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Alex Neptune, Dragon Thief: Book 1
- David Owen
- Usborne Publishing Ltd
- ISBN13: 9781474999236
- Published: 04-08-2022
Meet Alex Neptune, the boy with the power of the ocean in his hands - a brand-new hero for fans of Percy Jackson and Dragon Realm! For as long as Alex Neptune can remember, the ocean has been trying to kill him. So he's not too happy when a bunch of sea creatures drag him to the abandoned aq...
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Resist: One Girl's Fight Back Against the Nazis
- Tom Palmer, Tom Clohosy Cole
- Barrington Stoke Ltd
- ISBN13: 9781800901063
- Published: 04-08-2022
As the brutal Second World War stretches on with no end in sight, life for ordinary Dutch people in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands is fraught with peril and hardship. There is very little to eat and the population lives under the constant threat of arrest and enslavement. After the murder of...
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The Last Monster
- Dan Walker, Jr.
- UCLan Publishing
- ISBN13: 9781912979776
- Published: 04-08-2022
The Light Hunters have fought Monsters for centuries and Squad Juno are the very best at it. From cities to villages, the young group's abilities are on show for all to see now that their powers don't have to be used in secret. Every victory they have prevents a Monster from taking more victim...
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Wishes Come in Threes
- Andy Jones
- Walker Books Ltd
- ISBN13: 9781529500882
- Published: 21-07-2022
A heartwarming, tenderly witty debut about belief - in friendship, in yourself and, maybe, in just a little magic. "I don't know exactly how wishes work. But I knew a man that did." Phyll is having a difficult summer. Her family has moved to the seaside, but it's a long way from...
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Sade and Her Shadow Beasts
- Rachel Faturoti
- Hachette Children's Group
- ISBN13: 9781444963571
- Published: 07-07-2022
Twelve-year-old Sade has been escaping to an imaginary world ever since her mum passed away - with its candy-floss lilac sky, she goes on endless adventures atop her purple-winged bird, Nix. But soon she discovers that frightening shadow beasts live here too and they are seeping into the real...
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Can You Feel the Noise?
- Stewart Foster
- Simon & Schuster Ltd
- ISBN13: 9781471191275
- Published: 07-07-2022
A profound story about inner strength and perseverance in the face of a life-changing event, from the award-winning author of The Bubble Boy. Perfect for fans of R. J. Palacio's Wonder and Lisa Thompson's The Goldfish Boy. 'A wonderful book about overcoming a life-changing event and the remar...
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The Misunderstandings of Charity Brown
- Elizabeth Laird
- Pan Macmillan
- ISBN13: 9781529075632
- Published: 07-07-2022
Inspired by award-winning author's Elizabeth Laird's own childhood growing up in post-war London, The Misunderstandings of Charity Brown is a classic coming-of-age story, perfect for fans of The Skylarks' War and I Capture the Castle.Charity Brown's life is about to change - her fa...
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How to Be True
- Daisy May Johnson
- Pushkin Children's Books
- ISBN13: 9781782693277
- Published: 07-07-2022
Edie was born to a family of troublemakers. When her activist parents leave Paris to protest around the globe, her grandmother decides it's time she became a proper young lady and so sends her to the School of the Good Sisters. But to Edie's surprise, the nuns at the school teach genuinely us...
