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  • Against the Odds: The Incredible Struggles of 20 Great Adventurers

    Against the Odds: The Incredible Struggles of 20 Great Adventurers

    • Alastair Humphreys, Pola Mai
    • Templar Publishing
    • ISBN13: 9781787410169
    • Published: 20-07-2023

    Sometimes adventure, like life, doesn't work out as you want it to. Even determined explorers make mistakes. Many of the greatest adventurers of all time have failed along the way...Hand-picked by adventurer Alastair Humphreys, this compilation retells the extraordinary journeys un...

  • The Stupendous Sonny

    The Stupendous Sonny

    • Ellie Clements
    • Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
    • ISBN13: 9781526638373
    • Published: 20-07-2023

    Magic comes from within...  When Sonny first finds himself waking up in different parts of his house with objects moving all by themselves, he thinks it's a recurring dream. Then one day he automatically teleports himself from school to the local park and realises he has extraordinary powers....

  • Everyday Action, Everyday Change: Stay Positive and Motivated in the Fight Against Racism and Prejudice

    Everyday Action, Everyday Change: Stay Positive and Motivated in the Fight Against Racism and Prejudice

    • Natalie Evans, Naomi Evans, Kelly Malka
    • Hachette Children's Group
    • ISBN13: 9781526365095
    • Published: 20-07-2023

    Making changes that help make the world a fairer place can feel overwhelming.  Where do you even start? Well . . . Small actions really can make a big difference!In this inspiring guide, changemakers, sisters and founders of Everyday Racism, Natalie and Naomi Evans, give readers em...

  • Friends and Traitors

    Friends and Traitors

    • Helen Peters, David Dean
    • Nosy Crow Ltd
    • ISBN13: 9781788004640
    • Published: 06-07-2023

    Some secrets are just too dangerous to know... A gripping World War II story about how two girls foil an aristocratic plot to bring down the government and hand the country to the Nazis... When Sidney Dashworth's school is evacuated to a huge stately home in the countryside, she thinks...

  • The Horse Who Came Home

    The Horse Who Came Home

    • Olivia Tuffin
    • Nosy Crow Ltd
    • ISBN13: 9781839946431
    • Published: 06-07-2023

    Heartbreak, betrayal, and a breathtakingly daring rescue: Olivia Tuffin's fresh and thrilling novel about a girl's fight for justice at her family's stables will have 9+ readers gripped. Hannah's dad, a former Olympic show jumper, runs a highly respected stables where they buy, train an...

  • Sweet Skies

    Sweet Skies

    • Robin Scott-Elliot
    • Everything with Words
    • ISBN13: 9781911427322
    • Published: 06-07-2023

    Berlin, 1948. A city besieged. A boy reaches for the sky...  Otto Hartmann would do anything to be a pilot. With Berlin blockaded by the Soviets and the Americans fly to the rescue, Otto's captivated by the matinee-idol pilots dropping chocolate for the city's hungry kids. But never mind the H...

  • The Destiny of Minou Moonshine

    The Destiny of Minou Moonshine

    • Gita Ralleigh
    • Head of Zeus
    • ISBN13: 9781804545478
    • Published: 06-07-2023

    The story of a queendom set in an alternate colonial India, blending Frances Hardinge with Kipling's Kim. A debut rich in fantasy, friendship and faith, and an original steampunk adventure that sparkles with storytelling magic. 'A land that loses its stories loses its way.'  The beautif...

  • The Boy Who Made Monsters

    The Boy Who Made Monsters

    • Jenny Pearson, Katie Kear
    • Usborne Publishing Ltd
    • ISBN13: 9781474999892
    • Published: 06-07-2023

    A one-of-a-kind tale of love, loss, laughter and hope, from award-winning author Jenny Pearson.  Benji McLaughlin is a visionary. He believes in things other people think are impossible, like that he and his brother Stanley will be happy living with their uncle, and that the Loch Lochy monster...