Books - Families

• Adele Geras, Melvin Burgess, Berlie Doherty, Mary Hooper, Anne Fine, Matt Whyman, Theresa Breslin, Sally Nicholls, Rowena House
• Andersen Press Ltd
• ISBN13: 9781783440603
• Published: 05-06-2014

As featured on BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour.1914: war has broken out across Europe and beyond. Nothing will ever be the same again for those caught up in the conflict. This collection of short stories explores how the First World War changed and shaped the lives of women forever. A courageous nu...

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• Ali Sparkes
• Oxford University Press
• ISBN13: 9780192733443
• Published: 05-06-2014

Like Doctor Who? You'll LOVE the new action-packed adventure by Ali Sparkes - winner of the Blue Peter Book of the Year Award!Imagine you are the only survivor from another planet. You've spent ten years on a spaceship learning how to be human, and now the end of your journey is in sight . . ....

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• James Dawson
• Hot Key Books
• ISBN13: 9781471402449
• Published: 05-06-2014

Drip...drip...drip... In five days, she will come...Roberta 'Bobbie' Rowe is not the kind of person who believes in ghosts. A Halloween dare at her ridiculously spooky boarding school is no big deal, especially when her best friend Naya and cute local boy Caine agree to join in too. They are o...

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• Elizabeth Laird
• Pan Macmillan
• ISBN13: 9781447267171
• Published: 05-06-2014

Eleven-year-old Solomon loves to run! The great athletes of the Ethiopian national team are his heroes and he dreams that one day he will be a gold-medal-winning athlete like them, in spite of his ragged shorts and bare feet.When his grandfather announces that he's going to take So...

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• Olivia Tuffin
• Nosy Crow Ltd
• ISBN13: 9780857633033
• Published: 05-06-2014

The first in a series of perfect pony books full of action and adventure!  Georgia is pony-mad, and she spends all her spare time at the local stables, mucking out and caring for all the ponies. So when she stumbles upon a mistreated palomino pony in the Welsh hills, she knows what she has to...

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• Victoria Turnbull, Victoria Turnbull
• Templar Publishing
• ISBN13: 9781783700073
• Published: 01-06-2014

The Sea Tiger is Oscar's best friend, Oscar's only friend. They do everything together - explore the ocean, visit the sea circus, even hitch a ride to the surface to look at the stars... But Oscar is not a Sea Tiger, and so it's up to the Sea Tiger to help him find a new friend. A bittersweet...

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• Matt Brown
• Usborne Publishing Ltd
• ISBN13: 9781409567776
• Published: 01-06-2014

When Compton Valance and his best friend Bryan Nylon discover the world's first TIME MACHINE (aka a mouldy, thirteen-week-old-cheese-and-pickled-egg sandwich), they become the most powerful boys in the universe. But how will Compton and Bryan decide to use their incredible new time-travelling...

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• Gaby Morgan
• Pan Macmillan
• ISBN13: 9781447248644
• Published: 08-05-2014

Poems from the First World War is a moving and powerful collection of poems written by soldiers, nurses, mothers, sweethearts and family and friends who experienced WWI from different standpoints. It records the early excitement and patriotism, the bravery, friendship and loyalty of the soldie...

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