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The Kitten Nobody Wanted
- Holly Webb, Sophy Williams
- Little Tiger Press Group
- ISBN13: 9781847151971
- Published: 05-09-2011
Mia can't get over her pet cat Sandy's death, and can't ever imagine replacing him. Over the Christmas holidays, she gets to play with her friend's cat's kittens. Then Mia's parents surprise her by saying she can have the last kitten, Whiskers. But although Mia loves him, she feels guilty abou...
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Excellent Excuses (And Other Good Stuff)
- Liz Pichon
- Scholastic
- ISBN13: 9781407124407
- Published: 01-09-2011
\"No school for two whole weeks! (Yeah!) I can forget ALL about lessons (and irritating things like Marcus Meldrew). And concentrate on good stuff like: inventing new ways to annoy my sister Delia. (So many). Band practice for DOGZOMBIES (with my mate Derek). Watching TV and eating caramel waf...
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Fury
- Elizabeth Miles
- Simon & Schuster Ltd
- ISBN13: 9780857071996
- Published: 01-09-2011
In book one of the Fury trilogy, Em Winters and Chase Singer discover that a little guilt isn't the only consequence of doing wrong. After Em hooks up with her best friend's boyfriend and Chase's secret harassment of a social outcast spirals out of control, three mysterious Furies-paranormal c...
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Kill All Enemies
- Melvin Burgess
- Penguin Random House Children's UK
- ISBN13: 9780141335643
- Published: 01-09-2011
Everyone says fourteen-year-old BILLIE is nothing but trouble. A fighter. A danger to her family and friends.But her care worker sees someone different. Her classmate ROB is big, strong; he can take care of himself and his brother.But his violent stepdad sees someone to...
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Soul Beach: Book 1
- Kate Harrison
- Hachette Children's Group
- ISBN13: 9781780620060
- Published: 01-09-2011
When Alice Forster receives an email from her dead sister she assumes it must be a sick practical joke. Then an invitation arrives to the virtual world of Soul Beach, an idyllic online paradise of sun, sea and sand where Alice can finally talk to her sister again - and discover a new world of...
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Greyhound of a Girl
- Roddy Doyle
- Scholastic
- ISBN13: 9781407129334
- Published: 01-09-2011
The best-ever children's novel from the brilliant Roddy Doyle is a funny, sad story about four generations of a family. 12 year old Mary O'Hara's beloved, joke-cracking grandmother is near the end of her life. Letting go is hard - until a mysterious young woman appears at Mary's door. She is t...
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Unforgotten Coat, The
- Cottrell Boyce Frank
- Walker Books Ltd
- ISBN13: 9781406333855
- Published: 01-09-2011
This is a stunning magical story of a summer of friendship with darker undertones of refugees. Two refugee brothers from Mongolia are determined to fit in with their Liverpool schoolmates, but bring so much of Mongolia to Bootle that their new friend and guide, Julie, is hard-pressed to know t...
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Haunted
- Susan Cooper, Joseph Delaney, Berlie Doherty, Jamila Gavin, Matt Haig, Robin Jarvis, Derek Landy, Sam Llewellyn, Mal Peet, Philip Reeve
- Andersen Press Ltd
- ISBN13: 9781849393218
- Published: 01-09-2011
Derek Landy, Philip Reeve, Joseph Delaney, Susan Cooper, Eleanor Updale, Jamila Gavin, Mal Peet, Matt Haig, Berlie Doherty, Robin Jarvis and Sam Llewellyn have come together to bring you eleven ghost stories: from a ghost walk around York; to a drowned boy, who's determined to find someone to...
