Featured Books for 11+ readers

Billionaire Boy
David Walliams
Shortlisted for the prestigious Sheffield Children's Book Award 2011 Hugely entertaining, this captivating story is also thought provoking about the perils of having way too much money. Joe Spud is the richest twelve-year-old in the world; he has everything his heart...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 28/10/2010
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Billionaire Boy
David Walliams
Shortlisted for the prestigious Sheffield Children's Book Award 2011 Hugely entertaining, this captivating story is also thought provoking about the perils of having way too much money. Joe Spud is the richest twelve-year-old in the world; he has everything his heart...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 09/06/2011
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Biology: Life as we know it!
Dan Green, Richard Walker
Imagine life itself as a community of cool characters who keep our bodies and the planet buzzing with life. This book throws open the doors and welcomes you into their amazing world. It really is a pocket-sized guide all about...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 04/08/2008
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Bitter Chocolate
Sally Grindley
Pascal's life is like any other boy's as he worries about his English classes and his football skills - until the day rebels come to his village and everything changes. On the run with friends, Pascal finds himself at the...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 07/06/2010
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Black Hearts in Battersea
Joan Aiken
A favourite book chosen by Philip Pullman: "If Ransome was Mozart, Aiken was Rossini. Unforced effervescence."
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Format: Paperback - Released: 04/03/2004
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Black Ops 2: Death in the Desert
Jim Eldridge
Note: this novel contains graphic scenes of warfare. A high octane, action-packed adventure which will grab readers attention from the opening plane drop and right on into the heart of the bloodiest of conflicts. Black-Ops soldiers Mitch, Two Moons, Gaz,...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 02/08/2010
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Black Tide
Caroline Clough
Set in a disturbing dystopian future boys and girls alike will love this story of friendship and family ties set in a post-apocalyptic Scotland.  A young boy Toby must find his kidnapped father and sister.  His mission takes the reader...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 24/05/2012
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Blade 1: Enemies
Tim Bowler
Previously published in two parts as Blade: Playing Dead and Blade: Closing In, this is a stunning new package for this groundbreaking series. Narrated by Blade himself, be prepared to enter his world. It's not pretty ...it's urban, real and...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 02/02/2012
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Blade Of Fire
Stuart Hill
The second in the Icemark Chronicles picking up 20 years after The Cry of the Icemark with new generations of allies and enemies taking on unfinished battles for the Icemark. This very original and at times quirky novel of...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 07/05/2007
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Blade: Breaking Free
Tim Bowler
The third in the Blade series, this is another short, very accessible novel for teens. Pacy, gripping and packed with action, and a central character that’s incredibly engaging, even the most reluctant reader will devour it. Blade is in even more danger...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/01/2009
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Blade: Closing In
Tim Bowler
The second in the Blade series, this is another short, very accessible novel for teens. Pacy, gripping and packed with action, and a central character that’s incredibly engaging, even the most reluctant reader will devour it. Blade is on the...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/05/2008
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Blade: Cutting Loose
Tim Bowler
From the Carnegie Medal-winning author of River Boy, Starseeker and Bloodchild comes the penultimate title in this startlingly compelling series. Contemporary, pacy, and utterly gripping, Blade takes you on a roller-coaster ride through the secret, dangerous life of its unforgettable...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/04/2010
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Blade: Fighting Back
Tim Bowler
Another hard hitting title about Blade, newly back in the Beast, the city he left when he was eleven. Blade hates the Beast but he has no choice but to go back if he is to rescue Jaz who has...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 03/09/2009
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Blade: Mixing it
Tim Bowler
This is where we find out - who's the hunter, who's the prey? From the Carnegie Medal-winning author of River Boy, Starseeker and Bloodchild comes the sixth title in this startlingly compelling series. Contemporary, pacy, and utterly gripping, Blade takes...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 07/01/2010
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Blade: Playing Dead
Tim Bowler
Totally gripping teens thriller written in a direct and compelling style. Tough kid Blade wants no one to know him. He’s a loner and wants to keep it that way. It’s the best way to keep out of trouble. But...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/05/2008
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Blade: Risking All
Tim Bowler
For Blade life is simple, in his eyes at least.  Win and live, win and die. Just one big enemy left: Me. From the Carnegie Medal-winning author of River Boy, Starseeker and Bloodchild comes the final title in this startlingly...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 02/09/2010
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Blade: Running Scared
Tim Bowler
From the prize-winning author of the prestigious Carnegie Medal comes the fourth title to feature the enormously engaging central character, Blade.  Pacy, gripping and very cool and contemporary this series will engage even the most reluctant reader.  A roller-coaster ride...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 02/04/2009
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Bleak House
Charles Dickens - retold by Gill Tavner
A family curse, a manipulating lawyer, poverty and secrets threaten to destroy Esther’s world. Are the walls of Bleak House strong enough to protect her and her new friends from such powerful forces? Caught up in an unfolding mystery that's...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 16/11/2007
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Blood Ransom
Sophie Mckenzie
Fast-paced and thought provoking, this is a thrilling story with a powerful science fiction theme. The first ever human clones Rachel and Theo have been separated by the Atlantic with Rachel in Scotland and Theo in the US. They are...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/10/2010
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Blood Red Rose
Anne Perry
Interest Age 11+ Reading Age 8+. Third in a time travel Timepiece series by award winning author Anne Perry - will Rosie be able to survive on a slave ship bound for America? A touching and thought provoking story giving an insight...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 14/02/2012
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Blood Red Snow White
Marcus Sedgwick
Shortlisted for the Costa Children's Book Award 2007. The true story of master storyteller Arthur Ransome provides the background for this large scale and absorbing story. As a young man, Ransome was a journalist and, some thought, a spy, in...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 05/07/2007
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Blood Red, Snow White
Marcus Sedgwick
Revolution! Arthur Ransome, an English journalist and writer, sets off for Russia and soon finds himself at the heart of a network of spies and so swept up in extreme danger as Trotsky and Lenin bring down the Tsars and...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 29/05/2008
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Bloodchild
Tim Bowler
If you’re on the hunt for a book that will really grab you, put shivers down your spine and ensure that at the end of every chapter you gasp for breath, then Bowler’s Bloodchild is the novel for you. Incredibly atmospheric of...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 04/06/2009
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Bloodline
Katy Moran
Shortlisted for the 2009 Branford Boase Best Debut Novel Award   Go back in time to Dark Age Britain for this powerful story about loyalty and survival in another time. Abandoned by his father, Essa makes a new life for himself among...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 03/03/2008
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Bloodline A Sequel to Bram Stoker's Dracula
Kate Cary
11+. This is the original vampire romance: go back to where the bloodlust began! When nineteen-year-old John Shaw returns from World War I, he is haunted by nightmares - not only of the horrors of battle, but of the brutal...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 04/10/2010
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Bloodline Rising
Katy Moran
Richly imagined, this is a powerful historical fantasy in which a young man has to make big choices which will not only affect him but also those of his adopted clan. Moving from the gilded but corrupt world of Constantinople...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 02/03/2009
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Blue Flame
Katie Grant
Set long, long ago, this is an epic historical novel empassing love, war and religion. When Richard the Lionheart attacks the Occitanians they have little hope of survival. But, for any hope in the future, they must preserve the Blue...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 03/04/2008
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Blue Flame - Book 1 in the Perfect Fire trilogy
Katie Grant
Set long, long ago, this is an epic historical novel empassing love, war and religion. When Richard the Lionheart attacks the Occitanians they have little hope of survival. But, for any hope in the future, they must preserve the Blue...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 02/10/2008
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Bog Child
Siobhan Dowd
Shortlisted for the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize 2008. New and challenging book full of mystery and shadows from recently deceased author Siobhan Dowd. Both terrifying and fascinating from the start, Bog Child is a must-read for 2008. The plot follows Fergus...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 07/02/2008
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Bog Child
Siobhan Dowd
Winner of Carnegie Award 2009 and the Bisto Irish Children's Book Award 2009 and shortlisted for the . New and challenging book full of mystery and shadows from recently deceased author Siobhan Dowd. Both terrifying and...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 05/02/2009
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