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The Closest Thing to Flying
- Gill Lewis
- Oxford University Press
- ISBN13: 9780192749482
- Published: 07-02-2019
Present day: Semira doesn't know where to call home. She and her mother came to England when she was four years old, brought across the desert and the sea by a man who has complete control. Always moving on, always afraid of being caught, she longs for freedom.1891: Hen knows exactly where to...
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The Deadly Dinner Lady (Rory Branagan (Detective), Book 4)
- Andrew Clover, Ralph Lazar
- HarperCollins Publishers
- ISBN13: 9780008265922
- Published: 07-02-2019
Meet RORY BRANAGAN - he eats bad guys for breakfast. Well, not ACTUALLY. But he IS the best detective in town. Fourth in the hilarious illustrated comedy-crime book series for kids, RORY BRANAGAN (DETECTIVE). Hello. I am Rory Branagan. I am DEFINITELY a detective.</...
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The Star-spun Web
- Sinead O'Hart
- Little Tiger Press Group
- ISBN13: 9781788950220
- Published: 07-02-2019
With her passion for scientific experimentation and her pet tarantula Violet, Tess de Sousa is no ordinary orphan. When a stranger shows up at Ackerbee's Home for Lost and Foundlings, claiming to be a distant relative come to adopt her, Tess hopes to find some answers to her mysterious origins...
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Asha & the Spirit Bird
- Jasbinder Bilan
- Chicken House Ltd
- ISBN13: 9781911490197
- Published: 07-02-2019
Winner of the Costa Children's Book Award 2019Winner of the Times/Chicken House Children's Fiction Competition 2017Shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2020Longlisted for the Jhalak Prize 2019Chosen as one of the Guardian's Best Books of 2019 'This book is such a light-filled,...
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Halo Moon
- Sharon Cohen
- Hachette Children's Group
- ISBN13: 9781786540102
- Published: 07-02-2019
Bravery, friendship and the magic of an unknowable universe combine in this extraordinary adventure from the heart. Great for fans of Frank Cottrell Boyce and David Almond. In Ethiopia, Ageze has unearthed an ancient device that can make predictions. It tells him: there is a date,...
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A Pinch of Magic
- Michelle Harrison
- Simon & Schuster Ltd
- ISBN13: 9781471124297
- Published: 07-02-2019
'A SPELLBINDING STORY, STEEPED IN MAGIC. I ADORED IT' - Abi Elphinstone, author of Sky Song Three sisters trapped by an ancient curse.Three magical objects with the power to change their fate.Will they be enough to break the curse?Or will they l...
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The Little Grey Girl (The Wild Magic Trilogy, Book Two)
- Celine Kiernan, Jessica Courtney-Tickle
- Walker Books Ltd
- ISBN13: 9781406373929
- Published: 07-02-2019
Second book in a fantasy adventure trilogy about witches and forbidden magic from a multi-award-winning author. Fans of Abi Elphinstone and Katherine Rundell will adore this fantasy adventure trilogy about witches and forbidden magic from a beloved and award-winning Irish writer. In the...
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Fantastically Great Women Who Worked Wonders
- Ms Kate Pankhurst
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- ISBN13: 9781408899274
- Published: 07-02-2019
Kate Pankhurst, descendent of suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst, is back with a brand new wildly brilliant and accessible book about incredible women in the world of work. What do you want to be when you grow up? It's a BIG question that everyone is asked from an early age. Discover eye-op...
