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Helen Peters
Anna at War

Author HELEN PETERS tells us about her new book, ANNA AT WAR, about a child who is forced to leave...

'Little Rebels' award winner

Author Catherine Johnson has won the 2019 Little Rebels Award for Radical...

Return to BAD MERMAIDS

Return to a world of water-witch potions, telephone fish and talking seahorses...

Katherine Rundell
The Good Thieves

Vita Marlowe's beloved grandfather has been cheated out of his home and...

Stewart Foster
Check Mates

I must say... this is one of my favourite books ever! The way it is (...

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