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The Mask of Aribella
- Anna Hoghton
- Chicken House Ltd
- ISBN13: 9781912626106
- Published: 02-01-2020
Perfect for fans of The Thief Lord!Aribella lives in Venice, the daughter of an impoverished lace-maker. But she has a deadly secret: when angered, sparks shoot from her fingertips. Unable to keep her power hidden, she flees - but when dark spectres rise from the lagoon, the fire in her hands...
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The Boy Who Fooled the World
- Lisa Thompson
- Scholastic
- ISBN13: 9781407185132
- Published: 02-01-2020
Telling a little white lie now and then is harmless, right? But what if it leads to you being a household name and international celebrity? Cole is the boy who fooled the world and finds himself trapped in a huge web of lies... can he break free? The brand new, read-in-one-sitting mystery from...
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The Proudest Blue
- Ibtihaj Muhammad, Hatem Aly, S. K. Ali
- Andersen Press Ltd
- ISBN13: 9781783449712
- Published: 02-01-2020
'A ground-breaking picture book about religion, sisterhood and identity' Waterstones Best Picture Books of 2020 Asiya's hijab is like the ocean and the sky, no line between them, saying hello with a loud wave. It's Faizah's first day of school, and her older sister Asiya's first day of...
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Tutankhamun's Tomb
- Sue Reid
- Scholastic
- ISBN13: 9781407197876
- Published: 02-01-2020
I Was There... is a perfect introduction for younger readers into stories from the past, allowing children to imagine that they were really there. I Was There... Tutankhamun's Tomb tells the thrilling story of a young Egyptian boy assisting Howard Carter's team of archaeologists in 1922 as the...
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What Is Politics? Why Should we Care? And Other Big Questions
- Michael Rosen, Annemarie Young
- Hachette Children's Group
- ISBN13: 9781526309075
- Published: 14-11-2019
Politics, in its widest sense, affects us all, every day. What if there were no politics? What would that look like? What does it mean to be political or non-political and what effect do each of these positions have? Aimed at children aged 9 and up, this book is a highly topical look at...
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The Princess Rules
- Philippa Gregory, Chris Chatterton
- HarperCollins Publishers
- ISBN13: 9780008375485
- Published: 14-11-2019
Princess Florizella may live in a classic fairy-tale world, but she's no ordinary princess... These three stories were originally published under the titles Princess Florizella, Princess Florizella and the Wolves and Princess Florizella and the Giant</em...
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The Doom of the Haunted Opera - The House With a Clock in Its Walls 6
- John Bellairs
- Templar Publishing
- ISBN13: 9781848128200
- Published: 14-11-2019
When Lewis and Rose Rita explore an abandoned theatre, they discover an unpublished opera score entitled 'The Day of Doom'. Ignoring a strange omen, they show it to their music teacher, who heralds 'The Day of Doom' a masterpiece. Little do they know that the eerie Henry Vanderhelm, the compos...
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The Pearl in the Ice
- Cathryn Constable
- Chicken House Ltd
- ISBN13: 9781912626519
- Published: 07-11-2019
A thrilling and beautiful new novel from the best-selling author of The Wolf Princess.Marina's father, a naval captain, has been away for most of her life - certainly since her mother died - and yet Marina feels the pull of an ocean she's never known. When sent to boarding school to learn to b...
