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  • The Secrets of Cricket Karlsson

    The Secrets of Cricket Karlsson

    • Kristina Sigunsdotter , Ester Eriksson
    • Gecko Press
    • ISBN13: 9781776574278

    Cricket Karlsson is going to become an artist, just like her aunt who loves cheese and art and always speaks her mind. Not like Cricket's mother, who is dieting and sighs at everything. But now Aunt Frannie has lost her joy and Cricket's best friend has dumped her for the horse girls. 1...

  • Breaking News: How to Tell What's Real From What's Rubbish

    Breaking News: How to Tell What's Real From What's Rubbish

    • Nick Sheridan
    • Simon & Schuster Ltd
    • ISBN13: 9781398506787
    • Published: 23-12-2021

    A funny, practical and ever-so timely guide to the NEWS for 8-12-year-olds. Find out how to understand and navigate 24/7 news, how to spot the facts from the fake . . . and what to do if the news becomes overwhelming. Perfect for fans of Matthew Syed's You Are Awesome and Rashmi Sirdeshpande's...

  • Black and British: An Illustrated History

    Black and British: An Illustrated History

    • David Olusoga, Jake Alexander, Melleny Taylor
    • Pan Macmillan
    • ISBN13: 9781529052954
    • Published: 11-11-2021

    This beautiful hardback gift book is a stunning visual journey through Black British history for younger readers by award-winning historian and broadcaster David Olusoga and illustrated by Jake Alexander and Melleny Taylor. The essential starting place for anyone who wants to learn...

  • The Boy Who Stepped Through Time

    The Boy Who Stepped Through Time

    • Anna Ciddor
    • Murdoch Books
    • ISBN13: 9781911679172
    • Published: 11-11-2021

    When Perry steps into a crumbling ruin while on holiday in France, he is not expecting to be transported back 1700 years to Roman times. While he hunts desperately for a way home, he must blend in as a slave - even if it means eating mice for dinner!  Gradually, Perry is caught up in the fasci...

  • The Curse of the Mummy: Uncovering Tutankhamun's T    omb

    The Curse of the Mummy: Uncovering Tutankhamun's T omb

    • Candace Fleming
    • Scholastic US
    • ISBN13: 9781338596618
    • Published: 04-11-2021

    Award-winning and critically acclaimed author Candace Fleming presents the edge-of-your-seat true story of the search for Tutankhamun's tomb, the Western public's belief that the dig was cursed, and the battle for ownership of the treasures within. During the reign of the New Kingdom of...

  • Fledgling

    Fledgling

    • Lucy Hope
    • Nosy Crow Ltd
    • ISBN13: 9781839941887
    • Published: 04-11-2021

    A dark, gothic adventure set deep in a Bavarian forest, with angels and owls and magic and a boy who isn't all that he seems to be...  A cherub is blown into Cassie Engel's bedroom during a thunderstorm, triggering a series of terrifying events. Cassie must discover if its arrival was an accid...

  • The Chime Seekers

    The Chime Seekers

    • Ross Montgomery
    • Walker Books Ltd
    • ISBN13: 9781406391190
    • Published: 04-11-2021

    Heart-stopping fantasy from the Costa-shortlisted and critically acclaimed author of the bestselling The Midnight Guardians. Step into a world of faerie tricks and hidden danger...  When an evil faerie steals Yanni's baby sister and swaps her for a changeling,...

  • Tinsel: The Girls Who Invented Christmas

    Tinsel: The Girls Who Invented Christmas

    • Sibéal Pounder
    • Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
    • ISBN13: 9781526619266
    • Published: 28-10-2021

    What if somewhere along the way we've all got the Santa story a bit wrong...? Join Blanche Claus and her best friend Rinki for a funny festive sleigh ride you'll never forget! From Sibéal Pounder, bestselling author of the Witch Wars and Bad Mermaids series, this tale of friendship and...