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The Magic of Reading: The Runaways / Swallows and Amazons / The Wolves of Willoughby Chase (Boxed Set)
The Magic of Reading The Runaways / Swallows and Amazons / The Wolves of Willoughby Chase - Boxed Set Author:Ruth Thomas, Arthur Ransome, Joan Aiken One of a series of boxed sets, each of which consists of three popular adventure stories for children. This set contains: — THE RUNAWAYS by Ruth Thomas — When Julia and Nathan find a secret horde of cash in a derelict building they think the money is going to be the solution to all their problems. But when they try to buy the frie... more »ndship of other kids with their new-found wealth, people start to ask different questions, and Julia and Nathan decide that they must run away. . .
SWALLOWS AND AMAZONS by Arthur Ransome
For anyone who loves sailing and adventure. Arthur Ransome's classic Swallows and Amazons introduces the Walker family, the camp on Wild Cat Island, the able-bodied catboat "Swallow," and the two intrepid Amazons, plucky Nancy and Peggy Blackett.
THE WOLVES OF WILLOUGHBY CHASE (Wolves Chronicles, Bk 1) by Joan Aiken
In this chilling beginning to The Wolves Chronicles, two little cousins are left in the care of an evil governess. They escape and travel 400 miles to London with their friend Simon and his geese. A sad and sinister howling arose. It was the far-off cry of wolves "Make haste, make haste! There is not a moment to be lost!" But Bonnie and her orphan cousin discover, the real danger lies not with the savage roaming beasts, but with the sinister new occupant of Willoughby Chase.« less