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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...
Format: Paperback - Released: 04/02/2010
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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...
Format: Paperback - Released: 04/02/2010
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Tina's Web
Zei Alki
Shortlisted for the 2009 Marsh Award for Children’s Literature in Translation. If you read Junk by Malcolm Burgess, you were probably gripped by it but you didn’t necessarily enjoy it. Tina’s Web, however, is different in many ways but similar too. ...
Format: Paperback - Released: 28/06/2007
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Zei Alki
Shortlisted for the 2009 Marsh Award for Children’s Literature in Translation. If you read Junk by Malcolm Burgess, you were probably gripped by it but you didn’t necessarily enjoy it. Tina’s Web, however, is different in many ways but similar too. ...
Format: Paperback - Released: 28/06/2007
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On Beauty
Zadie Smith
Shortlisted for the Best of the Orange Best 2010 by the Orange Prize Youth Panel. Winner of the Orange Prize for Fiction 2006. Set on both sides of the Atlantic, award-winning Zadie Smith's third novel, On Beauty, is a brilliant analysis of family...
Format: Paperback - Released: 06/07/2006
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Zadie Smith
Shortlisted for the Best of the Orange Best 2010 by the Orange Prize Youth Panel. Winner of the Orange Prize for Fiction 2006. Set on both sides of the Atlantic, award-winning Zadie Smith's third novel, On Beauty, is a brilliant analysis of family...
Format: Paperback - Released: 06/07/2006
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A Hen in the Wardrobe
Wendy Meddour
Witty and warm-hearted, this is a delightful family story spiced with adventure. Everything is distinctly not normal in Ramzi’s house. While mum’s away studying Domes of the East for her architecture course, dad starts waking in the night to do...
Format: Paperback - Released: 02/02/2012
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Wendy Meddour
Witty and warm-hearted, this is a delightful family story spiced with adventure. Everything is distinctly not normal in Ramzi’s house. While mum’s away studying Domes of the East for her architecture course, dad starts waking in the night to do...
Format: Paperback - Released: 02/02/2012
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The Orca's Song (Astral Legacies)
Volke Gordon
Winner of the 2010 Independent Publisher Guild Digital Award. Astral Legacies is an awesomely clever internet-linked adventure series that boys and girls of 7+ (and adults for that matter) will love. Readers can join in the quest in each book by...
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/09/2009
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Volke Gordon
Winner of the 2010 Independent Publisher Guild Digital Award. Astral Legacies is an awesomely clever internet-linked adventure series that boys and girls of 7+ (and adults for that matter) will love. Readers can join in the quest in each book by...
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/09/2009
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There are Cats in This Book
Viviane Schwarz
Shortlisted for the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal 2010. It’s time to play with the cats in this – Tiny, Moonpie and André. All you have to do is turn the pages. PS There are fish in this book too. CILIP...
Format: Hardback - Released: 03/11/2008
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Viviane Schwarz
Shortlisted for the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal 2010. It’s time to play with the cats in this – Tiny, Moonpie and André. All you have to do is turn the pages. PS There are fish in this book too. CILIP...
Format: Hardback - Released: 03/11/2008
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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...
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/01/2010
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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...
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...
Format: Paperback - Released: 21/08/2009
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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...
Format: Paperback - Released: 21/08/2009
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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...
Format: Paperback - Released: 05/01/2009
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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...
Format: Paperback - Released: 05/01/2009
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Message in a Bottle
Valerie Zenatti
Shortlisted for the Marsh Award for Children’s Literature in Translation. A poignant story of love across a war torn divide. Moved to think about those on the 'other side' after a suicide attack outside her home, seventeen year old Tal sends...
Format: Paperback - Released: 07/04/2008
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Valerie Zenatti
Shortlisted for the Marsh Award for Children’s Literature in Translation. A poignant story of love across a war torn divide. Moved to think about those on the 'other side' after a suicide attack outside her home, seventeen year old Tal sends...
Format: Paperback - Released: 07/04/2008
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Letters to Anyone and Everyone
Toon Tellegen
Winner of the 2011 Marsh Award for Children's Literature in Translation [translated by Martin Cleaver]. Discover an extraordinary treasury of letters in this wonderful collection of short stories from Toon Tellegen and beautifully illustrated with Jessica Ahlberg’s delicate touch. Whether it’s...
Format: Hardback - Released: 03/09/2009
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Toon Tellegen
Winner of the 2011 Marsh Award for Children's Literature in Translation [translated by Martin Cleaver]. Discover an extraordinary treasury of letters in this wonderful collection of short stories from Toon Tellegen and beautifully illustrated with Jessica Ahlberg’s delicate touch. Whether it’s...
Format: Hardback - Released: 03/09/2009
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The Worst Children's Jobs In History
Tony Robinson
Television presenter of all things historical and archaeological, Tony Robinson, takes you on a guided tour through all the lousiest places for a kid to work. With profiles of real kids in rotten jobs, this book will tell you things...
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/09/2006
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Tony Robinson
Television presenter of all things historical and archaeological, Tony Robinson, takes you on a guided tour through all the lousiest places for a kid to work. With profiles of real kids in rotten jobs, this book will tell you things...
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/09/2006
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Foul Play
Tom Palmer
Football mad boys and girls will devour this all-action adventure novel, virtually in a sitting. Hopefully, even the most reluctant reader, just like the author himself was at school, will devour it too. It’s part of Puffin’s ‘Football Detective’ series...
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/05/2008
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Tom Palmer
Football mad boys and girls will devour this all-action adventure novel, virtually in a sitting. Hopefully, even the most reluctant reader, just like the author himself was at school, will devour it too. It’s part of Puffin’s ‘Football Detective’ series...
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/05/2008
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Too Much Trouble
Tom Avery
Winner of the 2010 Frances Lincoln / Seven Stories Diverse Voices Children's Book Award. Click here to read author and teacher Tom Avery's Q&A with one of the judges, Geraldine Brennan. This prize-winning story will grab readers’ attention from...
Format: Paperback - Released: 02/06/2011
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Tom Avery
Winner of the 2010 Frances Lincoln / Seven Stories Diverse Voices Children's Book Award. Click here to read author and teacher Tom Avery's Q&A with one of the judges, Geraldine Brennan. This prize-winning story will grab readers’ attention from...
Format: Paperback - Released: 02/06/2011
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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...
Format: Hardback - Released: 07/04/2008
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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...
Format: Hardback - Released: 07/04/2008
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WOW Said the Owl
Tim Hopgood
Shortlisted for the Best Pre-School Award, Early Year Awards 2009 Owl decides to wake up during the day and sleep at night. A very odd thing for an owl to do. But he discovers the world of colour and he’s in...
Format: Hardback - Released: 05/06/2009
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Tim Hopgood
Shortlisted for the Best Pre-School Award, Early Year Awards 2009 Owl decides to wake up during the day and sleep at night. A very odd thing for an owl to do. But he discovers the world of colour and he’s in...
Format: Hardback - Released: 05/06/2009
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WOW Said the Owl
Tim Hopgood
Shortlisted for the Best Pre-School Award, Early Year Awards 2009 Owl decides to wake up during the day and sleep at night. A very odd thing for an owl to do. But he discovers the world of colour and he’s in...
Format: Paperback - Released: 04/06/2010
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Tim Hopgood
Shortlisted for the Best Pre-School Award, Early Year Awards 2009 Owl decides to wake up during the day and sleep at night. A very odd thing for an owl to do. But he discovers the world of colour and he’s in...
Format: Paperback - Released: 04/06/2010
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Little Boat
Thomas Docherty
Shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Award 2009. Wonderfully detailed yet simple illustrations coupled with minimal text make this an absolutely fantastic picture book to enjoy with even the youngest toddler. Later this year, this title will be joined by an...
Format: Hardback - Released: 31/03/2008
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Thomas Docherty
Shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Award 2009. Wonderfully detailed yet simple illustrations coupled with minimal text make this an absolutely fantastic picture book to enjoy with even the youngest toddler. Later this year, this title will be joined by an...
Format: Hardback - Released: 31/03/2008
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The Medici Seal
Theresa Breslin
Shortlisted for the Booktrust Teenage Prize 2007. An epic adventure, full of intrigue, murder, revenge and betrayal, set in Leonardo da Vinci's Italy. Gloriously rich and authentic it provides a wonderful glimpse into the world of da Vinci through a...
Format: Paperback - Released: 05/04/2007
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Theresa Breslin
Shortlisted for the Booktrust Teenage Prize 2007. An epic adventure, full of intrigue, murder, revenge and betrayal, set in Leonardo da Vinci's Italy. Gloriously rich and authentic it provides a wonderful glimpse into the world of da Vinci through a...
Format: Paperback - Released: 05/04/2007
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Prisoner of the Inquisition
Theresa Breslin
Shortlisted for the CILIP Carnegie Medal 2011 Zarita, only daughter of the town magistrate, lives a life of wealth and privilege. Indulged by her parents, she is free to spend her days as she pleases, enjoying herself in the company of...
Format: Paperback - Released: 31/03/2011
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Theresa Breslin
Shortlisted for the CILIP Carnegie Medal 2011 Zarita, only daughter of the town magistrate, lives a life of wealth and privilege. Indulged by her parents, she is free to spend her days as she pleases, enjoying herself in the company of...
Format: Paperback - Released: 31/03/2011
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Nation
Terry Pratchett
Shortlisted for the CILIP Carnegie Medal 2010. Shortlisted for the Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize 2009 Hugely entertaining, this is a fully envisaged fantasy adventure, which makes serious points about the importance of the past from the master storyteller and author of...
Format: Paperback - Released: 08/10/2009
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Terry Pratchett
Shortlisted for the CILIP Carnegie Medal 2010. Shortlisted for the Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize 2009 Hugely entertaining, this is a fully envisaged fantasy adventure, which makes serious points about the importance of the past from the master storyteller and author of...
Format: Paperback - Released: 08/10/2009
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Apache
Tanya Landman
Shortlisted for the prestigious 2008 Carnegie. An inspiring story of survival against a background of bloodshed. The fourteen year old Apache girl who narrates the story tells of her fight for her land, her tribe - and her life! The...
Format: Paperback - Released: 02/07/2007
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Tanya Landman
Shortlisted for the prestigious 2008 Carnegie. An inspiring story of survival against a background of bloodshed. The fourteen year old Apache girl who narrates the story tells of her fight for her land, her tribe - and her life! The...
Format: Paperback - Released: 02/07/2007
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From Where I Stand
Tabitha Suzuma
Winner of the YoungMinds Book Award 2008. There are no punches pulled in this exciting psychological thriller. After witnessing the death of his mother, Raven’s life is a mess despite help from foster carers and the rest. When a friend suggests...
Format: Paperback - Released: 03/05/2007
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Tabitha Suzuma
Winner of the YoungMinds Book Award 2008. There are no punches pulled in this exciting psychological thriller. After witnessing the death of his mother, Raven’s life is a mess despite help from foster carers and the rest. When a friend suggests...
Format: Paperback - Released: 03/05/2007
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Note Of Madness
Tabitha Suzuma
Shortlisted for the Branford Boase Award 2007. What the judges’ said:It reads as if it must have happened to the author; a book that will expand horizons and counter narrowmindednessFlynn is one of the top pianists at the Royal College...
Format: Paperback - Released: 15/02/2007
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Tabitha Suzuma
Shortlisted for the Branford Boase Award 2007. What the judges’ said:It reads as if it must have happened to the author; a book that will expand horizons and counter narrowmindednessFlynn is one of the top pianists at the Royal College...
Format: Paperback - Released: 15/02/2007
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From Where I Stand
Tabitha Suzuma
Winner of the YoungMinds Book Award 2008. There are no punches pulled in this exciting psychological thriller. After witnessing the death of his mother, Raven’s life is a mess despite help from foster carers and the rest. When a friend suggests...
Format: Paperback - Released: 07/02/2008
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Tabitha Suzuma
Winner of the YoungMinds Book Award 2008. There are no punches pulled in this exciting psychological thriller. After witnessing the death of his mother, Raven’s life is a mess despite help from foster carers and the rest. When a friend suggests...
Format: Paperback - Released: 07/02/2008
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Without Looking Back
Tabitha Suzuma
Shortlisted for the Young Minds Book Prize 2009. A beautifully written and thought-provoking novel on the effects on a family involved in a custody battle. When Louis and his sister are removed unexpectedly from school for a holiday in England by their father...
Format: Paperback - Released: 07/05/2009
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Tabitha Suzuma
Shortlisted for the Young Minds Book Prize 2009. A beautifully written and thought-provoking novel on the effects on a family involved in a custody battle. When Louis and his sister are removed unexpectedly from school for a holiday in England by their father...
Format: Paperback - Released: 07/05/2009
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David's Story
Stig Dalager
Shortlisted for the 2011 Marsh Award for Children's Literature in Translation. This is a harrowing account of a boy who finds himself alone in Poland, his parents having been taken away by the Nazis in WW2. The story which is shocking...
Format: Paperback - Released: 26/02/2010
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Stig Dalager
Shortlisted for the 2011 Marsh Award for Children's Literature in Translation. This is a harrowing account of a boy who finds himself alone in Poland, his parents having been taken away by the Nazis in WW2. The story which is shocking...
Format: Paperback - Released: 26/02/2010
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Sophie And The Albino Camel
Stephen Davies
Winner of the Glen Dimplex Children's Book award 2006. Sophie is a wonderfully adventurous young girl who now lives with her father in a town in the Sahara desert. Her love of camels and a chance meeting with a young boy...
Format: Paperback - Released: 06/04/2006
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Stephen Davies
Winner of the Glen Dimplex Children's Book award 2006. Sophie is a wonderfully adventurous young girl who now lives with her father in a town in the Sahara desert. Her love of camels and a chance meeting with a young boy...
Format: Paperback - Released: 06/04/2006
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Blood Ties
Sophie Mckenzie
Winner of the Red House Children's Book Award 2009. Terrifically paced, this thriller links two teenagers who must work fast to unravel the past and discover the dangerous secret that unites them. Theo and Rachel have a lot at stake...
Format: Paperback - Released: 07/07/2008
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Sophie Mckenzie
Winner of the Red House Children's Book Award 2009. Terrifically paced, this thriller links two teenagers who must work fast to unravel the past and discover the dangerous secret that unites them. Theo and Rachel have a lot at stake...
Format: Paperback - Released: 07/07/2008
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Six Steps To A Girl
Sophie Mckenzie
Winner of the Manchester Children's Book Award 2009 The first in the tangled teenage transatlantic love story ... To read the trilogy in order start with Six Steps to a Girl then Three’s a Crowd and end with The...
Format: Paperback - Released: 06/08/2007
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Sophie Mckenzie
Winner of the Manchester Children's Book Award 2009 The first in the tangled teenage transatlantic love story ... To read the trilogy in order start with Six Steps to a Girl then Three’s a Crowd and end with The...
Format: Paperback - Released: 06/08/2007
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