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Author
Publisher
Puffin
Pub. Date
1996
Language
English
Description
Tuffy the cat is in big trouble. On Monday he left a dead bird on the carpet. On Wednesday he brought in a dead mouse, but, worst of all, on Thursday Ellie and her family find the body of next door's rabbit. So they hatch a plan to cover up the murder.
Author
Series
Publisher
Barrington Stoke
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
Little Hetty dreams of being a glow-worm instead of a boring old grey worm. She wants a light of her own so she can glow and light up the dark places. All the better to read after lights-out! So off Hetty sets, determined to get a glow of her very own. But will any of the people who live in the forest actually be able to help her achieve her dream?
Author
Series
Publisher
Barrington Stoke
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
Tom wants to join the army, but he has to pass his exams first. When he turns up without a proper uniform one day, strict Mrs Bell threatens to send him home. There are spare clothes available, but is Tom brave enough to face the exam hall - in a skirt?!
Author
Publisher
Walker Books
Language
English
Description
Rosie loves everything about parties: balloons, presents, games, birthday cake, goody bags! So she is disappointed when some of her classmates announce that they have outgrown parties and would rather go to the cinema or bowling. Rosie decides to set up the Party Club and remind everyone of how much fun they'll be missing out on. But it's harder than she thought, particularly when even her parents don't seem to like birthday parties much.
Author
Publisher
Bantam
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Lulu's intolerable. From the outset she wormed her way into the affections of her stepmother and spent every childhood moment trying to undermine poor Geraldine, her dumpy and hardworking stepsister. Now as adults, Lulu believes that Geraldine and her husband will bail her out of every passing problem. Are things about to change?
Author
Language
English
Description
Told who to cheer for, who to believe in, Yuri grows up in a country where no freedom of thought is encouraged. But, it is still a shock when a few careless words lead him to a virtual death-sentence, sent on a nightmare journey up north to a camp amidst the frozen wastes. What, or who, can he possibly believe in now?
10) The devil walks
Author
Language
English
Description
Raised in secrecy by a mother everyone thinks has gone mad, Daniel's only link to his past is the intricately built model of the family home High Gates. The dolls house is perfect in every detail. Then Daniel is reunited with his uncle Severin, who bears an uncanny resemblance to a sinister wooden doll he has found hidden in the house.
11) Blue moon day
Author
Publisher
Corgi
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
Everyone thinks they know what it's like, going to school. But have you ever wondered what life must be like at a boarding school? A school for young offenders? A school for the blind? With her trademark humour, insight, sensitivity and razor-sharp wit, Anne Fine explores these different worlds in a short story collection that will fascinate young readers.
Author
Publisher
Doubleday Children's
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
A lovely, quiet Sunday. Well, that's until Aunt Susan - an unstoppable force - is on the phone insisting that Harry and his family come down to help her with a local event she's promised to organise: the Great Toadpool Show. But Aunt Susan has no idea of the mayhem she's about to unleash.
14) Magic ball
Author
Series
Publisher
Egmont UK Ltd
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
Green shirt or blue shirt? Feeding the ducks or going on the swings? Olly finds it so hard to make decisions! But then he's given a strange object that might just be the answer to his problem.