Raskolnikoff,l ayoung student, has been forced to give up his university studies because of lack of money. He withdraws from society and poor and lonely, he develops a plan to murder a greedy old m…
Nobody outfoxes Fantastic Mr. Fox! Someone's been stealing from the three meanest farmers around, and they know the identity of the thief-it's Fantastic Mr. Fox! Working alone they could never cat…
Lucy Honeychurch is a young middle-class English girl. Her life is comfortable and she lives a protected existence. But her experiences on holiday in Italy show her a different side of life. She le…
Captured by a giant! The BFG is no ordinary bone-crunching giant. He is far too nice and jumbly. It's lucky for Sophie that he is. Had she been carried off in the middle of the night by the Bloodb…
Richard arrives in Thailand, looking for adventure, and hears about an idyllic 'beach' on a secret island. He finds the island and the community of travelers living there. It appears to be paradise…
Life changes completely for Margareth Hale and her parents when they move to a smoky northern city. There, Margareth meets Mr Thornton, a wealthy cotton mill owner, and dislike him immediately. But…
It is the summer of 1956, and the ageing butler of Darlington Hall takes a rare holiday. But it is a journey that will also take him deep into his past. The Remains of the Day is a remarkable story…
A little magic can take you a long way. When James accidentally drops some magic crystals by the old peach tree, strange things start to happen. The peach at the top of the tree begins to grow, a…
Thomas Keneally's famous novel tells the story of Oskar Schindler, a businessman who risked his life ever day during the Second World War to save as many Jews as possible from the Nazi death camps.…
A little magic can take you a long way. After James Henry Trotter's parents are tragically eaten by a rhinoceros, James goes to live with his two horrible aunts, Spiker and Sponge. Life there is n…