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The Dark Inside
- Rupert Wallis
- Simon & Schuster Ltd
- ISBN13: 9781471118913
- Published: 30-01-2014
\"Echoes of David Almond's Skelligin Wallis's beautifully written debut... Profound and moving\" The Financial Times\"Beautifully written in smooth, elegant prose... I felt utterly surrounded by the story as I read... I wanted it to go on forever.\"BookBag \"If you love...
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Fools' Gold
- Philippa Gregory
- Simon & Schuster Ltd
- ISBN13: 9780857077387
- Published: 30-01-2014
Luca Vero and his friends are plunged into the heady whirlwind of Venice, the world's busiest marketplace, where everything - and everyone - is for sale. Their mission from the Pope is no protection: this city has its own laws. Meanwhile, the Lady Isolde is in more danger than ever, and her fe...
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Baby Aliens Got My Teacher
- Pamela Butchart, illus Thomas Flintham
- Nosy Crow Ltd
- ISBN13: 9780857632371
- Published: 09-01-2014
One day Izzy and her friends are surprised to find that their teacher, Miss Jones, is actually being nice to them. This is the woman who was caught secretly smiling when Maisie Miller fell off her chair. There can only be one conclusion: she's been taken over by aliens, and now she wants to ma...
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Leopold Blue
- Rosie Rowell
- Hot Key Books
- ISBN13: 9781471401251
- Published: 02-01-2014
A tense and moving South African coming-of-age story about family, friendship and first romanceMeg Bergman is fifteen and fed up. She lives in a tiny town in rural 1990s South Africa - a hot-bed of traditionalism, racial tension and (in Meg's eyes) ordinariness. Meg has no friends either, due...
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The Midnight Zoo
- Sonya Hartnett, Andrea Offermann
- Walker Books Ltd
- ISBN13: 9781406329384
- Published: 02-01-2014
A brilliantly told magical story that questions what it means to be free.World War II, Eastern Europe: Tomas and his younger brother, Andrej, have fled their Romany encampment which has been besieged by the Germans; they carry Wilma, their baby sister, in a sack. In an abandoned, bombed-out to...
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My Brother's Shadow
- Tom Avery
- Andersen Press Ltd
- ISBN13: 9781849397827
- Published: 02-01-2014
My name is Kaia.I'm frozen because of what happened.I'm trapped because of what I saw.Can someone help me to grow again?Kaia is frozen when her brother dies, but can an unexpected friend help her to grow again?
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The Name On Your Wrist
- Helen Hiorns
- Penguin Random House Children's UK
- ISBN13: 9780552569521
- Published: 02-01-2014
It's the first thing they teach you when you start school. But they don't need to; your parents tell you when you're first learning how to say your name. It's drummed into you whilst you're taking your first stumbling steps. It's your lullaby. From the moment it first appears, you don't tell a...
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Extra Yarn
- Mac Barnett, Jon Klassen
- Walker Books Ltd
- ISBN13: 9781406352481
- Published: 02-01-2014
The multiple award-winning, bestselling team of Mac Barnett and Jon Klassen tell an extraordinary tale about a little girl who cocoons her cold, grey town in joy and warmth ... and brightly coloured yarn!From the award-winning team behind Sam and Dave Dig a Hole, and illustrated by...
