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The Children of Willesden Lane
- Franklin Watts, Lee Cohen
- Hachette Children's Group
- ISBN13: 9781445161303
- Published: 14-12-2017
The inspirational story of Lisa Jura's escape from Nazi-controlled Austria to England on the famed KindertransportFourteen-year-old Lisa Jura was a musical prodigy who hoped to become a concert pianist. But when Hitler's armies advanced on pre-war Vienna, Lisa's parents were forced...
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Trouble In New York
- Jennifer Gray
- Usborne Publishing Ltd
- ISBN13: 9781474927253
- Published: 29-11-2017
Meet Ermine, a small stoat on a big journey. In fact, she's on a world tour and determined to fill her scrapbook with tales of adventure. Armed with her toolkit and feathered hat, Ermine arrives in New York to stay with Michael Megabucks and his son - and is soon fighting off alligators at Cen...
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A Galaxy of Her Own: Amazing Stories of Women in Space
- Libby Jackson
- Cornerstone
- ISBN13: 9781780898360
- Published: 16-11-2017
From small steps to giant leaps, A Galaxy of Her Own tells fifty stories of inspirational women who have been fundamental to the story of humans in space, from scientists to astronauts to some surprising roles in between.From Ada Lovelace in the nineteenth century, to the women beh...
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Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth
- Oliver Jeffers
- HarperCollins Publishers
- ISBN13: 9780008266165
- Published: 14-11-2017
#1 New York Times Bestseller and #1 TIME Best Book of the Year for 2017! The exquisite and thought-provoking new book from the multi award-winning, internationally best-selling picture book creator of Lost and Found, Oliver Jeffers. Well, hello.And welcome to this Planet.<b...
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Race Further with Reading: The Calamitous Cook
- Rachel Delahaye, Janet Cheeseman
- Hachette Children's Group
- ISBN13: 9781445149967
- Published: 09-11-2017
Horrible Histories meets Wimpy Kid in these funny stories mismatching characters with careers. The stories are colour chapter books perfect for the independent reader. In this story it is the grand opening of a new restaurant, but have they got the right chef? As food flies something se...
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Norse Myths: Tales of Odin, Thor and Loki
- Kevin Crossley-Holland, Jeffrey Alan Love
- Walker Books Ltd
- ISBN13: 9781406361841
- Published: 02-11-2017
An extraordinary and enthralling illustrated anthology of Norse Myths from a Carnegie-Medal winning author.The gods of the Vikings come to life as never before in this extraordinary illustrated anthology by Carnegie Medal-winning author Kevin Crossley-Holland and artist Jeffrey Ala...
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The Bad Mood and the Stick
- Lemony Snicket, Matthew Forsythe
- Andersen Press Ltd
- ISBN13: 9781783446421
- Published: 02-11-2017
Lemony Snicket's simply told story offers a refreshing, thoughtful, and hilarious look at the ways in which a bad mood wreaks havoc as it moves from person to person, leaving an unexpected trail of surprise in its wake: opportunities for laughter, forgiveness and even love. Meet the most endea...
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The Empress
- S. J. Kincaid
- Simon & Schuster Ltd
- ISBN13: 9781471169144
- Published: 02-11-2017
Get ready for the breath-taking sequel to The Diabolic - the novel that got everyone talking!'Nemesis is my kind of strong female character - she fights ruthlessly, she loves to the max and she even dances brilliantly. But is she human?' Sally Green, author of Half Bad'A thri...
