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Accompanied by Myles, her assistance dog, Lilly sets off from Granny''s house to explore. First she walks through the garden, then she visits the seashore. But when she comes to the big cave at the end of the beach her acute hearing means she is scared of the loud noise when she drops her torch. And what''s that creature she can hear coming towards her?...

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Jon Roberts relates the real-life experiences of children with a variety of differences through their own words in this gently-told but immensely informative new picture book. A variety of conditions are introduced to young readers, discussing how the challenges of each affect children both in a school setting and outside and how they engage in activities they love.

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‘The best crime book since Wiseguy’ – Rich CohenA real-life Scarface, Jon was born into the Gambino Mafia family and witnessed his first murder aged seven. He joined a US Army assassination squad in Vietnam to escape a teen criminal charge, then fled New York to reinvent himself in Miami as the number one supplier of cocaine in the US. With a crazed bodyguard always at his side, and a fortress protected by mortars, tear-gas cannons, and a gold-fanged attack dog, Roberts was brutally effective at what he did. With a cast that includes everyone from Jimi Hendrix and OJ Simpson to the CIA and General Noriega, American Desperado is a hedonistic, adrenaline-soaked joyride through the world of Escobar and the cartels, told by one of most successful criminals of all time.

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