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  • My Friend's a Gris-Kwok

    My Friend's a Gris-Kwok

    • Malorie Blackman, Andy Rowland
    • Barrington Stoke Ltd
    • ISBN13: 9781781122440
    • Published: 01-09-2013

    Mike had no idea that his best friend Alex was a Gris-Kwok - he can turn into any living creature he chooses. But so can Alex's naughty little sister Polly, and it's not long before Mike and Alex are dealing with a whole heap of trouble! A hilarious and thrilling read. Particularly suitable fo...

  • Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief (Book 1)

    Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief (Book 1)

    • Rick Riordan
    • Penguin Random House Children's UK
    • ISBN13: 9780141346809
    • Published: 04-07-2013

    Coming soon to Disney+! Half boy. Half God. ALL Hero.I was just a normal kid, I went to school (got expelled a lot, but that wasn't my fault), played sports and hung out with my best friend. Until I accidentally vaporized my maths teacher. Now, I...

  • My Hamster is a Spy

    My Hamster is a Spy

    • Dave Lowe, The Boy Fitz Hammond
    • Templar Publishing
    • ISBN13: 9781848772953
    • Published: 01-07-2013

    A spate of burglaries has hit the neighbourhood, and the Jinks household hasn't been spared. With only a baby monitor, some drawing pins and a penguin-suit to hand, Stinky and Ben put together a plan to catch the criminals. But how will they cope when their scheme starts to unravel? New talent...

  • The School for Good and Evil (The School for Good and Evil, Book 1)

    The School for Good and Evil (The School for Good and Evil, Book 1)

    • Soman Chainani
    • HarperCollins Publishers
    • ISBN13: 9780007492930
    • Published: 06-06-2013

    A dark and enchanting fantasy adventure perfect for those who prefer their fairytales with a twist... The first in the bestselling School for Good and Evil series. Every four years, two girls are kidnapped from the village of Gavaldon. Legend has it these lost children...

  • Gaby's Angel

    Gaby's Angel

    • Janet Hoggarth
    • Oxford University Press
    • ISBN13: 9780192745484
    • Published: 06-06-2013

    I love Emily to bits but she can be annoying sometimes. When she signed me up for the school play I could have killed her. If she wasn't already dead that is . . . Gaby knows Emily is gone and that she will never see her again. Then Emily appears one day as Gaby's very own Guardian Angel and l...

  • The Spider's Lair (Stitch Head 4)

    The Spider's Lair (Stitch Head 4)

    • Guy Bass, Pete Williamson
    • Little Tiger Press Group
    • ISBN13: 9781847153777
    • Published: 03-06-2013

    Re-join Stitch Head, a mad professor's forgotten creation, as he steps out of the shadows into the adventure of an almost-lifetime... When Arabella lands up in the orphanage, Stitch Head leaves Grotteskew and its creatures behind and sets out on a daring rescue. But a far more gruesome...

  • Rooftoppers

    Rooftoppers

    • Katherine Rundell
    • Faber & Faber
    • ISBN13: 9780571280599
    • Published: 07-03-2013

    Winner of the Blue Peter Book Award and the Waterstones Children's Book Prize, and shortlisted for the CILIP Carnegie Medal. Proclaimed a classic in children's literature and compared to the likes of Roald Dahl and Eva Ibbotson, Katherine Rundell's Rooftoppers merges fantasy and historical fic...

  • Dear Scarlett

    Dear Scarlett

    • Fleur Hitchcock
    • Nosy Crow Ltd
    • ISBN13: 9780857631503
    • Published: 07-02-2013

    All this time Scarlett's thought her dad was a thief, but years after his death a strange man turns up at the door and hands her a box, \"on her father's instructions\". Inside is a baffling series of clues that leads Scarlett and her friend, Ellie, on a wild, scary, often funny journey of dis...