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• Jackson Pearce
• Hachette Children's Group
• ISBN13: 9781444900613
• Published: 03-05-2012

As a child, Gretchen's twin sister was taken by a witch-like monster in the woods. Ever since, Gretchen and her brother, Ansel, have felt the long branches of the witch's forest threatening to make them disappear, too. When their stepmother casts Gretchen and Ansel out as teens, they stumble u...

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• Tamara Macfarlane, Michael Fowkes
• Hachette Children's Group
• ISBN13: 9780340999912
• Published: 03-05-2012

Esme is seriously bored of all the work and practice her mother keeps insisting she does in order to perfect her circus performance. So when an idea forms in Esme's head of adding some fun animals to her performance, she knows just who to call ...her cousins at Maclinkey Castle who have all ma...

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• Anna Kemp, Sara Ogilvie
• Simon & Schuster Ltd
• ISBN13: 9781847388766
• Published: 26-04-2012

Once upon a time, in a tower near you,Lived a sad princess; the Princess Sue."Some day," she sighed, "my prince will come,But I wish he'd move his royal bum."But when Princess Sue's prince finally does arrive, he's not quite what she had in mind. Find out how the...

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• Rebecca Cobb
• Pan Macmillan
• ISBN13: 9780230749511
• Published: 12-04-2012

Written and illustrated by the talented and award-winning author-illustrator Rebecca Cobb, this extraordinary book deals with the loss of a parent from a child's point of view. Perfectly pitched text and evocative artwork explore the many emotions a bereaved child may experience, from anger to...

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• Helen Peters
• Nosy Crow Ltd
• ISBN13: 9780857630650
• Published: 05-04-2012

Beloved Waterstones Prize-shortlisted novel by Helen Peters about the ups and downs of running a family farm AND trying to stage a secret play in a secret hen house theatre! Since the death of her mother, Hannah's family life has been somewhat chaotic. Her father is absorbed by running...

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• Paul Howard
• Egmont UK Ltd
• ISBN13: 9781405249256
• Published: 02-04-2012

Meet Superfly, a new children's book superhero guaranteed to create a buzz around the playground. Home to millions of bugs, Bugville was a rotten, crime-ridden city that stank of stale underpants - that is until Superfly and Midge came to clean up the streets. But our heroes have their work cu...

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• Guy Bass, Pete Williamson
• Little Tiger Press Group
• ISBN13: 9781847152282
• Published: 02-04-2012

Re-join Stitch Head, a mad professor's forgotten creation, as he steps out of the shadows into the adventure of an almost-lifetime...  When Stitch Head sees his ice-blue eye for the very first time, he's convinced that it once belonged to the legendary pirate, Captain Flashpowder. Could it be...

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• Sufiya Ahmed
• Penguin Random House Children's UK
• ISBN13: 9780141339801
• Published: 01-03-2012

Sufiya Ahmed has recently written for the bestselling non-fiction anthology IT'S NOT ABOUT THE BURQA. Read her debut YA novel now!Life as Zeba knows it could be over for good . . .  Zeba Khan is like any other sixteen-year-old girl: enjoying herself, waiting for exam results . . ....

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