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Iguana Boy Saves the World With a Triple Cheese Pizza: Book 1
- James Bishop, Rikin Parekh
- Hachette Children's Group
- ISBN13: 9781444939347
- Published: 19-04-2018
One boy. One disappointing superpower. Can Dylan tame a bunch of hyper iguanas and come up with a masterful plan to save the WORLD? Yeah, probably ... but he's going to need a MASSIVE cheese pizza. Perfect for fans of Tom Gates, Future Ratboy and My Brother is a Superhero.Dylan has...
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The Electrical Venus
- Julie Mayhew
- Hot Key Books
- ISBN13: 9781471407048
- Published: 19-04-2018
Can this shocking new feeling be love, or is it electrickery?In a lowly side-show fair in eighteenth-century England, teenager Mim is struggling to find her worth as an act. Not white, but not black enough to be truly exotic, her pet parrot who speaks four languages is a bigger draw than her....
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The Colours of History: How Colours Shaped the World
- Clive Gifford, Marc-Etienne Peintre
- QED Publishing
- ISBN13: 9781784939670
- Published: 19-04-2018
WINNER OF THE BLUE PETER BOOK AWARD BEST BOOK WITH FACTS 2019!A truly unique approach to history and a fascinating read that is guaranteed to keep boredom at bay.Why did Roman emperors wear purple? Which colour is made from crushed beetles? What green pigment might be u...
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Ghost Boys
- Jewell Parker Rhodes
- Hachette Children's Group
- ISBN13: 9781510104396
- Published: 19-04-2018
A heartbreaking and powerful story about a black boy killed by a white police officer, drawing connections with real-life, from award-winning author Jewell Parker Rhodes.ALIVETwelve-year-old Jerome doesn't get into trouble. He goes to school. He does his homework. He takes ca...
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A Good Day for Climbing Trees
- Jaco Jacobs, Kobus Geldenhuys
- Oneworld Publications
- ISBN13: 9781786073174
- Published: 12-04-2018
*Nominated for the 2019 CILIP Carnegie Medal* *Spectator Best Books of the Year selection* Two unlikely heroes inspire a whole town by fighting to save a tree Sometimes, in the blink of an eye, you do something that changes your life forever. ...
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The Fates Divide (Carve the Mark, Book 2)
- Veronica Roth
- HarperCollins Publishers
- ISBN13: 9780008192198
- Published: 10-04-2018
In the second book of the Carve the Mark duology, globally bestselling Divergent author Veronica Roth reveals how Cyra and Akos fulfill their fates. The Fates Divide is a richly imagined tale of hope and resilience told in four stunning perspectives. The lives of Cyra...
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Rose's Dress of Dreams
- Katherine Woodfine, Kate Pankhurst
- Barrington Stoke Ltd
- ISBN13: 9781781127681
- Published: 06-04-2018
Young Rose dreams of sewing beautiful dresses for the women of Paris. But when a chance encounter with royalty changes her life, Rose must draw on all her skills to create the most breathtaking dress of them all Based on the life of Rose Bertin, the woman credited with creating haute-couture,...
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The Gift of Dark Hollow (The Five Realms, Book 2)
- Kieran Larwood, David Wyatt
- Faber & Faber
- ISBN13: 9780571328420
- Published: 05-04-2018
The Legend of Podkin One-Ear continues in this second Five Realms' adventure from the winner of the Blue Peter Best Story Award. The bard tiptoes out of his room, the crow-dream still echoing in his head, making him twitch at imaginary creaks of iron wings... The bard must leave Thornbu...
