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(Walker's quarterly volume no.18)
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Walker's Galleries
Pub. Date
[n.d.]
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English
3) Homecoming
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English
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Michael loves to visit Mrs Pettigrew in her railway carriage by the sea, where she lives with her donkey, dogs and hens. But when plans are made to build a nuclear power station, Mrs Pettigrew's idyllic life becomes threatened - and Michael learns that nothing can ever stay the same.
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Winter, 1975: Afghanistan, a country on the verge of an internal coup. 12-year-old Amir is desperate to win the approval of his father, one of the richest merchants in Kabul. He's failed to do so through academia or brawn but the one area they connect is the annual kite fighting tournament.
8) Shy
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Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
This the story of a few strange hours in the life of a troubled teenage boy. You mustn't do that to yourself Shy. You mustn't hurt yourself like that. He is wandering into the night listening to the voices in his head: his teachers, his parents, the people he has hurt and the people who are trying to love him. Got your special meds, nutcase? He is escaping Last Chance, a home for 'very disturbed young men', and walking into the haunted space between...
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Publisher
Coronet
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
From his success with the Beach Boys to battles with his personal demons, Brian's first person account of his life, his struggles and triumphs, delves deep into his musical and emotional life, as he talks for the first time about his relationship with his abusive father and his passive mother; his alienation as a teenager; and his struggles to lead the Beach Boys away from surf music into groundbreaking experimental music.
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Tom Gates volume 17
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English
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Happy face or sad face? The future of Tom?s school trip depends on an emoji! Welcome back to the AMAZING world of Tom Gates! But right now, it?s not looking quite as amazing as usual. Tom?s trying REALLY HARD To stay out of trouble. But he?s got THREE sad faces on the school achievement chart. Just one more sad face means Mr Fullerman will ban him from the SCHOOL TRIP. Moany Marcus is making things worse. And now Tom?s upset his grumpy sister Delia....
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Bolinda audio
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
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What happens when the past and the present collide? Dominic Rose, a bachelor and teacher, has an antiquated hobby. He studies physiognomy, the art of judging somebody's character by their facial features and expressions. Living in a cottage at the edge of the woods with his frail, bedridden mother, he has spent decades pining after Clara, the love of his life, who vanished while staying with her grandparents. When Kate Winston and her family move...
12) Lean on Pete
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Publisher
Bolinda audio
Pub. Date
2018
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English
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Fifteen-year-old Charley Thompson wants a home, food on the table and a high school he can attend for more than part of a year. But as the son of a single father working in warehouses across the Pacific Northwest, Charley's been pretty much on his own. When tragic events leave him homeless weeks after their move to Portland, Oregon, Charley seeks refuge in the tack room of a run-down horse track. Charley's only comforts are his friendship with a failing...
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Series
Tom Gates volume 19
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English
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Some things are a LOT more FUN than others, for instance: 1. LEAPING in the air and accidentally breaking a bone in my foot. (NOT fun.) 2. Doodling on my plastercast. (FUN.) 3. Hanging out with a kid who likes to eat sugar from a bowl. (NOT fun.) 4. Watching squirrels steal stuff from the garden. (Who knew that would be SO much FUN?).
14) Devil's rock
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Publisher
Bloomsbury Childrens
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
When Zaki finds an ancient skeleton, he doesn�'t realise he has stumbled on a mystery that goes back generations �a mystery that involves ruthless shipwreckers, an immortal girl and sinister powers. Zaki's family is a mess and Zaki�s in trouble at school. Nobody seems to be on his side until he meets the new girl, Anusha. Together they must face the dangers of the sea and the evil that Zaki has released from Devil's Rock.
15) Runaway robot
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Publisher
Macmillan Children's Books
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
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When Alfie goes to Airport Lost Property, he finds more than he bargained for. A lot more. Because there's a giant robot called Eric hidden away on the shelves. Eric has lost one leg and half his memory. He's super strong, but super clumsy. He's convinced that he's the latest technology, when he's actually nearly one hundred year's old and ready for the scrap heap. Can Alfie find a way to save Eric from destruction - before Eric destroys everything...
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Atlantic Books
Pub. Date
2011
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English
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'Brave, acute, elated, naked, brutal, tender, humane and beautiful... If you can't handle the violence of regret the novel will awaken in you, or the agony of remembering wanting someone more than you wanted anything in your life, or the exquisite suffering that comes with the gain, and loss, of something that neared perfect understanding, then don't read this book... Otherwise, open the cover and let Aciman pull the pin from the grenade.' Nicole...
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Head of Zeus
Pub. Date
2017
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English
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Jack Taylor is recovering from a mistaken medical diagnosis and a failed suicide attempt. In need of money, and with former cop on his resume, Jack has been hired as a night-shift security guard. But his Ukrainian boss has Jack in mind for some off-the-books work. He wants Jack to find what some claim to be the first true book of heresy, The Red Book, currently in the hands of a rogue priest who is hiding out in Galway after fleeing a position at...
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Bolinda audio
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
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Late one summer night, Elizabeth Sanderson receives the devastating news that every mother fears: her 13-year-old son, Tommy, has vanished in the woods of a local park. Riddled with worry, pain and guilt, Elizabeth is wholly unprepared for the strange series of events that follow. As the search grows more desperate, and the implications of what happened become more haunting and sinister, no one is prepared for the shocking truth about that night.
19) Pele
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Series
Publisher
Frances Lincoln Children's Books
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
Part of the bestselling Little People, BIG DREAMS series,�Pel��tells the inspiring story of this world-renowned footballer.
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Publisher
Bolinda/Brilliance audio
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
This cult favourite coming-of-age suspense is now fully revamped! NEW recording. NEW narrator. Now with BONUS short story "Silence." #1 New York Times bestselling author Dean Koontz gives new meaning to blood brothers in this chilling audiobook of friendship gone awry. No one could understand why Colin and Roy were best friends. Colin was so shy; Roy was so popular. Colin was fascinated by Roy--and Roy was fascinated by death. Then one day, Roy...
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