Stone of destiny: "Hoping to spark a revolution, college student Ian Hamilton comes up with a plan to steal Scotland's Stone of Destiny back from England." -- Container. Mysterious museum: "A brother and sister are transported into the 17th century through a museum painting. Soon, they are deep into an adventure that involves an evil sorcerer named Falco, a powerful jewel and the help of a novice magician." -- Container. The Excalibur kid: "Fifteen-year-old...

It's the summer of 2008. For the past decade, Nick and Bryony Skinner and their four children have ridden high on the economic boom, but their luck is about to run out. Suddenly, the privileged family finds itself at the center of a financial scandal:Their Central London house is besieged by the press, Nick disappears, and Bryony and the children become virtual prisoners in their own home. And Ali, their trusted nanny, watches it all. As the babysitter,...

London, England, September 1940. Thirteen-year-old Susan McEwan and her older brother, Philliphimself a pilotwitness firsthand the initial Nazi bombing of civilian London. Weeks later, Phillips Sunderland bomber is shot down, and his family is wordlessly devastated. Toronto, Canada, the early 1980s. As a young couple struggles to survive the Reagan recession, the husband, Alexander Polo, is forced to take a job as a paperboy. When the wife, Julie,...

In the 1970s, an eccentric old lady called Miss Shepherd lived in an old van opposite Bennett's house in Camden. That is until new parking regulations come into force -and he suggests moving the van onto his driveway. This odd relationship - not quite a friendship - lasted for 20 years until Miss Shepherd's death.