Helen Watts Livres

Kelly, a Traveller girl, is isolated and unhappy at her new school. Until the hot summer day when she meets Ben. Ben offers to help Kelly with her history project. It's just schoolwork - except that the investigation quickly becomes compelling. Strange puzzles are revealed. A dark secret of the local quarry comes to life. Soon the mystery of the past is spilling into the present - and into Kelly's own life. Kelly must bring the long-buried truth to light. And she will leave no stone unturned...A tense, moving mystery with brilliant historical detail of Victorian life, by the author of the Carnegie-nominated One Day In Oradour.

A collection of ghost stories, legends and myths arising from the First World War.

On a hot summer afternoon in 1944, SS troops wiped out an entire French village. 644 men, women and children died that day. Just one child survived. This book tells the story of what happened in Oradour, and imagines what drove both the SS officer who ordered the massacre, and the seven-year-old boy who escaped it.

Set in 1820, the story follows Ichabod Crane, a new schoolteacher in the isolated town of Sleepy Hollow, who confronts local superstitions with logic and science. While the townspeople distrust him, heiress Katrina van Fleet is intrigued by his intellect. However, Ichabod soon discovers that the villagers' tales hide dark secrets. As supernatural forces awaken and the menacing Headless Horseman approaches, Katrina faces a pivotal decision that could alter the town's destiny forever.

Isabella Beeton's insights into household management, penned at just twenty-three, offer a unique perspective on domestic life in 19th century England. Her work, first published in 1861, emphasizes the parallels between managing a household and leading an army, highlighting the importance of organization and skill. Beeton's legacy as a culinary authority and symbol of domesticity has endured, influencing countless women and shaping the standards of home management and cooking for generations.