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Wild is the Wind
- Grahame Baker-Smith, Grahame Baker-Smith
- Templar Publishing
- ISBN13: 9781787417854
- Published: 05-11-2020
Floating across the sky in her hot air balloon, Cassi watches a little swift dive and swoop through the still air. In the rising sun the world seems to be holding its breath. Then a small breeze stirs the leaves in the trees, and as the wind grows bolder, a whiff of danger sends small creature...
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Windrush Child
- Benjamin Zephaniah
- Scholastic
- ISBN13: 9780702302725
- Published: 05-11-2020
In this heart-stopping adventure, Benjamin Zephaniah shows us what it was like to be a child of the Windrush generation. Leonard is shocked when he arrives with his mother in the port of Southampton. His father is a stranger to him, it's cold and even the Jamaican food doesn't taste the same a...
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The Creature Keeper
- Damaris Young
- Scholastic
- ISBN13: 9781407195056
- Published: 05-11-2020
The perfect magical read for kids who love animals and care about saving the environment! Creepy Direspire Hall sits glowering on the moors - and if you stray too close then beware the growls and scary sounds from within... When animal lover Cora learns that Direspire's mysterious owner is loo...
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Brand New Boy
- David Almond, Marta Altes
- Walker Books Ltd
- ISBN13: 9781406358087
- Published: 05-11-2020
A warm and thought-provoking tale from a master storyteller, winner of the prestigious Hans Christian Andersen Award and author of the Carnegie Medal-winning Skellig."Mam, did you think George was," I say, "a bit ... weird?""Weird? Yes, I suppose so. But you kids are all a bi...
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Friend Me
- Sheila M. Averbuch
- Scholastic US
- ISBN13: 9781338618082
- Published: 05-11-2020
What happens when an online friend becomes a real-life nightmare? Roisin hasn't made a single friend since moving from Ireland to Massachusetts. In fact, she is falling apart under constant abuse from a school bully, Zara. Zara torments Roisin in person and on social media. She makes Roisin th...
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The Mysterious Life of Dr Barry: A Surgeon Unlike Any Other
- Lisa Williamson
- Pushkin Children's Books
- ISBN13: 9781782692782
- Published: 05-11-2020
1800. London. Margaret Anne Bulkley desperately wants to be a surgeon - but only men can train as doctors.Fifty years later, Dr James Barry is famous, serving as Inspector General of Hospitals throughout the British Empire. A brilliant surgeon, bold reformer and prickly individual known for hi...
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Viper's Daughter
- Michelle Paver
- Head of Zeus
- ISBN13: 9781789542394
- Published: 05-11-2020
Run Wild with Wolf Brother. Million-copy-selling author, Michelle Paver immerses you in ice-cold magic and non-stop adventure, as Torak, Renn and Wolf battle for their lives and use all their skills and knowledge of nature to survive. For two summers Torak and Renn have been livi...
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The Midnight Guardians
- Ross Montgomery
- Walker Books Ltd
- ISBN13: 9781406391183
- Published: 05-11-2020
Sometimes at the darkest hour, hope shines the brightest... When Col's childhood imaginary friends come to life, he discovers a world where myths and legends are real. Accompanied by his guardians - a six-foot tiger, a badger in a waistcoat and a miniature knight - Col must race to...
