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Windrush Child
- Benjamin Zephaniah
- Scholastic
- ISBN13: 9780702302725
- Published: 05-11-2020
In this heart-stopping adventure, Benjamin Zephaniah shows us what it was like to be a child of the Windrush generation. Leonard is shocked when he arrives with his mother in the port of Southampton. His father is a stranger to him, it's cold and even the Jamaican food doesn't taste the same a...
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Another Twist in the Tale
- Catherine Bruton
- Nosy Crow Ltd
- ISBN13: 9781788005999
- Published: 05-11-2020
This is the tale of Twill Twist, a girl brought into this world moments ahead of her more famous brother - Oliver Twist, the rags-to-riches orphan who became heir to the Brownlow fortune. Journey with Twill on her own adventure through the gambling dens and workhouses of London, as she...
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Wild is the Wind
- Grahame Baker-Smith, Grahame Baker-Smith
- Templar Publishing
- ISBN13: 9781787417854
- Published: 05-11-2020
Floating across the sky in her hot air balloon, Cassi watches a little swift dive and swoop through the still air. In the rising sun the world seems to be holding its breath. Then a small breeze stirs the leaves in the trees, and as the wind grows bolder, a whiff of danger sends small creature...
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The Creature Keeper
- Damaris Young
- Scholastic
- ISBN13: 9781407195056
- Published: 05-11-2020
The perfect magical read for kids who love animals and care about saving the environment! Creepy Direspire Hall sits glowering on the moors - and if you stray too close then beware the growls and scary sounds from within... When animal lover Cora learns that Direspire's mysterious owner is loo...
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Brand New Boy
- David Almond, Marta Altes
- Walker Books Ltd
- ISBN13: 9781406358087
- Published: 05-11-2020
A warm and thought-provoking tale from a master storyteller, winner of the prestigious Hans Christian Andersen Award and author of the Carnegie Medal-winning Skellig."Mam, did you think George was," I say, "a bit ... weird?""Weird? Yes, I suppose so. But you kids are all a bi...
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Friend Me
- Sheila M. Averbuch
- Scholastic US
- ISBN13: 9781338618082
- Published: 05-11-2020
What happens when an online friend becomes a real-life nightmare? Roisin hasn't made a single friend since moving from Ireland to Massachusetts. In fact, she is falling apart under constant abuse from a school bully, Zara. Zara torments Roisin in person and on social media. She makes Roisin th...
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Counting Creatures
- Julia Donaldson, Sharon King-Chai
- Pan Macmillan
- ISBN13: 9781529040517
- Published: 05-11-2020
A stunning counting book full gorgeous baby animals, with amazing flaps to lift and holes to peep through. From Julia Donaldson, bestselling author of The Gruffalo, and Sharon King-Chai, who together created the award-winnning Animalphabet.From a leopard with her cubs, to a frog an...
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The Mysterious Life of Dr Barry: A Surgeon Unlike Any Other
- Lisa Williamson
- Pushkin Children's Books
- ISBN13: 9781782692782
- Published: 05-11-2020
1800. London. Margaret Anne Bulkley desperately wants to be a surgeon - but only men can train as doctors.Fifty years later, Dr James Barry is famous, serving as Inspector General of Hospitals throughout the British Empire. A brilliant surgeon, bold reformer and prickly individual known for hi...
