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LONGLISTED FOR THE CWA DAGGER AWARD FOR FICTION IN TRANSLATION A missing child is a nightmare for any family. But what happens when they come back? Eleven-year-old Elly is missing. After an extensive police search she is presumed dead, and her family must learn to live with a gaping hole in their lives. Then, four years later, she reappears. But soon her parents and sister are plagued by doubts. Is this stranger really the same little girl who went missing? And if not, who is she? Elly is a gripping tale of grief, longing, and doubt, which takes every parent’s greatest fear and lets it play out to an emotionally powerful, memorable climax. It is a literary novel with all the best qualities of a thriller.
A beautifully personalised and stylised journal for people named Elly. Makes a perfect gift for Valentines, Birthdays and other celebrations! Unable to find a book with your name? Try searching for: Nomen Clature - "YOUR NAME" Books
Elly and her sisters move from Brooklyn to Centre County, Pennsylvania, to spend a year on a farm. They learn a lot about country life, and by the time she has returned to Brooklyn, Elly has become a published writer.
A middle-aged woman on the run in the company of a contract minister, encountering new concepts, a few unsetteling characters and the occasional lame invention.
Elly was just five years old. She went to work with her mother every summer and peered out the large picture window while her mother cleaned the hotel. One day she watch out the window while the prettiest little girls got out of the cars. They were all dressed up like a Princess. They were coming to a Big Pageant. Elly always wanted to be in a pageant but her Mother didn't have the money to put her in it. See how Elly gets in the pageant and how she got her dress. She meets new friends and gets bullied. The story will bring a tear to your eyes. See how she get to be in the Pageant and the people that help her on the way.
"Elly's Spring Magic" is about the renewal of plant life every spring. The story is written to spark the imagination of the young and the young at heart. This enchanting tale unfolds the dramatic events of one winter and spring in the life of Elly, a tiny elf with magical powers granted to her by Mother Nature. The elf lives in a burrow under a violet plant, drinks morning dew, and sleeps in a bed of rose petals and dandelion seed fluff. Elly's friends are hamsters, bees, green spiders, birds, the sun and the wind. One winter Elly helps a sick friend and misses her spring duties of waking up the flowers. The greatly distressed elf calls on the wind for help. Mother Nature is very angry with the elf until she hears about Elly's good deed and decides to forgive her. This colorfully illustrated tale about friendship, sharing and helping others, transports one into an imaginary world of underground tunnels, inhabited by friendly little creatures and a very special elf.
This is the story of a young elephant's journey of self-discovery. Elly comes from an unusually colorful family. She faces the challenge of uncontrollable color changes. Experiencing hues of violet purple, strawberry red, iceberg white and many more, Elly longs for her own unique color. Throughout her journey, she meets many exciting characters, each facing their own obstacles. In Elly's adventures and encounters, she learns how special her unique characteristics truly are. This entertaining story will take children on a tongue-twisting adventure, exercising imaginations; while teaching them new concepts and lessons. There is a strong focus on colors, adding entertaining adjectives to every hue of the rainbow to create a vivid picture in children's minds. Exploring colors like sunshine yellow, violet purple, midnight blue, cherry red and iceberg white, children begin to develop connections between colors and objects. The writing style uses a playful twist on words. This creates tongue-twisters and rhymes, further developing childen's knowledge of the alphabet and letter sounds.
A beautifully personalised and stylised journal for people named Elly. Makes a perfect gift for Valentines, Birthdays and other celebrations! Unable to find a book with your name? Try searching for: Nomen Clature - "YOUR NAME" Books
The fifth book in the Magic Men series, Now You See Them is a wild mystery with detective Edgar Stephens and the magician Max Mephisto, as they investigate a string of presumed kidnappings in the swinging 1960s. The new decade is going well for Edgar Stephens and his good friend the magician Max Mephisto. Edgar is happily married, with children, and promoted to Superintendent. Max has found fame and stardom in America, though is now back in England for a funeral, and a prospective movie job. Edgar's new wife, though--former detective Emma--is restless and frustrated at home, knowing she was the best detective on the team. But when an investigation into a string of disappearing girls begins, Emma sees her chance to get back in the action. She begins her own hunt, determined to prove, once and for all that she's better than the boys. Though she's not the only one working toward that goal--there's a new woman on the force, and she's determined to make detective. When two more girls go missing, both with ties to the group, the stakes climb ever higher, and Max finds himself drawn into his own search. Who will find the girls first? And will they get there in time?
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