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Women Who Led The Way: Great Explorers and Adventurers
- Mick Manning & Brita Granstrom
- Otter-Barry Books Ltd
- ISBN13: 9781913074432
- Published: 03-03-2022
From Aud the Deep-Minded, an early voyager to Iceland, and Sacagawea who guided the Lewis and Clark expedition across the USA, to Mae Jemison, the first black woman in space and Arunima Sinha, the first woman amputee to climb Mount Everest, this book shows the incredible courage, determination...
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The Week at World's End
- Emma Carroll
- Faber & Faber
- ISBN13: 9780571332830
- Published: 03-03-2022
1962, London during the Cuban Missile CrisisWhat would you do if there was a real possibility that the world might end?Ray, aware of his parents' building worry, decides to take matters into his own hands. He builds a shelter in the woods behind his house in the hope that he never has to use i...
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Flyntlock Bones: The Ghost of Scarletbeard
- Derek Keilty, illus Mark Elvins
- Scallywag Press
- ISBN13: 9781912650774
- Published: 03-03-2022
In the third title of this pirate investigator trilogy, the Countess of Bohemia's jewels have been stolen by a ghost. Not just any old ghost, but the ghost of Captain Scarletbeard, the scariest pirate who ever lived! Flynn and the crew of the Black Hound descend the murky depths to Davy Jones'...
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Max Counts to a Million: A funny, heart-warming story about one boy's experience of lockdown
- Jeremy Williams
- Nosy Crow Ltd
- ISBN13: 9781839947308
- Published: 03-03-2022
Do you like epic quests of amazing counting? Do you dislike global pandemics, being stuck at home, and the number 7? Then I have a story for you. It's about how I counted to a million during lockdown - with help from Mum and Dad, friends and neighbours, and Grandad. And some birds. And a bucke...
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Pizazz vs The Demons
- Sophy Henn
- Simon & Schuster Ltd
- ISBN13: 9781398505803
- Published: 03-03-2022
The fourth book in a SUPER (like, actually, with powers and stuff) new series for readers aged 7+ from the amazingly talented illustrator and author Sophy Henn! Brimming with Sophy's hilarious illustrations, this is the perfect read for fans of Dork Diaries, Tom Gates, Amelia Fang, Wimpy Kid a...
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Nano: The Spectacular Science of the Very (Very) Small
- Jess Wade, Melissa Castrillon
- Walker Books Ltd
- ISBN13: 9781406394603
- Published: 03-03-2022
"We need more beautifully illustrated and involving non-fiction like this. Wade and Castrillon introduce nanoscience with perfect clarity and inviting pictures." - The Sunday TimesThis exciting non-fiction picture book introduces young readers to the fascinating (and cutting-edge)...
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Furthermoor
- Darren Simpson
- Usborne Publishing Ltd
- ISBN13: 9781474976701
- Published: 03-03-2022
The real world is a hostile place for 12-year-old Bren, his schooldays stalked by vicious bully, Shaun, and his family life fractured at home. Ever since his sister Evie died in an accident, Bren's only safe space is Furthermoor, an imagined world of mechanised trees and clockwork animals, whe...
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Libby and the Parisian Puzzle
- Jo Clarke
- Firefly Press Ltd
- ISBN13: 9781913102708
- Published: 03-03-2022
Mystery-lover Libby is excited but nervous when she's sent to live with her aunt while her mother is working abroad. Aunt Agatha is the headmistress of an extraordinary travelling school that moves from country to country. Libby joins it in Paris, where she is just starting to find her feet wh...
