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Individual choices of genre become more significant as readers become more discriminating. Readers develop their critical faculties as they weave their way towards the kind of readers they are growing into.
You could also check out our latest highlights such as 'new voices', which showcases some of the brightest new talent from Walker Books, our 'prizewinners' section where we can help you and your child discover authors currently in contention for and/or winners of the most prestigious awards or indeed our 'books of the year 2008'.
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Angel Cake
Cathy Cassidy
Friends and relationships are the hallmarks of Cathy’s novels as she portrays her characters and their friendships particularly well. The plot lines are easy to get into, there’s always a subliminal message too and in Angel Cake it’s don’t judge...
Format: Hardback - Released: 02/07/2009
Cathy Cassidy
Friends and relationships are the hallmarks of Cathy’s novels as she portrays her characters and their friendships particularly well. The plot lines are easy to get into, there’s always a subliminal message too and in Angel Cake it’s don’t judge...
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The Forest of Hands and Teeth
Carrie Ryan
This is a remarkable and moving debut novel that was causing waves well before it was published. The author has crafted a powerful and at times frightening tale that explores humanity’s unfailing desire not just to survive, but to live,...
Format: Hardback - Released: 01/07/2009
Carrie Ryan
This is a remarkable and moving debut novel that was causing waves well before it was published. The author has crafted a powerful and at times frightening tale that explores humanity’s unfailing desire not just to survive, but to live,...
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Girl, 15, Charming but Insane
Sue Limb
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Girl, 15, Flirting for England
Sue Limb
The first in Limb’s ‘Girl’ series will be devoured by teens everywhere. Brilliantly funny, wacky and clever, no teenager should miss the Limb experience.
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Sue Limb
The first in Limb’s ‘Girl’ series will be devoured by teens everywhere. Brilliantly funny, wacky and clever, no teenager should miss the Limb experience.
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Two Good Thieves
Daniel Finn
A terrific, nail-biting thriller, Two Good Thieves captures the harsh world of a gang of child pickpockets surviving on the streets of a South American city and the terrible danger that they put themselves in when they make one outrageous...
Format: Hardback - Released: 03/07/2009
Daniel Finn
A terrific, nail-biting thriller, Two Good Thieves captures the harsh world of a gang of child pickpockets surviving on the streets of a South American city and the terrible danger that they put themselves in when they make one outrageous...
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Jiggy McCue: Kid Swap
Michael Lawrence
Get ready boys and girls to laugh your clothes off with the sheer story-telling brilliance of Michael Lawrence and the peculiar misadventures that seem to dog Jiggy McCue. Variously described as funny, wacky, lively, the funniest books ever read, laugh a minute, by turns...
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Michael Lawrence
Get ready boys and girls to laugh your clothes off with the sheer story-telling brilliance of Michael Lawrence and the peculiar misadventures that seem to dog Jiggy McCue. Variously described as funny, wacky, lively, the funniest books ever read, laugh a minute, by turns...
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Jiggy McCue: The Iron, the Switch And the Broom Cupboard
Michael Lawrence
Get ready boys and girls to laugh your clothes off with the sheer story-telling brilliance of Michael Lawrence and the peculiar misadventures that seem to dog Jiggy McCue. Variously described as funny, wacky, lively, the funniest books ever read, laugh a minute, by turns...
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Michael Lawrence
Get ready boys and girls to laugh your clothes off with the sheer story-telling brilliance of Michael Lawrence and the peculiar misadventures that seem to dog Jiggy McCue. Variously described as funny, wacky, lively, the funniest books ever read, laugh a minute, by turns...
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Jiggy McCue: Ryan's Brain
Michael Lawrence
Get ready boys and girls to laugh your clothes off with the sheer story-telling brilliance of Michael Lawrence and the peculiar misadventures that seem to dog Jiggy McCue. Variously described as funny, wacky, lively, the funniest books ever read, laugh a minute, by turns...
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Michael Lawrence
Get ready boys and girls to laugh your clothes off with the sheer story-telling brilliance of Michael Lawrence and the peculiar misadventures that seem to dog Jiggy McCue. Variously described as funny, wacky, lively, the funniest books ever read, laugh a minute, by turns...
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Jiggy McCue: Neville the Devil
Michael Lawrence
Get ready boys and girls to laugh your clothes off with the sheer story-telling brilliance of Michael Lawrence and the peculiar misadventures that seem to dog Jiggy McCue. Variously described as funny, wacky, lively, the funniest books ever read, laugh a minute, by turns...
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Michael Lawrence
Get ready boys and girls to laugh your clothes off with the sheer story-telling brilliance of Michael Lawrence and the peculiar misadventures that seem to dog Jiggy McCue. Variously described as funny, wacky, lively, the funniest books ever read, laugh a minute, by turns...
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Jiggy McCue: Nudie Dudie
Michael Lawrence
Get ready boys and girls to laugh your clothes off with the sheer story-telling brilliance of Michael Lawrence and the peculiar misadventures that seem to dog Jiggy McCue. Variously described as funny, wacky, lively, the funniest books ever read, laugh a minute, by turns...
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Michael Lawrence
Get ready boys and girls to laugh your clothes off with the sheer story-telling brilliance of Michael Lawrence and the peculiar misadventures that seem to dog Jiggy McCue. Variously described as funny, wacky, lively, the funniest books ever read, laugh a minute, by turns...
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Jiggy McCue: The Curse of the Poltergoose
Michael Lawrence
Get ready boys and girls to laugh your clothes off with the sheer story-telling brilliance of Michael Lawrence and the peculiar misadventures that seem to dog Jiggy McCue. Variously described as funny, wacky, lively, the funniest books ever read, laugh a minute, by turns...
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Michael Lawrence
Get ready boys and girls to laugh your clothes off with the sheer story-telling brilliance of Michael Lawrence and the peculiar misadventures that seem to dog Jiggy McCue. Variously described as funny, wacky, lively, the funniest books ever read, laugh a minute, by turns...
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Jiggy McCue: The Snottle
Michael Lawrence
Get ready boys and girls to laugh your clothes off with the sheer story-telling brilliance of Michael Lawrence and the peculiar misadventures that seem to dog Jiggy McCue. Variously described as funny, wacky, lively, the funniest books ever read, laugh a minute, by turns...
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Michael Lawrence
Get ready boys and girls to laugh your clothes off with the sheer story-telling brilliance of Michael Lawrence and the peculiar misadventures that seem to dog Jiggy McCue. Variously described as funny, wacky, lively, the funniest books ever read, laugh a minute, by turns...
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Jiggy McCue: The Meanest Genie
Michael Lawrence
Get ready boys and girls to laugh your clothes off with the sheer story-telling brilliance of Michael Lawrence and the peculiar misadventures that seem to dog Jiggy McCue. Variously described as funny, wacky, lively, the funniest books ever read, laugh a minute, by turns...
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Michael Lawrence
Get ready boys and girls to laugh your clothes off with the sheer story-telling brilliance of Michael Lawrence and the peculiar misadventures that seem to dog Jiggy McCue. Variously described as funny, wacky, lively, the funniest books ever read, laugh a minute, by turns...
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Jiggy McCue: The Toilet Of Doom
Michael Lawrence
Get ready boys and girls to laugh your clothes off with the sheer story-telling brilliance of Michael Lawrence and the peculiar misadventures that seem to dog Jiggy McCue. Variously described as funny, wacky, lively, the funniest books ever read, laugh...
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Michael Lawrence
Get ready boys and girls to laugh your clothes off with the sheer story-telling brilliance of Michael Lawrence and the peculiar misadventures that seem to dog Jiggy McCue. Variously described as funny, wacky, lively, the funniest books ever read, laugh...
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Jiggy McCue: The Killer Underpants
Michael Lawrence
Get ready boys and girls to laugh your clothes off with the sheer story-telling brilliance of Michael Lawrence and the peculiar misadventures that seem to dog Jiggy McCue. Variously described as funny, wacky, lively, the funniest books ever read, laugh...
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Michael Lawrence
Get ready boys and girls to laugh your clothes off with the sheer story-telling brilliance of Michael Lawrence and the peculiar misadventures that seem to dog Jiggy McCue. Variously described as funny, wacky, lively, the funniest books ever read, laugh...
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The Brothers Lionheart
Astrid Lindgren
Magical and touching, the adventures of two brothers in the fantasy land they arrive in after their tragically early deaths is an uplifting as well as an exciting story. After their deaths, Jonathan and Karl are united in the ‘land...
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Astrid Lindgren
Magical and touching, the adventures of two brothers in the fantasy land they arrive in after their tragically early deaths is an uplifting as well as an exciting story. After their deaths, Jonathan and Karl are united in the ‘land...
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Septimus Heap: The Magykal Papers
Angie Sage
This beautifully designed and wonderfully witty Septimus Heap compendium is a dazzling cornucopia of information of every aspect of Septimus’s world and the creatures that inhabit it. Sumptuously illustrated throughout, it’s the ultimate companion title for fans of Septimus Heap...
Format: Hardback - Released: 06/07/2009
Angie Sage
This beautifully designed and wonderfully witty Septimus Heap compendium is a dazzling cornucopia of information of every aspect of Septimus’s world and the creatures that inhabit it. Sumptuously illustrated throughout, it’s the ultimate companion title for fans of Septimus Heap...
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Larklight 3: Mothstorm
Philip Reeve
With comic genius and storytelling brilliance the author has woven an ingenious and inventive space travel fantasy adventure, featuring a wild and wacky family that will enthral every reader and get both children and adults turning the pages faster than...
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Philip Reeve
With comic genius and storytelling brilliance the author has woven an ingenious and inventive space travel fantasy adventure, featuring a wild and wacky family that will enthral every reader and get both children and adults turning the pages faster than...
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Bog Child
Siobhan Dowd
Winner of Carnegie Award 2009 and the Bisto Irish Children's Book Award 2009 and shortlisted for the . New and challenging book full of mystery and shadows from recently deceased author Siobhan Dowd. Both terrifying and...
Format: Paperback - Released: 05/02/2009
Siobhan Dowd
Winner of Carnegie Award 2009 and the Bisto Irish Children's Book Award 2009 and shortlisted for the . New and challenging book full of mystery and shadows from recently deceased author Siobhan Dowd. Both terrifying and...
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Airman
Eoin Colfer
Shortlisted for the Carnegie Award 2009 and shortlisted for the Bisto Irish Children's Book Award. A fabulous blood racing story that blends adventure, fantasy, history and science fiction and then dusts it with humour: Conor’s destiny is to fly but...
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/01/2009
Eoin Colfer
Shortlisted for the Carnegie Award 2009 and shortlisted for the Bisto Irish Children's Book Award. A fabulous blood racing story that blends adventure, fantasy, history and science fiction and then dusts it with humour: Conor’s destiny is to fly but...
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Ostrich Boys
Keith Gray
Shortlisted for the Carnegie Award 2009 and shortlisted for the 2008 Costa Children’s Book Award. A novel that so cleverly, almost miraculously you might say, blends friendship with devastating loss whilst at the same time is filled with humour and warmth...
Format: Paperback - Released: 03/07/2008
Keith Gray
Shortlisted for the Carnegie Award 2009 and shortlisted for the 2008 Costa Children’s Book Award. A novel that so cleverly, almost miraculously you might say, blends friendship with devastating loss whilst at the same time is filled with humour and warmth...
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Ways To Live Forever
Sally Nicholls
Shortlisted for the 2009 Branford Boase Best Debut Novel Award - the winner will be announced in July Sympathetic, touching, and surprisingly funny, Ways To Live Forever is a fantastic debut from Sally Nicholls. Sam loves facts....
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/09/2008
Sally Nicholls
Shortlisted for the 2009 Branford Boase Best Debut Novel Award - the winner will be announced in July Sympathetic, touching, and surprisingly funny, Ways To Live Forever is a fantastic debut from Sally Nicholls. Sam loves facts....
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Creature of the Night
Kate Thompson
Shortlisted for the Carnegie Award 2009 and shortlisted for the Bisto Irish Children's Book Award. From multi-award winning author Kate Thompson comes another absorbing read, blazing an enthralling path between the stark realities of modern-day society and the fantasy for which...
Format: Paperback - Released: 02/04/2009
Kate Thompson
Shortlisted for the Carnegie Award 2009 and shortlisted for the Bisto Irish Children's Book Award. From multi-award winning author Kate Thompson comes another absorbing read, blazing an enthralling path between the stark realities of modern-day society and the fantasy for which...
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The Knife of Never Letting Go
Patrick Ness
Shortlisted for the 2009 Branford Boase Best Debut Novel Award - the winner will be announced in July Shortlisted for the Carnegie Award 2009. Winner of the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize 2008 and Booktrust Teenage Prize 2008. The electrifying and unflinching young...
Format: Paperback - Released: 03/11/2008
Patrick Ness
Shortlisted for the 2009 Branford Boase Best Debut Novel Award - the winner will be announced in July Shortlisted for the Carnegie Award 2009. Winner of the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize 2008 and Booktrust Teenage Prize 2008. The electrifying and unflinching young...
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Bloodline
Katy Moran
Shortlisted for the 2009 Branford Boase Best Debut Novel Award - the winner will be announced in July Go back in time to Dark Age Britain for this powerful story about loyalty and survival in another time. Abandoned by his father,...
Format: Paperback - Released: 03/03/2008
Katy Moran
Shortlisted for the 2009 Branford Boase Best Debut Novel Award - the winner will be announced in July Go back in time to Dark Age Britain for this powerful story about loyalty and survival in another time. Abandoned by his father,...
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Between Two Seas
Marie-louise Jensen
Shortlisted for the 2009 Branford Boase Best Debut Novel Award - the winner will be announced in July Marianne promises her dying mother that she’ll seek a better life and especially that she’ll try to find her father. Leaving Grimsby, Marianne...
Format: Paperback - Released: 03/01/2008
Marie-louise Jensen
Shortlisted for the 2009 Branford Boase Best Debut Novel Award - the winner will be announced in July Marianne promises her dying mother that she’ll seek a better life and especially that she’ll try to find her father. Leaving Grimsby, Marianne...
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Ghost Hunter: Book 6 Chronicles of Ancient Darkness)
Michelle Paver
A stunning 6th and final episode brings the bestselling ‘The Chronicles of Ancient Darkness’ which began so dramatically with Wolf Brother to a close. Now it is Torak’s last adventure; he must travel up into the mountains and find the...
Format: Hardback - Released: 20/08/2009
Michelle Paver
A stunning 6th and final episode brings the bestselling ‘The Chronicles of Ancient Darkness’ which began so dramatically with Wolf Brother to a close. Now it is Torak’s last adventure; he must travel up into the mountains and find the...
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The Runaway
Angela Mcallister
From this highly acclaimed author comes a haunting 19th century story of loss and revenge, the power of friendship and the power of forgiveness. Inspired by true events, The Runaway is a beautifully written, compelling story of transforming darkness into...
Format: Paperback - Released: 25/06/2009
Angela Mcallister
From this highly acclaimed author comes a haunting 19th century story of loss and revenge, the power of friendship and the power of forgiveness. Inspired by true events, The Runaway is a beautifully written, compelling story of transforming darkness into...
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Jimmy's Stars
Mary Ann Rodman
A deeply moving story of how a teenage girl keeps her spirits up while her brother fights in the Second World War. While everyone else seems to want to glorify the war putting blue stars in their windows for the...
Format: Paperback - Released: 30/06/2009
Mary Ann Rodman
A deeply moving story of how a teenage girl keeps her spirits up while her brother fights in the Second World War. While everyone else seems to want to glorify the war putting blue stars in their windows for the...
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Jiggy Mccue: One for all and all for Lunch
Michael Lawrence
Get ready boys and girls to laugh your clothes off with the sheer story-telling brilliance of Michael Lawrence and the peculiar misadventures that seem to dog Jiggy McCue. Variously described as funny, wacky, lively, the funniest books ever read, laugh...
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Michael Lawrence
Get ready boys and girls to laugh your clothes off with the sheer story-telling brilliance of Michael Lawrence and the peculiar misadventures that seem to dog Jiggy McCue. Variously described as funny, wacky, lively, the funniest books ever read, laugh...
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Susanna Loves London
Mary Hogan
Susanna, New York reporter extraordinaire is given the opportunity of scoring an international scoop for the London edition of Teen Scene magazine. Hilarious, heart-warming and utterly fabulous, no self-respecting teenager will be able to put this down and even more...
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/06/2009
Mary Hogan
Susanna, New York reporter extraordinaire is given the opportunity of scoring an international scoop for the London edition of Teen Scene magazine. Hilarious, heart-warming and utterly fabulous, no self-respecting teenager will be able to put this down and even more...
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The Beautiful Game: Hannah's Secret
Narinder Dhami
Here at Lovereading we were more than a little sceptical about this new series featuring football and girls, but after handing the title round to a number of 8+ year old girls the universal reaction was hugely positive. Kids who...
Format: Paperback - Released: 02/07/2009
Narinder Dhami
Here at Lovereading we were more than a little sceptical about this new series featuring football and girls, but after handing the title round to a number of 8+ year old girls the universal reaction was hugely positive. Kids who...
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The Pale Assassin (Pimpernelles 1)
Patricia Elliott
The vibrant spirit of the French Revolution propels this dramatic romantic thriller in which a young girl must flee to save her own life. Eugénie has always been protected from dangers by her wealth but now it is her wealth...
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Patricia Elliott
The vibrant spirit of the French Revolution propels this dramatic romantic thriller in which a young girl must flee to save her own life. Eugénie has always been protected from dangers by her wealth but now it is her wealth...
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The Demon's Lexicon
Sarah Rees Brennan
From its dramatic start when two boys are set on by a savage flock of ravens - with demons inhabiting the bird’s bodies - this is a thrilling and chilling adventure. Nick and Alan’s everyday life looks quite normal but...
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/06/2009
Sarah Rees Brennan
From its dramatic start when two boys are set on by a savage flock of ravens - with demons inhabiting the bird’s bodies - this is a thrilling and chilling adventure. Nick and Alan’s everyday life looks quite normal but...
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Scatterheart
Lili Wilkinson
Brave Hannah learns to adapt and survive after her privileged childhood comes abruptly to an end. Mysteriously abandoned by her father, Hannah first finds herself penniless and friendless on the streets and then transported to Australia for a crime she...
Format: Paperback - Released: 27/02/2009
Lili Wilkinson
Brave Hannah learns to adapt and survive after her privileged childhood comes abruptly to an end. Mysteriously abandoned by her father, Hannah first finds herself penniless and friendless on the streets and then transported to Australia for a crime she...
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Hide and Seek
Catherine Macphail
Chilling from start to finish this is a brilliant, fast moving and spooky story. When new girl Destiny arrives at school she asks if it is really haunted… Everyone knows it isn’t but tricking Destiny seems like a bit of...
Format: Paperback - Released: 30/11/1999
Catherine Macphail
Chilling from start to finish this is a brilliant, fast moving and spooky story. When new girl Destiny arrives at school she asks if it is really haunted… Everyone knows it isn’t but tricking Destiny seems like a bit of...
Format: Paperback - Released: 30/11/1999
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The First Hunter
Robert Swindells
Powerfully told, The First Hunter captures the harsh world of early hunters who survive by stealing the meat that the big cats kill. But can they develop a skill of their own which will enable them to hunt like the...
Format: Paperback - Released: 25/06/2009
Robert Swindells
Powerfully told, The First Hunter captures the harsh world of early hunters who survive by stealing the meat that the big cats kill. But can they develop a skill of their own which will enable them to hunt like the...
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Sovay
Celia Rees
This terrific historical romp tells how teenager Sovay fights against the restricting conventions of her time. Escaping from her cheating fiancé, Sovay adopts the dress and lifestyle of a highwayman and takes to the dangerous roads of eighteenth century England....
Format: Paperback - Released: 06/07/2009
Celia Rees
This terrific historical romp tells how teenager Sovay fights against the restricting conventions of her time. Escaping from her cheating fiancé, Sovay adopts the dress and lifestyle of a highwayman and takes to the dangerous roads of eighteenth century England....
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Goldstrike
Matthew Whyman
A spine tingling thriller from the chilling opening to the very last page, the twists and turns of the Gold Strike plot follow Carl Hobbes, teenager hacker extraordinaire, as he keeps one step ahead of the different but equally dangerous...
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/06/2009
Matthew Whyman
A spine tingling thriller from the chilling opening to the very last page, the twists and turns of the Gold Strike plot follow Carl Hobbes, teenager hacker extraordinaire, as he keeps one step ahead of the different but equally dangerous...
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Journey of Dreams
Marge Pellegrino
Beautifully told, this is a heart rending story of one family’s fight for survival following the destruction of their home and everything they know by the Guatemalan army. Capturing the desperate fear that the army instil in the small mountain...
Format: Paperback - Released: 18/06/2009
Marge Pellegrino
Beautifully told, this is a heart rending story of one family’s fight for survival following the destruction of their home and everything they know by the Guatemalan army. Capturing the desperate fear that the army instil in the small mountain...
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Girls to Total Goddesses in Seven Days
Sue Limb
Brilliant fun, this is a roller coaster of a read as it swings effortlessly from the wild extremes of total despair to absolute ecstasy capturing the trials and tribulations of Zoe and Chloe, best friends forever. Zoe and Chloe have...
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Sue Limb
Brilliant fun, this is a roller coaster of a read as it swings effortlessly from the wild extremes of total despair to absolute ecstasy capturing the trials and tribulations of Zoe and Chloe, best friends forever. Zoe and Chloe have...
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Silvertongue
Charlie Fletcher
In the concluding part of the breathtaking and critically acclaimed Stoneheart trilogy, Edie and George look deeper into Edie's past, and her future. It’s written with such fast-paced action adventure, magic and intrigue that in spite of the 500 odd pages it will...
Format: Paperback - Released: 02/07/2009
Charlie Fletcher
In the concluding part of the breathtaking and critically acclaimed Stoneheart trilogy, Edie and George look deeper into Edie's past, and her future. It’s written with such fast-paced action adventure, magic and intrigue that in spite of the 500 odd pages it will...
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Bright Girls
Clare Chambers
An feisty story of the ups and downs and sometimes near disasters of two teen sisters sent away from their home in Oxford to stay with an aunt in Brighton after sinister things happen at home. Younger sister Robyn, the...
Format: Paperback - Released: 25/06/2009
Clare Chambers
An feisty story of the ups and downs and sometimes near disasters of two teen sisters sent away from their home in Oxford to stay with an aunt in Brighton after sinister things happen at home. Younger sister Robyn, the...
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The Medusa Project: The Set-Up
Sophie Mckenzie
This is not science fiction. Within the lifetime of children now the human race will have created new improved humans through genetic manipulation. Frightening but true. Here in the first of a thrilling roller-coaster adventure series you can join four teenagers, each...
Format: Paperback - Released: 06/07/2009
Sophie Mckenzie
This is not science fiction. Within the lifetime of children now the human race will have created new improved humans through genetic manipulation. Frightening but true. Here in the first of a thrilling roller-coaster adventure series you can join four teenagers, each...
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Mission to the Moon
Alan Dyer
Fact packed and illustrated with some outstanding and original photographs, this provides the background story to the world’s endeavours to get to the Moon. The early missions, how the astronauts are trained and the details of their spacesuits, equipment and...
Format: Hardback - Released: 01/10/2008
Alan Dyer
Fact packed and illustrated with some outstanding and original photographs, this provides the background story to the world’s endeavours to get to the Moon. The early missions, how the astronauts are trained and the details of their spacesuits, equipment and...
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Nicholas Dane
Melvin Burgess
Carnegie-prize winning author, Melvin Burgess, has written a long-awaited new novel. This compelling story of a teenager caught in a corrupt 1980s care home is a powerful study of a particularly highly charged and distressing subject and one that is...
Format: Hardback - Released: 04/06/2009
Melvin Burgess
Carnegie-prize winning author, Melvin Burgess, has written a long-awaited new novel. This compelling story of a teenager caught in a corrupt 1980s care home is a powerful study of a particularly highly charged and distressing subject and one that is...
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Twilight Zone: The Midnight Sun
Mark Kneece, Rod Serling
The classic TV series has been given a brilliant makeover into graphic novel format. A perfect match of illustration and text, each hard-hitting story is a gripping and powerful read. In The Midnight Sun, two women find themselves left alive...
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/06/2009
Mark Kneece, Rod Serling
The classic TV series has been given a brilliant makeover into graphic novel format. A perfect match of illustration and text, each hard-hitting story is a gripping and powerful read. In The Midnight Sun, two women find themselves left alive...
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Toby Alone
Timothee De Fombelle
Winner of the 2009 Marsh Award for Children’s Literature in Translation. We think it's an exciting, gripping fantasy story of a miniature world under threat and a boy hunted by his own people. In a sentence, The Borrowers for the 21st Century....
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/06/2009
Timothee De Fombelle
Winner of the 2009 Marsh Award for Children’s Literature in Translation. We think it's an exciting, gripping fantasy story of a miniature world under threat and a boy hunted by his own people. In a sentence, The Borrowers for the 21st Century....
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Forbidden Island
Malcolm Rose
Science, history and mystery collide in breathtaking fashion in this chilling and spine-tingling conspiracy thriller where cover-ups abound. Inspired by a real island in Scotland used for anthrax testing, this eerie and contemporary thriller will keep readers on the very...
Format: Paperback - Released: 29/05/2009
Malcolm Rose
Science, history and mystery collide in breathtaking fashion in this chilling and spine-tingling conspiracy thriller where cover-ups abound. Inspired by a real island in Scotland used for anthrax testing, this eerie and contemporary thriller will keep readers on the very...
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Airhead
Meg Cabot
From the creator of Allie Finkle and The Princess Diaries comes a brand new novel featuring two very different girls, one a superbrain and the other a supermodel. They have absolutely nothing in common until something extraordinary happens. Meg cabot’s trademark wit is here...
Format: Paperback - Released: 05/06/2009
Meg Cabot
From the creator of Allie Finkle and The Princess Diaries comes a brand new novel featuring two very different girls, one a superbrain and the other a supermodel. They have absolutely nothing in common until something extraordinary happens. Meg cabot’s trademark wit is here...
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Love, Stargirl
Jerry Spinelli
A moving and lyrical book written in diary-form over a year, the letters charting Stargirl’s feelings as she comes to terms with moving, with the loss of Leo, and making new friends in an unknown place. The letters reveal fantastic memories of...
Format: Paperback - Released: 11/05/2009
Jerry Spinelli
A moving and lyrical book written in diary-form over a year, the letters charting Stargirl’s feelings as she comes to terms with moving, with the loss of Leo, and making new friends in an unknown place. The letters reveal fantastic memories of...
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The Mysterious Benedict Society
Trenton Lee Stewart
This is a No. 1 New York Times Bestseller that we’ve been raving about since it went stratospheric across the water earlier this year. Here you will meet four very unusual children each with three things in common – all orphans, all incredibly...
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/06/2009
Trenton Lee Stewart
This is a No. 1 New York Times Bestseller that we’ve been raving about since it went stratospheric across the water earlier this year. Here you will meet four very unusual children each with three things in common – all orphans, all incredibly...
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Day of the Assassins
Johnny O'Brien
A thrilling war-time adventure that is a perfect mix of historical fact and fictional adventure, in which two boys are swept back in time and thrown into the real event of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo in...
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Johnny O'Brien
A thrilling war-time adventure that is a perfect mix of historical fact and fictional adventure, in which two boys are swept back in time and thrown into the real event of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo in...
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The Reformed Vampire Support Group
Catherine Jinks
A murder-mystery comedy of errors about a vampire 'support group'. It's the perfect introduction to the paranormal for young readers.
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Catherine Jinks
A murder-mystery comedy of errors about a vampire 'support group'. It's the perfect introduction to the paranormal for young readers.
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Toby Alone 2: Toby and the Secrets of the Tree
Timothee De Fombelle
A follow-up to the Award winning Toby Alone, this tells how life in the beautifully imagined world set in the heart of the great oak tree has changed – and for the worse. The power crazed Leo Blue has taken...
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Timothee De Fombelle
A follow-up to the Award winning Toby Alone, this tells how life in the beautifully imagined world set in the heart of the great oak tree has changed – and for the worse. The power crazed Leo Blue has taken...
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The Bad Tuesdays 2: Strange Energy
Benjamin J Myers
Set in a fictitious future similar to our world but where science and technology are more advanced and social inequality even more apparent. The Tuesdays’ – Chess, Box and Splinter – are unwanted street children who if caught in this...
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Benjamin J Myers
Set in a fictitious future similar to our world but where science and technology are more advanced and social inequality even more apparent. The Tuesdays’ – Chess, Box and Splinter – are unwanted street children who if caught in this...
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Journey to the Centre of the Earth (Classics Illustrated)
Jules Verne
One of a range of marvellous comic books created in the '50s and '60s now with artwork re-coloured and covers digitally enhanced for a new generation. Perfect Bound at a terrifically good value price. A message from the publisher: Classics...
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Jules Verne
One of a range of marvellous comic books created in the '50s and '60s now with artwork re-coloured and covers digitally enhanced for a new generation. Perfect Bound at a terrifically good value price. A message from the publisher: Classics...
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Romeo and Juliet (Classics Illustrated)
William Shakespeare
The most famous of Shakespeare's plays is brought to life in glorious technicolour through comic strips. Brilliant for younger and older readers. A message from the publisher: Classics Illustrated - A wonderful History - We're delighted to re-introduce these marvellous...
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William Shakespeare
The most famous of Shakespeare's plays is brought to life in glorious technicolour through comic strips. Brilliant for younger and older readers. A message from the publisher: Classics Illustrated - A wonderful History - We're delighted to re-introduce these marvellous...
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The Man in the Iron Mask (Classics Illustrated)
Alexandre Dumas
One of a range of marvellous comic books created in the '50s and '60s now with artwork re-coloured and covers digitally enhanced for a new generation. Perfect Bound at a terrifically good value price. A message from the publisher: Classics...
Format: Paperback - Released: 25/12/2008
Alexandre Dumas
One of a range of marvellous comic books created in the '50s and '60s now with artwork re-coloured and covers digitally enhanced for a new generation. Perfect Bound at a terrifically good value price. A message from the publisher: Classics...
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Mutiny on the Bounty (Classics Illustrated)
Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall
One of a range of marvellous comic books created in the '50s and '60s now with artwork re-coloured and covers digitally enhanced for a new generation. Perfect Bound at a terrifically good value price. It continues to captivate readers of...
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Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall
One of a range of marvellous comic books created in the '50s and '60s now with artwork re-coloured and covers digitally enhanced for a new generation. Perfect Bound at a terrifically good value price. It continues to captivate readers of...
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Robin Hood (Classics Illustrated)
Howard Pyle
Recounts, in comic strip style in full colour, the legend of Robin Hood who plundered the king's purse and poached his deer and whose generosity endeared him to the poor. A message from the publisher: Classics Illustrated - A wonderful...
Format: Paperback - Released: 25/10/2008
Howard Pyle
Recounts, in comic strip style in full colour, the legend of Robin Hood who plundered the king's purse and poached his deer and whose generosity endeared him to the poor. A message from the publisher: Classics Illustrated - A wonderful...
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Les Miserables (Classics Illustrated)
Victor Hugo
A compelling and compassionate view of the victims of early nineteenth-century French society, Les Misérables is a novel on an epic scale. One of a range of marvellous comic books created in the '50s and '60s now with artwork re-coloured...
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Victor Hugo
A compelling and compassionate view of the victims of early nineteenth-century French society, Les Misérables is a novel on an epic scale. One of a range of marvellous comic books created in the '50s and '60s now with artwork re-coloured...
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Freak the Mighty
Rodman Philbrick
A poignant and moving story that is ultimately uplifting about friendship triumphing over adversity. Funny, touching and inspirational yet cleverly mixed with some scary and tragic moments, it is the story of Max who is considered big and stupid who...
Format: Paperback - Released: 30/03/2007
Rodman Philbrick
A poignant and moving story that is ultimately uplifting about friendship triumphing over adversity. Funny, touching and inspirational yet cleverly mixed with some scary and tragic moments, it is the story of Max who is considered big and stupid who...
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Tamburlaine's Elephants
Geraldine Mccaughrean
Geraldine McCaughrean is a genius in her ability to draw the reader in to a part of history that might not immediately spring to mind as being of interest and yet she makes you hungry for more. Here she draws...
Format: Paperback - Released: 26/09/2008
Geraldine Mccaughrean
Geraldine McCaughrean is a genius in her ability to draw the reader in to a part of history that might not immediately spring to mind as being of interest and yet she makes you hungry for more. Here she draws...
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War of the Worlds (Classics Illustrated)
H G Wells
One of a range of marvellous comic books created in the '50s and '60s now with artwork re-coloured and covers digitally enhanced for a new generation. Perfect Bound at a terrifically good value price. “I would certainly recommend any parent hoping...
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H G Wells
One of a range of marvellous comic books created in the '50s and '60s now with artwork re-coloured and covers digitally enhanced for a new generation. Perfect Bound at a terrifically good value price. “I would certainly recommend any parent hoping...
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Oliver Twist (Classics Illustrated)
Charles Dickens
The classic tale of Oliver Twist brought to life in full colour. This beautiful version of Charles Dickens' tale of childhood in Victorian times will delight readers of all ages. From those who remember the original Classics Illustrated, to new...
Format: Paperback - Released: 25/10/2008
Charles Dickens
The classic tale of Oliver Twist brought to life in full colour. This beautiful version of Charles Dickens' tale of childhood in Victorian times will delight readers of all ages. From those who remember the original Classics Illustrated, to new...
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Come On Danny (gr8 reads)
Andy Croft
Full of emotion and understanding but written in such a way that a struggling or reluctant reader will devour, Come On Danny is a hard hitting story describing the difficulties of dealing with life when everything goes wrong. Danny likes...
Format: Paperback - Released: 21/05/2009
Andy Croft
Full of emotion and understanding but written in such a way that a struggling or reluctant reader will devour, Come On Danny is a hard hitting story describing the difficulties of dealing with life when everything goes wrong. Danny likes...
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Oathbreaker
Michelle Paver
Welcome to best-selling author Michelle Paver’s latest in the Chronicles of Ancient Darkness. This is the series that began with Wolf Brother and now continues with the story of Torak alongside his trusted and loyal Wolf. Once an...
Format: Paperback - Released: 04/06/2009
Michelle Paver
Welcome to best-selling author Michelle Paver’s latest in the Chronicles of Ancient Darkness. This is the series that began with Wolf Brother and now continues with the story of Torak alongside his trusted and loyal Wolf. Once an...
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The Henderson Boys 2: Eagle Day
Robert Muchamore
Bestselling Robert Muchamore continues his series about the young runaway kids and now agents who, recruited as spies, help to win World War Two. Translating messages from the German top brass about Eagle Day, the date on which they intend...
Format: Paperback - Released: 04/06/2009
Robert Muchamore
Bestselling Robert Muchamore continues his series about the young runaway kids and now agents who, recruited as spies, help to win World War Two. Translating messages from the German top brass about Eagle Day, the date on which they intend...
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The Name of this Book is Secret
Pseudonymous Bosch
Quirky, original and hugely entertaining, this is a debut novel of fantastical proportions. The first in a secretive series, The Name of this Book is SECRET is accompanied by a website, part of which is in code so important information...
Format: Paperback - Released: 30/05/2008
Pseudonymous Bosch
Quirky, original and hugely entertaining, this is a debut novel of fantastical proportions. The first in a secretive series, The Name of this Book is SECRET is accompanied by a website, part of which is in code so important information...
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Kai-ro
Graham Marks
Brilliantly imagined, the futuristic city of Kai-ro forms a vivid backdrop to the thrilling story of one boy’s fight against the ancient forces of darkness. It is a compelling story by an author at the height of his storytelling powers. ...
Format: Paperback - Released: 31/10/2007
Graham Marks
Brilliantly imagined, the futuristic city of Kai-ro forms a vivid backdrop to the thrilling story of one boy’s fight against the ancient forces of darkness. It is a compelling story by an author at the height of his storytelling powers. ...
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North Child
Edith Pattou
This is an epic that fans of Philip Pullman’s Dark Materials trilogy will thoroughly enjoy. Full of magic, of high drama, of superstitions and of compelling characters, readers will be held spellbound by Edith Patou’s lyrical writing. The...
Format: Paperback - Released: 25/02/2006
Edith Pattou
This is an epic that fans of Philip Pullman’s Dark Materials trilogy will thoroughly enjoy. Full of magic, of high drama, of superstitions and of compelling characters, readers will be held spellbound by Edith Patou’s lyrical writing. The...
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Bloodchild
Tim Bowler
If you’re on the hunt for a book that will really grab you, put shivers down your spine and ensure that at the end of every chapter you gasp for breath, then Bowler’s Bloodchild is the novel for you. Incredibly atmospheric of...
Format: Paperback - Released: 04/06/2009
Tim Bowler
If you’re on the hunt for a book that will really grab you, put shivers down your spine and ensure that at the end of every chapter you gasp for breath, then Bowler’s Bloodchild is the novel for you. Incredibly atmospheric of...
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Anila's Journey
Mary Finn
Shortlisted for the Bisto Irish Children's Book Award. A stunning debut novel, Anila’s Journey captures a girl with an amazing talent for drawing who is swept up in an epic journey up the Ganges where she hopes she may find...
Format: Paperback - Released: 07/01/2008
Mary Finn
Shortlisted for the Bisto Irish Children's Book Award. A stunning debut novel, Anila’s Journey captures a girl with an amazing talent for drawing who is swept up in an epic journey up the Ganges where she hopes she may find...
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Freefall: Tunnels 3
Roderick Gordon, Brian Williams
More spine-tingling and menacing adventure from the authors of Tunnels and Deeper will once again take you way beneath the earth, in a subterranean world that’s almost too frightening to imagine and yet it will pull you into the story...
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Roderick Gordon, Brian Williams
More spine-tingling and menacing adventure from the authors of Tunnels and Deeper will once again take you way beneath the earth, in a subterranean world that’s almost too frightening to imagine and yet it will pull you into the story...
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The Resistance
Gemma Malley
This is an absolutely chilling, powerful sequel to Gemma malley’s acclaimed debut, The Declaration. With a dark and sinister vision of the future, it is set in 2140, The Resistance is an incredibly thought-provoking read. We raved about her...
Format: Paperback - Released: 04/05/2009
Gemma Malley
This is an absolutely chilling, powerful sequel to Gemma malley’s acclaimed debut, The Declaration. With a dark and sinister vision of the future, it is set in 2140, The Resistance is an incredibly thought-provoking read. We raved about her...
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Puppet Master
Joanne Owen
This beautifully crafted debut novel, set at the turn of the twentieth century is rich in the tradition of circus, theatre and magic. Skilfully woven into the chilling tale of a charismatic puppet master, a missing heiress and a very...
Format: Paperback - Released: 07/05/2009
Joanne Owen
This beautifully crafted debut novel, set at the turn of the twentieth century is rich in the tradition of circus, theatre and magic. Skilfully woven into the chilling tale of a charismatic puppet master, a missing heiress and a very...
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Fever Crumb
Philip Reeve
This is one of the most eagerly anticipated novels of 2009 from the critically acclaimed and internationally bestselling author of the Mortal Engines Quartet. Reeves' post-apocalyptic world where mobile cities fight for survival has brought many a child into the world of...
Format: Hardback - Released: 04/05/2009
Philip Reeve
This is one of the most eagerly anticipated novels of 2009 from the critically acclaimed and internationally bestselling author of the Mortal Engines Quartet. Reeves' post-apocalyptic world where mobile cities fight for survival has brought many a child into the world of...
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Lifegame
Alison Allen-Gray
An incredibly topical thriller that captures the mood of the moment in terms of the scientific advances that are becoming increasingly possible and yet continue to be highly controversial. Picture if you can an island complete with families, all of...
Format: Paperback - Released: 07/05/2009
Alison Allen-Gray
An incredibly topical thriller that captures the mood of the moment in terms of the scientific advances that are becoming increasingly possible and yet continue to be highly controversial. Picture if you can an island complete with families, all of...
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The Pickle King
Rebecca Promitzer
A hugely entertaining adventure story tinged with enough horror to delight but not really to terrify. Bored during a wet holiday, Bea and her friend Sam go exploring and come across the body of a dead man. What’s the story? Bea...
Format: Paperback - Released: 04/05/2009
Rebecca Promitzer
A hugely entertaining adventure story tinged with enough horror to delight but not really to terrify. Bored during a wet holiday, Bea and her friend Sam go exploring and come across the body of a dead man. What’s the story? Bea...
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Circus Shoes
Noel Streatfeild
When their snobbish Aunt Rebecca dies, leaving them alone and penniless, Peter and Santa are faced with the dreadful prospect of life in separate orphanages. Desperate, they run away to find their only living relative - Uncle Gus - who...
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/09/2006
Noel Streatfeild
When their snobbish Aunt Rebecca dies, leaving them alone and penniless, Peter and Santa are faced with the dreadful prospect of life in separate orphanages. Desperate, they run away to find their only living relative - Uncle Gus - who...
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Power of Five: Necropolis
Anthony Horowitz
Yet again Anthony Horowitz has come up trumps with an edge-of-the-seat thriller with some brilliantly spun twists that will keep you guessing right up to the very end. The female protagonist is brilliantly portrayed - the first time, we think Horowitz has led...
Format: Paperback - Released: 04/05/2009
Anthony Horowitz
Yet again Anthony Horowitz has come up trumps with an edge-of-the-seat thriller with some brilliantly spun twists that will keep you guessing right up to the very end. The female protagonist is brilliantly portrayed - the first time, we think Horowitz has led...
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Skim
Mariko Tamaki
Stunningly drawn, this graphic novel brilliantly charts the deep and sometimes desperate conflicts and moods that prevail in teen years. Teenage witch Skim keeps a diary in which she records all her thoughts, hopes and fears. There’s the grief and...
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Mariko Tamaki
Stunningly drawn, this graphic novel brilliantly charts the deep and sometimes desperate conflicts and moods that prevail in teen years. Teenage witch Skim keeps a diary in which she records all her thoughts, hopes and fears. There’s the grief and...
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The Declaration
Gemma Malley
CD Audio. Click here to see more books from Gemma Malley. A powerful, gripping and tense futuristic novel about a world which has gone mad, a world where life is forever except for the likes of Peter and Anna (who shouldn’t...
Format: Cd-audio - Released: 04/05/2009
Gemma Malley
CD Audio. Click here to see more books from Gemma Malley. A powerful, gripping and tense futuristic novel about a world which has gone mad, a world where life is forever except for the likes of Peter and Anna (who shouldn’t...
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The Witching Hour
Elizabeth Laird
Treachery and intrigue provide a sombre background for the story of spirited Maggie and her determination to survive the cruel persecution of the church. After her granny is falsely accused of being a witch, Maggie has to flee and to...
Format: Hardback - Released: 01/05/2009
Elizabeth Laird
Treachery and intrigue provide a sombre background for the story of spirited Maggie and her determination to survive the cruel persecution of the church. After her granny is falsely accused of being a witch, Maggie has to flee and to...
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Monster Blood Tattoo 2: Lamplighter
D M Cornish
The thrilling follow-up to the monster hit: Foundling. Monsters, rogues and wonder abound in this utterly original, fearsomely exciting and beautifully detailed fantasy tale of an orphaned boy's journey to seek his destiny. Stunning in scope and rich in detail, alive...
Format: Paperback - Released: 07/05/2009
D M Cornish
The thrilling follow-up to the monster hit: Foundling. Monsters, rogues and wonder abound in this utterly original, fearsomely exciting and beautifully detailed fantasy tale of an orphaned boy's journey to seek his destiny. Stunning in scope and rich in detail, alive...
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The Museum's Secret: The Remarkable Adventures Of Tom Scatterhorn
Henry Chancellor
An irresistible adventure through a world full of dust, insects, magic potions, missing jewels and stuffed animals and an incredible secret that takes Tom back 100 years into a breathtaking adventure to far flung places of the world and back...
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Henry Chancellor
An irresistible adventure through a world full of dust, insects, magic potions, missing jewels and stuffed animals and an incredible secret that takes Tom back 100 years into a breathtaking adventure to far flung places of the world and back...
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Free? Stories Celebrating Human Rights
Amnesty International
Top children’s writers have each contributed a powerful story to this collection for Amnesty International. In fourteen different ways Jamila Gavin, David Almond, Michael Morpurgo, Malorie Blackman, Eoin Colfer and others have written about an aspect of freedom thereby drawing...
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Amnesty International
Top children’s writers have each contributed a powerful story to this collection for Amnesty International. In fourteen different ways Jamila Gavin, David Almond, Michael Morpurgo, Malorie Blackman, Eoin Colfer and others have written about an aspect of freedom thereby drawing...
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The Poison Garden
Sarah Singleton
Intrigue, suspicion and mystery surround Thomas’s inheritance. The magical box his grandmother leaves to him allows him entry to the garden. Here a ghost warns him that his grandmother was poisoned as a result of a plot by members of...
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Sarah Singleton
Intrigue, suspicion and mystery surround Thomas’s inheritance. The magical box his grandmother leaves to him allows him entry to the garden. Here a ghost warns him that his grandmother was poisoned as a result of a plot by members of...
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Lost Riders
Elizabeth Laird
A gripping and heart stopping story, Lost Riders uncovers the shocking story of child slavery today. Rashid is eight when his uncle sells him and his younger brother to a man who promises him a new life in Dubai. But the promises are...
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/05/2009
Elizabeth Laird
A gripping and heart stopping story, Lost Riders uncovers the shocking story of child slavery today. Rashid is eight when his uncle sells him and his younger brother to a man who promises him a new life in Dubai. But the promises are...
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The Silver Blade
Sally Gardner
The dramatic, horrific and sometimes romantic events of the French Revolution, which Sally Gardner so brilliantly portrayed in The Red Necklace are moved on a stage in this equally vivid and richly imagined sequel, yet stand-alone novel, which...
Format: Hardback - Released: 23/04/2009
Sally Gardner
The dramatic, horrific and sometimes romantic events of the French Revolution, which Sally Gardner so brilliantly portrayed in The Red Necklace are moved on a stage in this equally vivid and richly imagined sequel, yet stand-alone novel, which...
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Coraline (film tie-in edition)
Neil Gaiman
Film-tie-in edition to the weird and wonderful Coraline, which has just released as an animated film in the UK. When Coraline’s family move into a new home, she steps through a door into another house which seems strangely familiar. It has...
Format: Paperback - Released: 05/01/2009
Neil Gaiman
Film-tie-in edition to the weird and wonderful Coraline, which has just released as an animated film in the UK. When Coraline’s family move into a new home, she steps through a door into another house which seems strangely familiar. It has...
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Skulduggery Pleasant: Playing With Fire
Derek Landy
Winner of the Irish Book Award. Danger, daring and dead bodies lie at the heart of this thrilling detective story. Skulduggery Pleasant, the DI whose name lives up to his looks, is back for a second set of hideous adventures. Now...
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/09/2008
Derek Landy
Winner of the Irish Book Award. Danger, daring and dead bodies lie at the heart of this thrilling detective story. Skulduggery Pleasant, the DI whose name lives up to his looks, is back for a second set of hideous adventures. Now...
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Mortal Engines: Mortal Engines Quartet, book 1
Philip Reeve
New edition. A stunning blend of past and future technologies, Mortal Engines sets the scene for a stunning quartet of action-packed novels set in a richly inventive world in which wheeled cities hunt each other across the dried up sea bed. Big cities...
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Philip Reeve
New edition. A stunning blend of past and future technologies, Mortal Engines sets the scene for a stunning quartet of action-packed novels set in a richly inventive world in which wheeled cities hunt each other across the dried up sea bed. Big cities...
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Predator's Gold: Mortal Engines Quartet, book 2
Philip Reeve
New Edition. Tom and Hester's adventure continues in the amazing world he created in Mortal Engines. They flee from the 'fire' of London into the 'frying pan' of the once beautiful ice city of Anchorage
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Philip Reeve
New Edition. Tom and Hester's adventure continues in the amazing world he created in Mortal Engines. They flee from the 'fire' of London into the 'frying pan' of the once beautiful ice city of Anchorage
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Infernal Devices: Mortal Engines Quartet, book 3
Philip Reeve
New Edition. Time has moved on and Tom and Hester might have a daughter, Wren, but they are far from out of trouble as the 'Lost Boys' are back. This will be a classic series that will be read by...
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Philip Reeve
New Edition. Time has moved on and Tom and Hester might have a daughter, Wren, but they are far from out of trouble as the 'Lost Boys' are back. This will be a classic series that will be read by...
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Theatre Shoes
Noel Streatfeild
Spiritedly drawn, an authentic recreation of the excitement of life in the theatre spills off the pages as Sorrel, Holly and Mark are sent off to learn all they can from the remarkable Madame Fidola. Orphaned during the war, the...
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/04/2009
Noel Streatfeild
Spiritedly drawn, an authentic recreation of the excitement of life in the theatre spills off the pages as Sorrel, Holly and Mark are sent off to learn all they can from the remarkable Madame Fidola. Orphaned during the war, the...
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A Darkling Plain: Mortal Engines Quartet, book 4
Philip Reeve
New Edition. All the stories are brought together in a breathtaking climax. Winner of the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize 2006. By Hugh - It is a brilliant mix of action, suspense and emotion. I love how you can really understand the...
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Philip Reeve
New Edition. All the stories are brought together in a breathtaking climax. Winner of the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize 2006. By Hugh - It is a brilliant mix of action, suspense and emotion. I love how you can really understand the...
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A Traveller in Time
Alison Uttley
One of the first, and finest, of all time-slip stories that travels between the 16th century and pre-war 20th century Britain. It is alive with the sounds and the smells of both centuries making it an incredibly mysterious yet compelling...
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/09/2007
Alison Uttley
One of the first, and finest, of all time-slip stories that travels between the 16th century and pre-war 20th century Britain. It is alive with the sounds and the smells of both centuries making it an incredibly mysterious yet compelling...
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Coraline
Neil Gaiman
When Coraline’s family move into a new home, she steps through a door into another house which seems strangely familiar. It has many of the things she has at home but they are all strangely different. There is even a...
Format: Paperback - Released: 06/10/2003
Neil Gaiman
When Coraline’s family move into a new home, she steps through a door into another house which seems strangely familiar. It has many of the things she has at home but they are all strangely different. There is even a...
Format: Paperback - Released: 06/10/2003
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Here Lies Arthur
Philip Reeve
New Edition. Winner of the prestigious 2008 Carnegie. Prize-winning author Philip Reeve gives a brilliant new take on the legend of King Arthur. Myrddin rides with Arthur spinning tales for and about him but what is the truth and can Gwyna discover it?...
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Philip Reeve
New Edition. Winner of the prestigious 2008 Carnegie. Prize-winning author Philip Reeve gives a brilliant new take on the legend of King Arthur. Myrddin rides with Arthur spinning tales for and about him but what is the truth and can Gwyna discover it?...
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Amos Daragon: The Mask Wearer
Bryan Perro
A fast-paced and gripping epic fantasy tale of a young boy's struggle between good and evil. Amos Daragon is one of the chosen. On the day of his birth, his fate was written in golden letters in the great history of heroes. His destiny is to...
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/06/2009
Bryan Perro
A fast-paced and gripping epic fantasy tale of a young boy's struggle between good and evil. Amos Daragon is one of the chosen. On the day of his birth, his fate was written in golden letters in the great history of heroes. His destiny is to...
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Julius Caesar - retold by Michael Ford
William Shakespeare
Shakespeare’s gripping tragedy of Ancient Rome – the assassination and the turmoil that followed - is vividly and faithfully retold in graphic novel format. It is part of a series of illustrated literary classics retold for young readers, which is...
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/05/2009
William Shakespeare
Shakespeare’s gripping tragedy of Ancient Rome – the assassination and the turmoil that followed - is vividly and faithfully retold in graphic novel format. It is part of a series of illustrated literary classics retold for young readers, which is...
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