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Wonder
- R J Palacio
- Penguin Random House Children's UK
- ISBN13: 9780552565974
- Published: 03-01-2013
Now an Oscar nominated film starring Julia Roberts, Owen Wilson and Jacob Tremblay.'My name is August. I won't describe what I look like. Whatever you're thinking, it's probably worse.'Auggie wants to be an ordinary ten-year-old. He does ordinary things - eating ice cre...
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Elf Girl and Raven Boy: Monster Mountains: Book 2
- Marcus Sedgwick, Pete Williamson
- Hachette Children's Group
- ISBN13: 9781444004861
- Published: 01-11-2012
Saving the world isn't going very well for Elf Girl and Raven Boy. They've left Fright Forest and crossed a huge plain to the worryingly named Monster Mountains, where they find a sign telling them to Turn Back. They really shouldn't have ignored it! It's not the strange wailing noises they he...
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The Prince Who Walked With Lions
- Elizabeth Laird
- Pan Macmillan
- ISBN13: 9780330530392
- Published: 08-10-2012
The British Army is circling the stronghold of the King of Abyssinia. Its mission is to rescue the British Envoy, held prisoner. Watching with terror and awe is the king's young son, Alamayu. He knows that his father is as brave as a lion, but the fighting is cruel and efficient. By the time i...
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Liar and Spy
- Rebecca Stead
- Andersen Press Ltd
- ISBN13: 9781849395076
- Published: 04-10-2012
This title is the winner of the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize and was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal. Georges (the s is silent) has a lot going on. He's having trouble with some boys at school, his dad lost his job and so his mum has started working all the time - and they have to sell...
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A Street Cat Named Bob: How one man and his cat found hope on the streets
- James Bowen
- Hodder & Stoughton
- ISBN13: 9781444737110
- Published: 13-09-2012
From the author of A Christmas Gift from Bob, the original bestseller and heartwarming story of the life-saving friendship between a man and his streetwise cat'[Bob] has entranced London like no feline since the days of Dick Whittington.' (Evening Standard)'A h...
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Viking Boy
- Tony Bradman, Pierre-Denis Goux
- Walker Books Ltd
- ISBN13: 9781406313833
- Published: 06-09-2012
An action-packed blend of historical adventure and fantasy for junior readers; a blast of uncensored Viking adventure.Gunnar is the son of a Viking chieftain, living peacefully on his family steading with his mother, father and their people - until they are raided by Skuli and his...
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The Ghost of Grotteskew (Stitch Head 3)
- Guy Bass, Pete Williamson
- Little Tiger Press Group
- ISBN13: 9781847152527
- Published: 01-09-2012
Re-join Stitch Head, a mad professor's forgotten creation, as he steps out of the shadows into the adventure of an almost-lifetime... The ghost of a villainous ne'er-do-well is haunting the corridors of Castle Grotteskew, gunning for Stitch Head's heart ... and soul. Certain that his he...
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The Outsiders (Gods and Warriors Book 1)
- Michelle Paver
- Penguin Random House Children's UK
- ISBN13: 9780141339269
- Published: 28-08-2012
'If an Outsider wields the blade, the House of Koronos burns...'Hylas is only a boy but he knows three things:The Gods exist.Magic is real.Somebody wants him dead.Hunted and alone, Hylas is desperate to find his missing sister. His quest takes him across the hostile mountains and treacherous s...
