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  • Lottie Biggs is (Not) Tragic

    Lottie Biggs is (Not) Tragic

    • Hayley Long
    • Pan Macmillan
    • ISBN13: 9780330523011
    • Published: 05-08-2011

    Just when things were starting to look up for Lottie her life's gone a bit pear-shaped, wonk-ways and downside up again. Her mum's all soppy over a bloke with a horrible shemo* daughter, her best pal Goose has disappeared in a cloud of nerd-gas and Lottie's in the midst of an existential crisi...

  • A Riley Bloom Novel: Shimmer

    A Riley Bloom Novel: Shimmer

    • Alyson Noel
    • Pan Macmillan
    • ISBN13: 9780330530385
    • Published: 05-08-2011

    Having solved the matter of the Radiant Boy, Riley, Buttercup, and Bodhi are enjoying a little time-off. But then Riley encounters a young ghost named Rebecca. Despite Rebecca's sweet appearance, Riley soon learns she's not at all what she seems. As the daughter of a former plantation owner, R...

  • Green Line

    Green Line

    • Polly Farquharson
    • Frances Lincoln Publishers Ltd
    • ISBN13: 9781847802590
    • Published: 04-08-2011

    Join in on a joyous walk to the park with this child's-eye photographic exploration extravaganza. Cleverly never showing the child narrator, the reader follows the narrator's green doodle line as she investigates a stick, a butterfly, a feather, a daisy chain and other features, as well as cro...

  • Anna Hibiscus' Song

    Anna Hibiscus' Song

    • Atinuke, Lauren Tobia
    • Walker Books Ltd
    • ISBN13: 9781406318333
    • Published: 04-08-2011

    A beautiful, vibrant story, with rich colours and words that sing right off the page.This is the first picture book featuring Anna Hibiscus and she is very happy in it! So happy, in fact, that she can't quite decide what to do with herself!! So she turns to her grandparents, her aunties, her c...

  • The Day Louis Got Eaten

    The Day Louis Got Eaten

    • John Fardell
    • Andersen Press Ltd
    • ISBN13: 9781849390156
    • Published: 04-08-2011

    When Louis gets eaten up by a Gulper, his big sister Sarah knows she has to act fast, and sets off in hot pursuit. But rescuing a boy from a Gulper's tummy isn't so simple - especially when other strange and scary creatures are looking for their dinner too. . .

  • The Maze Runner

    The Maze Runner

    • James Dashner
    • Chicken House Ltd
    • ISBN13: 9781908435132
    • Published: 04-08-2011

    The first book in the New York Times bestselling Maze Runner series - now a series of major motion pictures starring Dylan O'Brien!SEE THE FILMS. READ THE BOOKS. ENTER THE MAZE ... When the doors of the lift crank open, the only thing Thomas remembers is his first name. But he's not alone. He'...

  • The Truth about Celia Frost

    The Truth about Celia Frost

    • Paula Rawsthorne
    • Usborne Publishing Ltd
    • ISBN13: 9781409531098
    • Published: 01-08-2011

    Celia Frost is a freak. At least that's what everyone thinks. Her life is ruled by a rare disorder that means she could bleed to death from the slightest cut, confining her to a gloomy bubble of safetyA\". No friends. No fun. No life. But when a knife attack on Celia has unexpected consequence...

  • Stitch Head  (Stitch Head 1)

    Stitch Head (Stitch Head 1)

    • Guy Bass, illus Pete Williamson
    • Little Tiger Press
    • ISBN13: 9781847151834
    • Published: 01-08-2011

    Enter the darkly funny world of Stitch Head, as he steps out of the shadows into the adventure of an almost-lifetime…   Deep in the maze-like dungeons of Castle Grotteskew, insane Professor Erasmus created Stitch Head, a small, almost-human creature. His experiments continued, filling the cast...