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Author
Publisher
Walker
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
Clem Ackroyd lives with his parents and grandmother in a claustrophobic home too small to accommodate their larger-than-life characters in the bleak Norlfolk countryside. Clem's life changes irrevocably when he meets Frankie, the daughter of a wealthy farmer, and experiences first love, in all its pain and glory. The story is told in flashback by Clem when he is living and working in New York City as a designer, and moves from the past of his parents...
Author
Publisher
University of Queensland Press
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
A special reissue of a bestselling Australian classic from award-winning author Steven Herrick.Jack and Annabel have been dating for two years. With high school over they?re about to start university - until Jack decides to chuck it all in.I think you and Annabel should get out of hereas fast as possible. Have a year doing anythingyou want. My going-away present is enough moneyto buy a car - a cheap old one, okay? You?ll have towork somewhere to buy...
23) Hotel flamingo
Author
Publisher
Piccadilly Press
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
When young Anna inherits a dilapidated once-grand hotel from her Great Aunt Mathilde, she's determined to restore it to its former glory. But this is no ordinary hotel - all of her staff and guests are animals! Anna soon rises to the challenge. Whether it's a flamingo, a penguin or a hippo knocking at the door, Anna is ready to welcome them all - with the help of her trusty sidekicks T Bear the doorman, Squeak the friendly mouse elevator, and Lemmy...
Author
Series
Marsh Road Mysteries volume 3
Publisher
Bloomsbury Childrens
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
Meet Piotr, Minnie, Andrew, Flora and Sylvie - true friends and even better mystery-solvers! Flora and Sylvie are going on the holiday of a lifetime with their dad. But - WHAT? - Dad cancels the trip only hours before the flight because - OH MY GOODNESS - someone has stolen precious blueprints of Dad's latest invention: an amazing new scooter. But who? And why? Time to call on the only five people who can possibly solve the crime! The third in a fantastic...
Author
Series
School for Good and Evil volume 1
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
A dark and enchanting fantasy adventure perfect for girls who prefer their fairytales with a twist. Every four years, two girls are kidnapped from the village of Gavaldon. Legend has it these lost children are sent to the School for Good and Evil, the fabled institution where they become fairytale heroes or villains. Sophie, the most beautiful girl in town, has always dreamed of her place at the School for Good while her friend Agatha, with her dark...
26) Megamonster
Author
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
The new children?s book from No. 1 bestselling author David Walliams - a timeless adventure illustrated by artistic genius, Tony Ross. On a volcanic island, in the middle of shark-infested waters, stands The Cruel School. The lessons are appalling, the school dinners are revolting and the teachers are terrifying - especially the mysterious Science teacher Doctor Doktur. When Larker is sent to the school, she quickly realises something very odd is...
Author
Series
Boy Who Grew Dragons volume 4
Publisher
Piccadilly Press
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
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Description
Eleven-year-old Tomas has a secret friend like no other: Flicker, a dragon with glittering eyes and scales that flicker from fiery orange to ruby red. But Tomas is also having to get used to Flicker being away, now that his dragon's home is back in the frosty North. Adventure is never far away for Tomas, though - as he finds out when another dragon hatches on the dragonfruit tree at the bottom of the garden, a dragon who quite quickly decides he is...
Author
Series
Publisher
Macmillan Children's Books
Language
English
Description
Welcome to the world's wackiest treehouse where there are no rules, no limits, absolutely NO adults, and bucket-loads of fun! The 130-Storey Treehouse is the tenth amazing book in the number one bestselling Treehouse series that has over 10 million kids laughing. Andy and Terry have added another thirteen levels of crazy fun to their ever-growing treehouse. Join millions of readers worldwide in this wacky new adventure - a laugh-out-loud story told...
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Childrens
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
River means everything to Sky. They have lived alone together on Island for as long as they can remember. The two of them hunt for food, wash in Falls and curl up together in Shelter. Their life is simple and safe. Until River sees a boat . . . Across Ocean is California, a place where nothing makes sense to Sky. She is separated from River and taken to live with a grandmother she doesn't know. Lost and heartbroken, Sky searches for him so they can...
30) Dragon trouble
Author
Series
The Dragonling volume 5
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
Darek must rescue Zantor and Pola from the dangerous mists of Krad in this fifth book in the fantastical Dragonling chapter book series! When Darek?s beloved dragonling, Zantor, and Darek?s best friend, Pola, disappear into the mists of Krad, everyone assumes they?re gone for good. But Darek just knows that Zantor and Pola are alive. He can hear the dragonling?s cries for help, deep inside his own head. And much to his surprise, Rowena-the cause of...
Author
Publisher
HarperCollinsChildren?sBooks
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
When twelve-year-olds Willa and Manny hear of a mysterious animal prowling their town, they are determined to prove it is real. Following the creature into a cave one full moon, they are swept into an alternate, ideal, world - one where pollution and conflict have been conquered decades ago and even their own families seem happier. But when they return, no one believes them. So, with a global war looming in their own world, their quest for proof of...
32) Toffee
Author
Language
English
Description
I am not who I say I am, and Marla isn't who she thinks she is. I am a girl trying to forget. She is a woman trying to remember. Allison has run away from home and with nowhere to live finds herself hiding out in the shed of what she thinks is an abandoned house. But the house isn't empty. An elderly woman named Marla, with dementia, lives there - and she mistakes Allison for an old friend from her past called Toffee. Allison is used to hiding who...
Author
Language
English
Description
This is the debut children's novel from David Walliams, co-creator and co-star of the multi-award-winning Little Britain. Dennis lives in a boring house in a boring street in a boring town. But he's about to find out that when you open your mind, life becomes anything but boring.
34) Crusade
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Childrens
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
Robert: Left on the steps of a church as a baby, Robert was often hungry but never stole food like the other orphans in town. Introverted and extraordinarily intelligent, he knew all the Latin prayers and hymns by heart by the time he was five years old. Georgette: Her own mother died in childbirth, leaving Georgette with a father who, seventeen at the time, had neither experience nor aptitude as a nurturing parent, and a brother known in town as...
36) Cogheart
Author
Series
The Cogheart Adventures volume 1
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
When 13-year-old Lily's inventor father vanishes after a Zeppelin crash, Lily's determined to hunt down the truth behind his disappearance, helped by Robert, the local clockmaker's son, and her wily mechanical fox Malkin. But shadowy figures are closing in and treachery lurks among the smoky spires of London - along with a life-changing secret.
37) Cloudburst
Author
Series
Jack Courtney volume 1
Publisher
Piccadilly Press
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
Jack Courtney has lived in the UK his whole life. But this summer his parents are travelling to the Democratic Republic of the Congo for a gorilla conference, and they've promised to take Jack and his friends with them. When his parents go missing in the rainforest, abducted by mercenaries, nobody seems to have any answers. Jack is pretty sure that it's got something to do with the nearby tantalum mines, but he needs to prove it. Along with Amelia...
38) House of windows
Author
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
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Nick hates it when people call him a genius. Sure, he's going to Cambridge University aged 15, but he says that's just because he works hard. And, secretly, he only works hard to get some kind of attention from his workaholic father. Not that his strategy is working. When he arrives at Cambridge, he finds the work hard and socialising even harder. Until, that is, he starts to cox for the college rowing crew and all hell breaks loose.
39) Release
Author
Language
English
Description
Today will change Adam Thorn's life. Between his religious family, unpleasant boss and his ex-boyfriend, the bindings of his world are coming undone. And way across town, a ghost has risen from the lake. Is there time for Adam to find his release?
Author
Publisher
HarperCollinsChildren?sBooks
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
Here's what Sam knows: There was a party. There was a fight. The next morning, his best friend, Hayden, was dead. And all he left Sam was a playlist of songs, and a suicide note: For Sam - listen and you'll understand. As he listens to song after song, Sam tries to face up to what happened the night Hayden killed himself. But it's only by taking out his earbuds and opening his eyes to the people around him that he will finally be able to piece together...
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