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Lockwood & Co: The Hollow Boy
- Jonathan Stroud
- Penguin Random House Children's UK
- ISBN13: 9780552573146
- Published: 24-09-2015
Lockwood & Co. might be the smallest (some might say shambollic) Psychic Detection Agency in London. But its three agents - Lockwood, Lucy and George - are exceptional Talents. And they get results. When an outbreak of ghostly phenomena grows to terrifying levels in Chelsea, Scotland Yard...
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Aubrey and the Terrible Yoot
- Horatio Clare
- Firefly Press Ltd
- ISBN13: 9781910080283
- Published: 17-09-2015
Longlisted for the Carnegie Medal 2017. Aubrey's father, Jim, has fallen under an horrendous spell, which Aubrey is determined to break. Everyone says his task is impossible, but Aubrey will never give up and never surrender - even if he must fight the unkillable Spirit of Despair itself: the...
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Alistair Grim's Odditorium
- Gregory Funaro, Chris Mould
- Alma Books Ltd
- ISBN13: 9781846883828
- Published: 15-09-2015
An enchanting book set in a world where the odd is the ordinary, evil has many faces and love is the most powerful magic of them all.Twelve-year-old Grubb lives a hand-to-mouth existence in Victorian England, working as a chimney sweep under a cruel master. After an incident at an inn, he hide...
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The Territory
- Sarah Govett
- Firefly Press Ltd
- ISBN13: 9781910080184
- Published: 14-09-2015
Noa lives in what's left of a Britain where flooding means land is scarce. Everyone must sit an exam at 15: if you pass you can stay in the Territory, if you fail you must go to the Wetlands. Rich families can buy their children an upgrade to help, but 'Norms' like Noa must succeed on their ow...
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The Keeper
- David Baldacci
- Pan Macmillan
- ISBN13: 9781447288299
- Published: 10-09-2015
David Baldacci is back with The Keeper, the follow up to his instant #1 global bestseller and award-winning YA fantasy debut The Finisher. Vega Jane was always told no one could leave the town of Wormwood. She was told there was nothing outside but the Quag, a wilderness filled with dan...
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Elspeth Hart and the Perilous Voyage
- Sarah Forbes, James Brown
- Little Tiger Press Group
- ISBN13: 9781847156082
- Published: 10-09-2015
Elspeth Hart and the Perilous Voyage is the second adventure featuring the fabulous Elspeth Hart, a modern heroine with doodles on her Converse trainers and unstoppable determination. Now she's finally free of the School for Show-offs, Elspeth is on a desperate mission to find her parent...
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What the Ladybird Heard Next
- Julia Donaldson, Lydia Monks
- Pan Macmillan
- ISBN13: 9781447275954
- Published: 10-09-2015
Once upon a farm lived a ladybird,And these are the things that she saw and heardThose crafty robbers Hefty Hugh and Lanky Len are out of jail, and they're heading back to the farm with another cunning plan to cause trouble. They've been stealing eggs from the fat red hen, bu...
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Gorilla Dawn
- Gill Lewis
- Oxford University Press
- ISBN13: 9780192739179
- Published: 03-09-2015
The thrilling, heartbreaking, and inspirational new story from award-winning storyteller Gill Lewis.Deep in the heart of the African jungle, a baby gorilla is captured by a group of rebel soldiers. Imara and Bobo are two children also imprisoned in the rebels' camp. When they learn that the go...
