Essential Modern Classics: The Hobbit
J. R. R. Tolkien
The Hobbit is the unforgettable story of Bilbo, a peace-loving hobbit, who embarks on a strange and magical adventure. A timeless classic.
Format: Paperback - Released: 07/06/2012
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Essential Modern Classics: Tiger, Tiger
Lynne Reid Banks
Two tigers. One city. Two very different lives. A compelling story about friendship, brotherhood and battling against the odds.
Format: Paperback - Released: 26/04/2012
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Essential Modern Classics: Manxmouse
Paul Gallico
The brave little Manxmouse is on a special journey. But can he survive fearsome foxes, terrified elephants and cats big and small to reach his destination?
Format: Paperback - Released: 26/04/2012
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Essential Modern Classics: Bugsy Malone
Alan Parker
Read the story behind the beloved film -- now available in Essential Modern Classics.
Format: Paperback - Released: 27/10/2011
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Essential Modern Classics: A Stitch in Time
Penelope Lively
Maria is always getting lost in the secret world of her imagination! A ghostly mystery and winner of the Whitbread Award, newly republished in the Essential Modern Classics range.
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/09/2011
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Essential Modern Classics: Number the Stars
Lois Lowry
In Nazi-occupied Denmark, ten-year-old Annemarie Johansen is called upon for a selfless act of bravery to help save her best friend from a terrible fate. Winner of the Newbery Medal, newly reissued in the Essential Modern Classics range.
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/09/2011
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Essential Modern Classics: Thomasina
Paul Gallico
From the author of The Snow Goose .
Format: Paperback - Released: 31/03/2011
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Essential Modern Classics: The Silver Brumby
Elyne Mitchell
The Silver Brumby took me cantering into the world's wilder places. -- Geraldine McCaughrean A silver brumby is a rare and special creature, prized both by other horses and by men!
Format: Paperback - Released: 03/03/2011
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Essential Modern Classics: Ballet Shoes for Anna
Noel Streatfeild
Three children, having lost their parents in an earthquake, come to England to live with a prim uncle and a feeble aunt. Anna lives only to dance -- but her uncle forbids her to have anything to do with ballet....
Format: Paperback - Released: 30/09/2010
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The Rescuers
Margery Sharp
Bianca and Bernard, agents for The Prisoners' Aid Society of Mice, rescue prisoners and outwit villains in this enchanting story, made world-famous by the Walt Disney film. The Prisoners' Aid Society of Mice discusses the proposed rescue of a Norwegian...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 02/09/2010
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Essential Modern Classics: Spellhorn
Berlie Doherty
A blind girl and a unicorn in a world where magic and reality merge together. Can Laura save the Wild Ones and take them to the safety of the Bright Wilderness?
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/04/2010
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Essential Modern Classics: Feather Boy
Nicky Singer
Robert Nobel, the school pariah, triumphs over his own fears and the school bully, in this extraordinary tale of self-empowerment, legend and death.
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/04/2010
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Essential Modern Classics: Street Child
Berlie Doherty
Read the story of Jim Jarvis, the boy whose plight inspired Dr Barnardo to found his famous children's homes. Now published into the Essential Modern Classics list.
Format: Paperback - Released: 03/09/2009
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The Kingdom by the Sea
Robert Westall
January 2010 Guest Editor Sophie Mckenzie on The Kingdom by the Sea by Robert Westall 'This book inspired me more than any other. The writing is great, of course, but what I value most about The Kingdom by the Sea...
Featured in: 9+ readers | Books for Boys
Format: Paperback - Released: 28/05/2009
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Essential Modern Classics: The Indian in the Cupboard
Lynne Reid Banks
The Indian in the Cupboard is the first of five gripping books about Omri and his plastic North American Indian -- Little Bull -- who comes alive when Omri puts him in a cupboard
Format: Paperback - Released: 02/04/2009
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Essential Modern Classics: White Boots
Noel Streatfeild
Harriet must choose between her friend Lalla and her new-found love of ice-skating!
Format: Paperback - Released: 03/11/2008
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Essential Modern Classics: Mary Poppins
P. L. Travers
The Banks children, Jane and Michael, change nannies just about as often as most people change their clothes. It's not that they're naughty, exactly -- just awkward. Everyone in the household is at their wits' end with them -- until...
Format: Paperback - Released: 03/11/2008
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Elidor
Alan Garner
Roland, Helen, Nicholas and David are lured into a ruined church, where the fabric of time and place is weak enough to allow them into Elidor. It is a world almost destroyed by fear, and the children are charged with...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 05/08/2002
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Essential Modern Classics: When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit
Judith Kerr
Partly autobiographical, this is first of the internationally acclaimed trilogy by Judith Kerr telling the unforgettable story of a Jewish family fleeing from Germany at the start of the Second World War
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/07/2008
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Essential Modern Classics: The Giver
Lois Lowry
It's a perfect world, where everything looks right. But ugly truths lie beneath the surface!
Format: Paperback - Released: 05/05/2008
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The Sword In The Stone
T. H. White
The extraordinary story of a boy called the Wart - ignored by everyone except his tutor, Merlin - who goes on to become King Arthur. William Nicholson – April 2010 Guest Editor remembers The Sword in the Stone by THWhite: I...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 03/03/2008
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The Phantom Tollbooth
Norton Juster
Chosen as a favourite by Philip Pullman: "Superb wit and vigorous invention." One of our 'Must Reads'.
Featured in: 7+ readers
Format: Paperback - Released: 03/03/2008
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Essential Modern Classics: Journey to Jo'Burg
Beverley Naidoo
This is the story of love, commitment and the flowering of the human spirit against the background of South Africa's apartheid.
Format: Paperback - Released: 03/03/2008
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Charmed Life
Diana Wynne Jones
The Chrestomanci series, of which Charmed Life is the first, provides a wonderful first step to the world of magical fantasy.  Written by one of THE pre-eminent English fantasy writers, Diane Wynne Jones back in 1977, it remains original, enchanting...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 06/03/2006
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The Hobbit
J R R Tolkien
One of our 'Must Reads'. This is a masterpiece in children’s fiction and is brilliant for both reading aloud and reading alone.  Whether it’s for a confident 7 or 8 year old or an aged 78 year old...
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Format: Paperback (b Format) - Released: 02/11/1998
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