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Liar and Spy
- Rebecca Stead
- Andersen Press Ltd
- ISBN13: 9781849395076
- Published: 04-10-2012
This title is the winner of the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize and was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal. Georges (the s is silent) has a lot going on. He's having trouble with some boys at school, his dad lost his job and so his mum has started working all the time - and they have to sell...
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A Street Cat Named Bob: How one man and his cat found hope on the streets
- James Bowen
- Hodder & Stoughton
- ISBN13: 9781444737110
- Published: 13-09-2012
From the author of A Christmas Gift from Bob, the original bestseller and heartwarming story of the life-saving friendship between a man and his streetwise cat'[Bob] has entranced London like no feline since the days of Dick Whittington.' (Evening Standard)'A h...
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Viking Boy
- Tony Bradman, Pierre-Denis Goux
- Walker Books Ltd
- ISBN13: 9781406313833
- Published: 06-09-2012
An action-packed blend of historical adventure and fantasy for junior readers; a blast of uncensored Viking adventure.Gunnar is the son of a Viking chieftain, living peacefully on his family steading with his mother, father and their people - until they are raided by Skuli and his...
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My Best Friend and Other Enemies
- Catherine Wilkins, illus Katie Abey
- Nosy Crow
- ISBN13: 9780857630957
- Published: 06-09-2012
When Jessica's best friend goes off with new-girl Amelia, Jessica is hurt but determined not to take it lying down. She has a plan, and a secret weapon - her felt-tips. The pen is mightier than the sword, after all, and having a sense of humour wins Jessica far more friends than she loses....
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The Ghost of Grotteskew (Stitch Head 3)
- Guy Bass, Pete Williamson
- Little Tiger Press Group
- ISBN13: 9781847152527
- Published: 01-09-2012
Re-join Stitch Head, a mad professor's forgotten creation, as he steps out of the shadows into the adventure of an almost-lifetime... The ghost of a villainous ne'er-do-well is haunting the corridors of Castle Grotteskew, gunning for Stitch Head's heart ... and soul. Certain that his he...
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The Outsiders (Gods and Warriors Book 1)
- Michelle Paver
- Penguin Random House Children's UK
- ISBN13: 9780141339269
- Published: 28-08-2012
'If an Outsider wields the blade, the House of Koronos burns...'Hylas is only a boy but he knows three things:The Gods exist.Magic is real.Somebody wants him dead.Hunted and alone, Hylas is desperate to find his missing sister. His quest takes him across the hostile mountains and treacherous s...
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Trouble in Toadpool
- Anne Fine
- Penguin Random House Children's UK
- ISBN13: 9780857530639
- Published: 05-07-2012
Bliss! A lovely, quiet, nothing-to-do and nothing-on-the-calendar Sunday...Well, that's until bossy Aunt Susan - an unstoppable force - is on the phone insisting that Harry and his family come down to help her a local event she's promised to organise: the Great Toadpool Show. It means swinging...
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The Diamond Brothers in The Falcon's Malteser
- Anthony Horowitz
- Walker Books Ltd
- ISBN13: 9781406341423
- Published: 07-06-2012
Meet the Diamond Brothers, the world's worst private-detective agency, in this Chandler-esque spoof from the creator of the Alex Rider series.When a dwarf comes into the office and leaves a package, Tim Diamond, the world's worst private-detective, is faced with his toughest case yet. The offi...
