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Simon and Alex Scarrow
Gladiator 2 : Street Fighter
Gladiator 2 : Street Fighter
Simon Scarrow
A second thrilling adventure for young Marcus, now perfecting his gladiatorial skills with further training in the palace of Julius...
Format: Hardback - Released: 02/02/2012
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Gladiator 2 : Street Fighter
Gladiator 2 : Street Fighter
Simon Scarrow
A second thrilling adventure for young Marcus, now perfecting his gladiatorial skills with further training in the palace of Julius...
Format: Hardback - Released: 02/02/2012
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Time Riders (Book 1)
Time Riders (Book 1)
Alex Scarrow
Galaxy Children's Book Award shortlist 2010. This is a thrilling action adventure which hurtles across time and place at breakneck speed....
Format: Paperback - Released: 04/02/2010
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Gates of Rome (Time Riders Book 5)
Gates of Rome (Time Riders Book 5)
Alex Scarrow
Liam O'Connor should have died at sea in 1912. Maddy Carter should have died on a plane in 2010. Sal...
Format: Paperback - Released: 02/02/2012
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The Doomsday Code (Time Riders Book 3)
The Doomsday Code (Time Riders Book 3)
Alex Scarrow
Shortlisted for the Independent Booksellers Book Award 2011 This spectacular time travel series from the pen of Alex Scarrow just gets...
Format: Paperback - Released: 03/02/2011
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Gladiator: Fight for Freedom
Gladiator: Fight for Freedom
Simon Scarrow
A Lovereading4Kids 'Debut of the Year 2011' selection. 9+. Action and high paced drama fuel this gripping adventure set in the...
Format: Paperback - Released: 06/10/2011
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This month's 'featured books'
Guest Editor - Jacqueline Wilson
The Worst Thing About My Sister
The Worst Thing About My Sister
Jacqueline Wilson
Best-selling Jacqueline Wilson understands perfectly how the needle sharp jealousy of sisters is matched only by the strength of their...
Format: Hardback - Released: 02/02/2012
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Lola Rose
Lola Rose
Jacqueline Wilson
True-to-life, at times very emotional, but totally and utterly unputdownable.  That’s what my 12 year old said of it.  She...
Format: Paperback - Released: 04/03/2004
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Hetty Feather
Hetty Feather
Jacqueline Wilson
Best-selling author Jacqueline Wilson shows that her story-telling touch is just as sure when she turns to history as it...
Format: Paperback - Released: 05/08/2010
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Girls in Tears
Girls in Tears
Jacqueline Wilson
Yet again Jacqueline Wilson captures the childhood issues of growing up, both emotional and physical.  Her characters and the friendships...
Format: Paperback - Released: 06/01/2005
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Starring Tracy Beaker
Starring Tracy Beaker
Jacqueline Wilson
New adventures for Tracy Beaker while she’s still in The Dumping Ground.  Tracy loves acting and is determined to get...
Format: Paperback - Released: 05/07/2007
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The Dare Game
The Dare Game
Jacqueline Wilson
 Tracy Beaker is back! Still living with Cam, her wonderful foster mother, Tracy’s behaviour has not improved! Skipping school, she...
Format: Paperback - Released: 05/10/2006
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This month's 'featured books'
Ebooks
Gates of Rome (Time Riders Book 5)
Gates of Rome (Time Riders Book 5)
Alex Scarrow
Liam O'Connor should have died at sea in 1912. Maddy Carter should have died on a plane in 2010. Sal...
Format: Paperback - Released: 02/02/2012
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Mortal Chaos
Mortal Chaos
Matt Dickinson
'The Butterfly Effect' - otherwise known as the scientific theory that a single occurrence, no matter how small, can change...
Format: Paperback - Released: 02/02/2012
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David
David
Mary Hoffman
Art, politics and romance are brilliantly explored in this enthalling story of how a young man’s face became one of...
Format: Paperback - Released: 02/02/2012
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Carrie's War
Carrie's War
Nina Bawden
Chosen by Jacqueline Wilson, February 2012 Guest Editor: "This is a very touching utterly convincing book about three wartime evacuees billeted...
Format: Paperback (b Format) - Released: 28/10/1993
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The Hunger Games
The Hunger Games
Suzanne Collins
Jacqueline Wilson, February 2012 Guest Editor: "I don't usually go for blockbuster dystopian stories - but this trilogy is imaginatively conceived...
Format: Paperback - Released: 05/01/2009
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Mice
Mice
Gordon Reece
Sixteen-year-old Shelley tells this dark and gripping story. Bullied so badly at school that she has to leave and surviving...
Format: Paperback - Released: 02/02/2012
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Debuts of the Month
Nature Mage
Nature Mage
Duncan Pile
This is an exciting new fantasy series that fans of Harry Potter, Percy Jackson and Septimus Heap will absolutely love...
Format: Paperback - Released: 07/09/2011
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Socks Are Not Enough
Socks Are Not Enough
Mark Lowery
A piece of Passion from the Publisher: We at Scholastic Children’s Books are very proud to be publishing Socks Are Not...
Format: Paperback - Released: 02/02/2012
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Someone Else's Life
Someone Else's Life
Katie Dale
A totally gripping roller-coaster of a story about family secrets, relationships and deceit.  It's Jodi Picoult for teens and a...
Format: Paperback - Released: 02/02/2012
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The Other Life
The Other Life
Susanne Winnacker
Beautifully formed and gut-wrenchingly gripping, this is essential reading.  Here at Lovereading we're glad to see the back of too...
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/02/2012
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Books of the Month
Downtown Dinosaurs: Dinosaur Olympics
Downtown Dinosaurs: Dinosaur Olympics
Jeanne Willis
Daft dinosaurs create delightfully madcap fun in this hilarious family saga with a difference. When gang warfare between Darwin the...
Format: Paperback - Released: 24/02/2012
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Gates of Rome (Time Riders Book 5)
Gates of Rome (Time Riders Book 5)
Alex Scarrow
Liam O'Connor should have died at sea in 1912. Maddy Carter should have died on a plane in 2010. Sal...
Format: Paperback - Released: 02/02/2012
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Mice
Mice
Gordon Reece
Sixteen-year-old Shelley tells this dark and gripping story. Bullied so badly at school that she has to leave and surviving...
Format: Paperback - Released: 02/02/2012
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Keeper of the Realms: Crow's Revenge (book 1)
Keeper of the Realms: Crow's Revenge (book 1)
Marcus Alexander
This is Book one in a great new fantasy adventure series that was picked up by Puffin after it became...
Format: Paperback - Released: 02/02/2012
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The Worst Thing About My Sister
The Worst Thing About My Sister
Jacqueline Wilson
Best-selling Jacqueline Wilson understands perfectly how the needle sharp jealousy of sisters is matched only by the strength of their...
Format: Hardback - Released: 02/02/2012
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Pendragon Legacy: Sword of Light
Pendragon Legacy: Sword of Light
Katherine Roberts
A cracking page-turning adventure that brings a new twist on Arthurian legend.  The future of Camelot is in the hands...
Format: Hardback - Released: 01/02/2012
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  2. Goat Goes to Playgroup - by Julia Donaldson
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  3. Charles Dickens Scenes from an Extraordinary Life - by Mick Manning & Brita Granstrom

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  2. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Cabin Fever - by Jeff Kinney
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  3. The Wreck Of The Zanzibar - by Michael Morpurgo

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  2. Socks Are Not Enough - by Mark Lowery
  3. Nature Mage - by Duncan Pile

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  1. Blood Red Road - by Moira Young
  2. Someone Else's Life - by Katie Dale
  3. Tamar - by Mal Peet



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