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Pavilion Children's
Pub. Date
2018
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In this first book in the Molly Mischief series, Molly wants a pet - a big pet. But Molly being Molly, mischief is never far away! Molly decides that an elephant would be her perfect pet- so she brings one home from the wildlife park? but it?s a bit too big for her house? the tiger is too fierce? the giraffe too tall? and the polar bear gets too hot. Will Molly ever find the perfect pet?.
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?My dad died twice. Once when he was thirty nine and again four years later when he was twelve. The first time had nothing to do with me. The second time definitely did, but I would never even have been there if it hadn?t been for his ?time machine??? When Al Chaudhury discovers his late dad?s time machine, he finds that going back to the 1980s requires daring and imagination. It also requires lies, theft, burglary, and setting his school on fire....
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With an introduction by Karen Thompson Walker The internationally bestselling novel that inspired the acclaimed film directed by Peter Jackson. My name was Salmon, like the fish; first name, Susie. I was fourteen when I was murdered on December 6, 1973. In heaven, Susie Salmon can have whatever she wishes for - except what she most wants, which is to be back with the people she loved on earth. In the wake of her murder, Susie watches as her happy...
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Confessions of Georgia Nicolson volume 1
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HarperCollinsChildren?sBooks
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Brilliantly funny, teenage angst author Louise Rennison?s first book about the confessions of crazy but lovable Georgia Nicolson. Louise is an international bestselling author and her books can?t fail to make you laugh out loud. There are six things very wrong with my life: 1. I have one of those under-the-skin spots that will never come to a head but lurk in a red way for the next two years. 2. It is on my nose. 3. I have a three-year-old sister...
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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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Atlantic Books
Pub. Date
2019
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As smart and murderous as Killing Eve, My Sister, the Serial Killer is a blackly comic novel about how blood is thicker - and more difficult to get out of the carpet - than water... When Korede's dinner is interrupted one night by a distress call from her sister, Ayoola, she knows what's expected of her: bleach, rubber gloves, nerves of steel and a strong stomach. This'll be the third boyfriend Ayoola's dispatched in, quote, self-defence and the third...
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Pub. Date
2017
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The Durrell family are immortalised in Gerald Durrell's My Family and Other Animals and its ITV adaptation, The Durrells. But what of the real life Durrells? Why did they go to Corfu in the first place - and what happened to them after they left? The real story of the Durrells is as surprising and fascinating as anything in Gerry's books, and Michael Haag, with his first hand knowledge of the family, is the ideal narrator, drawing on diaries, letters...
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Mills & Boon
Pub. Date
2015
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Happily-Ever-After isn?t on Emily Donovan?s agenda?Emily?s been too swept up in a challenging year of firsts, from becoming a stand-in mum to her niece Lizzy to moving to remote but beautiful Puffin Island, to think about love.But that?s before charismatic local yacht club owner Ryan Cooper kisses her?Ryan knows Emily has a complicated past that she?s struggling to face. So he makes it his mission to help her unwind and enjoy the chemistry they share.Can...
13) My time
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Yellow Jersey
Pub. Date
2012
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Bradley Wiggins recounts his journey through his success as the first ever British winner of the Tour de France, and on to his victory at the 2012 London Olympics.
15) Wonder
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My name is August. I won't describe what I look like. Whatever you're thinking, it's probably worse.' Auggie wants to be an ordinary ten-year-old. He does ordinary things - eating ice cream, playing on his Xbox. He feels ordinary - inside. But ordinary kids don't make other ordinary kids run away screaming in playgrounds. Ordinary kids aren't stared at wherever they go. Born with a terrible facial abnormality, Auggie has been home-schooled by his...
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Viking
Pub. Date
2012
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In this, the first of Spike Milligan's recollections of life in the army, our hero takes us from the outbreak of war in 1939, through his attempts to avoid enlistment and his gunner training in Bexhill to the landing at Algiers in 1943. Originally published: London: Michael Joseph, 1971
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2011
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After first seeing each other across a crowded room, Antonia Fraser's relationship with Harold Pinter flourished until Pinter's death on Christmas Eve 2008 and was a source of delight and inspiration to them both until the very end. Fraser uses her diaries and her own recollections to tell a touching love story. Originally published: London: Weiden
18) Trust no one
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Boldwood Books
Pub. Date
2023
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A woman haunted by her past and a killer who won't let her forget. ?A long, long time ago, you did a bad, bad thing, Now it?s time to pay...? When I first found the note, I assumed it was a prank. But then I am lured to a house where I witness a gruesome murder, and I realise the threat is real. But who is tormenting me though, and why? Noah Keen, my boyfriend, is determined to get to the bottom of things, and soon other familiar faces appear from...
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Pub. Date
2021
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?Deliciously dark, full of simmering menace.? KAREN HAMILTON ?Twisted, compelling, devastating.? SAMANTHA DOWNING ?This is Mean Girls all grown up, with a very dark twist.? ELLE CROFT A darkly intoxicating novel of female friendship and obsession, perfect for fans of My Dark Vanessa, The Girls and The Virgin Suicides. Nice girls can do bad things.. When Ambrosia first arrives at prestigious college Wesleyan, she?s desperate to fit in. But Amb struggles...
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One More Chapter
Pub. Date
2020
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?An exquisitely poignant tale of life, friendship and facing death? Everyone should read this book? Ruth Hogan, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Keeper of Lost Things If I can choose how to live my own life, why can?t I choose how to die my own death? Eudora Honeysett is done - with all of it. Having seen first-hand what a prolonged illness can create, the eighty-five-year-old has no intention of leaving things to chance. With one call to a...
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