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The Strongest Boy in the World
- Jessica Souhami
- Frances Lincoln Publishers Ltd
- ISBN13: 9781847804112
- Published: 01-02-2014
New in paperback. Kaito is stronger than all the other boys in his village. Because no one can beat him at wrestling, he sets off to the city to compete in the world-famous Sumo wrestling tournament. But on the way he meets a girl called Hana, who is even stronger. Hana offers to train Kaito -...
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Bird
- Crystal Chan
- Penguin Random House Children's UK
- ISBN13: 9781848531239
- Published: 30-01-2014
'Grandpa stopped speaking the day he killed my brother, John. His name was John until Grandpa said he looked more like a Bird with the way he kept jumping off things, and the name stuck. Bird's thick, black hair poked out in every direction, just like the head feathers of the blackbirds, Grand...
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The Dark Inside
- Rupert Wallis
- Simon & Schuster Ltd
- ISBN13: 9781471118913
- Published: 30-01-2014
\"Echoes of David Almond's Skelligin Wallis's beautifully written debut... Profound and moving\" The Financial Times\"Beautifully written in smooth, elegant prose... I felt utterly surrounded by the story as I read... I wanted it to go on forever.\"BookBag \"If you love...
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Fools' Gold
- Philippa Gregory
- Simon & Schuster Ltd
- ISBN13: 9780857077387
- Published: 30-01-2014
Luca Vero and his friends are plunged into the heady whirlwind of Venice, the world's busiest marketplace, where everything - and everyone - is for sale. Their mission from the Pope is no protection: this city has its own laws. Meanwhile, the Lady Isolde is in more danger than ever, and her fe...
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Baby Aliens Got My Teacher
- Pamela Butchart, illus Thomas Flintham
- Nosy Crow Ltd
- ISBN13: 9780857632371
- Published: 09-01-2014
One day Izzy and her friends are surprised to find that their teacher, Miss Jones, is actually being nice to them. This is the woman who was caught secretly smiling when Maisie Miller fell off her chair. There can only be one conclusion: she's been taken over by aliens, and now she wants to ma...
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Leopold Blue
- Rosie Rowell
- Hot Key Books
- ISBN13: 9781471401251
- Published: 02-01-2014
A tense and moving South African coming-of-age story about family, friendship and first romanceMeg Bergman is fifteen and fed up. She lives in a tiny town in rural 1990s South Africa - a hot-bed of traditionalism, racial tension and (in Meg's eyes) ordinariness. Meg has no friends either, due...
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The Midnight Zoo
- Sonya Hartnett, Andrea Offermann
- Walker Books Ltd
- ISBN13: 9781406329384
- Published: 02-01-2014
A brilliantly told magical story that questions what it means to be free.World War II, Eastern Europe: Tomas and his younger brother, Andrej, have fled their Romany encampment which has been besieged by the Germans; they carry Wilma, their baby sister, in a sack. In an abandoned, bombed-out to...
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My Brother's Shadow
- Tom Avery
- Andersen Press Ltd
- ISBN13: 9781849397827
- Published: 02-01-2014
My name is Kaia.I'm frozen because of what happened.I'm trapped because of what I saw.Can someone help me to grow again?Kaia is frozen when her brother dies, but can an unexpected friend help her to grow again?
