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  • The Incredible Talking Machine

    The Incredible Talking Machine

    • Jenni Spangler, Chris Mould
    • Simon & Schuster Ltd
    • ISBN13: 9781471190391
    • Published: 24-06-2021

    Pull back the curtain and enter a world where mystery and magic take centre stage in a gloriously gothic adventure from Jenni Spangler, illustrated by Chris Mould.  Twelve-year-old Tig works at Manchester's Theatre Royale, cleaning, selling tickets and doing anything else that is a...

  • Something I Said

    Something I Said

    • Ben Bailey Smith
    • Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
    • ISBN13: 9781526628688
    • Published: 10-06-2021

    From comedian, actor, rapper and screenwriter Ben Bailey Smith comes the biggest middle grade debut of the year - a blazingly funny, big-hearted story about family, friendship and how far one boy will go to get a laugh.For thirteen-year-old Carmichael Taylor, life is one big joke - in a good w...

  • Skyborn

    Skyborn

    • Sinead O'Hart
    • Little Tiger Press Group
    • ISBN13: 9781788953054
    • Published: 10-06-2021

    The circus has seen better days, but for Bastjan it's home. He will do anything he can to save it, even if it means participating in a death-defying new act. But when that fails to draw in the crowds, the ringmaster makes a deal with a mysterious man by the name of Dr Bauer.  In exchange for h...

  • Earth's Aquarium: Discover 15 Real-life Water Worlds

    Earth's Aquarium: Discover 15 Real-life Water Worlds

    • Alexander C. Kaufman, Mariana Rodrigues
    • Magic Cat Publishing
    • ISBN13: 9781913520090
    • Published: 10-06-2021

    Explore 15 real-life water worlds and meet the wildlife that makes each one unique. Discover the incredible real-life aquariums that have turned our precious planet blue, from seagrass nurseries to open ocean, from deep-sea vents to tropical coral reefs, from mangroves to coastal e...

  • Escape the Rooms (the laugh-out-loud funny and mind-blowingly brilliant new book for kids!)

    Escape the Rooms (the laugh-out-loud funny and mind-blowingly brilliant new book for kids!)

    • Anita Mangan, Stephen Mangan
    • Scholastic
    • ISBN13: 9781407193625
    • Published: 10-06-2021

    A high-energy, laugh-out-loud, fully illustrated adventure story by much-loved actor Stephen Mangan and talented artist Anita Mangan. "[Escape the Rooms] is richly imagined and deeply heartfelt, and Anita Mangan's cartoonish and poignant illustrations capture the tone perfectly ... It reminded...

  • A Glasshouse of Stars

    A Glasshouse of Stars

    • Shirley Marr, Kathrin Honesta, Elisa Paganelli
    • Usborne Publishing Ltd
    • ISBN13: 9781474991087
    • Published: 10-06-2021

    Meixing Lim and her family have arrived in the New Land to begin a New Life. Everything is scary and different. Their ever-changing house is confusing and she finds it hard to understand the other children at school. Yet in her magical glasshouse, with a strange black-and-white cat, Meixing fi...

  • Wave Riders

    Wave Riders

    • Lauren St John
    • Pan Macmillan
    • ISBN13: 9781509874248
    • Published: 10-06-2021

    "A summer holiday in a book... unforgettably exciting." Piers Torday"Lauren St John at her very best... a gripping adventure across stormy seas, stately homes and boarding schools, with a fabulous plotted mystery at its core. I couldn't put it down." Abi ElphinstoneA st...

  • Indiana Bones

    Indiana Bones

    • Harry Heape, illus Rebecca Bagley
    • Faber & Faber
    • ISBN13: 9780571353507
    • Published: 03-06-2021

    Indiana Bones is a shaggy dog with a difference. He's got superpowers and can sniff out criminals and - with his young friend and owner Aisha - solve mysteries that would flummox the world's more expert detectives!In their first case, they are on the trail of treasure hidden centuries ago by a...