Books - Families

• Jennifer Donnelly
• Hot Key Books
• ISBN13: 9781471405143
• Published: 27-10-2015

A wealthy family. A deadly secret. A young woman with more to lose than she knows. Josephine Montfort is from one of New York's oldest, most respected, and wealthiest families. Like most well-off girls of the Gilded Age, her future looks set - after a finishing school education, she will be fa...

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• Clare Hibbert
• QED Publishing
• ISBN13: 9781784933050
• Published: 15-10-2015

The perfect introduction to Prehistoric Britain! Find out what happened in Britain over 2.5 million years ago, starting with the Old Stone Age and the first humans - roaming hunter-gatherers. Discover the changes and advances that happened when people discovered how to work metal in the Bronze...

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• Lauren Oliver, H C Chester
• Hodder & Stoughton
• ISBN13: 9781444777185
• Published: 08-10-2015

The book is about, among other things: the strongest boy in the world, a talking cockatoo, a faulty mind reader, a beautiful bearded lady and a nervous magician, an old museum, and a shrunken head. Blessed with extraordinary abilities, orphans Philippa, Sam, and Thomas have grown up hap...

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• Jacqueline Wilson, Nick Sharratt
• Penguin Random House Children's UK
• ISBN13: 9780857533197
• Published: 08-10-2015

Hetty Feather has begun a new chapter in her life story. Escaping from Tanglefield's Travelling Circus with her dearest friend Diamond, Hetty is determined to find them positions as glamorous music hall artistes. Hetty and Diamond quickly become the Little Stars of Mrs Ruby's show, alongside m...

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• Kwame Alexander
• Andersen Press Ltd
• ISBN13: 9781783443673
• Published: 08-10-2015

'With a bolt of lightning on my kicks . . .The court is SIZZLING. My sweat is DRIZZLING. Stop all that quivering.Cuz tonight I'm delivering'12-year-old Josh and his twin Jordan have basketball in their blood. They're kings of the court, star players for their school team. Their father used to...

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• Amy Lukavics
• Simon & Schuster Ltd
• ISBN13: 9781471145278
• Published: 08-10-2015

Sometimes I believe the baby will never stop crying.Sixteen-year-old Amanda Verner fears she is losing her mind. When her family move from their small mountain cabin to the vast prairie, Amanda hopes she can leave her haunting memories behind: of her sickly Ma giving birth to a ter...

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• Michael Morpurgo, Catherine Rayner
• Barrington Stoke Ltd
• ISBN13: 9781781124352
• Published: 06-10-2015

On holiday in the Devon countryside, Clare's summer is transformed by a new friendship with retired horse Captain and his reclusive owner. A must-have for every fan of Morpurgo's classic storytelling and Rayner's highly sought-after artwork, and a gift to treasure for young and old.

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• Holly Webb
• Little Tiger Press Group
• ISBN13: 9781847154460
• Published: 05-10-2015

From best-selling author Holly Webb comes a gorgeous wintery story of a very special friendship, just in time for Christmas.One Christmas, Lotta is visiting her great-grandmother in Norway. Soon, she finds herself drawn into a magical adventure - travelling by sledge, herding reindeer from the...

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