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  • Strong and Tough

    Strong and Tough

    • Rico Hinson-King, Nick Sharratt (Illustrator)
    • Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
    • ISBN13: 9781526648631
    • Published: 18-08-2022

    An empowering adoption story by ten-year-old Premier League Young Writer of the Year Rico Hinson-King, illustrated by the award-winning Nick Sharratt. There is a kid. Let's call him Charlie.  On the outside he looks like every other football-mad boy of his age. But he isn't ...  A story...

  • Interview with a Kangaroo: and Other Marsupials Too

    Interview with a Kangaroo: and Other Marsupials Too

    • Andy Seed, Nick East
    • Welbeck Publishing Group
    • ISBN13: 9781783126767
    • Published: 18-08-2022

    If you could talk to animals, what would you ask? Get familiar with 10 extraordinary marsupials as they step up to the mic and share their habits, behaviour, likes and dislikes, favourite foods, and more. Each animal has its own story to tell... and its own attitude!  In this fun and fa...

  • Waking the Witch

    Waking the Witch

    • Rachel Burge
    • Hot Key Books
    • ISBN13: 9781471411083
    • Published: 18-08-2022

    'I tried to keep you safe, but I see now that I can't. They won't stop until they have you . . .'   When Ivy's search for her mother draws her to a remote Welsh isle, she uncovers a dark secret about her past.  An ancient and corrupt power is stalking Ivy, and her only chance of survival is to...

  • These Are the Words: Fearless Verse to Find Your Voice

    These Are the Words: Fearless Verse to Find Your Voice

    • Nikita Gill
    • Macmillan
    • ISBN13: 9781529083606
    • Published: 18-08-2022

    From international poetry sensation Nikita Gill comes her highly anticipated YA debut These Are the Words: an empowering, feminist and beautifully illustrated poetry collection exploring all the things Nikita wished someone had told her when she was younger.Reclaim your agency. Dis...

  • Expedition Diaries: Indian Lowlands

    Expedition Diaries: Indian Lowlands

    • Simon Chapman
    • Hachette Children's Group
    • ISBN13: 9781445156835
    • Published: 11-08-2022

    Simon has arrived in New Delhi, India,on the start of his journey to Corbett National Park and intowetlands, desert, and low-lying dry forest beyond. He's searching for the endangered Bengal tiger. But early on, the trip doesn't go according to plan, when Simon is involved in a car crash...

  • Expedition Diaries: Himalayan Mountains

    Expedition Diaries: Himalayan Mountains

    • Simon Chapman
    • Hachette Children's Group
    • ISBN13: 9781445156798
    • Published: 11-08-2022

    Simon is heading to the Himalayan Mountains of western China, where he'll begin his journey along the Nujiang River and up through coniferous forests into the alpine region. He faces treacherous mountains in the last leg of his trek to find Yunnan snub-nosed monkeys.Simon Chapman,...

  • The Many Half-Lived Lives of Sam Sylvester

    The Many Half-Lived Lives of Sam Sylvester

    • Maya MacGregor
    • Astra Publishing House
    • ISBN13: 9781635923599
    • Published: 07-08-2022

    In this queer contemporary YA mystery, a nonbinary teen with autism realizes they must not only solve a 30-year-old mystery but also face the demons lurking in their past in order to live a satisfying life. Sam Sylvester has long collected stories of half-lived lives of kids who died be...

  • The Accidental Stowaway

    The Accidental Stowaway

    • Judith Eagle, illus Kim Geyer
    • Faber & Faber
    • ISBN13: 9780571363124
    • Published: 04-08-2022

    Liverpool, 1910.  When Patch runs up the gangway of steamship, RMS Glorious, she isn't planning to hang around. But if she leaves her hiding place the constable might catch her: sitting tight is worth the risk. Too late, she realises the ship is setting sail! Patch has become an accidental sto...