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CCM’s Ty Olwin Earns LCT Award for ‘Coram Boy’

Congratulations to Ty Olwin, who has been recognized by the League of Cincinnati Theatres (LCT) with an award for Leading Actor in a Play for his role in CCM’s production of Coram Boy. The epic… more →

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Coram Boy by Jamila Gavin

Keris wrote 8 months ago: Toby and Aaron both find themselves living at Captain Thomas Coram’s Hospital for parentless c … more →

Tags: Thriller, Historical

The Wheel of Surya

bookwitch wrote 1 year ago: This turned out to be another serendipitously delayed read. Why I never read Jamila Gavin’s Th … more →

Tags: Books, Authors, Reading, languages, Travel, History, War, Review, India

Travel Around the World (Without Leaving Your Chair) — 2 comments

goodreadswithronna wrote 1 year ago: Debbie Glade reviews two books that offer creative ways to introduce your children to geography, cul … more →

Tags: Juvenile Fiction, Juvenile nonfiction, Ages 9 and Up, Ages 5-9, Children's Books, Candlewick Press, Ancient Egypt: Tales of Gods and Pharaohs, Tales from India: Stories of Creation and the Cosmos, Hindu tales for children

The Idea for 'My Ten Favourite Books'... — 1 comment

dgletterpress wrote 1 year ago: Dennis at home with the 2002 Book Celebration catalogue …came to me back in 1972 I was sitting … more →

Tags: From Dennis, book celebration, U.A. Fanthorpe, Adam Horowitz, Jenny Joseph, Book Show, Book Exhibition, stroud books, leo baxendale

The Surya Trilogy and Third Culture Kids — 5 comments

kenthinksaloud wrote 1 year ago: My family and I are not yet ready to pack cases for Bangladesh, but we are coming very close. If our … more →

Tags: British, India, Culture, Book Review, differences, Culture 2, Surya trilogy

CCM's Ty Olwin Earns LCT Award for 'Coram Boy'

CCM Public Information wrote 1 year ago: Congratulations to Ty Olwin, who has been recognized by the League of Cincinnati Theatres (LCT) with … more →

Tags: Student Salutes, University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music, Cincinnati, Ohio, Drama, theatre, Theater, uc

Haunted — 2 comments

bookwitch wrote 1 year ago: Would you rather sleep well? If so, don’t do what I did. I read a short story every evening be … more →

Tags: Books, Authors, Reading, Review, Horror, Short Story, Derek Landy, Eleanor Updale, philip reeve

Michael Morpurgo - Ghostly Haunts

demonik wrote 2 years ago: Michael Morpurgo (ed.) – Ghostly Haunts (Collins/ The National Trust, 1994) Illustrated by Nil … more →

Tags: michael morpurgo, Collins, anthology, Fiction, Supernatural, Vault of Evil, Ghost Stories, Books, Joan Aiken

Coram Boy by Jamila Gavin

read the book wrote 2 years ago: Meshak lives in a world of ghosts and angels. His father trades in unwanted babies, promising to del … more →

Tags: Reviews, Young Adult Fiction, Book Review, , coram boy

A 'short novel for fluent readers' — 4 comments

bookwitch wrote 2 years ago: So that ought to cover me, then. I suspected I’d never get round to reading Jamila Gavin … more →

Tags: Books, Authors, Reading, Travel, History, Review

Free?

bookwitch wrote 4 years ago: The older of us grew up with the idea of the United Nations as something good and natural. The Unive … more →

Tags: Books, Authors, Education, languages, Jacqueline Wilson, Crime, michael morpurgo, Poetry, History

The Robber Baron's Daughter — 3 comments

bookwitch wrote 4 years ago: I loved Coram Boy by Jamila Gavin, even though there was much that was evil in the story. The Robber … more →

Tags: Books, Authors, Crime


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