Books - Families

• Karen McCombie, Becka Moor
• Little Tiger Press Group
• ISBN13: 9781847158130
• Published: 01-06-2017

When local schools are asked to make a film showcasing the surrounding area, Dani and the rest of St Grizzle's set to work. But Spencer and his mates at the village school are determined to sabotage the work of the smelly Grizzlers.To Dani's surprise, help comes in the form of Granny Viv...

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• Laura Dockrill
• Hot Key Books
• ISBN13: 9781471404245
• Published: 01-06-2017

Forget what you know about mermaids with Laura Dockrill's hilarious, riotous adventure not to be missed.It has been two years since Rory drowned, and Lorali is in Hastings, living the quiet life of a normal teenage girl. But her safe life on land won't last for long. Life in The Whirl has beco...

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• Mimi Thebo
• Oxford University Press
• ISBN13: 9780192759436
• Published: 01-06-2017

Sometimes I get that feeling like everyone can see right through me. Like all my secrets and thoughts and things I don't want anyone to see are hanging all over me.My mum has exiled me; sent me halfway across the world to live with her sister in Kansas. Have you ever been to Kansas? The emptin...

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• Amy Sparkes, Ben Cort
• HarperCollins Publishers
• ISBN13: 9780008201807
• Published: 01-06-2017

Can the worst pirate ever win the Pirate of the Year Award...? Set sail with the funniest pirate on the seven seas in this hilarious adventure for readers of 7+ with brilliant pictures throughout from ALIENS LOVE UNDERPANTS illustrator Ben Cort. Mum is making me take part in the...

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• Jacob Sager Weinstein
• Walker Books Ltd
• ISBN13: 9781406368857
• Published: 01-06-2017

A hilarious fantasy adventure set in modern day London.An exciting subterranean London adventure, the first in a middle-grade trilogy. Hyacinth Hayward has recently arrived from America and is having difficulty adjusting to her new surroundings, especially being in the sole company...

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• Will Hill
• Usborne Publishing Ltd
• ISBN13: 9781474924153
• Published: 01-06-2017

Father John controls everything inside The Fence. And Father John likes rules. Especially about never talking to Outsiders. Because Father John knows the truth. He knows what is right, and what is wrong. He knows what is coming. But Moonbeam is starting to see the lies behind Father John's wor...

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• Sita Brahmachari
• Pan Macmillan
• ISBN13: 9781509855360
• Published: 01-06-2017

Winner of the Waterstone's Children's Book Prize, Artichoke Hearts by Sita Brahmachari is an incredibly insightful, honest novel exploring the delicate balance, and often injustice, of life and death - but at its heart is a celebration of friendship, culture, and life.Twelve-year-o...

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• Emma Carroll
• Faber & Faber
• ISBN13: 9780571327584
• Published: 01-06-2017

'We weren't supposed to be going to the pictures that night. We weren't even meant to be outside, not in a blackout, and definitely not when German bombs had been falling on London all month like pennies from a jar.' February, 1941. After months of bombing raids in London, 12-year-old O...

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