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Wave Riders
- Lauren St John
- Pan Macmillan
- ISBN13: 9781509874248
- Published: 10-06-2021
"A summer holiday in a book... unforgettably exciting." Piers Torday"Lauren St John at her very best... a gripping adventure across stormy seas, stately homes and boarding schools, with a fabulous plotted mystery at its core. I couldn't put it down." Abi ElphinstoneA st...
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Danny Chung Does Not Do Maths
- Maisie Chan
- Bonnier Books UK
- ISBN13: 9781800780019
- Published: 10-06-2021
Eleven-year-old Danny Chung loves drawing more than anything - certainly more than maths, which, according to his dad and everyone else, is what he is 'supposed' to be good at. He also loves having his own room where he can draw in peace, so his life is turned upside down when a surprise that...
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Indiana Bones
- Harry Heape, illus Rebecca Bagley
- Faber & Faber
- ISBN13: 9780571353507
- Published: 03-06-2021
Indiana Bones is a shaggy dog with a difference. He's got superpowers and can sniff out criminals and - with his young friend and owner Aisha - solve mysteries that would flummox the world's more expert detectives!In their first case, they are on the trail of treasure hidden centuries ago by a...
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King Tutankhamun Tells All!
- Chris Naunton, Guilherme Karsten
- Thames & Hudson Ltd
- ISBN13: 9780500652558
- Published: 03-06-2021
Young history buffs and celebrity fanatics alike will enjoy this humorous and irreverent introduction to King Tutankhamun written by Egyptologist and TV presenter Dr Chris Naunton. Readers hear first-hand from King Tutankhamun how he became the ruler of ancient Egypt at the tender age of nin...
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Children of the Quicksands
- Efua Traore
- Chicken House
- ISBN13: 9781913322366
- Published: 03-06-2021
In a remote Nigerian village, twelve-year-old Simi is desperate to uncover a family secret ... City girl Simi is sent to stay with her long-lost grandmother in a remote Nigerian village. There's no TV, internet or phone. Not a single human-made sound can be heard at night, just the noise of b...
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Twitch
- M. G. Leonard
- Walker Books Ltd
- ISBN13: 9781406389371
- Published: 03-06-2021
From the internationally bestselling author of Beetle Boy and the Adventures on Trains series, comes the first book in The Twitchers, a brand new mystery adventure series celebrating friendship, bravery and the incredible world of birds, starring a birdwatching detective called Twitch!<b...
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The Secret Detectives
- Ella Risbridger
- Nosy Crow Ltd
- ISBN13: 9781788006002
- Published: 03-06-2021
A gripping, beautifully written historical mystery, from an incredible new voice in children's fiction. 'The body seemed to fall for a long time. There was no splash, or if there was it was lost in the waves. Isobel was frozen to the spot for a moment - and then her common sense caught...
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Hurricane Child
- Kacen Callender
- Scholastic
- ISBN13: 9780702310218
- Published: 03-06-2021
Winner of the Stonewall Book Award and the Lambda Literary Award By National Book Award winner Kacen Callender, this exquisite novel reminds us that grief and love can open the world in mystical ways. Caroline Murphy is a Hurricane Child. Being born during a hurricane is unlucky, and 1...
