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Liar and Spy
- Rebecca Stead
- Andersen Press Ltd
- ISBN13: 9781849395076
- Published: 04-10-2012
This title is the winner of the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize and was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal. Georges (the s is silent) has a lot going on. He's having trouble with some boys at school, his dad lost his job and so his mum has started working all the time - and they have to sell...
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A Street Cat Named Bob: How one man and his cat found hope on the streets
- James Bowen
- Hodder & Stoughton
- ISBN13: 9781444737110
- Published: 13-09-2012
From the author of A Christmas Gift from Bob, the original bestseller and heartwarming story of the life-saving friendship between a man and his streetwise cat'[Bob] has entranced London like no feline since the days of Dick Whittington.' (Evening Standard)'A h...
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Viking Boy
- Tony Bradman, Pierre-Denis Goux
- Walker Books Ltd
- ISBN13: 9781406313833
- Published: 06-09-2012
An action-packed blend of historical adventure and fantasy for junior readers; a blast of uncensored Viking adventure.Gunnar is the son of a Viking chieftain, living peacefully on his family steading with his mother, father and their people - until they are raided by Skuli and his...
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My Best Friend and Other Enemies
- Catherine Wilkins, illus Katie Abey
- Nosy Crow
- ISBN13: 9780857630957
- Published: 06-09-2012
When Jessica's best friend goes off with new-girl Amelia, Jessica is hurt but determined not to take it lying down. She has a plan, and a secret weapon - her felt-tips. The pen is mightier than the sword, after all, and having a sense of humour wins Jessica far more friends than she loses....
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The Outsiders (Gods and Warriors Book 1)
- Michelle Paver
- Penguin Random House Children's UK
- ISBN13: 9780141339269
- Published: 28-08-2012
'If an Outsider wields the blade, the House of Koronos burns...'Hylas is only a boy but he knows three things:The Gods exist.Magic is real.Somebody wants him dead.Hunted and alone, Hylas is desperate to find his missing sister. His quest takes him across the hostile mountains and treacherous s...
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Trouble in Toadpool
- Anne Fine
- Penguin Random House Children's UK
- ISBN13: 9780857530639
- Published: 05-07-2012
Bliss! A lovely, quiet, nothing-to-do and nothing-on-the-calendar Sunday...Well, that's until bossy Aunt Susan - an unstoppable force - is on the phone insisting that Harry and his family come down to help her a local event she's promised to organise: the Great Toadpool Show. It means swinging...
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The Diamond Brothers in The Falcon's Malteser
- Anthony Horowitz
- Walker Books Ltd
- ISBN13: 9781406341423
- Published: 07-06-2012
Meet the Diamond Brothers, the world's worst private-detective agency, in this Chandler-esque spoof from the creator of the Alex Rider series.When a dwarf comes into the office and leaves a package, Tim Diamond, the world's worst private-detective, is faced with his toughest case yet. The offi...
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The Secret Hen House Theatre: Hannah's Farm Series
- Helen Peters
- Nosy Crow
- ISBN13: 9780857630650
- Published: 05-04-2012
Since the death of her mother, Hannah's family life has been somewhat chaotic. Her father is absorbed by running their dilapidated farm, and the four children are increasingly left to their own devices. These include "farming" each room of the house, looking after an enormous pet sheep called...
