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The World of Norm: Must Be Washed Separately: Book 7
- Jonathan Meres
- Hachette Children's Group
- ISBN13: 9781408329511
- Published: 02-10-2014
The seventh hilarious title in the award-winning, laugh-out-loud series, The World of Norm. Perfect for fans of Tom Gates and Diary of a Wimpy Kid.Norm knew it was going to be one of those days when he was woken by the sound of an elephant breaking wind in the next room... N...
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The Rising
- Tom Moorhouse
- Oxford University Press
- ISBN13: 9780192734822
- Published: 02-10-2014
'I came here to warn you. Before it's too late.' When their uncle Sylvan pays an unexpected visit, young water voles Kale and Strife know something exciting must be about to happen. Little do they know that soon they'll be running for their lives, as a new danger threatens to destroy everythin...
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The Wrong Side of the Galaxy: Book 1
- Jamie Thomson
- Hachette Children's Group
- ISBN13: 9781408330265
- Published: 02-10-2014
Abducted by aliens, Harry wakes up on his birthday marooned on a spaceship. His only companions: two freaky princess clones, a weird alien-fish-kangaroo hybrid with delusions of grandeur and a ship's computer with a serious attitude problem. It's the worst birthday ever. How is he ever...
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Wall
- Tom Clohosy-Cole, Tom Clohosy-Cole
- Templar Publishing
- ISBN13: 9781783700776
- Published: 01-10-2014
This spectacular book follows one boy's struggle to reunite his family from the two sides of the Berlin Wall. Although based around true stories, the wall is symbolic of separations around the world, whether it be between whole communities or two individuals. Powerful illustrations teamed with...
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Listen to the Moon
- Michael Morpurgo
- HarperCollins Publishers
- ISBN13: 9780007339631
- Published: 25-09-2014
The stunning novel set during World War One from Michael Morpurgo, the nation's favourite storyteller and multi-million copy bestseller. May, 1915. Alfie and his fisherman father find a girl on an uninhabited island in the Scillies - injured, thirsty, lost... and with absolutely...
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Witchworld
- Emma Fischel, Chris Riddell
- Nosy Crow Ltd
- ISBN13: 9780857634177
- Published: 04-09-2014
The witches of Witchworld have no need for old-fashioned wands or broomsticks, not when they have shiny Spellsticks and super-whizzy Skyriders instead. And no one has a cauldron anymore, just a cupboard full of Potions2Go. Flo Skritchett lives with her mother, the editor-in-chief of celebrity...
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Oliver and the Seawigs
- Philip Reeve, Sarah McIntyre
- Oxford University Press
- ISBN13: 9780192734884
- Published: 04-09-2014
A lively, gorgeously illustrated story from Dynamic Duo, Reeve and McIntyre!Along with his new friends, a grumpy old albatross, a short-sighted mermaid, and a friendly island called Cliff, Oliver goes off in search of his missing parents. But before he can put his rescue plan into action there...
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Uprooted - A Canadian War Story
- Lynne Reid Banks
- HarperCollins Publishers
- ISBN13: 9780007589432
- Published: 28-08-2014
From the author of The Indian in the Cupboard and The L-Shaped Room comes a fascinating story of a wartime childhood, heavily influenced by her own experience. In 1940 as war rages across Europe, ten-year-old Lindy waves goodbye to England and makes the long journey to Saskatoon, Canada...
