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Gone
- Michael Grant
- Egmont UK Ltd
- ISBN13: 9781405242356
- Published: 01-10-2010
Suddenly there are no adults, no answers. What would you do? In the blink of an eye, the world changes. The adults vanish without a trace, and those left must do all they can to survive. But everyone's idea of survival is different. Some look after themselves, some look after others, and some...
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Olivia Goes to Venice
- Ian Falconer
- Simon & Schuster Ltd
- ISBN13: 9781847388353
- Published: 01-10-2010
In her latest adventure, Olivia, everyone's favourite little pig, is off the Venice, the place of fine art, carnival and gondolas for a family holiday to remember. With her very own discerning eye for style, Olivia takes the beautiful city of Venice by storm. From dodging pigeons in the Piazza...
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Rabbit Stew And A Penny Or Two: A Gypsy Family's Hard and Happy Times on the Road in the 1950s
- Maggie Smith-Bendell
- Little, Brown Book Group
- ISBN13: 9780349123615
- Published: 16-09-2010
Born on a Somerset pea-field in 1941, the second of eight children in a Romani family, Maggie Smith-Bendell has lived through the years of greatest change in the travelling community's long history. As a child, Maggie rode and slept in a horse-drawn wagon, picked hops and flowers, and sat besi...
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Reckless
- Cornelia Funke
- Chicken House Ltd
- ISBN13: 9781905294855
- Published: 14-09-2010
For the first time in his life, Jacob Reckless is afraid. For years he's stolen across to another world. A dark enchanted place he's loved for its treasure, secrets and dangers. Until now. Will, his younger brother, has followed him with terrible consequences: the boy will turn to beast; the g...
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Wuthering Heights
- Emily Bronte
- Oxford University Press
- ISBN13: 9780198329862
- Published: 02-09-2010
Rollercoasters are popular with boys, girls and mixed-ability classes. Valued for their durable and accessible format, this student-friendly edition revitalises Bronte's enduring classic.
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Mortal Coil (Skulduggery Pleasant, Book 5)
- Derek Landy
- HarperCollins Publishers
- ISBN13: 9780007325986
- Published: 02-09-2010
Following the shocking revelations of DARK DAYS, get ready for the fifth instalment of the bestselling Skulduggery Pleasant series - guaranteed to contain at least 40% humour, 50% action, and 100% thrills... \"The blonde girl with the black lips turned to Valkyrie. 'We know,' she said....
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Scat
- Carl Hiaasen
- Hachette Children's Group
- ISBN13: 9781444000597
- Published: 02-09-2010
From Newbery Honoree Carl Hiaasen comes this New York Times bestseller in which an eccentric eco-avenger, a stuffed rat named Chelsea, a wannabe Texas oilman, and an angry panther can't stop two kids on a mission to find their missing teacher!When Mrs Starch, the most feared biolog...
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Trash
- Andy Mulligan
- Penguin Random House Children's UK
- ISBN13: 9780385619011
- Published: 02-09-2010
Raphael is a dumpsite boy. He spends his days wading through mountains of steaming trash, sifting it, sorting it, breathing it, sleeping next to it. Then one unlucky-lucky day, Raphael's world turns upside down. A small leather bag falls into his hands. It's a bag of clues. It's a bag of hope....
