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Scareground
- Angela Kecojevic
- Neem Tree Press Limited
- ISBN13: 9781915584212
- Published: 07-09-2023
Roll up, roll up, the Scareground is in town! 12-year-old Nancy Crumpet lives above a bakery and her life is a delightful mix of flour, salt, and love. Yet her mind is brimming with questions no one can answer: Why did her birth parents disappear? Why can she speak with the sky? And why must...
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The Final Year
- Matt Goodfellow, Joe Todd-Stanton
- Otter-Barry Books
- ISBN13: 9781915659040
- Published: 07-09-2023
See that tall, skinny kid with the ball in his handsayin see ya later to his mate?That's me:Nathan WilderNate. 10 years oldand a week away from the end of Year 5. Life can be tough in your last year of primary school. Tests to take, preparing for the...
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Ivy Newt and the Time Thief
- Derek Keilty, illus Magda Brol
- Scallywag Press
- ISBN13: 9781915252333
- Published: 07-09-2023
Every Halloween at sunrise, a spooky haunted house appears near Newt Castle, only to disappear again at the stroke of midnight. Ivy and Tom set out to solve the mystery, stumbling upon an imprisoned witch, a powerful sorcerer and a curse they must break before time runs out . . . The second...
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The Black Air
- Jennifer Lane
- UCLan Publishing
- ISBN13: 9781915235312
- Published: 07-09-2023
In a remote village overshadowed by a gruesome legend and ancient superstitions, who can say what's real, what's not, and what should stay buried deep inside your head? The Black Air is a spellbinding contemporary novel with a dark mystery at its heart. Set in the depths of rural Lancas...
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The Soul Survivor
- Chris Bradford
- Penguin Random House Children's UK
- ISBN13: 9780241326749
- Published: 07-09-2023
The thrilling finale to the Soul series by bestselling author Chris Bradford. Tanas laughs, cruel and cold.'Won't you Ascendants ever learn?My soul cannot be killed.Only I have the power to destroy souls.'Genna has lost everything. Her home, her parents, an...
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I want a dog
- Jon Agee
- Scallywag Press
- ISBN13: 9781915252104
- Published: 07-09-2023
One little girl is determined to find her perfect pet at a wonderfully unusual animal shelter. The Copley County Animal Shelter has an aardvark, a lizard, a goose, a weasel, and plenty more. But do they have a dog? Our little girl has even turned up with a trolley to take home a dog - and she...
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Finding Wonder: An unforgettable adventure from the author of The One Dollar Horse
- Lauren St John
- Faber & Faber
- ISBN13: 9780571376162
- Published: 07-09-2023
A winning ticket. A stolen horse. The adventure of a lifetime . . . Orphaned Roo Thorn feels like the unluckiest girl in the world. Until she discovers a letter. A letter which urges her to 'Grab life by the wings and fly.' With the help of her aunt, Joni, Roo sets out to buy her dream horse...
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Godfather Death
- Sally Nicholls, Julia Sarda
- Andersen Press Ltd
- ISBN13: 9781839131417
- Published: 07-09-2023
A soul-stirring reimagined Grimm tale by award-winning author Sally Nicholls, hauntingly illustrated by Julia Sarda, which will spellbind and thrill readers of all ages. When a poor fisherman chooses Death to be godfather to his son, he's sure he's made a good choice - for surely there'...
