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Welcome to Franklin's Emporium - the department store where there's magic on every floor! When Alex visits the pet shop at Franklin's Emporium she just wants to buy some cat treats but she goes home with a little bit more than she bargained for. Where's that purring coming from? And why do things keep getting knocked over? Funny, exciting or a little bit spooky, Black Cats are fast-paced stories with short chapters and illustrations throughout. Perfect stepping stones to reading confidence.

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Welcome to Franklin's Emporium - the department store where there's magic on every floor! When Alex is sent to Golden Bay for the summer she just wants be left in peace to read her books. Unfortunately, her cousin Maisie has other ideas and makes Alex go shopping for some white lace gloves. And when you are shopping at Franklin's Emporium, what you end up buying isn't quite what you expected! Funny, exciting or a little bit spooky, Black Cats are fast-paced stories with short chapters and illustrations throughout. Perfect stepping stones to reading confidence.

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The fifth DragonChild adventure. Tia is determined to retrieve the DragonQueen's six stolen Jewels of Power from the High Witches. She has four of the magical jewels; now she is going after the ruby that can stop time. But that means facing the vicious High Witch Hyldi, in her corrupt, greedy town. Tia is alone, without her DragonBrother Finn, and people depending on her. Can she use all her wits and her growing witch-powers to retrieve the fifth jewel?

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When the DragonQueen's Jewels of Power were stolen by the six sister-witches, the dragons were banished from the land of Tulay. They took with them a human child as hostage. Tia has been raised by the dragons and considers them her family. But when she learns that her mother is one of the sister witches, she must prove herself to be a true DragonChild by retrieving the jewels, with the aid of her DragonBrother. In this second exciting adventure, Tia goes after the jewel that gives its possessor the power to shift shape.

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The sixth DragonChild adventure. Tia is on a quest to retrieve the DragonQueen's six stolen Jewels of Power from the High Witches. She has all the jewels but the healing pearl - which is held by the last High Witch, her mother, Ondine. Ondine has no idea that Tia is her daughter. She's determined not to lose the pearl to a thief who has brought down her five sisters. But Tia is equally determined to finish her quest, without her evil mother learning the truth...

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The fourth DragonChild adventure. Tia is determined to retrieve the DragonQueen's six stolen Jewels of Power from the High Witches. She has the emerald that lets her speak to animals, the opal that lets her change shape and the topaz that controls the weather. Now she goes after the magical sapphire that allows teleportation. But that means facing the terrifying High Witch Skadi and her strange land filled with statues that watch...and move...and attack. Can Tia and her DragonBrother Finn retrieve the fourth jewel?

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