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Fed up with her anoying triplet brothers, little Loula decides that she will run away to Africa. She packs everything she thinks she needs, then heads out the door. Thankfully, the family's butler and driver, Gilbert, understands what Loula really needs--some play time to herself. Loula and Gilbert travel across imaginary lands all through the backyard.
4) The Marvels
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The journey begins on a ship at sea in 1766, with a boy named Billy Marvel. After surviving a shipwreck, he finds work in a London theatre. There, his family flourishes for generations as brilliant actors until 1900, when young Leontes Marvel is banished from the stage. Nearly a century later, Joseph Jervis runs away from school and seeks refuge with a reclusive uncle in London. Albert Nightingale's strange, beautiful house, with its mysterious portraits...