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Fiction - Older Children - Age 8-12 years approx

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Books are listed in order of year of publication - newest titles are at the top. There are 203 books in this booklist

  • Cover image of book Beastlands: Race to Frostfall Mountain by Jess French
    Beastlands: Race to Frostfall Mountain - by Jess French

    £7.99   paperback   (2024) - ISBN 13: 9781800784062 | ISBN 10: 1800784066

    BEFORE THERE WERE PEOPLE, THERE WERE BEASTS...  The island of Ramoa was once luscious and populated with mighty beasts. Now though, it is home to barren and tamed cities, where nature is locked out and trouble is brewing. When Kayla's beloved ... more

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  • Cover image of book Kites and Lemonade by Yasmeen bint Ahmad
    Kites and Lemonade - by Yasmeen bint Ahmad

    £12.99   hardback   (2023) - ISBN 13: 9781448218295 | ISBN 10: 1448218292

    An amazing journey of secrets, self-discovery, kites, and lemonade!  Leena, who suffers from selective mutism, and her family move to Riyadh because of her father's job. Her new home is in a modern apartment building where she meets and makes ... more

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  • Cover image of book The House With a Dragon In It by Nick Lake, illustrated by Emily Gravett
    The House With a Dragon In It - by Nick Lake, illustrated by Emily Gravett

    £12.99   hardback   (2023) - ISBN 13: 9781471194863 | ISBN 10: 1471194868

    An adventure to treasure from two multi award-winning creators, discover a classic story of family, friendship and believing in your own magic.   When Summer and her foster family are having lunch one day, a hole appears in the middle of the l ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Lovely Dark by Matthew Fox
    The Lovely Dark - by Matthew Fox

    £7.99   paperback   (2023) - ISBN 13: 9781444964745 | ISBN 10: 1444964747

    Beautifully moving and breathtakingly original, this is a story of bravery and second chances, for readers aged 9+.  When 12-year-old Eleanor Newton dies in an accident, she finds herself journeying down a mysterious river that takes her to T ... more

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  • Cover image of book Wilder by Penny Chrimes
    Wilder - by Penny Chrimes

    £7.99   paperback   (2023) - ISBN 13: 9781510110717 | ISBN 10: 1510110712

    ‘This book gripped me like a great hawk in its talons and didn’t let me go... utterly phenomenal’ – Zillah Bethell, author of The Shark Caller   A desperate village. A child who emerges from the marshes. A falcon that helps her save them a ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery, illustrated by Chris Riddell, translated by Ros Schwa
    The Little Prince - by Antoine de Saint-Exupery, illustrated by Chris Riddell, translated by Ros Schwa

    £25.00   hardback   (2023) - ISBN 13: 9781529052565 | ISBN 10: 1529052564

    Chris Riddell's brilliant full-colour illustrated The Little Prince in a sumptuous hardback and jacketed edition. A perfect gift for families, children and all fans of this much-loved favourite classic.  After crash-landing in the Sahara Dese ... more

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  • Cover image of book Tiggy Thistle and the Lost Guardians by Chris Riddell
    Tiggy Thistle and the Lost Guardians - by Chris Riddell

    £7.99   paperback   (2023) - ISBN 13: 9781529009378 | ISBN 10: 1529009375

    Tiggy Thistle and the Lost Guardians is the second and final title in The Cloud Horse Chronicles duology, the exciting magical adventure from the Costa Award-winning creator of Goth Girl and 2015–2017 UK Children's Laureate Chris Riddell. With gorg ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Awakening Storm: A Graphic Novel (City of Dragons #1) by Jaimal Yogis and Vivian Truong
    The Awakening Storm: A Graphic Novel (City of Dragons #1) - by Jaimal Yogis and Vivian Truong

    £8.99   paperback   (2022) - ISBN 13: 9781338660425 | ISBN 10: 133866042x

    Grace and her friends must protect a newly hatched dragon from mysterious evildoers. When Grace moves to Hong Kong with her mum and new stepdad, her biggest concern is making friends at her fancy new boarding school. But when a mysterious old woman g ... more

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  • Cover image of book Wren by Lucy Hope
    Wren - by Lucy Hope

    £7.99   paperback   (2022) - ISBN 13: 9781839947230 | ISBN 10: 1839947233

    A dark, gothic adventure set on the island of Anglesey in North Wales and featuring a very fantastical beast...  Wren lives in an ancient castle in the mountains near the sea. The wind whistles through it and the walls sing to her. Wren is busy i ... more

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  • Cover image of book My Friend the Octopus by Lindsay Galvin
    My Friend the Octopus - by Lindsay Galvin

    £7.99   paperback   (2022) - ISBN 13: 9781913696405 | ISBN 10: 1913696405

    England, 1893, and aquarium fever is at its height. Twelve-year-old Vinnie Fyfe works in the tea-shop at Brighton aquarium, and waits for her milliner mother to return from Paris.  The arrival of a giant octopus changes her life for ever. Dis ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Little Match Girl Strikes Back by Emma Carroll, illustrated by Lauren Child
    The Little Match Girl Strikes Back - by Emma Carroll, illustrated by Lauren Child

    £12.99   hardback   (2022) - ISBN 13: 9781398512818 | ISBN 10: 1398512818

    It only takes one strike: A powerful feminist reworking of the Hans Christian Andersen classic, from bestselling and award-winning creators Emma Carroll and Lauren Child.  'Superb. About community and voices and standing up for yourself’ Phil ... more

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  • Cover image of book Mia and the Lightcasters by Janelle McCurdy, illustrated by Ana Latese
    Mia and the Lightcasters - by Janelle McCurdy, illustrated by Ana Latese

    £7.99   paperback   (2022) - ISBN 13: 9780571368433 | ISBN 10: 0571368433

    'A fresh, wild, gripping adventure.’ Kieran Larwood, author of The Legend of Podkin One-Ear ‘A thrilling, highly imaginative and action-packed fantasy.’ Louie Stowell, author of Otherland and Loki ‘Thrilling... a wonderful adventure.’ L. ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Last Fallen Star by Graci Kim
    The Last Fallen Star - by Graci Kim

    £6.99   paperback   (2022) - ISBN 13: 9781368061278 | ISBN 10: 1368061273

    Riley Oh can’t wait to see her sister get initiated into the Gom clan, a powerful lineage of Korean healing witches their family has belonged to for generations. Her sister, Hattie, will earn her Gi bracelet and finally be able to cast spells witho ... more

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  • Cover image of book Sleepover Takeover by Simon James Green, illustrated by Aleksei Bitskoff
    Sleepover Takeover - by Simon James Green, illustrated by Aleksei Bitskoff

    £6.99   paperback   (2022) - ISBN 13: 9780702303630 | ISBN 10: 0702303631

    For Otis, this was a sleepover to remember – if only he could!  When dorky, unpopular 11-yr-old Otis wakes up in the morning at a sleepover birthday party, he’s in for a shock. At the marquee where the sleepover took place, it’s a scene of ... more

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  • Cover image of book Ways to Be Me by Libby Scott and Rebecca Westcott
    Ways to Be Me - by Libby Scott and Rebecca Westcott

    £6.99   paperback   (2021) - ISBN 13: 9780702308352 | ISBN 10: 0702308358

    From the bestselling author duo behind Can You See Me? comes this exceptional portrayal of autism diagnosis, with diary entries by 12-year-old autistic author Libby Scott. Taking place before Can You See Me? and Do You Know Me? this standout prequel ... more

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  • Cover image of book By Ash, Oak and Thorn by Melissa Harrison
    By Ash, Oak and Thorn - by Melissa Harrison

    £7.99   paperback   (2021) - ISBN 13: 9781913322120 | ISBN 10: 1913322122

    A breathtaking tale of the rich, wild world and all its wonder from acclaimed nature writer and Costa Award-shortlisted novelist, Melissa Harrison - the perfect read for children for spring and summer!   Three tiny, ancient beings - Moss, Burnet ... more

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  • Cover image of book Agent Zaiba Investigates: The Haunted House: 3 by Annabelle Sami, illustrated by Daniela Sosa
    Agent Zaiba Investigates: The Haunted House: 3 - by Annabelle Sami, illustrated by Daniela Sosa

    £6.99   paperback   (2021) - ISBN 13: 9781788953368 | ISBN 10: 1788953363

    Determined to be the world's greatest detective, Zaiba is always on the lookout for a crime to solve!  When a new family moves to the village, Zaiba is intrigued to hear about the strange happenings in their home. Things go missing, objects a ... more

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  • Cover image of book Doctor Who: Adventures in Lockdown by Various authors
    Doctor Who: Adventures in Lockdown - by Various authors

    £8.99   paperback   (2020) - ISBN 13: 9781785947063 | ISBN 10: 1785947060

    Stories from Chris Chibnall, Paul Cornell, Russell T Davies, Neil Gaiman, Mark Gatiss, Pete McTighe, Steven Moffat, Vinay Patel and Joy Wilkinson.  Darkness Never Prevails.  While staying home was a vital safety measure in 2020, the freedom o ... more

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  • Cover image of book Dragon Mountain by Katie Tsang and Kevin Tsang
    Dragon Mountain - by Katie Tsang and Kevin Tsang

    £7.99   paperback   (2020) - ISBN 13: 9781471193071 | ISBN 10: 1471193071

    Shortlisted for the Children's Book of the Year (British Book Awards).   The first book in the ROARsome DRAGON REALM series for 9+ readers! Perfect for those who love fantasy, magic, adventure and DRAGONS!   Deep within the mountain, a grea ... more

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  • Cover image of book Bloom: The Surprising Seeds of Sorrel Fallowfield by Nicola Skinner
    Bloom: The Surprising Seeds of Sorrel Fallowfield - by Nicola Skinner

    £6.99   paperback   (2020) - ISBN 13: 9780008297404 | ISBN 10: 0008297401

    A beautifully written, incredibly original and wickedly funny novel for readers of 10 and older - Bloom is for everyone who has ever felt like they didn't fit in, and for anyone who has ever wanted a little more colour and wildness in their lives... ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Infinite by Patience Agbabi
    The Infinite - by Patience Agbabi

    £6.99   paperback   (2020) - ISBN 13: 9781786899651 | ISBN 10: 1786899655

    The Infinite is a mind-bending, time-twisting adventure for readers who loved Time Travelling with a Hamster and A Wrinkle in Time. The first book in The Leap Cycle series.  FIGHT CRIME, ACROSS TIME!   Leaplings, children born on the 29th of F ... more

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  • Cover image of book Blended by Sharon M Draper
    Blended - by Sharon M Draper

    £7.99   paperback   (2020) - ISBN 13: 9781442495012 | ISBN 10: 1442495014

    Eleven-year-old Isabella's blended family is more divided than ever in this "timely but genuine" (Publishers Weekly) story about divorce and racial identity from the award-winning and New York Times bestselling author of Out of My Mind, Sharon M. Dra ... more

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  • Cover image of book Willow Wildthing and the Swamp Monster by Gill Lewis, illustrated by Rebecca Bagle
    Willow Wildthing and the Swamp Monster - by Gill Lewis, illustrated by Rebecca Bagle

    £5.99   paperback   (2020) - ISBN 13: 9780192771759 | ISBN 10: 0192771752

    When Willow meets the Wild Things she knows her life is never going to be the same again.  Strange things happen in The Wilderness. It holds more than you could possibly imagine: secrets, shadows, a witch. Even a monster. Are you brave enough to ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Chosen Ones: The Worldquake Series, Book 2 by Scarlett Thomas
    The Chosen Ones: The Worldquake Series, Book 2 - by Scarlett Thomas

    £7.99   paperback   (2019) - ISBN 13: 9781782119326 | ISBN 10: 1782119329

    THERE IS MAGIC BEYOND THE REALWORLD...  When Effie and Maximilian both mysteriously vanish, friends Raven, Lexy and Wolf don't know where to turn for help. Effie is in deep danger and she's running out of time. To make things worse, Raven's m ... more

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  • Cover image of book Sputnik
    Sputnik's Guide To Life on Earth - by Frank Cottrell-Boyce, illustrated by Steven Lenton

    £6.99   paperback   (2019) - ISBN 13: 9781529008814 | ISBN 10: 1529008816

    Shortlisted for the 2017 Carnegie Medal and selected for the Tom Fletcher Book Club, Sputnik's Guide to Life on Earth by Frank Cottrell-Boyce is an adventure about the Blythes: a big, warm, rambunctious family who live on a small farm and sometimes f ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Star Outside My Window by Onjali Q. Rauf
    The Star Outside My Window - by Onjali Q. Rauf

    £6.99   paperback   (2019) - ISBN 13: 9781510105157 | ISBN 10: 1510105158

    Could that bright star be Aniyah’s lost mum? She’ll have to follow it to know...  One day, Aniyah’s mum disappears. Where is she? Aniyah is sure of one thing: Mum isn’t really gone. She knows that people with the brightest hearts neve ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Last Human by Lee Bacon
    The Last Human - by Lee Bacon

    £6.99   paperback   (2019) - ISBN 13: 9781848128248 | ISBN 10: 184812824x

    An unlikely friendship. A dangerous voyage. A story about what it means to be human.   Humans went extinct thirty years ago. Now the world is ruled by machines. And twelve-year-old robot XR_935 is just fine with that. Without humans aroun ... more

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  • Cover image of book High-Rise Mystery by Sharna Jackson
    High-Rise Mystery - by Sharna Jackson

    £6.99   paperback   (2019) - ISBN 13: 9781999642518 | ISBN 10: 1999642511

    The detective duo everyone is dying to meet!   Summer in London is hot, the hottest on record, and there's been a murder in THE TRI: the high-rise home to resident know-it-alls, Nik and Norva. Who better to solve the case? Armed with cur ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Colour of the Sun by David Almond
    The Colour of the Sun - by David Almond

    £7.99   paperback   (2019) - ISBN 13: 9781444941135 | ISBN 10: 1444941135

    This is a moving, funny and inspirational novel from the bestselling author of Skellig. Shortlisted for the 2018 Costa Book Awards.  "The day is long, the world is wide, you're young and free."  One hot summer morning, Davie steps b ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Twisted Tree by Rachel Burge
    The Twisted Tree - by Rachel Burge

    £7.99   paperback   (2019) - ISBN 13: 9781471407765 | ISBN 10: 1471407764

    Part ghost story, part Nordic mystery – a creepy and chilling tale steeped in Norse myth, perfect for fans of Neil Gaiman and Michelle Paver's Dark Matter.  Martha can tell things about a person just by touching their clothes, as if their e ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Nothing To See Here Hotel by Steven Butler, illustrated by Steven Lenton
    The Nothing To See Here Hotel - by Steven Butler, illustrated by Steven Lenton

    £6.99   paperback   (2018) - ISBN 13: 9781471163838 | ISBN 10: 1471163830

    Welcome to The Nothing to See Here Hotel! A hotel for magical creatures, where weird is normal for Frankie Banister and his parents who run the hotel.   When a goblin messenger arrives at The Nothing to See Here Hotel, announcing the imminent arri ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Skylarks
    The Skylarks' War - by Hilary McKay

    £6.99   paperback   (2018) - ISBN 13: 9781509894963 | ISBN 10: 1509894969

    Winner of the Costa Children’s Book Award 2018.  The Skylarks' War is a beautiful story following the loves and losses of a family growing up against the harsh backdrop of World War One, from the award-winning Hilary McKay.  Clarry and her ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Dollmaker of Krakow by R. M. Romero
    The Dollmaker of Krakow - by R. M. Romero

    £6.99   paperback   (2018) - ISBN 13: 9781406379822 | ISBN 10: 1406379824

    A timeless fantasy set in the Second World War that weaves together magic, folklore and history, perfect for fans of The Book Thief, The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas and Goodnight Mister Tom.  One night a little doll named Karolina comes to life i ... more

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  • Cover image of book You Don
    You Don't Know Everything, Jilly P! - by Alex Gino

    £5.99   paperback   (2018) - ISBN 13: 9781407192772 | ISBN 10: 1407192779

    Jilly is one of them. You know. Those annoyingly sorted people who have life figured out, and know exactly how it all works. Thing is, you can only control your own life, not somebody else’s. And when Jilly’s sister is born deaf, she realises she ... more

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  • Cover image of book Will You Catch Me? by Jane Elson
    Will You Catch Me? - by Jane Elson

    £6.99   paperback   (2018) - ISBN 13: 9781444927788 | ISBN 10: 1444927787

    From the author of A Room Full of Chocolate comes a heartwarming story about identity and courage, and a tremendous young girl who cares for her alcoholic mother. For fans of Jacqueline Wilson and Sarah Lean.   Nell Hobson lives with a tortoise ca ... more

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  • Cover image of book Doctor Who: The Day She Saved the Doctor - Four Stories from the TARDIS by Susan Calman, Jenny T. Colgan, Jacqueline Rayner, and Dorothy Koomson
    Doctor Who: The Day She Saved the Doctor - Four Stories from the TARDIS - by Susan Calman, Jenny T. Colgan, Jacqueline Rayner, and Dorothy Koomson

    £12.99   hardback   (2018) - ISBN 13: 9781405929974 | ISBN 10: 1405929979

    The Doctor's Companion: A person who explores time and space with the Doctor, fights enemies with the Doctor, and often has to save the Doctor's life.  If it wasn't for the companions, the Doctor probably wouldn't have made it out of so many ... more

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  • Cover image of book One Half from the East by Nadia Hashimi
    One Half from the East - by Nadia Hashimi

    £5.99   paperback   (2018) - ISBN 13: 9780062421913 | ISBN 10: 0062421913

    Perfect for fans of Rita Williams-Garcia, Thanhha Lai, and Rebecca Stead, internationally bestselling author Nadia Hashimi’s first novel for young readers is a coming-of-age journey set in modern-day Afghanistan that explores life as a bacha posh â ... more

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  • Cover image of book Sky Song by Abi Elphinstone
    Sky Song - by Abi Elphinstone

    £6.99   paperback   (2018) - ISBN 13: 9781471146077 | ISBN 10: 1471146073

    'Once an adventure digs its claws in, there is not an awful lot you can do about it. Especially when magic is involved...'  In the snowy kingdom of Erkenwald, whales glide between icebergs, wolves hunt on the tundra and polar bears roam the ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Light Jar by Lisa Thompson
    The Light Jar - by Lisa Thompson

    £6.99   paperback   (2018) - ISBN 13: 9781407171289 | ISBN 10: 1407171283

    Why is Nate hiding in a forest – alone, frightened and friendless? Is there a light in this darkness? A magical, mysterious tale by the author of The Goldfish Boy. One to break your heart/dampen your tissues over and over again!   Nate and ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Explorer by Katherine Rundell, illustrated by Hannah Horn
    The Explorer - by Katherine Rundell, illustrated by Hannah Horn

    £7.99   paperback   (2018) - ISBN 13: 9781408882191 | ISBN 10: 1408882191

    Winner of the Costa Children's Book Award 2017   From his seat in the tiny aeroplane, Fred watches as the mysteries of the Amazon jungle pass by below him. He has always dreamed of becoming an explorer, of making history and of reading his name ... more

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  • Cover image of book Kick by Mitch Johnson
    Kick - by Mitch Johnson

    £6.99   paperback   (2017) - ISBN 13: 9781474928151 | ISBN 10: 1474928153

    Budi's plan is simple. He's going to be a star.  Budi's going to play for the greatest team on earth, instead of sweating over each stitch he sews, each football boot he makes.   But one unlucky kick brings Budi's world crashing down. ... more

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  • Cover image of book Bah! Humbug! by Michael Rosen, illustrated by Tony Ross
    Bah! Humbug! - by Michael Rosen, illustrated by Tony Ross

    £10.99   hardback   (2017) - ISBN 13: 9781407178189 | ISBN 10: 1407178180

    Utterly heartwarming! A seasonal classic brought up to date by two giants of kids’ fiction.   Can a school play of A Christmas Carol help Harry’s dad to find the spirit of Christmas? Harry Gruber is feeling pretty nervous – and not just ... more

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  • Cover image of book Goth Girl and the Fete Worse Than Death by Chris Riddell
    Goth Girl and the Fete Worse Than Death - by Chris Riddell

    £6.99   paperback   (2017) - ISBN 13: 9781447201755 | ISBN 10: 1447201752

    Ada is back in the sequel to the award-winning Goth Girl and the Ghost of a Mouse.  Preparations for the Ghastly-Gorm Garden Party and bake-off are under way. Celebrity cooks are arriving at the hall for the big event and, true to form, Maltravers, ... more

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  • Cover image of book Passing for White by Tanya Landman
    Passing for White - by Tanya Landman

    £6.99   paperback   (2017) - ISBN 13: 9781781126813 | ISBN 10: 178112681x

    It’s 1848 in the Deep South of America. Rosa is a slave but her owner is also her father and her fair skin means she can ‘pass for white’. With the help of Benjamin, her husband, she disguises herself as a young white man – and Benjamin’s m ... more

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  • Cover image of book Beyond the Bright Sea by Lauren Wolk
    Beyond the Bright Sea - by Lauren Wolk

    £6.99   paperback   (2017) - ISBN 13: 9780552574303 | ISBN 10: 0552574309

    From the bestselling author of Newbery Honor–winner Wolf Hollow, the moving story of an orphan, determined to know her own history, who discovers the true meaning of family.   Twelve-year-old Crow has lived her entire life on a tiny, isolat ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Dragon with a Chocolate Heart by Stephanie Burgis
    The Dragon with a Chocolate Heart - by Stephanie Burgis

    £6.99   paperback   (2016) - ISBN 13: 9781408880319 | ISBN 10: 1408880318

    Aventurine is the fiercest, bravest kind of dragon, and she's ready to prove it to her family by leaving the safety of their mountain cave and capturing the most dangerous prey of all: a human.   But when the human she captures tricks her into dri ... more

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  • Cover image of book Northern Lights: The Graphic Novel - Volume One by Philip Pullman, illustrated by Cl�ment Oubrerie
    Northern Lights: The Graphic Novel - Volume One - by Philip Pullman, illustrated by Cl�ment Oubrerie

    £12.99   paperback   (2016) - ISBN 13: 9780857534637 | ISBN 10: 0857534637

    �Without this child, we shall all die.�   Lyra Belacqua lives half-wild and carefree among the scholars of Jordan College, with her daemon familiar always by her side. But the arrival of her fearsome uncle, Lord Asriel, draws her to the heart ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Case of the Girl in Grey: The Wollstonecraft Detective Agency by Jordan Stratford
    The Case of the Girl in Grey: The Wollstonecraft Detective Agency - by Jordan Stratford

    £6.99   paperback   (2016) - ISBN 13: 9780440871187 | ISBN 10: 0440871182

    The Wollstonecraft Detective Agency was supposed to be a secret constabulary, but after the success of their first case, all of London knows that Lady Ada and Mary are the girls to go to if you have a problem.   Their new case is a puzzle inde ... more

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  • Cover image of book Whistling in the Dark by Shirley Hughes
    Whistling in the Dark - by Shirley Hughes

    £6.99   paperback   (2016) - ISBN 13: 9781406365696 | ISBN 10: 1406365696

    In the hardship of war, everything is rationed – except true friendship. From much-loved author Shirley Hughes comes a compelling wartime adventure set during the Liverpool Blitz.  Liverpool, 1940: thirteen-year-old Joan’s home is under threat from ... more

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  • Cover image of book Peace Maker by Malorie Blackman
    Peace Maker - by Malorie Blackman

    £5.99   paperback   (2016) - ISBN 13: 9781781125618 | ISBN 10: 1781125619

    Michela knows the law - everyone must wear a Peace Maker device at all times, and it must never be tampered with.  Non-aggression is her society's founding principle, and the Peace Maker the means by which is it enforced. But Michela is desperate to ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Kites Are Flying by Michael Morpurgo, illustrated by Laura Carlin
    The Kites Are Flying - by Michael Morpurgo, illustrated by Laura Carlin

    £6.99   paperback   (2016) - ISBN 13: 9781406367317 | ISBN 10: 1406367311

    A television reporter's extraordinary experience in the West Bank reveals how children's hopes and dreams for peace and unity can fly higher than any wall built to divide communities and religions.  Travelling to the West Bank to witness how lif ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Lie Tree by Frances Hardinge
    The Lie Tree - by Frances Hardinge

    £7.99   paperback   (2015) - ISBN 13: 9781447264101 | ISBN 10: 144726410x

    Winner of the Costa Book Award, 2015   The Lie Tree is a wonderfully evocative and atmospheric novel by Frances Hardinge, award-winning author of Cuckoo Song and Fly By Night.  Faith's father has been found dead under mysterious circu ... more

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  • Cover image of book The River and the Book by Alison Croggon
    The River and the Book - by Alison Croggon

    £6.99   paperback   (2015) - ISBN 13: 9781406356021 | ISBN 10: 1406356026

    Combining magical realism and fable, this lyrical tale is the story of a landscape and community destroyed by Western greed.  From the internationally bestselling author of the high fantasy series The Books of Pellinor comes a powerful story about ... more

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  • Cover image of book Old School: Diary of a Wimpy Kid 10 by Jeff Kinney
    Old School: Diary of a Wimpy Kid 10 - by Jeff Kinney

    £12.99   hardback   (2015) - ISBN 13: 9780141364728 | ISBN 10: 0141364726

    Get ready, book 10 in the phenomenally bestselling Diary of a Wimpy Kid series is coming!   Life was better in the old days. Or was it?   That's the question Greg Heffley is asking as his town voluntarily unplugs and goes electronics-fr ... more

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  • Cover image of book Eren by Simon P. Clark
    Eren - by Simon P. Clark

    £6.99   paperback   (2015) - ISBN 13: 9781472110985 | ISBN 10: 1472110986

    A beautiful and unsettling debut novel for middle grade and up, in which a young boy learns all about the dangerous power of stories - sharing them, keeping them, and putting yourself within them.  'Tell the story to its end,' says Eren with a ... more

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  • Cover image of book In Darkling Wood by Emma Carroll
    In Darkling Wood - by Emma Carroll

    £6.99   paperback   (2015) - ISBN 13: 9780571317578 | ISBN 10: 057131757x

    'You're telling me there are fairies in this wood?'   When Alice's brother gets a longed-for chance for a heart transplant, Alice is suddenly bundled off to her estranged grandmother's house. There's nothing good about staying with Nell, exc ... more

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  • Cover image of book Jim
    Jim's Lion - by Russell Hoban, illustrated by Alexis Deacon

    £7.99   paperback   (2015) - ISBN 13: 9781406360714 | ISBN 10: 1406360716

    Russell Hoban's moving, unflinching tale of a boy who finds bravery during illness is dramatically reimagined in graphic-novel format with new art by Alexis Deacon.  From the incomparable Russell Hoban comes a moving, unflinching tale of a boy who ... more

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  • Cover image of book If You Find This by Matthew Baker
    If You Find This - by Matthew Baker

    £6.99   paperback   (2015) - ISBN 13: 9781471404528 | ISBN 10: 1471404528

    Three boys, two grandpas, a tree, a map and some hidden treasure... Let the adventure begin.   Eleven-year-old Nicholas Funes knows he's weird. He plays the violin far too well to be cool, he collects square roots and prime numbers and, weirde ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Nowhere Emporium by Ross MacKenzie
    The Nowhere Emporium - by Ross MacKenzie

    £6.99   paperback   (2015) - ISBN 13: 9781782501251 | ISBN 10: 1782501258

    When the mysterious Nowhere Emporium arrives in Glasgow, orphan Daniel Holmes stumbles upon it quite by accident. Before long, the 'shop from nowhere' -- and its owner, Mr Silver -- draw Daniel into a breathtaking world of magic and enchantment. &n ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Sphere of Septimus by Simon Rose
    The Sphere of Septimus - by Simon Rose

    £5.95   paperback   (2015) - ISBN 13: 9781896580753 | ISBN 10: 1896580750

    Eric isn't happy when he has to spend the summer with his eccentric father, Septimus Trinket, in the backwater village of Middle Wogglehole, deep in the heart of rural Derbyshire. And things are not quite what they seem to be in teh isolated village ... more

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  • Cover image of book Girl with a White Dog by Anne Booth
    Girl with a White Dog - by Anne Booth

    £6.99   paperback   (2014) - ISBN 13: 9781846471810 | ISBN 10: 1846471818

    Jessie is fed up: her dad's business has gone bust; they've had to leave behind their family home; and her cousin Fran - who used to be her best friend - is ignoring her, in favour of the cool crowd at school. An unexpected bright spot comes in the s ... more

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  • Cover image of book Joey Pigza Loses Control by Jack Gantos
    Joey Pigza Loses Control - by Jack Gantos

    £6.99   paperback   (2014) - ISBN 13: 9780440870531 | ISBN 10: 0440870534

    Joey's dad is well and truly wired!   After months of nagging, Joey Pigza is finally allowed to spend the summer holidays with his dad. But he soon finds out why Mom was so worried. If people think Joey has problems, they should meet his dad! ... more

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  • Cover image of book Diamond (Hetty Feather, Book 4) by Jacqueline Wilson, illustrated by	 Nick Sharratt
    Diamond (Hetty Feather, Book 4) - by Jacqueline Wilson, illustrated by Nick Sharratt

    £6.99   paperback   (2014) - ISBN 13: 9780440869863 | ISBN 10: 0440869862

    Diamond wasn't always a star. Born to penniless parents who longed for a strong, healthy son, she was a dainty, delicate daughter - and a bitter disappointment.  Discovering an extraordinary gift for acrobatics, Diamond uses her talent to ear ... more

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  • Cover image of book Harry Potter and the Philosopher
    Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone - by J.K. Rowling

    £7.99   paperback   (2014) - ISBN 13: 9781408855652 | ISBN 10: 1408855658

    When a letter arrives for unhappy but ordinary Harry Potter, a decade-old secret is revealed to him that apparently he’s the last to know. His parents were wizards, killed by a Dark Lord’s curse when Harry was just a baby, and which he somehow surviv ... more

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  • Cover image of book Running on a Patchwork of Earth by Jonny Zucker, illustrated by Emmanuel Cerisier
    Running on a Patchwork of Earth - by Jonny Zucker, illustrated by Emmanuel Cerisier

    £4.99   paperback   (2014) - ISBN 13: 9781472905345 | ISBN 10: 1472905342

    AJ is one of the best runners in his school - which is one of the best athletics training grounds in the world. He's devastated when his parents suddenly move him to cold, wet London, and he finds himself facing a very alien life, and hostility from ... more

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  • Cover image of book Rover Saves Christmas by Roddy Doyle
    Rover Saves Christmas - by Roddy Doyle

    £5.99   paperback   (2013) - ISBN 13: 9781407139739 | ISBN 10: 1407139738

    Nope: that’s not a reindeer!   This laugh-aloud story of a wonder-dog is written by a real wonder author. Roddy Doyle has won the biggest grown-up fiction prize in the world: the Booker Prize.   But kids know that his stories about th ... more

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  • Cover image of book A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
    A Christmas Carol - by Charles Dickens

    £4.99   paperback   (2013) - ISBN 13: 9781407143644 | ISBN 10: 1407143646

    Dickens’ classic festive fairy tale, complete with ghosts, spooks and misers.   The ultimate Yuletide must-read! Christmas? Bah, humbug! Mean-tempered Ebenezer Scrooge intends to ruin the holiday season for everyone. He’s horrid to his employe ... more

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  • Cover image of book My Parents Are Out of Control by Pete Johnson
    My Parents Are Out of Control - by Pete Johnson

    £6.99   paperback   (2013) - ISBN 13: 9780440870135 | ISBN 10: 0440870135

    Louis doesn't think much of it when his mum and dad ask him for tips on how to be cool. In fact, he thinks it's pretty funny watching them bump fists and use words like 'safe', 'sick' and 'wicked'. Until Dad turns up outside Louis's new school dresse ... more

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  • Cover image of book Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
    Treasure Island - by Robert Louis Stevenson

    £4.99   paperback   (2013) - ISBN 13: 9781407143637 | ISBN 10: 1407143638

    After the death of bloodthirsty buccaneer Captain Flint, young Jim Hawkins finds himself holding the key to a fortune. Inside Captain Flint’s sea-chest, he discovers a map that will lead him to the fabled Treasure Island.  But Jim isn’t the only ... more

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  • Cover image of book Coraline by Neil Gaiman, illustrated by Chris Riddell
    Coraline - by Neil Gaiman, illustrated by Chris Riddell

    £6.99   paperback   (2013) - ISBN 13: 9781408841754 | ISBN 10: 1408841754

    There is something strange about Coraline's new home.  It's not the mist, or the cat that always seems to be watching her, nor the signs of danger that Miss Spink and Miss Forcible, her new neighbours, read in the tea leaves. It's the other hous ... more

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  • Cover image of book Instructions by Neil Gaiman, illustrated by Charles Vess
    Instructions - by Neil Gaiman, illustrated by Charles Vess

    £7.99   paperback   (2013) - ISBN 13: 9781408808658 | ISBN 10: 140880865x

    Touch the wooden gate in the wall you never saw before, say "please" before you open the latch, go through, walk down the path...   What would you do if you found yourself in a fairytale? This stunning picture book guides you through a fantasy w ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Boy Who Swam with Piranhas by David Almond, illustrated by Oliver Jeffers
    The Boy Who Swam with Piranhas - by David Almond, illustrated by Oliver Jeffers

    £6.99   paperback   (2013) - ISBN 13: 9781406337464 | ISBN 10: 1406337463

    Multi-award-winning author David Almond brings us a joyfully life-affirming and fabulously fishy tale about one boy's journey from anguish to joy.  Stanley Potts is just an ordinary boy, but when all the jobs in Fish Quay disappear his Uncle Er ... more

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  • Cover image of book Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Cabin Fever by Jeff Kinney
    Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Cabin Fever - by Jeff Kinney

    £6.99   paperback   (2013) - ISBN 13: 9780141343006 | ISBN 10: 0141343001

    Greg Heffley is in big trouble. School property has been damaged and Greg is the prime suspect. But the crazy thing is, he's innocent! Or at least sort of.   The authorities are closing in, but then a surprise blizzard hits and the Heffley fam ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Girl Who Fell Beneath Fairyland and Led the Revels There by Catherynne M. Valente
    The Girl Who Fell Beneath Fairyland and Led the Revels There - by Catherynne M. Valente

    £9.99   paperback   (2013) - ISBN 13: 9781780338446 | ISBN 10: 1780338449

    Let the Revels begin! September returns to Fairyland after her first bestselling, breathtaking adventure there. The second in a series that seems destined to become a modern classic, from a multi-award-winning author. In the kingdom of Fairyland-Belo ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Spin by Rebecca Lisle
    The Spin - by Rebecca Lisle

    £5.99   paperback   (2013) - ISBN 13: 9781471400230 | ISBN 10: 1471400239

    Stormy is an orphan and a kitchen skivvy. He tends the compost, he scrubs the floors, and watches feasts make their way up the mountain as he survives on bread and water. A skivvy is all that Stormy can hope to be.   But Stormy has a secret. ... more

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  • Cover image of book My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece by Annabel Pitcher
    My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece - by Annabel Pitcher

    £7.99   paperback   (2013) - ISBN 13: 9781780621869 | ISBN 10: 1780621868

    Narrated by ten year old Jamie, a stunning debut novel about the tragedy that tears apart his family after a terrorist attack, and how they rebuild their lives.  Ten-year-old Jamie Matthews has just moved to the Lake District with his Dad and his ... more

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  • Cover image of book Wildwood (The Wildwood Chronicles, Book 1) by Colin Meloy, illustrated by Carson Ellis
    Wildwood (The Wildwood Chronicles, Book 1) - by Colin Meloy, illustrated by Carson Ellis

    £9.99   paperback   (2013) - ISBN 13: 9780857863256 | ISBN 10: 0857863258

    When her baby brother is kidnapped by crows, Prue McKeel begins an adventure that will take her and her friend Curtis way beyond her hometown and deep into the Impassable Wilderness. There they uncover a secret world in the midst of violent upheaval, ... more

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  • Cover image of book Rooftoppers by Katherine Rundell
    Rooftoppers - by Katherine Rundell

    £6.99   paperback   (2013) - ISBN 13: 9780571280599 | ISBN 10: 0571280595

    Everyone tells Sophie she was orphaned in a shipwreck. But Sophie is convinced her mother also survived. When no one believes her, Sophie sets out to prove them wrong. On the run from the authorities, Sophie finds Matteo and the other rooftoppers - c ... more

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  • Cover image of book Greta and Boris: A Daring Adventure by Sian Norris
    Greta and Boris: A Daring Adventure - by Sian Norris

    £5.99   paperback   (2013) - ISBN 13: 9781780996233 | ISBN 10: 1780996233

    Greta’s best friend is her cat Boris. However, little does she realise her bewhiskered buddy is actually the Prince of the Kingdom of Cats. So when he is kidnapped by the Rat King, a young warrior cat named Kyrie Mi-ke is sent to find Greta, and toge ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making by Catherynne M. Valente
    The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making - by Catherynne M. Valente

    £8.99   paperback   (2013) - ISBN 13: 9781780339818 | ISBN 10: 178033981x

    Gather up your courage and your wishes; grab a little pinch of luck - and prepare to be swept away, in a ship of your own making, to a land unlike any other. September is a twelve-year-old girl, Somewhat Grown and Somewhat Heartless, and she longs fo ... more

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  • Cover image of book Ingo by Helen Dunmore
    Ingo - by Helen Dunmore

    £6.99   paperback   (2012) - ISBN 13: 9780007464104 | ISBN 10: 000746410x

    I wish I was away in Ingo  Far across the briny sea,  Sailing over deepest waters  Where love nor care never trouble me...   By the Cornwall coast where Sapphire lives with her family, it's easy to hear the call of the sea. Too easy.  ... more

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  • Cover image of book Daizy Star, Ooh La La! by Cathy Cassidy
    Daizy Star, Ooh La La! - by Cathy Cassidy

    £5.99   paperback   (2012) - ISBN 13: 9780141337449 | ISBN 10: 0141337443

    Daizy can't believe that primary school is nearly over and when Miss Moon surprises Year Six with a trip to France Daizy wants it to be perfect...   Paris might be the city of poets, painters and chocolate croissants, but so far Daizy's no clo ... more

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  • Cover image of book Hostage by Malorie Blackman, illustrated by Derek Brazell
    Hostage - by Malorie Blackman, illustrated by Derek Brazell

    £5.99   paperback   (2012) - ISBN 13: 9781781120798 | ISBN 10: 178112079x

    Blindfolded. Alone. Afraid. The only thing Angela knows is that she's been kidnapped. Will her father pay the ransom? Does she have the courage to escape on her own? ... more

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  • Cover image of book Goblins by Philip Reeve
    Goblins - by Philip Reeve

    £6.99   paperback   (2012) - ISBN 13: 9781407115276 | ISBN 10: 1407115278

    Always busy squabbling, the goblins who live in the great towers of Clovenstone spend all their time fighting and looting. Only clever young Skarper understands that dark magic created by a vanquished sorcerer is rising again. From the lands of men c ... more

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  • Cover image of book Lemonade Sky by Jean Ure
    Lemonade Sky - by Jean Ure

    £6.99   paperback   (2012) - ISBN 13: 9780007431649 | ISBN 10: 0007431643

    The poignant, heart warming and beautifully written new standalone novel from the best-loved and original Queen of Tween, whose books are described by Jacqueline Wilson as “funny, funky, feisty - and fantastic reads!”.   Ruby, Tizz and Sam are sist ... more

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  • Cover image of book Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Ugly Truth by Jeff Kinney
    Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Ugly Truth - by Jeff Kinney

    £9.99   book with CD   (2012) - ISBN 13: 9780141344393 | ISBN 10: 0141344393

    The fifth book in Jeff Kinney's phenomenally successful Wimpy Kid series - now in paperback.   Catch the hapless Greg Heffley as he navigates his way through family and school life with his best friend, Rowley, by his side in a brand new Wimpy ... more

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  • Cover image of book Ribblestrop Forever! by Andy Mulligan
    Ribblestrop Forever! - by Andy Mulligan

    £6.99   paperback   (2012) - ISBN 13: 9780857078001 | ISBN 10: 0857078003

    The children are back! - but a air-crash and an unsteerable raft quickly land them in deep waters. Rescued by a mad librarian, they're soon off on a dangerous quest across the wilds of Ribblemoor, exploring haunted flare-paths.   Can they unc ... more

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  • Cover image of book Dark Lord: The Teenage Years by Jamie Thomson
    Dark Lord: The Teenage Years - by Jamie Thomson

    £6.99   paperback   (2012) - ISBN 13: 9781408315118 | ISBN 10: 1408315114

    Winner of the 2012 Roald Dahl Funny Prize!  "I will tell you all my secrets. But then of course I'm going to have to kill you..."   Thirteen-year-old schoolboy, Dirk Lloyd, has a dark secret - in fact he is a dark secret. Dirk - acco ... more

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  • Cover image of book One Hundred Illustrated Stories by Various authors
    One Hundred Illustrated Stories - by Various authors

    £16.99   hardback   (2012) - ISBN 13: 9781409550365 | ISBN 10: 1409550362

    An enchanting collection of one hundred of the best-loved stories ever told, from elegant retellings of Grimm and Andersen to lively folk tales from around the world.  Includes favourite stories such as The Twelve Dancing Princesses, Aladdin, Jack ... more

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  • Cover image of book Fizzlebert Stump: The Boy Who Ran Away from the Circus (and Joined the Library) by A. F. Harrold
    Fizzlebert Stump: The Boy Who Ran Away from the Circus (and Joined the Library) - by A. F. Harrold

    £5.99   paperback   (2012) - ISBN 13: 9781408830031 | ISBN 10: 1408830035

    'There are many boys in the world, all slightly different from one another, and most of them are referred to by names. These are often John or Jack or Desmond, but sometimes they are James or Philip or Simon. Once, and once only, there was a boy whos ... more

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  • Cover image of book Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Flies Again by Frank Cottrell Boyce, illustrated by Joe Berger
    Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Flies Again - by Frank Cottrell Boyce, illustrated by Joe Berger

    £6.99   paperback   (2012) - ISBN 13: 9780330544191 | ISBN 10: 0330544195

    When the Tooting family find a vast abandoned engine and fit it to their camper van, they have no idea of the adventure that lies ahead. The engine used to belong to an extraordinary flying car – and it wants to be back on the road again...fast!  ... more

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  • Cover image of book One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia
    One Crazy Summer - by Rita Williams-Garcia

    £5.99   paperback   (2012) - ISBN 13: 9780060760908 | ISBN 10: 0060760907

    Set during one of the most tumultuous years in recent American history, One Crazy Summer is the heartbreaking, funny tale of three girls who travel to Oakland, California, in 1968 in search of the mother who abandoned them.   It's an unforgettable ... more

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  • Cover image of book Lolly Luck by Ellie Daines
    Lolly Luck - by Ellie Daines

    £5.99   paperback   (2012) - ISBN 13: 9781849393966 | ISBN 10: 1849393966

    Lolly is Lolly Luck by name, lucky by nature. She always wins magazine competitions, on scratch cards and any game you can think of.   But when Lolly's dad loses his job and then the family home, Lolly's luck starts to change. And when sh ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Unforgotten Coat by Frank Cottrell Boyce
    The Unforgotten Coat - by Frank Cottrell Boyce

    £7.99   paperback   (2012) - ISBN 13: 9781406341546 | ISBN 10: 1406341541

    A stunning magical story of a summer of friendship with darker undertones of the plight of refugees.   Two refugee brothers from Mongolia are determined to fit in with their Liverpool schoolmates, but bring so much of Mongolia to Bootle that the ... more

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  • Cover image of book George and the Big Bang: George
    George and the Big Bang: George's Secret Key to the Universe - Book 3 - by Lucy and Stephen Hawking

    £6.99   paperback   (2012) - ISBN 13: 9780552559621 | ISBN 10: 0552559628

    Meet George. He's an ordinary boy with an incredible secret - the power to go on intergalactic adventures! Join him as he battles a sinister rebel-scientist, who's hell bent on sabotaging the most exciting - and dangerous - experiment of the century. ... more

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  • Cover image of book Tamar by Mal Peet
    Tamar - by Mal Peet

    £7.99   paperback   (2012) - ISBN 13: 9781406339130 | ISBN 10: 140633913x

    When her grandfather dies, Tamar inherits a box containing a series of clues and coded messages. Out of the past, another Tamar emerges, a man involved in the terrifying world of resistance fighters in Nazi-occupied Holland half a century earlier.  H ... more

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  • Cover image of book Indigo Blue by Cathy Cassidy
    Indigo Blue - by Cathy Cassidy

    £6.99   paperback   (2011) - ISBN 13: 9780141338897 | ISBN 10: 014133889x

    'I need a seriously brilliant daydream... because everything is far from OK...'  When Indigo's mum announces that they're moving - just Indie, Mum and baby Misti - Indie doesn't understand. Why the hurry? Where are they going? Will her best f ... more

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  • Cover image of book Billionaire Boy by David Walliams
    Billionaire Boy - by David Walliams

    £6.99   paperback   (2011) - ISBN 13: 9780007371082 | ISBN 10: 000737108x

    A hilarious, touching and extraordinary new fable from David Walliams, number one bestseller and fastest growing children’s author in the country.   Joe has a lot of reasons to be happy. About a billion of them, in fact.   You see, Joe' ... more

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  • Cover image of book Run, Zan, Run by Cathy MacPhail
    Run, Zan, Run - by Cathy MacPhail

    £6.99   paperback   (2011) - ISBN 13: 9781408817339 | ISBN 10: 1408817330

    Ivy turned on her. ‘I told you I'd get you, didn't I? Well,’ her next words sent shivers through Katie. ‘Tonight’s the night.’  Katie is being bullied at school – and cannot get anyone to believe her. She feels frightened and alone... ... more

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  • Cover image of book Painting Out the Stars by Mal Peet and Elspeth Graham. illustrated by Michael Foreman
    Painting Out the Stars - by Mal Peet and Elspeth Graham. illustrated by Michael Foreman

    £7.99   paperback   (2011) - ISBN 13: 9781406324860 | ISBN 10: 1406324868

    Three deftly spun, emotionally resonant stories with the feel of time-honoured fables but the freshness of a contemporary voice.  When Tashi's mother falls ill and is unable to work, Tashi looks to the monkeys on a Himalayan tea plantati ... more

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  • Cover image of book Too Small to Fail by Morris Gleitzman
    Too Small to Fail - by Morris Gleitzman

    £6.99   paperback   (2011) - ISBN 13: 9780241955208 | ISBN 10: 0241955203

    1 boy.  1 girl.  1 camel.  Squillions of dollars.  A plan that can't fail. Or can it?  Oliver's parents own a bank. This makes them very rich, very important and very busy. Oliver, on th ... more

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  • Cover image of book An Elephant in the Garden by Michael Morpurgo
    An Elephant in the Garden - by Michael Morpurgo

    £6.99   paperback   (2011) - ISBN 13: 9780007339587 | ISBN 10: 0007339585

    It’s 1945. Elizabeth's father is fighting with the German army on the eastern front. Her mother works at Dresden zoo, where her favourite animal is a young elephant named Marlene.   When the zoo director tells her the dangerous animals must b ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Grasshopper
    The Grasshopper's Run - by Siddhartha Sarma

    £6.99   paperback   (2011) - ISBN 13: 9781408809402 | ISBN 10: 1408809400

    Just as the invasion begins, an ambitious and vicious Japanese officer orders the massacre of a village of the Ao Naga tribe. Among those killed is Uti, grandson of the eldest Ao chief.  Gojen is his best friend, and on hearing the news o ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Brilliant World of Tom Gates by Liz Pichon
    The Brilliant World of Tom Gates - by Liz Pichon

    £6.99   paperback   (2011) - ISBN 13: 9781407120690 | ISBN 10: 1407120697

    “When my teacher, Mr Fullerman, doesn’t have his BEADY EYES on me, I like to draw pictures and write stories about stuff, like when we had the worst holiday ever (camping sucks), and when my parents came to school for parents’ evening (groan). And ab ... more

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  • Cover image of book Run Rabbit Run by Barbara Mitchelhill
    Run Rabbit Run - by Barbara Mitchelhill

    £6.99   paperback   (2011) - ISBN 13: 9781849392495 | ISBN 10: 1849392498

    When Lizzie's dad refuses to fight in the Second World War, the police come looking to arrest him. Desperate to stay together, Lizzie and her brother Freddie go on the run with him, hiding from the police in idyllic Whiteway.   But when their ... more

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  • Cover image of book My Name is Mina by David Almond
    My Name is Mina - by David Almond

    £7.99   paperback   (2011) - ISBN 13: 9780340997260 | ISBN 10: 0340997265

    There’s an empty notebook lying on the table in the moonlight. It’s been there for an age. I keep on saying that I’ll write a journal. So I’ll start right here, right now. I open the book and write the very first words: My name is Mina and I love the ... more

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  • Cover image of book Luka and the Fire of Life by Salman Rushdie
    Luka and the Fire of Life - by Salman Rushdie

    £7.99   paperback   (2011) - ISBN 13: 9780099421894 | ISBN 10: 0099421895

    On a beautiful starry night in the city of Kahani in the land of Alifbay a terrible thing happened: twelve-year-old Luka’s storyteller father, Rashid, fell suddenly and inexplicably into a sleep so deep that nothing and no one could rouse him. To sav ... more

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  • Cover image of book Private Peaceful by Michael Morpurgo
    Private Peaceful - by Michael Morpurgo

    £6.99   paperback   (2010) - ISBN 13: 9780007486441 | ISBN 10: 0007486448

    Heroism or cowardice? Private Peaceful is a stunning story of the First World War from a master storyteller. Told in the voice of a young soldier, the story follows 24 hours in his life at the front during WW1, and captures his memories as he looks ... more

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  • Cover image of book Moving the Goalposts by Rob Childs
    Moving the Goalposts - by Rob Childs

    £4.99   paperback   (2010) - ISBN 13: 9781408122341 | ISBN 10: 1408122340

    For Sam, playing football is easy. He's the star goalkeeper and a key member of the team. But writing and schoolwork is another matter.   When Sam is chosen to read his match report in front of the whole school, the prospect fills him with dr ... more

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  • Cover image of book Out of Shadows by Jason Wallace
    Out of Shadows - by Jason Wallace

    £7.99   paperback   (2010) - ISBN 13: 9781849390484 | ISBN 10: 1849390487

    If I stood you in front of a man, pressed a gun into your palm and told you to squeeze the trigger, would you do it?  'No, sir, no way!'  'What if I then told you we'd gone back in time and his name was Adolf Hitler? Would you do it then? ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett
    The Wee Free Men - by Terry Pratchett

    £7.99   paperback   (2010) - ISBN 13: 9780552562904 | ISBN 10: 0552562904

    Nine-year-old Tiffany Aching thinks her Granny Aching - a wise shepherd - might have been a witch, but now Granny Aching is dead and it's up to Tiffany to work it all out when strange things begin happening: a fairy-tale monster in the stream, a head ... more

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  • Cover image of book Eric by Shaun Tan
    Eric - by Shaun Tan

    £7.99   hardback   (2010) - ISBN 13: 9781848775879 | ISBN 10: 1848775873

    "Years ago we had a foreign exchange student come to live with us. We found it very difficult to pronounce his name correctly, but he didn’t mind. He told us to just call him ‘Eric’.”   As charming as he is curious, by the end of his stay ... more

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  • Cover image of book Ghost Hunter: Chronicles of Ancient Darkness: Book 6 by Michelle Paver
    Ghost Hunter: Chronicles of Ancient Darkness: Book 6 - by Michelle Paver

    £7.99   paperback   (2010) - ISBN 13: 9781842551172 | ISBN 10: 1842551175

    As winter approaches and Souls' Night draws near, the Eagle Owl Mage holds the clans in the grip of terror. To fulfill his destiny, Torak must seek his lair in the Mountain of Ghosts. He must defy demons and tokoroths, and find his way through the Go ... more

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  • Cover image of book The No. 1 Car Spotter by Atinuke, illustrated by Warwick Johnson Cadwell
    The No. 1 Car Spotter - by Atinuke, illustrated by Warwick Johnson Cadwell

    £5.99   paperback   (2010) - ISBN 13: 9781406320770 | ISBN 10: 1406320773

    Oluwalase Babatunde Benson is No. 1. He's the No. 1 car spotter in his village. The No. 1 car spotter in the world!   The start of an exciting new series about the irresistible No. 1, whose hobby is car spotting but who is good at solving all sorts ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Cat That Walked by Himself and Other Stories by Rudyard Kipling
    The Cat That Walked by Himself and Other Stories - by Rudyard Kipling

    £7.95   paperback   (2010) - ISBN 13: 9780712358095 | ISBN 10: 0712358099

    'HEAR and attend and listen; for this befell and behappened and became and was, O my Best Beloved, when the Tame animals were wild. The Dog was wild, and the Horse was wild, and the Cow was wild, and the Sheep was wild, and the Pig was wild—as wild a ... more

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  • Cover image of book Enchanted Glass by Diana Wynne Jones
    Enchanted Glass - by Diana Wynne Jones

    £6.99   paperback   (2010) - ISBN 13: 9780007320806 | ISBN 10: 0007320809

    A brilliant, intricate and magical novel from the Godmother of British fantasy.  When Andrew Hope's magician grandfather dies, he leaves his house and field-of-care to his grandson who spent much of his childhood at the house. Andrew has forg ... more

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  • Cover image of book Mr Stink by David Walliams, illustrated by Quentin Blake
    Mr Stink - by David Walliams, illustrated by Quentin Blake

    £6.99   paperback   (2010) - ISBN 13: 9780007279067 | ISBN 10: 000727906x

    The second original, touching, twisted, and most of all hilarious novel for children by David Walliams – beautifully illustrated by Quentin Blake.  "Mr Stink stank. He also stunk. And if it was correct English to say he stinked, then he stink ... more

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  • Cover image of book Running Wild by Michael Morpurgo
    Running Wild - by Michael Morpurgo

    £6.99   paperback   (2010) - ISBN 13: 9780007267026 | ISBN 10: 0007267029

    The epic and heart-rending jungle adventure from the nation’s favourite storyteller, now available in paperback.  For Will and his mother, going to Indonesia isn't just a holiday. It's an escape, a new start, a chance to put things behind the ... more

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  • Cover image of book In the Trees by Pauline Fisk
    In the Trees - by Pauline Fisk

    £6.99   paperback   (2010) - ISBN 13: 9780571236206 | ISBN 10: 0571236200

    Kid Cato's come to Belize, on the Caribbean coast. He's left behind his life in London to look for his dad.   But what he finds instead is a group of gap year volunteers - just the boring, do-good types he's always hated, but he's stuck with ... more

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  • Cover image of book Halo by Zizou Corder
    Halo - by Zizou Corder

    £7.99   paperback   (2010) - ISBN 13: 9780141328300 | ISBN 10: 0141328304

    Washed ashore as a baby in ancient Greece, Halo is discovered by a family of centaurs. Although her true identity remains a mystery, she is loved as one of their own. But when Halo is dragged away by fishermen, her wild adventure begins...  ... more

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  • Cover image of book George
    George's Cosmic Treasure Hunt George's Secret Key to the Universe - Book 2 - by Lucy and Stephen Hawking

    £6.99   paperback   (2010) - ISBN 13: 9780552559614 | ISBN 10: 055255961x

    We are going,' said Annie, 'on a great cosmic journey. So listen up, Savers of Planet Earth, and prepare to meet the Universe.'   George's best friend Annie needs help. Her scientist father, Eric, is working on a space project - and it's all g ... more

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  • Cover image of book Wintersmith by Terry Pratchett
    Wintersmith - by Terry Pratchett

    £7.99   paperback   (2010) - ISBN 13: 9780552562898 | ISBN 10: 0552562890

    ‘Crivens!’   Tiffany Aching put one foot wrong, made just one little mistake...  And now the spirit of winter is in love with her. He gives her roses and icebergs and showers her with snowflakes, which is tough when you’re thirteen, but also ... more

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  • Cover image of book Usborne Illustrated Stories for Children by Various authors
    Usborne Illustrated Stories for Children - by Various authors

    £16.99   paperback   (2009) - ISBN 13: 9781409507659 | ISBN 10: 1409507653

    A beautifully illustrated collection of over twenty stories of excitement, magic and humour.  Includes well-known classics such as 'The Little Mermaid', 'Treasure Island' and 'The Princess and the Pea' along with some original tales such as ... more

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  • Cover image of book Howl
    Howl's Moving Castle - by Diana Wynne Jones

    £6.99   paperback   (2009) - ISBN 13: 9780007299263 | ISBN 10: 0007299265

    In this beloved modern classic, young Sophie Hatter from the land of Ingary catches the unwelcome attention of the Witch of the Waste and is put under a spell...   Deciding she has nothing more to lose, Sophie makes her way to the moving ca ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane
    The Red Badge of Courage - by Stephen Crane

    £6.99   paperback   (2009) - ISBN 13: 9780141327525 | ISBN 10: 0141327529

    Henry Fleming dreams of the thrill of battle and performing heroic deeds in the American Civil War. But his illusions are shattered when he comes face to face with the bloodshed and horrors of war. Now he's a raw recruit, Henry experiences both fear ... more

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  • Cover image of book Nation by Terry Pratchett
    Nation - by Terry Pratchett

    £7.99   paperback   (2009) - ISBN 13: 9780552557795 | ISBN 10: 055255779x

    When a giant wave destroys his entire Nation - his family and everyone he has ever known - Mau finds himself totally alone. Until he meets Daphne, daughter of a colonial Governor and the sole survivor from a shipwreck. They have no common language, n ... more

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  • Cover image of book Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw by Jeff Kinney
    Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw - by Jeff Kinney

    £6.99   paperback   (2009) - ISBN 13: 9780141324920 | ISBN 10: 0141324929

    Greg's dad, Frank, is on a mission - a mission to make this wimpy kid, well, less wimpy. All manner of 'manly' physical activities are planned, but Greg just about manages to find a way out of them.  That is until military academy is is mentione ... more

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  • Cover image of book Chinese Cinderella: The Mystery of the Song Dynasty Painting by Adeline Yen Mah
    Chinese Cinderella: The Mystery of the Song Dynasty Painting - by Adeline Yen Mah

    £6.99   paperback   (2009) - ISBN 13: 9780141320298 | ISBN 10: 014132029x

    Following a fall in the Shanghai market, Chinese Cinderella is whisked away to Grandma Wu's house to recover. As she lapses in and out of consciousness, she is haunted by vivid dreams that seem strange - yet somehow familiar - to her. A tale of slave ... more

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  • Cover image of book Oath Breaker: Chronicles of Ancient Darkness, Book 5 by Michelle Paver
    Oath Breaker: Chronicles of Ancient Darkness, Book 5 - by Michelle Paver

    £7.99   paperback   (2009) - ISBN 13: 9781842551165 | ISBN 10: 1842551167

    When he was outcast, Torak was the hunted one. The following spring, he becomes the hunter when he swears to avenge the killing of one of his closest friends. To fulfil his oath he must brave the hidden valleys of the Deep Forest, where the clans hav ... more

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  • Cover image of book Buried Alive! by Jacqueline Wilson
    Buried Alive! - by Jacqueline Wilson

    £6.99   paperback   (2009) - ISBN 13: 9780440868569 | ISBN 10: 0440868564

    Tim’s quiet holiday in Wales, with his parents and his best friend Biscuits, unexpectedly becomes truly terribly adventurous.  An encounter with two local bully-boys threatens to disrupt Tim and Biscuits’s fun but their friendship is also threate ... more

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  • Cover image of book Cookie by Jacqueline Wilson
    Cookie - by Jacqueline Wilson

    £6.99   paperback   (2009) - ISBN 13: 9780552558310 | ISBN 10: 0552558311

    Beauty Cookson is no beauty. She's a plain, timid girl surrounded by super-confident, snooty girls at school. Worse than the teasing in the playground, though, is the unpredictable criticism from her father. Frequently berated for breaking any of Dad ... more

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  • Cover image of book Bad Girls by Jacqueline Wilson
    Bad Girls - by Jacqueline Wilson

    £6.99   paperback   (2006) - ISBN 13: 9780440867623 | ISBN 10: 0440867622

    Mandy has been picked on at school for as long as she can remember. That's why she is delighted when cheeky, daring, full-of-fun Tanya picks her as a friend.   Mum isn't happy - she thinks Tanya's a BAD GIRL and a bad influence. Mandy's sure Tanya ... more

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  • Cover image of book Pig City by Louis Sachar
    Pig City - by Louis Sachar

    £6.99   paperback   (2009) - ISBN 13: 9780747599241 | ISBN 10: 0747599246

    The hilarious antics of a school club with a thirst for rivalry, revenge and romance.  ‘What was Pig City?’ thought Laura. Soon it would be something that everyone wanted to be part of...  Laura Sibbie is trying to find the perfect ‘ ... more

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  • Cover image of book Jackdaw Summer by David Almond
    Jackdaw Summer - by David Almond

    £6.99   paperback   (2009) - ISBN 13: 9780340881996 | ISBN 10: 0340881992

    By the author of Skellig, winner of the Carnegie Medal and the Whitbread Children's Book Award.  A long hot summer. A wild boy. An abandoned baby. An act of violence.  Every summer Liam and Max roam the wild countryside of Northumberl ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Savage by David Amond, illustrated by Dave McKean
    The Savage - by David Amond, illustrated by Dave McKean

    £6.99   paperback   (2009) - ISBN 13: 9781406319859 | ISBN 10: 1406319856

    "There was a wild kid living in Burgess Woods. He had no famly and he had no pals and he didn't know where he came from and he culdn't talk. His wepons were old kitchen nives and forks and an ax. He was savage. He was truely wild." Blue Baker is writ ... more

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  • Cover image of book Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules by Jeff Kinney
    Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules - by Jeff Kinney

    £6.99   paperback   (2009) - ISBN 13: 9780141324913 | ISBN 10: 0141324910

    Remember how I said that if some jerk caught me carrying a book with "diary" on the cover, they were gonna get the wrong idea? Well, that's exactly what happened today.   Now that Rodrick knows I have another journal, I'd better remember to keep ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman, illustrated by Chris Riddell
    The Graveyard Book - by Neil Gaiman, illustrated by Chris Riddell

    £7.99   paperback   (2009) - ISBN 13: 9780747594802 | ISBN 10: 0747594805

    Stunningly illustrated by Chris Riddell, who brings the ghouls, ghosts and hero wonderfully to life in this fantastic ghost adventure story, laced with menace and humour.  When a baby escapes a murderer intent on killing the entire family, wh ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Fire Eaters by David Almond
    The Fire Eaters - by David Almond

    £7.99   paperback   (2008) - ISBN 13: 9780340944998 | ISBN 10: 0340944994

    There he was, below the bridge, half-naked, eyes blazing. He had a pair of burning torches. He ran them back and forth across his skin. He sipped from a bottle, breathed across a torch, and fire and fumes leapt from his lips. The air was filled with ... more

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  • Cover image of book Alice
    Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - by Lewis Carroll, illustrated by Chris Riddell

    £6.99   paperback   (2008) - ISBN 13: 9780141321073 | ISBN 10: 0141321075

    On an ordinary summer's afternoon, Alice tumbles down a hole and an extraordinary adventure begins. In a strange world with even stranger characters, she meets a rabbit with a pocket watch, joins a Mad Hatter's Tea Party, and plays croquet with the Q ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
    The Wizard of Oz - by L. Frank Baum

    £6.99   paperback   (2008) - ISBN 13: 9780141321028 | ISBN 10: 0141321024

    Dorothy thinks she is lost forever when a terrifying tornado crashes through Kansas and whisks her and her dog, Toto, far away to the magical land of Oz. To get home Dorothy must follow the yellow brick road to Emerald City and find the wonderfully m ... more

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  • Cover image of book Animal Lab (Shades series) by Malcolm Rose
    Animal Lab (Shades series) - by Malcolm Rose

    £5.99   paperback   (2008) - ISBN 13: 9780237536169 | ISBN 10: 0237536161

    Jamie Littlewood is as bald as the monkey he's looking after at the local animal lab. The drug company he works for says the monkey is helping find a cure. His sister Petra says the animal experiments they are doing are wrong. Who is right? And what ... more

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  • Cover image of book Journey to Jo
    Journey to Jo'burg - by Beverley Naidoo

    £6.99   paperback   (2008) - ISBN 13: 9780007263509 | ISBN 10: 0007263503

    This is the story of love, commitment and the flowering of the human spirit against the background of South Africa's apartheid.  Frightened that their baby sister Dineo will die, thirteen-year-old Naledi and her younger brother Tiro run away from ... more

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  • Cover image of book Spokes: Stories from the Romani World by Janna Eliot
    Spokes: Stories from the Romani World - by Janna Eliot

    £5.99   paperback   (2008) - ISBN 13: 9781905512478 | ISBN 10: 1905512473

    A scarlet wheel on a blue and green flag, bright against the grey sky. Gisela leaned against the stone balustrade, tired after the journey. She'd forgotten how hectic London was, and wondered how she'd ever managed to cope with the daily commute... B ... more

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  • Cover image of book Free to Be...You and Me (Special 35th Anniversary Edition) by Marlo Thomas and friends
    Free to Be...You and Me (Special 35th Anniversary Edition) - by Marlo Thomas and friends

    £13.99   book with CD   (2008) - ISBN 13: 9780762430604 | ISBN 10: 0762430605

    This is the book we all know and love by Marlo Thomas and her friends —brought to new life with brand new illustrations to captivate and inspire a new generation of readers on a journey of the heart.   Whether you are opening Free to Be...You ... more

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  • Cover image of book Midnight by Jacqueline Wilson
    Midnight - by Jacqueline Wilson

    £6.99   paperback   (2008) - ISBN 13: 9780440868545 | ISBN 10: 0440868548

    Violet has always been in the shadow of her mesmerising, controlling brother Will - by turns delightful and terrifying. Now that Will has learned a shocking secret about his own past, things seem to be getting worse. Violet retreats further into her ... more

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  • Cover image of book Best Friends by Jacqueline Wilson
    Best Friends - by Jacqueline Wilson

    £6.99   paperback   (2008) - ISBN 13: 9780440868514 | ISBN 10: 0440868513

    Gemma and Alice, born on the same day, have been devoted best friends ever since. Despite Gemma's larger-than-life personality and Alice's quieter, calmer character, the two are inseparable - until that is Alice has to move house, all the way to Scot ... more

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  • Cover image of book Clean Break by Jacqueline Wilson
    Clean Break - by Jacqueline Wilson

    £6.99   paperback   (2008) - ISBN 13: 9780440868507 | ISBN 10: 0440868505

    Em adores her funny, glamorous dad - who cares if he's not her real father? He's wonderful to her, and to her little brother and sister. True to form at Christmas, Dad gives them fantastic presents, including a real emerald ring for his little Prince ... more

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  • Cover image of book Diary of a Wimpy Kid: A Novel in Cartoons by Jeff Kinney
    Diary of a Wimpy Kid: A Novel in Cartoons - by Jeff Kinney

    £6.99   paperback   (2008) - ISBN 13: 9780141324906 | ISBN 10: 0141324902

    Let me get something straight: this is a JOURNAL, not a diary. This was Mom's idea, not mine. But if she thinks I'm going to write down my "feelings" in here or whatever, she's crazy. The only reason I agreed to do this at all is because I figur ... more

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  • Cover image of book Rickshaw Girl by Mitali Perkins and Jamie Hogan
    Rickshaw Girl - by Mitali Perkins and Jamie Hogan

    £5.99   paperback   (2008) - ISBN 13: 9781580893091 | ISBN 10: 1580893090

    Naiman loves to create the traditional alpana patterns Bangladeshi women and girls paint their homes for special occasions. Her designs are always the best in the village. �But Naima wishes she could help earn money for her family. Her friend Salee ... more

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  • Cover image of book Coraline (Graphic Novel edition) by Neil Gaiman and P. Craig Russell
    Coraline (Graphic Novel edition) - by Neil Gaiman and P. Craig Russell

    £12.99   paperback   (2008) - ISBN 13: 9780747594062 | ISBN 10: 0747594066

    When Coraline steps through a door in her family's new home, she finds herself in another house, strangely familiar to her own. But also very different!  The food is better, the toybox is full of fascinating things, and Coraline is made very w ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Stuff of Nightmares by Malorie Blackman
    The Stuff of Nightmares - by Malorie Blackman

    £7.99   paperback   (2008) - ISBN 13: 9780552554633 | ISBN 10: 0552554634

    It begins with a ride on a train.  But where it ends is on a precipice of horror - dangling on the border between life and death.  It's a moment when Kyle discovers that he's not the only one in his class who knows about fear.   ... more

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  • Cover image of book Outcast (Chronicles of Ancient Darkness, Book 4) by Michelle Paver
    Outcast (Chronicles of Ancient Darkness, Book 4) - by Michelle Paver

    £7.99   paperback   (2008) - ISBN 13: 9781842551158 | ISBN 10: 1842551159

    Torak crouched on a beach of black sand, his clothes in tatters, his face wild and hopeless as he lashed out with a flaming brand - lashed out at Wolf.  For two moons, Torak has hidden a dreadful secret. He bears the mark of the Soul-Eater. C ... more

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  • Cover image of book Once Upon a Time in the North by Philip Pullman
    Once Upon a Time in the North - by Philip Pullman

    £12.99   hardback   (2008) - ISBN 13: 9780385614320 | ISBN 10: 0385614322

    Another mesmerising episode from the universe of His Dark Materials including the very first meeting of those two legends and friends, Lee Scoresby, the Texan balloonist, and Iorek Byrnison, the armoured bear.  Set in the far frozen Arctic, O ... more

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  • Cover image of book Ivan the Terrible by Anne Fine
    Ivan the Terrible - by Anne Fine

    £5.99   paperback   (2008) - ISBN 13: 9781405233255 | ISBN 10: 1405233257

    'Greetings to all you lowly shivering worms!' Ivan doesn't speak English. Which is tough on your first day at a new school. So Boris is roped in to translate for him. But then the new boy starts threatening to make slaves out of all his schoolma ... more

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  • Cover image of book Hero by Perry Moore
    Hero - by Perry Moore

    £7.99   paperback   (2008) - ISBN 13: 9780552555869 | ISBN 10: 055255586x

    Even though Thom Creed's a basketball star, his high school classmates keep their distance. They've picked up on something different about Thom.  Plus, his father, Hal Creed, was one of the greatest and most beloved superheroes of his time until a ca ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Sailing Ship Tree by Berlie Doherty
    The Sailing Ship Tree - by Berlie Doherty

    £5.99   paperback   (2008) - ISBN 13: 9781846470448 | ISBN 10: 1846470447

    This is the story of the Big House by the Mersey, and the people who lived there. In particular the twins Walter and Dorothy, whose father is the butler; Master George, the desperately lonely son of the wealthy owner; and Tweeny, the little maid trea ... more

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  • Cover image of book Lee Raven, Boy Thief by Zizou Corder
    Lee Raven, Boy Thief - by Zizou Corder

    £7.99   paperback   (2008) - ISBN 13: 9780141322902 | ISBN 10: 014132290x

    Lee Raven, boy thief, has stolen something he really didn't mean to. Now he faces a perilous flight through London (and the murky sewers below) as he tries to escape capture - because Lee has stolen the Book of Nebo, a book that has existed for thous ... more

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  • Cover image of book Far-Flung Adventures: Hugo Pepper by Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell
    Far-Flung Adventures: Hugo Pepper - by Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell

    £6.99   paperback   (2007) - ISBN 13: 9780440866961 | ISBN 10: 0440866960

    A brilliantly inventive, fabulously illustrated addition to the Far-Flung Adventure series from the award-winning, bestselling author and illustrator team, Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell.   Set in the same world as Fergus Crane and Corby Floo ... more

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  • Cover image of book Lionboy: The Truth by Zizou Corder
    Lionboy: The Truth - by Zizou Corder

    £7.99   paperback   (2007) - ISBN 13: 9780141317571 | ISBN 10: 0141317574

    Charlie Ashanti - lion-rescuer, shipwreck-survivor and Catspeaker - is safe with his parents. Or is he? Old enemies are closing in: Maccomo, the liontrainer, longs for revenge, and the evil Corporacy is still hunting Charlie and his mum and dad. They ... more

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  • Cover image of book Heaven Eyes by David Almond
    Heaven Eyes - by David Almond

    £7.99   paperback   (2007) - ISBN 13: 9780340944974 | ISBN 10: 0340944978

    Another highly original and beautifully written novel from the award-winning author of Skellig and Kit's Wilderness. Shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal.  Erin, January and Mouse live in a children's home, Whitegates. They often dream of escap ... more

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  • Cover image of book Children of Winter by Berlie Doherty
    Children of Winter - by Berlie Doherty

    £5.99   paperback   (2007) - ISBN 13: 9781846470264 | ISBN 10: 1846470269

    A new edition, recreating the time when the tiny village of Eyam in Derbyshire cut itself off from the rest of England in 1665. "Vividly and sensitively realised"(The Guardian) ... more

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  • Cover image of book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
    Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - by Roald Dahl

    £6.99   paperback   (2007) - ISBN 13: 9780141322711 | ISBN 10: 0141322713

    A new edition of the famous Dahl story of Charlie Bucket and his Golden Ticket, and Willy Wonka and his amazing chocolate factory. Great new Quentin Blake cover as well as a whole new exciting end section about Roald Dahl and his world. ... more

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  • Cover image of book Dustbin Baby by Jacqueline Wilson
    Dustbin Baby - by Jacqueline Wilson

    £6.99   paperback   (2007) - ISBN 13: 9780552556118 | ISBN 10: 0552556114

    April knows she was found in a dustbin fourteen years ago as a new-born baby. And now she's fairly happily settled with her foster mother, Marion. But she's desperate to recall what happened in the intervening years, and to see if she can find out wh ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Ghost of Grania O
    The Ghost of Grania O'Malley - by Michael Morpurgo

    £6.99   paperback   (2007) - ISBN 13: 9781405233408 | ISBN 10: 1405233400

    From master storyteller Michael Morpurgo comes The Ghost of Grania O'Malley. Everyone knows the Big Hill is full of gold, and now the islanders are intent on cutting the top off it and making themselves rich. Jessie and Jake are determined to sa ... more

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  • Cover image of book Anancy
    Anancy's African Adventures - by Beulah Richmond

    £5.99   paperback   (2007) - ISBN 13: 9789768202116 | ISBN 10: 9768202114

    Follow Anancy and his friend Chaka in their adventures to Africa as they see new sites, animals, and things they have never seen before.  An exciting sequel to Anancy and Friends, Anancy's African Adventures features an imaginative story which c ... more

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  • Cover image of book Tunnels by Roderick Gordon and Brian Williams
    Tunnels - by Roderick Gordon and Brian Williams

    £6.99   paperback   (2007) - ISBN 13: 9781905294428 | ISBN 10: 1905294425

    Fourteen-year-old Will Burrows lives with his family in London. He has little in common with them except for a passion for digging, which he shares with his father. When his father suddenly disappears down an unknown tunnel, Will decides to inve ... more

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  • Cover image of book Starring Tracy Beaker by Jacqueline Wilson
    Starring Tracy Beaker - by Jacqueline Wilson

    £6.99   paperback   (2007) - ISBN 13: 9780440867227 | ISBN 10: 0440867223

    Tracy Beaker is back . . . and she’s just desperate for a role in her school play. They’re performing A Christmas Carol and for one worrying moment, the irrepressible Tracy thinks she might not even get to play one of the unnamed street urchins. But ... more

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  • Cover image of book Midnight Feast by Various authors
    Midnight Feast - by Various authors

    £11.99   paperback   (2007) - ISBN 13: 9780007229284 | ISBN 10: 0007229283

    Brand new stories from your fave bestselling authors - and all for a great cause!  The blockbusting, bumper anthology for children is back, in the name of both entertainment and charity.   Midnight Feast is packed full of exclusive stor ... more

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  • Cover image of book Small Steps by Louis Sachar
    Small Steps - by Louis Sachar

    £7.99   paperback   (2007) - ISBN 13: 9780747583455 | ISBN 10: 0747583455

    Upon returning from Austin, Armpit set five goals for himself. Five small steps.   1. Graduate High School. 2. Get a job. 3. Save his money. 4. Avoid situations that might turn violent. And... 5. Lose the name Armpit.  In this wond ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Road of Bones by Anne Fine
    The Road of Bones - by Anne Fine

    £7.99   paperback   (2007) - ISBN 13: 9780552554930 | ISBN 10: 0552554936

    'Yuri, wake up! You know who's coming for you...'   In Yuri's country, people vanish. And no one ever comes back.  Now Yuri too is on a road to despair.  A road built on the bones of those who dared to oppose...   A ... more

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  • Cover image of book Alone on a Wide Wide Sea by Michael Morpurgo
    Alone on a Wide Wide Sea - by Michael Morpurgo

    £6.99   paperback   (2007) - ISBN 13: 9780007230587 | ISBN 10: 0007230583

    There were dozens of us on the ship, all up on deck for the leaving of Liverpool, gulls wheeling and crying over our heads, calling good-bye... That is all I remember of England.  When six-year-old orphan Arthur Hobhouse is shipped to Austr ... more

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  • Cover image of book Kate by Siobhan Parkinson
    Kate - by Siobhan Parkinson

    £7.99   paperback   (2007) - ISBN 13: 9780862789930 | ISBN 10: 0862789931

    When Kate goes to her very first Irish dancing lesson she is smitten: It's like flying, she decides. It’s the best thing she's ever done. But, coming from a poor family in Dublin's Liberties in the 1930s, how can Kate continue with her dancing? How c ... more

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  • Cover image of book Candyfloss by Jacqueline Wilson
    Candyfloss - by Jacqueline Wilson

    £6.99   paperback   (2007) - ISBN 13: 9780440866459 | ISBN 10: 0440866456

    Floss's parents split up when she was younger and she now divides up her week, spending five days with her mum, her mum's new boyfriend and her new baby half-brother. The other two days Floss spends with her dad, helping him to run his greasy spoon c ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Illustrated Mum by Jacqueline Wilson
    The Illustrated Mum - by Jacqueline Wilson

    £6.99   paperback   (2007) - ISBN 13: 9780440867814 | ISBN 10: 0440867819

    Covered from head to toe with one-of-a-kind tattoos, Marigold is the brightest, most beautiful mother in the world. At least, that’s what Dolphin thinks — she just wishes Marigold wouldn’t stay out quite so late or have mood spells every now and agai ... more

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  • Cover image of book Baj and the Word Launcher: Space Age Asperger Adventures in Communication by Pamela Victor
    Baj and the Word Launcher: Space Age Asperger Adventures in Communication - by Pamela Victor

    £12.99   paperback   (2006) - ISBN 13: 9781843108306 | ISBN 10: 1843108305

    "Awwwwesommme!" Anda whispered as Baj unfurled the cape.   Baj was speechless as the cape waved and swirled in the air, almost as if it had a life of its own.  Baj lives on the planet Aular and in many ways is like any other kid, but h ... more

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  • Cover image of book War Horse by Michael Morpurgo
    War Horse - by Michael Morpurgo

    £6.99   paperback   (2006) - ISBN 13: 9781405215879 | ISBN 10: 1405215879

    From master storyteller, Michael Morpurgo comes an incredibly moving story about one horse's experience in the deadly chaos of the first world war.  In 1914, Joey, a young farm horse, is sold to the army and thrust into the midst of the war on t ... more

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  • Cover image of book Fly By Night by Frances Hardinge
    Fly By Night - by Frances Hardinge

    £7.99   paperback   (2006) - ISBN 13: 9780330418263 | ISBN 10: 0330418262

    Fly By Night is a breathtaking adventure story, set in reimagined eighteenth-century England, and is the stunning debut novel from Frances Hardinge, author of the Costa Award winning The Lie Tree.   As the realm struggles to maintain an uneasy ... more

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  • Cover image of book Checkmate (Noughts and Crosses, Book 3) by Malorie Blackman
    Checkmate (Noughts and Crosses, Book 3) - by Malorie Blackman

    £7.99   paperback   (2006) - ISBN 13: 9780552551946 | ISBN 10: 0552551945

    Can the future ever erase the past?   Rose has a Cross mother and a nought father in a society where the pale-skinned noughts are treated as inferiors and those with dual heritage face a life-long battle against deep-rooted prejudices. Sephy, ... more

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  • Cover image of book Tell Me No Lies by Malorie Blackman
    Tell Me No Lies - by Malorie Blackman

    £5.99   paperback   (2006) - ISBN 13: 9780330446235 | ISBN 10: 0330446231

    A powerful, thought-provoking and highly readable novel by one of today's most talented writers for children.   Gemma longs for her lost mother, taking comfort from the cuttings in her scrapbook; pictures of mothers who loved their childre ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Bed and Breakfast Star by Jacqueline Wilson
    The Bed and Breakfast Star - by Jacqueline Wilson

    £6.99   paperback   (2006) - ISBN 13: 9780440867609 | ISBN 10: 0440867606

    Where do baby apes sleep? In apricots!  I'm Elsa, and that's one of my jokes (I tell LOTS of jokes and I'm going to be a big star one day). I do my best to cheer my family up - but no one seems to laugh much any more. Not since we lost our ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Story of Tracy Beaker by Jacqueline Wilson
    The Story of Tracy Beaker - by Jacqueline Wilson

    £6.99   paperback   (2006) - ISBN 13: 9780440867579 | ISBN 10: 0440867576

    'I'm Tracy Beaker. This is a book all about me. I'd read it if I were you. It's the most incredible dynamic heart-rending story. Honest.'  Tracy is ten years old. She lives in a Children's Home but would like a real home one day, with ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Suitcase Kid by Jacqueline Wilson
    The Suitcase Kid - by Jacqueline Wilson

    £6.99   paperback   (2006) - ISBN 13: 9780440867739 | ISBN 10: 0440867738

    When my parents split up they didn't know what to do with me...  My family always lived at Mulberry Cottage. Mum, Dad, me - and Radish, my Sylvanian rabbit. But now Mum lives with Bill the Baboon and his three kids. Dad lives with Carrie and ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Ruby in the Smoke by Philip Pullman
    The Ruby in the Smoke - by Philip Pullman

    £6.99   paperback   (2006) - ISBN 13: 9780439943666 | ISBN 10: 0439943663

    Soon after Sally Lockhart's father drowns at sea, she receives a strange anonymous letter. The dire warning it contains makes a man die of fear at her feet.  Determined to discover the truth about her father's death, Sally is plunged into a terr ... more

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  • Cover image of book Courageous Ali and the Heartless King by Tariq Mehmood
    Courageous Ali and the Heartless King - by Tariq Mehmood

    £6.99   paperback   (2006) - ISBN 13: 9780955253928 | ISBN 10: 0955253926

    The tyrannical King Khauf sits on half the world's milk. When Aisha falls ill, her father hides a jug of milk for her. The all-seeing soldiers of King Khauf arrest the father and take him to the dungeons, from where no one has ever returned. Thirteen ... more

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  • Cover image of book Lionboy: The Chase by Zizou Corder
    Lionboy: The Chase - by Zizou Corder

    £7.99   paperback   (2005) - ISBN 13: 9780141317564 | ISBN 10: 0141317566

    Charlie Ashanti is on the run from an amazing floating circus with six homesick beautiful Lions and an extraordinary sabre-toothed creature.  Charlie has promised to help the Lions find their way home to Morocco but he has his own problems: his ... more

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  • Cover image of book Girl Underground by Morris Gleitzman
    Girl Underground - by Morris Gleitzman

    £6.99   paperback   (2005) - ISBN 13: 9780141319001 | ISBN 10: 0141319003

    Trying to fit in at a posh new school is really hard when your loving and lovable family also happen to be criminals. Bridget is succeeding pretty well and has even made a friend, Menzies, the son of the federal Minister for National Development. The ... more

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  • Cover image of book Knife Edge (Noughts and Crosses, Book 2) by Malorie Blackman
    Knife Edge (Noughts and Crosses, Book 2) - by Malorie Blackman

    £7.99   paperback   (2005) - ISBN 13: 9780552548922 | ISBN 10: 0552548928

    Sephy is a Cross, one of the privileged in a society where the ruling Crosses treat the pale-skinned noughts as inferiors. But her baby daughter has a nought father...Jude is a Nought. Eaten up with bitterness, he blames Sephy for the terrible losses ... more

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  • Cover image of book Jimmy Coates: Killer by Joe Craig
    Jimmy Coates: Killer - by Joe Craig

    £6.99   paperback   (2005) - ISBN 13: 9780007196852 | ISBN 10: 0007196857

    An eleven-year-old boy discovers he has strange powers, and a future that holds mystery, adventure - and death!  Bending his knees, Jimmy let go of the windowsill and slowly tipped backwards. Surely this is impossible, he thought, even as he could fe ... more

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  • Cover image of book Wolf Brother: (Chronicles of Ancient Darkness, Book 1) by Michelle Paver
    Wolf Brother: (Chronicles of Ancient Darkness, Book 1) - by Michelle Paver

    £7.99   paperback   (2005) - ISBN 13: 9781842551318 | ISBN 10: 1842551310

    Thousands of years ago the land is one dark forest. Its people are hunter-gatherers. They know every tree and herb and they know how to survive in a time of enchantment and powerful magic. Until an ambitious and malevolent force conjures a demon: a d ... more

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  • Cover image of book Thief! by Malorie Blackman
    Thief! - by Malorie Blackman

    £6.99   paperback   (2004) - ISBN 13: 9780552551656 | ISBN 10: 0552551651

    You're the new girl in school. You're just trying to fit in - and it's not working. Then someone accuses you of theft, and you think things can't get any worse. Until you get caught in a freak storm...   The next thing you know, you're in the ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Best Christmas Present in the World by Michael Morpurgo and Michael Foreman
    The Best Christmas Present in the World - by Michael Morpurgo and Michael Foreman

    £5.99   hardback   (2004) - ISBN 13: 9781405215183 | ISBN 10: 1405215186

    Echoes of Christmas 1914 in the trenches call to the present day when a letter found by chance in an antique desk brings one soldier's experience hauntingly to life. Writing home from the front, the soldier has an extraordinary story to tell... &nbs ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Firework-maker
    The Firework-maker's Daughter - by Philip Pullman

    £6.99   paperback   (2004) - ISBN 13: 9780440866404 | ISBN 10: 0440866405

    More than anything else in the world, Lila wants to be a Firework-Maker. But every Firework-Maker must make a perilous journey to face the terrifying Fire-Fiend! Can Lila possibly survive? Especially when she doesn't know she needs special protection ... more

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  • Cover image of book Lionboy by Zizou Corder
    Lionboy - by Zizou Corder

    £7.99   paperback   (2004) - ISBN 13: 9780141317267 | ISBN 10: 0141317264

    Charlie Ashanti can speak Cat.  He takes it for granted - but when his Mum and Dad go missing, the cats are the only friends he can turn to. Setting out to find his parents, Charlie stows away on an incredible circus ship bound for Paris. O ... more

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  • Cover image of book Boy Overboard by Morris Gleitzman
    Boy Overboard - by Morris Gleitzman

    £6.99   paperback   (2003) - ISBN 13: 9780141316253 | ISBN 10: 014131625x

    Jamal loves playing football, which isn't easy if your goalie only has one leg and you keep having to dodge landmines to get your ball back. Jamal's stubborn little sister Bibi is even better at football than Jamal. But girls playing football is agai ... more

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  • Cover image of book Ties That Bind, Ties That Break by Lesley Namioka
    Ties That Bind, Ties That Break - by Lesley Namioka

    £6.99   paperback   (2003) - ISBN 13: 9780141317151 | ISBN 10: 0141317159

    Set in China in 1900s the story of a young girl who defied tradition by refusing to have her feet bound and in doing so changed the course of her life forever. ... more

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  • Cover image of book Buster and the Amazing Daisy: Adventures with Asperger Syndrome by Nancy Ogaz
    Buster and the Amazing Daisy: Adventures with Asperger Syndrome - by Nancy Ogaz

    £12.99   paperback   (2002) - ISBN 13: 9781843107217 | ISBN 10: 184310721x

    Daisy White was not crazy. Clumsy maybe, but definitely not crazy. In this exciting adventure story, Daisy, who has autism, defeats her bullies and overcomes her fears with the help of Buster, a very special rabbit. All is going well until a terrible ... more

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  • Cover image of book Traitor by Pete Johnson
    Traitor - by Pete Johnson

    £6.99   paperback   (2002) - ISBN 13: 9780440864387 | ISBN 10: 0440864380

    Tom, Mia and Oliver are the victims of a gang of bullies - who waylay them on the way home from school. It's not at school, so the teachers wouldn't be able to help, and they don't want to tell their parents, so there's only one option - to pay up. & ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Last Polar Bears by Harry Horse
    The Last Polar Bears - by Harry Horse

    £4.99   paperback   (1996) - ISBN 13: 9780140363821 | ISBN 10: 0140363823

    Grandfather is off on an expedition to the North Pole to find the Last Polar Bears and with him goes Roo - a dog of character and strong views. The intrepid explorers set sail on the good ship Unsinkable and embark on the adventure of a lifetime. &n ... more

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  • Cover image of book Aladdin and Other Tales from The Arabian Nights by Retold by N.J. Dawood
    Aladdin and Other Tales from The Arabian Nights - by Retold by N.J. Dawood

    £6.99   paperback   (1996) - ISBN 13: 9780140367829 | ISBN 10: 0140367829

    Lively tales of magic and trickery, retold from the original Arabic.  The ragamuffin Aladdin finds an old lamp which makes his fortune; a prince disappears on a flying horse; a falcon proves wiser than a king...  These tales of kings and pr ... more

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  • Cover image of book Lockie and Dadge by Frank Murphy
    Lockie and Dadge - by Frank Murphy

    £6.50   paperback   (1995) - ISBN 13: 9780862784249 | ISBN 10: 0862784247

    Lockie is a bit of a misfit. Orphaned, he is placed in foster home after foster home, but somehow he never settles in. 'Troublemaker' is the general verdict.  He runs away and meets up with some colourful characters - Dadge and his strange ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Pony Express by Mairin Johnston
    The Pony Express - by Mairin Johnston

    £5.50   paperback   (1993) - ISBN 13: 9781855940871 | ISBN 10: 1855940876

    One day, 13-year-old Kate witnesses a scene of cruelty involving a number of donkeys and learns that they are bound for "The Pony Express". Kate then discovers that the mother of her foal is one of the victims and resolves to save the animals. ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Mer-Child: A Legend for Children and Other Adults by Robin Morgan, illustrated by Amy Zerner
    The Mer-Child: A Legend for Children and Other Adults - by Robin Morgan, illustrated by Amy Zerner

    £9.99   hardback   (1991) - ISBN 13: 9781558610545 | ISBN 10: 1558610545

    This enchanting story tells of two outsiders who find a deep kinship in each other.  The Mer-Child � with his pale green skin, surf-white hair, and shimmering tail � is not fully accepted in the sea world or the human world. The Little Girl ... more

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  • Cover image of book Momo by Michael Ende, illustrated by Chris Riddell
    Momo - by Michael Ende, illustrated by Chris Riddell

    £6.99   paperback   (1985) - ISBN 13: 9780140317534 | ISBN 10: 0140317538

    At the edge of the city, in the ruins of an old amphitheatre, there lives a little homeless girl called Momo. Momo has a special talent which she uses to help all her friends who come to visit her.  Then one day the sinister men in grey arrive and s ... more

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