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241) Bone Hollow
Author
Publisher
Bolinda audio
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
Gabe knows it was foolish to save that chicken. On the roof. In the middle of a storm. Yet Gabe also knows that his guardian, Ms Cleo, loves the chicken more than him. After falling off the roof, Gabe wakes up to find his neighbours staring at him tearfully. To his confusion, none of them seem to hear Gabe speak. It's almost as if they think he's dead. But Gabe's NOT dead. He feels fine! So why does everyone scream in terror when he shows up to his...
Author
Publisher
HarperCollinsChildren?sBooks
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
Worried about how to keep your little ones occupied this Summer? . . . Worry no more with this compilation of twelve of the best-loved picture book stories. One hour of audio fun to keep your children entertained on even the longest journeys - keeping at bay the dreaded question, ARE WE THERE YET? Featuring some of the biggest names in children?s stories - David Walliams, Oliver Jeffers, Judith Kerr and Emma Chichester Clark - this collection has...
243) Wave me goodbye
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Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
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Description
At the beginning of WWII, about 800,000 children were sent away from their homes in Britain's big cities to the countryside where they would be protected from German air raids. Though many returned home after a few weeks, many stayed in the countryside for the duration of the war.
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Isadora Moon volume 6
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
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Isadora Moon is special because she is different. Her mum is a fairy and her dad is a vampire and she is a bit of both. Isadora's class are going on a school trip to an old castle. The castle's a little bit spooky and it doesn't help that there's thunder and lightning outside. While Isadora investigates the castle dungeon she discovers a surprising new friend. He's a little different, like her, so Isadora's going to have to try and find a way of introducing...
245) Six of crows
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Series
Six of Crows volume 1
Language
English
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Ketterdam: a bustling hub of international trade where anything can be had for the right price - and no one knows that better than criminal prodigy Kaz Brekker. Kaz is offered a chance at a deadly heist that could make him rich beyond his wildest dreams. But he can't pull it off alone. A convict with a thirst for revenge. A sharpshooter who can't walk away from a wager. A runaway with a privileged past. A spy known as the Wraith. A Heartrender using...
246) Monkey puzzle
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Language
English
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Can butterfly help little monkey find his mum? Yes, but only after a lot of trial and error as butterfly misunderstands monkey's descriptions and leads him to all kinds of unsuitable animals.
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Publisher
Hot Key Books
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
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'The windows on all the skyscrapers are smashed . . . No power, no lights, no people . . . It's a parallel New York of some kind.' THE COMING END When Skye Rogers and her twin brother Red move to Manhattan, rumours of a coming global apocalypse are building. But this does not stop the young elite of New York from partying without a care. CAN YOU KEEP A SECRET? And then suddenly Skye is invited to join an exclusive gang known as the Secret Runners...
248) Rent a bridesmaid
Author
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
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Description
Tilly can't believe it when her best friend Matty is asked to be a bridesmaid. In Tilly's favourite daydream, she's kitted out in the most beautiful bridesmaid dress, walking down the aisle behind a beautiful bride. The one wedding she'd really like to attend is her own mum and dad's. But as that's never going to happen, it's time for Tilly to make her own dream come true - and put her bridesmaid services up for hire.
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Series
Poppy Pym volume 1
Language
English
Description
Winner of the Scholastic Montegrappa Prize for New Children's Writing Poppy Pym has grown up in the circus...but when her family decides she needs a more traditional education she is sent to boarding school. When dangerous accidents start occurring at St Smithen's, it's up to Poppy to solve the mystery of the Pharaoh's curse!.
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Tom Gates volume 5
Language
English
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This work takes the form of Tom's battered homework diary - crammed with his doodles and stories. Exciting news! Mr Fullerman announces that class 5F are going on an activity break which should be fun! As long as I don't ge stuck in a group with anyone who snores or worse still with Marcus Meldrew. Delia is already threatening to paint my room funny colours while I'm away. Which is annoying. I just hope the only surprise I have when I get home is...
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English
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Paul believes that the moon is not the moon, but is a great hole in the sky. It's one of many strange ideas that he's never told anyone (at school he was told that he had no ideas at all), until he meets Molly, his irrepressible neighbour, who begins to convince him that his theory might just change the world.
Author
Publisher
Puffin
Language
English
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This is a funny story which tells the tale of George and his Grandma. When he can't stand her bad habits any longer, he decides to cure her nastiness for good. He concocts a very special medicine which is as nasty as she is - with explosive results.
253) The cruel prince
Author
Series
The Folk of the Air volume 1
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
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Staff Picks:
An absolute classic in the YA fantasy genre.
An incredible fantasy full of world building, politics and complex characters.
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255) Clover Moon
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Language
English
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Clover Moon's imagination is her best escape from a life of hardship in poverty-stricken Victorian London. When tragedy plunges her into a world of grief, Clover realises that everything she loved about the place she called home is gone. Clover hears of a place she could run to, but where will she find the courage - and the chance - to break free? And could leaving her family be just what she needs to find a place that really feels like home?
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Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
In a little cottage on the edge of the grand Somerset Estate, Mona lives with her aunt - a dressmaker to the lady of the house. Life on the edge of the Somerset Estate means that Mona knows she will never have a life full of beautiful clothes and riches. But soon, that will all change . . . When Lady Somerset dies and a new member of the family inherits the house, Mona is propelled into a life of razzle-dazzle parties, new Bohemian friends and wonderful...
257) Slime
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Language
English
Description
The new children?s book from No. 1 bestselling author David Walliams - a fantastically funny tale illustrated by artistic genius, Tony Ross. WELCOME TO THE ISLE OF MULCH?This little island is home to a large number of horrible grown-ups. The school, the local park, the toy shop and even the island?s ice-cream van are all run by awful adults who like nothing more than making children miserable. And the island is owned by the most awful one of all -...
258) Artemis Fowl
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Series
Artemis Fowl volume 1
Publisher
Puffin
Language
English
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His bold and daring plan is to hold a leprechaun to ransom. But he's taking on more than he bargained for when he kidnaps Captain Holly Short of the LEPrecon (Lower Elements Police Reconnaissance Unit). For a start, leprechaun technology is more advanced than our own. Add to that the fact that Holly is a true heroine and that her senior officer Commander Root will stop at nothing to get her back and you've got the mother of all sieges brewing!.
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Series
Wings of Fire volume 1
Language
English
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Seven dragon tribes have been at war for generations. A secret movement called the Talons of Peace is determined to bring an end to the fighting, with the help of a prophecy. Five dragonets are enlisted, against their will, to end the terrible war. But when they escape their prison, the result may be more than intended . . .
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