Judith Clarke

A deeply moving story set in the 1950s about two very different young girls - Clementine, who is growing up in the city, and Fan, her strong beautiful cousin in the country - and how the choices they make define their fates as women.

When Fan was little, she dreamed of magical countries in the far-away blue hills. As she grew up she dreamed of love, and the boys came after her one by one.

Clementine thought her cousin Fan's house in the country

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For two weeks, Pixie Hollow has been in a terrible dry spell. Everyone is frazzled, especially Rani and the other the water-talent fairies. When the dry spell finally ends, Queen Clarion decides it's time for a treat-a fairy treasure hunt! But on the day of the treasure hunt, Rani wakes up late. Her friends all have partners already, so Rani is stuck with the slowest-moving sparrow man around. To make things worse, she has a bet with Vidia. If Vidia...

When Vidia, a disagreeable fairy, finds herself accused of stealing the Queen's tiara, she enlists the aid of a fellow sprite to help investigate and the two race against time to clear Vidia's name.

Beck, a fairy, has a talent for talking to animals, but that may not be enough when she tries to mediate a war between the hummingbirds and the chipmunks.

Dulcie the fairy, who likes to work hard as head baker for Queen Clarion, reluctantly takes a vacation.

Rosetta, a dainty garden-talent fairy, and her friend Fawn, a rough-and-tumble animal-talent fairy, face their fears when Fawn agrees to dress up for a fancy dinner with the queen and Rosetta spends the next day doing Fawn's favorite things.

Fairies Iridessa and Tinker Bell find themselves trapped inside a pirate Captain Hook's bottle, floating on the sea after their plans to use the bottle to scare away an owl go awry.

As her irritating family prepares to celebrate her grandfather's eightieth birthday, sixteen-year-old Lily yearns for just one whole perfect day together.

When his father dies, fourteen-year-old Kenny has to leave school and find work. Includes flashbacks to previous generations of Kenny's family.

Separated from his own species as a hatchling and raised by a clan of lemurs, Aladar's life is plunged into chaos when a meteor shower forces him to join a group of migrating dinosaurs searching for a safe nesting ground.