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  • 4 stars across 9 books
    Other titles: Follow Me Down, The Merrybegot, Ivy, Hazel
    Follow Me Down was shortlisted for the Branford Boase Award
    The Merrybegot was shortlisted for the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize and the Waterstone's Children's Book Prize

    Julie Hearn has been writing all her life. After training as a journalist, she went to Australia, where she worked on a daily tabloid newspaper. She then lived in Spain for a while before returning to England, where she worked as a features editor and freelance features writer. After her daughter was born she went back to her studies and obtained a BA in English and an MSt in women's studies. She is now a full-time writer.

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    Follow Me! Follow Me!
    7th May 2015

    Follow Me!

    Full of fun and energy, this rhythmic, rhyming story by bright star Ellie Sandall stars some mischievous lemurs. It... More

    (2 reviews)
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    The Merrybegot The Merrybegot
    2nd May 2019

    The Merrybegot

    The Merrybegot casts a powerful spell over its readers. Utterly bewitching. Abi Elphinstone In a remote west-country vil... More

    (1 review)
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    Ivy Ivy
    5th January 2017

    Ivy

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    Rowan the Strange Rowan the Strange
    1st April 2010

    Rowan the Strange

    How does a doctor examine a person's brain? They won't use any knives on me, will they? Rowan knows he is strange. Bu... More

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    Hazel Hazel
    2nd May 2013

    Hazel

    Sweet but dull - that's how life has always been for Hazel Louise Mull-Dare. But on the day of the Epsom Derby, June 4t... More

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    Dance of the Dark Heart Dance of the Dark Heart
    20th March 2014

    Dance of the Dark Heart

    Jack Orion is a tormented soul. His childhood companion, and one true love, has been cruelly snatched away from him and ... More

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    Rollercoasters The Merrybegot Rollercoasters The Merrybegot
    1st September 2006

    Rollercoasters The Merrybegot

    This is the story of Nell who lives with her grandmother, the local cunning woman and healer, in seventeenth century Som... More

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    The Merrybegot The Merrybegot
    1st January 2005

    The Merrybegot

    This is the story of Nell who lives with her grandmother, the local cunning woman and healer, in a west country village ... More

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    Wreckers Wreckers
    1st February 2011

    Wreckers

    The lid gave, eventually, with surprisingly little noise. Nothing splintered. Nothing broke. No hinges flew, or even ... More

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    The Merrybegot The Merrybegot

    The Merrybegot

    2nd May 2019
    (1 review)

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    Follow Me! Follow Me!

    Follow Me!

    7th May 2015
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    • Follow Me!

      Follow Me!

      by Rie

      This is another fun book, following a group of lemurs as they adventure and play throughout the day. There are things to hunt, things to chase, things...

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      The Merrybegot

      by Mayyay

      Nell is wrongly accused of witchcraft and the Witchfinder General is coming to punish her. She is all on her own but surely  somebody will help her? ...

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