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Casting the Gods Adrift
- Geraldine McCaughrean
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- ISBN13: 9780713674552
- Published: 04-07-2005
A thriller set in ancient Egypt between 1351-1354 BC. Tutmose and Ibrim's father, the animal dealer, is commanded by the new pharaoh Akhenaten, to bring him animals - lots of animals - for his new capital city. The boys' father is delighted. But he has no idea what the pharaoh's strange new re...
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Dragon Rider
- Cornelia Funke
- Chicken House Ltd
- ISBN13: 9781904442486
- Published: 06-06-2005
A dragon. A boy. A journey. Firedrake, a brave young dragon, his loyal brownie friend Sorrel and a lonely boy called Ben are united as if by destiny. Together, they embark on a magical journey to find the legendary place where silver dragons can live in peace for ever. With only a curious map...
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Not the End of the World
- Geraldine McCaughrean
- Oxford University Press
- ISBN13: 9780192754325
- Published: 31-03-2005
Everyone knows the story of the Flood, the men God chose to survive, the animals that went in two by two. But what about the others that sailed on the Ark - the women and the children? This adventure story asks what it was really like when the heavens opened and the world drowned - and what mi...
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Jimmy Coates: Killer
- Joe Craig
- HarperCollins Publishers
- ISBN13: 9780007196852
- Published: 31-03-2005
An eleven-year-old boy discovers he has strange powers, and a future that holds mystery, adventure - and death! Bending his knees, Jimmy let go of the windowsill and slowly tipped backwards. Surely this is impossible, he thought, even as he could feel himself doing it. He pushed out wit...
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Arthur: King of the Middle March: Book 3
- Kevin Crossley-Holland
- Orion Children's Books
- ISBN13: 9781842551554
- Published: 05-08-2004
Medieval life meets Arthurian magic in a novel that transcends boundaries of time and age, appealing to children of 9+ and older readers alike. The final book in the trilogy from the winner of the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize and the Smarties Prize bronze award is a timeless novel.<...
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Inkheart
- Cornelia Funke
- Chicken House Ltd
- ISBN13: 9781904442219
- Published: 07-06-2004
Meggie loves books. So does her father, Mo, a bookbinder, although he has never read aloud to her since her mother mysteriously disappeared. They live quietly until the night a stranger knocks at their door. He has come with a warning that forces Mo to reveal an extraordinary secret - a storyt...
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Pig-Heart Boy
- Malorie Blackman
- Penguin Random House Children's UK
- ISBN13: 9780552551663
- Published: 05-02-2004
You're thirteen. All you want is a normal life. But most normal kids don't need heart transplants.So there's this doctor. He says there's a chance for you. But he also says it's experimental, controversial and risky. And it's never been done before.Shortlisted for the C...
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Love That Dog
- Sharon Creech
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- ISBN13: 9780747557494
- Published: 17-06-2002
Slowly Jack learns the pleasures of writing poetry as Miss Stretchberry encourages him to tell his own story through verse. What emerges is a moving and memorable story about a boy and his dog and his growing passion for poetry.
