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  • Fabulously Feisty Queens: 15 of the brightest and boldest women who have ruled the world

    Fabulously Feisty Queens: 15 of the brightest and boldest women who have ruled the world

    • Valerie Wilding, Pauline Reeves, Lucy Worsley
    • Hachette Children's Group
    • ISBN13: 9781526361905
    • Published: 03-09-2020

    Who needs a Prince Charming when you're busy running the world?Do you know about the fierce and fearsome pirate who dared to challenge the Queen of England? Or the Indian daughter of a slave who became a warrior queen? And what about the Hungarian princess who became a king when sh...

  • Kidnap on the California Comet

    Kidnap on the California Comet

    • M. G. Leonard, Sam Sedgman, Elisa Paganelli
    • Pan Macmillan
    • ISBN13: 9781529013085
    • Published: 03-09-2020

    Board the California Comet and help Harrison Beck to solve another heart-stopping mystery in the second Adventures on Trains story, Kidnap on the California Comet, from bestselling authors M.G. Leonard and Sam Sedgman. After the excitement of his adventures aboard the Highland Falc...

  • The Witches: The Graphic Novel

    The Witches: The Graphic Novel

    • Roald Dahl, Penelope Bagieu
    • Scholastic
    • ISBN13: 9780702304903
    • Published: 03-09-2020

    As featured in Stylist's Christmas Gift Guide 2020 Roald Dahl's darkly funny masterpiece, The Witches, now available as a graphic novel from Eisner Award-winning artist Penelope Bagieu! Witches are real, and they are very, very dangerous. They wear ordinary clothes and have ordinary jobs, livi...

  • History Atlas

    History Atlas

    • Thiago de Moraes
    • Scholastic
    • ISBN13: 9781407189239
    • Published: 03-09-2020

    Prepare to embark on a global tour through time. You might want to take a map... But this is no ordinary atlas. The maps in History Atlas are rich visual extravaganzas, packed with kings, queens, heroes, villains, inventors, artists and explorers. Travel from Ancient Egypt and Rome to Ethiopia...

  • The Silver Arrow

    The Silver Arrow

    • Lev Grossman
    • Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
    • ISBN13: 9781526629401
    • Published: 03-09-2020

    When Kate is given a colossal steam train for her birthday, she can't believe her luck. After eleven years of waiting, adventure has finally found her!  Soon the Silver Arrow is whisking Kate and her brother Tom to a magical station where their passengers stand read...

  • The Humans: Ancient civilisations and astonishing things they taught us

    The Humans: Ancient civilisations and astonishing things they taught us

    • Jonny Marx, Charlie Davis
    • Little Tiger Press Group
    • ISBN13: 9781848579934
    • Published: 03-09-2020

    SHORTLISTED FOR THE BLUE PETER BOOK AWARD 2021.  This book showcases the greatest achievements of ancient civilisations, peoples and iconic figures from history. From the Nubians to the Native Americans, and the Akkadians to the Aztecs, our predecessors have pioneered a plethora of wonderful a...

  • Special Forces Cadets 5: Hijack

    Special Forces Cadets 5: Hijack

    • Chris Ryan
    • Hot Key Books
    • ISBN13: 9781471407888
    • Published: 03-09-2020

    From the bestselling author of STRIKE BACK, Chris Ryan returns with a new action-packed series.Tough enough? Smart enough? Max will require all his skills just to stay alive as a Special Forces Cadet...The Falkland Islands, South Atlantic Ocean. Intelligence has been received that Argentina is...

  • Sticky Pines: The Thing At Black Hole Lake

    Sticky Pines: The Thing At Black Hole Lake

    • Dashe Roberts
    • Nosy Crow Ltd
    • ISBN13: 9781788008174
    • Published: 03-09-2020

    The sequel to The Bigwoof Conspiracy takes us back to Sticky Pines, a small US town where weird things happen. Milo, loyal to his double-crossing, business-mogul father, has taken a trip to Black Hole Lake, leaving Lucy to continue her...