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Author
Series
Tom Gates volume 13
Publisher
Bolinda audio
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
Having two sets of grandparents is turning out to be VERY GOOD for me. The wrinklies are KEEN on giving presents AND they?re planning a FAMILY OUTING too, which is going to be EPIC. Delia wants to come as well. (Why?) I can always ignore her.
Author
Series
Tom Gates volume 12
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
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Working HARD on my school project, I?ve found out ALL kinds of interesting FACTS I wasn?t expecting to. STUFF like: ? Mum and Dad got together because of cake. (full story inside). ? Cats sleep for 70% of their lives. ? Peppermint ice cream is JUST WRONG. (TRUE.).
Author
Publisher
Walker Books
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
Twins Finch and Birdie Franconi are stars of the flying trapeze. But when Birdie suffers a terrifying accident, Finch must team up with the geeky new kid, Hector Hazzard, to form an all-boys double act and save the family circus school. Together they learn to walk the high-wire of teen life and juggle the demands of friends, family, first love and facing up to who they are - all served up with a dash of circus-showbiz magic.
Author
Publisher
Puffin
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
This time three of them have measles - but it turns out to be a blessing in disguise as they are sent to Dew Drop Inn, a wonderful house in the country, while they recover. There are adventures galore - like the time Lily Rose is a bridesmaid, or when Mr Ruggles gets sent the wrong pig, and the day Baby Ruggles sees a cat at the kitchen window and it turns out to be an escaped tiger!.
Author
Publisher
Walker Books
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
When Col?s childhood imaginary friends come to life, he discovers a world where myths and legends are real. Accompanied by his guardians - a six-foot tiger, a badger in a waistcoat and a miniature knight - Col must race to Blitz-bombed London to save his sister. But there are darker forces at work, even than the Nazi bombings. Soon Col is pursued by the terrifying Midwinter King, who is determined to bring an eternal darkness down over everything....
Author
Series
Tom Gates volume 18
Language
English
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This audiobook is full of excellent stories to make you laugh! Oakfield Town is having a parade and everyone wants to take part. Especially Marcus (no surprise there). Mum and Dad have left Delia in charge, which is never a good idea. And I find out that trying to have a sneaky scoop of caramel ice cream doesn?t end well. But at least my doodling is as spectacular as ever!.
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English
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Fourteen-year-old Charlie Law has lived in Little Town, on the border with Old Country, all his life. He knows the rules: no going out after dark; no drinking; no litter; no fighting. You don't want to get on the wrong side of the people who run Little Town. When he meets Pavel Duda, a refugee from Old Country, the rules start to get broken. Then the bombs come, and the soldiers from Old Country, and Little Town changes for ever. Sometimes, to keep...
28) Fing
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English
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Meet the Meeks!Myrtle Meek has everything she could possibly want. But everything isn?t enough. She wants more, more, MORE! When Myrtle declares she wants a FING, there?s only one problem? What is a FING?Mr and Mrs Meek will do anything to keep their darling daughter happy, even visit the spooky library vaults to delve into the dusty pages of the mysterious Monsterpedia. Their desperate quest leads to the depths of the jungliest jungle where the rarest...
29) Love Frankie
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Language
English
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Frankie is nearly fourteen and teenage life certainly comes with its ups and downs. Her mum is seriously ill with MS and Frankie can feel herself growing up quickly, no thanks to Sally and her gang of bullies at school. When Sally turns out to be not-so-mean after all, they strike up a friendship and are suddenly spending all of their time together. But Frankie starts to wonder whether these feelings she has for Sally are stronger than her other friendships....
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...
31) The revelry
Author
Publisher
Walker Books
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
Growing up in Ember Grove, Bitsy Clark knows better than to break the rules around the Revelry, the mysterious end-of-year party in the woods. So when her best friend, Amy, persuades her to sneak in, Bitsy is full of misgivings. Misgivings that she should have listened to, because it?s after the Revelry that Bitsy?s luck turns and her life starts to unravel. For Amy it?s the opposite, as if she?s been blessed with good fortune. Soon Bitsy is convinced...
32) The paper dolls
Author
Publisher
Macmillan Children's Books
Language
English
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Description
A string of paper dolls go on a fantastical adventure through the house and out into the garden. They soon escape the clutches of the toy dinosaur and the snapping jaws of the oven-glove crocodile, but then a very real pair of scissors threatens.
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English
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Children have strong feeling and they can't always handle them very well. Perfect for sharing, How Are You Feeling Today? is packed with fun, imaginative ways to help children understand and cope with a whole range of different emotions. This delightful book gives parents the tools they need to help their child deal with those feelings - without it all ending in tears! A great dip-in book where children can choose a feeling that relates to them and...
34) Furious thing
Author
Publisher
David Fickling Books
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
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Furious Thing roars with justifiable anger at an unfair world, as one girl fights to claim back the spaces that belong to her and battles to be heard? Lexi's angry. And it's getting worse. If only she could stop losing her temper and behave herself, her step-father would accept her, her mum would love her like she used to and her step-brother would declare his crushing desire to spend the rest of his life with her. She wants these things so badly...
Author
Publisher
Penguin
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
One night fifteen-year-old Lina, her mother and young brother are hauled from their home by Soviet guards, thrown into cattle cars and sent away. They are being deported to Siberia. An unimaginable and harrowing journey has begun. Lina doesn't know if she'll ever see her father or her friends again. But she refuses to give up hope. Lina hopes for her family. For her country. For her future. For love - first love, with the boy she barely knows but...
Author
Publisher
HarperCollinsChildren?sBooks
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
A magical and heart-warming novelisation based on the brand-new Secret Garden movie out in cinemas spring 2020.Frances Hodgson Burnett?s classic story has been vividly brought to life on the big screen by award-winning writer Jack Thorne (Harry Potter and the Cursed Child), producer David Heyman (Harry Potter, Fantastic Beasts, Paddington) and BAFTA-winning actors Julie Walters and Colin Firth.Children will love this official novelisation of the film...
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Language
English
Description
Jess and her mum Tracy have left the Duke Estate behind them, and have moved to Cooksea. They have new friends, their dog Alfie, and they?re running an antiques shop called? The Dumping Ground! But as lovely as it is to live by the sea, trouble still seems to be following the Beaker Girls. Horrible Sean is back on the scene, a local kid is picking on Jess, and their beloved Cam isn?t just round the corner anymore. Can the Beaker Girls make a success...
Author
Publisher
Walker Books
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
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Jude and her twin Noah were incredibly close - until a tragedy drove them apart, and now they are barely speaking. Then Jude meets a cocky, broken, beautiful boy as well as a captivating new mentor, both of whom may just need her as much as she needs them. What the twins don't realise is that each of them has only half the story and if they can just find their way back to one another, they have a chance to remake their world.
39) Angrosaurus rex
Author
Series
Darcy Burdock volume 5
Publisher
Bolinda audio
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
Ten-year-old Darcy Burdock is one of life's noticers. She sees the extraordinary in the everyday, and the wonder in the world around her. In Darcy's fifth story, it's the summer holidays and Darcy is not impressed that her family haven't gone to Hawaii like she wanted. Her best friend Will has abandoned her. Worst of all, Darcy has to pack up all her things ready for moving house. But Darcy is not going to throw a temper tantrum, as much as she wants...
40) The Danger Gang
Author
Publisher
Puffin
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
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Franky can't wait to move to his new town - although he wishes he didn't have to leave his best friend Dani behind. But everything changes after the storm, when strange green lightning and powerful thunder crash down on the town. From that night on, the kids who live on Franky's street start to change. One by one, they become a little odd. A little unusual. A little.. magical. Franky's always wanted to be part of an amazing gang - just like his hero,...
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