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  • Twenty Questions for Gloria

    Twenty Questions for Gloria

    • Martyn Bedford
    • Walker Books Ltd
    • ISBN13: 9781406363531
    • Published: 04-02-2016

    Two go missing. One comes back.Gloria is tired of her ordinary life. She barely recognizes the free-spirited girl she used to be in the unadventurous teenager she has become. So when a mysterious boy bent on breaking the rules strolls into her classroom, Gloria is ready to fall und...

  • Wild Lily

    Wild Lily

    • K.M Peyton
    • David Fickling Books
    • ISBN13: 9781910200506
    • Published: 04-02-2016

    It's the 1920s - cars and aeroplanes are new. Lily Gabriel is 13 years old - she's scruffy and confident and takes no nonsense from anyone. Antony is 17 - he's rich, spoiled and arrogant and Lily is completely and utterly - no nonsense! - in love with him. So join Lily as she falls...Falls in...

  • Unstoppable Max

    Unstoppable Max

    • Julia Patton
    • Oxford University Press
    • ISBN13: 9780192744104
    • Published: 04-02-2016

    Max is a four-year-old whirlwind who doesn't have an off switch! His socks are odd, his bedroom is chaotic, and his mind is so full of imaginative schemes that following even the simplest of instructions can end in mayhem. Max's bedtime routine, so seemingly simple, becomes a military operatio...

  • Dreaming the Bear

    Dreaming the Bear

    • Mimi Thebo
    • Oxford University Press
    • ISBN13: 9780192745880
    • Published: 04-02-2016

    \"When I get up, there's nobody home. Even Mum has gone out. The note says, 'I have to check my emails. I'll snowmobile to the meltline and be back soon. XX Mummy'.And I think, 'Good. I can feed my bear...'\"Darcy's life was never exactly simple, but it was about to become a lot more complicat...

  • Boy X

    Boy X

    • Dan Smith
    • Chicken House Ltd
    • ISBN13: 9781909489042
    • Published: 04-02-2016

    Kidnapped and drugged, Ash wakes up on a remote tropical island. His mum - a genetic scientist - has been imprisoned and infected with a deadly virus. Where is he, and what's he doing there? He sets out to cross the jungle to find out and rescue his mother. Soon he realises he's quicker and sh...

  • Alice Jones: The Impossible Clue

    Alice Jones: The Impossible Clue

    • Sarah Rubin
    • Chicken House Ltd
    • ISBN13: 9781910002865
    • Published: 04-02-2016

    Maths-whizz Alice has already solved a mystery or two. Persuaded by wannabe sidekick Sammy to investigate a scientist's disappearance, she's soon entangled in her trickiest case yet. Dr Learner is reputed to have invented an invisibility suit, but is whacky science really to blame for his vani...

  • Through My Window: Celebrating 30 years of a children's classic

    Through My Window: Celebrating 30 years of a children's classic

    • Tony Bradman, Eileen Browne
    • Frances Lincoln Publishers Ltd
    • ISBN13: 9781847807564
    • Published: 04-02-2016

    This special edition commemorates the 30th anniversary of this classic multicultural picture book. Jo is ill and has to stay in bed for the day, but her mum promises to bring her home a surprise to make her feel better. All day long Jo looks out of the window waiting for her mum to return, and...

  • Who Is Happy?

    Who Is Happy?

    • Jarvis
    • Frances Lincoln Publishers Ltd
    • ISBN13: 9781847807229
    • Published: 04-02-2016

    Everyone in Happyhop House experiences lots of feelings during their day. Can you spot who is happy to be playing paper aeroplanes? Who is sad that the last slice of cake has gone? Who is scared of the dark? At age 2, children enter a crucial stage in their development by starting to fo...