conveys the flavor of the original and preserves the context of a magical, cruel, desert world.
11) Greek myths
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1993.
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Presents retellings of sixteen Greek myths, including the stories of Pandora, Daedalus and Icarus, King Midas, Jason, and Odysseus.
14) Roman myths
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2001, c1999
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Retellings of fifteen Roman myths chronicling the exploits and adventures of Venus, Aeneas, Romulus and Remus, Diana, and others.
16) The Jesse tree
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2005.
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The stories that tell of Christ's lineage unfold as an old carpenter begrudgingly tells a young boy about the Jesse tree he is carving.