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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...
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Breathe
- Sarah Crossan
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- ISBN13: 9781408827192
- Published: 11-10-2012
'Mad Max for the eco-generation' - Love Reading 4 Kids. 'The all-action plot and the hinted-at romantic triangle will keep the reader's interest to the end' - Irish Examiner. When oxygen levels plunge in a treeless world, a state lottery decides which lucky few will live inside the Pod...
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The Prince Who Walked With Lions
- Elizabeth Laird
- Pan Macmillan
- ISBN13: 9780330530392
- Published: 08-10-2012
The British Army is circling the stronghold of the King of Abyssinia. Its mission is to rescue the British Envoy, held prisoner. Watching with terror and awe is the king's young son, Alamayu. He knows that his father is as brave as a lion, but the fighting is cruel and efficient. By the time i...
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A World Between Us
- Lydia Syson, Jan Bielecki
- Hot Key Books
- ISBN13: 9781471400094
- Published: 04-10-2012
An epic romance set against the backdrop of the Spanish Civil WarSpain, 1936. Felix, a spirited young nurse, has travelled to Spain to help the cause of the Republicans in the Spanish Civil War. But she is also following Nat, a passionate young man who has joined the International Brigades fig...
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Liar and Spy
- Rebecca Stead
- Andersen Press Ltd
- ISBN13: 9781849395076
- Published: 04-10-2012
This title is the winner of the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize and was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal. Georges (the s is silent) has a lot going on. He's having trouble with some boys at school, his dad lost his job and so his mum has started working all the time - and they have to sell...
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Ghost Knight
- Cornelia Funke, Dynamo Ltd
- Hachette Children's Group
- ISBN13: 9781444008234
- Published: 04-10-2012
Eleven-year-old Jon Whitcroft never expected to enjoy boarding school. He never expected to be confronted by a pack of vengeful ghosts either. And then he meets Ella, a quirky new friend with a taste for adventure...Together, Jon and Ella must work to uncover the secrets of a centuries-old mur...
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Sir Charlie Stinky Socks and the Tale of Two Treasures
- Kristina Stephenson
- Egmont UK Ltd
- ISBN13: 9781405253994
- Published: 01-10-2012
The best-selling children's picture book about one brave knight and a whole lot of adventure. And so begins the next adventure - an adventure in which Sir Charlie Stinky Socks embarks on a truly terrifying quest to bring back long, lost treasure. Following a musty, dusty map Sir Charlie...
