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The House on Hummingbird Island
The House on Hummingbird Island | Sam Angus
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'We're going to a fine place,' Idie told Homer to console him, 'with gullies and monkeys and hummingbirds.' Idie Grace is twelve when she inherits a grand old house on a Caribbean island, and is sent away from grey old England to a (…more)
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Jessica: "I'm reading this novel to help my students with a reading competition they're taking part in. They're giving up their lunchtimes to do it, so they must be into it! I'm from Australia and came to London for this teaching job. You get human rewards, you don't go into education for money. The main thing I've learned through teaching is that everyone has reasons for their actions. Children are no different, they just need to be cared for."

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"I've no ambition to grow up," said Idie. "I've done quite enough of it already and I find the benefits of it debatable."

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