- Location(s): London
- Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
- Era(s): 1912
London, 1912. It is two years before the outbreak of World War 1, and the Oakley family are typical of their time. Andrew has been clerk at a City solicitors for twenty years. Alice, his wife, keeps the home...
- Location(s): Italy
- Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
- Era(s): Second World War
As fascists march across the cobbled piazzas and past the towered buildings of her beloved home city, twenty-year-old Devora’s worst fears come true. Along with her Jewish parents and twin little brothers they are torn away from everything they...
The Girl Who Just Wanted To Have Fun
- Location(s): London
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 2006-8
Three stories. Three women. Three very different lives. Watch out for the unexpected twist! Liz is a career woman who is desperately trying to break through the glass ceiling in the world of finance, Betsy is the motherly figure...
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest
- Location(s): Sweden
- Genre(s): Thriller
- Era(s): early 2000s
The stunning third and final novel in Stieg Larsson’s internationally best-selling trilogy. Lisbeth Salander – the heart of Larsson’s two previous novels – lies in critical condition, a bullet wound to her head, in the intensive care unit of...
- Location(s): Sri Lanka (Ceylon)
- Genre(s): Children
- Era(s): N/A
From the author of The Girl Who Stole an Elephant comes another brilliant escapade. The third thrilling adventure set in a fictional Sri Lanka is jam-packed with peril, poachers and an endangered leopard! Selvi is a wild child who...
- Location(s): Zimbabwe (Rhodesia)
- Genre(s): Short Stories, Fantasy
- Era(s): timeless
Alexander McCall Smith was born in what is now Zimbabwe and grew up hearing stories that so enchanted him, he passed them along to his own children. He now shares them in this jewel of a book.
The Girl Who Reads on the Metro
- Location(s): Paris
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
For fans of The Little Paris Bookshop and The Elegance of the Hedgehog, The Girl Who Reads on the Métro is the French phenomenon by Christine Féret-Fleury ready to charm book-lovers everywhere . . . When Juliette takes the...
- Location(s): Siena
- Genre(s): Children
- Era(s): WW2 and present day
An epic, emotional story of two girls and their bond with beloved horses, the action sweeping between Italy during the Second World War and present day. When Lola’s grandmother Loretta takes her to Siena, Italy, for the summer, Lola...
The Girl Who Said No to the Nazis: Sophie Scholl and the Plot Against Hitler
- Location(s): Germany
- Era(s): WW2, 1942
How one young student and her friends fought against fascism in Nazi Germany – the incredible story of Sophie Scholl and the White Rose. Part of the True Adventures series! Nazi Germany, 1942. As World War Two rages, Sophie...
The Girl Who Stole an Elephant
- Location(s): Sri Lanka (Ceylon)
- Genre(s): Children
- Era(s): early 21st century
Chaya, a no-nonsense, outspoken hero, leads her friends and a gorgeous elephant on a noisy, fraught, joyous adventure through the jungle where revolution is stirring and leeches lurk. Will stealing the queen’s jewels be the beginning or the end...
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