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Two Good Thieves
- Daniel Finn
- Pan Macmillan
- ISBN13: 9780230737761
- Published: 03-07-2009
In the searing heat of an unnamed South American city, a gang of child-thieves runs wild. Demi has the gift of speed - he can pick a pocket and be gone before his victim has even noticed he was there. Baz is his lookout - no one sees her unless she wants them to. It's like a game: dodging the...
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The Butterfly Lion (First Modern Classics)
- Michael Morpurgo
- HarperCollins Publishers
- ISBN13: 9780007317356
- Published: 25-06-2009
New edition of the Smarties-Prize-winning story from the former Children's Laureate. Now published into the First Modern Classics list, fantastic stories for young readers. A lyrical and moving tale of a young boy growing up in Africa, and his lifelong friendship with a white lion....
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Skellig
- David Almond
- Hachette Children's Group
- ISBN13: 9780340997048
- Published: 19-03-2009
When a move to a new house coincides with his baby sister's illness, Michael's world seems suddenly lonely and uncertain. Then, one Sunday afternoon, he stumbles into the old, ramshackle garage of his new home, and finds something magical. A strange creature - part owl, part angel,...
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I Am Not A Serial Killer: Now a major film
- Dan Wells
- Headline Publishing Group
- ISBN13: 9780755348817
- Published: 05-03-2009
I Am Not A Serial Killer is now a major film starring Christopher Lloyd and Max Records. This is the first title in the thrillingly dark John Wayne Carver series.John works in his family's mortuary and has an obsession with serial killers. He wants to be a good person, but fears he...
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The Spook's Apprentice
- Joseph Delaney
- Penguin Random House Children's UK
- ISBN13: 9781862308534
- Published: 05-03-2009
'Someone has to stand against the dark. And you're the only one who can.' For years, the local Spook has been keeping the County safe from evil. Now his time is coming to an end, but who will take over? Many apprentices have tried ...Some floundered, some fled, some failed to stay alive. Just...
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Maximum Ride: Manga Volume 1
- James Patterson
- Cornerstone
- ISBN13: 9780099538363
- Published: 05-02-2009
Fourteen-year-old Maximum Ride, better known as Max, knows what it's like to soar above the world. She and all the members of the 'Flock' - Fang, Iggy, Nudge, Gasman and Angel - are just like ordinary kids - only they have wings and can fly. It may seem like a dream come true to some, but thei...
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A Perfect 10
- Chris Higgins
- Hachette Children's Group
- ISBN13: 9780340950692
- Published: 16-10-2008
Perfection. That's the key aim in Eva's life. She works hard to be the girl all the other girls wish they could be: pretty, popular, smart and the queen of her gymnastics clique, the 'Jimmies'. She seems to have it all. But the arrival of new girl Patty threatens Eva's perfect life and...
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The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
- John Boyne
- Penguin Random House Children's UK
- ISBN13: 9781862305274
- Published: 11-09-2008
Lines may divide us, but hope will unite us . . .Nine-year-old Bruno knows nothing of the Final Solution and the Holocaust. He is oblivious to the appalling cruelties being inflicted on the people of Europe by his country. All he knows is that he has been moved from a comfortable h...
