The Secret Of Willow Castle

Canadian story early 19th century Orphaned servant girl sent to farm.

When Rebecca Lennox receives a proposal from Sir Montague Chastain, she welcomes the chance to escape from poverty - but her new home is a maze of dark secrets, and temptation beckons in the form of her husband's cousin Mervyn. As she battles against her forbidden passion and Sir Montague's strange machinations, Rebecca realises that her only hope for survival is to unlock the secrets of Willow Castle...

The blond and charming Jennifer Armstrong wonders what the next six weeks will hold as the cruiser rounds Cove Island and the magnificent, towering Willow Castle comes into view. Her best friend, MacKenna Cameron, and the handsome Warren Reynolds, are to be part of the team handpicked to live the medieval lifestyle of their ancestors. Making bread, churning butter, stoking fires, and milking Bessie aside, after studying is done for the night the students stealthily make their way to the forbidden third floor, where they discover treasures beyond their wildest dreams. Jen and Warren put their heads together to devise a plan, but before they can decide what to do about their discovery, the thieving gardener, Creepy Pete, a greedy tour guide, and Snarls, the scheming school teacher, interrupt their fun. Mayhem ensues, with students being held at gunpoint, getting lost in a maze garden, and a desperate chase through thick clouds of fog. The ultimate rescue will leave you breathless.

A princess and a peasant girl embark on a dangerous quest to outwit a warning foretelling the fall of the Monarchy. In the center of the verdant Monarchy lies Dreadwillow Carse, a desolate bog the people of the land do their best to ignore. Little is known about it except an ominous warning: If any monarch enters Dreadwillow Carse, then the Monarchy will fall. Twelve-year-old Princess Jeniah yearns to know what the marsh could conceal that might topple her family’s thousand-year reign. After a chance meeting, Princess Jeniah strikes a secret deal with Aon, a girl from a nearby village: Aon will explore the Carse on the princess’s behalf, and Jeniah will locate Aon’s missing father. But when Aon doesn’t return from the Carse, a guilt-stricken Jeniah must try and rescue her friend—even if it means risking the entire Monarchy. In this thrilling modern fairytale, Brian Farrey has created an exciting new world where friendship is more powerful than fate and the most important thing is to question everything.

This third, completely revised edition contains hundreds of new entries for a total of almost 2,000 children's books and magazines carefully selected and described by a team of children's librarians. Entries are arranged by subject, with reading levels indicated where necessary, and are also listed in a separate author-title index. A list of prize-winning Canadian children's books and a basic book list for librarians, teachers, and parents are included in this charmingly illustrated volume.

One of the 20th Century's most beloved novels is still winning hearts! I Capture the Castle tells the story of seventeen-year-old Cassandra and her family, who live in not-so-genteel poverty in a ramshackle old English castle. Here she strives, over six turbulent months, to hone her writing skills. She fills three notebooks with sharply funny yet poignant entries. Her journals candidly chronicle the great changes that take place within the castle's walls, and her own first descent into love. By the time she pens her final entry, she has "captured the castle"-- and the heart of the reader-- in one of literature's most enchanting entertainments. “This book has one of the most charismatic narrators I've ever met.” -- J.K. Rowling, author of the Harry Potter series