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  • The Mooncatcher's Rescue

    The Mooncatcher's Rescue

    • Karen Lamb, Lia Visirin
    • Walker Books Ltd
    • ISBN13: 9781406385243
    • Published: 01-09-2022

    A funny and imaginative adventure about searching for lost treasure and finding friendship along the way, with beautiful black-and-white illustrations by Lia Visirin.Treasure isn't always where you expect to find it...  River likes to go mooncatching, sweeping his net across the re...

  • The Elemental Detectives

    The Elemental Detectives

    • Patrice Lawrence
    • Scholastic
    • ISBN13: 9780702315626
    • Published: 01-09-2022

    A stunningly imagined, action-packed fantasy adventure for fans of Nevermoor, Neverwhere and Mortal Engines, from bestselling and award-winning author Patrice Lawrence.  Step into a London lit up by the Elemental spirits: the fiery Dragons, the airy Fumis, the watery Chads and the earth...

  • The Whisperling

    The Whisperling

    • Hayley Hoskins
    • Penguin Random House Children's UK
    • ISBN13: 9780241514504
    • Published: 01-09-2022

    A ghostly adventure in a dark and dangerous Victorian world, perfect for fans of Emma Carroll, Robin Stevens, and Jenni Spangler.When you're dead, you're dead. When you're gone, you're gone.Unless, of course, you're not.And that's where I come in.The year is 1897, and P...

  • Key Player

    Key Player

    • Kelly Yang
    • Knights Of Media
    • ISBN13: 9781913311346
    • Published: 01-09-2022

    MIA TANG IS PLAYING TO WIN!The Women's World Cup is coming to California, and everyone has football fever - especially Mia! But when her PE teacher gives her a C, Mia has to pull up her grade by scoring interviews with the championship teams. It's not so easy when... 1. The two teams are hunke...

  • Circus Maximus: Rivals On the Track: An Ancient Roman Adventure

    Circus Maximus: Rivals On the Track: An Ancient Roman Adventure

    • Annelise Gray
    • Bloomsbury
    • ISBN13: 9781800240612
    • Published: 01-09-2022

    Dido is the only girl ever to have raced to victory at the Circus Maximus, Rome's greatest sporting arena.  Now she and her beloved horse, Porcellus, are in hiding, and Emperor Caligula has put a price on their heads.  Can she outwit the emperor and his bounty hunters?  And will a shocking fam...

  • The Light Thieves

    The Light Thieves

    • Helena Duggan
    • Usborne Publishing Ltd
    • ISBN13: 9781474991094
    • Published: 31-08-2022

    Clever, quirky and hugely imaginative, discover the eagerly anticipated new eco-adventure series from the bestselling author of A Place Called Perfect. Who would you trust to save the world...a boy or a billionaire?The earth has shifted on its axis and a mysterious dark mark has appeare...

  • The Accidental Stowaway

    The Accidental Stowaway

    • Judith Eagle, illus Kim Geyer
    • Faber & Faber
    • ISBN13: 9780571363124
    • Published: 04-08-2022

    Liverpool, 1910.  When Patch runs up the gangway of steamship, RMS Glorious, she isn't planning to hang around. But if she leaves her hiding place the constable might catch her: sitting tight is worth the risk. Too late, she realises the ship is setting sail! Patch has become an accidental sto...

  • Mia and the Lightcasters  (The Umbra Tales)

    Mia and the Lightcasters (The Umbra Tales)

    • Janelle McCurdy, illus Ana Latese
    • Faber & Faber
    • ISBN13: 9780571368433
    • Published: 04-08-2022

    The launch of an outstanding debut fantasy series.  'A fresh, wild, gripping adventure.' Kieran Larwood, author of The Legend of Podkin One-Ear Beware of the shadows, the Reaper King is coming . . .Mia always dreamed of being an umbra tamer until she met the wild creature on the Nightma...