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The Good Thieves
- Katherine Rundell
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- ISBN13: 9781408882658
- Published: 03-09-2020
Fresh off the boat from England, Vita Marlowe has a job to do. Her beloved grandfather Jack has been cheated out of his home and possessions by a notorious conman with Mafia connections. Seeing Jack's spirit is broken, Vita is desperate to make him happy again, so she devises a plan to outwit...
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Modern Art Explorer: Discover the stories behind artworks by Matisse, Kahlo and more...
- Alice Harman, Serge Bloch
- Thames & Hudson Ltd
- ISBN13: 9780500652206
- Published: 03-09-2020
Modern Art Explorer is a witty and brilliantly illustrated introduction to modern art for children that takes readers undercover to discover the stories behind thirty famous artworks from the Centre Pompidou's collection in Paris. By going behind the scenes and turning each artwork inside out,...
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Voyage of the Sparrowhawk: Winner of the Costa Children's Book Award 2020
- Natasha Farrant
- Faber & Faber
- ISBN13: 9780571348763
- Published: 03-09-2020
WINNER - COSTA CHILDREN'S BOOK AWARDTHE TIMES AND SUNDAY TIMES CHILDREN'S BOOK OF THE YEAR. The second sensational middle-grade standalone that follows an epic voyage from England to France in the aftermath of WW1, from the bestselling author of The Children of Castle Rock. In the aft...
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Boy Giant: Son of Gulliver
- Michael Morpurgo, illus Michael Foreman
- HarperCollins Publishers
- ISBN13: 9780008355180
- Published: 03-09-2020
A stunning new story of hope, humanity and high-seas adventure for children and adults everywhere from Sir Michael Morpurgo, the nation's favourite storyteller and multi-million copy bestselling author of WAR HORSE. "We were the truth of our own story.Me, and the two...
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Happy, Healthy Minds: A Children's Guide to Emotional Wellbeing
- The School of Life, Lizzy Stewart
- The School of Life Press
- ISBN13: 9781912891191
- Published: 20-08-2020
An essential guide to help children become more aware of their emotional needs. This book examines a range of everyday topics that might give children's minds difficulties, for example: when parents don't seem to understand us; when we fall out with friends; when school...
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When Secrets Set Sail
- Sita Brahmachari
- Hachette Children's Group
- ISBN13: 9781510105430
- Published: 20-08-2020
Secrets from the past are the keys to the future...if two children can find them. Bold adventure, timely themes and breath-taking writing from award-winning author, Sita Brahmachari. Usha is devastated when her grandmother Kali Ma passes away. Then straight-talking Imtiaz arrives - he...
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Noor Inayat Khan
- Sufiya Ahmed
- Scholastic
- ISBN13: 9780702300059
- Published: 06-08-2020
My Story: Noor-un-Nissa Inayat Khan is the thrilling story of British-Indian World War Two heroine, Noor-un-Nissa Inayat Khan. It's 1940 and hundreds of families are being forced to flee Nazi-occupied France. Noor refuses to stand by while Nazi forces invade her home and terrorise her people,...
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Turtle Boy
- M. Evan Wolkenstein
- Usborne Publishing Ltd
- ISBN13: 9781474981385
- Published: 06-08-2020
Twelve-year-old Will likes two things: turtles and the local nature reserve. Everything else is a nightmare, because Will has a facial difference that has earned him an unfortunate nickname. But when Will's Bar Mitzvah community service project introduces him to RJ, a boy who is confined to a...
