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  • The Last Gate of the Emperor

    The Last Gate of the Emperor

    • Kwame Mbalia
    • Scholastic
    • ISBN13: 9780702307089
    • Published: 06-05-2021

    From Kwame Mbalia and Prince Joel David Makonnen comes an action-packed Afrofuturist adventure about a mythical Ethiopian empire. Sci-fi and fantasy combine in this epic journey to the stars. Yared Heywat lives an isolated life in Addis Prime - a hardscrabble city with rundown tech, lots of ru...

  • Grandad's Camper

    Grandad's Camper

    • Harry Woodgate
    • Andersen Press Ltd
    • ISBN13: 9781783449835
    • Published: 06-05-2021

    Celebrate love in all its forms, as Grandad tells his granddaughter about the adventures he used to have with Gramps. 'A colour-flooded riot of memory... a poignant sense of intergenerational love and grief made manageable makes this beautiful debut stand out' GUARDIAN'A glowingly colourful jo...

  • An Escape in Time

    An Escape in Time

    • Sally Nicholls, Rachael Saunders
    • Nosy Crow Ltd
    • ISBN13: 9781788001243
    • Published: 06-05-2021

    Alex and Ruby are back in their THIRD time-slip adventure, tumbling back into the time of the French Revolution! From multi-award-winning author Sally Nicholls comes another brilliant action-packed adventure for 7+ readers, beautifully illustrated by Rachael Dean.When Alex and Ruby fall throug...

  • Arctic Star

    Arctic Star

    • Tom Palmer, Tom Clohosy Cole
    • Barrington Stoke Ltd
    • ISBN13: 9781781129715
    • Published: 06-05-2021

    Multi-award-winning author Tom Palmer returns with a thrilling naval adventure inspired by the incredible history of the Second World War Arctic convoys. Winter 1943. Teenagers Frank, Joseph and Stephen are Royal Navy recruits on their first mission at sea during the Second World War. T...

  • How to Be a Footballer and Other Sports Jobs

    How to Be a Footballer and Other Sports Jobs

    • Sol Linero, Rachel Yankey
    • Nosy Crow Ltd
    • ISBN13: 9781788006965
    • Published: 06-05-2021

    A book for children aged 6+ who want to know the score about football jobs, written by former Arsenal and England footballer and CBeebies TV presenter Rachel Yankey. Do you have what it takes to become a professional footballer, a manager or even to work in sports TV? Learn all about fo...

  • I Know You Did It

    I Know You Did It

    • Sue Wallman
    • Scholastic
    • ISBN13: 9780702302701
    • Published: 06-05-2021

    There's a killer at Ruby's new school. It's Ruby. On her first day at a new school, Ruby finds a note in her locker saying "I KNOW YOU DID IT". She's terrified that someone has found out she was responsible for the death of a girl called Hannah in a playground when they were both toddlers - a...

  • Burn

    Burn

    • Patrick Ness
    • Walker Books Ltd
    • ISBN13: 9781406393972
    • Published: 06-05-2021

    An all-consuming story of revenge, redemption and dragons from the twice Carnegie Medal-winner Patrick Ness."On a cold Sunday evening in early 1957, Sarah Dewhurst waited with her father in the parking lot of the Chevron Gas Station for the dragon he'd hired to help on the farm."...

  • The Beast of Harwood Forest

    The Beast of Harwood Forest

    • Dan Smith, Chris King
    • Barrington Stoke
    • ISBN13: 9781781129876
    • Published: 06-05-2021

    What's hiding in Harwood Forest?  When Pete, Nancy and Krish arrive at Heathland Camp for a school trip, they're in for an adventure - just not the kind they were expecting.  Nearby sits the abandoned Harwood Institute. The crumbling buildings are out of bounds but strange screams come from th...