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Reading for Pleasure
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Summer 2008 ~ Pick of the paperbacks 8+ - Teens
Spring 2008 ~ Reading Together
Winter 2007 ~ Reading for Pleasure
Summer 2007 ~ 8 - 12 Years
Tweens to Teens
Newly Independent Readers 6 - 8 Years
Longer Novels for Confident Readers
Summer 2008 ~ Pick of the paperbacks 8+ - Teens
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GRK SMELLS A RAT!
- £4.99by Joshua Doder ISBN 9781842706602, Andersen Press |
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| From Eastern Europe to the Seychelles and now to India, Tim and the stout-hearted Grk follow their noses whenever and wherever they smell a rat, espec... |
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BLADE : Playing Dead
- £5.99by Tim Bowler ISBN 9780192754844, Oxford Children’s Books |
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| The first ‘instalment’ of an ultra-edgy, attention-grabbing thriller in four parts to reel in the most reluctant of readers. Blade's past... |
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BROKEN SOUP
- £5.99by Jenny Valentine ISBN 9780007229659, HarperCollins |
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| When a complete stranger hands Rowan a photo of her dead brother Jack it leads to un-dreamed of life-changing events for Rowan and her family. A tight... |
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THE SPOOK‘S BATTLE
- £5.99by Joseph Delaney ISBN 9780099495161, Red Fox |
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| Tom and his master the Spook are in serious trouble when faced with not one clan of powerful witches, but three; and just what is in the mysterious tr... |
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THE LAST OF THE HIGH KINGS
- £5.99by Kate Thompson ISBN 9781862303034, Red Fox |
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| Jenny is a bit of a free spirit. She doesn't wear shoes, hardly ever goes to school and her best friends seem to be a goat and a ghost! Hard to believ... |
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THE LUXE
- £6.99by Anna Godbersen ISBN 9780061345661, Puffin |
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| Set in 1899 in the glittering high society of New York, tragedy strikes when the beautiful young Elizabeth Holland supposedly goes missing just before... |
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SAVVY
- £5.99by Ingrid Law ISBN 0141324198, Penguin |
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| The Beaumont family live in self-imposed isolation, fearful of the supernatural powers they each inherit on their thirteenth birthdays. Mibs is appreh... |
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OUTCAST
- £6.99by Michelle Paver ISBN 1842551159, Orion |
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| Continuing this gripping saga of survival, Torak is pursued into the wetlands by bloodthirsty tribes and discovers a terrible threat to the lands he l... |
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THE ABSOLUTELY TRUE DIARY OF A PART TIME INDIAN
- £6.99by Sherman Alexie ISBN 1842708449, Andersen Press |
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| Life without hope on the Indian reservation is redeemed in this marvellous black comedy by Arnold Spirit's determination to find a better life, love a... |
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THE DEEP
- £7.99by Helen Dunmore ISBN 0007204922, HarperCollins |
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| When a Kraken emerges in the Deep, prophesy has it that only a half-blood can defeat it. Part three of this popular and critically acclaimed mermaid s... |
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LAST BATTLE OF THE ICEMARK
- £6.99by Stuart Hill ISBN 1905294700, Chicken House |
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| The epic trilogy concludes with the inevitable battle between allies of Icemark and the King of Darkness?s Ice Demons. Will Medea get the bashing she ... |
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THE OSTRICH BOYS
- £5.99by Keith Gray ISBN 0099456575, Red Fox |
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| An eloquent rites of passage novel as Blake and his friends abscond with the ashes of their best friend. But giving Ross the send-off he deserves, the... |
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HERE LIES ARTHUR
- £6.99by Philip Reeve ISBN 9781407103587, Scholastic |
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| A barnstorming, gender-swapping reworking of the Arthurian legend as magician Myrddin uses the young Gwyna as the agent whose task it is to spin-doct... |
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THE GOLDSMITH'S DAUGHTER
- £6.99by Tanya Landman ISBN 9781406307078, Walker |
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| As a mere girl Itacate is destined to a life of domesticity but she has inherited her father's skill, a talent she must keep secret if she is to survi... |
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GEORGE'S SECRET KEY TO THE UNIVERSE
- £6.99by Lucy & Stephen Hawking ISBN 9780552559584, Red Fox |
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| George is sceptical about science but his introduction to Cosmos, his new neighbour's super-advanced computer, opens up an exciting new world of aster... |
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GREEN SMOKE
- £6.99by Rosemary Manning Illustrator Constance Marshall ISBN 9781903252291, Jane Nissen Books |
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| On holiday in Cornwall Susan befriends a dragon who likes nothing better than sharing Susan's picnic in exchange for telling stories about the Court o... |
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THE DECLARATION
- £6.99by Gemma Malley ISBN 9780747587743, Bloomsbury |
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| Anna is a human Surplus, born into a world overpopulated by people who never die. Knowing that she should never have been born, Anna's rigidly-held b... |
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CRUSADE
- £5.99by Elizabeth Laird ISBN 9780330456999, Macmillan |
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| When Adam eagerly volunteers for Richard the Lionheart's Crusade to recapture the holy city of Jerusalem he soon finds himself on the front line and f... |
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BORN TO RUN
- £5.99by Michael Morpurgo ISBN 9780007230594, HarperCollins |
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| Patrick rescues a litter of abandoned greyhound puppies and adopts Best Mate as his own, but tragedy strikes and Best Mate tells his own dramatic stor... |
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STRAVAGANZA: CITY OF SECRETS
- £6.99by Mary Hoffman ISBN 9780747592501, Bloomsbury |
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| In the fourth Stravaganza novel Matt, Luciano and Arianna join forces to fight the di Chimici clan in a beautifully realised blend of thriller, fantas... |
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DOLPHIN SONG
- £5.99by Lauren St John ISBN 9781842556115, Orion |
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| Martine's special powers again come to her aid when a school sea voyage goes badly wrong, threatening the lives of humans and sea life. Beginning with... |
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Summer 2007 ~ 8 - 12 Years
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RINGMASTER
- £6.99by Julia Golding ISBN 9781405230506, Egmont |
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| Move over Alex Rider! Feisty new heroine Darcie Lock goes undercover to find her father's kidnappers and expose the corruption and double-dealing at t... |
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CEDAR B. HARTLEY: FLYING HIGH
- £5.99by Martine Murray
ISBN 9780230014305, Macmillan |
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| Cedar's first brilliantly quirky, acrobatic adventure was an immediate hit and this equally entertaining sequel won't disappoint her many fans.... |
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CADDY EVER AFTER
- £5.99by Hilary McKay ISBN 9780340903155, Hodder |
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| In this fourth instalment of the engaging Casson family drama Caddy has finally decided to get married - but to the wrong guy! Or so her little sister... |
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SMALL STEPS
- £6.99by Louis Sachar ISBN 9780747583455, Bloomsbury |
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| Freed from Camp Green Lake, Armpit resolves to follow five small steps towards achieving a new life - but can he avoid temptation from his fellow ex-i... |
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DRAGON DETECTIVE AGENCY: THE CASE OF THE WAYWARD PROFESSOR
- £5.99by Garth P. Jones ISBN 9780747586241, Bloomsbury |
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| John Dirk Dilly (private detective and dragon) and Holly (sidekick and little girl) in the second of their thrilling and very funny adventures.... |
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BREATHE
- £6.99by Cliff McNish ISBN 9781842555590, Orion |
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| Jack must escape being imprisoned by the Ghost Mother, who draws strength by leeching off the souls of young boys. A truly spooky adventure with a hau... |
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SOUL EATER
- £6.99by Michelle Paver ISBN 9781842551141, Orion |
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| When Torak's wolf companion is taken by the Soul Eaters he tracks them to a frozen wilderness, learning more clan history and the nature of evil. Dark... |
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TITANIC 2020
- £6.99by Colin Bateman ISBN 9780340944455, HarperCollins |
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| Inappropriately named Lucky Jimmy Armstrong stows away on this Titanic's maiden voyage and into a sea of trouble. With a rapidly spreading wind-borne ... |
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BARNABY GRIMES: Curse of the Night Wolf
- £8.99by Paul Stewart Chris Riddell ISBN 9780385611886, DoubleDay |
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| Free-running Victorian Werewolf adventure bound to get the blood racing and curdling. Has Barnaby bitten off more than he can chew? With suitably maca... |
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GRK: OPERATION TORTOISE
- £4.99by Joshua Doder ISBN 9781842705599, Andersen Press |
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| Join Tim and his trusty four-legged companion for some dangerous sleuthing in the Seychelles, the fourth in their action-packed global adventures. (Fi... |
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THE HISTORICAL HOUSE
- £5.99by Adele Geras, Linda Newbery and Ann Turnbull ISBN 1234, Usborne |
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| is a unique series of stories about the same house during different periods of history between 1764 and 1969. Collect all six titles by highly acclai... |
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THE PALACE OF LAUGHTER
- £6.99by John Berkley ISBN 9781416910725, Simon & Schuster |
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| Miles Wednesday's re-animated Teddy Bear and a Storm Angel need rescuing from the deceptively named Palace of Laughter. Enchanting and with a satisfyi... |
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THE DOLPHIN SONG
- £6.99by Lauren St. John ISBN 9781842555330, Orion |
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| In this thrilling sequel to THE WHITE GIRAFFE orphan Martine's school ocean voyage off the west coast of Africa goes disastrously wrong and only her s... |
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LARKLIGHT
- £6.99by Philip Reeve Illustrator David Wyatt ISBN 9780747584407, Bloomsbury |
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| A wonderful Victorian space opera in which the Mumby children are taken from their Escher-like satellite home to the Great Exhibition of 1851 via spac... |
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GIDEON THE CUTPURSE
- £5.99by Linda Buckley-Archer ISBN 9781416916574, Simon & Schuster |
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| Time-slipped from Richmond Green to the eighteenth century, Kate and Peter must get home with the help of a reformed highwayman and in fear of the vic... |
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ALFRED KROPP II : SEAL OF SOLOMON
- £6.99by Rick Yancey ISBN 9781599900452, Bloomsbury |
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| Mr. Kropp is back to save the world again in this violent tale of rogue CIA agents and legions of rancid demons. How he is plucked from high school hu... |
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TWEENS AND TEENS
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THE AZTEC CODE
- £6.99by Steve Cole ISBN 9780747584278, Bloomsbury |
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| More adolescent Oceans 11 action in this sequel to THIEVES LIKE US as code and cipher expert Jonah Wish must save his team from the mysterious Sixth S... |
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HYBRIDS
- £5.99by David Thorpe ISBN 9780007247844, HarperCollins |
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| When a bizarre virus causes people to segue into available technology (my hip bone's connected to my x-box, my head bone's connected to my laptop), tw... |
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THE ANGEL COLLECTOR
- £5.99by Bali Rai ISBN 9780552553025, Corgi |
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| Jit has been searching for his best friend Sophie for eight long years, but then the search climaxes at a remote Scottish farmhouse, the home of a str... |
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SWEET VALLEY HIGH
- £3.99by Francine Pascal ISBN 9780553820683, Bantam Books |
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| The gorgeous, blond Californian twins are back! Will sensible Elizabeth ever curb Jessica's over-enthusiasm for boys and troublemaking? Good old-fashi... |
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BERSERK
- £3.99by Ally Kennen ISBN 9780439943727, Marion Lloyd Books |
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| Chas thinks it will be a good idea to write to a murderer on death row. It isn't. Mayhem ensues in this page-turning thriller.... |
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JUST LISTEN
- £5.99by Sarah Dessen ISBN 9780141322919, Puffin |
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| From the outside, Annabel's life looks perfect. But the only person who can help her face the horror of her past is music-mad Owen Armstrong. Sad, fun... |
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MY SO-CALLED LIFE
- £5.99by Joanna Nadin ISBN 9780192755261, Oxford |
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| Rachel Riley's life is just one disaster after another of the kind only ever experienced by teenage girls. Fans of Louise Rennison and Sue Limb will e... |
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JUST IN CASE
- £6.99by Meg Rosoff ISBN 9780141318066, Puffin |
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| With the help of an imaginary dog, the captivating and unconventional Agnes, and his loyal new friend Peter, can David (aka Justin) Case escape the cl... |
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ZOE AND CHLOE
- £5.99by Sue Limb ISBN 9780747582724, Bloomsbury |
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| Zoe and Chloe urgently need dates for the legendary Earthquake Ball. Their quest to find hot escorts leads them into several hideously embarrassing si... |
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FOREVER IN BLUE, Summers of the Sisterhood 4
- £5.99by Ann Brashares ISBN 9780552556392, Red Fox |
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| Four best friends, one pair of magic jeans to share. Lena, Carmen, Bee and Tibby are back for another memorable summer filled with laughter and heartb... |
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Newly independent readers 6 - 8 years
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THE CHILDREN WHO SMELLED A RAT
- £5.99by Allan Ahlberg ISBN 9781406301342, Walker Books |
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| The fourth (long-ish) exuberant adventure about the Gaskitt family. Each book is pacy and funny with lively illustrations, the perfect bridge between ... |
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THE LEGEND OF CAPTAIN CROW'S TEETH
- £4.99by Eoin Colfer ISBN 9780141318905, Puffin |
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| The second hilarious story about Will, his four brothers and the ghostly Captain Crow. Will knows he's not real … or is he?... |
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CHARLIE & THE CAT FLAP
- £3.99by Hilary McKay Illustrator Sam Hearn ISBN 9780439968799, Scholastic |
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| Seven year old Charlie and Henry are Double Trouble, living up to their reputation when a sleep-over turns into a sleepless night!... |
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DAISY DAWSON
- £3.99by Steve Voake ISBN 9781406300802, Walker Books |
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| When Daisy rescues a butterfly she is given the power to speak to animals in this engagingly funny adventure.... |
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JACK'S LITTLE PARTY
- £3.99by Bob Graham ISBN 9781406306644, Walker Stories |
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| A short, confidence-building story in a thoughtful new series exploring first experiences and family relationships, ideal for shared reading.... |
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JACK STALWART - The Escape of the Deadly Dinosaur: USA
- £3.99by Elizabeth Singer Hunt ISBN 9781602860049, Red Fox |
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| Secret Agent Jack Stalwart is called in to save New York City from a dangerous flesh-eating dinosaur. One of a series of global detective adventure.... |
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THE MAGIC FACTORY: Trick or Treat?
- £3.99by Theresa Breslin ISBN 9780192754509, Oxford |
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| Four stories in one about Midden and her trouble-shooting friends who can mend leaky cauldrons, re-energise crystal balls or retrain disobedient drago... |
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THE TALE OF TALES
- £4.99by Tony Mitton ISBN 9780552548878, Picture Corgi |
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| Monkey, Elephant and friends are on their way to Volcano Valley to hear the greatest story of all in this Kipling-esque collection of wonderful storie... |
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MY BROTHER'S FAMOUS BOTTOM GETS PINCHED!
- £4.99by Jeremy Strong ISBN 9780141322421, Puffin |
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| Nicholas and his family go on a nation-wide tour but the tour bus is kidnapped by giant babies - can Nicholas save the day? Laugh aloud silliness at i... |
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ASTROSAURS: Riddle of the Raptors
- £4.99by Steve Cole ISBN 9780099472940, Red Fox |
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| Intrepid dinosaurs in outer space go on dangerous missions and fight evil in this hugely popular series with strong boy appeal.... |
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PRINCESS MIRROR-BELLE
- £3.99by Julia Donaldson Illustrator Lydia Monks ISBN 9780330415309, Macmillan |
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| Six engagingly funny stories about Ellen and the mirror-girl who leads her into all kinds of unexpected adventures. (From the acclaimed author of 'The... |
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DIRTY BERTIE: FLEAS!
- £3.99by Alan Macdonald Illustrator David Roberts ISBN 9781847150059, Stripes |
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| Dirty Bertie lives up to his name as a trouble magnet in these three revoltingly funny stories. For more grubby habits read Dirty Bertie: Worms.... |
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MISTY TO THE RESCUE
- £3.99by Gillian Shields Illustrator Helen Turner ISBN 9780747587651, Bloomsbury |
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| One of a series about mermaid Sisters of the Sea who fearlessly set out with their S.O.S. kits to protect all who live in the magical underwater world... |
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TEACHER TROUBLE
- £3.99by Alexander McCall Smith ISBN 9780747580393, Bloomsbury |
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| In a double mix-up Jenny gets to teach her own class for a day with some hair-raising consequences. Witty and engaging from the author of the No 1 Lad... |
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SOPHIE AND THE LOCUST CURSE
- £4.99by Stephen Davies Illustrator Dave Shelton ISBN 9781842706251, Andersen |
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| Sophie, her new friend Gidaado and his albino camel star in this second African adventure when an army of locusts threatens to destroy everything in i... |
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ZAC POWER: Poison Island
- £4.99by H.I.Larry ISBN 9781405230964, Egmont |
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| Zac's mission is to track down enemy scientist Dr Drastic, and he has 24 hours only to save the lives of his family.... |
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GERONIMO STILTON: THE CURSE OF THE CHEESE PYRAMID
- £3.99by Geronimo Stilton ISBN 9780439559645, Scholastic |
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| The wise-cracking editor of the Rodent's Gazette in New Mouse City sets off for Egypt to learn the secret of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient Mouse Wo... |
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Longer novels for confident readers
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TOO GHOUL FOR SCHOOL
- £4.99by B. Strange ISBN 9781405232333, Egmont |
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| Set in a school built on a plague pit where the residents are putting up a fight, this is one of a series of adventures with great characters and gory... |
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FERGUS CRANE
- £4.99by Paul Stewart & Chris Riddell ISBN 9780440866541, Corgi Yearling |
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| Part One of the hugely popular Far Flung Adventures featuring the Daring Exploits of Fergus Crane and his amazing journey to the Emerald Sea. Larger t... |
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FAIRY RESCUE
- £4.99by Gwyneth Rees ISBN 9780330439718, Macmillan |
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| Maddie and her flower fairy friend Poppy set off on a daring mission to rescue all the fairies who have mysteriously disappeared. By the same author -... |
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CHARLIE SMALL : GORILLA CITY
- £4.99by Charlie Small ISBN 9780385611220, David Fickling Books |
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| Charlie Small has never grown up and his previously undiscovered journal (complete with time-worn pages) invites you to share his incredible but amazi... |
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MR GUM AND THE BISCUIT BILLIONAIRE
- £4.99by Andy Stanton ISBN 9781405228152, Egmont |
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| More barking bonkers nonsense from Mr Gum and his whacky chums Billy William and Friday O'Leary - though it's up to Polly to save the day. You're a Ba... |
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THE BOY IN THE BISCUIT TIN
- £4.99by Heather Dyer Illustrator Peter Bailey ISBN 9781905294282, Chicken House |
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| When Ibby goes to stay with her boy cousins nothing is quite what it seems after the discovery of an old box in the attic labelled 'Magic for Beginner... |
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MOUSE NOSES ON TOAST
- £5.99by Daren King Illustrator David Roberts ISBN 9780571231898, Faber |
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| A mouse with a cheese allergy, a plastic angel called Sandra, a Tinby and a shaggy sheep dog are just some of the ridiculously charming characters in ... |
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THE SECRET HISTORY OF TOM TRUEHEART
- £4.99by Ian Beck ISBN 9780061152108, Oxford |
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| Reluctant boy adventurer Tom finds the courage to be as heroic as his six older brothers when he ventures into the magical landscape of the Land of St... |
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RALPH THE MAGIC RABBIT
- £4.99by Adam Frost Illustrator Henning Lohlein ISBN 9780330436021, Macmillan |
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| A delightful cautionary tale about Sid the snail, Joe Crow and Martin Mouse who all think they'd like to be different and that Ralph the magic rabbit ... |
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Winter 2007 ~ Reading for Pleasure
8+ to Young AdultYOUNGER READERS 6-9 YRS
8+ to Young Adult
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THE PORTAL
- £4.99by Andrew Norriss ISBN 9780141321585, Puffin |
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| William and Daniel's parents have mysteriously disappeared and their house reveals secrets they never knew existed - like the intergalactic star porta... |
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THE LAST OF THE HIGH KINGS
- £12.99by Kate Thompson ISBN 9780370329253, Doubleday |
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| Jenny is a free spirit. She hates school and won't wear shoes - oh, and her best friends seem to be a ghost and a goat. This is a rich, detailed fairy... |
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SHAKESPEARE'S APPRENTICE
- £6.99by Veronica Bennett ISBN 9781844281480, Walker |
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| Star-crossed lovers Sam and Lucie refuse to accept what society dictates in this vivid portrait of the teeming world of Elizabethan theatre, its playe... |
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SHADOW FOREST
- £9.99by Matt Haig ISBN 9780370329369, Bodley Head |
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| Imagine a really spooky, exciting looking forest which you are forbidden to enter by just about everyone - and when you do, you wish you hadn't! An ex... |
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THE RED NECKLACE
- £10.99by Sally Gardner ISBN 9781842555743, Orion |
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| A thrilling romp through the grandeur and squalor of a revolutionary Paris steeped in gypsy magic and fugitive love, with the guillotine looming over ... |
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MEMOIRS OF A TEENAGE AMNESIAC
- £6.99by Gabrielle Zevin ISBN 9780747591658, Bloomsbury |
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| Naomi throws a coin and loses – loses three and a half years of her life. Waking up in hospital, sixteen year old Naomi only remembers her twelve year... |
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DARKSIDE series
- £6.99by Tom Becker ISBN 9780439944366, Scholastic |
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| Darkside is populated by rogues, villains, werewolves and other foul beasts but when his life is put in danger it is the only place in London where Jo... |
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THE SNOW GOOSE
- £12.99by Paul Gallico ISBN 9780091893828, Hutchinson |
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| Set in the desolate marshlands of the Essex coast, this dramatic and emotionally powerful story of endurance, love and heroism is given added poignanc... |
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TAMBURLAINE'S ELEPHANTS
- £10.99by Geraldine McCaughrean ISBN 9780746078778, Usborne |
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| Fourteenth century India comes thrillingly alive as Tamburlaine the Great and his Mongol hordes besiege Delhi, City of Gems, while two young boys who ... |
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MAX FLASH series: Supersonic
- £6.99by Jonny Zucker ISBN 9781847150189, Stripes |
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| Max discovers that both his mum and dad are undercover super-agents and he is understandably shocked, but when they ask him to join them in a life of ... |
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MY SWORDHAND IS SINGING
- £6.99by Marcus Sedgwick ISBN 9781842555583, Orion |
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| The winner of this year's Teenage Fiction Prize is a splendidly chilling, beautifully written gothic tale of dark, snow-laden forests, gypsy magic and... |
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KAI-RO
- £6.99by Graham Marks ISBN 9780746078884, Usborne |
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| When re-awakened gods Setekh, God of Chaos and Horus, God of the Sky clash mere mortals suffer, and only one boy can save the city of Kai-ro. A thrill... |
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BEFORE I DIE
- £10.99by Jenny Downham ISBN 9780385613460, David Fickling |
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| Spirited sixteen year old Tessa has terminal leukaemia and courageously decides to make her own impact on the world by making everything on her Wish L... |
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THE INVENTION OF HUGO CABRET
- £12.99by Brian Selznick ISBN 9781407103488, Scholastic |
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| The discovery of an old, broken automaton inspires an orphaned Parisian boy to bring it back to life and leads him into an intriguing mystery surround... |
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OUTCAST
- £10.99by Michelle Paver ISBN 9781842551738, Orion |
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| Pursued into the wetlands as an outcast of all the tribes with a price on his head, Torak discovers a terrible threat to the land he knows and more an... |
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SKULDUGGERY PLEASANT
- £6.99by Derek Landy ISBN 9780007241620, HarperCollins |
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| Twelve year old Stephanie teams up with the good guy from beyond the grave Skulduggery to investigate the mysterious death of her uncle in a funny, fa... |
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HERE LIES ARTHUR
- £10.99by Philip Reeve ISBN 97804304399, Scholastic |
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| A gritty and unusual twist on the Arthurian Legend we think we all know, with Merlin as the spin doctor weaving the tale of a young thug-of-a-small to... |
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CLICK:
- £6.99by David Almond, Roddy Doyle, Nick Hornby et al. ISBN 9781407105918, Scholastic |
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| Each author tells a chapter beginning with Maggie and Jason's grandfather who leaves a series of curious tasks to complete, taking them on an adventur... |
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YOUNGER READERS 6-9 YRS
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CLEVER POLLY and the STUPID WOLF
- £6.99by Catherine Storr ISBN 9780140303124, Puffin |
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| New classic edition of twelve thoroughly entertaining and addictive stories about sharp-witted Polly and her foolish Wolf, perfectly pitched for share... |
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SOMETHING WICKEDLY WEIRD: The Silver Casket (Book 3)
- £6.99by Chris Mould ISBN 9780340945063, Hodder |
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| Young Stanley Buggles is both excited and apprehensive when he inherits a spooky, isolated old house. Little does he realise he is about to have the a... |
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THE TWIN GIANTS
- £7.99by Dick King-Smith ISBN 9781406300703, Walker |
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| Romance is in the air for Lottavim (‘there’s a lot-of-im’) and Normous (‘isn’t he e-nor-mous!) as they go off in search of the perfect wife to share t... |
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SENSIBLE HARE and the Case of Carrots
- £9.99by Daren King Illustrator David Roberts ISBN 9780571231751, Faber |
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| Detective and anti-hero Sensible Hare takes on a tricky case for the delectable Mazy Rabbit in this completely dotty, fun-packed who-dunnit from the a... |
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MY DAD’S A BIRDMAN
- £8.99by David Almond Illustrator Polly Dunbar ISBN 9781406304862, Walker |
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| Lizzie’s lovely but slightly crazy Dad thinks he can fly like a bird and even makes himself a nest in the living room, but when the Great Flying Compe... |
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OTTOLINE AND THE YELLOW CAT
- £8.99by Chris Riddell ISBN 9781405050579, Macmillan |
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| Mistress of Disguise Ottoline lives with her best friend, the small and hairy Mr Munroe (he was born in a bog in Norway) and together they set out to ... |
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WHEN SANTA FELL TO EARTH
- £4.99by Cornelia Funke ISBN 9781905294466, Chicken House |
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| Niklas Goodfellow is the very last Santa on earth but he needs a lot of help from resourceful Ben and Charlotte when he crash-lands in a thunderstorm.... |
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THE TROUBLE WITH WENLOCKS
- £7.99by Joel Stewart ISBN 9780385610070, Doubleday |
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| An original illustrated story that follows the adventures of Stanley and the terrors of the ‘Wenlock’ creatures. Luckily he has help from a pipe-smoki... |
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Spring 2008 ~ Reading Together
Picture Books for 3 - 6 Years
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DEXTER BEXLEY and the BIG BLUE BEASTIE
- £5.99by Joel Stewart ISBN 9780552554350, Picture Corgi |
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| Dexter Bexley looks small and very tasty to the Big Blue Beastie, but he can't resist all the fun things dreamed up by Dexter Bexley in this inventive... |
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PENGUIN
- £5.99by Polly Dunbar ISBN 9781406312461, Walker Books |
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| Nothing Ben says or does makes any impression on Penguin, but when Lion eats Ben, Penguin's response has surprising and revealing consequences. Warm, ... |
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WHALE
- £5.99by David Lucas ISBN 9781842706084, Andersen Press |
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| A raging storm, a beached Whale and a drowned village provide all the ingredients for a striking modern-day fable about helping others. Eye-catching ... |
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MUNGO AND THE SPIDERS FROM SPACE
- £5.99by Timothy Knapman & Adam Stower. ISBN 9780141500560, Puffin |
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| Mungo joins forces with super-hero Captain Galacticus and his trusty sidekick Gizmo to save the universe from wicked Dr Frankenstinker. There's never ... |
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THE OPPOSITE
- £5.99by Tom MacRae & Elena Odriozola ISBN 9781842705735, Andersen Press |
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| We have all had days when nothing goes right but now we can blame the Opposite, who must be lurking nearby! How to banish the Opposite and show him wh... |
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GUESS WHAT I FOUND IN DRAGON WOOD
- £5.99by Timothy Knapman & Gwen Millward ISBN 9780141500577, Puffin |
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| Expect the unexpected in this intriguing story with its sure-fire combination of friendship, football and dragons.... |
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LIBRARY LION
- £5.99by Michelle Knudsen & Kevin Hawkes ISBN 9781406305678, Walker Books |
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| Lion walks up the steps of the library one day and immediately feels at home. But when | ||