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  • Song Of The River
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    Song Of The River

    A project to re-introduce beavers brings a town together against a common threat, in this touching tale from master storyteller Gill Lewis. Times are tough for Cari and her mum. A violent storm has flooded the valley where they live, destroying their...
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  • Fagin's Girl
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    Fagin's Girl

    Fagin’s infamous gang comes to life once again in this exciting Oliver Twist-inspired adventure from bestselling author Karen McCombie. Orphan Ettie Shaw is penniless and homeless on the streets of London when she is spotted by her older brother Joe.Joe...
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  • Blamehounds
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    Blamehounds

    A wickedly clever and hilarious canine tale from a superstar author-illustrator. Whenever there’s a pong, poo or puddle that can’t be explained, Norman and Ringo are the hounds that take the blame. Determined to exploit their status for profit,...
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  • Bruno And Frida
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    Bruno And Frida

    Friendship forms in the midst of war between a young German boy and a Russian bomber-dog, in this poignant and gripping historical adventure. East Prussia, Germany, 1945. War is raging across Europe, and as Russian soldiers close in across eastern...
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  • Sterling And The Canary
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    Sterling And The Canary

    A laugh-out-loud tale of young love from the bestselling author of the Mr. Gum series. Sterling Thaxton is in love. In love with Lizzie Harris – the beautiful new girl. Her hair is the colour of magic. Her nose is as sweet as music. Her arms are as...
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  • Welcome To Trashland
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    Welcome To Trashland

    A search for treasure reveals the toxic consequences of modern life in this thrilling adventure set against the backdrop of the world’s largest e-waste dump. A search for treasure reveals the toxic consequences of modern life in this thrilling adventure...
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  • Be Nice To Aunt Emma
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    Be Nice To Aunt Emma

    Kindness is key in this funny new family drama from perennial bestseller and award-winning author Anne Fine. There are many reasons why Tansy dreads Aunt Emma coming to visit. She’s rude, she’s boring, and Tansy has to give up her room so Aunt Emma can...
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  • Daisy And The Unknown Warrior
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    Daisy And The Unknown Warrior

    Reluctant reader favourite Tony Bradman returns with a captivating historical tale inspired by the true story of Britain’s Tomb of the Unknown Warrior. November 1920. The body of an unknown soldier is to be buried at Westminster Abbey. The war has...
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  • Granny's Little Monsters
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    Granny's Little Monsters

    Granny’s hunt for the perfect pet brings some unexpected results in this goofy adventure of family, mudlarking and mayhem. Zac and Essie have been helping their Granny Mo in her search for the perfect pet. She’s tried everything from cats to axolotls...
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  • Beach Puppy
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    Beach Puppy

    Worldwide bestseller Holly Webb makes her Barrington Stoke debut with a truly adorable sausage dog tale! Ruby’s dad has arrived home with a wonderful surprise – Coco the sausage dog puppy! And when the family go on holiday to the seaside, of course Coco...
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  • Girl With Her Head In The Clouds
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    Girl With Her Head In The Clouds

    Pioneering aviatrix Dolly Shepherd comes alive in this thrilling reimagining of her death-defying exploits from bestelling author Karen McCombie. When sixteen-year-old Dolly Shepherd is offered the chance to take to the sky in a hot-air balloon, there’s...
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  • Nappy The Pirate Baby
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    Nappy The Pirate Baby

    A motley crew of pirates take to parenthood in this whimsical Little Gem from Alan MacDonald, author of the bestselling Dirty Bertie series. Captain Sprat and his pirate crew love nothing more than lazing around on the deck of the Salty Herring. Until...
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  • Animals Of Madame Malone's Music Hall
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    Animals Of Madame Malone's Music Hall

    A cast of creative creatures take centre stage in this theatrical story about community and confidence from Blue Peter Book Award-shortlisted author Laura Wood. Summer by the seaside isn’t working out as Callie hoped. Instead of enjoying sunshine and...
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  • Queen Of King Street
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    Queen Of King Street

    The Royal Family must learn to live like common people in this hilarious Barrington Stoke debut from the author of The Accidental Prime Minister. Unlucky Bertie has only gone and gambled away the entire family fortune. It's the last in a long line of...
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  • Star For A Day
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    Star For A Day

    A warm and wise tale about the unique challenges of pre-teen life from a master of the genre. Lucy has lived her entire life in her sister's shadow – Lola is always the centre of attention and constantly in need of new clothes for a party or kit for her...
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  • Monster Slayer
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    Monster Slayer

    A stunning prose retelling of Beowulf from an author-illustrator dream-team. Now in a standard paperback format for middle-grade readers. One dark night, the music and singing wake a monster from a swamp … Warrior after warrior comes to slay the...
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  • Captain Whiskers
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    Captain Whiskers

    Jack's about the get the pet he's always wanted – and many, many more … A furry and funny gem from King of Comedy Jeremy Strong. Cats in the bath. Cats in the cupboards. A hundred cats everywhere!Everyone in Jack's class has a pet, but all Jack has is...
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  • Clever Cakes
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    Clever Cakes

    Two super-smart kids triumph in these perfectly packaged tales with a twist from multi-award-winning and bestselling author Michael Rosen It pays to be able to think on your feet, especially if you're about to be eaten alive or cheated out of a...
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  • Norman The Norman
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    Norman The Norman

    The hilarious, rollicking adventures of mighty (but little) Norman the Norman, brought together for the first time in this bumper paperback edition. Norman the Norman from Normandy and his not-so-wild boar, Truffle, are off on a sword-swinging...
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  • Girl With The Sunshine Smile
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    Girl With The Sunshine Smile

    Can Meg find her sunshine smile again? A wonderfully warm and wise story about new families and new relationships from bestelling author Karen McCombie. Meg is the girl with the sunshine smile. That's what they call her at the wedding fairs where she...
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  • Just Another Little Lie
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    Just Another Little Lie

    Award-winning author Eve Ainsworth returns with a stark, honest and deeply moving novella exploring the difficult subject of alcoholism. Violet's mum hasn't been herself for a while. A few too many glasses of wine in the evening. Mornings when she can't...
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  • Albert Johnson And The Buns Of Steel
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    Albert Johnson And The Buns Of Steel

    A baking nightmare makes for slapstick comedy gold in this hilarious Little Gem from a bestselling author and illustrator team. Albert’s dad needs help in the family bakery, but all his son can think about is sport. So he builds a machine like no other:...
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  • Ghost Garden
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    Ghost Garden

    Queen of Historical Fiction Emma Carroll makes her Barrington Stoke debut with a powerful, evocative, and spine-tingling story of childhood on the brink of war. SUMMER 1914When Fran uncovers a bone in the garden of Longbarrow House on the same afternoon...
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  • Bad Day For Jayden
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    Bad Day For Jayden

    Reluctant-reader favourite Tony Bradman returns with a gentle and sensitively told story of life as a young carer. Mum won't get out of bed. His best friend has dumped him. And school work is just too difficult. Jayden wants to do the right thing – but...
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  • Gamer (Virtual Kombat 1)
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    Gamer (Virtual Kombat 1)

    It's every street kid's dream: a job testing Virtual Kombat. Until it turns into a nightmare … The first adventure in Chris Bradford’s action-packed dystopian trilogy. Street kid Scott jumps at the chance to be a Virtual Kombat gamer. If he can battle...
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  • Butterflies For Grandpa Joe
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    Butterflies For Grandpa Joe

    A heart-warming tale of empathy, affection and dealing with grief across generations, from award-winning author Nicola Davies. Grandpa Joe is butterfly bonkers. There's nothing he loves more than photographing the fluttering, colourful creatures in his...
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  • It's A No-Money Day
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    It's A No-Money Day

    A poignant and pertinent exploration of life below the poverty line from the critically acclaimed award-winning creator of My Name is Not Refugee. Mum works really hard, but today there is no money left and no food in the cupboards. Forced to visit the...
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  • Great Clown Conundrum (Big Top Mysteries
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    Great Clown Conundrum (Big Top Mysteries

    Roll up! Roll up! For the second exciting instalment in The Big-Top Mysteries series, packed with all the fun of the circus and an intriguing new mystery to be solved … Roll up! Roll up! A new season is about to begin at the Shortbread family's circus!...
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  • Pavee And The Buffer Girl
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    Pavee And The Buffer Girl

    A stunning new edition of Dowd’s moving story of lives lived on the edge of society, and love in its many forms with powerful black and white illustrations from Emma Shoard. Bullying, name-calling, and a new school face Jim when his family halt at...
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  • Eagle Warrior
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    Eagle Warrior

    Are Bobbie and her Gran risking too much to save the Eagles from poachers? Gill Lewis takes to the picturesque Scottish Highlands for a stunning new wildlife adventure. Bobbie is thrilled that a golden eagle has settled in the forest near her family's...
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  • Mctavish On The Move (Mctavish #4)
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    Mctavish On The Move (Mctavish #4)

    The Peachey family’s loyal dog steps up to save the day once more in the fourth instalment of this acclaimed, witty middle-grade series. Pa has just landed a new job, and it's put an unusual spring in his step. But a new job means a new house in a new...
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  • Case Of The Vanishing Granny (Big Top My
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    Case Of The Vanishing Granny (Big Top My

    Roll up! Roll up! The Shortbread Family Circus is in town! Introducing the first tale in The Big Top Mysteries, an exciting new series from Alexander McCall Smith and illustrator Sam Usher. Billy, Fern and Joe Shortbread are the stars of their...
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  • Toad Attack!
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    Toad Attack!

    Upper Dab is under attack from a mysterious invasion of toads in this hilarious adventure from award-wining author Patrice Lawrence. After a toad lands on his head as he leaves his house one morning, Leo is determined to find out where it has come from...
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  • Race To The Frozen North
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    Race To The Frozen North

    A thrilling fictionalised account of the life of Matthew Henson, the first African-American man to travel to the North Pole, from the Carnegie-nominated author Catherine Johnson. Matthew Henson was simply an ordinary man. That was, until Commander...
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  • Stay A Little Bit Longer
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    Stay A Little Bit Longer

    A powerful and immensely moving story of friendship, family and happiness, from an award-winning author well-known for his gritty realism for teens. Aman's dad is gone, leaving her feeling lost and alone. She struggles to talk about it, but it's a fact...
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  • Grandpa Bert And The Ghost Snatchers
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    Grandpa Bert And The Ghost Snatchers

    A pleasingly absurd caper where kids outwit crooks, ghost are let out of the bag, and grandparents refuse to behave! From beloved and best-selling author Malorie Blackman. Grandma Gertie is rather strange. With her big square glasses and a parrot on her...
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  • Jason Banks And The Pumpkin Of Doom
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    Jason Banks And The Pumpkin Of Doom

    A charming and witty tale of bullies, pumpkins and unlikely friendships from award-winning author Gillian Cross. Jason Banks is a bully. No one likes him and even the teachers are scared of him! It's time that someone taught Jason a lesson and he might...
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  • Cupcake Wedding
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    Cupcake Wedding

    Mia and James are getting married! When a tight budget means no wedding cake, Mia’s sister Holly plans a surprise… When Holly's sister announces her engagement, wedding planning begins in earnest. But a tight budget means missing out on some wedding...
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  • Cherry Green Story Queen
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    Cherry Green Story Queen

    Four children are swept away from their foster home to a whole new world in this charming modern-day take on the Arabian Night stories. Mia, Juno, Kyle and Billy all long for a different life. They're stuck in a foster home and feel like they're in the...
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  • Shona, Word Detective
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    Shona, Word Detective

    A warm and charming tale of diversity, language, and the shared cultures that make-up modern life. Shona has always loved words. She even has her very own strange word thesaurus! When her and her classmates learn that some languages are dying out, Miss...
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  • Big Trouble For Nellie Choc-Ice
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    Big Trouble For Nellie Choc-Ice

    Another hilarious Little Gem from Jeremy Strong, the master of comic writing for children, with character-packed illustration from Jamie Smith. When Captain Beardy-Beard rescues Nellie from the North Pole she's ready to be safe and sound back at...
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  • Who's A Big Bully Then?
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    Who's A Big Bully Then?

    Former Children's Laureate Michael Morpurgo spins the tender yet humorous tale of a bully who gets his comeuppance. Class bully Darren is challenged to a face-off with Olly the bull. Darren has no idea that Olly's a gentle giant. And the boy who set the...
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  • Norman The Norman And The Very Small Duchess
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    Norman The Norman And The Very Small Duchess

    Another hilarious sword-swinging adventure of little hero Norman from the riotously funny comedy dream team in a full-colour Little Gems package. Norman the Norman is at it again! And this time the Duchess of Normandy is determined that her William...
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  • Mctavish Goes Wild
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    Mctavish Goes Wild

    A glorious sequel to Good Dog McTavish, this endearing story is brimming with Meg Rosoff’s stylish prose, quirky humour, astute eye for the details of canine-human dynamics, and the oddities of family life. It's summer and the Peachey family...
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  • Hari And His Electric Feet
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    Hari And His Electric Feet

    With an authentic Indian backdrop, this is a feel-good story of young kids chasing big dreams that shimmers with all of Alexander McCall Smith’s trademark optimism and joy – an outlook on life that makes him one of the world’s best-loved...
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  • Prambusters!
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    Prambusters!

    A funny and charming Little Gem from national treasure Anne Fine, with beautiful artwork by illustration star Vicki Gausden – Anne’s collaborator on The Gingerbread Star and Out for the Count. When the rain threatens to ruin the fun at summer camp,...
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  • Ghost In The Bath
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    Ghost In The Bath

    A fun, friendly story about a misplaced ghost from the Titanic and a boy who needs help with his history homework, now in a new edition. Luke is rather surprised to find a ghost in his bath – and she needs his help! Can Luke help Ellie to find her...
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  • Space Ace
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    Space Ace

    A fun, fast-paced story filled with facts about the solar system, doubling as the perfect celebration of grandparents and grandchildren. Billy's grandfather is a retired astronaut who likes to take Billy on trips around planet Earth. But when the ship's...
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