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Coot Club (#5 Swallows & Amazons) by Arthur Ransome
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Category: New Children's Novels | Series: Swallows and Amazons Ser.
Tom Dudgeon has cast off a motor cruiser from its moorings to protect a coot's nest, but now the cruiser is searching high and low for him - even offering a reward. Tom accepts an invitation for a week's cruise to teach his new friends, Dick and Dorothea how to sail. You couldn't get a better sailor tha ...Show more
Great Northern? (Swallows & Amazons #12) by Arthur Ransome
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Category: New Children's Novels | Series: Swallows and Amazons Ser.
Dick's birdwatching discovery turns the cruise of the Sea Bear into a desperate chase. The Swallows and Amazons have to prove the facts of the case, and evade the natives and an egg-collector, determined to kill a pair of rare birds and steal the credit.
Great Northern? (Swallows and Amazons #12) by Arthur Ransome
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Category: New Children's Novels | Series: Swallows and Amazons
Flat on his front, binoculars to his eyes, alone at dusk, Dick makes a remarkable discovery: two rare birds, never before seen in the British Isles. Captain Flint and his crew decide to consult an expert to confirm the discovery. But when the man they ask turns out to have his collector's eye on the bir ...Show more
Missee Lee (#10) by Arthur Ransome
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Category: New Children's Novels | Series: Swallows and Amazons
'So long,' called the harbourmaster. 'Don't run into Missee Lee!' The Swallows, Amazons and Captain Flint don't pay much heed to the harbourmaster's friendly warning as they set off for China. They are on a round-the-world voyage aboard the Wild Cat and it's been plain sailing for a hundred ports. But w ...Show more
Missee Lee (Swallows & Amazons #10) by Arthur Ransome
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Category: New Children's Novels | Series: Swallows and Amazons Ser.
Nancy Blackett, the terror of the seas, has finally met a real pirate - the tiny, pistol-carrying Missee Lee, who has rescued them after their shipwreck off the coast of China. The only trouble is she wants to keep them - forever.
Picts and the Martyrs (Swallows & Amazons #11) by Arthur Ransome
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Category: New Children's Novels | Series: Swallows and Amazons Ser.
The dreaded Great Aunt invites herself to stay with Nancy and Peggy just as their friends arrive for the Summer. Nancy and Peggy have to become Martyrs, wearing dresses and reading poetry, while friends Dick and Dorothea become Picts, secret inhabitants of the country who must never be seen.
Pigeon Post (#6 Swallows and Amazons: Vintage Classics) by Arthur Ransome
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Category: New Children's Novels | Series: Swallows and Amazons
'Barbecued billygoats!' Can you imagine finding gold? That's just what the Swallows and Amazons and Dick and Dorothea decide to hunt for in the hills high above the lake. But it's a hot and dry summer and water is in scarce supply. Worse still for the troubled campers, they have competition: Squashy Hat ...Show more
Pigeon Post (Swallows & Amazons #6) by Arthur Ransome
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Category: New Children's Novels | Series: Swallows and Amazons Ser. | Reading Level: very good
Reunited for the summer, the Swallows and Amazons with Dick and Dorothea launch a prospecting expedition to find the lost gold mine of the high hills above the lake. But the mining camp runs into all sorts of trouble: not only the danger of fire in the drought ridden countryside but also scary encounter ...Show more
Secret Water (Swallows & Amazons #8) by Arthur Ransome
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Category: New Children's Novels | Series: Swallows and Amazons Ser.
The crew of the Swallow take on the task of mapping the mass of small islands round Pin Mill while living on the biggest one. But who are they mysterious savages who lurk in the islands - and is the tribal totem they find in their campsite a threat of attack?
Secret Water (Swallows and Amazons #8: Vintage Classics) by Arthur Ransome
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Category: New Children's Novels | Series: Swallows and Amazons
'You'll start with a blank map, that doesn't do more than show roughly what's water and what isn't.' When the Walker family's holiday plans are ruined by Daddy having to work, the whole summer seems lost at sea. But a dull holiday for the children is too miserable to bear so their parents hatch a plan. ...Show more
Swallowdale by Arthur Ransome
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Category: New Children's Novels | Series: Swallows and Amazons Ser.
John, Susan, Titty and Roger return to the lake for another summer camping on their island with their old allies, Nancy and Peggy, otherwise known as the Amazon pirates. But immediately disaster strikes when the Swallows find themselves marooned ashore by the shipwreck of their boat. But if they can't h ...Show more
Swallows and Amazons by Arthur Ransome
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Category: New Children's Novels | Series: Swallows and Amazons | Reading Level: very good
Swallows and Amazons for ever! The Walker children - also known as Captain John, Mate Susan, Able-Seaman Titty, and Ship's Boy Roger - set sail on the Swallow and head for Wild Cat Island. There they camp under open skies, swim in clear water and go fishing for their dinner. But their days are disturbe ...Show more