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  • Incredible Jobs You've (Probably) Never Heard Of

    Incredible Jobs You've (Probably) Never Heard Of

    • Natalie Labarre
    • Nosy Crow Ltd
    • ISBN13: 9781788008488
    • Published: 06-07-2023

    Do you know what you want to do when you grow up? Why not work as a babysitter . . . for sloths? Or become a farmer . . . of corpses? You might even grow up to be someone who gets paid to actually sleep on the job! From taste testers to dinosaur dusters, there are all kinds of incredible jobs...

  • The Beasts of Knobbly Bottom: Attack of the Vampire Sheep!

    The Beasts of Knobbly Bottom: Attack of the Vampire Sheep!

    • Emily-Jane Clark, Jeff Crowther
    • Scholastic
    • ISBN13: 9780702325106
    • Published: 06-07-2023

    A laugh-out-loud, brilliantly wacky, highly illustrated children's debut for readers of 8+ from an award-winning comedy writer - a perfect longer read for fans of Pamela Butchart and Grimwood, illustrated by Jeff Crowther. Maggie McKay is NOT happy that her mum has decided to move from...

  • One Chance Dance

    One Chance Dance

    • Efua Traore
    • Chicken House
    • ISBN13: 9781915026507
    • Published: 06-07-2023

    A heartwarming, exciting story of friendship, wonder and dance from Waterstones Prize-shortlisted author Efua Traore! Jomi's mum left when he was little to make a new life for them in Lagos, the city of dreams. When Jomi doesn't hear from her, he decides to follow. His only starting place is a...

  • 21% Monster: Serpent Strike

    21% Monster: Serpent Strike

    • P.J. Canning
    • Usborne
    • ISBN13: 9781801315777
    • Published: 06-07-2023

    Fun, fast-paced, high-octane action adventure, 21% Monster is a perfect page-turning series for fans of Alex Rider, Percy Jackson and the MCU generation.For once, 21% monster teenage-boy Darren Devlin thinks he has the upper hand over Xastris, the secret organisation that transform...

  • Marv and the Killer Plants: from the multi-award nominated Marv series

    Marv and the Killer Plants: from the multi-award nominated Marv series

    • Alex Falase-Koya, Paula Bowles
    • OUP Children's Books
    • ISBN13: 9780192780508
    • Published: 06-07-2023

    When ordinary boy Marvin wears his super-suit, he becomes MARV. A superhero with infinite powers . . .  In this story, Marvin and his school friends are tending to the school garden when supervillain Violet Vine appears and uses her powers to make the plants grow out of control.  Before long,...

  • Agent Moose: Super Spy (3 book bind-up)

    Agent Moose: Super Spy (3 book bind-up)

    • Mo O'Hara, Jess Bradley
    • Scholastic
    • ISBN13: 9780702325397
    • Published: 06-07-2023

    Three amazing full-colour Agent Moose adventures in one bumper book! Previously published as individual books: Agent Moose, Moose on a Mission and Operation Owl Meet Agent Moose: the best (worst) secret agent in the Big Forest. BOOK 1: Agent Moose - Agent Moose and his sidekick Owlfred...

  • The Piano at the Station

    The Piano at the Station

    • Helen Rutter, Elisa Paganelli
    • Barrington Stoke
    • ISBN13: 9781800902183
    • Published: 06-07-2023

    Constantly in trouble at school with little encouragement at home, Lacey's future looks bleak until she discovers a love of music in this compelling tale by bestseller Helen Rutter. Lacey's smart tongue and quick temper are constantly getting her confined to isolation at school. But the...

  • Old Gods New Tricks

    Old Gods New Tricks

    • Thiago de Moraes
    • David Fickling Books
    • ISBN13: 9781788452953
    • Published: 06-07-2023

    Trixie dos Santos is obsessed with trickster gods, so when the world is plunged into darkness, she knows who can bring back the light. Loki, Maui and the Monkey King join her on the hugest adventure, but can Trixie keep these maverick saviours in line? Shining a light on epic myths from...