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The Cloak (Apprentices #4) The Cloak (Apprentices #4) Leon Garfield This installment follows pawn-broker apprentices, and a gypsy woman and her baby, driven to poverty. (The word "gypsy" was used in the text, and that is why it's also used in the summary.) OL10538159W
The Dumb Cake (Apprentices #9) The Dumb Cake (Apprentices #9) Leon Garfield This story tells of Parrot, a scientific young apothecary's assitant, and the superstitious customs of the Midsummer celebration. OL10538161W
The Enemy (Apprentices #12) The Enemy (Apprentices #12) Leon Garfield The story of Hobby, apprenticed to the figurine-maker, and his enemy Larkins – rivals in love for the piemaker’s daughter – amidst the chaos of the apprentices' Michaelmas feast. OL10538163W
The Filthy Beast (Apprentices #11) The Filthy Beast (Apprentices #11) Faith Jaques,Leon Garfield The story of Shag, the housepainter’s apprentice, and his tightrope-walking contest with Piper, the young dandy apprenticed in the silk trade, at Bartholomew’s fair. OL10538164W
The Prisoners of September The Prisoners of September Leon Garfield Two boys, Lewis and Richard, travel to Paris in 1789 for very different reasons, and find their ideals challenged in the events of the French Revolution and the September massacre. OL10538177W
Guilt and Gingerbread Guilt and Gingerbread Leon Garfield,Fritz Wegner Giorgio is a poor student in search of a fortune. All he has in the world are his good looks. So one day he sets off on his horse to try to win the hand of a rich and beautiful princess. The Princess… OL10538185W
The House of Cards The House of Cards Leon Garfield In 1847, an orphaned baby is rescued as the sole survivor of a massacre in a Polish village. Many years later a mysterious and disturbed Russian lady turns up unexpectedly at one of Mr. Dolly’s regul… OL10538186W
The Apprentices (Apprentices #1-12) The Apprentices (Apprentices #1-12) Leon Garfield *In the year 1764, a London newspaper reported the case of a Cheapside haberdasher’s apprentice who had embezzled ten thousand pounds of his master’s money. The apprentice had not gambled with this p… OL10538188W
Fair's fair Fair's fair Leon Garfield Two orphans are lured to an immense mansion by a mysterious dog where, because of their compassion, hard work, patience, and kindness, they make the transformation from rags to riches. OL10538189W
The Ghost Downstairs The Ghost Downstairs Leon Garfield A bargain of a lifetime -- selling seven years off the end of his life in exchange for a fortune now! By day, Mr Fast was a solicitor's clerk, drawing up strangle-tight agreements and contracts. B… OL10538190W
Jack Holborn Jack Holborn Leon Garfield Abandoned as a baby and brought up on parish charity, Jack Holborn longs to leave cold-hearted England. So he stows away on a ship bound for Africa, but discovers, too late, that he has fallen in wit… OL10538197W
Jack Holborn Jack Holborn Leon Garfield Abandoned as a baby and brought up on parish charity, Jack Holborn longs to leave cold-hearted England. So he stows away on a ship bound for Africa, but discovers, too late, that he has fallen in wit… OL11130172W
The Empty Sleeve The Empty Sleeve Leon Garfield Born on the chime of noon, Peter and Paul Gannet enter a world full of dire prophecy. "Twins is bad enough," cries old Mr. Bagley, a ship's carpenter, "but Saturday makes it worse. Saturday's child w… OL16085514W
Hamlet Hamlet Leon Garfield An illustrated, abridged version of the Shakespeare tragedy with background information and explanatory stage directions. OL16244771W
The complete Bostock and Harris The complete Bostock and Harris Leon Garfield Two stories published separately in the 1970s, in the first of which Harris offers Bostock the affections of his sister in exchange for the brass telescope of Bostock's father and starts a string of… OL23185928W
The Stolen Watch The Stolen Watch Leon Garfield In a cave on the wild side of St James Park live two ragged children; young Nick and his nine-year-old sister Jubilee. Once they had a father, but now they are alone -- and Nick knows it is his respo… OL24300456W
The winter's tale The winter's tale Leon Garfield An abridged version of "The winter's tale" accompanied by illustrations from the television series. Suggested level: secondary. OL24957152W
Scary! Scary! Robert Bloch,Richard Matheson,Joan Aiken,Ambrose Bierce,Stephen King,Ramsey Campbell,William F. Nolan,Ray Bradbury,Roald Dahl,Isaac Asimov,R. L. Stine,Jerome Bixby,Leon Garfield,Zenna Henderson,Peter Haining Anthology: Give yourself the shivers with these fourteen stories by the master scaremongers. 1. The Spell - R. L. Stine 2. It’s a Good Life - Jerome Bixby 3. Drink My Red Blood - Richard Matheso… OL3151594W
The king in the garden The king in the garden Leon Garfield A little girl named Abigail finds mad King Nebuchadnezzar eating the flowers in her garden and helps him return to his palace and to God. OL36290W
The writing on the wall The writing on the wall Leon Garfield Samuel, a kitchen-boy in Babylon, serves Belshazzar, the King, and his guests at the feast during which God delivers a message to Belshazzar which is interpreted by Judge Daniel. OL36299W
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