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  • The Boy Who Thought Outside the Box: The Story of Video Game Inventor Ralph Baer

    The Boy Who Thought Outside the Box: The Story of Video Game Inventor Ralph Baer

    • Marcie Wessels, Beatriz Castro
    • Sterling Publishing Co Inc
    • ISBN13: 9781454932598
    • Published: 07-07-2020

    Obsessed with Wii, Nintendo, X-Box, and PlayStation? Meet the inventor whose work made them all possible: Ralph Baer, creator of the first home video game system! Today, the video game industry keeps growing, with ever more platforms available to fans. But how did the very first system...

  • The Damned

    The Damned

    • Renee Ahdieh
    • Hodder & Stoughton
    • ISBN13: 9781529368345
    • Published: 07-07-2020

    New York Times bestselling author Renee Ahdieh returns with the second instalment of her new sumptuous, sultry and romantic series, The Beautiful.'Singularly original' Sabaa Tahir, author of An Ember in the AshesForced to flee her home in Paris, Celine Rousseau hoped Ne...

  • The Adventures of Lillicorn in WooWoo Land

    The Adventures of Lillicorn in WooWoo Land

    • Lisa Moss, Thomas Bernard, Will Dawes, Ayelen Lamas, Bram Hartman
    • QuestFriendz
    • ISBN13: 9789082994001
    • Published: 06-07-2020

  • The Short Knife

    The Short Knife

    • Elen Caldecott
    • Andersen Press Ltd
    • ISBN13: 9781783449798
    • Published: 02-07-2020

    It is the year 454AD. The Roman Empire has withdrawn from Britain, throwing it into the chaos of the Dark Ages. Mai has been kept safe by her father and her sister, Haf. But when Saxon warriors arrive at their farm, the family is forced to flee to the hills where British warlords lie in wait....

  • When Stars are Scattered

    When Stars are Scattered

    • Victoria Jamieson, Omar Mohamed, Iman Geddy, Victoria Jamieson
    • Faber & Faber
    • ISBN13: 9780571363858
    • Published: 02-07-2020

    A heart-wrenching true story about life in a Kenyan refugee camp that will restore your faith in real-life happy endings.  Omar and his brother Hassan, two Somali boys, have spent a long time in the Dadaab refugee camp. Separated from their mother, they are looked after by a friendly stranger....

  • Good Girls Die First

    Good Girls Die First

    • Kathryn Foxfield
    • Scholastic
    • ISBN13: 9780702302718
    • Published: 02-07-2020

    Welcome to the most gripping thriller of the year: hugely entertaining, high-octane and read-in-a-single-sitting. Mind games. Murder. Mayhem. How far would you go to survive the night? Blackmail lures sixteen-year-old Ava to the derelict carnival on Portgrave Pier. She is one of ten teenagers,...

  • British Museum 101 Stickers! Ancient Greece

    British Museum 101 Stickers! Ancient Greece

    • Sophie Beer
    • Nosy Crow Ltd
    • ISBN13: 9781788006392
    • Published: 02-07-2020

    Take a tour of ancient Greece in this vibrant sticker activity book from the British Museum! Add some statues to the Acropolis, fill the busy marketplace with people and pots and use stickers to fill the ancient Olympic games with athletes. Then visit an archaeological dig to uncover amazing a...

  • A New Green Day

    A New Green Day

    • Antoinette Portis
    • Scallywag Press
    • ISBN13: 9781912650484
    • Published: 02-07-2020

    Who scribbles on the sidewalk with glistening ink? Snail! Who's a comma in a long, long sentence of a stream? Tadpole! Active readers will delight in the clever language and striking illustrations. On each spread, children will solve riddles about the familiar animals, plants and the weather t...