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Left on their own in seventeenth-century London, three impoverished children draw upon all their resources to stay together and make their way to the Virginia colony in search of their father.

In her diary in 1912, thirteen-year-old Margaret Ann describes how she leaves her lonely life in a London orphanage to become a companion to a wealthy American woman, sails on the RMS "Titanic," and experiences its sinking.

Sara Crewe, a pupil at Miss Minchin's London school, is left in poverty and at the mercy of a cold-hearted school mistress when her father dies, but she continues to believe in her own self worth and is later rescued by a mysterious benefactor.

Nathaniel, a young magician's apprentice, becomes caught in a web of magical espionage, murder, and rebellion, after he summons the djinni Bartimaeus and instructs him to steal the Amulet of Samarkand from the powerful magician Simon Loveland.

When his father is arrested as a debtor in 1849 London, fourteen-year-old John Huffman must take on unexpected responsibilities, from asking a distant relative for help to determining why people are spying on him and his family.

When the Ambassador moves to London, the twelve little girls go to visit his son, Madeline has an adventure on a horse, and the horse returns to Paris with the girls.

While waiting for their daughter to arrive at Paddington Station, Mr.

A young Englishman, just starting his career as a magician, is helped by some of the greatest magicians in history as they step out of posters of themselves to help him master the tricks and techniques of the trade.

When Ted and Kat's cousin Salim disappears from the London Eye ferris wheel, the two siblings must work together--Ted with his brain that is "wired differently" and impatient Kat--to try to solve the mystery of what happened to Salim.

Illustrations present noted sights in London as seen from the outside and inside, such as the British Museum, Houses of Parliament, Tower of London, Waterloo Station, and St.

Puzzled by a world of confrontation, competition, and aggression, Horatio the cat seeks a way to cultivate harmony.

Spurred on by her older sister, Amy works hard to overcome her nervousness so that she and her horse Lucky can compete in their first horse show.

After Detective Vincent Ruiz is removed from the Thames River with a bullet wound in his leg, he has no memory of the shooting.

The tale begins on Christmas Eve seven years after the death of Ebenezer Scrooge's business partner Jacob Marley.

Mandy and James visit London where they try to rescue a lost puppy from the dangers of the big city.