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The Kane Chronicles: The Serpent's Shadow
Rick Riordan
May 2012 Book of the Month. This is the third and final book in this awesome and electrifying Kane Chronicles series that is set in ancient Egypt. Carter and Sadie have their biggest and most important quest yet; to defeat the...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 01/05/2012
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Rick Riordan
May 2012 Book of the Month. This is the third and final book in this awesome and electrifying Kane Chronicles series that is set in ancient Egypt. Carter and Sadie have their biggest and most important quest yet; to defeat the...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 01/05/2012
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Hero on a Bicycle
Shirley Hughes
May 2012 Book of the Month. Best-selling illustrator Shirley Hughes writes beautifully in this gripping story set during World War Two. Living in Italy during the occupation by the Germans, Paolo and his sister Constanza long to do something for the...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 03/05/2012
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Shirley Hughes
May 2012 Book of the Month. Best-selling illustrator Shirley Hughes writes beautifully in this gripping story set during World War Two. Living in Italy during the occupation by the Germans, Paolo and his sister Constanza long to do something for the...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 03/05/2012
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Insurgent
Veronica Roth
May 2012 Book of the Month. This is heart-pounding dystopian fiction at its very best. Insurgent is the thrillingly dark sequel to the New York Times bestselling debut, Divergent. No teenager should miss these great reads. Will have fans of...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 28/04/2012
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Veronica Roth
May 2012 Book of the Month. This is heart-pounding dystopian fiction at its very best. Insurgent is the thrillingly dark sequel to the New York Times bestselling debut, Divergent. No teenager should miss these great reads. Will have fans of...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 28/04/2012
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White Dolphin
Gill Lewis
May 2012 Book of the Month. Bestselling Gill Lewis’s new story tells of the amazing, life-affirming powers of dolphins. Kara’s life is in a mess; her mum has disappeared, she is in trouble at school and her father is about to...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 03/05/2012
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Gill Lewis
May 2012 Book of the Month. Bestselling Gill Lewis’s new story tells of the amazing, life-affirming powers of dolphins. Kara’s life is in a mess; her mum has disappeared, she is in trouble at school and her father is about to...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 03/05/2012
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The Messenger Bird
Ruth Eastham
May 2012 Book of the Month. Cleverly interweaving a modern day storyline with one from the 1940s, it's the story of Nathan who must find out what the link is between his father's recent disappearance and that of Lily, an ex-Bletchley Park employee, before it's too late...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 03/05/2012
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Ruth Eastham
May 2012 Book of the Month. Cleverly interweaving a modern day storyline with one from the 1940s, it's the story of Nathan who must find out what the link is between his father's recent disappearance and that of Lily, an ex-Bletchley Park employee, before it's too late...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 03/05/2012
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Mortal Chaos
Matt Dickinson
'The Butterfly Effect' - otherwise known as the scientific theory that a single occurrence, no matter how small, can change the course of the universe forever - is the central premise of this stunning debut. This heart-stopping adventure by writer,...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 02/02/2012
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Matt Dickinson
'The Butterfly Effect' - otherwise known as the scientific theory that a single occurrence, no matter how small, can change the course of the universe forever - is the central premise of this stunning debut. This heart-stopping adventure by writer,...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 02/02/2012
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Claws
Mike Grinti, Rachel Grinti
May 2012 Debut of the Month. Emma's sister has run off with the faeries. Her parents have spent all their money looking for her and now the family is living on the edge of an enchanted slum-forest nearby. But then...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 24/05/2012
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Mike Grinti, Rachel Grinti
May 2012 Debut of the Month. Emma's sister has run off with the faeries. Her parents have spent all their money looking for her and now the family is living on the edge of an enchanted slum-forest nearby. But then...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 24/05/2012
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Secret Breakers : The Power of Three
H. L. Dennis
May 2012 Debut of the Month. Code-breaking readers who love to follow clues and solve a mystery will be addicted to this gripping adventure. The Rules say that it is forbidden to try to unlock the secret code that hides...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 03/05/2012
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H. L. Dennis
May 2012 Debut of the Month. Code-breaking readers who love to follow clues and solve a mystery will be addicted to this gripping adventure. The Rules say that it is forbidden to try to unlock the secret code that hides...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 03/05/2012
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A Dog Called Homeless
Sarah Lean
May 2012 Debut of the Month. This is an outstandingly assured debut novel from a sparkling new talent. When Cally Fisher sees her dead mother, real as anything, no one believes her. So Cally stops talking - what's the point...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 26/04/2012
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Sarah Lean
May 2012 Debut of the Month. This is an outstandingly assured debut novel from a sparkling new talent. When Cally Fisher sees her dead mother, real as anything, no one believes her. So Cally stops talking - what's the point...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 26/04/2012
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Hitler's Angel
William Osborne
May 2012 Debut of the Month. Fans of Robert Muchamore's Cherub and Henderson's Boys or Higson's Young Bond series will devour this book in a sitting. It's a novel that has its base on true fact: Hitler's secret relationship with his niece,...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 03/05/2012
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William Osborne
May 2012 Debut of the Month. Fans of Robert Muchamore's Cherub and Henderson's Boys or Higson's Young Bond series will devour this book in a sitting. It's a novel that has its base on true fact: Hitler's secret relationship with his niece,...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 03/05/2012
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There is No Dog
Meg Rosoff
Bob created the heavens and the earth and the beasts of the field and twenty-five million other species including lots of gorgeous girls. Imagine that God is a typical teenage boy. He is lazy, careless, self-obsessed, sex-mad - and about...
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Meg Rosoff
Bob created the heavens and the earth and the beasts of the field and twenty-five million other species including lots of gorgeous girls. Imagine that God is a typical teenage boy. He is lazy, careless, self-obsessed, sex-mad - and about...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 03/05/2012
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The Youngstars
Ursula Jones
Set against the backdrop of grimy, coal-blackened 1930s Britain, The Youngstars tells the story of a variety troupe of teenagers, hauled around the country by their harsh and demanding 'maestro' Mr Piggott (known as 'The Pig'). The youngest of the...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 23/04/2012
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Ursula Jones
Set against the backdrop of grimy, coal-blackened 1930s Britain, The Youngstars tells the story of a variety troupe of teenagers, hauled around the country by their harsh and demanding 'maestro' Mr Piggott (known as 'The Pig'). The youngest of the...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 23/04/2012
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Red Fever
Caroline Clough
Winner of the Kelpies Prize 2010 for new Scottish writing for children. A thrilling adventure set at a time of total devastation. Red fever is sweeping the earth. Almost everyone is dead and those that remain are struggling to cope with the...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 11/10/2010
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Caroline Clough
Winner of the Kelpies Prize 2010 for new Scottish writing for children. A thrilling adventure set at a time of total devastation. Red fever is sweeping the earth. Almost everyone is dead and those that remain are struggling to cope with the...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 11/10/2010
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A Waste of Good Paper
Sean Taylor
A moving, first person story that captures the frustrations and pent-up fury of a boy with a lot of problems. Jason has been told to write something in his new journal everyday. The trouble is there is nothing he wants...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 03/05/2012
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Sean Taylor
A moving, first person story that captures the frustrations and pent-up fury of a boy with a lot of problems. Jason has been told to write something in his new journal everyday. The trouble is there is nothing he wants...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 03/05/2012
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Mortal Chaos 2: Deep Oblivion
Matt Dickinson
Fast-paced and thrilling, a dazzlingly varied sequence of unrelated stories all triggered by one single act dance through the second of Matt Dickinson’s Mortal Chaos titles. When a security guard kills a butterfly, the pane of glass it is fluttering...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 05/07/2012
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Matt Dickinson
Fast-paced and thrilling, a dazzlingly varied sequence of unrelated stories all triggered by one single act dance through the second of Matt Dickinson’s Mortal Chaos titles. When a security guard kills a butterfly, the pane of glass it is fluttering...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 05/07/2012
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Black Tide
Caroline Clough
Set in a disturbing dystopian future boys and girls alike will love this story of friendship and family ties set in a post-apocalyptic Scotland. A young boy Toby must find his kidnapped father and sister. His mission takes the reader...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 24/05/2012
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Caroline Clough
Set in a disturbing dystopian future boys and girls alike will love this story of friendship and family ties set in a post-apocalyptic Scotland. A young boy Toby must find his kidnapped father and sister. His mission takes the reader...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 24/05/2012
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Secret of the Shadows
Cathy Macphail
Prize-winning Cathy MacPhail will send a chill through her readers in haunting novel of how a past evil effects the present. Tyler is thrilled to be spending time with her aunt tidying up the picturesque cottage they have inherited from...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 22/05/2012
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Cathy Macphail
Prize-winning Cathy MacPhail will send a chill through her readers in haunting novel of how a past evil effects the present. Tyler is thrilled to be spending time with her aunt tidying up the picturesque cottage they have inherited from...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 22/05/2012
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Young Sherlock Holmes 4: Fire Storm
Andrew Lane
Teenage Sherlock has come up against some challenges in his time, but what confronts him now is baffling. His friend and her father have vanished. Their house looks as if nobody has ever lived in it. Sherlock begins to doubt...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/11/2011
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Andrew Lane
Teenage Sherlock has come up against some challenges in his time, but what confronts him now is baffling. His friend and her father have vanished. Their house looks as if nobody has ever lived in it. Sherlock begins to doubt...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/11/2011
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The Midnight Zoo
Sonya Hartnett
Shortlisted for the 2012 Carnegie Medal. The judges said: With its stunning descriptions and small parables which illustrate the inhumanity of war, and the havoc it wreaks on both people and animals, this is a profoundly moving novel. Unbearably sad in...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 02/05/2011
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Sonya Hartnett
Shortlisted for the 2012 Carnegie Medal. The judges said: With its stunning descriptions and small parables which illustrate the inhumanity of war, and the havoc it wreaks on both people and animals, this is a profoundly moving novel. Unbearably sad in...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 02/05/2011
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The Fear (The Enemy Series 3)
Charlie Higson
April 2012 Book of the Month. Best-selling author Charlie Higson has created a chilling world in his thrilling Zombie series. Not only have all the adults – older siblings and parents – lost their minds and become hopeless has-beens but there...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 05/04/2012
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Charlie Higson
April 2012 Book of the Month. Best-selling author Charlie Higson has created a chilling world in his thrilling Zombie series. Not only have all the adults – older siblings and parents – lost their minds and become hopeless has-beens but there...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 05/04/2012
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Chomp
Carl Hiaasen
April 2012 Book of the Month. An hilarious, edge-of-your seat read. Animal lovers everywhere will love this great story about dangerous creatures which also gives a behind the scenes look at how the worst TV shows are made. Wahoo’s Dad...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 05/04/2012
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Carl Hiaasen
April 2012 Book of the Month. An hilarious, edge-of-your seat read. Animal lovers everywhere will love this great story about dangerous creatures which also gives a behind the scenes look at how the worst TV shows are made. Wahoo’s Dad...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 05/04/2012
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The Emerald Atlas:The Books of Beginning 1
John Stephens
April 2012 Book of the Month. A word from the author's UK publisher: This is a fantastic magical adventure story to lose yourself in for days – a return to true adventure stories. This book has EVERYTHING you could ask for:...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 29/03/2012
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John Stephens
April 2012 Book of the Month. A word from the author's UK publisher: This is a fantastic magical adventure story to lose yourself in for days – a return to true adventure stories. This book has EVERYTHING you could ask for:...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 29/03/2012
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Moon Pie
Simon Mason
April 2012 Book of the Month. As touching a story as its title suggests, Moon Pie is deft and witty in how it tells the story of Martha, who tries to cope with her father’s increasingly erratic and unpredictable behaviour after...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 29/03/2012
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Simon Mason
April 2012 Book of the Month. As touching a story as its title suggests, Moon Pie is deft and witty in how it tells the story of Martha, who tries to cope with her father’s increasingly erratic and unpredictable behaviour after...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 29/03/2012
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Goblins
Philip Reeve
April 2012 Book of the Month. Fans of Mortal Engines will devour Philip Reeves’s richly detailed goblin extravaganza. The dank and dark towers and stairways of Clovenstone Keep are packed full of dirty, smelly, squabbling goblins. As a breed, they all...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 05/04/2012
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Philip Reeve
April 2012 Book of the Month. Fans of Mortal Engines will devour Philip Reeves’s richly detailed goblin extravaganza. The dank and dark towers and stairways of Clovenstone Keep are packed full of dirty, smelly, squabbling goblins. As a breed, they all...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 05/04/2012
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Fins are Forever
Tera Lynn Childs
April 2012 Book of the Month. This is the sequel to the hit summer read Forgive my Fins. Plenty of highs and lows of high school drama including plenty of romance together with a hint of paranormal for Lily is a...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/04/2012
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Tera Lynn Childs
April 2012 Book of the Month. This is the sequel to the hit summer read Forgive my Fins. Plenty of highs and lows of high school drama including plenty of romance together with a hint of paranormal for Lily is a...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/04/2012
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Fear
Michael Grant
April 2012 Book of the Month. This is a blood-pumping, white-knuckle sci-fi futuristic thriller of epic proportions and the fifth of the six planned titles in the GONE series. Night is falling in the FAYZ. Even though it's been nearly a...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 02/04/2012
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Michael Grant
April 2012 Book of the Month. This is a blood-pumping, white-knuckle sci-fi futuristic thriller of epic proportions and the fifth of the six planned titles in the GONE series. Night is falling in the FAYZ. Even though it's been nearly a...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 02/04/2012
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Apocalypse Moon (The Joshua Files book 5)
M. G. Harris
April 2012 Book of the Month. Half Mexican, Manchester United fan and self-confessed geek, M G Harris is the author of the fabulous Mayan phrophecy influenced, futuristic series, The Joshua Files – perfect for action-hero fan 9+ year olds. This is the 5th...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 05/04/2012
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M. G. Harris
April 2012 Book of the Month. Half Mexican, Manchester United fan and self-confessed geek, M G Harris is the author of the fabulous Mayan phrophecy influenced, futuristic series, The Joshua Files – perfect for action-hero fan 9+ year olds. This is the 5th...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 05/04/2012
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Twelve Minutes to Midnight
Christopher Edge
April 2012 Book of the Month. A thriller with a fast-paced cinematic style, Twelve Minutes to Midnight is an electrifying story from an exciting new author featuring a feisty 13 year old heroine. It is the first book in a must-read...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 02/02/2012
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Christopher Edge
April 2012 Book of the Month. A thriller with a fast-paced cinematic style, Twelve Minutes to Midnight is an electrifying story from an exciting new author featuring a feisty 13 year old heroine. It is the first book in a must-read...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 02/02/2012
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Freaks
Kieran Larwood
April 2012 Debut of the Month and Winner of The Times/Chicken House Children’s Fiction Competition 2011. This well-written and action-packed debut is even being considered...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 05/04/2012
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Kieran Larwood
April 2012 Debut of the Month and Winner of The Times/Chicken House Children’s Fiction Competition 2011. This well-written and action-packed debut is even being considered...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 05/04/2012
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Call Me Drog
Sue Cowing
April 2012 Debut of the Month. Parker’s got a lot of demons to face as he struggles to come to terms with his parent’s separation and his father’s expectations of him. He thinks he’s coping alright until he finds Drog...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/04/2012
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Sue Cowing
April 2012 Debut of the Month. Parker’s got a lot of demons to face as he struggles to come to terms with his parent’s separation and his father’s expectations of him. He thinks he’s coping alright until he finds Drog...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/04/2012
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A Tiger Too Many
Antony Wootten
April 2012 Debut of the Month. A Tiger Too Many is enchanting from the word go and very readable. The sentences are short and concise with no waffle and therefore the story goes forward quite briskly and the reader’s attention...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 29/08/2011
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Antony Wootten
April 2012 Debut of the Month. A Tiger Too Many is enchanting from the word go and very readable. The sentences are short and concise with no waffle and therefore the story goes forward quite briskly and the reader’s attention...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 29/08/2011
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The Vampire Blog (The Vampire series Book 1)
Pete Johnson
On his thirteenth birthday, Marcus Howlett is faced with a bombshell. His parents are half-vampire. And, although he hates the thought of it, he is about to become one too. But, as he secretly blogs about the horrors of his...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 27/05/2010
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Pete Johnson
On his thirteenth birthday, Marcus Howlett is faced with a bombshell. His parents are half-vampire. And, although he hates the thought of it, he is about to become one too. But, as he secretly blogs about the horrors of his...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 27/05/2010
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The Haunting of Tabitha Grey
Vanessa Curtis
From the very first moment she sees it, Tabitha knows there is something unusual about her new home. Used to moving house and school, Tabitha is quite willing to start a new life but, from the beginning, she is mystified...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 02/04/2012
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Vanessa Curtis
From the very first moment she sees it, Tabitha knows there is something unusual about her new home. Used to moving house and school, Tabitha is quite willing to start a new life but, from the beginning, she is mystified...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 02/04/2012
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Plague
Michael Grant
This is the fourth book (of six) in the mind-blowing Gone series. So far with Gone, Hunger and Lies, it's been a blood-pumping, white-knuckle ride of epic proportions. It's a world without adults and normal life has crashed and burned. When you...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 02/04/2012
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Michael Grant
This is the fourth book (of six) in the mind-blowing Gone series. So far with Gone, Hunger and Lies, it's been a blood-pumping, white-knuckle ride of epic proportions. It's a world without adults and normal life has crashed and burned. When you...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 02/04/2012
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Scattering Like Light
S. C. Ransom
This trilogy just gets better and better and this, the finale of the trilogy, caps them all. The threads of the story developed through the whole trilogy come together very neatly but in ways the reader doesn't expect, but nonetheless it's...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/01/2012
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S. C. Ransom
This trilogy just gets better and better and this, the finale of the trilogy, caps them all. The threads of the story developed through the whole trilogy come together very neatly but in ways the reader doesn't expect, but nonetheless it's...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/01/2012
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Titanic An Edwardian Girl's Diary,1912
Ellen Emerson White
Titanic, My Story is a vividly imagined account of life on the Titanic by a young girl and told in diary form. A terrific way for children 100 years on to experience what happened in what remains one of the...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 05/04/2012
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Ellen Emerson White
Titanic, My Story is a vividly imagined account of life on the Titanic by a young girl and told in diary form. A terrific way for children 100 years on to experience what happened in what remains one of the...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 05/04/2012
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Perfectly Reflected
S. C. Ransom
Sometimes the second novel can be a disappointment particularly if the first is as good as Small Blue Thing was. But in Perfectly Reflected you'll find a novel that's perfectly formed and you'll want to devour it in a sitting if...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 02/06/2011
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S. C. Ransom
Sometimes the second novel can be a disappointment particularly if the first is as good as Small Blue Thing was. But in Perfectly Reflected you'll find a novel that's perfectly formed and you'll want to devour it in a sitting if...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 02/06/2011
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Small Blue Thing
S. C. Ransom
Small Blue Thing is a great new read for teenage lovers of supernatural romance. It’s the first in a trilogy and although this book can be read as a standalone the reader is left with a brilliantly chilling taster of...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 13/01/2011
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S. C. Ransom
Small Blue Thing is a great new read for teenage lovers of supernatural romance. It’s the first in a trilogy and although this book can be read as a standalone the reader is left with a brilliantly chilling taster of...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 13/01/2011
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Jasmine Skies
Sita Brahmachari
Mira Levenson is bursting with excitement as she flies to India to stay with her aunt and cousin for the first time. As soon as she lands Mira is hurled into the sweltering heat and a place full of new...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 29/03/2012
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Sita Brahmachari
Mira Levenson is bursting with excitement as she flies to India to stay with her aunt and cousin for the first time. As soon as she lands Mira is hurled into the sweltering heat and a place full of new...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 29/03/2012
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VIII
H. M. Castor
Chosen by April 2012 Guest Editor, Charlie Higson: "The 60s and early 70s, when I was growing up, was a golden age for children’s historical fiction, with the likes of Henry Treece, Geoffrey Trease, Rosemary Sutcliff and Mary...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/04/2012
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H. M. Castor
Chosen by April 2012 Guest Editor, Charlie Higson: "The 60s and early 70s, when I was growing up, was a golden age for children’s historical fiction, with the likes of Henry Treece, Geoffrey Trease, Rosemary Sutcliff and Mary...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/04/2012
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Everybody Jam
Ali Lewis
Shortlisted for the 2012 Carnegie Medal. Shortlisted for the North East Teenage Book Award and for the Coventry Inspiration Awards in the Simply The Book (age 14+) category. Longlisted for the Southern Schools Book Award. The Carnegie judges said: A hugely engaging and enjoyable...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 03/03/2011
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Ali Lewis
Shortlisted for the 2012 Carnegie Medal. Shortlisted for the North East Teenage Book Award and for the Coventry Inspiration Awards in the Simply The Book (age 14+) category. Longlisted for the Southern Schools Book Award. The Carnegie judges said: A hugely engaging and enjoyable...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 03/03/2011
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My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece
Annabel Pitcher
Shortlisted for the 2012 Carnegie Medal and the 2012 Branford Boase Award. Shortlisted for the Galaxy Children's Book of the Year Award 2011. The Carnegie Judges said: With a great central character, a sophisticated plot and an ending that is both credible...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 06/10/2011
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Annabel Pitcher
Shortlisted for the 2012 Carnegie Medal and the 2012 Branford Boase Award. Shortlisted for the Galaxy Children's Book of the Year Award 2011. The Carnegie Judges said: With a great central character, a sophisticated plot and an ending that is both credible...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 06/10/2011
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Long Lankin
Lindsey Barraclough
Shortlisted for the Branford Boase Award 2012. A chilling, beautiful novel inspired by a haunting folk song about murder, witchcraft and revenge. Intensely atmospheric and truly compelling, this is a stunning debut. The Branford Boase judges said: "An extremely atmospheric tale and...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 05/01/2012
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Lindsey Barraclough
Shortlisted for the Branford Boase Award 2012. A chilling, beautiful novel inspired by a haunting folk song about murder, witchcraft and revenge. Intensely atmospheric and truly compelling, this is a stunning debut. The Branford Boase judges said: "An extremely atmospheric tale and...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 05/01/2012
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Sky Hawk
Gill Lewis
Shortlisted for the Branford Boase Award 2012. Rich in atmosphere and full of heart, Sky Hawk is an intense and touching story of how protecting a rare bird forges a deep and special friendship between two children. The osprey is Iona’s...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 08/12/2011
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Gill Lewis
Shortlisted for the Branford Boase Award 2012. Rich in atmosphere and full of heart, Sky Hawk is an intense and touching story of how protecting a rare bird forges a deep and special friendship between two children. The osprey is Iona’s...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 08/12/2011
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Long Lankin
Lindsey Barraclough
Shortlisted for the Branford Boase Award 2012. A chilling, beautiful novel inspired by a haunting folk song about murder, witchcraft and revenge. Intensely atmospheric and truly compelling, this is a stunning debut. The Branford Boase judges said: "An extremely atmospheric tale and...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 07/04/2011
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Lindsey Barraclough
Shortlisted for the Branford Boase Award 2012. A chilling, beautiful novel inspired by a haunting folk song about murder, witchcraft and revenge. Intensely atmospheric and truly compelling, this is a stunning debut. The Branford Boase judges said: "An extremely atmospheric tale and...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 07/04/2011
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Young Samurai: The Ring of Wind
Chris Bradford
With fast-paced action and non-stop adventure from page one no reader can fail to be hooked in to this terrific series set on the high seas in and around 17th century Japan. The series will captivate young readers including the...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/03/2012
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Chris Bradford
With fast-paced action and non-stop adventure from page one no reader can fail to be hooked in to this terrific series set on the high seas in and around 17th century Japan. The series will captivate young readers including the...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/03/2012
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All Fall Down
Sally Nicholls
March 2012 Book of the Month. This is an eagerly anticipated, powerful and inspiring historical novel about survival in the face of real-life horror from one of today's most exciting young writers. Sally Nicholls provides a heartbreaking account of one...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/03/2012
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Sally Nicholls
March 2012 Book of the Month. This is an eagerly anticipated, powerful and inspiring historical novel about survival in the face of real-life horror from one of today's most exciting young writers. Sally Nicholls provides a heartbreaking account of one...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/03/2012
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Season of Secrets
Sally Nicholls
A haunting and unforgettable novel from the award-winning author of Ways to Live Forever. Season of Secrets weaves the tale of a heartbroken child and an age-old legend into beautiful story of love, healing and strange magic. Resonant of classics such...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/03/2012
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Sally Nicholls
A haunting and unforgettable novel from the award-winning author of Ways to Live Forever. Season of Secrets weaves the tale of a heartbroken child and an age-old legend into beautiful story of love, healing and strange magic. Resonant of classics such...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/03/2012
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Everything's Amazing (Sort Of) : Tom Gates 3
Liz Pichon
March 2012 Book of the Month. From the winner of the Roald Dahl Funny Prize comes the third amazing instalment of this brilliant series. This again takes the form of Tom's battered homework diary - crammed with his scribbles and stories. Totally accessible for...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/03/2012
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Liz Pichon
March 2012 Book of the Month. From the winner of the Roald Dahl Funny Prize comes the third amazing instalment of this brilliant series. This again takes the form of Tom's battered homework diary - crammed with his scribbles and stories. Totally accessible for...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/03/2012
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Twilight Robbery
Frances Hardinge
March 2012 Book of the Month. Shortlisted for the Guardian Children's Book Prize 2011. Award winning Frances Hardinge’s first novel Fly By Night starred Mosca Mye and Eponymous Clent. Now they are back for a thrilling new adventure in the city...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/03/2012
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Frances Hardinge
March 2012 Book of the Month. Shortlisted for the Guardian Children's Book Prize 2011. Award winning Frances Hardinge’s first novel Fly By Night starred Mosca Mye and Eponymous Clent. Now they are back for a thrilling new adventure in the city...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/03/2012
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The Girl in the Mask
Marie-Louise Jensen
March 2012 Book of the Month. How can feisty Sophia take her revenge on her father for forcing her into a life of high society in Bath? Outwardly, Sophie conforms by attending balls and masques. But, at night, she leads quite...
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Marie-Louise Jensen
March 2012 Book of the Month. How can feisty Sophia take her revenge on her father for forcing her into a life of high society in Bath? Outwardly, Sophie conforms by attending balls and masques. But, at night, she leads quite...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/03/2012
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The One Dollar Horse
Lauren St.John
Blue Peter prize-winner Lauren St John tells a thrilling rags-to-riches story in this gripping story of one girl and her dream. Horse-mad Casey has only one dream: to ride a winner in the Badminton Horse trials. But Casey lives in...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 01/03/2012
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Lauren St.John
Blue Peter prize-winner Lauren St John tells a thrilling rags-to-riches story in this gripping story of one girl and her dream. Horse-mad Casey has only one dream: to ride a winner in the Badminton Horse trials. But Casey lives in...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 01/03/2012
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Wonder
R. J. Palacio
Chosen by Stylist magazine as one of the Cult Books of 2012. Frank, powerful, warm and often heart-breaking, Wonder is a book you'll read in one sitting, pass on to others, and remember long after the final page. This is a...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 01/03/2012
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R. J. Palacio
Chosen by Stylist magazine as one of the Cult Books of 2012. Frank, powerful, warm and often heart-breaking, Wonder is a book you'll read in one sitting, pass on to others, and remember long after the final page. This is a...
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Ways To Live Forever
Sally Nicholls
Shortlisted for the 2009 Branford Boase Best Debut Novel Award. Winner of Glen Dimplex Prize for New Writers 2008. Winner of Waterstone’s Children’s Book Prize 2008. Winner of Luchs Prize (Germany) for best children’s book published in Germany in the last year. Sympathetic, touching,...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/03/2012
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Sally Nicholls
Shortlisted for the 2009 Branford Boase Best Debut Novel Award. Winner of Glen Dimplex Prize for New Writers 2008. Winner of Waterstone’s Children’s Book Prize 2008. Winner of Luchs Prize (Germany) for best children’s book published in Germany in the last year. Sympathetic, touching,...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/03/2012
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Wildwood
Colin Meloy
March 2012 Debut of the Month. This delightful book isn’t easy to categorise. Written and illustrated by a Husband and Wife team this surreal, fairytale-like story is full of adventure and excitement – beginning with the abduction of a one...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 01/03/2012
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Colin Meloy
March 2012 Debut of the Month. This delightful book isn’t easy to categorise. Written and illustrated by a Husband and Wife team this surreal, fairytale-like story is full of adventure and excitement – beginning with the abduction of a one...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 01/03/2012
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Itch
Simon Mayo
March 2012 Debut of the Month. A terrific action adventure packed-full of fascinating true science! Itch is making an unusual collection: when it is finished, it will include all the elements of the periodic table. But collecting elements is a...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 01/03/2012
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Simon Mayo
March 2012 Debut of the Month. A terrific action adventure packed-full of fascinating true science! Itch is making an unusual collection: when it is finished, it will include all the elements of the periodic table. But collecting elements is a...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 01/03/2012
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Theodore Boone 2: The Abduction
John Grisham
Following on from the number one bestseller Theodore Boone, John Grisham delivers high intensity legal drama for a new generation of readers.
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Format: Paperback - Released: 15/03/2012
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John Grisham
Following on from the number one bestseller Theodore Boone, John Grisham delivers high intensity legal drama for a new generation of readers.
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Format: Paperback - Released: 15/03/2012
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One Dog and His Boy
Eva Ibbotson
Shortlisted for the Galaxy Children's Book of the Year Award 2011. Award winning Eva Ibbotson’s poignant and beautiful last book celebrates a boy’s passion for a dog. All Hal has ever wanted is a dog but his parents refuse...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/03/2012
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Eva Ibbotson
Shortlisted for the Galaxy Children's Book of the Year Award 2011. Award winning Eva Ibbotson’s poignant and beautiful last book celebrates a boy’s passion for a dog. All Hal has ever wanted is a dog but his parents refuse...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/03/2012
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Under the Weather: Stories About Climate Change
Tony Bradman
Perfectly pitched for younger readers, this is a timely collection of stories about an urgent matter that will affect everyone’s future. The stories have a global perspective with different authors tackling the different consequences of the world warming up. Crucially,...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/03/2012
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Tony Bradman
Perfectly pitched for younger readers, this is a timely collection of stories about an urgent matter that will affect everyone’s future. The stories have a global perspective with different authors tackling the different consequences of the world warming up. Crucially,...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/03/2012
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Titanic Death on the Water
Tom Bradman
Death on the Water brings the great ship alive for young readers by combining both fact and fiction. The famous story of the sinking of the great ship Titantic has fascinated all who have heard it since the actual event...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 29/03/2012
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Tom Bradman
Death on the Water brings the great ship alive for young readers by combining both fact and fiction. The famous story of the sinking of the great ship Titantic has fascinated all who have heard it since the actual event...
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The Throne of Fire (The Kane Chronicles book 2)
Rick Riordan
From the author of the phenomenally successful Percy Jackson novels comes a terrific series set in Ancient Egypt rather than in Ancient Greece. Rick really has his finger on the pulse when it comes to delivering what 9+ kids...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/03/2012
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Rick Riordan
From the author of the phenomenally successful Percy Jackson novels comes a terrific series set in Ancient Egypt rather than in Ancient Greece. Rick really has his finger on the pulse when it comes to delivering what 9+ kids...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/03/2012
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The Great and Dangerous
Chris Westwood
This is the brilliant follow-up to the highly acclaimed Ministry of Pandemonium by Chris Westwood so if you've not yet read the first one then you must. Meet Ben and Becky whose job it is to guide the souls...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/03/2012
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Chris Westwood
This is the brilliant follow-up to the highly acclaimed Ministry of Pandemonium by Chris Westwood so if you've not yet read the first one then you must. Meet Ben and Becky whose job it is to guide the souls...
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The Prince Who Walked With Lions
Elizabeth Laird
Award-winning Elizabeth Laird has an exceptional gift for telling stories that bring both other times and other countries to life. Son of a warmongering Abyssinian King, Alamayu grows up watching his father spilling the blood of his own people and...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 01/03/2012
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Elizabeth Laird
Award-winning Elizabeth Laird has an exceptional gift for telling stories that bring both other times and other countries to life. Son of a warmongering Abyssinian King, Alamayu grows up watching his father spilling the blood of his own people and...
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The Railway Children (Oxford Children's Classics)
Edith Nesbit
One of the best known classics in children's literature and a firm favourite of all the family. This wonderful addition to the Oxford Children's Classics range is a book to treasure and return to again and again and features...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 01/03/2012
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Edith Nesbit
One of the best known classics in children's literature and a firm favourite of all the family. This wonderful addition to the Oxford Children's Classics range is a book to treasure and return to again and again and features...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 01/03/2012
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Around the World in Eighty Days (Oxford Children's Classics)
Jules Verne
Join Phileas Fogg on his epic adventure as he attempts to travel around the world in eighty days. If you love a good story, then look no further. Oxford Children's Classics bring together the most unforgettable stories ever told....
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Format: Hardback - Released: 29/02/2012
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Jules Verne
Join Phileas Fogg on his epic adventure as he attempts to travel around the world in eighty days. If you love a good story, then look no further. Oxford Children's Classics bring together the most unforgettable stories ever told....
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Format: Hardback - Released: 29/02/2012
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My Friend Flicka
Mary O'Hara
This is a classic tale of the American plains and one boy's belief in a horse. He watches, entranced by Flicka - the speed of her, the power, the wildness. But can Ken tame Flicka, the proud and spirited foal,...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 05/11/2007
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Mary O'Hara
This is a classic tale of the American plains and one boy's belief in a horse. He watches, entranced by Flicka - the speed of her, the power, the wildness. But can Ken tame Flicka, the proud and spirited foal,...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 05/11/2007
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The Hunger Games (Film Tie-In Edition)
Suzanne Collins
The astonishing bestseller is now a fantastic movie. Here is the original novel with new movie artwork on the cover. The Hunger Games is a searing novel set in a future with unsettling parallels to our present. In a dark vision of...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 02/02/2012
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Suzanne Collins
The astonishing bestseller is now a fantastic movie. Here is the original novel with new movie artwork on the cover. The Hunger Games is a searing novel set in a future with unsettling parallels to our present. In a dark vision of...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 02/02/2012
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War Horse Film tie-in Edition
Michael Morpurgo
Best-selling War Horse, a magnificent First World War story of human and animal courage on the battle field in the face of deadly danger will shortly be a film following its sell-out adaptation as a play. This film tie-in edition...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 07/11/2011
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Michael Morpurgo
Best-selling War Horse, a magnificent First World War story of human and animal courage on the battle field in the face of deadly danger will shortly be a film following its sell-out adaptation as a play. This film tie-in edition...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 07/11/2011
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The Considine Curse
Gareth P. Jones
Winner of the Blue Peter Book of the Year 2012. Fourteen-year-old Mariel returns to England for her grandmother's funeral. It is the first time she has been back since she emigrated with her mother as a baby, and it is the...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 02/08/2011
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Gareth P. Jones
Winner of the Blue Peter Book of the Year 2012. Fourteen-year-old Mariel returns to England for her grandmother's funeral. It is the first time she has been back since she emigrated with her mother as a baby, and it is the...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 02/08/2011
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Department 19: The Rising
Will Hill
Blockbusting sequel to Department 19, the biggest boy teen launch of 2011 - with over 25,000 copies sold in hardback and a devoted legion of Facebook fans. Amazing author Will Hill will be out on the road again in April...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 29/03/2012
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Will Hill
Blockbusting sequel to Department 19, the biggest boy teen launch of 2011 - with over 25,000 copies sold in hardback and a devoted legion of Facebook fans. Amazing author Will Hill will be out on the road again in April...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 29/03/2012
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The Hunger Games Official Illustrated Movie Companion
Go behind the scenes of the making of 'THE HUNGER GAMES' with exclusive images and interviews. From the screenwriting process to the casting decisions to the elaborate sets and costumes to the actors' performances and director's vision, this is the...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 02/02/2012
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Go behind the scenes of the making of 'THE HUNGER GAMES' with exclusive images and interviews. From the screenwriting process to the casting decisions to the elaborate sets and costumes to the actors' performances and director's vision, this is the...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 02/02/2012
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The Hunger Games 2: Catching Fire
Suzanne Collins
Hot on the heals of the adrenaline rush that was Hunger Games comes the equally excellent and relentles sequel Catching Fire. Katniss's hopes of an easy life after she was top dog in the leathal game show are...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 07/09/2009
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Suzanne Collins
Hot on the heals of the adrenaline rush that was Hunger Games comes the equally excellent and relentles sequel Catching Fire. Katniss's hopes of an easy life after she was top dog in the leathal game show are...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 07/09/2009
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The Young Inferno
John Agard
Age 9+. Winner of The Centre for Literacy in Primary Education's Poetry Award for 2009 and nominated for the Kate Greenaway Medal 2010. Brilliantly original, John Agard’s poetic reworking of Dante’s Inferno for a young, modern audience is a thrilling journey of...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/03/2012
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John Agard
Age 9+. Winner of The Centre for Literacy in Primary Education's Poetry Award for 2009 and nominated for the Kate Greenaway Medal 2010. Brilliantly original, John Agard’s poetic reworking of Dante’s Inferno for a young, modern audience is a thrilling journey of...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/03/2012
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Watership Down
Richard Adams
Stunning and compulsive are two words that for me best describe the story of Fiver, of Hazel and the rabbit warren full of family and friends. Rejected by most publishers before eventually being snapped up by Rex Collings in the...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/03/2012
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Richard Adams
Stunning and compulsive are two words that for me best describe the story of Fiver, of Hazel and the rabbit warren full of family and friends. Rejected by most publishers before eventually being snapped up by Rex Collings in the...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/03/2012
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Sam and Ruby's Olympic Adventure
Tony Bradman
Interest Age 9+ Reading Age 8+. An exciting time-travel story which gives special insight into the background story of the Olympics. Both badly behaved at school, Sam and Ruby hate work and do their best to avoid it. When they are...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 24/02/2012
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Tony Bradman
Interest Age 9+ Reading Age 8+. An exciting time-travel story which gives special insight into the background story of the Olympics. Both badly behaved at school, Sam and Ruby hate work and do their best to avoid it. When they are...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 24/02/2012
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The World of the Hunger Games
A must-have for fans of both the Hunger Games novels and the new Hunger Games film. Welcome to Panem, the world of The Hunger Games. This is the definitive, richly illustrated, full-colour guide to all the districts of Panem, all...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/03/2012
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A must-have for fans of both the Hunger Games novels and the new Hunger Games film. Welcome to Panem, the world of The Hunger Games. This is the definitive, richly illustrated, full-colour guide to all the districts of Panem, all...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/03/2012
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Brotherband: The Outcasts Book One
John Flanagan
This is the first in a fast-paced action adventure series that grips from the very first page. Set on the high seas teams of boys must triumph over adversity if they are going to win the ultimate race of becoming...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/03/2012
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John Flanagan
This is the first in a fast-paced action adventure series that grips from the very first page. Set on the high seas teams of boys must triumph over adversity if they are going to win the ultimate race of becoming...
Featured in: 11+ readers | 9+ readers | Books for Boys
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/03/2012
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The Fix
Sophie Mckenzie
Interest Age 11+, Reading Age 8+. A tense novel about finding the special kind of courage needed to do the right thing in difficult circumstances. Blake is great footballer; playing football is all he wants to do but, with money...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 12/03/2012
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Sophie Mckenzie
Interest Age 11+, Reading Age 8+. A tense novel about finding the special kind of courage needed to do the right thing in difficult circumstances. Blake is great footballer; playing football is all he wants to do but, with money...
Featured in: 11+ readers | 14+ readers | Dyslexia-friendly | Reluctant Readers
Format: Paperback - Released: 12/03/2012
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Blood Red Rose
Anne Perry
Interest Age 11+ Reading Age 8+. Third in a time travel Timepiece series by award winning author Anne Perry - will Rosie be able to survive on a slave ship bound for America? A touching and thought provoking story giving an insight...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 14/02/2012
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Anne Perry
Interest Age 11+ Reading Age 8+. Third in a time travel Timepiece series by award winning author Anne Perry - will Rosie be able to survive on a slave ship bound for America? A touching and thought provoking story giving an insight...
Featured in: 11+ readers | Dyslexia-friendly | Reluctant Readers
Format: Paperback - Released: 14/02/2012
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