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Listen to the Moon
- Michael Morpurgo
- HarperCollins Publishers
- ISBN13: 9780007339631
- Published: 25-09-2014
The stunning novel set during World War One from Michael Morpurgo, the nation's favourite storyteller and multi-million copy bestseller. May, 1915. Alfie and his fisherman father find a girl on an uninhabited island in the Scillies - injured, thirsty, lost... and with absolutely...
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Witchworld
- Emma Fischel, Chris Riddell
- Nosy Crow Ltd
- ISBN13: 9780857634177
- Published: 04-09-2014
The witches of Witchworld have no need for old-fashioned wands or broomsticks, not when they have shiny Spellsticks and super-whizzy Skyriders instead. And no one has a cauldron anymore, just a cupboard full of Potions2Go. Flo Skritchett lives with her mother, the editor-in-chief of celebrity...
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Oliver and the Seawigs
- Philip Reeve, Sarah McIntyre
- Oxford University Press
- ISBN13: 9780192734884
- Published: 04-09-2014
A lively, gorgeously illustrated story from Dynamic Duo, Reeve and McIntyre!Along with his new friends, a grumpy old albatross, a short-sighted mermaid, and a friendly island called Cliff, Oliver goes off in search of his missing parents. But before he can put his rescue plan into action there...
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Uprooted - A Canadian War Story
- Lynne Reid Banks
- HarperCollins Publishers
- ISBN13: 9780007589432
- Published: 28-08-2014
From the author of The Indian in the Cupboard and The L-Shaped Room comes a fascinating story of a wartime childhood, heavily influenced by her own experience. In 1940 as war rages across Europe, ten-year-old Lindy waves goodbye to England and makes the long journey to Saskatoon, Canada...
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I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up for Education and Changed the World
- Malala Yousafzai, Patricia McCormick
- Hachette Children's Group
- ISBN13: 9781780622149
- Published: 19-08-2014
'Malala is an inspiration to girls and women all over the world.' - J.K. RowlingWritten by Malala in collaboration with critically acclaimed author, Patricia McCormick, this children's edition tells the remarkable story of a girl who knew from a young age that she wanted to change...
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The Girl Who Walked On Air
- Emma Carroll
- Faber & Faber
- ISBN13: 9780571297160
- Published: 07-08-2014
From the queen of historical fiction, The Girl Who Walked On Air by Emma Carroll is an enchanting historical adventure. Chipchase's Circus, England, 1875. An abandoned baby. . . A tightrope walker. . . A deadly discovery . . . Louie, who was abandoned at Chipchase's Travelling Circus a...
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Viva Alice!
- Judi Curtin, Woody Fox, Nicola Colton
- O'Brien Press Ltd
- ISBN13: 9781847176653
- Published: 04-08-2014
A new Alice and Megan story! Alice and Megan are back together again! When they are together, they can handle anything! Grace invites Alice and Megan to spend Easter in her house in Lanzarote. The girls are accidentally left home-alone for two days in the house....
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The Battles of Ben Kingdom: The City of Fear
- Andrew Beasley
- Usborne Publishing Ltd
- ISBN13: 9781409570325
- Published: 01-08-2014
The third book in 'The Battles of Ben Kingdom' trilogy. Victorian London is ruled by fear. The bloodthirsty Legion have captured the Queen and walled off the city, ushering in a reign of terror. Only Ben Kingdom and his motley band of rebels can stop them, but in the darkest pit of hell, evil...
