A heart-wrenching and powerful saga of one girl's journey to adulthood Lu Wilmott grows up in the Portsmouth slums of the 1920s. Stricken by diphtheria, she is sent to the Hampshire countryside where she discovers a robust fighting spirit and the first stirrings of attraction...But then must she follow her mother into the city's grim corset-making trade. Lu realizes that things must change. And she can make it happen. Her journey from shy child to...

In the powerful sequel to The Girl Now Leaving, Betty Burton takes her heroine into the Spanish Civil War Poverty and factory work have filled Lu Wilmott with a determination to make something of herself. The call to Spain is irresistible: she can live up to her ideals and finally be the woman she's always wanted to be. Signing up as a driver, Lu leaves her past and becomes Eve. One of the few women in charge of heavy vehicles, faced with constant...

"Lulu is sent to Camp Sisterhood to learn how to be a big sister, but she makes it her mission to be the worst sister-in-training in camp history"--

Peebi is a very curious duckling who gets lost in town until the ostrich comes to help.

"Lulu Moppet is an outspoken and brazen young girl who doesn't follow any rules--whether they've been set by her parents, the neighborhood boys, or society itself. In spring 2019 D+Q begins a landmark reissue series of Lulu's suburban hijinks: she goes on picnics, babysits, and attempts to break into the boys' clubhouse again and again. Cartoonist John Stanley's expert timing and constant gags made these stories unbelievably enjoyable, ensuring that...

First published in 1887, this book contains volume II of "Lulu's Library", a collection of over thirty fantastic stories for children written by Louisa May Alcott's. This wonderful collection is perfect for children and would make for ideal bedtime reading material. Louisa May Alcott (1832 - 1888) was an American short story writer, novelist, and poet most famous for writing the novel "Little Women", as well as its sequels "Little Men" and "Jo's Boys"....

4 boys, 3 days, 1 castle. You do the math. It adds up to adventure, trouble and... fries. In "The Secret of Markree Castle," 4 young boys find themselves in a 1 castle for 3 days and the nanny who was supposed to watch over them... flaked. "That's OK," their parents said, "They're old enough now and responsible, right?"You can practically hear the boys' voices, "Sure, dad, we're responsible...!" Then queue the evil background laugh and kids boiling...

"La llegada de Lulú y su padre a Sudáfrica fue muy accidentada: durante las manifestaciones, la policía arrestó a su padre por defender a Nelson, un chico negro de la edad de su hija. Mientras espera a que salga de la cárcel, Lulú y su nuevo amigo, Nelson, se refugian en la granja de Mary, una mujer que lucha contra las desigualdades. Los dos amigos se lanzan a perseguir las huellas de los leones de la sabana sudafricana, sin ser conscientes...