Featured Books for 11+ readers

War Horse Film tie-in Edition
Michael Morpurgo
Best-selling War Horse, a magnificent First World War story of human and animal courage on the battle field in the face of deadly danger will shortly be a film following its sell-out adaptation as a play. This film tie-in edition...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 07/11/2011
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Then Again, Maybe I Won't
Judy Blume
Best-selling Judy Blume has made her reputation by writing books which show the world from a child’s point of view. She is skilful at catching how children see the world and how they make sense of it and deal with...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 04/11/2011
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The Cry of the Wolf
Melvin Burgess
Highly commended for the Carnegie Medal. It was a mistake for Ben to tell the Hunter that there were still wolves in Surrey. For the Hunter was a fanatic, always on the lookout for unusual prey. Driven by an ambition to...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 03/11/2011
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The Double Shadow
Sally Gardner
A girl tries to free herself from the terrifying double shadow of her childhood and forge her own future, but she is trapped in a memory machine created by her father.  Against the tense backdrop of the Second World War...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 03/11/2011
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Just Henry (TV Tie In Edition)
Michelle Magorian
Winner of the 2008 Costa Children’s Book Award - From the award winning author of Goodnight Mister Tom comes a new page turning tale. Warmhearted and full of period detail, Just Henry is a wonderful story of growing up...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/11/2011
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Charles Dickens A Life of Storytelling; a Legacy of Change

This is an absolutely terrific book that just goes to show that Dickens isn’t just for grown-ups or teenagers.  This one is guaranteed to engage young readers – even those as young as 8 or 9 – and bring about...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 01/11/2011
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The Scorpio Races
Maggie Stiefvater
The best selling author of Shiver and Linger has written a thrilling new adventure which pushes the boundaries of courage to new levels. Sean and Puck enter the deadly Scorpio Races in the hope of changing their lives....
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Format: Paperback - Released: 19/10/2011
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Young Sherlock Holmes: Fire Storm
Andrew Lane
Young Sherlock Holmes is back for his fourth exciting adventure. A mysterious fire, a friend who has vanished and a man who claims to raise the dead make this a case all the more baffling for the Young Sherlock Holmes.  Sherlock...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 07/10/2011
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This Dark Endeavour
Kenneth Oppel
In this prequel to Mary Shelley's gothic classic, Frankenstein, impossible odds, dangerous alchemy and a bitter love triangle threaten the heroes' quest at every turn.  16-year-old Victor Frankenstein begins a dark journey that will change his life forever. An alluring...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 06/10/2011
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Midwinterblood
Marcus Sedgwick
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 Blessed Island with a mission to uncover a mystery he is immediately captivated by...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 06/10/2011
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Dark Lord : The Teenage Years
Jamie Thomson, Dirk Lloyd
This is wonderfully original, completely mad but according to a 10 year old boy we gave it to is one of the funniest books he's read all year.  Bring together the thought that there is a 13 year old school...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 06/10/2011
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My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece
Annabel Pitcher
Shortlisted for the 2012 Carnegie Medal and the 2012 Branford Boase Award. Shortlisted for the Galaxy Children's Book of the Year Award 2011. The Carnegie Judges said: With a great central character, a sophisticated plot and an ending that is both credible...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 06/10/2011
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Predators
Steve Backshall
The ultimate full colour gift book featuring BAFTA-nominated Steve Backshall's encounters with the world's deadliest predators and packed with fasinating facts, killer stats and stunning photographs.
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Format: Hardback - Released: 06/10/2011
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Gladiator: Fight for Freedom
Simon Scarrow
A Lovereading4Kids 'Debut of the Year 2011' selection. 9+. Action and high paced drama fuel this gripping adventure set in the heart of Ancient Rome. Full of danger, courage, death and hope, young Gladiator Marcus Cornelius Primus’ story fiercely describes how...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 06/10/2011
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Sea of Tears
Floella Benjamin
Jasmine loves her life in London; she’s got loads of friends, she’s successfully ducking and weaving her way through school and she’s got a lot of attitude. But then her life is turned upside down. Suddenly, Jasmine is moved away...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 06/10/2011
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The Little Bookroom
Eleanor Farjeon, Edward Ardizzone
This award-winning book is an outstanding collection of stories to inspire dreams and wonder. Eleanor Farjeon has put together an elegant collection of diverse stories that capture mystery and surprise from around the world and moments of homely magic too....
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Format: Paperback - Released: 06/10/2011
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The Hidden Kingdom
Ian Beck
The young prince Osamu is dragged from his palace bed in the dead of night and told to flee for his life. With only his nurse's daughter, Lissa, to help him survive, he is thrust from his pampered existence into...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 06/10/2011
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Silence
Becca Fitzpatrick
Silence follows bestsellers Hush, Hush and Crescendo as the third in Becca Fitzpatrick's stunning and hypnotic sequence in which intense romance, betrayal, loyalty and trust abound.  It's up to Patch and Nora now, having succeeded in bridging two...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 04/10/2011
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Septimus Heap 6 : 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: Hardback - Released: 03/10/2011
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Thyme Running Out
Panama Oxridge
As the threat of the Thyme Curse closes in on Justin's family, his life is once again thrown into complete turmoil. Will he finally unmask Agent X and his spy? Has Evelyn Garnet stolen his wristwatch? What's making Eliza the...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 01/10/2011
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Dust and Decay
Jonathan Maberry
This very talented writer has delivered an incredibly powerful zombie-dystopian novel that's both full of action and yet surprisingly touching too.  Rot & Ruin was his first in this series and was incredibly well received so if you've yet...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 29/09/2011
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Rose of No Man's Land (A Timepiece Novel)
Anne Perry
Interest Age 11+ Reading Age 8+. Second in a brand new time travel series by an award-winning author (the first was Tudor Rose). Will Rosie cope as a nurse in a WW1 Red Cross Hospital?  Struggling with her inability...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 24/09/2011
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Tudor Rose (A Timepiece novel)
Anne Perry
Interest Age 11+ Reading Age 8+. The past comes alive for Rosie when she finds herself transported back to the time of the Tudors and to the court of Queen Elizabeth I herself. Rosie finds herself playing an important role...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 24/09/2011
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The Last Dragonslayer
Jasper Fforde
In the good old days, magic was powerful, unregulated by government, and even the largest spell could be woven without filling in magic release form B1-7g. Then the magic started fading away. Fifteen-year-old Jennifer Strange runs Kazam!, an employment agency...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 15/09/2011
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The Fear (The Enemy Series 3)
Charlie Higson
Best-selling author Charlie Higson has created a chilling world in his thrilling Zombie series. Not only have all the adults – older siblings and parents – lost their minds and become hopeless has-beens but there is the horrific danger of...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 15/09/2011
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Wonderstruck
Brian Selznick
Beautifully produced, this is a fabulous addition to the best-selling The Invention of Hugo Cabret. Like its predecessor it is told equally through illustrations and words; Ben’s story is in words and the story from a previous time is...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 14/09/2011
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Nature Mage
Duncan Pile
February 2012 Debut of the Month. This is an exciting new fantasy series that fans of Harry Potter, Percy Jackson and Septimus Heap will absolutely love to read. Excitingly for Lovereading4kids we were approached by the author in early 2011...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 07/09/2011
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Lies
Michael Grant
A compelling sequel to the best-selling Gone and Hunger, Lies is a dark, thrilling and thought-provoking adventure. It is set in a dystopian future where food is scarce and life is fragile; all those over fifteen have been...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 05/09/2011
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Sektion 20
Paul Dowswell
There’s genuine terror at the heart of this gripping political thriller. Life in East Berlin is fraught with tension: the Stasi are everywhere and you have to watch you words to stay safe. Teenager Alex knows all of that and...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 05/09/2011
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Velvet
Mary Hooper
A richly atmospheric novel set in the Victorian period and perfect for fans of the hugely popular Fallen Grace. Teens will love this romantic, thrilling and exciting new novel from the acclaimed and much loved historical novelist.  It's also...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 05/09/2011
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