Featured Books for 11+ readers

Halo
Zizou Corder
Shortlisted for the prestigious Teenage Book Prize 2010. This is well written with excellent characterisation, particularly of the main protagonist in the story, a girl called Halo.  There is plenty of excitement, action and adventure in the story together with lots...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 04/02/2010
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Henry V, Original Text
William Shakespeare
This graphic novel uses the original Shakespearean text. "Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more; Or close the wall up with our English dead!" This historic tale of war and peace between England and France in...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 05/11/2007
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Henry V, Plain Text
William Shakespeare
This graphic novel uses 'plain text', a modern language version of the Shakespearean text. "Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more; Or close the wall up with our English dead!" This historic tale of...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 05/11/2007
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Macbeth, Quick Text
William Shakespeare
This graphic novel uses 'quick text' communicating the meaning of the story with as few words as possible. Fate? Destiny? Or one man's obsession with power? Macbeth is probably the most dramatic of Shakespeare's tragedies. Set against the...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 25/02/2008
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Julius Caesar - retold by Michael Ford
William Shakespeare
Shakespeare’s gripping tragedy of Ancient Rome – the assassination and the turmoil that followed - is vividly and faithfully retold in graphic novel format.  It is part of a series of illustrated literary classics retold for young readers, which is...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/05/2009
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Romeo and Juliet (Classics Illustrated)
William Shakespeare
The most famous of Shakespeare's plays is brought to life in glorious technicolour through comic strips.  Brilliant for younger and older readers.   A message from the publisher: Classics Illustrated - A wonderful History - We're delighted to re-introduce these marvellous...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/02/2009
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Hitler's Angel
William Osborne
May 2012 Debut of the Month. Fans of Robert Muchamore's Cherub and Henderson's Boys or Higson's Young Bond series will devour this book in a sitting. It's a novel that has its base on true fact: Hitler's secret relationship with his niece,...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 03/05/2012
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Seeker
William Nicholson
The first book of the Noble Warriors Trilogy. A specatular adventure fantasy in which individuals must prove their courage if they are to save their people. The Noble Warriors have mysterious powers that enable them to remain undefeated in combat....
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Format: Paperback - Released: 03/09/2007
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Jango
William Nicholson
The second instalment to the The Noble Warriors Trilogy. A specatular adventure fantasy in which individuals must prove their courage if they are to save their people. The Noble Warriors have mysterious powers that enable them to remain undefeated in...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 08/08/2007
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Noman
William Nicholson
The third book of The Noble Warriors Trilogy. A specatular epic adventure fantasy of far-reaching significance in which individuals must prove their courage if they are to save their people. The Noble Warriors have mysterious powers that enable them to...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 03/09/2007
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The Wind Singer
William Nicholson
The first book in the Wind On Fire Trilogy. A richly imagined fantasy trilogy set in a world with strong and rigid conditions which are about to be crushed! Once Kestrel has learnt the secret of the Wind Singer she...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 07/04/2008
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Firesong
William Nicholson
The third and final book in the Wind On Fire Trilogy. A richly imagined fantasy trilogy set in a world with strong and rigid conditions which are about to be crushed! Once Kestrel has learnt the secret of the Wind...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 07/04/2008
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Slaves Of The Mastery
William Nicholson
The second book in the Wind On Fire Trilogy. A richly imagined fantasy trilogy set in a world with strong and rigid conditions which are about to be crushed! Once Kestrel has learnt the secret of the Wind Singer she...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 07/04/2008
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Dawn of the Demontide (Witchfinder series)
William Hussey
Cleverly crafted, this is a masterful horror story that will chill readers to the bone as Jake Harker comes face to face with the evil forces of old witchcraft and its links to Matthew Hopkins, the evil Witchfinder of the...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 04/03/2010
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Gallows at Twilight (Witchfinder series)
William Hussey
Horror stalks this scary second adventure for Jake who must now lead the war against the Demon Father, newly escaped from hell. Jake’s previous success in closing the demon door shows his prowess but has he the courage to go back into...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 06/01/2011
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Witchfinder 3: The Last Nightfall
William Hussey
This finale in the Witchfinder series is eagerly awaited and the series itself has been universally acknowledged by both authors and reviewers as something special.  The fear unleashed by the author throughout the trilogy is breathtaking but not to be...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/09/2011
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The Princess Bride
William Goldman
Simply one of the best swashbuckling, romantic, adventure stories ever written. From pirates and duels to giants and hunchbacks and romance and comedy there is something here that will appeal to everyone. It may all sound a bit corny but...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 04/08/2008
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The Inheritors
William Golding
This was Golding’s second published novel and hailed by critics as his best, so startling was it that one, Arthur Koestler, described it as ‘an earthquake in the petrified forests of the English Novel’. 55 years on the novel...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 04/08/2011
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Triskellion
Will Peterson
A nail-biting mystery is dramatically unravelled through archaeology with a clever paranormal twist. Sent to England from their home in New York, Josh and Rachel find something dark and sinister behind the closed doors of Triskellion, the picturesque village which...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 04/02/2008
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Triskellion (Audio CD)
Will Peterson
This is the audio version of the book Triskellion which is the first extraordinary novel in a planned trilogy, combining edge-of-the-seat suspense, gripping mystery and archaeological adventure. It’s an inventive cross between The X-Files and The Da Vinci Code;...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 05/05/2008
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Triskellion 2: The Burning
Will Peterson
Full of supernatural suspense, this is a thrilling sequel to Triskellion, which works also as a stand alone read. Twins Rachel and Adam have managed to escape from the dangers of Treskellion only to find themselves kidnapped. Adam seems...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 02/03/2009
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Triskellion 3: The Gathering
Will Peterson
Having narrowly escaped the clutches of the Hope Project, Rachel and Adam begin a new life in Australia. Their tranquillity is shattered, however, by the reappearance of Gabriel - and the terrifying adventure that they had hoped was over begins again. Hunted by...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 05/04/2010
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Department 19: The Rising
Will Hill
Blockbusting sequel to Department 19, the biggest boy teen launch of 2011 - with over 25,000 copies sold in hardback and a devoted legion of Facebook fans. Amazing author Will Hill will be out on the road again in April...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 29/03/2012
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The Girl Who Could Fly
Victoria Forester
Shortlisted for the Waterstone's Book Award 2010 By turns exhilarating and terrifying this is an unforgettable story of defiance and courage starring an irrepressible heroine who can fly. Piper McCloud can fly but that makes friends and family afraid of her. She...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/01/2010
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Paradise Barn
Victor Watson
Shortlisted for the Branford Boase Award 2010 With bombers flying overhead, an evacuee arriving to live among them and several mysterious adult visitors, too, life for Molly and Abigail is transformed during the Second World War. The two girls, helped by...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 21/08/2009
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The Deeping Secrets
Victor Watson
It’s six months later, and the children who featured in the author's debut, Paradise Barn, find themselves in the midst of another intriguing set of events. After a train is blown up, the people in the village of Great...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/04/2011
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Les Miserables (Classics Illustrated)
Victor Hugo
A compelling and compassionate view of the victims of early nineteenth-century French society, Les Misérables is a novel on an epic scale.  One of a range of marvellous comic books created in the '50s and '60s now with artwork re-coloured...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/04/2009
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Insurgent
Veronica Roth
May 2012 Book of the Month. This is heart-pounding dystopian fiction at its very best.  Insurgent is the thrillingly dark sequel to the New York Times bestselling debut, Divergent.  No teenager should miss these great reads. Will have fans of...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 28/04/2012
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Shining On
Various
Ten absolutely top notch short stories from ten top award-winning authors including Malorie Blackman, Melvin Burgess, Meg Cabot and Jacqueline Wilson to name just four. Perfect to introduce readers to a wide range of writers.  Each of the stories reflect...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 28/04/2006
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The Ultimate Book Of Science
Various
A fact-filled introduction to science - its basic concepts, principles and practices that kids of 7 or 8 upwards will find interesting and absorbing without feeling it is educational.  Covering plants, animals, space, climate, materials and much more, young readers...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 05/08/2010
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