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Quick & Easy Sewing is sure to have stylish and practical projects for decorating, organizing and last-minute gifts! Whether you only have a few hours or a whole weekend to sew, this collection makes it simple to choose a pattern and is filled with bright, happy projects you can make in an afternoon, a day, or a weekend. Beginners and advanced sewists alike will love to make these projects for every room of their house or for a friend. Quick & Easy Sewing includes a time estimate so you can easily pick the perfect project for your weekend!

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As colder weather sets in and the garden is harvested, countless quilters are inspired to create. Images of fresh pumpkins and falling leaves beg to be turned into warm and cozy quilts for every room of the home. The book features 11 creative projects that embody the autumn season. Whether you are a new or experienced quilter, you will be sure to love stitching the traditional and contemporary designs within these pages. From kitchen projects and wall hangings to full-size quilts, this collection will spark your creativity for many seasons to come.

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More Weekend Sewing will ensure that you never run out of quick-to-make designs. Each pattern can be completed in a weekend, with some of them taking only an afternoon, making them perfect for last minute gifts.

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Create stunning quilts in no time at all with this book packed with 14 beautiful quick-and-easy projects, most of which can be made in a day! Enjoy patterns for every skill level and taste. Craft charming chains and make a dazzling quilt using precuts. Ideal for stash-busting, this book is chock-full of projects to help clean out your scraps.

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This is the time to discover quilts with big blocks. Cut your piecing time in half with these larger than life blocks. 10 unique projects to choose from in all skill levels. You'll find everything from table toppers to bed quilts. It's time to up size for and explore the newest trend in quilting.

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Sometimes all you need is a small pop of colour, a quilted throw or a simple table topper to complete a room. It's not always easy to find just what you're looking for. This book features 10 gorgeous projects to choose from. Select your fabrics and colours and create the perfect accents for your home.

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Take yourself on a pinwheel journey. Learn how to make unique pinwheels starting with the easy and working your way up to more challenging. Let these 8 unique quilts inspire you to stitch new and exciting quilted projects.

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Find a fresh collection of tried-and-true blocks designed with a new spin! The classic Churn Dash, Ohio Star, Jacob's Ladder and Pinwheel blocks are on display with new looks and eye-catching patterns. Enjoy your favourites in new ways, or feel inspired to make your own refreshed design!

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Choose from 20 holiday designs to warm your home for each season! From Christmas ornaments to Easter baskets, you can find festive crochet projects for the whole year.

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These 12 towel toppers are a great way to use up your yarn stash and add whimsy to your kitchen. With small amounts of worsted-weight yarn, you can make several fun and practical projects to keep your towels handy.

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This unique book includes patterns, all of which use Log Cabin blocks or variations of them to create fun, festive, beautiful, and intriguing quilts that the whole family will love! Included are pieced as well as appliqued designs for your walls, beds, and living room décor. Each pattern includes step-by-step instructions and full-colour images to help your imagination come to life!

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Fat quarters are the most popular and versatile pre-cut fabric. Folded up neatly at the store, they call to every quilter and ask to be brought home to your stash. Random fat quarters can be pulled together to make amazing "planned scrappy" quilts. A fat quarter bundle, on the other hand, is a great way to sample an entire line of fabric without waiting at the cutting counter. With more possibilities than other pre-cuts, it can be difficult to imagine a design and get stitching – but not for these talented designers! Whether it's a curated collection or random fat quarters you've been collecting, this book includes 12 creative designs you can turn to again and again.

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If you love working with jelly rolls, you'll love these creative designs from Scott A. Flanagan. He has created eight stunning quilts using precuts measuring 2 1/2" wide, each quilt includes a matching mini quilt design made from 5" charm squares. Choose the size you want to make – or make both. Find hours of fun sewing within these pages. Start with your favourite pack of precut strips or squares and start sewing!

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Who says gnomes are just for the holiday season? These eight mythological creatures will bring a touch of whimsy to your home all year long. Bixley adds a festive touch to your Christmas décor; Lorenzo & Esme let you show your love on Valentine's Day; Pascal is waiting patiently for Easter; Blossom is ready to plant her flowers; Sukie hopes to scare someone at Halloween; Carmine has raided the pumpkin patch; and Darrell –well, Darrell is just hanging around the farmhouse all year long! All designs are made using worsted-weight yarn and are around 18cm tall and 10cm wide.

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Gansey is typically associated with knitting, but now you can crochet Gansey designs that mimic the look of knit designs! The Gansey look originated from the island of Guernsey over 400 years ago. Gansey sweaters were designed for fishermen who spent their days at sea, so they were knitted with tight textured stitches to ensure that the sweater was not only warm but water- and wind-resistant too. In A Gansey Crochet Home, you will find that each design is filled with texture and makes a perfect addition to any home.

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Create quilts from a time long past but still very much a part of the quilting experience. These 14 quilt designs revisit a time when quilting was a necessity for most families. A time when every piece of cloth was put to use. The quilters of this era were truly some of the best. This book recreates the designs of a time when simple was beautiful. Farmhouse-Style Quilting is for the quilter who is looking for simple but elegant country quilting at its best.

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Hooded scarves offer a modern way to stay warm in cold weather. These six scarves not only have hoods, but handy pockets too! Hooded scarves can be worn in many ways. You can layer them on top of a sweater and wear the hood up or down, or you can tuck them inside your coat and wrap around your neck and leave one end hanging down. And don't forget they make great gifts because they are quick-to-stitch!

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Create amazing quilts with only two blocks! This pattern book is packed with 11 different designs that each combine two different blocks into one brilliant quilt. See how combining two blocks can add interest and even create whole new patterns.

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22 textured projects for you and your home. Projects include an oversize spring cardi, hats, scarves, doily, coasters, table runner, 16 stitches sampler throw, earrings, bracelets and more! Projects are made using various weights of yarn.

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'Stash' is a crochet term for leftover or oddball yarn and 'Stash-Busting' is finding a project that uses these small amounts of yarn. In this amazing book you will find over 40 designs all made with small amounts of different sizes of yarn for home, baby and accessories! Designs include gnome coasters, little gnomes, easy doilies, afghans, hot pads, baby blankets, baby slippers, a ladies shawlette, jewellery and more!

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Bring some good luck along, with a little bit of whimsy, to your home or that of a loved one with these fun projects featuring gnomes. The book is filled with nine creative designs. Find playful designs for all rooms of the house including projects for the kitchen, sewing room, holidays or a special gift.

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If you're one of those busy quilters with very little spare time for quilting here's the solution. This book contains 9 gorgeous quilts you can make using 2 1/2" precut strips. It's not always easy to find the time to select fabric, do the cutting and then actually sit down and stitch the pieces together and that's exactly why this book is so perfect. Each pattern was designed specifically with precuts in mind for the busy quilter.

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Includes a general overview of 500+ crochet stitches and helpful tips. Don't miss out on this special CD collection featuring our most popular stitch books all on one CD. The disc includes full-colour photography and complete instructions. The CD is both PC and MAC compatible.

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These six amazing scarves will add the finishing touch to any of your outfits. All are made using Scheepjes Stonewashed XL worsted-weight yarn and most can be made in a weekend! Designs include ripple, mosaic, lace, gansey and more!

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Decorate your home with these six on-trend crochet wall hangings! All wall hangings are worked in single crochet from the bottom of the hanging up and are made using Scheepjes Softfun DK-weight cotton. Each hanging measures approximately 36cm x 51cm (14" x 20") and requires a 42cm (16 1/2") wood dowel rod. Designs include Funky Chicken, Hungry Goat, Herd That Cow, Christmas Truck, Rustic Barn and Wildflowers. Knowledge of chart reading required.

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8 fun-to-stitch animal designs all made using worsted-weight yarn! Each animal motif includes instructions to make a scarf and a cowl. Written instructions are included for the basic scarf design, and charts are included for the motifs.

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Use your jelly rolls strips measuring 2 1/2" wide to create 11 creative designs. Use leftover strips, precuts or strips you cut yourself to make projects ranging from casserole carriers, catchall baskets, lunch bags, purses and more. Make projects to use for yourself or to give as gifts.

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Book threein the heartwarming Lancashire-based Gibson series by beloved saga author Anna Jacobs. It's 1848 and preparations are underway for Annie Gibson's wedding to Bilsden's wealthy millwoner, Frederick Hallam. But not everyone is as pleased as they are. Frederick's daughter, Beatrice, is horrified at the prospect of a new attractive stepmother arriving at the house on Ridge Hill. Even Annie's own family feels threatened. The only person who seems pleased is Tom, Annie's brother. Soon, however, real troubles begin to pile up for the Gibsons. Tom's happiness is jeopardised by the news that he is father to a child he never knew about. Annie's son, William, is devastated to find out that his real father is not the man who brought him up. And even Annie's joy cannot last. Because someone has uncovered the secrets she has fought so hard to keep hidden...

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‘Candid and complex ­– and ultimately quite hopeful’ Claire Lombardo‘Beautiful and deeply moving’ J. Courtney Sullivan‘A story of abiding hope’ Mary Beth Keane   When Annie Brown dies suddenly, her husband, her four young children and her closest friend are left to struggle without the woman who centred their lives. Bill Brown finds himself overwhelmed, and Annie’s best friend Annemarie is lost to old bad habits without Annie’s support. It is Annie’s daughter, Ali, forced to try to care for her younger brothers and even her father, who manages to maintain some semblance of their former lives for them all, and who confronts the complicated truths of adulthood.   Yet over the course of the next year, while Annie looms large in their memories, all three are able to grow, to change, even to become stronger and more sure of themselves. The enduring power Annie g

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The beautifully repackaged eighth title in Jean Ure’s acclaimed series of humorous and poignant stories, about making wishes come true. "I'm your fairy godmother!" Annie sprang off the bed and did a little twirl. "I'm the one who makes you dreams come true!" Annie's arranged an amazing birthday present for her best friend, Megan. She's surfed the Net, made the contacts, and it's all sorted! Now all they need to do is to escape from Annie's bossy older sister, because a secret meeting wouldn't be the same if it wasn't, well secret…

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Annie’s family work hard to survive on their Ohio farm. Annie’s happiest when hunting game with her pa, and she doesn’t care one bit that it’s not the kind of thing girls are meant to do. When tragedy strikes, the family is thrown into deepest poverty. Until one day, Annie dares to pick up Pa’s old rifle, and find a way to feed her starving family. As the family’s fortunes worsen, Annie is sent away to work, and life becomes an ever greater struggle. Yet Annie has the courage and pluck to survive – and her brilliance with a rifle starts to gain her more than just turkeys for the pot. Can Annie’s amazing skills take her all the way to fame and fortune? An inspiring novel based on the incredible life of sharpshooting star Annie Oakley.

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In this heart-pounding debut thriller for fans of Lisa Jewell and Celeste Ng, a first-generation Vietnamese American artist must confront nightmares past and present. . . . Annie “Anh Le” Shaw grew up poor, but seems to have it all now: a dream career, a stunning home, and a devoted husband and daughter. When Annie’s mother, a Vietnam War refugee, dies suddenly one night, Annie’s carefully curated life begins to unravel. Her obsessive-compulsive disorder, which she thought she’d vanquished years ago, comes roaring back—but this time, the disturbing fixations swirling around in Annie’s brain might actually be coming true. A prominent art patron disappears, and the investigation zeroes in on Annie. Spiraling with self-doubt, she distances herself from her family and friends, only to wake up in a hotel room—naked, next to a lifeless body. The police have more questions, but with her mind increasin

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Set in a Tyneside fishing village, Herring Girl moves effortlessly between 1898 and 2007 as twelve-year-old Ben finds himself the unlikely conduit for Annie, a herring girl who lived – and died – a century earlier. As Ben tries to unravel the puzzle of Annie’s death, he is drawn irresistibly into her long-vanished world. Bringing the startling story of Annie’s life and curious death vividly to life, this brilliantly realised historical mystery introduces a cast of unforgettable characters, and reveals how the secrets of our past are never too far away.

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Annie's mum wants her to learn to swim, she buys her a new swimming costume. But Annie doesn't like water - it's wet and splashy and deep...

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When Annie's husband John dies of leukaemia, she and best friend Chris resolve to raise money for a new settee in the local hospital waiting room. They manage to persuade four fellow Women's Institute members to pose nude with them for an 'alternative' calendar. The news of the women's charitable venture spreads like wildfire, and hordes of press soon descend on the small Yorkshire village of Knapeley. The calendar is a success, but Chris and Annie's friendship is put to the test under the strain of their new-found fame. "Calendar Girls" opened at the Chichester Festival Theatre and has since become the fastest selling play in British theatre history.

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Based on the real life of Lieutenant Annie Fox, Chief Nurse of Hickam Hospital, The Woman with a Purple Heart is an inspiring WWII novel of heroic leadership, courage, and friendship that also exposes a shocking and shameful side of history.Annie Fox will stop at nothing to serve her country. But what happens when her country fails her?In November 1941, Annie Fox, an Army nurse, is transferred to Hickam Field, an air force base in Honolulu. The others on her transport plane are thrilled to work in paradise, but Annie sees her new duty station as the Army's way of holding the door open to her retirement. But serving her country is her calling and she will go wherever she is told.On December 7, Annie's on her way to work when the first Japanese Zero fighter plane flies low over Hickam's Parade Ground. The death and destruction that follow leave her no time to process what's happening. She rallies her nurses, and they work to save as many lives as they can. But soon their small hospital is overwhelmed. Annie drives into Honolulu to gather supplies, nurses, and several women who will donate blood. However, the nurses are Japanese Americans, and the blood donors are prostitutes.Under Annie's leadership and working together in unexpected ways, they make it through that horrific day, when one of the Japanese American nurses and Annie's friend, Kay, is arrested as a suspected subversive. As Hickam tries to recover, Annie works to find her friend and return Kay to her family. But Annie's love for her country is put to the test. How can she reconcile the American bravery and resilience she saw on December 7 with the prejudice and injustice she witnesses just a few months later?

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When the village's prodigal son, Huw Hughes, returns and sets his cap at Annie Parker, Annie's colleagues at the WISE Enquiries Agency make it their business to unearth the truth as to why Huw has been widowed three times. Is Annie in danger?

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1944: A cadet nurse at Walter Reed Medical Centre, Maren Larsen is swept off her feet by Dr. Oliver Demarest, a handsome Boston Brahmin whose family spends summers on the rocky coast of Maine. 1970: As the nation grapples with war in Vietnam, seventeen-year-old Annie Demarest grapples with young love. But before the summer is over a terrible tragedy will strike Haven Point, changing Annie’s life forever. 2008: Skye never knew much about her mother’s past––only that she wanted her ashes to be scattered in Maine. In the wake of Annie’s death, Maren decides that it’s time for Skye to finally learn the truth about her family. Over seven decades of a changing America, Haven Point explores a family, and a place, that holds as tightly to its traditions as it does its secrets.

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Annie’s family is made of love. When her moms open up their bookshop in the mornings, there is always a mysterious pile of books on the counter. By evening, every book has found its ideal reader. But one day there is a book that doesn’t get bought. It has to lie there all on its own. Who can its reader be, and why don’t they come? Days pass, and the book with no owner gets lonelier and lonelier. The bookshop is unhappy, and the moms are worried that the shop isn’t making enough money. Then someone starts borrowing the book. Eventually, we realise it’s Annie’s sibling Charlotte — and it is a book about being non-binary. Mum explains what ‘non-binary’ means to Annie. Charlotte asks to be called Charlie and says that their pronouns are they/them. The bookshop cheers up. Customers start buying books again. This family is made of love.

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Decorative paint expert Annie Sloan's ultimate guide to using paint to transform your home. Annie Sloan's complete guide shows you how to use paint to decorate any of the surfaces in your home. Learn the basic skills for using paint on walls and furniture, alongside masterful techniques for painting floors, fabrics, lighting and more. Her 75 step-by-step projects will guide you through using paint to makeover your home, with clear pictorial instructions alongside helpful tips and tricks. With each project learn the essential skills of stencilling, printing, waxing, gilding and dyeing fabric, as well as how to best use Annie’s own Chalk Paint® range. Get inspired with Annie's top tips on choosing colours and perfect palettes to work with. The Annie Sloan Collection contains all you need to know to begin your paint journey, for beginners all the way up to paint aficionados. So get ready to unleash your own creativity with paint!

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Step into the Cornish sun in this sparkling romantic comedy from the bestselling author of A Cornish Summer and A Rural AffairAnnie O'Harran is getting married . . . all over againA divorced, single mum, Annie is about to tie the knot with David. But there's a long summer to get through first. A summer where's she's retreating to a lonely house in Cornwall, where's she's going to finish her book, spend time with her teenage daughter Flora and make any last-minute wedding plans.Annie should be so lucky.For almost as soon as Annie arrives her competitive sister and her wild brood fetch up. While Annie's louche ex-husband and his latest squeeze are holidaying nearby and insist on dropping in. Plus there's the surprise American houseguest who can't help sharing his heartbreak.Suddenly Annie's big day seems a long, long way off - and if she's not careful it might never happen at all . . .Step into Alliott country with The Wedding Day.Praise for Catherine Alliott:'Alliott's joie de vivre is irresistible' Daily Mail'Possibly my favourite writer' Marian Keyes

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Who wants to eat meat without potatoes? Chicken without rice? Chili without cornbread? Sides can really make the meal. (Sometimes even taking center stage, as Aunt Annie's sweet potato casserole tends to do at the holidays.) Add the perfect compliment to all of your favorite dishes with the delicious--and deliciously healthy--recipes in this book. With many gluten-free and sugar-free options, there's sure to be something for everyone.

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In the 1970s, Annie Chappell dreams of a homesteading life—a life like the one depicted in Laura Ingalls Wilder’s Little House in the Big Woods, where the world is uncomplicated. If she can get to that place, she thinks, the trouble she faces at home—alcohol use, sexual abuse, and the sorrows of modern-day issues—will disappear. Home in Denver during a break from boarding school in the spring of 1973, she meets Bill, a mountain man Vietnam vet who’s traveling through town on his way back to his cabin on the Canadian border in Montana, and she falls in love with the life he describes. In October, after months of imagining a life with Bill, she runs away from boarding school in the East to find him so he can teach her the wild ways. When Annie’s plan fails, she goes back to school to graduate, but she continues to exchange letters with Bill for the rest of the school year—and after graduation, with her parents’ blessing, she makes her way to Montana to live with him. Homesteading with an older man in the wilderness, however, presents challenges she hasn’t anticipated. Ultimately, Annie’s experiences with Bill push her to face her own strengths and fears, as well as her relationship with her parents and home—and to begin to figure out who she really wants to be.

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What if everything you’ve ever loved, ever known, ever believed to be true…just disappeared? Annie Beyers has everything—a beautiful house, a loving husband, and an adorable daughter. It’s a day like any other when she takes Hannah to the pediatrician…until she wakes hours later from a car accident. When she asks for her daughter, confused doctors tell Annie that Hannah never existed. In fact, nothing after waking from the crash is the same as Annie remembers. Five happy years of her life apparently never happened. Annie’s marriage is coming to an end. Now a successful artist living in Manhattan, she’s no longer home in their beloved upstate farmhouse. Her long-estranged sister is more like a best friend, and her recently deceased dog is alive and well. With each passing day, Annie’s remembered past and unfamiliar present begin to blur. Haunted by visions of Hannah, and with knowledge of things she can’t explain, Annie wonders…is everyone lying to her? The search for answers leads Annie down an illuminating path far from home, to reconcile the memories with reality and to discover the truth about the life she’s living.

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From the bestselling author of the Detective Louise Blackwell series comes a story of two murders, twenty years apart. There’s only one suspect. But what if he’s innocent? Twenty years ago, in the seaside town of Galveston, Texas, Annie Randall took her dog for a walk. The dog returned. Annie did not. When her body was found, cruelly broken and posed like a runner, there was only ever one suspect: Annie’s husband, Frank. Now he’s served his time and come home – but the locals won’t let him forget. Especially when there’s a new ‘running girl’ murder… Detective Laurie Campbell remembers Annie’s case. She’s also married to the Randalls’ son. Painfully conscious of the deep wounds within her family, and still suffering from a personal tragedy of her own, Laurie takes the lead on the new investigation. As much as the finger of suspicion points to her father-in-law, something doesn’t add up. If he didn’t commit the most recent murder, is it possible he never killed Annie either? And if he didn’t, who did? As a terrifying hurricane hits Galveston, Laurie finds herself in a dangerous race against time. Can she find the answers that could heal her broken family before the wind and the waves hide them forever?

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Fun and laughter abound in this fun spy caper from an award-winning author. Particularly suitable for struggling, reluctant and dyslexic readers aged 8+ Annie's dad is a private investigator. She's used to mysterious things going on, but when a string of visitors come to her dad's office, it results in the most mysterious event of all – her dad has disappeared! Annie knows something is wrong and she enlists the help of her friends Matt and Ruth to follow a trail of very sticky clues…Particularly suitable for struggling, reluctant and dyslexic readers aged 8+

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