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Rose under Fire
- Elizabeth Wein
- Egmont UK Ltd
- ISBN13: 9781405265119
- Published: 03-06-2013
The thrilling story of one young ATA pilot's unforgettable journey through World War Two. This is Rose Under Fire. Rose Justice is a young American ATA pilot, delivering planes and taxiing pilots for the RAF in the UK during the summer of 1944. A budding poet who feels most alive while flying,...
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The Spider's Lair (Stitch Head 4)
- Guy Bass, Pete Williamson
- Little Tiger Press Group
- ISBN13: 9781847153777
- Published: 03-06-2013
Re-join Stitch Head, a mad professor's forgotten creation, as he steps out of the shadows into the adventure of an almost-lifetime... When Arabella lands up in the orphanage, Stitch Head leaves Grotteskew and its creatures behind and sets out on a daring rescue. But a far more gruesome...
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Brock
- Anthony McGowan, Staffan Gnosspelius
- Barrington Stoke Ltd
- ISBN13: 9781781122082
- Published: 01-06-2013
A bleakly poetic tale about one boy's determination to save a badger cub from the destructive hands of a local gang. When Nicky finds Jezbo and his gang digging up a badger set, there's not a lot he can do to save them. But one badger cub has escaped - can Nicky save it? Another stunning and m...
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Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam
- Tracey Corderoy, Steven Lenton
- Nosy Crow Ltd
- ISBN13: 9780857631466
- Published: 02-05-2013
Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam are two hapless robber dogs who decide on career change after one bungled burglary too many - proving that crime doesn't pay, but cupcakes certainly do!
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The Hit
- Melvin Burgess
- Chicken House Ltd
- ISBN13: 9781908435330
- Published: 04-04-2013
A new drug is out. Everyone is talking about it. Death. Take it, and you have one amazing week to live. It's the ultimate high. At the ultimate price. Adam is tempted. Life is rubbish; his girlfriend's over him, his brother's gone. So what's he got to lose? Everything as it turns out. It's up...
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Rooftoppers
- Katherine Rundell
- Faber & Faber
- ISBN13: 9780571280599
- Published: 07-03-2013
Winner of the Blue Peter Book Award and the Waterstones Children's Book Prize, and shortlisted for the CILIP Carnegie Medal. Proclaimed a classic in children's literature and compared to the likes of Roald Dahl and Eva Ibbotson, Katherine Rundell's Rooftoppers merges fantasy and historical fic...
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Gangsta Granny
- David Walliams, Tony Ross
- HarperCollins Publishers
- ISBN13: 9780007371464
- Published: 28-02-2013
Another hilarious and moving novel from David Walliams, number one bestseller and fastest growing children's author in the country. A story of prejudice and acceptance, funny lists and silly words, this new book has all the hallmarks of David's previous bestsellers. Our hero Ben...
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The Diamond Thief
- Sharon Gosling
- Curious Fox
- ISBN13: 9781782020134
- Published: 14-02-2013
No one performs on the circus trapeze like 16-year-old Remy Brunel. But Remy also leads another life, prowling through the backstreets of Victorian London as a jewel thief. When she is forced to steal one of the world's most valuable diamonds, she uncovers a world of treachery and fiendish plo...
