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The Fault in Our Stars
- John Green
- Penguin Random House Children's UK
- ISBN13: 9780141345659
- Published: 03-01-2013
I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, then all at once.Despite the tumour-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a gorgeous plot twist named Augustus Wate...
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Treasury Of Egyptian Mythology: Classic Stories of Gods, Goddesses, Monsters & Mortals
- Donna Jo Napoli, illus Christina Balit
- National Geographic Kids
- ISBN13: 9781426333927
- Published: 01-01-2013
The lyrical storytelling of award-winning author Donna Jo Napoli dramatizes the timeless tales of ancient Egypt. And just like the popular National Geographic Treasury of Greek Mythology, the stories in this book are beautifully illustrated to bring ancient characters vividly to life. The stor...
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The Declaration
- Gemma Malley
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- ISBN13: 9781408836880
- Published: 08-11-2012
Sixteen-year-old Anna should not have been born. It is the year 2140 and people can live for ever. No one wants another mouth to feed, so she lives in a Surplus Hall, where unwanted children go to learn valuable lessons . . . at least she wasn't put down at birth.One day, a new inm...
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Elf Girl and Raven Boy: Monster Mountains: Book 2
- Marcus Sedgwick, Pete Williamson
- Hachette Children's Group
- ISBN13: 9781444004861
- Published: 01-11-2012
Saving the world isn't going very well for Elf Girl and Raven Boy. They've left Fright Forest and crossed a huge plain to the worryingly named Monster Mountains, where they find a sign telling them to Turn Back. They really shouldn't have ignored it! It's not the strange wailing noises they he...
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Stories from Ancient Egypt
- Joyce A. Tyldesley, Julian Heath
- Oxbow Books
- ISBN13: 9781842175057
- Published: 31-10-2012
Some of the most interesting and entertaining myths and legends from Ancient Egypt are given a lively re-telling by Joyce Tyldesley. These include stories about the gods, such as The Creation of the World, Hathor and the Red Beer, and the myths about Osiris, Isis and Horus. Fairy stories and i...
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Time Between Us
- Tamara Ireland Stone
- Penguin Random House Children's UK
- ISBN13: 9780857531155
- Published: 25-10-2012
Anna and Bennett were never supposed to meet. Why would they? Anna is sixteen in 1995, fiercely determined to leave her quiet town and finally travel the world. Bennett's seventeen in 2012, living in San Francisco and trying to control his ability to travel through time - an incredible gift, b...
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The Journey Home
- Frann Preston-Gannon
- HarperCollins Publishers
- ISBN13: 9781843652090
- Published: 15-10-2012
"A thought-provoking story with a powerful message about conservation" The Guardian The ice is melting so Polar Bear sets off in search of a new home. Join him on his adventures across the seas and discover the many friends he meets along the way. This beautifully i...
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Pigeon English
- Stephen Kelman
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- ISBN13: 9781408828205
- Published: 11-10-2012
Newly arrived from Ghana with his mother and older sister, Harrison Opoku lives on the ninth floor of a block of flats on a London housing estate. The (second) best runner in the whole of Year 7, Harri races through his new life in his personalised trainers - the Adidas stripes drawn on in mar...
