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1407191551
Book:Wildspark, a ghost machine adventure:2019 Book
Author: Hardy, Vashti
Year: 2019
Language: English
Type: Book
Publisher: Scholastic
Physical or Electronic: Physical
Note: In Medlock, a secretive guild of inventors have brought spirits of the dead back into the world, harnessing them in animal-like machines. Young Prue has joined as an apprentice, but she's on a mission of her own: to bring her brother back to life. To find him, she needs to get the ghost machines to remember the people they used to be.
430 pages, map (black and white) ; 20 cm (pbk)
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1407197274
Book:Crowfall:2021 Book
Author: Hardy, Vashti
Year: 2021
Language: English
Type: Book
Publisher: Scholastic
Physical or Electronic: Physical
Note: More high adventure and invention with an ecological twist from the Blue Peter Award winning author of Wildspark and Brightstorm. Cast out from the clockwork island of Ironhold, where mechanical technology controls everything, Orin Crowfall finds himself adrift on a small boat in the middle of the ocean. As Orin and his robot friend Cody struggle to make sense of the events that brought them here, the one thing they know for sure is that Ironhold is in trouble. They need to get back, whatever the cost. Plagued by perilous seas and freak storms, and with a terrifying sea monster on their tail, Orin soon realises their journey won't be easy. It will take courage and strength, trusting in new friends and embracing the spirit of adventure, if Orin wants to save his home.
352 pages ; 20 cm (pbk)
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0655642854
eAudio:Wildspark:2019.:Unabridged ed. eAudio
Author: Hardy, Vashti
Author: Ramsdale, Cecelia
Year: 2019.
Language: English
Type: eAudio
Edition: Unabridged ed.
Publisher: Bolinda audio
Physical or Electronic: Electronic material
Note: Downloadable eAudiobook. Fiction. Duration: 07:26:36. In Medlock, machines don?t come to life - life comes to machines. Prue Haywood is on a mission: getting the ghost machines of Medlock to remember the people they used to be. She needs to find her brother, Francis. If she fails, her brother will stay dead. And if she succeeds, all of society may fall apart. From the acclaimed author of Brightstorm comes a new, breathtaking world to discover. Children.
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1867501007
Talking book - CD:The griffin gate:2020 Talking book - CD
Author: Hardy, Vashti
Author: Wheaton, Emily
Year: 2020
Language: English
Type: Talking book - CD
Publisher: Bolinda Audio
Physical or Electronic: Physical
Note: For years Grace's family have been wardens of the Griffin map, using its teleport technology to help people and fight crime across the land of Moreland. At thirteen, Grace is too young become a warden, but she longs to go on missions herself. After all, if her brother Bren can do it, why can't she? So when Grace finds herself alone with the map when a distress call comes in, she jumps at the chance to prove she's up to the task. But the map transports Grace to a remote village where nothing is quite as it seems. Has she landed right in the middle of a treacherous scheme?
2 CDs (1 hr., 25 min.) : digital, stereo
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1867555433
Talking book - CD:The puffin portal:2021 Talking book - CD
Author: Hardy, Vashti
Author: Wheaton, Emily
Year: 2021
Language: English
Type: Talking book - CD
Publisher: Bolinda Audio
Physical or Electronic: Physical
Note: Grace's family are wardens of the incredible Griffin Map, using its teleport technology to fight crime across Moreland. Right now it's all systems go at Griffin HQ, where Grace, her mum and her brother have their hands full answering a huge number of calls for help. They could really do with another warden on the team - but Mum believes their important work should be kept inside the family. Meanwhile, Grace is investigating a series of puzzling petty thefts. The clues lead her to a ramshackle castle on a lonely island, where the mystery only deepens. Will Grace be able to track down the thief?
2 CDs (1 hr., 20 min.) : digital, stereo
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1867536323
Talking book - CD:Harley Hitch and the iron forest:2021 Talking book - CD
Author: Hardy, Vashti
Author: Saward, Ciaran
Year: 2021
Language: English
Type: Talking book - CD
Publisher: Bolinda Audio
Physical or Electronic: Physical
Note: Join Harley, her robot dog Sprocket and best friend Cosmo for problem-solving adventures and mysteries in Inventia, a world where science rules and technology grows in the forest; and where exploding science projects, giant slugs and runaway robots are all part of a normal school day. The Iron Forest near Harley's home is unlike any other - plants and trees grow cogs and hinges and other mechanical parts - and all of Inventia depends on it. So when a strange fungus is discovered, there's a race to find a solution. Without essential parts for inventions, the town is quickly falling apart. But just who or what is behind the mysterious infestation? Harley decides it's up to her to save the day - with chaotic results!
3 CDs (2 hr., 50 min.) : digital, stereo
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1800900481
Book:The raven riddle:2022 Book
Author: Hardy, Vashti
Author: Smillie, Natalie
Year: 2022
Language: English
Type: Book
Publisher: Barrington Stoke
Physical or Electronic: Physical
Note: Dyslexic-friendly Grace and Tom are excited to begin their first mission together, but what at first seems a quiet village quickly becomes their most challenging investigation so far.
110 pages, illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm (pbk)
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1038630355
Talking book - CD:Harley Hitch and the fossil mystery:2023 Talking book - CD
Author: Hardy, Vashti
Author: Saward, Ciaran
Year: 2023
Language: English
Type: Talking book - CD
Publisher: Bolinda Audio
Physical or Electronic: Physical
Note: This term begins with a school trip to the coast, where Harley stumbles upon a mysterious fossil. Could it be that Harley has discovered an entirely new dinosaur species? Meanwhile, eager to best her class nemesis Fenelda in the contest for best invention, Harley dreams big with her attempt to invent a time travel machine. It doesn't seem to work, but soon strange happenings all over Inventia make her question whether the time travel machine might work after all! But what to do about the huge dinosaur that has been spotted in Forgetown?
2 CDs (2 hr., 17 min.) : digital, stereo
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0702302562
Book:Harley Hitch and the missing moon:2022 Book
Author: Hardy, Vashti
Author: Ermos, George
Year: 2022
Language: English
Type: Book
Publisher: Scholastic
Physical or Electronic: Physical
Note: Harley Hitch is back with another inventive adventure! When the circus comes to town, Harley's curiosity get the better of her - and she accidentally breaks a cabinet that makes things magically disappear! Soon after, everyone realizes that the Moon has gone missing. Time is speeding up, wildlife at night is getting disorientated by the darkness, and there's no more tide. Is Harley to blame? Can she sort out the mess before it's too late?
215 pages, illustrations (black and white), 1 map (black and white) ; 20 cm (pbk)
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