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  • The Phantom Lollipop Man

    The Phantom Lollipop Man

    • Pamela Butchart, Thomas Flintham
    • Nosy Crow Ltd
    • ISBN13: 9781788000482
    • Published: 08-02-2018

    Izzy and her friends are shocked when they find their lollipop man has disappeared! Maisie thinks he's gone to Rome but if that's true, why do they keep seeing a weird white wispy cloud around the school? And why do Izzy's legs feel cold even though she's got tights on? Could it be that the lo...

  • Dear Katie: Real advice on real life problems with expert tips

    Dear Katie: Real advice on real life problems with expert tips

    • Katie Thistleton, Radha Modgil, Sally Angel
    • Hachette Children's Group
    • ISBN13: 9781510102132
    • Published: 08-02-2018

    'Katie's straightforward, warm wisdom will help young people everywhere!' - Matt Haig Real answers to real problems! Advice on life's tough stuff from children's TV and radio presenter Katie Thistleton. Growing up is hard. This book makes it a little bit easier. Exploring...

  • Sam Wu Is NOT Afraid of Ghosts! (Sam Wu is Not Afraid)

    Sam Wu Is NOT Afraid of Ghosts! (Sam Wu is Not Afraid)

    • Kevin Tsang, Katie Tsang, Nathan Reed
    • HarperCollins Publishers
    • ISBN13: 9781405287517
    • Published: 08-02-2018

    The brilliantly funny and first book in the SAM WU series, starring the bravest scaredy-cat in the world! Perfect for reluctant readers and fans of STEM, Tom Fletcher and Pamela Butchart. From the author pair behind new magic middle grade fantasy adventure, Dragon Mountain. Sam...

  • Politics for Beginners

    Politics for Beginners

    • Alex Frith, Rosie Hore, Louie Stowell, Kellan Stover
    • Usborne Publishing Ltd
    • ISBN13: 9781474922524
    • Published: 02-02-2018

    An informative guide to political systems, elections, voting and government and issues including feminism, human rights, freedom of speech and fake news, all explained with clear text and bright, infographic style illustrations. Includes tips on how to argue and debate, a glossary, and links t...

  • Tin

    Tin

    • P draig Kenny
    • Chicken House Ltd
    • ISBN13: 9781911077657
    • Published: 01-02-2018

    Pinocchio meets The Wizard of Oz as a boy and his mechanical friends discover the truth about his past in this magical bestseller ...'One of a kind. Utterly fantastic.' EOIN COLFERChristopher is 'Proper': a real boy with a real soul, orphaned in a fire. He works for an engineer, a maker of the...

  • Bee Boy: Clash of the Killer Queens

    Bee Boy: Clash of the Killer Queens

    • Tony De Saulles
    • Oxford University Press
    • ISBN13: 9780192763877
    • Published: 01-02-2018

    Half BEE. Half BOY. Melvin Meadly is . . . BEE BOY. As a bee, Mel is ready to defend his hive against all enemies taking on killer wasps, terrifying hawkmoths, and battling queen bees. But as a boy, has he got what it takes to protect his bees (and himself) against the greatest menace of all N...

  • Begone the Raggedy Witches (The Wild Magic Trilogy, Book One)

    Begone the Raggedy Witches (The Wild Magic Trilogy, Book One)

    • Celine Kiernan, Victoria Semykina
    • Walker Books Ltd
    • ISBN13: 9781406366020
    • Published: 01-02-2018

     A middle-grade fantasy adventure perfect for fans of Frances Hardinge, Katherine Rundell and Sally Gardner. On the night that Aunty dies the Raggedy Witches come for Mup's mam. Pale, cold, relentless, they will do anything to coax Mam back to Witches Borough. When they kidnap Mup's dad,...

  • Young Gifted and Black: Meet 52 Black Heroes from Past and Present

    Young Gifted and Black: Meet 52 Black Heroes from Past and Present

    • Jamia Wilson, Andrea Pippins
    • Wide Eyed Editions
    • ISBN13: 9781786030887
    • Published: 01-02-2018

    "...to be revisited again and again...The candy-colored pages and straightforward stories are hard to resist..." -The New York Times.  "Gorgeously illustrated...vibrant and comprehensive...will be brought down from the bookshelf again and again" - Evening Standard.  "Glorious celebration of 52...