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The Red Pyramid (The Kane Chronicles Book 1)
- Rick Riordan
- Penguin Random House Children's UK
- ISBN13: 9780141325507
- Published: 05-05-2011
The Red Pyramid: the first book in Rick Riordan's The Kane Chronicles.Percy Jackson fought Greek Gods. Now the Gods of Egypt are waking in the modern world...'I GUESS IT STARTED THE NIGHT OUR DAD BLEW UP THE BRITISH MUSEUM . . .'CARTER AND SADIE KANE'S dad i...
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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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The Amulet of Samarkand
- Jonathan Stroud
- Corgi Books
- ISBN13: 9780552562799
- Published: 02-09-2010
The Amulet of Samarkand is the first title in the New York Times bestselling Bartimaeus series by Jonathan Stroud, author of Lockwood & Co. - a global No.1 show on Netflix.When a young magician's apprentice secretly summons an irascible 5,000 year old djinni to do his bidding,...
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Whisper My Name
- Jane Eagland
- Pan Macmillan
- ISBN13: 9780330511391
- Published: 06-08-2010
Since she was twelve, Meriel Garland has lived with her grandfather in London, exiled from her beloved India following the death of her mother. Now sixteen, Meriel chafes against the strict regime of tests and study that her grandfather imposes on her. Escaping, she discovers a world outside h...
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Heroes of the Valley
- Jonathan Stroud
- Corgi Books
- ISBN13: 9780552557931
- Published: 01-04-2010
Listen then, and I'll tell you again of the Battle of the Rock. But none of your usual wriggling, or I'll stop before I've begun . . .Halli loves the old stories from when the valley was a wild and dangerous place - when the twelve legendary heroes stood together to defeat the anci...
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The Graveyard Book
- Neil Gaiman, Chris Riddell
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- ISBN13: 9780747594802
- Published: 05-10-2009
When a baby escapes a murderer intent on killing the entire family, who would have thought it would find safety and security in the local graveyard? Brought up by the resident ghosts, ghouls and spectres, Bod has an eccentric childhood learning about life from the dead. But for Bod there is al...
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Skellig
- David Almond
- Hachette Children's Group
- ISBN13: 9780340997048
- Published: 19-03-2009
When a move to a new house coincides with his baby sister's illness, Michael's world seems suddenly lonely and uncertain. Then, one Sunday afternoon, he stumbles into the old, ramshackle garage of his new home, and finds something magical. A strange creature - part owl, part angel,...
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The Spook's Apprentice
- Joseph Delaney
- Penguin Random House Children's UK
- ISBN13: 9781862308534
- Published: 05-03-2009
'Someone has to stand against the dark. And you're the only one who can.' For years, the local Spook has been keeping the County safe from evil. Now his time is coming to an end, but who will take over? Many apprentices have tried ...Some floundered, some fled, some failed to stay alive. Just...
