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  • Stories from Ancient Egypt

    Stories from Ancient Egypt

    • Joyce A. Tyldesley, Julian Heath
    • Oxbow Books
    • ISBN13: 9781842175057
    • Published: 31-10-2012

    Some of the most interesting and entertaining myths and legends from Ancient Egypt are given a lively re-telling by Joyce Tyldesley. These include stories about the gods, such as The Creation of the World, Hathor and the Red Beer, and the myths about Osiris, Isis and Horus. Fairy stories and i...

  • Time Between Us

    Time Between Us

    • Tamara Ireland Stone
    • Penguin Random House Children's UK
    • ISBN13: 9780857531155
    • Published: 25-10-2012

    Anna and Bennett were never supposed to meet. Why would they? Anna is sixteen in 1995, fiercely determined to leave her quiet town and finally travel the world. Bennett's seventeen in 2012, living in San Francisco and trying to control his ability to travel through time - an incredible gift, b...

  • The Journey Home

    The Journey Home

    • Frann Preston-Gannon
    • HarperCollins Publishers
    • ISBN13: 9781843652090
    • Published: 15-10-2012

    "A thought-provoking story with a powerful message about conservation" The Guardian  The ice is melting so Polar Bear sets off in search of a new home. Join him on his adventures across the seas and discover the many friends he meets along the way.  This beautifully i...

  • Pigeon English

    Pigeon English

    • Stephen Kelman
    • Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
    • ISBN13: 9781408828205
    • Published: 11-10-2012

    Newly arrived from Ghana with his mother and older sister, Harrison Opoku lives on the ninth floor of a block of flats on a London housing estate. The (second) best runner in the whole of Year 7, Harri races through his new life in his personalised trainers - the Adidas stripes drawn on in mar...

  • Breathe

    Breathe

    • Sarah Crossan
    • Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
    • ISBN13: 9781408827192
    • Published: 11-10-2012

    'Mad Max for the eco-generation' - Love Reading 4 Kids. 'The all-action plot and the hinted-at romantic triangle will keep the reader's interest to the end' - Irish Examiner.  When oxygen levels plunge in a treeless world, a state lottery decides which lucky few will live inside the Pod...

  • The Prince Who Walked With Lions

    The Prince Who Walked With Lions

    • Elizabeth Laird
    • Pan Macmillan
    • ISBN13: 9780330530392
    • Published: 08-10-2012

    The British Army is circling the stronghold of the King of Abyssinia. Its mission is to rescue the British Envoy, held prisoner. Watching with terror and awe is the king's young son, Alamayu. He knows that his father is as brave as a lion, but the fighting is cruel and efficient. By the time i...

  • A World Between Us

    A World Between Us

    • Lydia Syson, Jan Bielecki
    • Hot Key Books
    • ISBN13: 9781471400094
    • Published: 04-10-2012

    An epic romance set against the backdrop of the Spanish Civil WarSpain, 1936. Felix, a spirited young nurse, has travelled to Spain to help the cause of the Republicans in the Spanish Civil War. But she is also following Nat, a passionate young man who has joined the International Brigades fig...

  • Liar and Spy

    Liar and Spy

    • Rebecca Stead
    • Andersen Press Ltd
    • ISBN13: 9781849395076
    • Published: 04-10-2012

    This title is the winner of the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize and was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal. Georges (the s is silent) has a lot going on. He's having trouble with some boys at school, his dad lost his job and so his mum has started working all the time - and they have to sell...