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  • Miss Hazeltine's Home for Shy and Fearful Cats

    Miss Hazeltine's Home for Shy and Fearful Cats

    • Alicia Potter, Birgitta Sif
    • Walker Books Ltd
    • ISBN13: 9781406362398
    • Published: 07-07-2016

    The conquering of fear is celebrated in this stunning book from two rising stars of picture book making - Kate Greenaway shortlisted Birgitta Sif and Alicia Potter.From Kate Greenaway shortlisted illustrator Birgitta Sif and acclaimed new author, Alicia Potter, comes a tale with ma...

  • Blame

    Blame

    • Simon Mayo
    • Penguin Random House Children's UK
    • ISBN13: 9780552569071
    • Published: 07-07-2016

    What happens when society wants you banged up in prison for a crime your parents committed?That's the situation in which Ant finds herself - together with her little brother Mattie and their foster-parents, she's locked up in a new kind of family prison. None of the inmates are the...

  • Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam: The Diamond Chase

    Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam: The Diamond Chase

    • Tracey Corderoy, Steven Lenton
    • Nosy Crow Ltd
    • ISBN13: 9780857636706
    • Published: 07-07-2016

    Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam have swapped their life of crime for a career in cupcakes. But when they're asked to bake for a seriously swanky party, they find themselves caught up in the middle of a robbery. Somebody has taken Lady Kate's tiara. Can they catch the culprit?

  • My Gym Teacher Is an Alien Overlord

    My Gym Teacher Is an Alien Overlord

    • David Solomons, illus Laura Ellen Anderson
    • Nosy Crow Ltd
    • ISBN13: 9780857637338
    • Published: 07-07-2016

    Zack and Lara have superpowers. Luke has new school shoes and a burning sense of resentment. He KNOWS that aliens disguised as gym teachers are about to attack Earth but will anyone listen? No. So one dodgy pact with a self-styled supervillain later, and Luke is ready to save the world. He jus...

  • Mind Writer

    Mind Writer

    • Steve Cole, Nelson Evergreen
    • Barrington Stoke Ltd
    • ISBN13: 9781781125830
    • Published: 06-07-2016

    Luke's always been good at knowing things. He could guess at a right answer in class or pick up on things other people couldn't. But now it's sharpened into something much more. Now Luke can actually hear people's thoughts. And there's a weird new girl hanging around who seems to know exactly...

  • Ned's Circus of Marvels (Ned's Circus of Marvels, Book 1)

    Ned's Circus of Marvels (Ned's Circus of Marvels, Book 1)

    • Justin Fisher
    • HarperCollins Publishers
    • ISBN13: 9780008124526
    • Published: 30-06-2016

    From exciting debut author, Justin Fisher, comes this rip-roaring, page-turning new magical adventure. Perfect for fans of House of Secrets. Ned Waddlesworth has always considered his world to be exceptionally ordinary. Until the day he discovers it ISN'T. AT ALL. Because on Ned's thirt...

  • Secret Princesses: The Magic Necklace - Bumper Special Book!: Book 1

    Secret Princesses: The Magic Necklace - Bumper Special Book!: Book 1

    • Rosie Banks
    • Hachette Children's Group
    • ISBN13: 9781408336083
    • Published: 30-06-2016

    A gorgeous new series about magical princesses and best friends. Book one is a special long adventure for even more magical fun! Best friends Charlotte and Mia can't bear it when Charlotte's family moves far away. But when they're given magic necklaces, they begin an amazing advent...

  • Voyage to Magical North

    Voyage to Magical North

    • Claire Fayers (Author)
    • Pan Macmillan
    • ISBN13: 9781447290605
    • Published: 30-06-2016

    Take to the high seas in Voyage to Magical North, a swashbuckling pirate adventure filled with magic by Claire Fayers.Twelve-year-old Brine Seaborne is a girl with a past . . . if only she could remember what it is. Found alone in a rowboat as a child, clutching a shard of the rare...