Books - Children

• Cottrell Boyce Frank
• Walker Books Ltd
• ISBN13: 9781406333855
• Published: 01-09-2011

This is a stunning magical story of a summer of friendship with darker undertones of refugees. Two refugee brothers from Mongolia are determined to fit in with their Liverpool schoolmates, but bring so much of Mongolia to Bootle that their new friend and guide, Julie, is hard-pressed to know t...

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• Guy Bass, illus Pete Williamson
• Little Tiger Press
• ISBN13: 9781847151834
• Published: 01-08-2011

Enter the darkly funny world of Stitch Head, as he steps out of the shadows into the adventure of an almost-lifetime…   Deep in the maze-like dungeons of Castle Grotteskew, insane Professor Erasmus created Stitch Head, a small, almost-human creature. His experiments continued, filling the cast...

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• Helen Moss, Leo Hartas
• Hachette Children's Group
• ISBN13: 9781444003291
• Published: 07-07-2011

When Scott , Jack and Emily hear that a film is being made at the nearby manor house they can't resist going to watch. But when the glamorous star of the film vanishes the friends realize they have a new mystery to solve!Has the star been kidnapped by a crazed fan? Could she have r...

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• Kes Gray, Mary Mcquillan
• Hachette Children's Group
• ISBN13: 9781444903812
• Published: 07-07-2011

Oh dear! All these animals are poorly! Hamish the Hamster got his whiskers caught up in his wheel. Dipak the Dalmatian's spots came out in stripes. Paul the Python's tail is is a knot and Connie the Crocodile broke her tooth biting a rhino's bottom! But don't worry. with a little help from Nur...

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• Caroline Lawrence, Caroline Lawrence
• Hachette Children's Group
• ISBN13: 9781444001693
• Published: 02-06-2011

Virginia City in 1862 is a mining camp sitting above a rich vein of silver in America's Wild West. It's a dangerous place, full of gamblers, hurdy girls and gunmen - all of them on the make! When twelve year-old P.K. Pinkerton arrives there, homeless, penniless and hunted, things don't look go...

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• Ness Patrick, Kay Jim
• Walker Books Ltd
• ISBN13: 9781406311525
• Published: 05-05-2011

This is an extraordinarily moving novel about coming to terms with loss. The monster showed up just after midnight. As they do. But it isn't the monster Conor's been expecting. He's been expecting the one from his nightmare, the one he's had nearly every night since his mother started her trea...

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• Rick Riordan
• Penguin Random House Children's UK
• ISBN13: 9780141325507
• Published: 05-05-2011

The Red Pyramid: the first book in Rick Riordan's The Kane Chronicles.Percy Jackson fought Greek Gods. Now the Gods of Egypt are waking in the modern world...'I GUESS IT STARTED THE NIGHT OUR DAD BLEW UP THE BRITISH MUSEUM . . .'CARTER AND SADIE KANE'S dad i...

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• Michelle Paver
• Hachette Children's Group
• ISBN13: 9781842551318
• Published: 07-04-2011

A boy. A wolf. A legend for all time. The first book in the internationally bestselling Wolf Brother (Chronicles of Ancient Darkness) series by renowned author Michelle Paver.Thousands of years ago, a powerful...

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