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OUR STAR PICKS FOR SUMMER 2010
2009 fiction favourites for 8+
LONGER NOVELS FOR CONFIDENT READERS
LOVE 2 READ - Our pick of the best reads 2008
Read, Relax and Listen Great Summer Reads 2010
Must-have fiction for 8+ to teens
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THE OTHER COUNTESS
- £6.99by Eve Edwards ISBN 9780141327303, Puffin |
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| Lady Eleanor Rodriguez is a spirited but penniless young countess forced to live by her wits in the double-dealing Elizabethan court, while handsome W... |
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The Cardturner
- £12.99by Louis Sacher ISBN 9781408808504, Bloomsbury |
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| Alton Richards doesn't want to spend the summer turning cards for his rich, old, and blind Uncle Lester, but his money-hungry parents leave him little... |
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LEVIATHAN
- £6.99by Scott Westerfield ISBN 9781847386748, Simon & Schuster |
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| Set in an alternative universe where steam powered machines and mutated animals are the transport or weapon of choice, Prince Aleksandar is running fo... |
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Wilma Tenderfoot and the Case of the Putrid Poison
- £5.99by Emma Kennedy ISBN 9780330469524, Macmillan |
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| We are massive fans of the wonderful Wilma Tenderfoot here at the Lion & Unicorn so when we heard she was returning for a second case much excitement ... |
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WHITE CROW
- £9.99by Marcus Sedgwick ISBN 9781842551875, Orion |
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| Three narratives interweave in this atmospheric, paranormal thriller linking two centuries with the same obsessive desire. In an isolated coastal vill... |
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THE DEATH DEFYING PEPPER ROUX
- £6.99by Geraldine McCaughrean ISBN 9780192756039, Oxford |
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| After his aunt predicts he will die on his fourteenth birthday Pepper Roux runs away to escape his fate, encountering a series of episodic adventures ... |
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NUMBERS 2: THE CHAOS
- £6.99by Rachel Ward ISBN 9781906427306, Chicken House |
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| Adam's secret gift inherited from his mother can also be a terrible curse – he can see the date of people’s deaths by looking into their eyes. Part sc... |
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PRINCE OF MIST
- £9.99by Carlos Ruis Zafon ISBN 9781444000443, Orion |
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| The spectre of war forces Max and his family to move away from the city to a small-town beach house where Max’s discovery of a walled garden of statue... |
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SCAT
- £9.99by Carl Hiassen ISBN 9781842557747, Orion |
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| When Nick and Marta’s unpopular biology teacher disappears on a field trip they’re determined to find out why, but it’s not easy with an angry teenage... |
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Mr Stink
- £6.99by David Walliams ISBN 9780007279067, HarperCollins |
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| Chloe befriends a local tramp in the town where her mum is running for MP, but hiding him in the garden shed leads to a delicious comedy where there i... |
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PRETTY BAD THINGS
- £6.99by C.J.Skuse ISBN 9781906427252, Chicken House |
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| Paisley and her twin brother are on the run after torching their grandmother's house and stealing a car and a gun. And that’s only the start of the ma... |
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THE VANISHING OF KATHARINA LINDEN
- £6.99by Helen Grant ISBN 9780141325736, Penguin |
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| Set in Germany, Pia’s life is not particularly exciting – that is until young girls start disappearing off the street. Pia was the last person to see ... |
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THE ELEPHANT'S TAIL
- £6.99by Lauren St. John ISBN 9781842557853, Orion |
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| Martine and Ben must fight to save their beloved game reserve and its animals from the worst threat to their existence yet. With help from the elephan... |
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GENESIS
- £6.99by Bernard Beckett ISBN 9781847249302, Quercus |
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| Fourteen year old Anax faces a four-hour oral exam to be accepted into the elite institution that controls her 'utopian' society. Anax's compelling p... |
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FEVER CRUMB
- £6.99by Philip Reeve ISBN 9781407102436, Scholastic |
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| Devotees of the futuristic Mortal Engines sequence will want this prequel and book one in a new trilogy. London is a devastated dangerous city on the ... |
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THE GLASS DEMON
- £6.99by Helen Grant ISBN 9780141325767, Penguin |
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| Thirteen year old Lin's father is determined to find fame and fortune as the one who discovers the missing Allerheiligen Glass, lost to legend for cen... |
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THE GATES
- £5.99by John Connolly ISBN 9781444706741, Hodder |
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| When the Hadron Collider opens a portal to hell in the house next door it's up to Samuel and his trusty Dog Boswell to save the world, while hordes of... |
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HOW ALI FERGUSON SAVED HOUDINI
- £5.99by Elen Caldecott ISBN 9781408805749, Bloomsbury |
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| Ali misses his Dad who has moved out back to India and his Mum might have a new boyfriend, but with new friends Caitlin and Gez, Ali has an unusual my... |
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LOSING IT
- £5.99by Kes Gray ISBN 9781849390996, Andersen Press |
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| In praise of short stories, a truly inspired collection from some of today's leading writers on the theme of having sex for the first time. Some are f... |
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NOW
- £6.99by Morris Gleitzman ISBN 9780141329987, Puffin |
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| Zelda and her grandfather Felix need all their courage to fight the raging bush fire that threatens to engulf their home, but facing the past is even ... |
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THE GRAVEYARD BOOK
- £12.99by Neil Gaiman Illustrator Chris Riddell ISBN 9780747569015, Bloomsbury |
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| Orphaned Bod (short for Nobody) grows up a child of the graveyard, protected from the living world where danger awaits him. Facing down our fears is j... |
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NEW RELEASES ON CD
Great for the car, boat, train or plane
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EMILY WINDSNAP & THE CASTLE IN THE MIST. Liz Kessler, read by Teresa Gallagher. 3 CDs (abridged) £12.99
GHOSTHUNTER (Chronicles of Ancient Darkness. Michelle Paver, read by Ian McKellen. 5 CDs (unabridged). £14.99
SKULDUGGERY PLEASANT: DARK DAYS. Derek Landy, read by Rupert Degas. 7 CDs (unabridged) £14.99
FLOOD AND FANG. Marcus Sedgwick, read by Martin Jarvis. 2 CDs (unabridged) £9.99
THE PRINCE OF MIST. Carlos Ruiz Zafon, read by Dan Stevens. 4 CDs (unabridged) £14.99
MR STINK. David Walliams, read by David Walliams & Matt Lucas. 3 CDs (unabridged) £9.99
RUNNING WILD. Michael Morpurgo, read by the author. 6 CDs (unabridged) £12.99
ASTROSAURS & THE SEAS OF DOOM. Steve Cole, read by Toby Longworth. 1 CD (unabridged) £5.99
HOW TO TWIST A DRAGON'S TALE. Cressida Cowell, read by David Tennant. 4 CDs (unabridged) £13.99
THE ENEMY. Charlie Higson, read by Paul Whitehouse. 9 CDs (unabridged) £12.99
2009 fiction favourites for 8+
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THE THORNTHWAITE INHERITANCE
- £5.99by Gareth Jones ISBN 9780747599821, Bloomsbury |
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| Brother and sister Ovid and Lorelli have been trying to murder each other in a number of dastardly ways for as long as they can remember. When a new t... |
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THE RED NECKLACE
- £6.99by Sally Gardner ISBN 9781842556344, Orion |
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| Two friends are pursued through Paris in the grip of Revolution in this thrilling danse macabre of gypsy magic, fugitive love and murderous revenge in... |
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Hate that Cat
- £4.99by Sharon Creech ISBN 9780747599807, Bloomsbury |
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| In this sequel to the memorable Love That Dog Jack’s ever-growing love of poetry leads him to a change of heart about cats in this wonderfully warm, p... |
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What I Saw & How I Lied
- £6.99by Judy Blundell ISBN 9781407114958, Scolastic |
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| When Evie's stepfather Joe comes back from the war, she and her mother are thrilled. But Joe's dark wartime history still haunts him, and as Evie begi... |
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COSMIC
- £5.99by Frank Cottrell Boyce ISBN 9780330440868, Macmillan |
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| Narrator Liam is an exceptionally tall and precocious 13 year old. Disguised as Dad to his celebrity-addicted friend Florida, they become unwitting vi... |
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Wilma Tenderfoot & the Case of the Frozen Hearts
- £5.99by Emma Kennedy ISBN 9780330469517, Macmillan |
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| Wannabe detective and orphan Wilma has a hero in the shape of famous detective Theodore P.Goodman and she’s determined to become his indispensable ass... |
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The Hunger Games
- £6.99by Suzanne Collins ISBN 9781407109367, Scholastic |
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| When Primrose Everdeen’s name is drawn to fight for District 12 in the Animal Games her older sister Katniss doesn’t hesitate to take her place. Takin... |
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13 Treasures
- £6.99by Michelle Harrison ISBN 9781847384492, Simon & Schuster |
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| I want to believe. This gripping, dark enchantment kept me turning the pages long into the night. Tanya is obsessed with the disappearance of a girl t... |
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THE LAST LEOPARD
- £5.99by Lauren St John ISBN 9781842556672, Orion |
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| In book three of this spellbinding African series set in Zimbabwe Martine and her best friend Ben trek to a game reserve where they discover a plot in... |
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The Graveyard Book
- £6.99by Neil Gaiman Illustrator Chris Riddell ISBN 9780747594802, Bloomsbury |
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| If you live in a graveyard like Bod and you’re raised and educated by a bunch of ghosts, the living world might seem safe and normal; but it’s a dange... |
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How Kirsty Jenkins Stole the Elephant
- £5.99by Elen Caldecott ISBN 9780747599197, Bloomsbury |
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| When Kirsty Jenkins makes a promise on her Grandfathers death bed to take care of his allotment she fully intends to honour it. But then the council a... |
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Ribblestrop
- £6.99by Andy Mulligan ISBN 9781847382306, Simon & Schuster |
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| As Sam begins a new term at Ribblestrop Towers things are not exactly as he imagined from the school brochure – and why would they be when his fellow ... |
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Threads
- £6.99by Sophia Bennett ISBN 9781905294985, Chicken House |
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| When best friends Nonie, Edie and Jenny meet a young and talented refugee girl called Crow they join forces to bring compassion into fashion as Crow’s... |
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Diary of a Wimpy Kid series: Dog Days
- £7.99by Jeff Kinney ISBN 9780141327655, Puffin |
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| Greg’s hilarious journal peppered with comic cartoons continues as the summer holidays loom and Mum’s dream of ‘family togetherness’ is the last thing... |
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SKULDUGGERY PLEASANT: THE FACELESS ONES
- £6.99by Derek Landy ISBN 9780007302161, HarperCollins |
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| There's a rumour going round that someone meets a grisly end in this book – but surely both Skulduggery and his feisty assistant are invincible? Packe... |
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The Magic Half
- £4.99by Annie Barrows ISBN 9780385616300, David Fickling Books |
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| As if by magic Miri finds herself back in 1935 – same room, same house but a strange, unhappy girl called Molly who is convinced Miri has come to resc... |
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EXPOSURE
- £7.99by Mal Peet ISBN 9781406306491, Walker |
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| South American sports journalist Paul Faustino is once more on the trail of a good story as the worlds of soccer star Otello and his pop-star wife Des... |
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The Boy Who Fell Down Exit 43
- £5.99by Harriet Goodwin ISBN 9781847150905, Stripes |
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| Finn Oliver breaks family rules and takes his mum’s old car on a joy-ride on the moors to try to forget his dad’s recent death, but when the accident ... |
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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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LOVE 2 READ - Our pick of the best reads 2008
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MR GUM AND THE DANCING BEAR
- £5.99by ANDY STANTON Illustrator DAVE TAZYMAN ISBN 9781405241793, EGMONT |
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| A wonderful bear with lustrous chocolate fur is lost and melancholy, but Polly knows how to cheer him up, trying all the while to avoid beastly Mr Gum... |
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HANG A THOUSAND RIBBONS
- £5.99by Ann Rinaldi ISBN 9781406312485, Walker |
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| The inspiring and moving story of Phillis Wheatley, the first black poet, whose rise from slave girl to celebrity led to her becoming a political pawn... |
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TAMBURLAINE'S ELEPHANTS
- £5.99by Geraldine McCaughrean ISBN 9780746090930, Usborne |
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| A compelling, heart-stopping tale about Rusti, a Mongol warrior and Kavi, the boy he takes prisoner as both are caught up in the shifting world of the... |
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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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THE GRAVEYARD BOOK
- £12.99by Neil Gaiman Illustrator Chris Riddell ISBN 9780747569015, Bloomsbury |
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| Orphaned Bod (short for Nobody) grows up a child of the graveyard, protected from the living world where danger awaits him. Facing down our fears is j... |
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THE RED NECKLACE
- £6.99by Sally Gardner ISBN 9781842556344, Orion |
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| Two friends are pursued through Paris in the grip of Revolution in this thrilling danse macabre of gypsy magic, fugitive love and murderous revenge in... |
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MADAME PAMPLEMOUSSE AND THE INCREDIBLE EDIBLES
- £6.99by Rupert Kingfisher ISBN 9780747592310, Bloomsbury |
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| Madeleine works in her Uncle’s ghastly restaurant until she is sent to spy on Madame Pamplemousse, owner of the most extraordinary food shop in all Pa... |
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THE KNIFE OF NEVER LETTING GO
- £6.99by Patrick Ness ISBN 9781406320756, Walker Books |
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| The award-winning story of a boy with nowhere to run to, nowhere to hide in a world only of men, the Noise and the thoughts of others crowding his con... |
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PERCY JACKSON AND THE TITAN'S CURSE
- £6.99by Rick Riordan ISBN 9780141321264, Puffin |
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| A breathtaking, over-the-top adventure as Percy is lured into a trap which could mean curtains for Camp Half-Blood. The sky's the limit as 21st centur... |
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BY ROYAL COMMAND
- £6.99by Mary Hooper ISBN 9780747588856, Bloomsbury |
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| Lucy continues her double life in this sequel to AT THE HOUSE OF THE MAGICIAN (set in Mortlake) where she is nursemaid to Dr. Dee’s two daughters. Tre... |
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THE SISTERS GRIMM – Tales from the Hood.
- £7.99by Michael Buckley Illustrator Peter Ferguson ISBN 9780810994782, Abrams |
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| The Defendant: The Big Bad Wolf aka Mr Canis. The Crime: Terrorising Little Red, blowing down some housing projects belonging to the family Pig and va... |
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UNCLE MONTAGUE'S TALES OF TERROR
- £5.99by Chris Priestley ISBN 9780747589211, Bloomsbury |
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| A wonderful collection of macabre, spooky tales told to the inquisitive Edgar by his gloomy uncle. Returning home through the woods Edgar discovers th... |
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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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HIGHWAY ROBBERY
- £7.99by Kate Thompson ISBN 0370329570, Bodley Head |
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| A fine read-aloud for which you will need your authentic eighteenth century street urchin voice to explain how you come to be holding a magnificent bl... |
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EXPOSURE
- £7.99by Mal Peet ISBN 9781406306491, Walker |
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| South American sports journalist Paul Faustino is once more on the trail of a good story as the worlds of soccer star Otello and his pop-star wife Des... |
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JACKDAW SUMMER
- £10.99by David Almond ISBN 9780340881989, Hodder |
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| A jackdaw leads Liam to an abandoned baby girl and a life-changing chain of events is set in motion for Liam and his family. Exploring themes of ident... |
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KASPAR, PRINCE OF CATS
- £12.99by Michael Morpurgo Illustrator Michael Foreman ISBN 9780007266999, HarperCollins |
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| Savoy Hotel cat Kaspar and bell-boy Johnny's lives change forever when they stowaway on board the Titanic bound for America. With stunning illustratio... |
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THE LONDON EYE MYSTERY
- £5.99by Siobhan Dowd ISBN 0440868025, Red Fox |
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| In this hugely entertaining, pacy 'whodunnit' Ted and Kat turn super-sleuths in the seemingly fruitless search for their cousin Salim, but it is Ted's... |
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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 GREAT ESCAPE
- £5.99by Emily Bearn ISBN 9781405238960, Egmont |
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| The beautifully crafted sequel to Tumtum and Nutmeg, starring the mice who live in Rose Cottage and the Mildew children, not forgetting the megalomani... |
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DIRTY BERTIE – CRACKERS
- £4.99by David Roberts ISBN 9781847150486, Stripes |
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| Bertie and Whiffer manage to cause merry mayhem at the nativity play, while Dad plays Santa. The latest in a popular, laugh-aloud series with special ... |
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BLOOD RED SNOW WHITE
- £6.99by Marcus Sedgwick ISBN 1842556371, Orion |
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| The true story of Arthur Ransome's time as a reporter in revolutionary Russia interweaves with a multi-layered fairytale set amidst the snowy landscap... |
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INKDEATH
- £12.99by Cornelia Funke ISBN 1905294719, Chicken House |
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| Meggi, Mo and Resa remain in the Inkworld, a land of glassmen, fairies and the universally feared Adderhead. Will manipulative Orpheus ever manage to ... |
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DIARY OF A WIMPY KID
- £4.99by Jeff Kinney ISBN 9780141324906, Penguin |
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| I can't believe it! First I had to write a journal. And now someone says that I have to write this. I'm Greg. And this journal contains many hilarious... |
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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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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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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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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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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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