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Children of the Quicksands
- Efua Traore
- Chicken House
- ISBN13: 9781913322366
- Published: 03-06-2021
In a remote Nigerian village, twelve-year-old Simi is desperate to uncover a family secret ... City girl Simi is sent to stay with her long-lost grandmother in a remote Nigerian village. There's no TV, internet or phone. Not a single human-made sound can be heard at night, just the noise of b...
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Twitch
- M. G. Leonard
- Walker Books Ltd
- ISBN13: 9781406389371
- Published: 03-06-2021
From the internationally bestselling author of Beetle Boy and the Adventures on Trains series, comes the first book in The Twitchers, a brand new mystery adventure series celebrating friendship, bravery and the incredible world of birds, starring a birdwatching detective called Twitch!<b...
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The Secret Detectives
- Ella Risbridger
- Nosy Crow Ltd
- ISBN13: 9781788006002
- Published: 03-06-2021
A gripping, beautifully written historical mystery, from an incredible new voice in children's fiction. 'The body seemed to fall for a long time. There was no splash, or if there was it was lost in the waves. Isobel was frozen to the spot for a moment - and then her common sense caught...
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Hurricane Child
- Kacen Callender
- Scholastic
- ISBN13: 9780702310218
- Published: 03-06-2021
Winner of the Stonewall Book Award and the Lambda Literary Award By National Book Award winner Kacen Callender, this exquisite novel reminds us that grief and love can open the world in mystical ways. Caroline Murphy is a Hurricane Child. Being born during a hurricane is unlucky, and 1...
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The Race
- Roy Peachey
- Cranachan Publishing Limited
- ISBN13: 9781911279839
- Published: 03-06-2021
Get ready for the race of your life... This is what it feels like when I'm running. When I'm running fast, I feel free. 12-year-old Lili is determined to defeat her arch rival in front of the Queen during her school's anniversary celebrations. Adopted fr...
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Uki and the Swamp Spirit
- Kieran Larwood, David Wyatt
- Faber & Faber
- ISBN13: 9780571342839
- Published: 03-06-2021
From bestselling author and winner of the Blue Peter Best Story Book Award, Uki and the Swamp Spirit is the fifth title set in the world of Podkin One-Ear.Uki had the sensation of a sickly green light, spreading out through the networks of water. Of tendrils connecting all the creatures of the...
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Little Light
- Coral Rumble
- Troika Books
- ISBN13: 9781912745166
- Published: 01-06-2021
Ava is hiding - hiding from the small cramped room where she lives with her two little siblings and her mum, hiding from the taunts and hostility she gets at school, hiding from her sometimes lonely and joyless life. But there is love here too. Her best friend Roxy, her wise Trinidadian Nan an...
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Truly Tyler
- Terri Libenson, Terri Libenson
- HarperCollins Publishers
- ISBN13: 9780062894564
- Published: 27-05-2021
A story about being your truest self-and trusting your truest friends-from bestselling author Terri Libenson. Perfect for fans of Raina Telgemeier and Shannon Hale. Cliques. Crushes. Comics. Middle school. Ever since Tyler started getting into art and hanging out...
