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  • Blood Ties

    Blood Ties

    • Sophie McKenzie
    • Simon & Schuster Ltd
    • ISBN13: 9781847382757
    • Published: 07-07-2008

    When Theo discovers the father he thought died when he was a baby is still alive, he's determined to find him. The clues lead him to lonely Rachel, who has problems of her own, including parents who compare her unfavourably to her long-dead sister. But when Rachel and Theo are attacked by men...

  • Diary Of A Wimpy Kid (Book 1)

    Diary Of A Wimpy Kid (Book 1)

    • Jeff Kinney
    • Penguin Random House Children's UK
    • ISBN13: 9780141324906
    • Published: 03-07-2008

    THE ONE WHERE IT ALL BEGINS! The first book in the global phenomenon from #1 international bestselling author Jeff Kinney - 250 million copies of the series sold worldwide! 'Let me get something straight: this is a JOURNAL not a diary... The other thing I want to clear...

  • Cosmic

    Cosmic

    • Frank Cottrell Boyce, Steven Lenton
    • Pan Macmillan
    • ISBN13: 9781405054645
    • Published: 06-06-2008

    Liam is too big for his boots. And his football strip. And his school blazer. But being super-sized height-wise has its advantages: he's the only eleven-year-old to ever ride the G-force defying Cosmic rollercoaster - or be offered the chance to drive a Porsche. Long-legged Liam makes a giant...

  • Butterfly Meadow: #4 Skipper to the Rescue

    Butterfly Meadow: #4 Skipper to the Rescue

    • Olivia Moss, Sam Chaffey
    • Scholastic
    • ISBN13: 9781407106571
    • Published: 02-06-2008

    A terrible thunderstorm strikes Butterfly Meadow! The friends are all flying for cover when Skipper spots a tiny new butterfly struggling to get out of her cocoon. What can Skipper do to help?

  • Finding Violet Park

    Finding Violet Park

    • Jenny Valentine
    • HarperCollins Publishers
    • ISBN13: 9780007291243
    • Published: 02-06-2008

    A stunning new look for Jenny Valentine's debut novel, winner of the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize The mini cab office was up a cobbled mews with little flat houses either side. That's where I first met Violet Park, what was left of her. There was a healing centre next door, a prett...

  • The Name of This Book is Secret

    The Name of This Book is Secret

    • Pseudonymous Bosch
    • Usborne Publishing Ltd
    • ISBN13: 9780746090923
    • Published: 30-05-2008

    Quirky, original and hugely entertaining, this is a debut novel of fantastical proportions from a talented new voice in children's fiction.When intrepid investigators Cass and Max-Ernest set out to discover the history of the mysterious Symphony of Smells, they become embroiled in a dastardly...

  • The Deep

    The Deep

    • Helen Dunmore
    • HarperCollins Publishers
    • ISBN13: 9780007204922
    • Published: 05-05-2008

    The third spellbinding story about Sapphy and Conor's adventures in the powerful and dangerous underwater world of Ingo. A devastating flood has torn through the worlds of Air and Ingo, and now, deep in the ocean, a monster is stirring. Mer legend says that only those with dual blood -...

  • Chaos Walking Bk 1: The Knife Of Never L

    Chaos Walking Bk 1: The Knife Of Never L

    • Ness Patrick
    • Walker Books Ltd
    • ISBN13: 9781406310252
    • Published: 05-05-2008

    This is an unflinching novel about the impossible choices of growing up, by an award-winning writer.Imagine you're the only boy in a town of men. And you can hear everything they think. And they can hear everything you think. Imagine you don't fit in with their plans...Todd Hewitt is just one...