Smiler Miles Trilogy; book 1. Story of an encounter between a remand home runaway and a cheetah which had escaped from Longleat.
Canning, Victor
The flight of the grey goose. 1978. Read by Cameron Stewart, 6 hours 11 minutes. TB 9756.
Smiler Miles Trilogy; book 2. Samuel Miles, better known as "Smiler", is wanted by the police for a crime he has not committed. Unable to prove his innocence until his father returns from a voyage, Smiler is forced to stay in hiding. He gets work in an animal sanctuary in Scotland, only to discover that thieves are planning to rob his employer. How can he go to the police for help when he dare not reveal his own whereabouts?
Canning, Victor
The painted tent. 1979. Read by Cameron Stewart, 6 hours. TB 10043.
Smiler Miles Trilogy; book 3. Fria, the peregrine falcon, has escaped from captivity. Her chances of survival are small, and Smiler, on the run from the police, is desperately anxious about her. Smiler is to find an answer to his own problems in the grim and unexpected danger that threatens Fria. This completes the saga of Smiler's friendship with animals and his search for freedom.
Carr, Catherine
The golden city. 1963. Read by Joan Murray-Simpson,
5 hours 27 minutes. TB 1321.
When Pamela's father deserts her mother, they follow him to Rome, where each eventually finds happiness.
Carter, Peter
Leaving Cheyenne. 1990. Read by William Dufris, 13 hours 29 minutes. TB 10569.
In the Spring of 1871, Ben Curtis and his brother Bo are driven from their land in Clement County, Texas. They join a cattle drive bound for Abilene, where they run up against the tightfaced gambler, Dutch Kessel. The meeting changes Ben's life, causing him to travel across Kansas to Dodge and finally to the open plains on a buffalo hunt, where once again he finds himself under the shadow of a gun.
Carter, Peter
Children of the Book. 1982. Read by Gene Foad, 8 hours 59 minutes. TB 5085.
It is 1683 and the city of Vienna is under siege by the Turks. Young Timur Ven is a raw recruit in the Janissaries, the dreaded Turkish infantry; Anna Vogel is the daughter of a baker and approaching womanhood; Stefan Zabruski is the son of a Polish knight facing battle for the first time. The war is to affect them all ...
Mouse is doing his best to stay out of trouble. Cat is doing her best to land herself in it. They've both had it pretty tough so when they meet by chance they thank their lucky stars. Weird and wonderful things happen when they're together - but how long can it last? Because everyone has their secrets - and there can be only one winner in a game of cat and mouse. Can't there?
Chambers, Aidan
Out of time: stories of the future. 1984. Read by Bruce Montague, 5 hours 45 minutes. TB 5694.
Nine stories about the future including one in which a boy wakes up to find that he is the only person on Earth. At first he thinks it is a ghastly nightmare but it seems to go on forever. These stories bristle with issues for discussion and are aimed at teenagers who are themselves on the brink of the future of the human race...
Chan, Gillian
The carved box. 2001. Read by Geoffrey Pierpoint, 5 hours 59 minutes. TB 17444.
Fifteen-year-old Callum has just arrived from Scotland when he hands over his savings to a stranger in exchange for a filthy, half-starved dog and a carved box that he has been warned never to open. Callum is unprepared for the grinding physical labour of working on a farm; his only source of comfort is Dog, who seems to know all his secret wishes and fears. Then the mysterious carved box accidentally breaks open, and Callum is faced with some astonishing revelations and difficult decisions.
Chandler, Pauline
The mark of Edain. 2009. Read by Ruth Sillers, 4 hours 59 minutes. TB 17845.
Aoife and her brother Madoc are Roman slaves with a single dream: to get back to Britannia, because they are the children of the counsellor Caratacus, the self-appointed king of Britannia. Discovering this the Emperor orders them aboard his fleet as he is about to sail to Britannia to put down Caratacus's anti-Roman rebellion, and he realises what valuable hostages the children will be.
Fletcher Moon is a detective. But he's no ordinary detective: he also happens to be a 12-year-old boy. Fletcher's mum and dad worry about his obsession with solving crimes, and his teachers laugh at him. But it's not until a series of mysterious crimes unfold at Fletcher's school that his problems really begin. Fletcher decides to flex his detecting muscles, and with the help of the notorious Red Sharkey -who's no stranger to the police himself - he is determined to solve his first real case. But Fletcher and his unlikely ally are in much greater danger than they bargained for.
Cooper, Susan
Over sea, under stone. 1965. Read by Marjorie Anderson, 7 hours 15 minutes. TB 3640.
The dark is rising series; book 1. Three children, on holiday in Cornwall embark on a quest for treasure which lies 'over sea, under stone'. They find themselves beset by deadly dangers, but Great Uncle Merry seems to know how to protect them.
The dark is rising series; book 2. Only four days to Christmas so why can't Will feel Happy? Things seem out of key this year, as if someone is trying to tell him something in a language he cannot understand. Animals show fear when he comes by, and what makes that tramp take one look at him and scuttle off in such terror?
