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How to Look for a Lost Dog
- Ann M Martin
- Usborne Publishing Ltd
- ISBN13: 9781474906470
- Published: 01-01-2016
11-year-old Rose is autistic and struggles to understand her classmates. But when her father gives her a stray dog, which she names Rain, the dog becomes her best friend, her anchor in a confusing world. So when Rain goes missing during a storm, Rose refuses to stop looking for him...A touchin...
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A River
- Marc Martin
- Templar Publishing
- ISBN13: 9781783704330
- Published: 01-01-2016
A beautiful geographical story with lush landscapes and poetic text from an award-winning Australian illustrator. A River follows on from Marc Martin's incredible A Forest - winner of the 2013 Crichton Children's Illustration Award. There is a river outside my window. Where will it take...
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The Butterfly Club
- Jacqueline Wilson, Nick Sharratt
- Penguin Random House Children's UK
- ISBN13: 9780552569934
- Published: 31-12-2015
Tina is a triplet, but she's always been the odd one out. Her sisters Phil and Maddie are bigger and stronger and better at just about everything. Luckily, they look after teeny-tiny Tina wherever they go - but when the girls start in scary, super-strict Miss Lovejoy's class, they're split up,...
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Blue and Bertie
- Kristyna Litten
- Simon & Schuster Ltd
- ISBN13: 9781471123740
- Published: 31-12-2015
Bertie the giraffe's life runs over very straight lines. He always has the same breakfast. He always takes the same stroll. He always takes his nap under the same tree. But then, one day, Bertie oversleeps and is left behind by the rest of his herd, and his life begins to take some very unexpe...
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Confessions of an Imaginary Friend
- Michelle Cuevas
- Simon & Schuster Ltd
- ISBN13: 9781471145506
- Published: 31-12-2015
Jacques Papier thinks that everyone hates him. After all, teachers ignore him when he raises his hand in class, nobody ever picks him for sports teams, and his sister, Fleur, keeps having to remind their parents to set a place for him at the dinner table. But then Jacques discovers an uncomfor...
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Orbiting Jupiter
- Gary D. Schmidt
- Andersen Press Ltd
- ISBN13: 9781783443949
- Published: 31-12-2015
A heartbreaking story, narrated by twelve-year-old Jack, whose family is caring for fourteen-year-old Joseph. Joseph is misunderstood. He was incarcerated for trying to kill a teacher. Or so the rumours say. But Jack and his family see something others in town don't want to.What's more, Joseph...
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Time Travelling with a Hamster
- Ross Welford
- HarperCollins Publishers
- ISBN13: 9780008156312
- Published: 31-12-2015
For readers who loved Wonder and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time this extraordinary debut will make you laugh and cry. A story that crosses time and generations, for adventure-loving readers young and old. "My dad died twice. Once when he was thirty nine and again fou...
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Boy 23
- Jim Carrington
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- ISBN13: 9781408822777
- Published: 19-11-2015
Boy 23 isn't in My Place any more. He can't see The Screen, he can't hear The Voice. Boy 23 is alone. One dark night, Boy 23 is thrown in the back of the van and driven out of My Place - the only home he has ever known. He is abandoned in a forest with a rucksack containing the bare essentials...
