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21) Birthday boy
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Publisher
HarperCollinsChildren?sBooks
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
What if it was every day?This is the story of Sam Green, who really, really, really loves birthdays. He loves the special breakfasts in bed. The presents. The themed parties. Blowing out the candles on his cake. Everything.He is so excited about his 11th birthday, in fact, that he wishes it was his birthday every day.So, at first, it?s quite exciting when his birthday happens again the next morning. And again. And again. And again?But it?s not long...
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Language
English
Description
Paul Stewart has returned to Scotland to continue his successful career. His agent and girlfriend, Gloria, has arranged for him to write The Philosophy of Food in Six Easy Chapters, a project he relishes but that will have to be delivered in six months. It is not going well, as Paul finds his domestic circumstances unsuited to concentrated hard work: Gloria has now moved in with him (not specifically invited) and has brought with her two extremely...
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Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
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Living in their car, surviving on tips, Charmaine and Stan are in a desperate state. So, when they see an advertisement for Consilience, a 'social experiment' offering stable jobs and a home of their own, they sign up immediately. All they have to do in return for suburban paradise is give up their freedom every second month - swapping their home for a prison cell. At first, all is well. But then, unknown to each other, Stan and Charmaine develop...
Author
Publisher
Penguin
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
Walter Mitty is an ordinary man living an ordinary life. But he has dreams - vivid, extraordinary day dreams - in which the life he leads is one of excitement and even adventure, in which he - a weary, put upon middle-aged man - is the hero of his own story. A man can dream, can't he? The Secret Life of Walter Mitty is just one of the brilliant humorous and witty stories written by James Thurber and collected here. James Thurber was born in 1894 at...
25) Awful auntie
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Language
English
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Aunt Alberta is on a mission to cheat the young Lady Stella Saxby out of her inheritance, Saxby Hall. But, with the help of Soot, the Cockney ghost of a chimney sweep alongside her, Stella is determined to fight back. And sometimes, a special friend, however different, is all you need to win through.
26) Thief of time
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Language
English
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Time is a resource. Everyone knows it has to be managed. And on the Discworld that is the job of the Monks of History. But the construction of the world's first truly accurate clock starts a race against, well, time for Lu Tze and his apprentice Lobsang Ludd. Because it will stop time. And that will only be the start of everyone's problems.
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Series
Publisher
Nosy Crow
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
Izzy and her friends are shocked when they find their lollipop man has disappeared! Maisie thinks he's gone to Rome but if that's true, why do they keep seeing a weird white wispy cloud around the school? And why do Izzy's legs feel cold even though she's got tights on? Could it be that the lollipop man is a phantom and he's come to spook them all?! Laugh-out-loud fun from Blue Peter Award winners Pamela Butchart and Thomas Flintham.
28) Mascot!
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Series
Publisher
Stripes Publishing
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
Calling all Dirty Bertie fans! Dirty Bertie - the boy with nose-pickingly disgusting habits - is back for another helping of comic chaos! With ever-increasing madcap schemes and crazy capers, Bertie continues to delight his legions of fans, who revel in his revolting ways. Join Bertie in MASCOT!, his 30th adventure, as he gets picked to be the mascot for Pudsley Rovers, attempts to get himself expelled from a geeky summer camp and designs his very...
Author
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
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Description
Freddie Yates likes facts. Just not the one staring him in the face - that his secret plan is not, in fact, secret. Because Freddie's journey wasn't meant to involve Big Trev and the onion-eating competition or the loo-exploding pear-and-potato turnovers. And Freddie definitely didn't expect to end up, with his two best friends, on national television in a supergirl costume. But journeys never take you where you think they will. And for Freddie, that...
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English
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Twoflower was a tourist, the first ever seen on the Discworld. Tourist, Rincewind decided, meant idiot. Somewhere on the frontier between thought and reality exists the Discworld, a parallel time and place which might sound and smell very much like our own, but which looks completely different.
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Series
I Funny volume 6
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
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Description
Everybody?s favourite kid comic, Jamie Grimm, is out to conquer the world - with laughter, of course! Comedian Jamie Grimm can?t help feeling like he?s reached the top - he has his own smash hit TV show and he?s won a national funny-kid competition. But now he?s taking his fame and fortune to international levels by competing in the upcoming world kid comic contest! Will Jamie prove that he?s the funniest kid on earth - or does he stand (or sit!)...
32) 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....
33) Carpe jugulum
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Series
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
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Mightily Oats has not picked a good time to be a priest. He thought he'd come to the mountain kingdom of Lancre for a simple little religious ceremony. Now he's caught up in a war between vampires and witches, and he's not sure there is a right side.
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Publisher
Walker Books
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
When Louisiana Elefante?s granny wakes her up in the middle of the night to tell her that the day of reckoning has arrived and they have to leave home immediately, Louisiana isn?t overly worried. After all, Granny has many middle-of-the-night ideas. But this time, things are different. This time, Granny intends for them never to return. Separated from best friends Raymie and Beverly, Louisiana struggles to oppose the winds of fate (and Granny) and...
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Series
Publisher
Bloomsbury Children's Books
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
Toy Story meets James Bond in the third book in this incredible action-packed series! Can Dan the teddy bear who is too strong, Arabella the rag doll with the bad temper and Flax the tech genuis robot rabbit save the day once more? When the world's most famous chocolate factory disappears, it is up to the Spy Toys to find out the truth - and fast! If the chocolate runs out, there could be riots from children everywhere! The Spy Toys are sent undercover...
Author
Publisher
Piccadilly Press
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
It's Martha's birthday and the village has planned a surprise party for her - but grumpy witch Griselda Gritch ruins the surprise! Not to worry - Martha's biggest birthday wish comes true when her mum and dad return from their tropical trip especially for her party. Everyone is delighted (apart from grumpy Griselda) and excited to have fun with Martha's present: the Mysterious Mask of Truth, brought back from her parents' far-flung travels. Fun, that...
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Series
Kid Normal volume 3
Publisher
Bloomsbury Children's Books
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
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The third book in the bestselling, award-winning, laugh-out-loud funny KID NORMAL series by Greg James and Chris Smith YOU DON'T NEED SUPERPOWERS TO BE A HERO ... Or do you? Despite having no powers, Murph Cooper is part of the best team in the Heroes' Alliance. So when supervillain Magpie declares all-out war, Kid Normal and the Super Zeroes lead the charge. But Magpie believes that a powerless hero is no hero at all. And he's building a dastardly...
39) The ice monster
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Language
English
Description
The 11th novel from No. 1 bestselling children?s author, David Walliams.
Author
Publisher
HarperCollinsChildren?sBooks
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
FOUR hilarious and moving novels from the number one bestselling, critically acclaimed author, David Walliams. Boy in the Dress - Dennis?s ordinary life is about to get a lot less ordinary. Why? There?s a clue in the title of this book? Mr Stink - When Chloe speaks to a local tramp, she discovers there?s more to Mr Stink than meets the nose. Billionaire Boy - Meet Joe Spud, the richest 12-year-old in the world. But there?s one thing he really needs:...
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