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The Rising
- Tom Moorhouse
- Oxford University Press
- ISBN13: 9780192734822
- Published: 02-10-2014
'I came here to warn you. Before it's too late.' When their uncle Sylvan pays an unexpected visit, young water voles Kale and Strife know something exciting must be about to happen. Little do they know that soon they'll be running for their lives, as a new danger threatens to destroy everythin...
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The Wrong Side of the Galaxy: Book 1
- Jamie Thomson
- Hachette Children's Group
- ISBN13: 9781408330265
- Published: 02-10-2014
Abducted by aliens, Harry wakes up on his birthday marooned on a spaceship. His only companions: two freaky princess clones, a weird alien-fish-kangaroo hybrid with delusions of grandeur and a ship's computer with a serious attitude problem. It's the worst birthday ever. How is he ever...
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Listen to the Moon
- Michael Morpurgo
- HarperCollins Publishers
- ISBN13: 9780007339631
- Published: 25-09-2014
The stunning novel set during World War One from Michael Morpurgo, the nation's favourite storyteller and multi-million copy bestseller. May, 1915. Alfie and his fisherman father find a girl on an uninhabited island in the Scillies - injured, thirsty, lost... and with absolutely...
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Witchworld
- Emma Fischel, Chris Riddell
- Nosy Crow Ltd
- ISBN13: 9780857634177
- Published: 04-09-2014
The witches of Witchworld have no need for old-fashioned wands or broomsticks, not when they have shiny Spellsticks and super-whizzy Skyriders instead. And no one has a cauldron anymore, just a cupboard full of Potions2Go. Flo Skritchett lives with her mother, the editor-in-chief of celebrity...
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Uprooted - A Canadian War Story
- Lynne Reid Banks
- HarperCollins Publishers
- ISBN13: 9780007589432
- Published: 28-08-2014
From the author of The Indian in the Cupboard and The L-Shaped Room comes a fascinating story of a wartime childhood, heavily influenced by her own experience. In 1940 as war rages across Europe, ten-year-old Lindy waves goodbye to England and makes the long journey to Saskatoon, Canada...
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I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up for Education and Changed the World
- Malala Yousafzai, Patricia McCormick
- Hachette Children's Group
- ISBN13: 9781780622149
- Published: 19-08-2014
'Malala is an inspiration to girls and women all over the world.' - J.K. RowlingWritten by Malala in collaboration with critically acclaimed author, Patricia McCormick, this children's edition tells the remarkable story of a girl who knew from a young age that she wanted to change...
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The Girl Who Walked On Air
- Emma Carroll
- Faber & Faber
- ISBN13: 9780571297160
- Published: 07-08-2014
From the queen of historical fiction, The Girl Who Walked On Air by Emma Carroll is an enchanting historical adventure. Chipchase's Circus, England, 1875. An abandoned baby. . . A tightrope walker. . . A deadly discovery . . . Louie, who was abandoned at Chipchase's Travelling Circus a...
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Viva Alice!
- Judi Curtin, Woody Fox, Nicola Colton
- O'Brien Press Ltd
- ISBN13: 9781847176653
- Published: 04-08-2014
A new Alice and Megan story! Alice and Megan are back together again! When they are together, they can handle anything! Grace invites Alice and Megan to spend Easter in her house in Lanzarote. The girls are accidentally left home-alone for two days in the house....
