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Kicking Off: Dick, Kerr Girls
- Eve Ainsworth
- UCLan Publishing
- ISBN13: 9781912979202
- Published: 03-09-2020
The remarkable story of the Dick, Kerr Ladies is brought to young readers for the very first time by award winning and CILIP Carnegie nominated Eve Ainsworth.It's 1917, and Britain is at war. Shy teenager Hettie wants to help the war effort, and signs up to work in the local Dick, Kerr & C...
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The Good Thieves
- Katherine Rundell
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- ISBN13: 9781408882658
- Published: 03-09-2020
Fresh off the boat from England, Vita Marlowe has a job to do. Her beloved grandfather Jack has been cheated out of his home and possessions by a notorious conman with Mafia connections. Seeing Jack's spirit is broken, Vita is desperate to make him happy again, so she devises a plan to outwit...
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Modern Art Explorer: Discover the stories behind artworks by Matisse, Kahlo and more...
- Alice Harman, Serge Bloch
- Thames & Hudson Ltd
- ISBN13: 9780500652206
- Published: 03-09-2020
Modern Art Explorer is a witty and brilliantly illustrated introduction to modern art for children that takes readers undercover to discover the stories behind thirty famous artworks from the Centre Pompidou's collection in Paris. By going behind the scenes and turning each artwork inside out,...
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Voyage of the Sparrowhawk: Winner of the Costa Children's Book Award 2020
- Natasha Farrant
- Faber & Faber
- ISBN13: 9780571348763
- Published: 03-09-2020
WINNER - COSTA CHILDREN'S BOOK AWARDTHE TIMES AND SUNDAY TIMES CHILDREN'S BOOK OF THE YEAR. The second sensational middle-grade standalone that follows an epic voyage from England to France in the aftermath of WW1, from the bestselling author of The Children of Castle Rock. In the aft...
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Red Stars
- Denise Muir, Davide Morosinotto
- Pushkin Children's Books
- ISBN13: 9781782692577
- Published: 03-09-2020
THE COUNTRY IS UNDER ATTACK. Twins Viktor and Nadya are twelve years old when Hitler's Germany declares war on the Soviet Union. As the Nazi army crushes the defending forces and enemy planes appear overhead, they are hurriedly evacuated from their home. 'WHATEVER HAPPENS, STAY TOGETHER' T...
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Mad, Bad & Dangerous to Know
- Samira Ahmed
- Little, Brown Book Group
- ISBN13: 9780349003559
- Published: 27-08-2020
It is August in Paris and budding art historian Khayyam should be having the time of her life - but even in the City of Lights she can't stop worrying about the mess she left back home in Chicago. Only when she meets a cute young Parisian - who happens to be a distant relative of the novelist...
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The Girl Who Became a Tree: A Story Told in Poems
- Joseph Coelho, Kate Milner
- Otter-Barry Books Ltd
- ISBN13: 9781913074784
- Published: 27-08-2020
Daphne is unbearably sad and adrift. She feels the painful loss of her father acutely and seeks solace both in the security of her local library and the escape her phone screen provides by blocking out the world around her. As Daphne tries to make sense of what has happened she recalls memorie...
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Happy, Healthy Minds: A Children's Guide to Emotional Wellbeing
- The School of Life, Lizzy Stewart
- The School of Life Press
- ISBN13: 9781912891191
- Published: 20-08-2020
An essential guide to help children become more aware of their emotional needs. This book examines a range of everyday topics that might give children's minds difficulties, for example: when parents don't seem to understand us; when we fall out with friends; when school...
