Books - Families

• Virginia Bergin
• Pan Macmillan
• ISBN13: 9781509834037
• Published: 01-06-2017

Welcome to the Matriarchy. Sixty years after a virus has wiped out almost all the men on the planet, things are pretty much just as you would imagine a world run by women might be: war has ended; greed is not tolerated; the ecological needs of the planet are always put first. In tw...

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• Catherine Barter
• Andersen Press Ltd
• ISBN13: 9781783445240
• Published: 01-06-2017

Shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2018Nominated for the CILIP Carnegie Medal 2018Longlisted for the Branford Boase Award 2018In three years I will be able to vote and I will still have less power than I did at the moment that I saw that email, which was such a tiny thing bu...

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• A.P. Winter
• Chicken House Ltd
• ISBN13: 9781910655092
• Published: 01-06-2017

They say magic is long-gone ... but is it? A chain of fantastical mishaps in schoolboy Bert's dull life spiral out of control - but then he's rescued by Finch, a plucky girl-adventurer with metal legs. Soon they're sailing through the clouds on a pirate airship bound for the forgotten land of...

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• Robert Winston, Owen Gildersleeve
• Dorling Kindersley Ltd
• ISBN13: 9780241283806
• Published: 01-06-2017

A book that takes a young reader on an exciting and unique journey through all the working parts of a human body.My Amazing Body Machine dives deep inside our human bodies and into our intricately wired brain, teaching young readers about the human anatomy. With clear text, close-u...

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• Garth Nix
• Hot Key Books
• ISBN13: 9781471404467
• Published: 01-06-2017

The hugely anticipated return to Garth Nix's New York Times bestselling Old Kingdom series.Lirael is no longer a shy Second Assistant Librarian. She is the Abhorsen-in-Waiting, with dead creatures to battle and Free Magic entities to bind. She's also a Remembrancer, and wielder of the Dark Mir...

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• Tom Nicoll, David O'Connell
• Little Tiger Press Group
• ISBN13: 9781847158314
• Published: 01-06-2017

The closest he's ever come to super-stardom is playing the back end of a donkey in the school Nativity play. Then his sister drags him along to an Apocalips concert and he overhears members of the band plotting to destroy all humanity. Starting with their own lead singer. Can Sam discove...

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• Jess Butterworth, Rob Biddulph
• Hachette Children's Group
• ISBN13: 9781510102088
• Published: 01-06-2017

Join 12-year-old Tash and her best friend Sam in a story of adventure, survival and hope, set in the vivid Himalayan landscape of Tibet and India. Filled with friendship, love and courage, this young girl's thrilling journey to save her parents is an ideal read for children aged 9-12. <b...

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• Imogen White
• Usborne Publishing Ltd
• ISBN13: 9781474927291
• Published: 01-06-2017

When Rose Muddle is plucked from the workhouse to become a maid in a grand mansion, she discovers that her new mistress has secret plans for her - plans which involve a strange amber pendant with extraordinary powers. But fearsome enemies lurk in the shadows, intent on finding the mysterious p...

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