A fantastic new adventure for brave, feisty Hetty Feather - one of Jacqueline Wilson's most well-loved characters.
Since leaving the Foundling Hospital, Hetty has seen her fair share of drama, excitement, tragedy and loss. After the death of her beloved mama, she sets off to find a real home at last - starting with the search for her father.
After the students leave for the day, the teachers at this school are naughty and noisy and break all the rules: dancing in the gym, roller-skating in the halls, stealing leftovers from the cafeteria, and writing on walls. An enormous food fight results in a chaotic, messy time; when the teachers break into the chem lab, they create their own slime! The rhyming text is mostly fine, but occasionally a bit forced. They change into jeans and get ready to play. They shout to their friends, 'The day's over! Hooray!' Gott's computer-generated cartoon illustrations are energetic and colorful with lots of whooshy movement and splashy action, supporting the atmosphere of mayhem and fun.
Follow the life path of an early orphaned Jane Eyre as she endures the harsh treatment of Mrs. Reed. At the age of 10, Jane is sent to a boarding school where she excels and eventually becomes a teacher. When one of her favourite teachers leaves the school, Jane herself ends up working as a governess for a Mr. Rochester. They fall in love and on their wedding day Mr. Rochester confesses he has a living wife who is a lunatic. After many twists and turns Jane returns to Mr. Rochester who is now blind and crippled. They fall in love again and get married.
Twenty Years After, a sequel to the Three Musketeers, continues the adventures of D'Artagnan and his three friends, Porthos, Athos and Aramis during the hectic days of Queen Anne and Cardinal Mazarin. The story recreates one of the most turbulent periods in French history, marked by petty intrigues and beset with internal revolution.
The house of the title is a gloomy New England mansion, haunted since its construction by fraudulent dealings, accusations of witchcraft, and sudden death. The current resident, the dignified but desperately poor Hepzibah Pyncheon, opens a shop in a side room to support her brother Clifford, who is about to leave prison after serving thirty years for murder.
