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1) Homecoming
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Language
English
Description
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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Language
English
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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.
3) Shy
Author
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...
4) Devil's rock
Author
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.
Author
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
'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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Series
Publisher
Head of Zeus
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
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...
7) 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.
Author
Publisher
Canongate Books
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
Ham on Rye follows the path of Bukowski's alter-ego Henry Chinaski through the high school years of acne and rejection and into the beginning of a long and successful career in alcoholism. The novel begins against the backdrop of an America devastated by the Depression and takes the Chinaski legend up to the bombing of Pearl Harbour. Arguably Bukowski's finest novel.
9) The woods
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books LLC
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Being afraid of the dark doesn't mean being afraid alone. When a boy can't find his favorite stuffed bunny, he bravely heads into the woods to look for it. Instead, he finds a big, scary brown bear! But the bear is just lonely, so the boy shares his night light and forges ahead with his new companion, until...they run into two frightening giants! As the boy continues on, he comes across other seemingly menacing creatures, but finds that-like him-they're...
10) Shuggie Bain
Author
Publisher
Picador
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
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Shuggie Bain tells the story of a boy's doomed attempt to save his proud, alcoholic mother from her addiction.
11) Rudolf Nureyev
Author
Series
Little People Big Dreams volume 30
Publisher
Frances Lincoln Children's Books
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
Part of the best-selling Little People, BIG DREAMS series,�Rudolf Nureyev�tells the inspiring story of this iconic Russian ballet dancer. New in the critically acclaimed Little People, BIG DREAMS series, discover the life of Rudolf Nureyev, one of the greatest male ballet dancers of all time. Rudolf fell in love with dance as a child. But he was not allowed to go to ballet school until he was 17. There, he had to make up for lost time and hone...
12) J. R. R. Tolkien
Author
Series
Publisher
Frances Lincoln Children's Books
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
From the bestselling Little People, BIG DREAMS series, J. R. R. Tolkien tells the story of one of the most beloved fantasy writers of all time.
13) Charles Dickens
Author
Series
Publisher
Frances Lincoln Children's Books
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
Introduce your child to the life of Charles Dickens, the great author of classic literature including�Oliver Twist,�A Christmas Carol, A Tale of Two Cities,�and many more.
Author
Publisher
Birlinn
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Why, for example, were Pablito, my elder brother, and I dark-haired with olive skin when the rest of my classmates were sandy and pale? Why did our family have a second way of speaking, which I didn?t understand? Why was ours the only home I knew where the walls were dominated with pictures of men in spangly waistcoats and tight trousers?' For Antonio, growing up Spanish in Glasgow is a nightmare - one of shame and potential embarrassment on every...
Author
Series
Stuart volume 1
Language
English
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Stuart Horten, ten-years-old and small for his age, moves to the dreary town of Beeton, far away from all his friends. And then he meets his neighbours, the unbearable Kingley triplets, and things get even worse. But in Beeton begins the strangest adventure of Stuart's life as he is swept up in a quest to find his great-uncle's lost workshop.
16) Pigeon English
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old Harrison Opoku, the second best runner in Year 7, races through his new life in England with his personalised trainers - the Adidas stripes drawn on with marker pen - blissfully unaware of the very real threat around him. Newly-arrived from Ghana with his mother and older sister Lydia, Harri absorbs the many strange elements of city life, from the bewildering array of Haribo sweets, to the frightening, fascinating gang of older boys...
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Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
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A laugh-a-minute action-packed alien adventure perfect for fans of Pamela Butchart and Frank Cottrell Boyce. Best friends Freddy and Sal have accidentally intercepted a message from Alan - a spectacularly grumpy, brain-munching alien from outer space. Alan has only one message. Earth is going to be invaded in exactly ten hours? time. Soon the police, NASA and even Presidents from around the world are getting involved - and Freddy is about to become...
18) Pablo Picasso
Author
Series
Publisher
Frances Lincoln Children's Books
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
Discover the incredible life of Pablo Picasso, an inspirational artist from the 20th century, in�this book from the bestselling Little People, BIG DREAMS series.
19) Nelson Mandela
Author
Series
Publisher
Frances Lincoln Children's Books
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
Discover the incredible life of Nelson Mandela, the first Black president of South Africa, in�this book from the bestselling Little People, BIG DREAMS series.
20) Punching the air
Author
Publisher
HarperCollinsChildren?sBooks
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
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One fateful night, an altercation in a gentrifying neighbourhood escalates into tragedy. ?Boys just being boys? turns out to be true only when those boys are white.��Suddenly, at just sixteen years old, Amal Shahid?s bright future is upended: he is convicted of a crime he didn?t commit and sent to prison. Despair and rage almost sink him until he turns to�the�refuge of his words, his art. This never should have been his story. But can he change...
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