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On her first day at the ice skating rink, frail Harriet Johnson meets orphaned Lalla Moore whose wealthy aunt wants her to become a skating champion. The girls quickly become fast friends until they seem to be heading in two different directions: as Lalla's interest in skating starts to fade, Harriet's natural talents begin to emerge.
2) Hollow chest
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"When his brother Theo returns home from World War II cold and distant, Charlie soon discovers that Theo's heart has been consumed by a war wolf, which lives off of grief, and must get Theo's heart back before it's too late"--OCLC.
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As World War II begins, London orphan Emmie is unhappy to be evacuated to an old mansion in the Yorkshire countryside until she starts discovering the secrets of the house--a boy crying at night, a diary written by a girl named Mary, and a very secret garden.
8) Time bomb
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Now grown, Andy tells the story of the summer of 1949 when, embittered after enduring injustice at their English school and disappointed by the adults in their lives, he and his friends wrestle with thoughts of revenge and deal with several life-changing secrets.
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In 1930s Liverpool, England, Bronwen and Dylan live with their widowed mother, who works long hours doing other people's washing, and even though she sometimes must leave the children alone in the house, she cautions them not to speak to the O'Rileys next door, who go to a different church.