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  • Night Speakers

    Night Speakers

    • Ali Sparkes
    • Oxford University Press
    • ISBN13: 9780192749956
    • Published: 01-03-2018

    Night after night Elena, Matt, and Tima wake at exactly the same time, with no idea why. It's messing them up and fracturing their lives . . . until they venture out into the dark and find each other. And then the sleepless trio realize their astounding power - they can speak any language; the...

  • Running On Empty

    Running On Empty

    • S. E. Durrant, Rob Biddulph
    • Nosy Crow Ltd
    • ISBN13: 9780857637406
    • Published: 01-03-2018

    AJ's grandfather has always been the one to keep his unusual family together, so when he dies things start to unravel at the edges. AJ is worried about his parents but they don't really seem to notice. In order to deal with his grief and to keep his anxiety at bay, AJ does what he and his gran...

  • The Children of Castle Rock

    The Children of Castle Rock

    • Natasha Farrant (Literary scout)
    • Faber & Faber
    • ISBN13: 9780571323562
    • Published: 01-03-2018

    St Trinians and Lauren St John collide in this hilarious and thrilling bestselling adventure from Natasha Farrant!When Alice Mistlethwaite is shipped off to boarding school in Scotland it's nothing like she imagines. Run by the mysterious Major, there are no punishments and the students are mo...

  • Max and the Millions

    Max and the Millions

    • Ross Montgomery (author)
    • Faber & Faber
    • ISBN13: 9780571333486
    • Published: 01-03-2018

    From Costa-shortlisted superstar, a highly anticipated standalone adventure about what happens when you find a tiny, living, breathing civilization on the floor of your school dorm room.Max is used to spending time alone - it's difficult to make friends in a big, chaotic school when you're dea...

  • HerStory: 50 Women and Girls Who Shook the World

    HerStory: 50 Women and Girls Who Shook the World

    • Katherine Halligan, Sarah Walsh
    • Nosy Crow Ltd
    • ISBN13: 9781788001380
    • Published: 01-03-2018

    Instead of just studying history, let's think about HerStory too! In this uplifting and inspiring book, children can learn about 50 intrepid women from around the world and throughout history. Telling the stories of their childhood, the challenges they faced and the changes t...

  • Destination: Planet Earth

    Destination: Planet Earth

    • Tom Clohosy Cole, Ms. Jo Nelson
    • Wide Eyed Editions
    • ISBN13: 9781786030610
    • Published: 01-03-2018

    Set out on an adventure across Planet Earth, exploring volcanos, valleys, mountains and rivers, and learning about water, weather and earthquakes as you go. This is the ultimate field trip to explore our incredible planet, from its smoking volcanos and coursing rivers to its tallest mountains...

  • Corpse Talk: Ground-Breaking Women

    Corpse Talk: Ground-Breaking Women

    • Adam Murphy, Lisa Murphy
    • David Fickling Books
    • ISBN13: 9781910989609
    • Published: 01-03-2018

    The second amazing thematic Corpse Talk book - all about the most amazing women from history ever! Adam Murphy interviews the dead famous women who changed the world - getting their stories straight from the corpses' mouths! Reading Corpse Talk: Ground-Breaking Women is like having history inj...

  • After the Fall

    After the Fall

    • Dan Santat
    • Andersen Press Ltd
    • ISBN13: 9781783446353
    • Published: 01-03-2018

    SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2019 UKLA BOOK AWARDAfter the fall, Humpty Dumpty is a broken egg. Life is tough: he's so afraid of heights, he can't even bear to climb onto his bed, or reach his favourite cereal on the top shelf at the supermarket. But one day, fuelled by his passion for bird-watching, h...