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'At last she reached the brow of the hill ? now the country opened out below her and she looked down into a wide and lovely valley ? Still patched with snow the little fields spread like a carpet below her and here and there a farmhouse with barns and golden ricks was clearly seen. Across the plain ran, straight as a ruler, a railway line and she saw a toy train puffing and crawling across the picture.'Malcolm Saville's classic 1946 novel is about eleven-year old Jane's discovery of nature and country life during a year spent convalescing on her uncle's farm, after having been dangerously ill in post-war London.This deeply-felt novel was written while Saville was extending his range as a wri...
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Set around Walberswick on the coast of East Anglia, David Morton goes to the rescue of Paul Channing, a school friend in trouble, taking the his twin brother and sister along for the ride. Just as well, as it's their talents which save the day, ending a criminal conspiracy which saves Paul's father; all against the backdrop of a tremendous storm which breaches the sea defences and floods the county.