Books of the Month - May

Horrid Henry's Monster Movie
Francesca Simon
May 2012 Book of the Month. The twenty-first storybook in this multi-million-copy-selling series, containing four brand new Horrid Henry stories. Click here and here for some fun Horrid Henry activity sheets.
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Format: Paperback - Released: 24/05/2012
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Changeling
Philippa Gregory
May 2012 MEGA Book of the Month. Best-selling Philippa Gregory’s first book for teenagers is a thrilling story of malice and betrayal, courage and passion. Tricked out of her inheritance by her greedy and duplicitous brother, Isolde must swap ruling...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 24/05/2012
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The Monster Machine
Nicola L. Robinson
May 2012 Book of the Month. Have monster fun with the making of monsters and what they do next! Topped up with the right ingredients of slugs, toenail clippings, earwax, spiders and some special glue, the monster-making machine churns out...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 16/05/2012
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Dead Time
Anne Cassidy
May 2012 Book of the Month. Award-winning Anne Cassidy grips her readers in this thrilling crime novel. Everywhere she turns, Rose’s life seems to be haunted by disaster. Her mother has been missing for five years after mysteriously vanishing with her...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 10/05/2012
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The Bonehill Curse
Jon Mayhew
May 2012 Book of the Month. An evil djinn released from a bottle is a very, very dangerous thing as Necessity Bonehill is soon to discover! Miserable at her stuffy boarding school, Necessity is delighted to receive the sealed bottle from...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 10/05/2012
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City of Lost Souls (The Mortal Instruments 5)
Cassandra Clare
May 2012 Book of the Month. This title is fifth in the international bestselling paranormal thriller series The Mortal Instruments and is the follow-up to the international number one bestseller City of Fallen Angels. Cassandra Clare is coming...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 08/05/2012
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White Dolphin
Gill Lewis
May 2012 Book of the Month. Bestselling Gill Lewis’s new story tells of the amazing, life-affirming powers of dolphins.  Kara’s life is in a mess; her mum has disappeared, she is in trouble at school and her father is about to...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 03/05/2012
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Dotty Inventions And Some Real Ones Too
Roger Mcgough
May 2012 Book of the Month.  Best-selling poet Roger McGough hits some real Eureka! moments in this cheerfully wacky picture book full of fabulously ingenious inventions. Professor Dotty Dabble is a great inventor so is sure she’ll win the National...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 03/05/2012
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Hero on a Bicycle
Shirley Hughes
May 2012 Book of the Month. Best-selling illustrator Shirley Hughes writes beautifully in this gripping story set during World War Two. Living in Italy during the occupation by the Germans, Paolo and his sister Constanza long to do something for the...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 03/05/2012
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Midwinterblood
Marcus Sedgwick
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 Blessed Island with a mission to uncover a mystery...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 03/05/2012
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The Sleeping Army
Francesca Simon
May 2012 Book of the Month. Freya is an ordinary girl living in modern Britain, but with a twist: people still worship the Viking gods. One evening, stuck with her dad on his night shift at the British Museum, she...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 03/05/2012
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Spy Another Day
Philip Caveney
May 2012 Book of the Month.  The thrills and spills of Kip's movie adventure in Night on Terror Island were an experience of a lifetime but they have left their mark on him, unlike his friend Beth who despite also being shaken and stirred...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 03/05/2012
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The Dragonsitter
Josh Lacey
May 2012 Book of the Month. A hilarious story full of useful tips for any dragon-minder. When Eddie’s Uncle Morton goes off on an urgent mission he leaves his dragon behind with Eddie as the babysitter. But a dragon is not...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 03/05/2012
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The Messenger Bird
Ruth Eastham
May 2012 Book of the Month. Cleverly interweaving a modern day storyline with one from the 1940s, it's the story of Nathan who must find out what the link is between his father's recent disappearance and that of Lily, an ex-Bletchley Park employee, before it's too late...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 03/05/2012
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When It Happens
Susane Colasanti
May 2012 Book of the Month.  A terrific romantic comedy drama for all those searching for The One! Sara and Tobey couldn't be more different. She is focused on getting into her first-choice college; he wants to win Battle of the...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 03/05/2012
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Clockwork Prince (The Infernal Devices 2)
Cassandra Clare
May 2012 Book of the Month. In the magical underworld of Victorian London, Tessa Gray finds her heart drawn more and more to Jem, while her desire for Will, despite his dark moods, continues to unsettle her. But something is...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 03/05/2012
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Life Eternal
Yvonne Woon
May 2012 Book of the Month. Matters of life and death and the role of a passionate romance in them lie at the heart of this spellbinding story of how the worlds of the dead and the living cross over and...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/05/2012
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The Kane Chronicles: The Serpent's Shadow
Rick Riordan
May 2012 Book of the Month.  This is the third and final book in this awesome and electrifying Kane Chronicles series that is set in ancient Egypt. Carter and Sadie have their biggest and most important quest yet; to defeat the...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 01/05/2012
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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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Doctor Proctor's Fart Powder: The End of the World. Maybe.
Jo Nesbo
May 2012 Book of the Month. With crazy inventions, disappearing socks, half-men half-frogs, a moon chameleon invasion and, of course, plenty of super-sonic bottom burps, this is the gang's most explosive adventure yet! Can they stop an alien invasion in its...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 26/04/2012
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Unrest
Michelle Harrison
May 2012 Book of the Month. Best-selling author Michelle Harrison blurs the lines between being dead and alive in this brilliant, spine-tingling story of the powers of the undead. Elliott escapes death by a hair’s breadth; he’s so close to it that he draws...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 26/04/2012
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The Worst Princess
Anna Kemp
May 2012 Book of the Month. 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 Sue in this story of determination and derring-do. The galloping, tongue-in-cheek...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 26/04/2012
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Passion
Lauren Kate
May 2012 Book of the Month. This is the third book in the incredible Fallen series which began with Fallen and Torment. How many deaths can one true love endure? And can Luce and Daniel unlock their past in order...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 26/04/2012
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The Carrie Diaries 2 : Summer and the City
Candace Bushnell
May 2012 Book of the Month. Meet teenage Carrie Bradshaw as she hits the bright lights, big city of New York for the very first time! Find out how Carrie transforms from country girl to super-cool fashionista in the second explosive Carrie...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 26/04/2012
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Where She Went
Gayle Forman
May 2012 Book of the Month. If you had a second chance at first love ...would you take it? It's been three years since Adam's love saved Mia after the accident that annihilated life as she knew it ...and three...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 26/04/2012
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The Very Helpful Hedgehog
Rosie Wellesley
May 2012 Book of the Month. Within this attractive picture book with its touching story some useful advice is craftily hidden. The little hedgehog lives alone; he has never helped anyone and no one has ever helped him. But, when an...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 18/04/2012
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Apocalypse Moon (The Joshua Files book 5)
M. G. Harris
April 2012 Book of the Month. Half Mexican, Manchester United fan and self-confessed geek, M G Harris is the author of the fabulous Mayan phrophecy influenced, futuristic series, The Joshua Files – perfect for action-hero fan 9+ year olds. This is the 5th...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 05/04/2012
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Goblins
Philip Reeve
April 2012 Book of the Month. Fans of Mortal Engines will devour Philip Reeves’s richly detailed goblin extravaganza. The dank and dark towers and stairways of Clovenstone Keep are packed full of dirty, smelly, squabbling goblins. As a breed, they all...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 05/04/2012
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My Adventure Island
Timothy Knapman
April 2012 Book of the Month. My Adventure Island is a magical place where anything can happen particularly if you have a little bit of imagination.  It's a brilliantly funny tale of mischief and mayhem by Timothy Knapman, author of the Mungo...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 05/04/2012
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When I Woke Up I Was a Hippopotamus
Tom MacRae
April 2012 Book of the Month. A great story with rhyming text and delightfully complementary bright and bold illustrations, it features a small boy with an incredibly over-active imagination - he has fantasies about being lots of different creatures, all of whom get...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 05/04/2012
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