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The Snow Bear
- Holly Webb
- Little Tiger Press Group
- ISBN13: 9781847153296
- Published: 06-10-2014
As the snow begins to fall just days before Christmas, Grandad helps Sara build an igloo in the garden with a small snow bear to watch over it. And when Sara wakes in the middle of the night, it looks very different outside. She sets out on an enchanted journey through a world of ice, but will...
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Lies We Tell Ourselves: Winner of the 2016 Inaugural Amnesty Honour
- Robin Talley
- HarperCollins Publishers
- ISBN13: 9781848452923
- Published: 03-10-2014
***SHORTLISTED FOR THE CARNEGIE MEDAL 2016*** ***WINNER OF THE INAUGURAL AMNESTY CILIP HONOUR 2016*** Lie #1: I'm not afraid Lie #2: I'm sure I'm doing the right thing Lie #3: I don't care what they think of me It's...
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The World of Norm: Must Be Washed Separately: Book 7
- Jonathan Meres
- Hachette Children's Group
- ISBN13: 9781408329511
- Published: 02-10-2014
The seventh hilarious title in the award-winning, laugh-out-loud series, The World of Norm. Perfect for fans of Tom Gates and Diary of a Wimpy Kid.Norm knew it was going to be one of those days when he was woken by the sound of an elephant breaking wind in the next room... N...
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Something About a Bear
- Jackie Morris
- Frances Lincoln Publishers Ltd
- ISBN13: 9781847805164
- Published: 02-10-2014
Where the water churns with salmon, thick and rich with leaping fishes, there the brown bear stands and catches the wild king of the river. With stunning watercolour paintings, this lyrical picture book - shortlisted for the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal - describes eight bears fr...
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The Rising
- Tom Moorhouse
- Oxford University Press
- ISBN13: 9780192734822
- Published: 02-10-2014
'I came here to warn you. Before it's too late.' When their uncle Sylvan pays an unexpected visit, young water voles Kale and Strife know something exciting must be about to happen. Little do they know that soon they'll be running for their lives, as a new danger threatens to destroy everythin...
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The Ghosts of Heaven: shortlisted for the CILIP Carnegie Medal 2016
- Marcus Sedgwick
- Hachette Children's Group
- ISBN13: 9781780621982
- Published: 02-10-2014
A cleverly interlinked novel written in four parts by PRINTZ AWARD-winning author, Marcus Sedgwick, about survival and discovery, and about the effect of the spiral, a symbol that has no end, on all our lives. The spiral has existed as long as time has existed. It's there when a girl walks thr...
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The Wrong Side of the Galaxy: Book 1
- Jamie Thomson
- Hachette Children's Group
- ISBN13: 9781408330265
- Published: 02-10-2014
Abducted by aliens, Harry wakes up on his birthday marooned on a spaceship. His only companions: two freaky princess clones, a weird alien-fish-kangaroo hybrid with delusions of grandeur and a ship's computer with a serious attitude problem. It's the worst birthday ever. How is he ever...
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The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender
- Leslye Walton
- Walker Books Ltd
- ISBN13: 9781406357738
- Published: 02-10-2014
A mesmerizing, lyrical tale of the bright and dark sides of love and desire. First-time author Leslye Walton has constructed a layered and unforgettable mythology that \"follows Ava Lavender's discovery of her one-of-a-kind self\" (Teen Vogue).Shortlisted for the 2015 Waterstone's...
