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1) Turtle boy
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Publisher
Bolinda audio
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
There are three things Will loves: turtles, the nature reserve behind the school, being left alone. And there is only one thing Will really hates: his chin. Kids at school call Will Turtle Boy because of his funny-looking chin. But when Will meet RJ, he learns not everyone is his enemy. RJ has a bucket list of adventures which extends way beyond his hospital room and he needs help ticking them off. Will may want to stay in his shell, but RJ is determined...
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Series
Mirabelle volume 1
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
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Mirabelle is special because she is different. Mirabelle's mum is a witch and her dad is a fairy and she loves getting up to magical mischief! The time has come for a fairy celebration and Mirabelle's dad has told her she mus be on her best behaviour. But Mirabelle knows things will be so much more fun is she can do just a little bit of witchy magic. Will Mirabelle be able to stay out of mischief? Not likely!.
3) The witches
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Publisher
Puffin
Language
English
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But they are not ordinary. They are always plotting and scheming with murderous, bloodthirsty thoughts - and they hate children. The Grand High Witch hates children most of all and plans to make every single one of YOU disappear. Only one boy and his grandmother can stop her, but if their plan fails the Grand High Witch will frizzle them like fritters, and then what . . . ?.
5) The Gruffalo
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Series
Language
English
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The complete story and original illustrations from Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler's bestselling picture book, 'The Gruffalo', have been specially designed into an early reader format. Created with expert advice from a literacy consultant, this new version is intended to help and encourage children who are growing in reading confidence.
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How to train your dragon volume 1
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English
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Hiccup Haddock Horrendous III was a truly extraordinary Viking hero. The warrior chieftain and awesome sword fighter was known as 'the Dragon Whisperer', on account of his power over these terrifying beasts. But it wasn't always like that, and this is the story of his rise to fame, in his own words.
7) The BFG
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Publisher
Puffin
Language
English
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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.
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Language
English
Description
Fly into a fiery and fantastical future with No. 1 bestselling author David Walliams, in an epic adventure of myth and legend, good and evil, and one small boy who must save the world?Illustrated by the artistic genius Tony Ross!It is 2120 and London is in ruins.The young Prince Alfred has never known a life outside Buckingham Palace - but when strange goings-on breach its walls and stalk the corridors in the dead of night, he is thrust into a world...
10) Fantastic Mr Fox
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English
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Boggis, Bunce and Bean are just about the nastiest three farmers you could ever wish to meet. They hate Mr Fox and are determined to get him, and plan to catch him by whatever means necessary.
11) Awful auntie
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Language
English
Description
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.
12) War horse
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English
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At the outbreak of World War One, Joey, young Albert's beloved horse, is sold to the cavalry and shipped to France. He's soon caught up in enemy fire, and fate takes him on an extraordinary odyssey, serving on both sides before finding himself alone in no man's land.
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The chronicles of Narnia volume 2
Language
English
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In this children's classic, Lucy finds that an old wardrobe in a professor's country house is a gateway to a magical land of fauns, centaurs, nymphs and talking animals - but also of the beautiful but evil White Witch who has held the land of Narnia in eternal winter for a hundred years.
15) The Twits
Author
Publisher
Puffin
Language
English
Description
Mr and Mrs Twit are extremely nasty. So the Muggle-Wump monkeys and the Roly-Poly bird hatch a plan to give them just the ghastly surprise they deserve. This is a tale with an ingenious twist, perfectly complemented with illustrations by Quentin Blake.
16) Coraline
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English
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When Coraline explores her new home, she steps through a door and into another house just like her own - except that it's different. It's a marvellous adventure until Coraline discovers that there's also another mother and another father in the house. They want Coraline to stay with them for ever.
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Language
English
Description
'It' is a Psammead, an ancient ugly and irritable sand fairy the children find one day in a gravel pit. It grants them a wish a day, but they soon find it hard to think of sensible wishes, and get themselves into all sorts of trouble. Originally published: London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1902
18) What monster?
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Series
Tom Gates volume 15
Language
English
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This book contains: - MONSTERS - MYSTERY - A MUSIC FESTIVAL - MISSING stuff - ME and Marcus (Not necessarily in THAT order). AND a very strict supply teacher - but don't let that put you off!.
20) Nightshade
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Series
Alex Rider volume 12
Language
English
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In this adrenaline-fuelled adventure in the number one bestselling series, Alex Rider is sent by MI6 Special Operations to infiltrate a new and sinister organization known only as Nightshade. Alex is on his own, with the fate of thousands of people resting in his hands.
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