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  • How to Find Gold

    How to Find Gold

    • Silvia Viviane Schwarz
    • Walker Books Ltd
    • ISBN13: 9781406371642
    • Published: 05-01-2017

    \"LET'S FIND GOLD,\" said Anna. \"That would be dangerous and difficult,\" said Crocodile. \"Good!\" said Anna. \"Let's go!\" \"This book is gold, put it on your bookshelf where it can be easily found and treasure it!\" Chris Riddell, Children's Laureate From the award-...

  • Until We Win

    Until We Win

    • Linda Newbery
    • Barrington Stoke Ltd
    • ISBN13: 9781781125793
    • Published: 05-01-2017

    A hundred years ago, women didn't have the vote. When Lizzy Frost becomes involved with the fledgling Suffragette movement, it expands her horizons in ways she never could have imagined. From time spent in prison for the cause, to new relationships with fellow campaigners, Lizzy's struggle for...

  • The Bombs That Brought Us Together: WINNER OF THE COSTA CHILDREN'S BOOK AWARD 2016

    The Bombs That Brought Us Together: WINNER OF THE COSTA CHILDREN'S BOOK AWARD 2016

    • Brian Conaghan
    • Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
    • ISBN13: 9781408855768
    • Published: 05-01-2017

    WINNER OF THE COSTA CHILDREN'S BOOK AWARD 2016.  Fourteen-year-old Charlie Law has lived in Little Town, on the border with Old Country, all his life. He knows the rules: no going out after dark; no drinking; no litter; no fighting. You don't want to get on the wrong side of the people who run...

  • What Not to Do If You Turn Invisible

    What Not to Do If You Turn Invisible

    • Ross Welford
    • HarperCollins Publishers
    • ISBN13: 9780008156350
    • Published: 29-12-2016

    From the author of the unforgettable bestseller TIME TRAVELLING WITH A HAMSTER comes another surprising, beautiful and funny novel about a child who, by disappearing, will write herself into your heart forever... Turning invisible at will: it's one way of curing your acne. But far more...

  • A Tragic Kind of Wonderful

    A Tragic Kind of Wonderful

    • Eric Lindstrom
    • HarperCollins Publishers
    • ISBN13: 9780008147471
    • Published: 29-12-2016

    The heart-rending and inspiring novel from the critically acclaimed author of NOT IF I SEE YOU FIRST. How can you have a future if you can't accept your past? Mel Hannigan doesn't have it easy. Mourning the death of her firework of a brother, facing the loss of three friendships...

  • Danny McGee Drinks the Sea

    Danny McGee Drinks the Sea

    • Andy Stanton, Neal Layton
    • Hachette Children's Group
    • ISBN13: 9781444928761
    • Published: 03-11-2016

    A hilariously anarchic tale from the inimitable Andy Stanton, author of Mr Gum, and much loved illustrator Neal Layton.Can a boy drink the sea? Surely it's impossible! But Danny McGee does just that - and now he has his sights on other things. Soon he's swallowing trees, flies, fle...

  • The Girl Who Saved Christmas

    The Girl Who Saved Christmas

    • Matt Haig, Chris Mould
    • Canongate Books Ltd
    • ISBN13: 9781782118572
    • Published: 03-11-2016

    JOURNEY TO THE EDGE OF MAGICIf magic has a beginning, can it also have an end?When Amelia wants a wish to come true she knows just the man to ask - Father Christmas.But the magic she wants to believe in is starting to fade, and Father Christmas has more than impossible wishes to worry about. U...

  • The Sun is also a Star

    The Sun is also a Star

    • Nicola Yoon
    • Penguin Random House Children's UK
    • ISBN13: 9780552574242
    • Published: 03-11-2016

    *Now a major film starring Yara Shahidi and Charles Melton* The New York Times bestselling love story from Nicola Yoon, author of Everything, Everything.Natasha: I'm a girl who believes in science and facts. Not fate. Not destiny. Or dreams that will never come tr...