Amazingly Absorbing Tales
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Here's a list of amazingly absorbing tales to get your young readers in the mood for our June 2021- Lands to get Lost in box! Pefect for readers who love to disappear into the pages of their current book!
1 | WHEN WE GOT LOST IN DREAMLAND BY ROSS WELFORD:
Malky and his younger brother Seb get their hands on a Dreaminator which has the power to take them to worlds beyond their wildest dreams. Together they have amazing adventurous in the Stone Age, on board a Spanish Galleon and flying through tree tops until the magical lands they discover turn out to be too good to be true!
2 | THE LAND OF ROAR BY JENNY MCLACHLAN:
When Arthur and Rose were little they created a magical world called The Land of Roar. Now they are eleven, their imaginary games are long forgotten but The Land of Roar remembers them! When their Grandfather disappears Arthur and Rose must venture into Roar to save him form the evil villain they thought they had left behind forever.
3 | JOURNEY TO THE RIVER SEA BY EVA IBBOTSON:
When orphaned Maia travels hundred of miles up the Amazon river in Brazil she think she's about to start a new life living with distant relatives. Instead of long lost loved ones she finds eccentric characters,a love of wildlife and the jungle's indigenous inhabitants and embarks on an epic adventure down river in search of a legendary giant sloth!
4 | THE GIRL WHO STOLE AN ELEPHANT BY NIRZANA FAROOK :
Chaya is the most rebellious girl in her village. She steals trinkets from the rich to give to the poor and takes no nonsense from anyone. When Chaya takes her Robin Hood antics a step too far, her best friend Neel gets in terrible trouble and the only solution is to plan a dangerous rescue mission; to retrieve Neel from the Queen's palace on the back of an elephant through the wild Sri Lankan rain-forest...what could go wrong?
5 | OTHERLAND BY LOUIE STOWELL:
Otherland is a dangerous magical underworld – a place where appearances can be deceiving and vampires, fairies and terrible gods rule. When Myra and Rohan discover that Rohan’s baby sister Shilpa has been stolen and taken to Otherland and is being held hostage by the Fairy Queen, there is only one way to get her back safely. The pair take must win three terrifying challenges or risk being trapped in the Otherland forever!
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