Books - Families
Filter:
-
Liar and Spy
- Rebecca Stead
- Andersen Press Ltd
- ISBN13: 9781849395076
- Published: 04-10-2012
This title is the winner of the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize and was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal. Georges (the s is silent) has a lot going on. He's having trouble with some boys at school, his dad lost his job and so his mum has started working all the time - and they have to sell...
-
Ghost Knight
- Cornelia Funke, Dynamo Ltd
- Hachette Children's Group
- ISBN13: 9781444008234
- Published: 04-10-2012
Eleven-year-old Jon Whitcroft never expected to enjoy boarding school. He never expected to be confronted by a pack of vengeful ghosts either. And then he meets Ella, a quirky new friend with a taste for adventure...Together, Jon and Ella must work to uncover the secrets of a centuries-old mur...
-
Sir Charlie Stinky Socks and the Tale of Two Treasures
- Kristina Stephenson
- Egmont UK Ltd
- ISBN13: 9781405253994
- Published: 01-10-2012
The best-selling children's picture book about one brave knight and a whole lot of adventure. And so begins the next adventure - an adventure in which Sir Charlie Stinky Socks embarks on a truly terrifying quest to bring back long, lost treasure. Following a musty, dusty map Sir Charlie...
-
A Street Cat Named Bob: How one man and his cat found hope on the streets
- James Bowen
- Hodder & Stoughton
- ISBN13: 9781444737110
- Published: 13-09-2012
From the author of A Christmas Gift from Bob, the original bestseller and heartwarming story of the life-saving friendship between a man and his streetwise cat'[Bob] has entranced London like no feline since the days of Dick Whittington.' (Evening Standard)'A h...
-
Classic boxed set
- Suzanne Collins
- Scholastic
- ISBN13: 9781407135441
- Published: 06-09-2012
The original paperback trilogy in the Hunger Games series in a handy slipcase. Set in a dark vision of the near future, a terrifying reality TV show is taking place. Twelve boys and twelve girls are forced to appear in a live event called The Hunger Games. There is only one rule: kill or be ki...
-
The Grimm Legacy
- Polly Shulman
- Oxford University Press
- ISBN13: 9780192793102
- Published: 06-09-2012
Elizabeth's new job is very unusual. The building where she works might not look very interesting but behind this ordinary Manhattan facade lurks a very special place indeed. Because here you can borrow anything your heart desires . . .And in the basement is something so special, so secret, th...
-
Viking Boy
- Tony Bradman, Pierre-Denis Goux
- Walker Books Ltd
- ISBN13: 9781406313833
- Published: 06-09-2012
An action-packed blend of historical adventure and fantasy for junior readers; a blast of uncensored Viking adventure.Gunnar is the son of a Viking chieftain, living peacefully on his family steading with his mother, father and their people - until they are raided by Skuli and his...
-
My Best Friend and Other Enemies
- Catherine Wilkins, illus Katie Abey
- Nosy Crow
- ISBN13: 9780857630957
- Published: 06-09-2012
When Jessica's best friend goes off with new-girl Amelia, Jessica is hurt but determined not to take it lying down. She has a plan, and a secret weapon - her felt-tips. The pen is mightier than the sword, after all, and having a sense of humour wins Jessica far more friends than she loses....
