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2) Framed
Author
Lexile measure
680L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Dylan and his sisters have some ideas about how to make Snowdonia Oasis Auto Marvel into a more profitable business, but it is not until some strange men arrive in their small town of Manod, Wales with valuable paintings, and their father disappears, that they consider turning to crime.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2006
Lexile measure
750L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Gifts from Gwyn's grandmother on his ninth birthday open up a whole new world to him, as he discovers he has magical powers that help him heal the breach with his father that has existed ever since his sister's mysterious disappearance four years before.
4) Longbow girl
Author
Publisher
Chicken House/Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
700L
Physical Desc
324 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Steeped in history, ancient lore and crackling with tension between the central characters Merry and James, Longbow Girl explores the themes of who we are and who we can become when fighting for those we love and for our very lives. Are we prisoners of our history or can we break free? Can we become all that we need to be to meet the ultimate challenge of life and death in the Kings Tournament and in the dungeons of the Black Castle?
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 25 x 29 cm
Language
English
Description
When a young boy moves from his home in Italy to Wales, the only thing that cheers him up are the racing pigeons that Mr. Evans keeps in a loft behind his house.
6) Greenwitch
Author
Series
Lexile measure
800L
Language
English
Description
The Dark has stolen an object of great power--a golden grail that holds a vital secret. Will embarks on a new quest to reclaim the grail, and to drive back the Dark once again. But first he will need the help of three former grail seekers: Jane, Simon, and Barney Drew.
Author
Series
Nathaniel Fludd beastologist volume 3
Pub. Date
2010
Lexile measure
670L
Physical Desc
154 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Nathaniel and Aunt Phil are summoned to the Welsh countryside to calm the giant dragons known as wyverns, they suspect the problem was caused by the same sinister man who has been trying to steal the Book of Beasts.
Author
Series
Lexile measure
930L
Language
English
Formats
Description
A strange boy and dog remind Will Stanton that he is an immortal, whose quest is to find the golden harp which will rouse others from a long slumber in the Welsh hills so they may prepare for the ultimate battle of Light versus Dark.
10) Lily
Author
Series
Horse diaries volume 15
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
900L
Physical Desc
145 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
In 1939 Wales, a strawberry roan Welsh pony named Lily and her rider Gwen are Pony Club members who enjoy competing in gymkhana games, but the start of World War II brings changes to their routine and a new member to the Pony Club--a prickly girl named Bridget, sent to the country to escape the threat of bombings in London.
11) Emlyn's moon
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2007
Edition
1st Scholastic ed.
Lexile measure
750L
Physical Desc
152 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Nia, the middle girl in a large Welsh family, discovers her own special artistic talent as she uncovers the dark secret shared by the Llewelyn and Griffiths families.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2007
Edition
1st Scholastic ed.
Physical Desc
203 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
To purge the anger from an ancient Welsh demonic god that he had helped release, and to soothe a moody, troubled soldier, Gwyn Griffiths draws on the strength of his namesake and ancestor in Welsh magic, Gwydion Gwyn.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
710L
Physical Desc
480 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Student essays, scholarship committee members' notes, and other writings reveal interactions between a group of modern-day students at an exclusive New South Wales high school and their strange connection to a young Irishman transported to Australia in the early 1800s.
Author
Pub. Date
1976
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
370 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
This absorbing tale of time travel is a fascinating way for young adults to learn about the culture and history of Wales. After Peter Morgan's family moves from a New England college town to a Welsh village, he discovers a mysterious, ancient object that whisks him back in time to sixth-century Wales.
Author
Series
Mythical 9th Division volume 1
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
1st American ed.
Lexile measure
750L
Physical Desc
222 pages : illustrations, maps ; 18 cm.
Language
English
16) Carrie's war
Author
Pub. Date
1973
Edition
[1st American ed.]
Physical Desc
159 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Carrie and her younger brother spend World War II as evacuees in a small Welsh village where Carrie, upset by a family feud, commits an act that haunts her for thirty years.
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2012.
Lexile measure
780L
Physical Desc
345 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
In medieval Wales, follows Cecily whose family is lured by cheap land and the duty of all Englishman to help keep down the "vicious" Welshmen, and Gwenhwyfar, a Welsh girl who must wait hand and foot on her new English mistress.
Author
Series
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"When Jacob Portman was a boy, his grandfather regaled him with stories of his fantastic life at Miss Peregrine's home during the Second World War, even sharing photos of the remarkable children with whom he resided. As Jacob grew up, though, he decided that these photos were obvious fakes, simple forgeries designed to stir his youthful imagination. Or were they . . . ? Following his grandfather's death -- a scene Jacob literally couldn't believe...
19) Lost boy
Author
Pub. Date
2007
Edition
1st American ed.
Lexile measure
740L
Physical Desc
194 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
After Matt moves to Hay-on-Wye in Wales, a boy his age who bears the same initials and was killed in a car accident many years earlier, appears to Matt.
20) Dreamwalker
Author
Series
Red Dragon Academy volume 1
Publisher
Red Dragon Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
viii, ii, 270 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Addy Walker is a normal California surfer girl until her mother dies and her British aunt enrolls her in a boarding school called Red Dragon Academy in Wales. At first, the school seems okay, if a little weird. Which other school has a sun-day when it's not raining? But when Addy stumbles upon a hallway that leads to a different and horrible part of the school, she begins to have her doubts. Addy has always had vivid dreams, but now these dreams...