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The Jamie Drake Equation
- Christopher Edge
- Nosy Crow Ltd
- ISBN13: 9780857638403
- Published: 02-03-2017
How amazing would it be to have a dad who's an astronaut?Rocket launches, zero gravity, and flying through space like a superhero! Jamie Drake's dad is orbiting the Earth in the International Space Station and Jamie ought to think it's cool but he just really misses him...Hanging out at his lo...
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See You in the Cosmos
- Jack Cheng
- Penguin Random House Children's UK
- ISBN13: 9780141365602
- Published: 02-03-2017
'I haven't read anything that has moved me this much since Wonder' Jennifer NivenAn astonishingly moving middle-grade debut about a space-obsessed boy's quest for family and home. All eleven-year old Alex wants is to launch his iPod into space. With a series of audio re...
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Moondust
- Gemma Fowler
- Chicken House Ltd
- ISBN13: 9781910655429
- Published: 02-03-2017
A miracle energy source, Lumite, has been discovered on the moon. The dark days of future Earth - torn apart by war and energy crisis - finally appear to be over. Aggie is the violet-eyed poster girl for the mining company, Lunar Inc, persuaded to campaign for a hopeful new future. But a chanc...
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Penguin
- Polly Dunbar, Polly Dunbar
- Walker Books Ltd
- ISBN13: 9781406373318
- Published: 02-03-2017
A penguin turns out to be the perfect present in this beautiful 10th anniversary edition of an award-winning classic.\"This heart-warming book conjures imagination, anger, danger and love, while encouraging small children to remember events, read pictures and laugh\" The Sunday Tim...
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The New Adventures of Mr Toad: A Race for Toad Hall
- Tom Moorhouse, Holly Swain
- Oxford University Press
- ISBN13: 9780192746733
- Published: 02-03-2017
Teejay (which stands for Toad Junior), Mo and Ratty are exploring the ruined grounds of Toad Hall. After falling into a tunnel they discover something . . . someone in the ice house. It turns out to be Mr Toad and the children have found him in the nick of time: Wildwood Industrious (the shady...
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The Cherry Pie Princess
- Vivian French, Marta Kissi
- Walker Books Ltd
- ISBN13: 9781406368970
- Published: 02-03-2017
A stand-alone comic adventure for younger readers by sublime storyteller Vivian French, with pictures by Marta Kissi, a talented new illustrator and animator.From Vivian French, the bestselling author of the Tiara Club series and The Adventures of Alfie Onion, comes a charming new...
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Thunderstruck
- Ali Sparkes
- Oxford University Press
- ISBN13: 9780192739360
- Published: 02-03-2017
What if your new best friend was a ghost? Getting struck by lightning whilst huddling under a tree isn't exactly the way Alisha and Theo would have chosen to get out of sports day . . . Surviving the strike makes them see life differently. It also makes them notice Doug and Lizzie. Struck by l...
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The Elephant Thief
- Jane Kerr
- Chicken House Ltd
- ISBN13: 9781910655757
- Published: 02-03-2017
When pickpocket Danny accidentally bids for Maharajah the elephant at an Edinburgh auction, he's swept up on an unforgettable journey. His new employer, a zookeeper, transforms Danny into a bejewelled Indian prince. As he rides Maharajah from Scotland to his new home in England, even Queen Vic...