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  • Tripwrecked! Tempest Terror

    Tripwrecked! Tempest Terror

    • Ross Montgomery, Mark Beech
    • Barrington Stoke Ltd
    • ISBN13: 9781781129616
    • Published: 02-09-2021

    Only a sensible, level head can save the day when disaster strikes on a school trip in this hilariously slapstick introduction to Shakespeare's The Tempest. Frank and his drama club are off on a dream school trip to perform The Tempest at a festival. But it turns into a nightmare when t...

  • Utterly Dark and the Face of the Deep

    Utterly Dark and the Face of the Deep

    • Philip Reeve
    • David Fickling Books
    • ISBN13: 9781788452373
    • Published: 02-09-2021

    It was always at sundown they were seen. In that twilight hour, when the walls between the worlds grew thin, strange things might slip through the cracks. Sometimes then, so the stories went, enchanted islands would appear in the empty ocean to the west of Wildsea.  When Utterly Dark wa...

  • Aarti & the Blue Gods

    Aarti & the Blue Gods

    • Jasbinder Bilan
    • Chicken House Ltd
    • ISBN13: 9781913322595
    • Published: 02-09-2021

    From the author of the Costa Award-winning Asha & the Spirit Bird and Tamarind & the Star of Ishta comes a atmospheric, magical adventure with a stunning twist ... 'A magical stormy adventure' THE TIMES 'A deliciously addictive, one-sitting type of read' NIZRANA FAROOK, AUTHOR OF THE G...

  • The Midnight Hunt

    The Midnight Hunt

    • Benjamin Read, Laura Trinder
    • Chicken House Ltd
    • ISBN13: 9781912626885
    • Published: 02-09-2021

    Emily is locked out of the Midnight Hour, and things have grown dangerously dark in Victorian London. Her friends and family are on the run from the terrifying Midnight Hunt, while the foul Make Britain Dark Again party schemes to break the spell that keeps both worlds safe. It's going to take...

  • When We Got Lost in Dreamland (paperback)

    When We Got Lost in Dreamland (paperback)

    • Ross Welford
    • HarperCollins Publishers
    • ISBN13: 9780008333812
    • Published: 02-09-2021

    The landmark new novel from Ross Welford, one of the fastest-growing and most critically acclaimed middle grade authors in the UK, this funny, moving and brilliant sixth book cements his position as the most exciting storyteller around for readers of 10+. When eleven-year-old Malky and...

  • Dragon City

    Dragon City

    • Katie Tsang, Kevin Tsang
    • Simon & Schuster Ltd
    • ISBN13: 9781471193125
    • Published: 02-09-2021

    The third adventure in the 'roar'some Dragon Realm series for 9+ readers! Perfect for fans of magical fantasy, heartfelt friendships and time travel! Dragon Destiny, the fifth and final instalment, is now available.In an alternate reality, 5,000 years in the future, the evil Dragon...

  • Sky Hawk

    Sky Hawk

    • Gill Lewis
    • Oxford University Press
    • ISBN13: 9780192780782

    Callum and his friends find Iona poaching on Callum's farm. She is not supposed to be there, but Callum feels bad about chasing her away. He finds her shivering in the woods, refusing to leave. There is a secret hidden in the forest above the dark waters of the loch, and Iona is its guardian....

  • Bamba Beach: A Bloomsbury Reader

    Bamba Beach: A Bloomsbury Reader

    • Pratima Mitchell, David Dean
    • Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
    • ISBN13: 9781472989987
    • Published: 19-08-2021

    A poignant, contemporary family story set in Goa, India, written by Pratima Mitchell. Hari's family make their living from fishing, but with no fish left in the bay, times are really hard. To catch the fish further away they need a better boat, but to get a better boat they need to sell fish.....