Catherine Chidgey

"Tama is just a helpless chick when he is rescued by Marnie, and this is where his story might have ended. "If it keeps me awake," says Marnie's husband Rob, a farmer, "I'll have to wring its neck." But with Tama come new possibilities for the couple's future. Tama can speak, and his fame is growing. Outside, in the pines, his father warns him of the wickedness wrought by humans. Indoors, Marnie confides in him about her violent marriage. The more...

A tale of murder mystery and Meccano Golden Deeds tells the story of the middle-aged Patrick Mercer, lying unconscious in a hospital bed: of the teenaged Laura Pearse's disappearance and the grieving of her bereft parents; and the story of Colette, a young woman seeking a new life in a strange city. In warm, compassionate and beautiful prose, Catherine Chidgey delineates the connections which, however fragile, bind people together across continents...

Pronzitel'nyy psihologicheskiy triller, pokorivshiy mirovyh knizhnyh obozrevateley. Deystvie razvorachivaetsya v 1980-e v tihom gorodke Novoy Zelandii. Obychnaya zhizn' dvenadcatiletney Dzhastiny perevorachivaetsya s nog na golovu, kogda v ee klass prihodit novaya uchitel'nica - molodaya, krasivaya i neveroyatno obayatel'naya miss Prays. Vse odnoklassnicy Dzhastiny bez uma ot novoy prepodavatel'nicy i starayutsya izo vsekh sil, chtoby popast' v zavetnyy...

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Two children and a mysterious narrator navigate the falsehoods and wreckage of Hitler’s Germany in this stunning WW2 historical fiction novel for fans of The Book Thief.
Germany, 1939. As Germany’s hope for a glorious future begins to collapse, two children, Sieglinde and Erich, find temporary refuge in an abandoned theater amid the rubble of Berlin. Outside, white bedsheets...

Burt was mentally and physically prepared. He checked everything. Again and again. He hesitated. There was something missing-- Oh yes! Refreshment. Not that Burt tried to retreat, no, no, he has just gone for a banana. Maybe if his friends had not all encouraged him, Burt would not dare. But they shouted BURT! because they believed. And it is then, and only then, that Burt felt ready. And he did it.

Bear finds three tasty mushrooms on her way home through the woods. Her friend Weasel cooks them up in the frying pan. But the friends have a problem: how to share three between two? Bear and Weasel each come up with one argument after another for why they should have more: I found them! I cooked them. With my recipe! I like mushrooms more than you. I'm bigger. I'm still growing... Until the fox comes around the corner and snatches a mushroom. That...

Small children will relate to this story about Rabbit's bathtime routine, as he plays with the bubbles while washing, gets water in his nose then comes out to be towelled dry.

In a strangely heart-warming story, a duck strikes up an unlikely friendship with Death.

Anton uses his red hat to perform magic tricks for his friends.

Anton and his friend Luke fight an epic battle to be declared the strongest{8212}but will they be outdone by a puppy?