The Story Thief by Graham Carter

The Story Thief by Graham CarterFrom Waterstones Book Prize shortlisted Graham Carter comes this story perfect for little bookworms, and those who haven't quite discovered the magic of books yet Olive is a shy girl who prefers reading about adventures to having them herself. But when a mysterious figure steals all of the books in town, Olive is forced straight into an adventure of her own. The thief, meanwhile, doesn't quite know what to do with the stories he's stolen. Olive must

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Other follows a cast of twelve characters on their personal journeys through this country and the last hundred years

making friends and learning lots of new French words along the way

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Sive is in love with a young man

and for readers far and wide both the title and the work have exerted a pull far in excess of the book’s brevity

unexpected beauty in the wilderness

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each one contains an idea or solution to a problem my father has identified in life