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  • The Amulet of Samarkand

    The Amulet of Samarkand

    • Jonathan Stroud
    • Corgi Books
    • ISBN13: 9780552562799
    • Published: 02-09-2010

    The Amulet of Samarkand is the first title in the New York Times bestselling Bartimaeus series by Jonathan Stroud, author of Lockwood & Co. - a global No.1 show on Netflix.When a young magician's apprentice secretly summons an irascible 5,000 year old djinni to do his bidding,...

  • Whisper My Name

    Whisper My Name

    • Jane Eagland
    • Pan Macmillan
    • ISBN13: 9780330511391
    • Published: 06-08-2010

    Since she was twelve, Meriel Garland has lived with her grandfather in London, exiled from her beloved India following the death of her mother. Now sixteen, Meriel chafes against the strict regime of tests and study that her grandfather imposes on her. Escaping, she discovers a world outside h...

  • Heroes of the Valley

    Heroes of the Valley

    • Jonathan Stroud
    • Corgi Books
    • ISBN13: 9780552557931
    • Published: 01-04-2010

    Listen then, and I'll tell you again of the Battle of the Rock. But none of your usual wriggling, or I'll stop before I've begun . . .Halli loves the old stories from when the valley was a wild and dangerous place - when the twelve legendary heroes stood together to defeat the anci...

  • The Graveyard Book

    The Graveyard Book

    • Neil Gaiman, Chris Riddell
    • Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
    • ISBN13: 9780747594802
    • Published: 05-10-2009

    When a baby escapes a murderer intent on killing the entire family, who would have thought it would find safety and security in the local graveyard? Brought up by the resident ghosts, ghouls and spectres, Bod has an eccentric childhood learning about life from the dead. But for Bod there is al...

  • Skellig

    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,...

  • The Spook's Apprentice

    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...

  • Finding Violet Park

    Finding Violet Park

    • Jenny Valentine
    • HarperCollins Publishers
    • ISBN13: 9780007291243
    • Published: 02-06-2008

    A stunning new look for Jenny Valentine's debut novel, winner of the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize The mini cab office was up a cobbled mews with little flat houses either side. That's where I first met Violet Park, what was left of her. There was a healing centre next door, a prett...

  • Chaos Walking Bk 1: The Knife Of Never L

    Chaos Walking Bk 1: The Knife Of Never L

    • Ness Patrick
    • Walker Books Ltd
    • ISBN13: 9781406310252
    • Published: 05-05-2008

    This is an unflinching novel about the impossible choices of growing up, by an award-winning writer.Imagine you're the only boy in a town of men. And you can hear everything they think. And they can hear everything you think. Imagine you don't fit in with their plans...Todd Hewitt is just one...