Books - Families

• Fleur Hitchcock
• Nosy Crow Ltd
• ISBN13: 9780857631503
• Published: 07-02-2013

All this time Scarlett's thought her dad was a thief, but years after his death a strange man turns up at the door and hands her a box, \"on her father's instructions\". Inside is a baffling series of clues that leads Scarlett and her friend, Ellie, on a wild, scary, often funny journey of dis...

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• R J Palacio
• Penguin Random House Children's UK
• ISBN13: 9780552565974
• Published: 03-01-2013

Now an Oscar nominated film starring Julia Roberts, Owen Wilson and Jacob Tremblay.'My name is August. I won't describe what I look like. Whatever you're thinking, it's probably worse.'Auggie wants to be an ordinary ten-year-old. He does ordinary things - eating ice cre...

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• Sally Gardner, Julian Crouch (Artist/Theatre Producer)
• Hot Key Books
• ISBN13: 9781471400445
• Published: 03-01-2013

A starkly original and heartbreaking tale of friendship and rebellionWinner of the Carnegie Medal and a 2012 Costa Award winner. Narrated against the backdrop of a ruthless regime determined to beat its enemies in the race to the moon, MAGGOT MOON is the stunning new novel from award-winning a...

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• Celia Bryce
• Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• ISBN13: 9781408827116
• Published: 03-01-2013

Megan Bright and Jackson Dawes are two teenagers who first meet each other on the hospital ward where they are both being treated for cancer. Megan is scared and worried about her illness, but Jackson seems to be an old hand, having been on the ward for ages. And everybody loves Jackson! He is...

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• John Green
• Penguin Random House Children's UK
• ISBN13: 9780141345659
• Published: 03-01-2013

I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, then all at once.Despite the tumour-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis.  But when a gorgeous plot twist named Augustus Wate...

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• Donna Jo Napoli, illus Christina Balit
• National Geographic Kids
• ISBN13: 9781426333927
• Published: 01-01-2013

The lyrical storytelling of award-winning author Donna Jo Napoli dramatizes the timeless tales of ancient Egypt. And just like the popular National Geographic Treasury of Greek Mythology, the stories in this book are beautifully illustrated to bring ancient characters vividly to life. The stor...

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• Gemma Malley
• Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• ISBN13: 9781408836880
• Published: 08-11-2012

Sixteen-year-old Anna should not have been born. It is the year 2140 and people can live for ever. No one wants another mouth to feed, so she lives in a Surplus Hall, where unwanted children go to learn valuable lessons . . . at least she wasn't put down at birth.One day, a new inm...

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• Marcus Sedgwick, Pete Williamson
• Hachette Children's Group
• ISBN13: 9781444004861
• Published: 01-11-2012

Saving the world isn't going very well for Elf Girl and Raven Boy. They've left Fright Forest and crossed a huge plain to the worryingly named Monster Mountains, where they find a sign telling them to Turn Back. They really shouldn't have ignored it! It's not the strange wailing noises they he...

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