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The Terrible Thing That Happened to Barnaby Brocket (Illustrated by Oliver Jeffers) by John Boyne; Oliver Jeffers (Illustrator)
Category: Children's Fiction
There's nothing unusual or different about the Brocket family - and they're keen to keep it that way. But when Barnaby Brocket comes into the world, it's clear he's anything but ordinary. To his parents? horror, Barnaby defies the laws of gravity - and floats. Soon, the Brockets decide enough is enough. ...Show more
This House is Haunted by John Boyne
Category: Fiction
1867. On a dark and chilling night Eliza Caine arrives in Norfolk to take up her position as governess at Gaudlin Hall. As she makes her way across the station platform, a pair of invisible hands push her from behind into the path of an approaching train. She is only saved by the vigilance of a passing ...Show more
This House is Haunted by John Boyne
Category: Fiction
1867. Eliza Caine arrives in Norfolk to take up her position as governess at Gaudlin Hall on a dark and chilling night. As she makes her way across the station platform, a pair of invisible hands push her from behind into the path of an approaching train. She is only saved by the vigilance of a passing ...Show more
Water by John Boyne
Category: Fiction
The first thing Vanessa Carvin does when she arrives on the island is change her name. To the locals, she is Willow Hale, a solitary outsider escaping Dublin to live a hermetic existence in a small cottage, not a notorious woman on the run from her past. But scandals follow like hunting dogs. And she ha ...Show more