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The Brilliant World of Tom Gates
- Liz Pichon
- Scholastic
- ISBN13: 9781407120690
- Published: 04-04-2011
The first book in the bestselling Tom Gates series of books from the brilliantly talented Liz Pichon. Tom Gates is the master of excuses for late homework: dog attacks - spilt water - lightning... Tom's exercise book is full of his doodles, cartoons and thoughts, as well as comments from his l...
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Run Rabbit Run
- Barbara Mitchelhill
- Andersen Press Ltd
- ISBN13: 9781849392495
- Published: 04-03-2011
When Lizzie's dad refuses to fight in the Second World War, the police come looking to arrest him. Desperate to stay together, Lizzie and her brother Freddie go on the run with him, hiding from the police in idyllic Whiteway. But when their past catches up with them, they're forced to leave an...
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The Dead-Tossed Waves
- Carrie Ryan
- Orion Publishing Co
- ISBN13: 9780575090927
- Published: 03-03-2011
Carrie Ryan's sensational new novel reveals more of the secrets of the world after the return of the Unconsecrated and introduces a new heroine who must tangle with her mother's secrets. Gabry lives a quiet life, secure in her town next to the sea and behind the Barrier. She's content t...
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Everybody Jam
- Ali Lewis
- Andersen Press Ltd
- ISBN13: 9781849392488
- Published: 03-03-2011
Danny Dawson lives in the middle of the Australian outback. His older brother Jonny was killed in an accident last year but no-one ever talks about it.And now it's time for the annual muster. The biggest event of the year on the cattle station, and a time to sort the men from the boys. But thi...
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My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece
- Annabel Pitcher
- Hachette Children's Group
- ISBN13: 9781444001839
- Published: 01-03-2011
Ten-year-old Jamie Matthews has just moved to the Lake District with his Dad and his teenage sister, Jasmine for a 'Fresh New Start'. Five years ago his sister's twin, Rose, was blown up by a terrorist bomb. His parents are wrecked by their grief, Jasmine turns to piercing, pink hair and stops...
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The Odd Egg
- Emily Gravett
- Pan Macmillan
- ISBN13: 9780230750487
- Published: 04-02-2011
All the birds have eggs to hatch. All except Duck. When Duck is delighted to find an egg of his own to look after: it's the most beautiful egg in the whole world! But all the other birds think it's a very odd egg indeed - and everyone's in for a big surprise when it finally hatches. Wit...
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Exodus
- Julie Bertagna
- Pan Macmillan
- ISBN13: 9780330399081
- Published: 04-02-2011
It is 2099 - and the world is gradually drowning, as mighty Arctic ice floes melt, the seas rise, and land disappears forever beneath storm-tossed waves. For 15-year-old Mara, her family and community, huddled on the fast-disappearing island of Wing, the new century brings flight. Packed into...
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Treason
- Berlie Doherty
- Andersen Press Ltd
- ISBN13: 9781849391214
- Published: 03-02-2011
Will Montague is a page to Prince Edward, son of King Henry VIII. As the King's favourite, Will gains many enemies in Court. His enemies convince the King that Will's father has committed treason and he is thrown into Newgate Prison. Will flees Hampton Court and goes into hiding in the back st...
