Books - Children

• Jess Butterworth, Rob Biddulph
• Hachette Children's Group
• ISBN13: 9781510102088
• Published: 01-06-2017

Join 12-year-old Tash and her best friend Sam in a story of adventure, survival and hope, set in the vivid Himalayan landscape of Tibet and India. Filled with friendship, love and courage, this young girl's thrilling journey to save her parents is an ideal read for children aged 9-12. <b...

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• Imogen White
• Usborne Publishing Ltd
• ISBN13: 9781474927291
• Published: 01-06-2017

When Rose Muddle is plucked from the workhouse to become a maid in a grand mansion, she discovers that her new mistress has secret plans for her - plans which involve a strange amber pendant with extraordinary powers. But fearsome enemies lurk in the shadows, intent on finding the mysterious p...

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• E.J. Clarke
• Hachette Children's Group
• ISBN13: 9781510200371
• Published: 01-06-2017

Being a fairy is a lot more dangerous than you think ... Ever since Rowan was transformed into a fairy, her life has been filled with perilous adventure. And when her mum is kidnapped by evil Vulpes and his army of foxes, Rowan sets off on her most dangerous mission yet. With the help o...

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• Jacob Sager Weinstein
• Walker Books Ltd
• ISBN13: 9781406368857
• Published: 01-06-2017

A hilarious fantasy adventure set in modern day London.An exciting subterranean London adventure, the first in a middle-grade trilogy. Hyacinth Hayward has recently arrived from America and is having difficulty adjusting to her new surroundings, especially being in the sole company...

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• Sita Brahmachari
• Pan Macmillan
• ISBN13: 9781509855360
• Published: 01-06-2017

Winner of the Waterstone's Children's Book Prize, Artichoke Hearts by Sita Brahmachari is an incredibly insightful, honest novel exploring the delicate balance, and often injustice, of life and death - but at its heart is a celebration of friendship, culture, and life.Twelve-year-o...

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• Emma Carroll
• Faber & Faber
• ISBN13: 9780571327584
• Published: 01-06-2017

'We weren't supposed to be going to the pictures that night. We weren't even meant to be outside, not in a blackout, and definitely not when German bombs had been falling on London all month like pennies from a jar.' February, 1941. After months of bombing raids in London, 12-year-old O...

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• Kim Slater
• Pan Macmillan
• ISBN13: 9781509842193
• Published: 18-05-2017

Fourteen-year-old Calum Brooks has big dreams. One day he'll escape this boring life and write movies -proper ones, with massive budgets and A-list stars. For now, though, he's stuck coping alone while his dad works away, writing scripts in his head and trying to stay 'in' with his gang of mat...

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• Claire Fayers (Author)
• Pan Macmillan
• ISBN13: 9781447290629
• Published: 18-05-2017

Sail the magical seven seas in Journey to Dragon Island, a swashbuckling pirate adventure by Claire Fayers.Since accidentally joining the crew of pirate ship the Onion, the lives of twelve-year-old Brine Seaborne, her magician friend Peter and former-librarian Tom have been turned...

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