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Magic Ink
Steve Cole
May 2013 Book of the Month A comic strip comes to life with the help of some magic ink... a hilarious adventure that could only have come from the madcap mind of Mr Steve Cole, bestselling author of Astrosaurs, Cows...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 23/05/2013
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Steve Cole
May 2013 Book of the Month A comic strip comes to life with the help of some magic ink... a hilarious adventure that could only have come from the madcap mind of Mr Steve Cole, bestselling author of Astrosaurs, Cows...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 23/05/2013
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Four Children and It
Jacqueline Wilson
May 2013 Book of the Month A funny, moving and heart-warming story of four children who discover a way to make wishes come true. Echoing the classic E Nesbit novel, Five Children and It, this new story from this...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 09/05/2013
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Jacqueline Wilson
May 2013 Book of the Month A funny, moving and heart-warming story of four children who discover a way to make wishes come true. Echoing the classic E Nesbit novel, Five Children and It, this new story from this...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 09/05/2013
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Moon Bear
Gill Lewis
May 2013 Book of the Month Best-selling Gill Lewis tells a hard hitting story as she opens reader’s eyes to the appalling treatment of bears and their natural environment. Tam’s world implodes when his father in killed by a mine. Sent...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 02/05/2013
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Gill Lewis
May 2013 Book of the Month Best-selling Gill Lewis tells a hard hitting story as she opens reader’s eyes to the appalling treatment of bears and their natural environment. Tam’s world implodes when his father in killed by a mine. Sent...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 02/05/2013
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The 5th Wave
Rick Yancey
May 2013 Book of the Month This is a novel that packs a punch on every page with hope and despair in equal measure alongside life and death. It will leave you gasping for breath and keep you hooked to...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 07/05/2013
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Rick Yancey
May 2013 Book of the Month This is a novel that packs a punch on every page with hope and despair in equal measure alongside life and death. It will leave you gasping for breath and keep you hooked to...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 07/05/2013
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Chasing the Dark
Sam Hepburn
An excellent page-turning adventure for all those who, like Joe, the hero of the story, are passionate about uncovering the truth. After Joe’s mum is mysteriously killed by a hit-and-run driver, Joe is sent to live with his unwelcoming aunt...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 06/06/2013
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Sam Hepburn
An excellent page-turning adventure for all those who, like Joe, the hero of the story, are passionate about uncovering the truth. After Joe’s mum is mysteriously killed by a hit-and-run driver, Joe is sent to live with his unwelcoming aunt...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 06/06/2013
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Blame My Brain: The Amazing Teenage Brain Revealed
Nicola Morgan
Teenagers and their parents will find much to fascinate them in this updated edition of Nicola Morgan’s skilful, non-scientists explanation of the complex and specific science that makes teenagehood such a specific period of growing up. New research has revealed even...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 02/05/2013
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Nicola Morgan
Teenagers and their parents will find much to fascinate them in this updated edition of Nicola Morgan’s skilful, non-scientists explanation of the complex and specific science that makes teenagehood such a specific period of growing up. New research has revealed even...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 02/05/2013
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How to be Invisible
Tim Lott
This cleverly constructed story is about 13 year old Strato who suddenly finds that he can become invisible. Recently moved to a new school where he stands out for knowing more about particle physics than the teacher and for being...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 04/04/2013
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Tim Lott
This cleverly constructed story is about 13 year old Strato who suddenly finds that he can become invisible. Recently moved to a new school where he stands out for knowing more about particle physics than the teacher and for being...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 04/04/2013
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Urgle
Meaghan McIssac
An incredible, heart-breaking debut Urgle is a gripping, imaginative debut, with a world comparable to Patrick Ness's Chaos Walking trilogy. Heart-warming but completely gripping action-adventure for readers of 10+. In addition to our...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 02/05/2013
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Meaghan McIssac
An incredible, heart-breaking debut Urgle is a gripping, imaginative debut, with a world comparable to Patrick Ness's Chaos Walking trilogy. Heart-warming but completely gripping action-adventure for readers of 10+. In addition to our...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 02/05/2013
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Death & Co.
D. J. McCune
May 2013 Debut of the Month Mixing themes of destiny and responsibility with the real life concerns of teenagers everywhere, this is a witty and gripping start to a...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 02/05/2013
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D. J. McCune
May 2013 Debut of the Month Mixing themes of destiny and responsibility with the real life concerns of teenagers everywhere, this is a witty and gripping start to a...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 02/05/2013
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House of Secrets
Chris Columbus, Ned Vizzini
May 2013 Debut of the Month Hold onto your hats. Acclaimed film director, producer and screenwriter Chris Columbus has swapped the big screen for books with House of Secrets, the first book in a brand new trilogy, which he has...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 25/04/2013
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Chris Columbus, Ned Vizzini
May 2013 Debut of the Month Hold onto your hats. Acclaimed film director, producer and screenwriter Chris Columbus has swapped the big screen for books with House of Secrets, the first book in a brand new trilogy, which he has...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 25/04/2013
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The Extincts
Veronica Cossanteli
May 2013 Debut of the Month A riotous debut novel in which all kinds of very unlikely things happen to likeable George when he takes on a job at Wormestall Farm. It’s a job with a difference - and it comes...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 06/05/2013
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Veronica Cossanteli
May 2013 Debut of the Month A riotous debut novel in which all kinds of very unlikely things happen to likeable George when he takes on a job at Wormestall Farm. It’s a job with a difference - and it comes...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 06/05/2013
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The Mystery
Garth Nix, Sean Williams
The Mystery is the third title in this widely accesssible, action packed adventure series, Troubletwisters. With fantasy and magic and high-octane action this will appeal to fans of Percy Jackson and Harry Potter. It works well as a stand-alone...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 06/05/2013
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Garth Nix, Sean Williams
The Mystery is the third title in this widely accesssible, action packed adventure series, Troubletwisters. With fantasy and magic and high-octane action this will appeal to fans of Percy Jackson and Harry Potter. It works well as a stand-alone...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 06/05/2013
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After the Snow
S. D. Crockett
Shortlisted for The Branford Boase Award 2013 A bone-freezingly brilliant and gripping novel introducing an astounding, prizeworthy new voice in YA fiction. Macmillan Children's Books Fiction Editor Emma Young said: "Everyone here at Macmillan Children's Books felt that Willo's extraordinary and endlessly...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 31/01/2013
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S. D. Crockett
Shortlisted for The Branford Boase Award 2013 A bone-freezingly brilliant and gripping novel introducing an astounding, prizeworthy new voice in YA fiction. Macmillan Children's Books Fiction Editor Emma Young said: "Everyone here at Macmillan Children's Books felt that Willo's extraordinary and endlessly...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 31/01/2013
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Black Arts The Books of Pandemonium
Andrew Prentice, Jonathan Weil
Shortlisted for The Branford Boase Award 2013 Elizabethan London: a teeming city of traders and thieves, courtiers and preachers, riff-raff and quality, cut-throats - and demons. When scrunty Jack the 'Judicious Nipper' picks the wrong pocket at the Globe Theatre, he...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 04/04/2013
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Andrew Prentice, Jonathan Weil
Shortlisted for The Branford Boase Award 2013 Elizabethan London: a teeming city of traders and thieves, courtiers and preachers, riff-raff and quality, cut-throats - and demons. When scrunty Jack the 'Judicious Nipper' picks the wrong pocket at the Globe Theatre, he...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 04/04/2013
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Forbidden Friends
Anne-Marie Conway
Sunny Spain and two girls meet on holiday and strike up an instant friendship. But all is not as it seems for both their dads have mysteriously disappeared as they arrive on holiday. There's a dark secret at the heart...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/05/2013
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Anne-Marie Conway
Sunny Spain and two girls meet on holiday and strike up an instant friendship. But all is not as it seems for both their dads have mysteriously disappeared as they arrive on holiday. There's a dark secret at the heart...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/05/2013
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Dark Spell
Gill Arbuthnott
A brilliant, engrossing pre-teen fantasy from the author of Winterbringers and The Keeper’s Daughter set in Scotland. Callie Hall has just discovered she's a witch and nothing will ever be the same again. Can Callie control her power and the...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 25/04/2013
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Gill Arbuthnott
A brilliant, engrossing pre-teen fantasy from the author of Winterbringers and The Keeper’s Daughter set in Scotland. Callie Hall has just discovered she's a witch and nothing will ever be the same again. Can Callie control her power and the...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 25/04/2013
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The Abominables
Eva Ibbotson
Award-winning Eva Ibbotson’s charming fantasy about the rescue of an entertaining family group of Yeti and their transportation from the Himalayan Mountains to England in a frozen food lorry is touching, tender and very funny. It also carries a strong...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 02/05/2013
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Eva Ibbotson
Award-winning Eva Ibbotson’s charming fantasy about the rescue of an entertaining family group of Yeti and their transportation from the Himalayan Mountains to England in a frozen food lorry is touching, tender and very funny. It also carries a strong...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 02/05/2013
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Hazel
Julie Hearn
When Hazel witnesses suffragette Emily Davison stepping out in front of the king's horse she could never have imagined the impact this event would have on her own life. But this single incident would change Hazel's destiny forever. A reissue of...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 02/05/2013
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Julie Hearn
When Hazel witnesses suffragette Emily Davison stepping out in front of the king's horse she could never have imagined the impact this event would have on her own life. But this single incident would change Hazel's destiny forever. A reissue of...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 02/05/2013
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The Flip-flop Club: Star Struck
Ellen Richardson
The stage is set, the crowds are gathering, and the microphones are on ... It's the Sunday Island Music Festival and Elly, Tash, and Sierra have formed a band and are entering a competition to perform onstage with the top-secret...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 02/05/2013
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Ellen Richardson
The stage is set, the crowds are gathering, and the microphones are on ... It's the Sunday Island Music Festival and Elly, Tash, and Sierra have formed a band and are entering a competition to perform onstage with the top-secret...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 02/05/2013
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Finding Fortune
Pippa Goodhart
This is a gripping story of a young girl's adventure following her mother's death, as she travels with her grandfather in pursuit of gold from Victorian England in 1898 to the gold rush in Klondike, north west Canada. Combining...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/03/2013
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Pippa Goodhart
This is a gripping story of a young girl's adventure following her mother's death, as she travels with her grandfather in pursuit of gold from Victorian England in 1898 to the gold rush in Klondike, north west Canada. Combining...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/03/2013
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Hollow Earth
John Barrowman, Carole E. Barrowman
Hollow Earth is the first in a fantasy adventure series from bestselling brother and sister team, John and Carole E. Barrowman. Twins, Matt and Emily Calder, have extraordinary powers - they are Animare which means they can bring art to...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 02/02/2012
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John Barrowman, Carole E. Barrowman
Hollow Earth is the first in a fantasy adventure series from bestselling brother and sister team, John and Carole E. Barrowman. Twins, Matt and Emily Calder, have extraordinary powers - they are Animare which means they can bring art to...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 02/02/2012
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The Bone Quill
John Barrowman, Carole E. Barrowman
This is the second in a terrific adventure series from the pen of John Barrowman (of Torchwood fame) and his sister Carole. Bone Quill continues the story begun in Hollow Earth about twins Matt and Em Calder. They are...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 07/02/2013
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John Barrowman, Carole E. Barrowman
This is the second in a terrific adventure series from the pen of John Barrowman (of Torchwood fame) and his sister Carole. Bone Quill continues the story begun in Hollow Earth about twins Matt and Em Calder. They are...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 07/02/2013
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Space Blasters
Philip Caveney
This action-packed adventure is perfect for all those who have imagined what space might be like. The launch party for a space adventure movie Space Blasters goes bizarrely wrong when Mr Lazarus, the mysterious man who has helped Kip and...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 02/05/2013
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Philip Caveney
This action-packed adventure is perfect for all those who have imagined what space might be like. The launch party for a space adventure movie Space Blasters goes bizarrely wrong when Mr Lazarus, the mysterious man who has helped Kip and...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 02/05/2013
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Monkey Wars
Richard Kurti
May 2013 Debut of the Month A thrilling debut novel explores tribal behaviour and the dangerous consequences of it in an action packed story of two competing monkey tribes. A troop of aggressive Langur monkeys make a savage raid on...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 02/05/2013
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Richard Kurti
May 2013 Debut of the Month A thrilling debut novel explores tribal behaviour and the dangerous consequences of it in an action packed story of two competing monkey tribes. A troop of aggressive Langur monkeys make a savage raid on...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 02/05/2013
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You Don't Know Me
Sophia Bennett
A bittersweet story of friendship and loyalty as two talented teens try to cope with the pressures of fame. It's a beautifully written, thought-provoking tale which deals honestly with the modern pressures of cyberbullying and social networking. What happens if...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 06/05/2013
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Sophia Bennett
A bittersweet story of friendship and loyalty as two talented teens try to cope with the pressures of fame. It's a beautifully written, thought-provoking tale which deals honestly with the modern pressures of cyberbullying and social networking. What happens if...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 06/05/2013
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Wildfire
Sable Hamilton
Welcome to Stardust Stables - the stunt horseriding school where only daredevil riders need apply!Alisa struggles to deal with her co-rider Sophie, who seems hell-bent on ruining everything for her. This is the second in the series which has already...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 06/05/2013
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Sable Hamilton
Welcome to Stardust Stables - the stunt horseriding school where only daredevil riders need apply!Alisa struggles to deal with her co-rider Sophie, who seems hell-bent on ruining everything for her. This is the second in the series which has already...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 06/05/2013
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Cracks
Caroline Green
Shortlisted for the 2013 Leeds Book Awards age 11-14 Category A review by Katy Poulter This book is nothing like I expected (in a good way)! When I looked at it, I didn't really think I would like it but...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 30/03/2012
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Caroline Green
Shortlisted for the 2013 Leeds Book Awards age 11-14 Category A review by Katy Poulter This book is nothing like I expected (in a good way)! When I looked at it, I didn't really think I would like it but...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 30/03/2012
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Socks Are Not Enough
Mark Lowery
Shortlisted for the 2013 Leeds Book Award - Shortlisted for the Roald Dahl Funny Prize 2012. A piece of Passion from the Publisher: We at Scholastic Children’s Books are very proud to be publishing Socks Are Not Enough by Mark Lowery. ...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 02/02/2012
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Mark Lowery
Shortlisted for the 2013 Leeds Book Award - Shortlisted for the Roald Dahl Funny Prize 2012. A piece of Passion from the Publisher: We at Scholastic Children’s Books are very proud to be publishing Socks Are Not Enough by Mark Lowery. ...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 02/02/2012
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Wonder
R. J. Palacio
Winner of the Waterstones Children's Book Award Best Fiction for 5-12s 2013 and Shortlisted for the CILIP Carnegie Medal 2013 January 2013 Debut of the Month Frank, powerful, warm and often heart-breaking, Wonder is a book you'll read in...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 03/01/2013
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R. J. Palacio
Winner of the Waterstones Children's Book Award Best Fiction for 5-12s 2013 and Shortlisted for the CILIP Carnegie Medal 2013 January 2013 Debut of the Month Frank, powerful, warm and often heart-breaking, Wonder is a book you'll read in...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 03/01/2013
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A Greyhound of a Girl
Roddy Doyle
Shortlisted for the CILIP Carnegie Medal 2013 & the 2012 Guardian children's fiction prize. Best-selling Roddy Doyle has written a wonderful, funny and warm-hearted family story about the dying of a granny which weaves together the lives of four generations and...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 07/06/2012
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Roddy Doyle
Shortlisted for the CILIP Carnegie Medal 2013 & the 2012 Guardian children's fiction prize. Best-selling Roddy Doyle has written a wonderful, funny and warm-hearted family story about the dying of a granny which weaves together the lives of four generations and...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 07/06/2012
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The Weight of Water
Sarah Crossan
Shortlisted for the CILIP Carnegie Medal 2013 The Weight of Water is a startlingly original piece of fiction written in verse; most simply a brilliant coming of age story. First love, friendship and quiet courage combine in this spare and...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 03/01/2013
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Sarah Crossan
Shortlisted for the CILIP Carnegie Medal 2013 The Weight of Water is a startlingly original piece of fiction written in verse; most simply a brilliant coming of age story. First love, friendship and quiet courage combine in this spare and...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 03/01/2013
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The Summer of Telling Tales
Laura Summers
There are two ways to keep a secret: silence or lies I can feel the anger bubbling up inside me. 'Grace, we've got a brand new life now. We can be anyone we want.' 'So what happens when your new...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 21/03/2013
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Laura Summers
There are two ways to keep a secret: silence or lies I can feel the anger bubbling up inside me. 'Grace, we've got a brand new life now. We can be anyone we want.' 'So what happens when your new...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 21/03/2013
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The Demon's Watch Tales of Fayt, Book 1
Conrad Mason
'We're the Demon's Watch, son. Protectors of Port Fayt. Scourge of all sea scum. Don't tell me you've never heard of us?' Half-goblin boy Joseph Grubb lives in Fayt, a bustling trading port where elves, trolls, fairies and humans live...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 07/03/2013
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Conrad Mason
'We're the Demon's Watch, son. Protectors of Port Fayt. Scourge of all sea scum. Don't tell me you've never heard of us?' Half-goblin boy Joseph Grubb lives in Fayt, a bustling trading port where elves, trolls, fairies and humans live...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 07/03/2013
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Granny Grabbers' Whizz Bang World
Charlotte Haptie
Delilah Smart is just an ordinary child who wants to have a normal childhood, but her parents have other plans. They are determined that she wins the Worldwide Junior Extreme General Knowledge Competition and in order to achieve this Delilah...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 05/07/2012
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Charlotte Haptie
Delilah Smart is just an ordinary child who wants to have a normal childhood, but her parents have other plans. They are determined that she wins the Worldwide Junior Extreme General Knowledge Competition and in order to achieve this Delilah...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 05/07/2012
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Silenced
Simon Packham
Chris needs to talk, but he can’t. He lost the power of speech completely when his best friend, Declan, died in a car crash. As months pass, school friends give up on him and only eco-freak Ariel and a suspiciously...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 12/06/2012
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Simon Packham
Chris needs to talk, but he can’t. He lost the power of speech completely when his best friend, Declan, died in a car crash. As months pass, school friends give up on him and only eco-freak Ariel and a suspiciously...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 12/06/2012
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The Wickedest Witch in the World
Kaye Umansky
Interest Age 8-12 Reading Age 8+ This wonderfully witchy story from best-selling author Kaye Umansky gives a new gloss to the story of Hansel and Gretel. This time, it is told by the witch herself.Having just won the Wickedest Witch Contest,...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 15/04/2013
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Kaye Umansky
Interest Age 8-12 Reading Age 8+ This wonderfully witchy story from best-selling author Kaye Umansky gives a new gloss to the story of Hansel and Gretel. This time, it is told by the witch herself.Having just won the Wickedest Witch Contest,...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 15/04/2013
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The Genie
Mary Hooper
Interest Age 8-12 Reading Age 8+ When Fudge, or Fiona to call her by her real name, buys a little box at a jumble sale for her dad’s birthday she has no idea what she is getting! But this is...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 15/04/2013
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Mary Hooper
Interest Age 8-12 Reading Age 8+ When Fudge, or Fiona to call her by her real name, buys a little box at a jumble sale for her dad’s birthday she has no idea what she is getting! But this is...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 15/04/2013
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Cherry Green Story Queen
Annie Dalton
Interest Age 8-12 Reading Age 8+ The magical healing power of stories lies at the heart of this touching book. Mia feels trapped in the wrong story. She wants to leave the foster home and get back to her own...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 15/04/2013
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Annie Dalton
Interest Age 8-12 Reading Age 8+ The magical healing power of stories lies at the heart of this touching book. Mia feels trapped in the wrong story. She wants to leave the foster home and get back to her own...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 15/04/2013
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Hitler's Angel
William Osborne
Shortlisted for the 2013 Leeds Book Award - May 2012 Debut of the Month. A gripping World War Two adventure which goes behind the scenes of the more familiar stories. When two children are recruited for a mission by...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 03/05/2012
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William Osborne
Shortlisted for the 2013 Leeds Book Award - May 2012 Debut of the Month. A gripping World War Two adventure which goes behind the scenes of the more familiar stories. When two children are recruited for a mission by...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 03/05/2012
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The Queen's Tale
Kaye Umansky
Interest Age 8-12 Reading Age 8+ Snow White’s wickedest stepmother is one of the darkest characters in fiction and here she is shown in the very blackest light of all. In a savagely witty contemporary voice, the wicked stepmother tells...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 15/04/2013
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Kaye Umansky
Interest Age 8-12 Reading Age 8+ Snow White’s wickedest stepmother is one of the darkest characters in fiction and here she is shown in the very blackest light of all. In a savagely witty contemporary voice, the wicked stepmother tells...
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Sweetness and Lies
Karen Mccombie
Interest Age 8-12 Reading Age 8+ Brilliantly observed, this is a thoughtful story about truth and friendship. Tilly’s thrilled by her new friendship with Mia; she is chatty and funny and soon the two of them are Best Friends Forever –...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 15/04/2013
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Karen Mccombie
Interest Age 8-12 Reading Age 8+ Brilliantly observed, this is a thoughtful story about truth and friendship. Tilly’s thrilled by her new friendship with Mia; she is chatty and funny and soon the two of them are Best Friends Forever –...
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The Night Sky in My Head
Sarah Hammond
Shortlisted for the 2013 Leeds Book Award - July 2012 Debut of the Month. This is a stunning debut, perfect for fans of Skellig and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time. Mikey Baxter isn't like other 14...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 05/07/2012
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Sarah Hammond
Shortlisted for the 2013 Leeds Book Award - July 2012 Debut of the Month. This is a stunning debut, perfect for fans of Skellig and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time. Mikey Baxter isn't like other 14...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 05/07/2012
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Gods and Warriors
Michelle Paver
Shortlisted for the 2013 Leeds Book Award - September 2012 MEGA Book of the Month. By the best-selling author of Wolf Brother, Gods and Warriors is this year's most hotly anticipated children's novel. The first book in a breathtaking adventure...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 28/08/2012
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Michelle Paver
Shortlisted for the 2013 Leeds Book Award - September 2012 MEGA Book of the Month. By the best-selling author of Wolf Brother, Gods and Warriors is this year's most hotly anticipated children's novel. The first book in a breathtaking adventure...
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Burn Mark
Laura Powell
Ancient witchcraft in a modern world. This is an action-packed and magical modern-day drama full of East End gangs and witches - think 'Spooks' meets 'The Sopranos' meets Witch Child. It is a totally original, utterly engaging page-turner from an...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 07/06/2012
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Laura Powell
Ancient witchcraft in a modern world. This is an action-packed and magical modern-day drama full of East End gangs and witches - think 'Spooks' meets 'The Sopranos' meets Witch Child. It is a totally original, utterly engaging page-turner from an...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 07/06/2012
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Septimus Heap 1: Magyk
Angie Sage
This wonderful series, of which this is the first, features the magic of Harry Potter and some similar imaginative characters of Artemis Fowl. 10 year olds will enjoy the world of the Heap family just as much as adults and...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 06/03/2006
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Angie Sage
This wonderful series, of which this is the first, features the magic of Harry Potter and some similar imaginative characters of Artemis Fowl. 10 year olds will enjoy the world of the Heap family just as much as adults and...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 06/03/2006
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W.A.R.P.: The Reluctant Assassin
Eoin Colfer
April 2013 Book of the Month Best-selling Eoin Colfer whose Artemis Fowl series gave the fairy world a brilliant makeover will enthral his readers with this action packed and gadget rich new series. Riley is a Victorian orphan, Chevie Sevano...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 11/04/2013
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Eoin Colfer
April 2013 Book of the Month Best-selling Eoin Colfer whose Artemis Fowl series gave the fairy world a brilliant makeover will enthral his readers with this action packed and gadget rich new series. Riley is a Victorian orphan, Chevie Sevano...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 11/04/2013
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Septimus Heap 2: Flyte
Angie Sage
Utterly spellbinding, fast-paced, laugh-out-loud funny and brilliantly plotted, this is the second in the Septimus Heap series, the fantastical adventure that is gripping the nation post Harry Potter. We asked a number of teenagers to review the first in the Septimus Heap series...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 02/04/2007
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Angie Sage
Utterly spellbinding, fast-paced, laugh-out-loud funny and brilliantly plotted, this is the second in the Septimus Heap series, the fantastical adventure that is gripping the nation post Harry Potter. We asked a number of teenagers to review the first in the Septimus Heap series...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 02/04/2007
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The Last Wild
Piers Torday
April 2013 Debut of the Month Do not miss this magical and astounding debut: The Last Wild by Piers Torday (yes mums and dads, his Dad Paul wrote Salmon Fishing in the Yemen) - a wonderfully imaginative tale of magical...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 28/03/2013
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Piers Torday
April 2013 Debut of the Month Do not miss this magical and astounding debut: The Last Wild by Piers Torday (yes mums and dads, his Dad Paul wrote Salmon Fishing in the Yemen) - a wonderfully imaginative tale of magical...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 28/03/2013
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Clockwise to Titan
Elon Dann
April 2013 Debut of the Month Debut novel from a highly creative UK author with an ingenious imagination...like the prison-break movie The Shawshank Redemption for young readers. This is...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 04/04/2013
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Elon Dann
April 2013 Debut of the Month Debut novel from a highly creative UK author with an ingenious imagination...like the prison-break movie The Shawshank Redemption for young readers. This is...
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Septimus Heap 3: Physik
Angie Sage
Packed with heart-stopping action and endless wit as well as brilliant characters, this novel continues the magical Septimus Heap series. The author opens up an array of dazzling and bewitching worlds that will get your imagination running wild and racing...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 05/05/2008
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Angie Sage
Packed with heart-stopping action and endless wit as well as brilliant characters, this novel continues the magical Septimus Heap series. The author opens up an array of dazzling and bewitching worlds that will get your imagination running wild and racing...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 05/05/2008
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All Fall Down
Sally Nicholls
A brilliant evocation of the utter devastation caused by The Black Death in 1349 which combines a remarkable optimism about human nature and morality in the midst of an epidemic on an exceptional scale. Isabel’s world collapses around her as...
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Sally Nicholls
A brilliant evocation of the utter devastation caused by The Black Death in 1349 which combines a remarkable optimism about human nature and morality in the midst of an epidemic on an exceptional scale. Isabel’s world collapses around her as...
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Artemis Fowl and the Last Guardian
Eoin Colfer
This is bestselling master storyteller Eoin Colfer, who set readers alight with his first title about Artemis Fowl, a young criminal mastermind who was more than a bit mixed up with the fairy world. Still working with the fairy world,...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 04/04/2013
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Eoin Colfer
This is bestselling master storyteller Eoin Colfer, who set readers alight with his first title about Artemis Fowl, a young criminal mastermind who was more than a bit mixed up with the fairy world. Still working with the fairy world,...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 04/04/2013
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Knight Crusader
Ronald Welch
This Carnegie Medal-winning classic tale tells the story of Philip d'Aubigny, the knight crusader. From his first battle against the mighty Saladin's army to a victorious crusade alongside Richard the Lionheart ... it's a dangerous and thrilling life and one...
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Ronald Welch
This Carnegie Medal-winning classic tale tells the story of Philip d'Aubigny, the knight crusader. From his first battle against the mighty Saladin's army to a victorious crusade alongside Richard the Lionheart ... it's a dangerous and thrilling life and one...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 04/04/2013
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Dawn Wind
Rosemary Sutcliff
An exciting historical adventure about a boy who has to fend for himself after his father and brother are killed by Saxon warriors at the great battle of Aquae Sulis. Rosemary Sutcliff in one of the best-loved writers of the...
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Rosemary Sutcliff
An exciting historical adventure about a boy who has to fend for himself after his father and brother are killed by Saxon warriors at the great battle of Aquae Sulis. Rosemary Sutcliff in one of the best-loved writers of the...
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Light
Michael Grant
Gripping, scary and unputdownable from the first page of the first book in this brilliantly plotted series right through to the last word in this the sixth and final heart-stopping instalment in the bestselling GONE series that really put dystopia...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 28/03/2013
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Michael Grant
Gripping, scary and unputdownable from the first page of the first book in this brilliantly plotted series right through to the last word in this the sixth and final heart-stopping instalment in the bestselling GONE series that really put dystopia...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 28/03/2013
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Fear
Michael Grant
This is the fifth heart-stopping instalment in the bestselling GONE series. It is an exceptional page-turner. Escapism just doesn't get better than this. The complete list of books in this epic series is.... 1 Gone 2 Hunger
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Format: Paperback - Released: 28/03/2013
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Michael Grant
This is the fifth heart-stopping instalment in the bestselling GONE series. It is an exceptional page-turner. Escapism just doesn't get better than this. The complete list of books in this epic series is.... 1 Gone 2 Hunger
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Format: Paperback - Released: 28/03/2013
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Hey Presto! Amazing Magic Tricks to Confound and Astound
Chris Stone
Hey Presto! is a book full to the rafters with simple magic tricks, a perfect pocket sized companion for a beginner as well as a wonderful gift book for those wishing to get into magic and are not sure how....
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Format: Hardback - Released: 04/04/2013
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Chris Stone
Hey Presto! is a book full to the rafters with simple magic tricks, a perfect pocket sized companion for a beginner as well as a wonderful gift book for those wishing to get into magic and are not sure how....
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After Tomorrow
Gillian Cross
Award winning Gillian Cross takes a brilliant ‘what if’ as the premise for this gripping and thought-provoking adventure. The British economy has collapsed. Civil disobedience sets family against family as raids for the scarce food leads to violent attacks. After...
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Gillian Cross
Award winning Gillian Cross takes a brilliant ‘what if’ as the premise for this gripping and thought-provoking adventure. The British economy has collapsed. Civil disobedience sets family against family as raids for the scarce food leads to violent attacks. After...
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Geekhood: Mission Improbable
Andy Robb
Fans of Geekhood: Close Encounters of a Girl Kind will enjoy this equally charming and sympathetic story of how Archie continues to dream of romance with Sarah. But Archie also remains wedded to dressing up in costumes to play his...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/04/2013
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Andy Robb
Fans of Geekhood: Close Encounters of a Girl Kind will enjoy this equally charming and sympathetic story of how Archie continues to dream of romance with Sarah. But Archie also remains wedded to dressing up in costumes to play his...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/04/2013
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Baddies, Beasties and a Sprinkling of Crumbs
Tracey Corderoy
Lemony Snicket fans will love the delightful Crumb children and the incredible inventions their father has created around them. With so much imagination around them, there’s never a dull moment in the Crumb household. And that’s especially true when they...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/04/2013
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Tracey Corderoy
Lemony Snicket fans will love the delightful Crumb children and the incredible inventions their father has created around them. With so much imagination around them, there’s never a dull moment in the Crumb household. And that’s especially true when they...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/04/2013
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Heart of Danger
Eliot Schrefer
When Sophie is trapped by rebel fighting at her mother's animal sanctuary in the African Congo, she must save herself - and a baby bonobo she's promised to protect. With political instability of African countries in the news once again,...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/04/2013
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Eliot Schrefer
When Sophie is trapped by rebel fighting at her mother's animal sanctuary in the African Congo, she must save herself - and a baby bonobo she's promised to protect. With political instability of African countries in the news once again,...
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A Twist of Fortune
Barbara Mitchelhill
Victorian London provides a dramatic backdrop for this dramatic story about a much changed life for Sam, Eliza and Alfie Pargeter. The children have always lived a happy life in the country with their parents but, when their father takes...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 04/04/2013
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Barbara Mitchelhill
Victorian London provides a dramatic backdrop for this dramatic story about a much changed life for Sam, Eliza and Alfie Pargeter. The children have always lived a happy life in the country with their parents but, when their father takes...
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The Butterfly Clues
Kate Ellison
Debut author Kate Ellison creates tension from the outset in a taut and sure-footed (Lo for short) tells her own story as she finds herself increasingly ensnared in a quest for the truth after she is almost hit by a...
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Kate Ellison
Debut author Kate Ellison creates tension from the outset in a taut and sure-footed (Lo for short) tells her own story as she finds herself increasingly ensnared in a quest for the truth after she is almost hit by a...
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The Sacrifice
Charlie Higson
April 2013 Book of the Month There aren't many authors who are able to conjure up fear and terror in the way Charlie Higson does so brilliantly in his series The Enemy of which The Sacrifice is the fourth. ...
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Charlie Higson
April 2013 Book of the Month There aren't many authors who are able to conjure up fear and terror in the way Charlie Higson does so brilliantly in his series The Enemy of which The Sacrifice is the fourth. ...
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Race the Wind
Lauren St.John
April 2013 Book of the Month A thrilling new horse adventure story from award-winning Lauren St John. In this sequel to The One Dollar Horse, Casey Blue is now the proud and race-winning owner of Storm, the horse she saved from...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 04/04/2013
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Lauren St.John
April 2013 Book of the Month A thrilling new horse adventure story from award-winning Lauren St John. In this sequel to The One Dollar Horse, Casey Blue is now the proud and race-winning owner of Storm, the horse she saved from...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 04/04/2013
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Under Wildwood
Colin Meloy
A sequel to the best-selling Wildwood, this sees its heroine Prue McKeel miserable back at home after her adventures in the magical Wildwood. Prue is always drawn back to Wildwood but the place is not what it once was…Dark forces...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 21/03/2013
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Colin Meloy
A sequel to the best-selling Wildwood, this sees its heroine Prue McKeel miserable back at home after her adventures in the magical Wildwood. Prue is always drawn back to Wildwood but the place is not what it once was…Dark forces...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 21/03/2013
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Septimus Heap 4: Queste
Angie Sage
Utterly spellbinding, fast-paced and brilliantly plotted, this is the fourth in the Septimus Heap series, the fantastical adventure that is gripping the nation. Septimus faces yet another fantastical quest to rescue friends trapped back in time. We asked a number of...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 06/04/2009
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Angie Sage
Utterly spellbinding, fast-paced and brilliantly plotted, this is the fourth in the Septimus Heap series, the fantastical adventure that is gripping the nation. Septimus faces yet another fantastical quest to rescue friends trapped back in time. We asked a number of...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 06/04/2009
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Darke
Angie Sage
This wonderful series featuring a boy called Septimus Heap is perfect for boys in particular to get their teeth into. As in the Harry Potter titles we see Septimus a year older with each new book. This is the 6th...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 05/07/2012
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Angie Sage
This wonderful series featuring a boy called Septimus Heap is perfect for boys in particular to get their teeth into. As in the Harry Potter titles we see Septimus a year older with each new book. This is the 6th...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 05/07/2012
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After the Snow
S. D. Crockett
Shortlisted for The Branford Boase Award 2013 A bone-freezingly brilliant and gripping novel introducing an astounding, prizeworthy new voice in YA fiction. Macmillan Children's Books Fiction Editor Emma Young said: "Everyone here at Macmillan Children's Books felt that Willo's extraordinary and endlessly...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 03/02/2012
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S. D. Crockett
Shortlisted for The Branford Boase Award 2013 A bone-freezingly brilliant and gripping novel introducing an astounding, prizeworthy new voice in YA fiction. Macmillan Children's Books Fiction Editor Emma Young said: "Everyone here at Macmillan Children's Books felt that Willo's extraordinary and endlessly...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 03/02/2012
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Septimus Heap 5: Syren
Angie Sage
Richly imagined and brilliantly conveyed, the invented world of Septimus Heap is full of curiosity and surprises. As ever, Septimus’s romping adventures are hilarious and unlikely as he copes after having been stranded on a beautiful island with his pet...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 05/04/2010
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Angie Sage
Richly imagined and brilliantly conveyed, the invented world of Septimus Heap is full of curiosity and surprises. As ever, Septimus’s romping adventures are hilarious and unlikely as he copes after having been stranded on a beautiful island with his pet...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 05/04/2010
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Fyre: Septimus Heap
Angie Sage
The seventh and final breathtaking instalment in the internationally bestselling series. In this spellbinding finale to an epic series, Septimus Heap must decide once and for all where his heart lies - with Magyk or with Alchemie and Physik. Prepare...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 11/04/2013
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Angie Sage
The seventh and final breathtaking instalment in the internationally bestselling series. In this spellbinding finale to an epic series, Septimus Heap must decide once and for all where his heart lies - with Magyk or with Alchemie and Physik. Prepare...
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Grownups Can't be Friends with Dragons
Antony Wootten
A fast-paced and ultimately heart-warming tale that will appeal to 8+ year olds, particularly boys and a lovely read for fathers and sons to share. It's the extraordinary story of a boy growing up and coming to terms with the...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 26/11/2012
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Antony Wootten
A fast-paced and ultimately heart-warming tale that will appeal to 8+ year olds, particularly boys and a lovely read for fathers and sons to share. It's the extraordinary story of a boy growing up and coming to terms with the...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 26/11/2012
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The Two Jacks
Tony Bradman
Interest Age 8-12 Reading Age 8 A case of mistaken identity means everything changes in this sweet story from Tony Bradman, with gorgeous illustrations by award-winning Ross Collins.
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Format: Paperback - Released: 13/02/2013
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Tony Bradman
Interest Age 8-12 Reading Age 8 A case of mistaken identity means everything changes in this sweet story from Tony Bradman, with gorgeous illustrations by award-winning Ross Collins.
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Format: Paperback - Released: 13/02/2013
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Wild Boy
Rob Lloyd Jones
April 2013 Debut of the Month This is a fiendishly pacy mystery-adventure story for 9+ readers, set in the seamy, smoggy underworld of Victorian London. Dripping with atmosphere and gothic gore, Wild Boy will appeal to fans of Sherlock Holmes, gothic...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 04/04/2013
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Rob Lloyd Jones
April 2013 Debut of the Month This is a fiendishly pacy mystery-adventure story for 9+ readers, set in the seamy, smoggy underworld of Victorian London. Dripping with atmosphere and gothic gore, Wild Boy will appeal to fans of Sherlock Holmes, gothic...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 04/04/2013
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Young Merlin
Tony Bradman
Interest Age 9-12 Reading Age 7+. The boy wizard, learning his destiny in this exciting story, is none other than Merlin, the most powerful wizard in the history of England...and the man behind the success of the legendary King Arthur....
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Format: Paperback - Released: 26/09/2012
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Tony Bradman
Interest Age 9-12 Reading Age 7+. The boy wizard, learning his destiny in this exciting story, is none other than Merlin, the most powerful wizard in the history of England...and the man behind the success of the legendary King Arthur....
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Format: Paperback - Released: 26/09/2012
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Young Knights of the Round Table
Julia Golding
April 2013 Book of the Month Best-selling Julia Golding tells a fast paced, time-travelling fantasy adventure based on the legends of King Arthur that cleverly provokes thought about contemporary life too. Stolen away by the Fey in infancy, Rick has...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 04/04/2013
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Julia Golding
April 2013 Book of the Month Best-selling Julia Golding tells a fast paced, time-travelling fantasy adventure based on the legends of King Arthur that cleverly provokes thought about contemporary life too. Stolen away by the Fey in infancy, Rick has...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 04/04/2013
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The Poison Boy
Fletcher Moss
April 2013 Debut of the Month Winner of the Times/Chicken House Children’s Fiction Competition 2012. When poison boy Dalton Fly, a food taster for the rich, narrowly escapes death, he sets out to save his city from the poisoners within. Thrilling, richly...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/04/2013
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Fletcher Moss
April 2013 Debut of the Month Winner of the Times/Chicken House Children’s Fiction Competition 2012. When poison boy Dalton Fly, a food taster for the rich, narrowly escapes death, he sets out to save his city from the poisoners within. Thrilling, richly...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/04/2013
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The Wolf Princess
Cathryn Constable
Shortlisted for the National Book Tokens Children’s Book of the Year 2012 and the Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2013 Exciting, atmospheric, romantic and stylish, The Wolf Princess marks a welcome return to the comfort of traditional storytelling. Steeped in history and...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 04/10/2012
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Cathryn Constable
Shortlisted for the National Book Tokens Children’s Book of the Year 2012 and the Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2013 Exciting, atmospheric, romantic and stylish, The Wolf Princess marks a welcome return to the comfort of traditional storytelling. Steeped in history and...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 04/10/2012
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Geekhood: Close Encounters of the Girl Kind ...
Andy Robb
Shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2013 June 2012 Debut of the Month. Witty and tender, Geekhood captures the complexities of teen life and especially the transformation of Archie. Archie’s interests have always been distinctly geeky; mostly he hangs...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/06/2012
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Andy Robb
Shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2013 June 2012 Debut of the Month. Witty and tender, Geekhood captures the complexities of teen life and especially the transformation of Archie. Archie’s interests have always been distinctly geeky; mostly he hangs...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/06/2012
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Fizzlebert Stump and the Bearded Boy
A. F. Harrold
March 2013 Book of the Month Fizzlebert Stump’s Circus is back for a second riotous show during which everything can – and does – go terribly wrong. The new act features the very, very hairy Barboozul family which includes Wystan,...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 14/03/2013
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A. F. Harrold
March 2013 Book of the Month Fizzlebert Stump’s Circus is back for a second riotous show during which everything can – and does – go terribly wrong. The new act features the very, very hairy Barboozul family which includes Wystan,...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 14/03/2013
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Me Myself Milly
Penelope Bush
March 2013 Book of the Month Born a twin, Milly has never thought of herself as an individual entity; Lily, her bolder and more entertaining twin, has always been by her side. But after the Incident, everything in Milly’s life...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 22/02/2013
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Penelope Bush
March 2013 Book of the Month Born a twin, Milly has never thought of herself as an individual entity; Lily, her bolder and more entertaining twin, has always been by her side. But after the Incident, everything in Milly’s life...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 22/02/2013
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The Hanged Man Rises
Sarah Naughton
A chilling tale of one boy’s struggle to uncover the truth surrounding a series of murders, in order to avert a tragedy threatening those closest to him. Creepy and supernatural this is a haunting tale set in a cruel, harsh...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 28/02/2013
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Sarah Naughton
A chilling tale of one boy’s struggle to uncover the truth surrounding a series of murders, in order to avert a tragedy threatening those closest to him. Creepy and supernatural this is a haunting tale set in a cruel, harsh...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 28/02/2013
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Geek Girl
Holly Smale
March 2013 Debut of the Month There’s laughter and tears in this hilarious roller-coaster story of teen life in the starry world of modelling. Self-avowed geek Harriet tells her own story of friendship, family and the extraordinary world of fashion....
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Format: Paperback - Released: 28/02/2013
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Holly Smale
March 2013 Debut of the Month There’s laughter and tears in this hilarious roller-coaster story of teen life in the starry world of modelling. Self-avowed geek Harriet tells her own story of friendship, family and the extraordinary world of fashion....
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Format: Paperback - Released: 28/02/2013
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Upside Down in the Jungle
Helen Phillips
An exciting ecological mystery-adventure in a vividly imagined setting and told through the eyes of Mad(eline), an authentic, funny and engaging voice of a young girl. When sisters Mad and Roo receive a Very Strange and Incredibly Creepy Letter from their...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 04/03/2013
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Helen Phillips
An exciting ecological mystery-adventure in a vividly imagined setting and told through the eyes of Mad(eline), an authentic, funny and engaging voice of a young girl. When sisters Mad and Roo receive a Very Strange and Incredibly Creepy Letter from their...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 04/03/2013
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Summer's Dream
Cathy Cassidy
Best-selling Cathy Cassidy's third story of the Chocolate Box Girls is as irresistible, insightful and captivating as its predecessors. Summer has always longed to be a professional dancer but when she doesn't make the grade for the Royal Ballet School...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 07/03/2013
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Cathy Cassidy
Best-selling Cathy Cassidy's third story of the Chocolate Box Girls is as irresistible, insightful and captivating as its predecessors. Summer has always longed to be a professional dancer but when she doesn't make the grade for the Royal Ballet School...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 07/03/2013
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The Kane Chronicles: The Serpent's Shadow
Rick Riordan
Best-selling Rick Riordan brings his thrilling Kane Chronicles trilogy to a dramatic close in this high octane story which fuses magic and mythology in a new world where the rules are very different. Twins Carter and Sadie, descendants of the...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 07/03/2013
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Rick Riordan
Best-selling Rick Riordan brings his thrilling Kane Chronicles trilogy to a dramatic close in this high octane story which fuses magic and mythology in a new world where the rules are very different. Twins Carter and Sadie, descendants of the...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 07/03/2013
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Oxford Children's Classics: Wuthering Heights
Emily Bronte
Probably one of the best remembered and most re-read love stories of all time alongside that of Pride and Prejudice. When Heathcliff comes to live at Wuthering Heights as a child he forms a bond with his benefactor's daughter, Cathy....
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Format: Hardback - Released: 07/03/2013
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Emily Bronte
Probably one of the best remembered and most re-read love stories of all time alongside that of Pride and Prejudice. When Heathcliff comes to live at Wuthering Heights as a child he forms a bond with his benefactor's daughter, Cathy....
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Format: Hardback - Released: 07/03/2013
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Waiting for Gonzo
Dave Cousins
March 2013 eBook of the Month Packed with action, heart and humour, Waiting for Gonzo takes you for a white-knuckle ride on the Wheel of Destiny as it careers out of control down the Hillside of Inevitability. The question...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 07/03/2013
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Dave Cousins
March 2013 eBook of the Month Packed with action, heart and humour, Waiting for Gonzo takes you for a white-knuckle ride on the Wheel of Destiny as it careers out of control down the Hillside of Inevitability. The question...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 07/03/2013
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Smuggler's Kiss
Marie-Louise Jensen
A pacy adventure with a gutsy heroine at its heart brings danger – and romance- to life in a vividly imagined past. Isabelle plans to end her life. Stepping into the sea seems like an easy way out but when...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 07/03/2013
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Marie-Louise Jensen
A pacy adventure with a gutsy heroine at its heart brings danger – and romance- to life in a vividly imagined past. Isabelle plans to end her life. Stepping into the sea seems like an easy way out but when...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 07/03/2013
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Lilliput
Sam Gayton
Inspired by Gulliver's Travels, Lilliput is an exhilarating adventure filled with cunning escape plans, evil clockmakers and very talkative parrots. Join Lily (at just 6 inches tall) as she travels over rooftops, down chimneys and into chocolate shops on a...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 07/03/2013
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Sam Gayton
Inspired by Gulliver's Travels, Lilliput is an exhilarating adventure filled with cunning escape plans, evil clockmakers and very talkative parrots. Join Lily (at just 6 inches tall) as she travels over rooftops, down chimneys and into chocolate shops on a...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 07/03/2013
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Suncatcher
Sheila Rance
March 2013 eBook of the Month and Debut of the Month Debut author Sheila Rance has richly created a vivid and complex world in which a young girl must seek and find her true destiny. Maia and her grandfather the...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 07/03/2013
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Sheila Rance
March 2013 eBook of the Month and Debut of the Month Debut author Sheila Rance has richly created a vivid and complex world in which a young girl must seek and find her true destiny. Maia and her grandfather the...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 07/03/2013
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The Hidden Gift
Ian Somers
March 2013 Book of the Month A sequel to the hugely popular Million Dollar Gift. A search for a missing child and the dangers it uncovers takes Ross Bentley to the darkest place he's ever been. He must face...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 11/03/2013
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Ian Somers
March 2013 Book of the Month A sequel to the hugely popular Million Dollar Gift. A search for a missing child and the dangers it uncovers takes Ross Bentley to the darkest place he's ever been. He must face...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 11/03/2013
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Look into My Eyes
Lauren Child
Best-selling Lauren Child’s super sleuthing Ruby Redfort is a fast-talking, fast- thinking 13 year olds girl whose sharp eye for the unexpected leads her on some fantastic adventures – especially after she is recruited as a secret agency…The wise cracks...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 02/08/2012
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Lauren Child
Best-selling Lauren Child’s super sleuthing Ruby Redfort is a fast-talking, fast- thinking 13 year olds girl whose sharp eye for the unexpected leads her on some fantastic adventures – especially after she is recruited as a secret agency…The wise cracks...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 02/08/2012
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The Queen Must Die: Chronicles of the Tempus
K.A.S. Quinn
Completely gripping, this rollercoaster time travel adventure takes Katie, a contemporary New York teenager, back right into the heart of Queen Victoria’s reign. Landing unexpectedly in the Buckingham Palace bedroom of Alice, Queen Victoria’s younger daughter, Katie is swiftly caught...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/06/2011
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K.A.S. Quinn
Completely gripping, this rollercoaster time travel adventure takes Katie, a contemporary New York teenager, back right into the heart of Queen Victoria’s reign. Landing unexpectedly in the Buckingham Palace bedroom of Alice, Queen Victoria’s younger daughter, Katie is swiftly caught...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/06/2011
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Take Your Last Breath
Lauren Child
Adventure on the wide open ocean, and Ruby is all at sea...Can she crack the case of the Twinford pirates while evading the clutches of a vile sea monster as well as the evil Count von Viscount? Well, you wouldn't...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 27/09/2012
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Lauren Child
Adventure on the wide open ocean, and Ruby is all at sea...Can she crack the case of the Twinford pirates while evading the clutches of a vile sea monster as well as the evil Count von Viscount? Well, you wouldn't...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 27/09/2012
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Itch Rocks
Simon Mayo
After almost poisoning his whole class with arsenic gas, going on the run from a psychotic science teacher and nearly dying of radiation poisoning, life is getting back to normal for Itchingham Lofte - at least, as normal as it...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 28/02/2013
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Simon Mayo
After almost poisoning his whole class with arsenic gas, going on the run from a psychotic science teacher and nearly dying of radiation poisoning, life is getting back to normal for Itchingham Lofte - at least, as normal as it...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 28/02/2013
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The Claws of Evil (The Battles of Ben Kingdom)
Andrew Beasley
March 2013 Book of the Month An action-packed plot drives this exciting thriller set in the dark and dangerous streets of Victorian London. Ben Kingdom is just a small street urchin but, when he becomes the owner of a mysterious...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/03/2013
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Andrew Beasley
March 2013 Book of the Month An action-packed plot drives this exciting thriller set in the dark and dangerous streets of Victorian London. Ben Kingdom is just a small street urchin but, when he becomes the owner of a mysterious...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/03/2013
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The Diamond Thief
Sharon Gosling
Combining elements of Jules Verne with the action-packed adventures of Indiana Jones; this debut novel from Sharon Gosling is a gripping read. Set in Victorian London, circus trapeze artiste Remy leads a double life as a jewel thief. However she...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 14/02/2013
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Sharon Gosling
Combining elements of Jules Verne with the action-packed adventures of Indiana Jones; this debut novel from Sharon Gosling is a gripping read. Set in Victorian London, circus trapeze artiste Remy leads a double life as a jewel thief. However she...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 14/02/2013
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Goblins Vs Dwarves
Philip Reeve
March 2013 Book of the Month Award winning Philip Reeve returns to Clovenstone Castle and his hilarious goblin world. Goblins Skarper and Henwyn are as bold and brave as ever....but when a new band of determined foes using giant armoured...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 04/03/2013
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Philip Reeve
March 2013 Book of the Month Award winning Philip Reeve returns to Clovenstone Castle and his hilarious goblin world. Goblins Skarper and Henwyn are as bold and brave as ever....but when a new band of determined foes using giant armoured...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 04/03/2013
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Will Gallows and the Rock Demon's Blood
Derek Keilty
Amid a riot of unbridled and highly entertaining chaos, there lies an unexpected and entirely unpredictable adventure for this cowboy with a difference. Will is thinking of hanging up his cowboy hat and joining the elf side of his family...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 07/03/2013
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Derek Keilty
Amid a riot of unbridled and highly entertaining chaos, there lies an unexpected and entirely unpredictable adventure for this cowboy with a difference. Will is thinking of hanging up his cowboy hat and joining the elf side of his family...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 07/03/2013
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Gone
Michael Grant
Gripping from the first moment, this is a scary, an unputdownable and a brilliantly plotted fantasy. One minute all the adults are there - next they're gone! Only the children remain and they are trapped, cut off from...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 03/09/2009
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Michael Grant
Gripping from the first moment, this is a scary, an unputdownable and a brilliantly plotted fantasy. One minute all the adults are there - next they're gone! Only the children remain and they are trapped, cut off from...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 03/09/2009
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