Featured Books for 11+ readers

Zelah Green, Queen Of Clean
Vanessa Curtis
Shortlisted for the Young Minds Book Award 2010 Told in an upbeat, teenage first person narrative, this is a moving and insightful story about coping with a compulsive disorder. Zelah Green describes herself as a Cleanaholic. She spends her life...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 05/01/2009
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The Taming of Lilah May
Vanessa Curtis
This cleverly written novel is told with sensitivity and humour and introduces a new anti-heroine in Lilah May.  Clever and sassy Lilah is finding is hard to keep her anger under control but it's only been like this since her...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 12/05/2011
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Lilah May's Manic Days
Vanessa Curtis
Life is complicated for Lilah. Her family falls apart when her brother Jay disappears. Managing her anger is only possible because of her great friendship with Bindi. Now Jay suddenly returns. All should be well – but it isn’t. Lilah...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 05/01/2012
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The Haunting of Tabitha Grey
Vanessa Curtis
From the very first moment she sees it, Tabitha knows there is something unusual about her new home. Used to moving house and school, Tabitha is quite willing to start a new life but, from the beginning, she is mystified...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 02/04/2012
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Oxford Mini School Spanish Dictionary
Valerie Grundy, Nicholas Rollin
11+ (Year 7+, KS 3). A fresh new look for the popular Oxford Mini School Spanish Dictionary for upper primary, lower secondary schools in handy mini format. It is the perfect quick-reference tool, exceptionally easy to use in a handy...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 12/04/2007
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Oxford Mini School German Dictionary
Valerie Grundy, Nicholas Rollin
11+ (Year 7+, KS 3). A fresh new look for the popular Oxford Mini School German Dictionary or upper primary, lower secondary schools in handy mini format. It is the perfect quick-reference tool, exceptionally easy to use in a handy...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 12/04/2007
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Oxford Mini School French Dictionary
Valerie Grundy, Nicholas Rollin
11+ (Year 7+, KS 3). A fresh new look for the popular Oxford Mini School French Dictionary for upper primary, lower secondary schools in handy mini format. It is the perfect quick-reference tool, exceptionally easy to use in a handy...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 04/03/2004
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Oxford School French Dictionary
Valerie Grundy, Nicholas Rollin
11+ (Year 7, KS3).  The Oxford School French Dictionary is the perfect bilingual dictionary for pupils learning French. The two sides of the dictionary are clearly divided into French-English and English-French, with an essential verb table list in the centre....
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Format: Paperback - Released: 03/05/2007
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Oxford School German Dictionary
Valerie Grundy, Nicholas Rollin
11+ (Year 7, KS3).  The Oxford School German Dictionary is the perfect bilingual dictionary for pupils learning German. The two sides of the dictionary are clearly divided into German-English and English-German, with an essential verb table list in the centre....
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Format: Paperback - Released: 03/05/2007
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Oxford School Spanish Dictionary
Valerie Grundy, Nicholas Rollin
11+ (Year 7, KS3).  The Oxford School Spanish Dictionary is the perfect bilingual dictionary for pupils learning Spanish. The two sides of the dictionary are clearly divided into Spanish-English and English-Spanish, with an essential verb table list in the centre....
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Format: Paperback - Released: 03/05/2007
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The Earthsea Quartet
Ursula K Le Guin
Ursula Le Guin’s creation of Earthsea, an ancient world of wizards, magic, darkness and light and an ever-shifting balance of power is an acknowledged masterpiece.  It’s undoubtedly one of the major works of fantasy from the 20th century. With wonderful...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 24/06/1993
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The Youngstars
Ursula Jones
Set against the backdrop of grimy, coal-blackened 1930s Britain, The Youngstars tells the story of a variety troupe of teenagers, hauled around the country by their harsh and demanding 'maestro' Mr Piggott (known as 'The Pig'). The youngest of the...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 23/04/2012
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The Mysterious Benedict Society
Trenton Lee Stewart
This is a No. 1 New York Times Bestseller that we’ve been raving about since it went stratospheric across the water earlier this year. Here you will meet four very unusual children each with three things in common – all...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 01/09/2008
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The Mysterious Benedict Society
Trenton Lee Stewart
This is a No. 1 New York Times Bestseller that we’ve been raving about since it went stratospheric across the pond earlier this year. Here you will meet four very unusual children each with three things in common – all orphans, all incredibly...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/06/2009
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Words in the Dust
Trent Reedy
A Lovereading4Kids 'Debut of the Year 2011' selection. 11+. A touching and thought-provoking story set in contemporary Afghanistan, Words in the Dust uncovers how the lives of women and girls are changing. Zulaikha, a younger sister born with a disfiguring cleft...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/09/2011
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How Many Lightbulbs Does it Take to Change a Planet? 95 Ways to Save Planet Earth
Tony Juniper
The Director of ‘Friends of the Earth’ sets out his manifesto for what we need to do if we are to save this planet for future generations and stressing the fact that these changes need to start being made now....
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Format: Paperback - Released: 10/01/2008
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The Search for WondLa
Tony Diterlizzi
Creator of the best-selling Spiderwick series, Tony Diterlizzi has created a hugely imaginative world in which twelve year old Eva Nine sets out on a seemingly impossible quest with just a small picture with the word ‘WONDLA’ on it to...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 01/10/2010
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The Search for WondLa
Tony Diterlizzi
Creator of the best-selling Spiderwick series, Tony Diterlizzi has created a hugely imaginative world in which twelve year old Eva Nine sets out on a seemingly impossible quest with just a small picture with the word ‘WONDLA’ on it to...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/09/2011
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Harald Hardnut
Tony Bradman
Interest Age 11+ Reading Age 8+. For some thrilling real life action and adventure, you won’t get much better than Tony Bradman’s Harald Hardnut. The most reluctant reader will devour it quickly. Plenty of fighting and killing and far more...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 22/05/2008
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Alien: Betrayal
Tony Bradman
Interest Age 11+ Reading Age 7+. Well loved and prolific author Tony Bradman has written a follow-up to the extremely popular Alien. When Jake discovers he has been betrayed by someone in his squad he needs to find out who...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 15/09/2009
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Under the Weather: Stories About Climate Change
Tony Bradman
Perfectly pitched for younger readers, this is a timely collection of stories about an urgent matter that will affect everyone’s future. The stories have a global perspective with different authors tackling the different consequences of the world warming up. Crucially,...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 05/11/2009
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Sam and Ruby's Olympic Adventure
Tony Bradman
Interest Age 9+ Reading Age 8+. An exciting time-travel story which gives special insight into the background story of the Olympics. Both badly behaved at school, Sam and Ruby hate work and do their best to avoid it. When they are...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 24/02/2012
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Under the Weather: Stories About Climate Change
Tony Bradman
Perfectly pitched for younger readers, this is a timely collection of stories about an urgent matter that will affect everyone’s future. The stories have a global perspective with different authors tackling the different consequences of the world warming up. Crucially,...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/03/2012
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Zombie!
Tommy Donbavand
Interest Age 9+ Reading Age 8+. Fast-paced and fun, it will have you quaking in your boots quicker than you can say knife.  Chaos ensues when Jake discovers that a zombie likes to party and my goodness, this one seriously...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 15/09/2009
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The Uniform
Tommy Donbavand
Interest Age 11+ Reading Age 8+. This is a gripping horror story that interweaves themes of bullying and about fitting in. STOP PRESS ! The votes are in....and Hackney pupils have declared The Uniform winner of the 2011 Hackney Short Novel...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 16/06/2010
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Titanic Death on the Water
Tom Bradman
Death on the Water  brings the great ship alive for young readers by combining both fact and fiction. The famous story of the sinking of the great ship Titantic has fascinated all who have heard it since the actual event...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 29/03/2012
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Darkside: Nighttrap
Tom Becker
A new story in the thrilling Darkside series. When Mrs Elwood is kidnapped, Jonathan sets out on a dangerous mission to get her back. To retrieve the talisman he needs, he must work with a criminal circus troupe and defy...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 02/06/2008
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Toby Alone 2: Toby and the Secrets of the Tree
Timothee de Fombelle, Francois Place
A follow-up to the Award winning Toby Alone, this tells how life in the beautifully imagined world set in the heart of the great oak tree has changed – and for the worse. The power crazed Leo Blue has taken over. Can Toby...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/02/2010
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Toby Alone
Timothee De Fombelle
Winner of the 2009 Marsh Award for Children’s Literature in Translation. It is the second time translator Sarah Ardizzone has won the Award: she took it in 2005 for Eye of the Wolf by Daniel Pennac. She received it at...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 07/04/2008
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Toby Alone 2: Toby and the Secrets of the Tree
Timothee De Fombelle
A follow-up to the Award winning Toby Alone, this tells how life in the beautifully imagined world set in the heart of the great oak tree has changed – and for the worse. The power crazed Leo Blue has taken...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 01/06/2009
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