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1) Ice monster
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Pub. Date
2018
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The 11th novel from No. 1 bestselling children?s author, David Walliams.
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Harper Element
Pub. Date
2014
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In Somebody Else?s Kids, four problem children are placed in Torey Hayden's class because nobody knew what else to do with them. They were a motley group of kids in great pain: a small boy who echoed other people's words and repeated the weather forecast; a beautiful seven-year-old girl brain damaged by savage parental beatings; an angry ten-year-old who had watched his stepmother murder his father; and a shy twelve-year-old who had been cast out...
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Pub. Date
2016
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Every fox in the whole town, in the whole country just about, is a football fan? And we all have an impossible dream.? In a cosy den under a garden shed lives a family of foxes. They love to watch football - all foxes do. But their favourite team keeps losing and losing, and it seems like things will never look up.That is, until Daddy Fox finds the ghost of a king, buried underneath a car park. A king who wishes only to be free.?Release me,? says...
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World War II Tales volume 2
Pub. Date
2015
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Stories of the Second World War on the Home Front from the bestselling Terry Deary, author of the hugely successful Horrible Histories. A young tearaway unwillingly evacuated to the countryside is unjustly accused of theft. He decides to make his way back home, never mind the Blitz - but he'll need to steal a bike to do it...
6) Ratburger
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Hot on the heels of bestselling Gangsta Granny comes another hilarious, action-packed and touching novel - the story of a little girl called Zoe. Things are not looking good for Zoe. Her stepmother Sheila is so lazy she gets Zoe to pick her nose for her. The school bully Tina Trotts makes her life a misery - mainly by flobbing on her head. And now the evil Burt from Burt?s Burgers is after her pet rat! And guess what he wants to do with it? The clue...
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Hey Jack! volume 6
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Hardie Grant Egmont
Pub. Date
2012
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The Hey Jack! adventures are perfect for boys who are desperate to begin reading but are bored by daggy school readers! Jack has found a lost puppy! It is so cute. But can he convince his mum and dad to let him keep it?.
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Publisher
Bloomsbury Children's Books
Pub. Date
2018
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Start your engines and get in gear for an action-packed story from the bestselling author of The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency series, Alexander McCall Smith, with fun and energetic illustrations by Kate Hindley. When Max finds an old car that has his last name - Champion - on the bonnet, he learns that his grandfather used to make some of the best cars around ... and race them! That is, until his ideas book and his favourite car, Arabella, were stolen...
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Pub. Date
2018
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'I can get a new brother? On the internet?' Jonny muttered. 'Oh sweet mangoes of heaven!' Everyone has dreamed of being able to get rid of their brother or sister at one time or another - but for Jonny, the dream is about to become a reality with SiblingSwap.com! What could be better than someone awesome to replace Ted, Jonny's obnoxious older brother. But finding the perfect brother isn't easy, as Jonny discovers when Sibling Swap sends him a line...
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Flember volume 3
Publisher
David Fickling Books
Pub. Date
2021
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Description
Boy-inventor Dev and his giant robot bear, Boja, return for a third madcap adventure, in the high-tech, mega-modern city of Prosperity. There's a battle going on for who will control the magical power of Flember . . . will Dev and Boja find themselves fighting for the right side?.
12) Moonlocket
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Series
The Cogheart Adventures volume 2
Pub. Date
2017
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Storm clouds gather over Lily and Robert?s summer when criminal mastermind the Jack of Diamonds appears. For Jack is searching for the mysterious Moonlocket - but that?s not the only thing he wants. Soon, dark secrets from Robert?s past plunge him into danger, because Jack is playing a cruel game. Lily and Malkin, the mechanical fox, must stay one step ahead before Jack plays his final, deadly, card...
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Publisher
Harper Element
Pub. Date
2018
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Elaine and Ian had travelled half way round the world to adopt little Anna. She couldn?t have been more wanted, loved and cherished. So why was she now in foster care and living with me? It didn?t make sense.Until I learned what had happened. ?Dressed only in nappies and ragged T-shirts the children were incarcerated in their cots. Their large eyes stared out blankly from emaciated faces. Some were obviously disabled, others not, but all were badly...
14) The equen queen
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Quentaris Quest for the Lost City volume 2
Publisher
Ford Street
Pub. Date
2008
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The Equen Queen is the second book in the highly successful series: Quentaris ? Quest of the Lost City and is the sequel to The Spell of Undoing by Paul Collins. While moored to a new world Quentaris is approached by another sky-city. The sky-traders on board seem friendly and generous, offering the Quentarans food and gems, but are in fact setting a trap for Quentaris. What are the equens and can they really heal the sick? Despite losing her special...
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Bloomsbury Childrens
Pub. Date
2015
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Stories of the Second World War on the Home Front from the bestselling Terry Deary, author of the hugely successful Horrible Histories. In this retelling of an extraordinary true story, a pair of children realise that the odd strangers they see in their tiny Scottish village are German spies. Can the children alert the authorities or will theruthless spies find them first?.
16) Boy 87
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Publisher
Pushkin Children's Books
Pub. Date
2018
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Shif is just an ordinary boy who likes chess, maths and racing his best friend home from school. But one day, soldiers with guns come to his door - and he knows that he is no longer safe. Shif is forced to leave his mother and little sister, and embark on a dangerous journey; a journey through imprisonment and escape, new lands and strange voices, and a perilous crossing by land and sea. He will encounter cruelty and kindness; he will become separated...
17) Scavenger hunt
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The O'Brien Press
Pub. Date
2019
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Cass, Lex and Nicholas investigate crimes, solve mysteries and have brilliant adventures. They?ve even got their own secret clubhouse. Cass is ecstatic. Mr McCall?s partner is starting a Scarecrow Festival at the McCall mansion, and it includes an all-day, mind-boggling scavenger hunt. Throughout the mansion, gardens and adjoining fields, Cass and the gang will test their wits against other scavenging teams, including Nathan Wall and the NaSaJi Club...
18) The star dogs
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Publisher
HarperCollinsChildren?sBooks
Pub. Date
2014
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Told from the perspective of the Russian dog Tsygan, this is the story of the first living creatures to be sent into space - the ?star dogs? of the title. Roddy Doyle?s typically accessible voice is complemented by the illuminating illustrations of Steve Simpson, together immersing a new generation of young readers in the incredible true story of the Soviet space dogs, one of the twentieth century?s true feats of science.
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Firefly Press Ltd
Pub. Date
2019
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Ray-Chay is the new virtual reality game that everyone?s playing, except Ant, who can?t get into it. He prefers his old game, where he?s created his extraordinary dragon Pradahl, even when he?s mocked for his old headset. So when something strange starts happening to the people playing Ray-Chay, Ant is the first person to notice. What?s going on?.
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Publisher
Firefly Press Ltd
Pub. Date
2019
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The home he left behind is just across the street, and there's something not quite right about the new occupant. Other strange new people keep popping into his life, too: a bonkers lollipop man and a boy called Jax, who seems to understand Mo better than anyone else, especially Lottie. Who are the weird new people in their town? Do they have any involvement in the disappearance of Mo's dad many years ago? And why does the ice cream taste so good?...
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