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1) Prodigal son
Author
Series
Orphan X volume 6
Publisher
Bolinda audio
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
Evan Smoak used to be known as Orphan X: a figure as elusive as a rumour, until he came to the rescue of those who most desperately needed his help. The kind of help no one else could provide. The kind that caused concern in the corridors of power. As a boy he?d been plucked from a foster home and trained as an off-the-books assassin inside a top secret US government programme. Which is why - even after being forced into early retirement - he dare...
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
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
1874. Growing up in extreme poverty in London, Pearl thinks life can get no worse. But when her parents discover there's yet another baby on the way, they have to tighten the belt even further. Pearl's mother decides to send her and her younger sister Eliza to the workhouse, where they are forced into a new life of hardship and struggle. Pearl's hopes are raised when the workhouse offers the sisters a new life in Canada and they board an orphan ship...
4) The BFG
Author
Publisher
Puffin
Language
English
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Description
Giants are known for eating children. So when Sophie is snatched from her bed by the BFG, she fears for her life. But luckily he is far more jumbly than his disgusting neighbours. They become good friends and cook up a plan to rid the world of bad giants.
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...
6) Rooftoppers
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Children's Books
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
Go on an adventure with Katherine Rundell ? Everyone tells Sophie that she was orphaned in a shipwreck - found floating in a cello case on the English Channel on her first birthday. But Sophie is convinced her mother also survived. When the Welfare Agency threatens to separate her from her guardian and send her to an orphanage, Sophie takes matters into her own hands, starting with the only clue she has - the address of a cello-maker in Paris. On...
7) Rainbow Grey
Author
Series
Rainbow Grey volume 1
Publisher
Farshore
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Formats
Description
A magical new series from best-selling author and illustrator, Laura Ellen Anderson! Ten-year-old Ray Grey lives in the magical Weatherlands, high in the sky. Ray is surrounded by Weatherlings with astounding weather power at their fingertips . . . but she doesn't have ANY magic! Then, after a trip to Earth, Ray?s life changes forever. She is transformed from Ray Grey into RAINBOW GREY! With the help of her best friends (and exploding cloud cat, Nim)...
Author
Series
Rainbow Grey volume 3
Publisher
Farshore
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Formats
Description
The third book in this magical series from best-selling author and illustrator, Laura Ellen Anderson! Rainbow Grey may be only ten years old but the future of the whole world depends on her! It?s up to Ray to defeat Tornadia Twist - the greatest villain that ever lived . . .Ray has to figure out what her ultimate magical gift is anduse this power to stop Tornadia before she destroys the Weatherlands and Earth. With epic adventures, magic galore and...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Audio UK
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
Fairies are real, but their power is waning . . . Embark on the adventure of a lifetime and discover the magic of Goblyn Wood, with the first book in a major new fantasy series for fans of Nevermoor and Podkin One-Ear! Are you ready to enter Goblyn Wood . . . ? Hazel has always known she was different, but she doesn?t know where she came from. When her best friend Pete is kidnapped by strange creatures, she must gather her courage and enter Goblyn...
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