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21) No fear!
Author
Series
King of the Bench volume 1
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
From the nationally syndicated cartoonist of ?In the Bleachers? comes a new, highly illustrated middle grade series about Steve, who plays the same position in every sport: bench-warmer. Perfect for fans of Diary of a Wimpy Kid and Timmy Failure, King of the Bench is an ode to teammates, underdogs, and bench-warmers everywhere. Steve is King of the Bench. No brag. It?s just a fact. But this year, Steve and his friends are excited to try out for the...
22) Picture perfect
Author
Series
Geek Girl volume 3
Publisher
HarperCollinsChildren?sBooks
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
It?s the hilarious third book in the GEEK GIRL series! Harriet Manners knows more facts than most. She knows that New York is the most populous city in the United States. She knows that its official motto is ?Ever Upward?. She knows that one in thirty-eight people living in the US lives there. But she knows nothing whatsoever about modelling in the Big Apple and how her family will cope with life stateside. Or ?becoming a brand? as the models in New...
23) Fish boy
Author
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Formats
Description
Billy is a lonely boy. He's obsessed with swimming in the sea, which is where he goes to wash his problems far, far away. Thanks to his mum's mystery illness, his dad has been forced to work extra hours to make ends meet, so Billy locks himself away with David Attenborough films, and ponders the magic of nature. Meanwhile at school, bullies mercilessly seize on Billy's 'otherness' and make his life as miserable as possible - but then new boy Patrick...
Author
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Formats
Description
Barry said, a third time, ?I wish I had better parents!? And then suddenly the entire room started to shake?Barry Bennett hates being called Barry. In fact it?s number 2 on the list of things he blames his parents for, along with 1) ?being boring? and 3) ?always being tired?.But there is a world, not far from this one, where parents don?t have children. That?s far too random for something so big and important. In this world, children are allowed to...
Author
Publisher
HarperCollinsChildren?sBooks
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
Alfie is everyone?s favourite cat. A big ball of grey fur who changes the lives of every family he meets. Alfie is firm friends with the Clover family - especially eight-year-old Stanley Clover and his sister Viola. But he?s still a bit upset when he accidentally falls asleep in the back of the Clovers? van and unexpectedly finds himself far from home on their family holiday. But when he notices that Viola isn?t getting into the holiday spirit he...
26) Moon rising
Author
Series
Wings of Fire volume 6
Publisher
Scholastic Audio
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
The New York Times bestselling series soars to even greater heights with a new prophecy and five new dragonets ready to claim their destiny! Peace has come to Pyrrhia . . . for now. The war between the tribes is finally over, and now the dragonets of the prophecy have a plan for lasting peace: Jade Mountain Academy, a school that will gather dragonets from all the tribes and teach them to live together, perhaps even as friends. Moonwatcher isn't sure...
Author
Series
A series of unfortunate events volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
The Baudelaire children, Violet, Klaus and baby Sunny, are exceedingly unlucky. Their parents have been killed, and they are forced to go and stay with their Uncle Olaf. It soon turns out that Olaf has evil plans for the children.
28) Kid normal
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Childrens
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
The first book in a laugh-out-loud funny adventure series for 8+ readers from popular radio personalities Greg James and Chris Smith. When Murph Cooper rocks up to his new school several weeks into the beginning of term, he can't help but feel a bit out of his depth. And it's not because he's worried about where to sit, and making friends, and fitting in, or not knowing where the loos are. It's because his mum has enrolled him at a school for superheroes...
30) Skycircus
Author
Series
The Cogheart Adventures volume 3
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Formats
Description
When a travelling skycircus arrives in Brackenbridge, Lily and Robert can?t wait to step aboard? But there?s something sinister about the hybrid children who appear as part of the act. And before Lily and Robert can do anything, they?re captured by shadowy figures and whisked off in the mysterious flying circus to somewhere far, far away? Treachery, tight-ropes and trickery combine in this incredible third Cogheart adventure?.
Author
Publisher
HarperCollinsChildren?sBooks
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
AWFUL AUNTIE: Stella Saxby is the sole heir to Saxby Hall. But awful aunt Alberta and her giant owl will stop at nothing to get it from her. Luckily Stella has a secret - and slightly spooky - weapon up her sleeve? DEMON DENTIST: Strange things were happening in the dead of night. When children put a tooth under their pillow for the tooth fairy, they would wake to find something creepy in its place. Evil was at work. But who or what was behind it?...
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...
33) The lost heir
Author
Series
Wings of Fire volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
The Wings of Fire saga continues with a thrilling underwater adventure. Stolen as an egg from the royal hatchery, Tsunami is going home at last. She is eager to reunite with her mother, Queen Coral. But her return doesn't go the way she imagined. An assassin has been killing off the queen's heirs for years, and Tsunami may be the next target.
Author
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
Odawahaka has always been too small for Maggie?s big scientific ideas. Between her stuck-in-a-rut mom, her grumpy grandpop, and the lifetime supply of sludgy soda in the fridge, it?s hard for Maggie to imagine a change. But when Lena moves in with her creative spirit and outrageous perspective, middle school takes off with a bang. Someone starts pulling the kind of pranks that send their rule-loving new principal into an uproar-complete with...
36) Demon dentist
Author
Language
English
Description
Darkness has come to the town. Strange things are happening in the dead of night. Children put a tooth under their pillow for the tooth fairy, but in the morning they wake up to find. a dead slug; a live spider; hundreds of earwigs creeping and crawling beneath their pillow. Evil is at work. But who or what was behind it? Read this book and find out!
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Join Freddie Mole as he tumbles through the air, flies around the big tent and tames four growling lions! Freddie is an ordinary boy who joins the circus one day. He can't believe his luck as he is asked to understudy some of the acts. But is he brave enough to go into the lions' cage?
Author
Series
Wings of Fire volume 13
Publisher
Scholastic Audio
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
The New York Times bestselling series continues with a thrilling revelation -- brand-new tribes of dragons! The third installment in the newest Wings of Fire series arc!.
39) lost continent
Author
Series
Wings of Fire volume 11
Publisher
Scholastic Audio
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
For centuries there have been rumors of another continent on the dragons' planet -- another land far across the ocean, populated by tribes of dragons very different from those we know. But there's never been any evidence, and most dragons dismissed the rumors as fairy tales. Until now. Because it turns out the stories are true. And the other tribes are coming.
40) Jessica's ghost
Author
Publisher
David Fickling Books
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Francis meets a ghost on the school playing field, the ghost is almost as surprised as he is. Jessica has been dead for over a year, but no one has been able to see or hear her before. No one. Apart from the fact that she's dead, Jessica seems a perfectly ordinary girl, but the mystery remains - Why is Francis the only one who can see her? And why can't she remember how she died?
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