The Book Awards category on Lovereading4kids will help you and your child discover authors currently in contention for and/or winners of the most prestigious awards. By their very presence on this page, you can be sure that each of the books featured here is the 'crème-de-la-crème' of today's children's literature.
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For each of the awards included in this Book Award category, Lovereading4kids will feature the shortlist of books and authors before the individual winner is announced. As with all our Featured Books, you and your child will be able to download and print off free Opening Extracts of each book. In this way, you can choose your own winner and see if the judges agree with you!
And remember, even if the judges don't pick your favourite, all our Children's Book Award books are available to order online at 25% off the RRP.
As Lovereading4kids grows we'll be featuring as many awards as we can manage, including:
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Branford Boase Award
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The Guardian Children's Fiction Award
The Red House Children's Book Award
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I Want My Hat Back
Jon Klassen
Shortlisted for the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal 2013 A simply told story with a delicious and irresistible mischievous twist in its ending. Poor Bear! He has lost his hat. He asks everyone if they have seen it but no...
Featured in: 3+ readers | Book Awards | Carnegie/Greenaway | Picture Book Party
Format: Paperback - Released: 03/09/2012
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Jon Klassen
Shortlisted for the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal 2013 A simply told story with a delicious and irresistible mischievous twist in its ending. Poor Bear! He has lost his hat. He asks everyone if they have seen it but no...
Featured in: 3+ readers | Book Awards | Carnegie/Greenaway | Picture Book Party
Format: Paperback - Released: 03/09/2012
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Again!
Emily Gravett
Shortlisted for the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal 2013 Prize-winning Emily Gravett has hit the jackpot again with a brilliant and original picture book that will delight adults as much as children. Everyone knows that the best bedtime stories can...
Featured in: Baby and Toddler | Book Awards | Carnegie/Greenaway
Format: Paperback - Released: 13/09/2012
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Emily Gravett
Shortlisted for the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal 2013 Prize-winning Emily Gravett has hit the jackpot again with a brilliant and original picture book that will delight adults as much as children. Everyone knows that the best bedtime stories can...
Featured in: Baby and Toddler | Book Awards | Carnegie/Greenaway
Format: Paperback - Released: 13/09/2012
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Daylight Saving
Edward Hogan
Shortlisted for The Branford Boase Award 2013 & shortlisted for the 2013 Leeds Book Award A chilling ghost story unfolds fast as the mysterious Lexi’s watch moves steadily backwards and Daniel discovers he must solve the mystery of her terrible...
Featured in: 14+ readers | Book Awards | Branford Boase Award | eBooks
Format: Paperback - Released: 02/02/2012
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Edward Hogan
Shortlisted for The Branford Boase Award 2013 & shortlisted for the 2013 Leeds Book Award A chilling ghost story unfolds fast as the mysterious Lexi’s watch moves steadily backwards and Daniel discovers he must solve the mystery of her terrible...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 02/02/2012
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King Jack and the Dragon
Peter Bently
Shortlisted for the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal 2013 Award winning illustrator Helen Oxenbury’s illustrations brilliantly capture the rich childhood imagination of this exciting and brave adventure starring knights and dragons and all kinds of scary monsters. Brave King Jack and...
Featured in: 3+ readers | 5+ readers | Book Awards | Carnegie/Greenaway | eBooks
Format: Hardback - Released: 01/09/2011
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Peter Bently
Shortlisted for the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal 2013 Award winning illustrator Helen Oxenbury’s illustrations brilliantly capture the rich childhood imagination of this exciting and brave adventure starring knights and dragons and all kinds of scary monsters. Brave King Jack and...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 01/09/2011
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The Things We Did for Love
Natasha Farrant
Shortlisted for The Branford Boase Award 2013 A beautiful and bittersweet love story set in the real village of Oradour-sur-Glane which was cruelly and apparently randomly destroyed during the Second World War. Teenagers Luc and Arianne meet and fall in love....
Featured in: 14+ readers | Book Awards | Branford Boase Award
Format: Paperback - Released: 03/01/2013
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Natasha Farrant
Shortlisted for The Branford Boase Award 2013 A beautiful and bittersweet love story set in the real village of Oradour-sur-Glane which was cruelly and apparently randomly destroyed during the Second World War. Teenagers Luc and Arianne meet and fall in love....
Featured in: 14+ readers | Book Awards | Branford Boase Award
Format: Paperback - Released: 03/01/2013
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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...
Featured in: 11+ readers | 14+ readers | Book Awards | Branford Boase Award
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...
Featured in: 11+ readers | 14+ readers | Book Awards | Branford Boase Award
Format: Paperback - Released: 04/04/2013
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Just Ducks!
Nicola Davies
Shortlisted for the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal 2013 All the information you could want for a young reader is beautifully on display in this attractive picture book. Lovely pictures show delightful ducks down by the river while the useful text...
Featured in: 5+ readers | Book Awards | Carnegie/Greenaway
Format: Paperback - Released: 04/04/2013
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Nicola Davies
Shortlisted for the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal 2013 All the information you could want for a young reader is beautifully on display in this attractive picture book. Lovely pictures show delightful ducks down by the river while the useful text...
Featured in: 5+ readers | Book Awards | Carnegie/Greenaway
Format: Paperback - Released: 04/04/2013
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Black Dog
Levi Pinfold
Shortlisted for the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal 2013 The judges described the book as a "visual treat, full of mood and atmosphere, the beautiful illustrations are full of detail and perfectly in keeping with the story. The use of scale, with...
Featured in: 5+ readers | 7+ readers | Book Awards | Carnegie/Greenaway
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/08/2012
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Levi Pinfold
Shortlisted for the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal 2013 The judges described the book as a "visual treat, full of mood and atmosphere, the beautiful illustrations are full of detail and perfectly in keeping with the story. The use of scale, with...
Featured in: 5+ readers | 7+ readers | Book Awards | Carnegie/Greenaway
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/08/2012
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Pirates 'n' Pistols
Chris Mould
A fabulous swash buckling collection of ten pirate tales full of the requisite adventure, daring, knavery and bloodshed. Chris Mould’s illustrations cleverly capture all the romance and menace of the pirate world as they match stories he has written...
Featured in: 7+ readers | Book Awards | Carnegie/Greenaway
Format: Hardback - Released: 02/08/2012
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Chris Mould
A fabulous swash buckling collection of ten pirate tales full of the requisite adventure, daring, knavery and bloodshed. Chris Mould’s illustrations cleverly capture all the romance and menace of the pirate world as they match stories he has written...
Featured in: 7+ readers | Book Awards | Carnegie/Greenaway
Format: Hardback - Released: 02/08/2012
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Lunchtime
Rebecca Cobb
Winner of the Waterstones Best Children's Picture Book 2013 and Shortlisted for the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal 2013 Acclaimed new illustrator Rebecca Cobb injects the unexpected into this pleasingly imaginative and un-preachy story about a little girl who doesn’t want...
Featured in: 3+ readers | Book Awards | Carnegie/Greenaway
Format: Paperback - Released: 31/01/2013
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Rebecca Cobb
Winner of the Waterstones Best Children's Picture Book 2013 and Shortlisted for the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal 2013 Acclaimed new illustrator Rebecca Cobb injects the unexpected into this pleasingly imaginative and un-preachy story about a little girl who doesn’t want...
Featured in: 3+ readers | Book Awards | Carnegie/Greenaway
Format: Paperback - Released: 31/01/2013
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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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A World Between Us
Lydia Syson
Shortlisted for The Branford Boase Award 2013 Packed full of passion – both political and of all other kinds – this is a harrowing, thrilling and romantic account of the...
Featured in: 14+ readers | Book Awards | Branford Boase Award
Format: Paperback - Released: 04/10/2012
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Lydia Syson
Shortlisted for The Branford Boase Award 2013 Packed full of passion – both political and of all other kinds – this is a harrowing, thrilling and romantic account of the...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 04/10/2012
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Torn
David Massey
Shortlisted for the 2013 Leeds Book Awards Elinor Nielson, a 19-year-old British army medic, is led into a dangerous intrigue surrounding a mysterious young Afghan girl. What she discovers makes her question everything she believes about love and war. Barry Cunningham,...
Featured in: 14+ readers | Book Awards | Debuts of the Month
Format: Paperback - Released: 02/08/2012
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David Massey
Shortlisted for the 2013 Leeds Book Awards Elinor Nielson, a 19-year-old British army medic, is led into a dangerous intrigue surrounding a mysterious young Afghan girl. What she discovers makes her question everything she believes about love and war. Barry Cunningham,...
Featured in: 14+ readers | Book Awards | Debuts of the Month
Format: Paperback - Released: 02/08/2012
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Elf Girl and Raven Boy : Fright Forest
Marcus Sedgwick
Shortlisted for the 2013 Leeds Book Award - July 2012 Book of the Month. Humour, magic and the altogether unexpected are woven together engagingly to create a delightfully original adventure. Elf Girl and Raven Boy meet by chance and soon...
Featured in: 7+ readers | Book Awards
Format: Paperback - Released: 05/07/2012
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Marcus Sedgwick
Shortlisted for the 2013 Leeds Book Award - July 2012 Book of the Month. Humour, magic and the altogether unexpected are woven together engagingly to create a delightfully original adventure. Elf Girl and Raven Boy meet by chance and soon...
Featured in: 7+ readers | Book Awards
Format: Paperback - Released: 05/07/2012
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Slated
Teri Terry
Shortlisted for the 2013 Leeds Book Awards - May 2012 Debut of the Month. This is a debut novel not to miss. It's an original and haunting psychological thriller that's packed with intense mystery and secrets that will have you gripped from the...
Featured in: 14+ readers | Book Awards | eBooks
Format: Paperback - Released: 03/05/2012
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Teri Terry
Shortlisted for the 2013 Leeds Book Awards - May 2012 Debut of the Month. This is a debut novel not to miss. It's an original and haunting psychological thriller that's packed with intense mystery and secrets that will have you gripped from the...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 03/05/2012
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Earthfall
Mark Walden
Shortlisted for the 2013 Leeds Book Award - June 2012 Book of the Month. Rich in dazzlingly but sinister technology with Grendels, Drones and Hunters on the attack, this headlong adventure of how a group of kids fight against it...
Featured in: 9+ readers | Book Awards | eBooks
Format: Paperback - Released: 07/06/2012
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Mark Walden
Shortlisted for the 2013 Leeds Book Award - June 2012 Book of the Month. Rich in dazzlingly but sinister technology with Grendels, Drones and Hunters on the attack, this headlong adventure of how a group of kids fight against it...
Featured in: 9+ readers | Book Awards | eBooks
Format: Paperback - Released: 07/06/2012
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A Brighter Fear
Kerry Drewery
Shortlisted for the 2013 Leeds Book Award - June 2012 Debut of the Month. Debut novelist Kerry Drewery skilfully and sensitively brings the devastating effect of the war on ordinary citizens vividly to life in this tragic, touching and romantic...
Featured in: 14+ readers | Book Awards
Format: Paperback - Released: 07/06/2012
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Kerry Drewery
Shortlisted for the 2013 Leeds Book Award - June 2012 Debut of the Month. Debut novelist Kerry Drewery skilfully and sensitively brings the devastating effect of the war on ordinary citizens vividly to life in this tragic, touching and romantic...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 07/06/2012
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A Hen in the Wardrobe
Wendy Meddour
Shortlisted for The Branford Boase Award 2013 and one of Julia Eccleshare’s Stand-out Children’s Book of the Year 2012 Witty and warm-hearted, this is a delightful family story spiced with adventure. Everything is distinctly not normal in Ramzi’s house....
Featured in: 7+ readers | 9+ readers | Book Awards | Branford Boase Award
Format: Paperback - Released: 02/02/2012
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Wendy Meddour
Shortlisted for The Branford Boase Award 2013 and one of Julia Eccleshare’s Stand-out Children’s Book of the Year 2012 Witty and warm-hearted, this is a delightful family story spiced with adventure. Everything is distinctly not normal in Ramzi’s house....
Featured in: 7+ readers | 9+ readers | Book Awards | Branford Boase Award
Format: Paperback - Released: 02/02/2012
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A Boy and a Bear in a Boat
Dave Shelton
Shortlisted for The Branford Boase Award 2013, the CILIP Carnegie Medal 2013 & the Costa Children's Book Awards 2012 An amazing adventure follows when a boy takes what he thinks will be a short ride in a boat with a boy....
Featured in: 7+ readers | Book Awards | Branford Boase Award | Carnegie/Greenaway
Format: Paperback - Released: 14/03/2013
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Dave Shelton
Shortlisted for The Branford Boase Award 2013, the CILIP Carnegie Medal 2013 & the Costa Children's Book Awards 2012 An amazing adventure follows when a boy takes what he thinks will be a short ride in a boat with a boy....
Featured in: 7+ readers | Book Awards | Branford Boase Award | Carnegie/Greenaway
Format: Paperback - Released: 14/03/2013
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Poppy's Hero
Rachel Billington
Shorlisted for the 2013 Leeds Book Awards This is an accomplished and perceptive story of a feisty, yet angry and bewildered girl as she deals with the pain of her dad's downfall when he goes to prison. Rachel Billington tenderly...
Featured in: 9+ readers | Book Awards | eBooks
Format: Paperback - Released: 05/01/2012
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Rachel Billington
Shorlisted for the 2013 Leeds Book Awards This is an accomplished and perceptive story of a feisty, yet angry and bewildered girl as she deals with the pain of her dad's downfall when he goes to prison. Rachel Billington tenderly...
Featured in: 9+ readers | Book Awards | eBooks
Format: Paperback - Released: 05/01/2012
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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. ...
Featured in: 11+ readers | Book Awards | eBooks
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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Maggot Moon
Sally Gardner
Winner of the Children's Costa Award 2012 and Shortlisted for the CILIP Carnegie Medal 2013 Sally Gardner tells a story that is rich in drama and ideas...
Featured in: 14+ readers | Book Awards | Carnegie/Greenaway
Format: Paperback - Released: 31/01/2013
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Sally Gardner
Winner of the Children's Costa Award 2012 and Shortlisted for the CILIP Carnegie Medal 2013 Sally Gardner tells a story that is rich in drama and ideas...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 31/01/2013
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In Darkness
Nick Lake
Shortlisted for the CILIP Carnegie Medal 2013 January 2013 Debut of the Month Survival is at the heart of the criss-crossing stories in this powerful time slip novel set in Haiti. Shorty, fifteen and living in desperate poverty in Site Solay,...
Featured in: 14+ readers | Book Awards | Carnegie/Greenaway | eBooks
Format: Paperback - Released: 03/01/2013
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Nick Lake
Shortlisted for the CILIP Carnegie Medal 2013 January 2013 Debut of the Month Survival is at the heart of the criss-crossing stories in this powerful time slip novel set in Haiti. Shorty, fifteen and living in desperate poverty in Site Solay,...
Featured in: 14+ readers | Book Awards | Carnegie/Greenaway | eBooks
Format: Paperback - Released: 03/01/2013
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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...
Featured in: 11+ readers | 9+ readers | Book Awards | Carnegie/Greenaway | eBooks
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...
Featured in: 11+ readers | 9+ readers | Book Awards | Carnegie/Greenaway | eBooks
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...
Featured in: 11+ readers | Book Awards | Carnegie/Greenaway
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...
Featured in: 11+ readers | Book Awards | Carnegie/Greenaway
Format: Paperback - Released: 07/06/2012
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Midwinterblood
Marcus Sedgwick
Shortlisted for the CILIP Carnegie Medal 2013 May 2012 Book of the Month. Prize-winning Marcus Sedgwick's gift for powerful storytelling is at its very best in this emotionally charged, no holds barred novel. When journalist Eric Seven arrives on...
Featured in: 14+ readers | Book Awards | Carnegie/Greenaway | eBooks
Format: Paperback - Released: 03/05/2012
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Marcus Sedgwick
Shortlisted for the CILIP Carnegie Medal 2013 May 2012 Book of the Month. Prize-winning Marcus Sedgwick's gift for powerful storytelling is at its very best in this emotionally charged, no holds barred novel. When journalist Eric Seven arrives on...
Featured in: 14+ readers | Book Awards | Carnegie/Greenaway | eBooks
Format: Paperback - Released: 03/05/2012
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Elizabeth Wein
Shortlisted for the CILIP Carnegie Medal 2013 This is one of the most inspiring books for the YA market that we've seen for a while. The quality of the writing is so smooth and the storyline so compelling that you'll...
Featured in: 14+ readers | Book Awards | Carnegie/Greenaway | eBooks
Format: Paperback - Released: 06/02/2012
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Elizabeth Wein
Shortlisted for the CILIP Carnegie Medal 2013 This is one of the most inspiring books for the YA market that we've seen for a while. The quality of the writing is so smooth and the storyline so compelling that you'll...
Featured in: 14+ readers | Book Awards | Carnegie/Greenaway | eBooks
Format: Paperback - Released: 06/02/2012
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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...
Featured in: 11+ readers | 14+ readers | Book Awards | Carnegie/Greenaway | eBooks
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...
Featured in: 11+ readers | 14+ readers | Book Awards | Carnegie/Greenaway | eBooks
Format: Paperback - Released: 03/01/2013
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Azzi in Between
Sarah Garland
Azzi and her parents are in danger. They have to leave their home and escape to another country on a frightening journey by car and boat. In the new country they must learn to speak a new language, find a...
Featured in: 7+ readers | 9+ readers | Book Awards
Format: Hardback - Released: 18/06/2012
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Sarah Garland
Azzi and her parents are in danger. They have to leave their home and escape to another country on a frightening journey by car and boat. In the new country they must learn to speak a new language, find a...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 18/06/2012
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The Fearsome Beastie
Giles Paley-Phillips
April 2012 Book of the Month. Winner of The People's Book Prize 2012, a national competition aimed at discovering new and unknown works: a truly democratic book prize decided exclusively by the public. This is a terrific little picture book...
Featured in: 3+ readers | 5+ readers | Book Awards
Format: Paperback - Released: 18/05/2011
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Giles Paley-Phillips
April 2012 Book of the Month. Winner of The People's Book Prize 2012, a national competition aimed at discovering new and unknown works: a truly democratic book prize decided exclusively by the public. This is a terrific little picture book...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 18/05/2011
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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 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...
Featured in: 11+ readers | 9+ readers | Book Awards
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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Format: Hardback - Released: 28/08/2012
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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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Ketchup Clouds
Annabel Pitcher
Winner of the Waterstones prize for new and emerging talent 2013 January 2013 Book of the Month Award-winning author Annabel Pitcher’s new teen novel is a taut and dramatic adventure with a deep yearning at its heart. Ketchup Clouds vividly captures the...
Featured in: 14+ readers | Book Awards | eBooks
Format: Hardback - Released: 27/12/2012
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Annabel Pitcher
Winner of the Waterstones prize for new and emerging talent 2013 January 2013 Book of the Month Award-winning author Annabel Pitcher’s new teen novel is a taut and dramatic adventure with a deep yearning at its heart. Ketchup Clouds vividly captures the...
Featured in: 14+ readers | Book Awards | eBooks
Format: Hardback - Released: 27/12/2012
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Rabbityness
Jo Empson
April 2012 Debut of the Month. Shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2013. Highly original, this is a stunning debut picture book which celebrates creativity and difference while also serving as a touching introduction to the idea that people leave...
Featured in: 3+ readers | 5+ readers | Book Awards
Format: Paperback - Released: 15/02/2012
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Jo Empson
April 2012 Debut of the Month. Shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2013. Highly original, this is a stunning debut picture book which celebrates creativity and difference while also serving as a touching introduction to the idea that people leave...
Featured in: 3+ readers | 5+ readers | Book Awards
Format: Paperback - Released: 15/02/2012
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The Terrible Thing That Happened to Barnaby Brocket
John Boyne
Shortlisted for the Little Rebel Children's Book Award 2013. In an entertaining adventure that is also full of charm and whimsy, best-selling author John Boyne champions the right of children to be different. Barnaby Brocket’s parents want only thing – to...
Featured in: 7+ readers | 9+ readers | Book Awards | eBooks
Format: Paperback - Released: 28/03/2013
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John Boyne
Shortlisted for the Little Rebel Children's Book Award 2013. In an entertaining adventure that is also full of charm and whimsy, best-selling author John Boyne champions the right of children to be different. Barnaby Brocket’s parents want only thing – to...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 28/03/2013
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A First Book of Nature
Nicola Davies
Winner of The English Association 2013 Prize (Non-Fiction 4-7) A beautiful book which brings nature to life in words and pictures. Nicola Davies interweaves fact and fiction as she brings each season into focus. She celebrates new growth and the rich...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 03/05/2012
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Nicola Davies
Winner of The English Association 2013 Prize (Non-Fiction 4-7) A beautiful book which brings nature to life in words and pictures. Nicola Davies interweaves fact and fiction as she brings each season into focus. She celebrates new growth and the rich...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 03/05/2012
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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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Can You See Sassoon?
Sam Usher
Shortlisted for The Red House Children’s Book Awards 2012 and the Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2013. This is Sassoon. He likes to hide. Can you find him? Look inside! Meet Sassoon the snake as he plays hide-and-seek with his friends....
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Format: Paperback - Released: 04/06/2012
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Sam Usher
Shortlisted for The Red House Children’s Book Awards 2012 and the Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2013. This is Sassoon. He likes to hide. Can you find him? Look inside! Meet Sassoon the snake as he plays hide-and-seek with his friends....
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Format: Paperback - Released: 04/06/2012
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The Journey Home
Frann Preston-Gannon
Shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2013 A thought-provoking story with a powerful message about conservation from an award-winning, rising illustrator and literary star. It is the first book by the first-ever UK recipient of the amazing 'Sendak...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 04/10/2012
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Frann Preston-Gannon
Shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2013 A thought-provoking story with a powerful message about conservation from an award-winning, rising illustrator and literary star. It is the first book by the first-ever UK recipient of the amazing 'Sendak...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 04/10/2012
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Hippospotamus
Jeanne Willis
Winner of The English Association 2013 (Fiction 4-7) September 2012 Book of the Month. This best-selling author/illustrator team have come up with a cracker of a story told with flair and invention. Poor hippopotamus has a spotamus on her bottomus…How on...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 06/09/2012
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Jeanne Willis
Winner of The English Association 2013 (Fiction 4-7) September 2012 Book of the Month. This best-selling author/illustrator team have come up with a cracker of a story told with flair and invention. Poor hippopotamus has a spotamus on her bottomus…How on...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 06/09/2012
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Skin Deep
Laura Jarratt
Ugly people don't have feelings. They're not like everyone else. They don't notice if you stare at them and turn away. And if they did notice, it wouldn't hurt them. They're not like real people. Or that's what I used...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 05/03/2012
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Laura Jarratt
Ugly people don't have feelings. They're not like everyone else. They don't notice if you stare at them and turn away. And if they did notice, it wouldn't hurt them. They're not like real people. Or that's what I used...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 05/03/2012
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Seraphina
Rachel Hartman
Into this comes Seraphina, a gifted musician who joins the royal court as the assistant to the court composer. She is soon drawn into the murder investigation and, as she uncovers hints of a sinister plot to destroy the peace...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 03/01/2013
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Rachel Hartman
Into this comes Seraphina, a gifted musician who joins the royal court as the assistant to the court composer. She is soon drawn into the murder investigation and, as she uncovers hints of a sinister plot to destroy the peace...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 03/01/2013
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The Secret Hen House Theatre
Helen Peters
Shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2013 Since the death of her mother, Hannah's family life has been a bit chaotic. Her father works all day on their dilapidated farm, and the four children are pretty much left...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 05/04/2012
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Helen Peters
Shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2013 Since the death of her mother, Hannah's family life has been a bit chaotic. Her father works all day on their dilapidated farm, and the four children are pretty much left...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 05/04/2012
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Atticus Claw Breaks the Law
Jennifer Gray
Shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2013 bAtticus Claw is a cat with a background. And not in a good way… Atticus Claw is the world’s leading cat burglar and, when he’s approached by the equally criminal Jimmy Magpie...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 06/09/2012
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Jennifer Gray
Shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2013 bAtticus Claw is a cat with a background. And not in a good way… Atticus Claw is the world’s leading cat burglar and, when he’s approached by the equally criminal Jimmy Magpie...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 06/09/2012
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Barry Loser: I am Not a Loser
Barry Loser
Shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2013 Diary of a Wimpy Kid fans will love how the ill-named Barry Loser copes with the ups and downs of school life. Told in words and pictures, Barry’s way of telling the...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 04/06/2012
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Barry Loser
Shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2013 Diary of a Wimpy Kid fans will love how the ill-named Barry Loser copes with the ups and downs of school life. Told in words and pictures, Barry’s way of telling the...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 04/06/2012
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Wild Child
Jeanne Willis
Shortlisted for the Little Rebel Children's Book Award 2013. Meet Wild Child! She's spirited and curious. She's fearless and free. She lives alone in a mystical, prehistoric world - the last child in a dramatic landscape, where anything could happen....
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Format: Hardback - Released: 05/01/2012
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Jeanne Willis
Shortlisted for the Little Rebel Children's Book Award 2013. Meet Wild Child! She's spirited and curious. She's fearless and free. She lives alone in a mystical, prehistoric world - the last child in a dramatic landscape, where anything could happen....
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Format: Hardback - Released: 05/01/2012
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The Worst Princess
Anna Kemp
Shortlisted for the Roald Dahl Funny Prize 2012 and the Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2013 A funny new picture book from the team behind the successful Dogs Don't Do Ballet and Rhinos Don’t Eat Pancakes! Girls everywhere will be cheering for...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 26/04/2012
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Anna Kemp
Shortlisted for the Roald Dahl Funny Prize 2012 and the Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2013 A funny new picture book from the team behind the successful Dogs Don't Do Ballet and Rhinos Don’t Eat Pancakes! Girls everywhere will be cheering for...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 26/04/2012
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Chronicles of Egg: Deadweather and Sunrise
Geoff Rodkey
Shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2013 With all the adventure and humour of Percy Jackson and the swashbuckling thrills of treasure island, no boy or girl for that matter will fail to enjoy this, the first in a...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 07/06/2012
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Geoff Rodkey
Shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2013 With all the adventure and humour of Percy Jackson and the swashbuckling thrills of treasure island, no boy or girl for that matter will fail to enjoy this, the first in a...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 07/06/2012
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Where My Wellies Take Me
Michael Morpurgo, Clare Morpurgo
Winner of the English Association 2013 Prize (Fiction 7-11) September 2012 MEGA Book of the Month.Best-selling author Michael Morpurgo’s touching story of a young girl’s exploration of the countryside provides a lyrical link for this rich and varied collection of poems...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 01/09/2012
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Michael Morpurgo, Clare Morpurgo
Winner of the English Association 2013 Prize (Fiction 7-11) September 2012 MEGA Book of the Month.Best-selling author Michael Morpurgo’s touching story of a young girl’s exploration of the countryside provides a lyrical link for this rich and varied collection of poems...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 01/09/2012
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How We Make Stuff
Christiane Dorian
Winner of The English Association 2013 Prize (Non-Fiction 7-11) Do you ever wonder where your clothes come from? Or how we make chocolate? This interactive guide is filled with pop ups, pull-tabs and booklets to explain exactly how we make stuff!...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 01/08/2012
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Christiane Dorian
Winner of The English Association 2013 Prize (Non-Fiction 7-11) Do you ever wonder where your clothes come from? Or how we make chocolate? This interactive guide is filled with pop ups, pull-tabs and booklets to explain exactly how we make stuff!...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 01/08/2012
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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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Throne of Glass
Sarah J. Maas
Shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2013 Sarah J Maas's novels have been an online sensation with bloggers the world over hearing about her. Her protagonist is 18 year old Celaena; beautiful but deadly and destined for greatness but...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 02/08/2012
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Sarah J. Maas
Shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2013 Sarah J Maas's novels have been an online sensation with bloggers the world over hearing about her. Her protagonist is 18 year old Celaena; beautiful but deadly and destined for greatness but...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 02/08/2012
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Insignia
S. J. Kincaid
Shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2013 Alex Rider meets Hogwarts in space in this futuristic action adventure debut! In the first book in this fast-paced and futuristic trilogy,...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 02/08/2012
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S. J. Kincaid
Shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2013 Alex Rider meets Hogwarts in space in this futuristic action adventure debut! In the first book in this fast-paced and futuristic trilogy,...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 02/08/2012
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David Walliams
Category Winner of The Red House Children’s Book Award 2013 & Shortlisted for the Roald Dahl Funny Prize 2012. Following in the footsteps of the great Roald Dahl, David Walliams has shown in his previous titles including Mr Stink...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 28/02/2013
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David Walliams
Category Winner of The Red House Children’s Book Award 2013 & Shortlisted for the Roald Dahl Funny Prize 2012. Following in the footsteps of the great Roald Dahl, David Walliams has shown in his previous titles including Mr Stink...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 28/02/2013
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