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Wonder
- R J Palacio
- Penguin Random House Children's UK
- ISBN13: 9780552565974
- Published: 03-01-2013
Now an Oscar nominated film starring Julia Roberts, Owen Wilson and Jacob Tremblay.'My name is August. I won't describe what I look like. Whatever you're thinking, it's probably worse.'Auggie wants to be an ordinary ten-year-old. He does ordinary things - eating ice cre...
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Maggot Moon
- Sally Gardner, Julian Crouch (Artist/Theatre Producer)
- Hot Key Books
- ISBN13: 9781471400445
- Published: 03-01-2013
A starkly original and heartbreaking tale of friendship and rebellionWinner of the Carnegie Medal and a 2012 Costa Award winner. Narrated against the backdrop of a ruthless regime determined to beat its enemies in the race to the moon, MAGGOT MOON is the stunning new novel from award-winning a...
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Anthem for Jackson Dawes
- Celia Bryce
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- ISBN13: 9781408827116
- Published: 03-01-2013
Megan Bright and Jackson Dawes are two teenagers who first meet each other on the hospital ward where they are both being treated for cancer. Megan is scared and worried about her illness, but Jackson seems to be an old hand, having been on the ward for ages. And everybody loves Jackson! He is...
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The Fault in Our Stars
- John Green
- Penguin Random House Children's UK
- ISBN13: 9780141345659
- Published: 03-01-2013
I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, then all at once.Despite the tumour-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a gorgeous plot twist named Augustus Wate...
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Treasury Of Egyptian Mythology: Classic Stories of Gods, Goddesses, Monsters & Mortals
- Donna Jo Napoli, illus Christina Balit
- National Geographic Kids
- ISBN13: 9781426333927
- Published: 01-01-2013
The lyrical storytelling of award-winning author Donna Jo Napoli dramatizes the timeless tales of ancient Egypt. And just like the popular National Geographic Treasury of Greek Mythology, the stories in this book are beautifully illustrated to bring ancient characters vividly to life. The stor...
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The Declaration
- Gemma Malley
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- ISBN13: 9781408836880
- Published: 08-11-2012
Sixteen-year-old Anna should not have been born. It is the year 2140 and people can live for ever. No one wants another mouth to feed, so she lives in a Surplus Hall, where unwanted children go to learn valuable lessons . . . at least she wasn't put down at birth.One day, a new inm...
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Elf Girl and Raven Boy: Monster Mountains: Book 2
- Marcus Sedgwick, Pete Williamson
- Hachette Children's Group
- ISBN13: 9781444004861
- Published: 01-11-2012
Saving the world isn't going very well for Elf Girl and Raven Boy. They've left Fright Forest and crossed a huge plain to the worryingly named Monster Mountains, where they find a sign telling them to Turn Back. They really shouldn't have ignored it! It's not the strange wailing noises they he...
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Stories from Ancient Egypt
- Joyce A. Tyldesley, Julian Heath
- Oxbow Books
- ISBN13: 9781842175057
- Published: 31-10-2012
Some of the most interesting and entertaining myths and legends from Ancient Egypt are given a lively re-telling by Joyce Tyldesley. These include stories about the gods, such as The Creation of the World, Hathor and the Red Beer, and the myths about Osiris, Isis and Horus. Fairy stories and i...