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  • My Name is River

    My Name is River

    • Emma Rea
    • Firefly Press Ltd
    • ISBN13: 9781913102142
    • Published: 06-08-2020

    Dylan's mum thinks he's on the school Geography trip.Dylan's teacher thinks he's at home with the flu.In fact he's 30,000 feet up in th air on the way to Brazil.When Dylans' farm is snatched away by a huge global company, he can't just sit back and watch. But the journey to rescue his home tak...

  • Small Town Hero

    Small Town Hero

    • Patrick Neate
    • Andersen Press Ltd
    • ISBN13: 9781783449675
    • Published: 06-08-2020

    Ever since his dad died in a shock accident, thirteen-year-old Gabe's world has been turned upside-down and back to front. Literally: Gabe has discovered the ability to tell stories which take him into the past, or imagine an impossible version of the present or future that seems as real as re...

  • The Soup Movement

    The Soup Movement

    • Ben Davis
    • Oxford University Press
    • ISBN13: 9780192749239
    • Published: 06-08-2020

    To aid his recovery from a life-threatening illness, Jordan and his family move out of the city for a healthy new start. Jordan's getting enough funny looks as the new boy at school as it is, without his Mum giving him homemade soup every day for lunch! But when Jordan meets a homeless man cal...

  • The Great Revolt

    The Great Revolt

    • Paul Dowswell
    • Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
    • ISBN13: 9781472968425
    • Published: 06-08-2020

    Thrilling historical adventure set during the English peasants' revolt of 1381, by Paul Dowswell, the author of Auslander, and Wolf Children. It's 1381 and the king, Richard II, has imposed a new tax on the people. In the village of Aylesford, Tilda and her ploughman father were already strugg...

  • Every Little Piece of My Heart

    Every Little Piece of My Heart

    • Non Pratt
    • Walker Books Ltd
    • ISBN13: 9781406366945
    • Published: 06-08-2020

    "Pratt's characters are rib-achingly funny, outrageous and entirely true to life." Metro "A writer to watch." The Guardian. UK YA Book Prize-shortlisted author When Sophie receives a parcel from her best friend, Freya, she expects it to contain the reason why Freya left town so sud...

  • How to Drive a Roman Chariot

    How to Drive a Roman Chariot

    • Caryl Hart, Ed Eaves
    • Simon & Schuster Ltd
    • ISBN13: 9781471181757
    • Published: 06-08-2020

    Join Albie on a brand new adventure in the tenth book in this brilliant series by the bestselling author and illustrator pairing, Caryl Hart and Ed Eaves. This is the perfect introduction into the Albie series, which is packed with fun, friendship, and soft curriculum-based learning. <br...

  • Leo's Map of Monsters: The Armoured Goretusk

    Leo's Map of Monsters: The Armoured Goretusk

    • Kris Humphrey, Pete Williamson
    • Oxford University Press
    • ISBN13: 9780192774811
    • Published: 06-08-2020

    When Leo opens his assignment envelope on his ninth birthday two words stare back at him: TOP SECRET. But before he has time to ask any questions, he's whisked away beyond the village wall to meet his new boss, the Guardian.As the Guardian's apprentice, he must protect his village from the mon...

  • Willow Wildthing and the Dragon's Egg

    Willow Wildthing and the Dragon's Egg

    • Gill Lewis, Rebecca Bagley
    • Oxford University Press
    • ISBN13: 9780192771766
    • Published: 06-08-2020

    In the Wilderness, where magic and nature collide, there are magical creatures and strange powers at work. In this story the Wild Things - a group of children who have taken on the characteristics of the wild creatures they are named after - discover another group, the Bark Skins, have taken o...