Books - Children

• Elizabeth Laird
• Pan Macmillan
• ISBN13: 9781509802920
• Published: 11-02-2016

Oranges in No Man's Land brings Elizabeth Laird's emotional and gripping adventure to her next generation of fans. Since her father left Lebanon to find work and her mother tragically died in a shell attack, ten-year-old Ayesha has been living in the bomb-ravaged city of Beirut wit...

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• Guy Bass, Pete Williamson
• Little Tiger Press Group
• ISBN13: 9781847156495
• Published: 11-02-2016

Re-join Stitch Head, as he steps out of the shadows into the adventure of an almost-lifetime...   When an unexpected visitor crash-lands on top of Castle Grotteskew, Stitch Head knows it can only mean trouble. Eccentric explorer, Dotty Dauntless, has bet her fortune on delivering a monster to...

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• Jo Cotterill, Cathy Brett
• Oxford University Press
• ISBN13: 9780192743558
• Published: 04-02-2016

Holly Sparkes is just your average 12-year-old, that is, until she's hit by a bolt of lightning. Now Holly is EXTRAordinary. Like a human battery Holly can generate a massive amount of electricity in seconds, which could come in handy if she's ever going to solve the mystery of her best friend...

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• Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara, Gee Fan Eng
• Frances Lincoln Publishers Ltd
• ISBN13: 9781847807700
• Published: 04-02-2016

In this international bestseller from the critically acclaimed Little People, BIG DREAMS series, discover the life of Frida Kahlo, the world-renowned painter.When Frida was a teenager, a terrible road accident changed her life forever. Unable to walk, she began painting from her be...

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• Mimi Thebo
• Oxford University Press
• ISBN13: 9780192745880
• Published: 04-02-2016

\"When I get up, there's nobody home. Even Mum has gone out. The note says, 'I have to check my emails. I'll snowmobile to the meltline and be back soon. XX Mummy'.And I think, 'Good. I can feed my bear...'\"Darcy's life was never exactly simple, but it was about to become a lot more complicat...

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• Dan Smith
• Chicken House Ltd
• ISBN13: 9781909489042
• Published: 04-02-2016

Kidnapped and drugged, Ash wakes up on a remote tropical island. His mum - a genetic scientist - has been imprisoned and infected with a deadly virus. Where is he, and what's he doing there? He sets out to cross the jungle to find out and rescue his mother. Soon he realises he's quicker and sh...

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• Sarah Rubin
• Chicken House Ltd
• ISBN13: 9781910002865
• Published: 04-02-2016

Maths-whizz Alice has already solved a mystery or two. Persuaded by wannabe sidekick Sammy to investigate a scientist's disappearance, she's soon entangled in her trickiest case yet. Dr Learner is reputed to have invented an invisibility suit, but is whacky science really to blame for his vani...

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• Tom Moorhouse
• Oxford University Press
• ISBN13: 9780192743992
• Published: 04-02-2016

First a rat must earn his name. Then he must live up to it. This is the story of Gabble, a young rat with a wild, beloved, but unpredictable brother, Ash. At the start of the book Ash tricks Gabble into going out with him on a 'name raid', a dangerous mission to earn a True Name, normally rese...

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