Featured Books for 11+ readers
This Month's Featured Books
Holes Discover a Hidden World
Jonathan Litton
Discover a hidden world. Delve into this fascinating book of holes
to discover a world of burrows and boreholes, subways and
sinkholes. From the mythical and mysterious to household and human
holes, find out what makes a hole a hole...
Featured in: 9+ readers | 11+ readers
Format: Hardback | Released 14/06/2018
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Boy Underwater
Adam Baron
June 2018 Debut of the Month | In a nutshell: boy untangles
his family story of loss and love | Boy
Underwater is one of those rare books that manages to be
both very funny and heartbreakingly sad. Being...
Featured in: 9+ readers | 11+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 01/06/2018
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Walls
Emma Fischel
In a nutshell: family dynamics and friendships changed by a touch
of magic Any young person faced with family break-up will
understand the frustration that Ned, hero of Emma Fischel's new
book feels. They'll sympathise too with the hurt he...
Featured in: 9+ readers | 11+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 07/06/2018
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Suffragette The Battle for Equality
David Roberts
Of all the books about the campaign for women's suffrage in this
the centenary year of some women being given the vote, David
Roberts's is the most beautiful to look at. In full page
illustrations, vignettes and individual portraits, he...
Featured in: 11+ readers | 13+ readers
Format: Hardback | Released 29/05/2018
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Mirror Magic
Claire Fayers
In a nutshell: human and fairy worlds mix in exciting
adventures | Mirror Magic is perfect for children who like
their stories full of magic and excitement. Orphans Ava and her big
brother Matthew move to the town of Wyse,...
Featured in: 9+ readers | 11+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 14/06/2018
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Dog
Andy Mulligan
In a nutshell: gripping, sometimes heart-breaking story of
a dog and his boy Guardian award-winner Andy Mulligan
brings his own sensibility to a much-loved model - boy and dog form
special relationship - adding a particular humour, seriousness and
depth....
Featured in: 9+ readers | 11+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 07/06/2018
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Sami's Silver Lining (The Lost and Found Book Two)
Cathy Cassidy
In a nutshell: a story of survival, friendship and recovery
– to a musical soundtrack Cathy Cassidy has a talent
for writing positive and life-affirming stories even though they're
about young people facing really difficult situations. Sami's story
is...
Featured in: 9+ readers | 11+ readers
Format: Hardback | Released 28/06/2018
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Lou Out of Luck
Nat Luurtsema
In a nutshell: sharp, witty school and family based comedy
| Nat Luurtsema made a splash with her first story about
Lou Brown in Girl Out of Water, which saw her
training a team of the school's hottest boys in...
Featured in: 11+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 07/06/2018
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The Hippo at the End of the Hall
Helen Cooper
A Julia Eccleshare Pick of the Month June 2018
Award-winning illustrator Helen Cooper's debut novel is a richly
imagined and cleverly crafted story perfectly matched by her own
illustrations. ‘Come now or come never!' reads the mysterious
invitation that...
Featured in: 9+ readers | 11+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 07/06/2018
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Rhythm and Poetry
Karl Nova
Winner of the Centre for Literacy in Primary Poetry Award
2018 The first published collection from Hip Hop poet Karl
Nova has a refreshing directness, honesty and authenticity. Many of
the poems are drawn from the workshops he does with children...
Featured in: 11+ readers | 13+ readers | 9+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 27/07/2017
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Rising Stars
Ruth Awolola, Victoria Adukwei Bulley, Abigail Cook, Jay Hulme, Amina Jama
Highly Commended in the Centre for Literacy in Primary
Poetry Award 2018 Five emerging writer-performers are
showcased in a book which is a blend of anthology & individual
collections. Ruth Awolola wonders about our world, the stars
beyond, the beings that...
Featured in: 11+ readers | 13+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 26/10/2017
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The Knights and the Best Quest
Kaye Umansky
Interest Age 8+ Reading Age 8 A masterly and
hilarious retelling of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round
Table, from award-winning queen of funny Kaye Umansky. Lovereading
Comment to follow. Particularly suitable for struggling,
reluctant or dyslexic readers...
Featured in: 9+ readers | 11+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 15/05/2018
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The Adventures of John Blake Mystery of the Ghost Ship
Philip Pullman
A Julia Eccleshare Pick of the Month June 2018
| Master story-teller Philip Pullman is as
brilliantly creative in this gripping, multi-narrative graphic
novel story as ever. In an adventure which both pays homage to the
best-traditions of...
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Format: Paperback | Released 07/06/2018
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The Wild Folk
Sylvia V. Linsteadt
In a nutshell: magical quest adventure story with a strong
sense of the natural world | Perfect for readers who enjoy
magical adventures set in the wild world, Sylvia Linsteadt's
beautifully told story stars two children called upon to be...
Featured in: 9+ readers | 11+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 31/05/2018
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Where the World Ends
Geraldine McCaughrean
Winner of the CILIP Carnegie Medal 2018 | Shortlisted for
the UKLA 2018 Book Award | In a nutshell: beautifully written,
totally original, mesmerising storytelling In the summer
of 1727 a group of men and boys, there to harvest birds...
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Format: Paperback | Released 08/02/2018
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The Dark Prophecy
Rick Riordan
In a nutshell: epic adventure, story-telling
genius It's not easy being immortal in Rick Riordan's
Greek-myth inspired sagas, and Apollo has every right to feel fed
up in this one. As punishment for misdemeanours, he's been sent to
Earth by...
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Format: Paperback | Released 03/05/2018
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Midnight
Derek Landy
In a Nutshell: Can a coldblooded killer be curtailed as
time ticks down? Following hot on the heels of
Resurrection, this eleventh instalment of Skulduggery Pleasant's
incomparable exploits offers everything devoted fans have come to
expect - all-out action, astonishing...
Featured in: 11+ readers | 13+ readers
Format: Hardback | Released 31/05/2018
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The Tiger on His Back
Bernard Ashley
Interest Age Teen Reading Age 8 | In a
nutshell: tense, contemporary and thought-provoking teenage drama
| An eye-catching tattoo of a tiger links four people in
Bernard Ashley's new book. Against her parents' wishes, Sofia has a
tiger head...
Featured in: 13+ readers | 11+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 15/06/2018
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Last Month's Featured Books
La Belle Sauvage: The Book of Dust Volume One
Philip Pullman
Shortlisted for the YA Book Prize 2018 | One of Our
Books of the Year 2017 | November
2017...
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You Are Awesome
Matthew Syed
May 2018 Book of the Month | A Julia Eccleshare Pick of the
Month April & May 2018 Table tennis champion Matthew
Syed offers his very best advice on how...
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Fish Boy
Chloe Daykin
Shortlisted for the Branford Boase Award 2018 | Longlisted
for the UKLA 2018 Book Award March 2017 Debut of
the Month In a sparely written but richly...
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How to Bee
Bren MacDibble
May 2018 Book of the Month How To Bee is unlike
any story I have ever read. The narrative voice is heartfelt and
the author uses a mild form of...
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Fly By Night
Frances Hardinge
Winner of the Branford Boase Prize 2006 Fly By
Night is a wholly original fantasy peopled with a cast of unusual
characters whose adventures unravel at a breathtaking pace.
Mosca...
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Gullstruck Island
Frances Hardinge
A hugely imaginative and inventive fantasy, Gullstruck Island is
the wonderful creation of a whole new world in which some of the
strangest things happen. Arilou is a Lost, a...
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Girls for the Vote
Linda Newbery
Brings the past brilliantly to life and introduces inspirational
women to today's girls. Historically strong, this is a dramatic
story with a real sense of atmosphere which in turn sheds an
impressively wide light...
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The House with Chicken Legs
Sophie Anderson
May 2018 Debut of the Month | This sparkling debut
weaves the captivating folklore of Baba Yaga with the thrills of a
classic venturing-out-into-the-world quest, replete with primal
conflicts, tantalising...
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Spirit
Sally Christie
May 2018 Book of the Month | In a nutshell: old magic in
the real world of today A game of Truth or Dare in the
humdrum setting of a...
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COPA90: Our World Cup A Fans' Guide to 2018
Copa90
Preparations for the 2018 FIFA World Cup can begin right now with
this handsome and thoroughly comprehensive guide to the tournament.
Over 170 colour pages it details the teams and...
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Journeys
Jonathan Litton
This fine, beautifully illustrated book does everything an
information book should. Its subject is the amazing expeditions
taken by men and women over the centuries. Some subjects will be
familiar...
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A Good Day for Climbing Trees
Jaco Jacobs
In a nutshell: quirky treetop adventure with a streak of
activism Cape Town is the setting for Jaco Jacobs' quirky
adventure, but the emotions described will be familiar to all...
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The Beast Awakens
Joseph Delaney
In a Nutshell: Fresh
folkloric frights from a master of spine-tingling
storytelling This first timelessly terrifying tale in a
new series from the creator of The Spook's Apprentice confirms...
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The Burning Maze
Rick Riordan
May 2018 MEGA Book of the Month | In a nutshell: gods and
monsters, heroism and humour | The Burning Maze is book
three in Riordan's The Trials of Apollo...
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The Company of Eight
Harriet Whitehorn
All her life Cass has dreamt of joining the circus to become an
acrobat and travel the islands on the Circus Boat. Once a year the
boat visits her home,...
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Cuckoo Song
Frances Hardinge
Frances Hardinge creates a brilliant sense of menace in this
chillingly dark fairy story . Something sinister, beyond just
getting wet, happens to Triss when she falls into the Grimmer....
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A Skinful of Shadows
Frances Hardinge
May 2018 Book of the Month | A Julia Eccleshare Pick of the
Month May 2018 | Shortlisted for Waterstones Book of the Year
2017 Award-winning Frances Hardinge's latest novel
bubbles...
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The Nerdiest, Wimpiest, Dorkiest I Funny Ever
James Patterson
In a nutshell: laughter makes the world go round and the pages
turnJamie Grimm is back, and if you don't know why that's cause for
celebration then it's...
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Lucky Break
Rob Stevens
In a nutshell: comic capers deliver sensitive story of
grief and recovery Arnold is unlike anyone Leon has ever
met before. He's honest to the point of rudeness, takes
everything...
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The Wonderling
Mira Bartok
In a Nutshell: Half-human, half-fox foundling seeks true
destiny Sparkling with the wit and wonder of a children's
classic, this exuberant quest-driven debut is a treat for readers
of ten...
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Aru Shah and the End of Time
Roshani Chokshi
In a nutshell: Hindu folklore provides the background for a
thrilling adventure story with a sharp, funny protagonist
| Aru Shah is an average twelve-year old, not particularly
attentive at...
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McTavish Goes Wild
Meg Rosoff
Interest Age 8-12 Reading Age 8 | Longlisted for the UKLA
2018 Book Award | A new story for that best of all dogs,
McTavish, and another delicious helping...
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The Mystery of the Colour Thief
Ewa Jozefkowicz
In a nutshell: grief and loss turned into hope and
resilience | Izzy feels as if colour is leaching from her
world, and literally. Plagued by nightmares of a shadowy,...
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The Sand Dog
Sarah Lean
A Julia Eccleshare Pick of the Month May 2018 |
Full of hope and wonder but also shot through with deep feelings of
sadness this is a beautiful story about the...
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William Wenton and the Secret Portal
Bobbie Peers
In a nutshell: code-breaking child genius versus villainous
robots | William Wenton is something of a bionic boy; half
of his body is a hi-tech metal called luridium, and this...
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Child I
Steve Tasane
An extraordinary novella with echoes of The Boy in the Striped
Pyjamas and The Road; set in an otherworldly plain with hints of
magical realism.
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Ella on the Outside
Cath Howe
A gripping story of lies, friendship, and blackmail...
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Humanatomy
Nicola Edwards
The human body is amazing, ‘the most incredible machine on
Earth' says this book, which explains exactly how it works, from
the inside out. Over colourful, clearly designed pages,
featuring...
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Dream Team
Alan Gibbons
With the World Cup coming up, football stories are even more
appealing than usual, and Alan Gibbons knows just how to win and
hold young readers' attention. There are two...
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The Kingfisher Football Encyclopedia
Clive Gifford
Football crams dynamic action, breathtaking skills and
heartstopping tension into 90 minutes of play. It is sport as
drama, making heroes and villains out of its players, managers and
officials....
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The Wheel of Surya
Jamila Gavin
Selected by a distinguished independent panel of experts
including our editorial expert, Julia Eccleshare, for Diverse
Voices - 50 of the best Children's Books celebrating cultural
diversity in the UK....
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The Faceless Ones
Derek Landy
Prize winning Skulduggery Pleasant is back for a third thrilling
adventure. Along with his side-kick Stephanie, Skulduggery, the
skeleton detective, must stand up to the Faceless Ones in a
typically...
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Laugh Out Loud
James Patterson
In a nutshell: lively, comic story celebrating kids'
reading and determination James Patterson creates books
kids love, and his latest book is all about a boy who decides to
create...
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Alpha Abidjan to Gare du Nord
Bessora
Shortlisted for the UKLA 2018 Book Award
One of our Books of the Year 2016 | Alpha hopes
that his wife and little son are in Paris and he's...
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Welcome to Nowhere
Elizabeth Laird
Shortlisted for the UKLA 2018 Book Award
In a nutshell: the lives of a Syrian family brought vividly
and sympathetically to life for young readers | This is
an...
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The White Fox
Jackie Morris
Shortlisted for the UKLA 2018 Book Award
Interest Age 8-12 | In a nutshell: a wild
creature leads a boy home | Full of magic, myth and a
wonderful...
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Young, Gifted and Black
Jamia Wilson
In a Nutshell: Inspiring celebration of black
trailblazers This inspiring, illuminating, stylishly
accessible anthology invites young readers to discover and
celebrate phenomenal forebears and contemporary catalysts, while
encouraging them...
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Artie Conan Doyle and the Vanishing Dragon
Robert J. Harris
In a nutshell: enthralling new mysteries for a young
Holmes Artie Doyle can't resist the temptation offered by
a mysterious invitation to an evening of magic, and, fresh from
their...
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Twelve Nights
Andrew Zurcher
April 2018 Debut of the Month | In a Nutshell: Mystery |
Magic | Otherworldly wraiths | An ambitious and
atmospheric fantasy adventure in which an eleven-year-old girl
discovers an...
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Beyond the Odyssey
Maz Evans
April 2018 Book of the Month The penultimate in
the series, Beyond The Odyssey continues with poor Elliot's life
becoming more difficult by the day. The situation with his mum...
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The Infinite Lives of Maisie Day
Christopher Edge
April 2018 Book of the Month | In a nutshell: a brief and
enthralling time-bending mystery | Maisie Day is ten years
old and should be celebrating her birthday but...
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The City of Secret Rivers
Jacob Sager Weinstein
April 2018 Debut of the Month | Shortlisted for the
Branford Boase Award 2018 | In a nutshell: breath-taking magical
adventure on the banks of London's underground rivers
Hyacinth Hayward, newly...
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The Goose Road
Rowena House
April 2018 Debut of the Month | In a Nutshell: Inspiring
WW1 against-the-odds adventure | It's 1916 and
fourteen-year-old Angelique is working on the family farm when she
learns that...
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928 Miles from Home
Kim Slater
In a nutshell: gritty but uplifting story of a life
transformed by an unexpected friendship Calum is used to
living on his own; his mother left years ago and his...
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Noah Scape Can't Stop Repeating Himself
Guy Bass
Interest Age 8-11 Reading Age 8 Guy Bass's
hilarious story is a lesson to be careful what you wish for and why
making everything all about you is not the...
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Truly, Wildly, Deeply
Jenny McLachlan
The brilliant, irresistible and gorgeously romantic new novel from
Jenny McLachlan, the breakout star of young, laugh-out-loud teen
fiction. Annie is a teenager. She's feisty, passionate about life
and her...
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Rebound
Kwame Alexander
A dynamic slam-dunk of a book in which a boy lost in grief begins
to find his feet on the basketball court. Slickly blending stirring
verse-form storytelling with ingenious jump-off-the-page...
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The Tale of Angelino Brown
David Almond
Longlisted for the UKLA 2018 Book Award | A Julia
Eccleshare Pick of the Month April 2018 Award-winning
David Almond's new story for younger reader is a delightfully
lightly told, warm-hearted story...
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Resurrection
Derek Landy
In a Nutshell: Familiar friends and foes, fresh faces,
full-throttle action This riotously rewarding return to
Skulduggery Pleasant's incomparable realm will thrill, enthral and
leave fans thirsty to find...
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Night Shift
Debi Gliori
Shortlisted for the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal 2018
| Drawn from Debi's own experiences and with a moving
testimony at the end of the book explaining how depression has
affected...
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Lady Mary
Lucy Worsley
A Julia Eccleshare Pick of the Month April 2018
Princess Mary lives in a palace and is the daughter of Henry V111,
the King of England but, when her parents'...
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