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Author: Caroline Lawrence
Format: MP3 CD
Author Caroline Lawrence
Narrator Nigel Anthony
SeriesRoman Mysteries, Book 4
Duration 3h 15m
It's December, AD 80. Ostia is gripped by a case of triple murder. The defendant seems the most unlikely criminal - a tragic and beautiful slave girl with a haunted past. Who will defend the slave girl? And is she really innocent? Justice must prevail in the courtroom, but it isn't easy when the vices and virtues of everyone concerned - even Fla...
View BookThe Candle In the Wind & the Book of Merlyn
Author: T H White
Format: MP3 CD
Author T H White
Narrator Neville Jason
Duration 10h 17m
The concluding books in T.H. White's retelling of the Arthurian legend see the old King facing the final challenge of his reign. Has he the strength to see it off - or will his lifetime's work be destroyed by his own son? Humane and deeply touching, White concludes his story with a passionate call for peace and a tentative suggestion of hope.
View BookAuthor: Caroline Lawrence
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Author Caroline Lawrence
Narrator Kim Hicks
SeriesRoman Mysteries, Book 3
Duration 4h 43m
It's late August, AD 79. The Roman world is reeling from the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. Volcanic ash covers the land, sunsets are blood-red and the sea gives up corpses of the dead. At a makeshift camp south of Stabia, hundreds of refugees from the cities of Vesuvius try to come to terms with the disaster. But then children begin to go missing...
View BookAuthor: Mary Hooper
Format: MP3 CD
Author Mary Hooper
Narrator Ruth Sillers
Duration 5h 28m
Lucy has been forced to run away from home as she fears for her safety from her drunken father. She is taken on as a maid at the house of Dr Dee, court magician, upon whom Elizabeth I relies heavily, even down to advising the date of her coronation. The household is strange and sinister, and Lucy has a nose for intrigue ... And she has more than en...
View BookAuthor: Steve Cole
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Author Steve Cole
Narrator Toby Longworth
Duration 1h 13m
Captain Teggs is no ordinary dinosaur - he's an astrosaur! On the incredible spaceship DSS Sauropod, along with his faithful crew, Gypsy, Arx and Iggy, Teggs rights wrongs, fights evil and eats a lot of grass! Teggs and his crew have been sent to a watery planet where a very large and very scary monster has been attacking a local fish factory. When...
View BookThe Amazing Mind of Alice Makin
Author: Alan Shea
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Author Alan Shea
Narrator Zoe-Anne Phillips
Duration 6h 52m
Alice is growing up in the grey world of post-war London. Her escape is her imagination, which always brightens her day. But when a new boy starts school, her mind begins to play tricks on her, and whenever they are together the world becomes a more exciting place.
View BookAuthor: Linda Newbery
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Author Linda Newbery
Narrator Steven Alexander
Duration 4h 27m
Josh has always had an affinity with animals, but it's his younger brother Jamie who falls under the wild cat spell and soon it becomes impossible for the family to cope with his frightening and unpredictable behaviour. Only Josh understands, but is he brave enough to break through Jamie's unhappy mask, and save them all? Silver Winner of the Nest...
View BookStardust: Magic By Moonlight & Believe In Magic
Author: Linda Chapman
Format: MP3 CD
Author Linda Chapman
Narrator Julia Barrie
Duration 3h 25m
Nine-year-old Lucy is really pleased when Allegra Greenwood moves in next door and the girls quickly become friends. But when Allegra tells her that she is a 'stardust spirit', Lucy discovers a whole world of magic beyond her imagination.
View BookMagic Kitten: Star Dreams & Double Trouble
Author: Sue Bentley
Format: MP3 CD
Author Sue Bentley
Narrator Emma Parish
Duration 2h 11m
Jemma's biggest dreams become possible when she discovers silky cream and brown kitten Flame, and there's double trouble for Kim when silver tabby kitten Flame comes to stay!
View BookAbbot Dagger's Academy and the Quest For the Holy Grail
Author: Sam Llewellyn
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Author Sam Llewellyn
Narrator David Thorpe
Duration 4h 52m
Abbot Dagger's Academy is a boarding school for children so weird or so brilliant they must be locked up far from civilisation. Onyx, Owen and Rosetti are the weirdest, baddest and brilliantest... They have to win the Greyte Cup for Achievement, but this is no ordinary trophy - it is the Holy Grail! And someone has hidden it in the trackless wastes...
View BookYou're Thinking About Doughnuts
Author: Michael Rosen
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Author Michael Rosen
Narrator Michael Rosen
Duration 1h 33m
Frank hated Friday nights, sitting in the museum while his mum did the cleaning. He felt very alone - until a skeleton came over for a chat! And suddenly the museum didn't seem quite so boring any more. But after a few chilling encounters with some of the skeleton's weird and wonderful friends, all Frank really wants is his mum.
View BookAuthor: K M Peyton
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Author K M Peyton
Narrator Evelyn Mclean
Duration 3h 49m
Strong-willed Minna is just a blacksmith's daughter, yet she raises a sickly abandoned foal to become the pride of the Roman cavalry. When her fort is threatened by bloodthirsty pirates, the fate of her people depends on Minna and her beloved horse, as they set out on an impossible journey to fetch help.
View BookThe Wickit Chronicles: Ely Plot
Author: Joan Lennon
Format: MP3 CD
Author Joan Lennon
Narrator Laurence Kennedy
Duration 2h 35m
You'd think growing up in a medieval abbey, surrounded by nothing but monks and hundreds of miles of swamp, would be pretty boring. Pip thinks so too, until the day he meets Perfect, a small stone gargoyle with a life of her own. Before long, the two find themselves in the midst of an assassination attempt against the new king, escaping into the co...
View BookMermaid Curse: The Silver Dolphin
Author: Louise Cooper
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Author Louise Cooper
Narrator Jilly Bond
Duration 2h 56m
Lizzy Baxter is thrilled when her family moves to Cornwall; she's always loved the beach. Lizzy doesn't realise, but she has a special connection with the sea and the mystical mermaids and silver dolphins who swim there. But there's much more to the beautiful blue-green world than magic. The evil sea queen is plotting to steal something precious -...
View BookAuthor: Malorie Blackman
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Author Malorie Blackman
Narrator Diana Bishop
Duration 45m
Despite his Mum's insistence, Sam doesn't want to be friends with Davey; he thinks Davey's a first class, grade A, top of the dung-heap moron. But one day Davey saves Sam's life and a bond is formed between them. Sam is still embarrassed to be seen with Davey, but little by little he has to admit, when it's just the two of them, Davey is a lot of f...
View BookAuthor: Michael Broad
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Author Michael Broad
Narrator Lucy Scott
Duration 48m
These are the secret agent case files of Amelia Kidd. She's saved the world loads of times from evil geniuses and criminal masterminds, thanks to her great disguises, her own gadgets (which sometimes work), and her brilliance at improvising in sticky situations. In this story Amelia foils a daring jewel theft during a class trip to the museum, than...
View BookAuthor: Philip Gross
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Author Philip Gross
Narrator Julia Barrie
Duration 3h 49m
Enna lives with her family above their cafe in Surrey Street. One day, when she is doodling, something amazing happens - one of her doodles comes to life and steps off the paper. He's a strange, wizened little creature who she calls the Dood. She discovers that he lives in the Margins - a strange netherworld inhabited by the contents of people's im...
View BookAuthor: Ingrid Lee
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Author Ingrid Lee
Narrator Laurence Bouvard
Duration 3h 20m
11-year-old Mackenzie has got one friend in the whole world: Cash, his brown-eyed pit bull. His dad won the runt after a long night of drinking and gambling - ever since Mac's mom died, that's all he seems to do, and soon he erupts in a rage at the innocent pup, takes her away in the trunk of his car, and dumps her in the middle of nowhere. Mac vow...
View BookAuthor: Jeanne Willis
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Author Jeanne Willis
Narrator David Thorpe
Duration 1h 15m
With his dad out of the picture and his mum working full time, six-year-old John's grandad ends up looking after him most of the time. But John doesn't mind - he loves his grandad, even if they don't always see eye to eye. In fact, much of the time they get on each others nerves! When it comes to the important things though, Grandad and John know j...
View BookAuthor: Jeanne Birdsall
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Author Jeanne Birdsall
Narrator Laurence Bouvard
Duration 6h 39m
This summer the Penderwick sisters have a wonderful surprise: a holiday on the grounds of a beautiful estate called Arundel. Soon they are busy discovering the summertime magic of Arundel's sprawling gardens, treasure-filled attic, tame rabbits, and the cook who makes the best gingerbread in Massachusetts. But the best discovery of all is Jeffrey T...
View BookThe Children of the New Forest
Author: Frederick Marryat
Format: MP3 CD
Author Frederick Marryat
Narrator Glen Mccready
Duration 3h 43m
In this audiobook, Marryat describes the trials and triumphs of the four Beverley children, orphaned during the English Civil War and forced to take refuge with a poor woodsman in the New Forest.
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