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Fiction - Older Children - Age 8-12 years approx

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Books are listed in order of year of publication - newest titles are at the top. There are 87 books in this booklist

  • Cover image of book Badgers Are GO! by Susannah Lloyd, illustrated by Nici Gregory
    Badgers Are GO! - by Susannah Lloyd, illustrated by Nici Gregory

    £7.99   paperback   (2024) - ISBN 13: 9781788453196 | ISBN 10: 1788453190

    Lulu Whifferton-Rear loves to mind her own badgery business, but when she discovers that important humans ARE actually BOPs (Badger Operated Persons), she is thrust into the world of the Rumpington Academy of Badgering. There, her catastrophic traini ... more

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  • Cover image of book Beastlands: Race to Frostfall Mountain by Jess French
    Beastlands: Race to Frostfall Mountain - by Jess French

    £7.99   paperback   (2024) - ISBN 13: 9781800784062 | ISBN 10: 1800784066

    BEFORE THERE WERE PEOPLE, THERE WERE BEASTS...  The island of Ramoa was once luscious and populated with mighty beasts. Now though, it is home to barren and tamed cities, where nature is locked out and trouble is brewing. When Kayla's beloved ... more

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  • Cover image of book Shadow by Michael Morpurgo
    Shadow - by Michael Morpurgo

    £7.99   paperback   (2023) - ISBN 13: 9780008638566 | ISBN 10: 000863856x

    A powerful novel from Michael Morpurgo, the nation's favourite storyteller...   Never have Aman and his mother needed a friend more than when a Springer Spaniel appears - thin and war-ravaged - in the mouth of their Afghan cave. Nursed back to ... more

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  • Cover image of book Kites and Lemonade by Yasmeen bint Ahmad
    Kites and Lemonade - by Yasmeen bint Ahmad

    £12.99   hardback   (2023) - ISBN 13: 9781448218295 | ISBN 10: 1448218292

    An amazing journey of secrets, self-discovery, kites, and lemonade!  Leena, who suffers from selective mutism, and her family move to Riyadh because of her father's job. Her new home is in a modern apartment building where she meets and makes ... more

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  • Cover image of book Eddie Albert and the Amazing Animal Gang: The Amsterdam Adventure by Paul O
    Eddie Albert and the Amazing Animal Gang: The Amsterdam Adventure - by Paul O'Grady, illustrated by Sue Hellard

    £6.99   paperback   (2022) - ISBN 13: 9780008446833 | ISBN 10: 0008446830

    The hilarious and action-packed middle grade adventure from beloved comedian and bestselling author Paul O’Grady.  Unbeknownst to anyone, Eddie Albert can speak to animals – including his pet dog Butch, his hamster and his two pet goldfis ... more

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  • Cover image of book Freddy the Superstar by Neill Cameron
    Freddy the Superstar - by Neill Cameron

    £6.99   paperback   (2022) - ISBN 13: 9781788452533 | ISBN 10: 1788452534

    The third hilarious, fully illustrated novel from adored comics creator Neill Cameron. Freddy the Superstar follows the highs and lows of life as a robot with super-awesome powers.  Freddy's life is... mixed. He's a superpowered robot (YAY!) who ... more

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  • Cover image of book Sleepover Takeover by Simon James Green, illustrated by Aleksei Bitskoff
    Sleepover Takeover - by Simon James Green, illustrated by Aleksei Bitskoff

    £6.99   paperback   (2022) - ISBN 13: 9780702303630 | ISBN 10: 0702303631

    For Otis, this was a sleepover to remember – if only he could!  When dorky, unpopular 11-yr-old Otis wakes up in the morning at a sleepover birthday party, he’s in for a shock. At the marquee where the sleepover took place, it’s a scene of ... more

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  • Cover image of book Amari and the Night Brothers by BB Alston
    Amari and the Night Brothers - by BB Alston

    £7.99   paperback   (2021) - ISBN 13: 9781405298193 | ISBN 10: 1405298197

    Amari Peters knows three things.   Her big brother Quinton has gone missing. No one will talk about it. His mysterious job holds the secret...  So when Amari gets an invitation to the Bureau of Supernatural Affairs, she's certain ... more

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  • Cover image of book October, October by Katya Balen
    October, October - by Katya Balen

    £7.99   paperback   (2021) - ISBN 13: 9781526601933 | ISBN 10: 1526601931

    A classic in the making for anyone who ever longed to be WILD.   October and her dad live in the woods. They know the trees and the rocks and the lake and stars like best friends. They live in the woods and they are wild.   And that's the way ... more

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  • Cover image of book Bad Panda by Swapna Haddow
    Bad Panda - by Swapna Haddow

    £6.99   paperback   (2021) - ISBN 13: 9780571352418 | ISBN 10: 0571352413

    Are you sick of being utterly adorable? Tired of being cuddled and hugged? Fed up of having your head confused for your bottom because you just so happen to be SOOOOPER-DOOOOOPER fluffy? If you answered yes to any of those questions, then you'r ... more

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  • Cover image of book By Ash, Oak and Thorn by Melissa Harrison
    By Ash, Oak and Thorn - by Melissa Harrison

    £7.99   paperback   (2021) - ISBN 13: 9781913322120 | ISBN 10: 1913322122

    A breathtaking tale of the rich, wild world and all its wonder from acclaimed nature writer and Costa Award-shortlisted novelist, Melissa Harrison - the perfect read for children for spring and summer!   Three tiny, ancient beings - Moss, Burnet ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Weather Weaver by Tamsin Mori
    The Weather Weaver - by Tamsin Mori

    £7.99   paperback   (2021) - ISBN 13: 9781912979455 | ISBN 10: 1912979454

    What if you could befriend a cloud? What weather would you choose? What if the weather matched itself to your mood, whether you wanted it to, or not?   11-year-old Stella has returned home to Shetland to spend the summer with her Grandpa, but it's ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Boy Who Sang with Dragons by Andy Shepherd, illustrated by Sara Ogilvie
    The Boy Who Sang with Dragons - by Andy Shepherd, illustrated by Sara Ogilvie

    £6.99   paperback   (2021) - ISBN 13: 9781848129429 | ISBN 10: 1848129424

    Tomas is a fully-fledged expert dragon grower and protector of the dragonfruit tree. He has eyes in the back of his head for watching over those sneaky dragons, awesomely fast reflexes for putting out sparks and dodging the diving antics of whirling ... more

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  • Cover image of book Dragonfly Eyes by Cao Wenxuan
    Dragonfly Eyes - by Cao Wenxuan

    £7.99   paperback   (2021) - ISBN 13: 9781406378252 | ISBN 10: 1406378259

    A family saga spanning fifty years and three generations, which takes the reader from the France of the Golden Age to poverty-stricken post-war Shanghai via the re-imagined rural China of the Cultural Revolution.  Ah-Mei and her French grandmother, ... more

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  • Cover image of book Doctor Who: Adventures in Lockdown by Various authors
    Doctor Who: Adventures in Lockdown - by Various authors

    £8.99   paperback   (2020) - ISBN 13: 9781785947063 | ISBN 10: 1785947060

    Stories from Chris Chibnall, Paul Cornell, Russell T Davies, Neil Gaiman, Mark Gatiss, Pete McTighe, Steven Moffat, Vinay Patel and Joy Wilkinson.  Darkness Never Prevails.  While staying home was a vital safety measure in 2020, the freedom o ... more

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  • Cover image of book Fortunately, the Milk... by Neil Griffiths, illustrated by Chris Riddell
    Fortunately, the Milk... - by Neil Griffiths, illustrated by Chris Riddell

    £6.99   paperback   (2020) - ISBN 13: 9781526614810 | ISBN 10: 1526614812

    From multi-award-winning Neil Gaiman comes a spectacularly silly, mind-bendingly clever, brilliantly bonkers adventure - with lip-smackingly gorgeous illustrations by Chris Riddell.   Mum's away. Dad's in charge.  There's no milk. So Dad save ... more

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  • Cover image of book Roll with It by Jamie Sumner
    Roll with It - by Jamie Sumner

    £7.99   paperback   (2020) - ISBN 13: 9781534442566 | ISBN 10: 1534442561

    In the tradition of Wonder and Out of My Mind, this big-hearted middle grade debut tells the story of an irrepressible girl with cerebral palsy whose life takes an unexpected turn when she moves to a new town.   Ellie's a girl who tells it li ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Unwinding: And Other Dreamings by Jackie Morris
    The Unwinding: And Other Dreamings - by Jackie Morris

    £14.99   hardback   (2020) - ISBN 13: 9781783529353 | ISBN 10: 1783529350

    This book is not meant to be read from cover to cover. It is a book for dreamers. Slight of word, rich of image, its purpose is to ease the soul.  The paintings between these covers were worked in the between times, an unwinding of the soul, when ... more

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  • Cover image of book Willow Wildthing and the Swamp Monster by Gill Lewis, illustrated by Rebecca Bagle
    Willow Wildthing and the Swamp Monster - by Gill Lewis, illustrated by Rebecca Bagle

    £5.99   paperback   (2020) - ISBN 13: 9780192771759 | ISBN 10: 0192771752

    When Willow meets the Wild Things she knows her life is never going to be the same again.  Strange things happen in The Wilderness. It holds more than you could possibly imagine: secrets, shadows, a witch. Even a monster. Are you brave enough to ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Star Outside My Window by Onjali Q. Rauf
    The Star Outside My Window - by Onjali Q. Rauf

    £6.99   paperback   (2019) - ISBN 13: 9781510105157 | ISBN 10: 1510105158

    Could that bright star be Aniyah’s lost mum? She’ll have to follow it to know...  One day, Aniyah’s mum disappears. Where is she? Aniyah is sure of one thing: Mum isn’t really gone. She knows that people with the brightest hearts neve ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Last Human by Lee Bacon
    The Last Human - by Lee Bacon

    £6.99   paperback   (2019) - ISBN 13: 9781848128248 | ISBN 10: 184812824x

    An unlikely friendship. A dangerous voyage. A story about what it means to be human.   Humans went extinct thirty years ago. Now the world is ruled by machines. And twelve-year-old robot XR_935 is just fine with that. Without humans aroun ... more

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  • Cover image of book High-Rise Mystery by Sharna Jackson
    High-Rise Mystery - by Sharna Jackson

    £6.99   paperback   (2019) - ISBN 13: 9781999642518 | ISBN 10: 1999642511

    The detective duo everyone is dying to meet!   Summer in London is hot, the hottest on record, and there's been a murder in THE TRI: the high-rise home to resident know-it-alls, Nik and Norva. Who better to solve the case? Armed with cur ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Twisted Tree by Rachel Burge
    The Twisted Tree - by Rachel Burge

    £7.99   paperback   (2019) - ISBN 13: 9781471407765 | ISBN 10: 1471407764

    Part ghost story, part Nordic mystery – a creepy and chilling tale steeped in Norse myth, perfect for fans of Neil Gaiman and Michelle Paver's Dark Matter.  Martha can tell things about a person just by touching their clothes, as if their e ... more

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  • Cover image of book 100 Hugs by Chris Riddell
    100 Hugs - by Chris Riddell

    £5.99   paperback   (2019) - ISBN 13: 9781509814312 | ISBN 10: 1509814310

    100 Hugs is a gorgeous collection of hugs from Children's Laureate Chris Riddell is the perfect gift for a loved one, or to cheer yourself up on a dark day.  The beautiful illustrations from three-time winner of the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal covers ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Nothing To See Here Hotel by Steven Butler, illustrated by Steven Lenton
    The Nothing To See Here Hotel - by Steven Butler, illustrated by Steven Lenton

    £6.99   paperback   (2018) - ISBN 13: 9781471163838 | ISBN 10: 1471163830

    Welcome to The Nothing to See Here Hotel! A hotel for magical creatures, where weird is normal for Frankie Banister and his parents who run the hotel.   When a goblin messenger arrives at The Nothing to See Here Hotel, announcing the imminent arri ... more

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  • Cover image of book Doctor Who: Twelve Angels Weeping - Twelve Stories of the Villains from Doctor Who by Dave Rudden
    Doctor Who: Twelve Angels Weeping - Twelve Stories of the Villains from Doctor Who - by Dave Rudden

    £12.99   hardback   (2018) - ISBN 13: 9781405938273 | ISBN 10: 1405938277

    Twelve extraordinary Doctor Who stories, each featuring a monstrous villain from the Doctor Who world.  On every planet that has existed or will exist, there is a winter...  Many of the peoples of Old Earth celebrated a winter festiva ... more

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  • Cover image of book Doctor Who: The Day She Saved the Doctor - Four Stories from the TARDIS by Susan Calman, Jenny T. Colgan, Jacqueline Rayner, and Dorothy Koomson
    Doctor Who: The Day She Saved the Doctor - Four Stories from the TARDIS - by Susan Calman, Jenny T. Colgan, Jacqueline Rayner, and Dorothy Koomson

    £12.99   hardback   (2018) - ISBN 13: 9781405929974 | ISBN 10: 1405929979

    The Doctor's Companion: A person who explores time and space with the Doctor, fights enemies with the Doctor, and often has to save the Doctor's life.  If it wasn't for the companions, the Doctor probably wouldn't have made it out of so many ... more

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  • Cover image of book One Half from the East by Nadia Hashimi
    One Half from the East - by Nadia Hashimi

    £5.99   paperback   (2018) - ISBN 13: 9780062421913 | ISBN 10: 0062421913

    Perfect for fans of Rita Williams-Garcia, Thanhha Lai, and Rebecca Stead, internationally bestselling author Nadia Hashimi’s first novel for young readers is a coming-of-age journey set in modern-day Afghanistan that explores life as a bacha posh â ... more

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  • Cover image of book Bah! Humbug! by Michael Rosen, illustrated by Tony Ross
    Bah! Humbug! - by Michael Rosen, illustrated by Tony Ross

    £10.99   hardback   (2017) - ISBN 13: 9781407178189 | ISBN 10: 1407178180

    Utterly heartwarming! A seasonal classic brought up to date by two giants of kids’ fiction.   Can a school play of A Christmas Carol help Harry’s dad to find the spirit of Christmas? Harry Gruber is feeling pretty nervous – and not just ... more

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  • Cover image of book Beyond the Bright Sea by Lauren Wolk
    Beyond the Bright Sea - by Lauren Wolk

    £6.99   paperback   (2017) - ISBN 13: 9780552574303 | ISBN 10: 0552574309

    From the bestselling author of Newbery Honor–winner Wolf Hollow, the moving story of an orphan, determined to know her own history, who discovers the true meaning of family.   Twelve-year-old Crow has lived her entire life on a tiny, isolat ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Accidental Pirates: Voyage to Magical North by Claire Fayers
    The Accidental Pirates: Voyage to Magical North - by Claire Fayers

    £6.99   paperback   (2016) - ISBN 13: 9781447290605 | ISBN 10: 1447290607

    Twelve-year-old Brine Seaborne is a girl with a past... if only she could remember what it is.   Found alone in a rowboat as a child, clutching a shard of the rare starshell needed for spell-casting, she's spent every day since housekeeping f ... more

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  • Cover image of book Hilda and the Midnight Giant by Luke Pearson
    Hilda and the Midnight Giant - by Luke Pearson

    £7.99   paperback   (2016) - ISBN 13: 9781909263796 | ISBN 10: 1909263796

    Hilda is a little girl with the uncanny ability to befriend even the most peculiar of house guests. But when an army of little creatures bombard her living room with stones and eviction notices, she has to think twice before making the acquaintance o ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Boy at the Top of the Mountain by John Boyne
    The Boy at the Top of the Mountain - by John Boyne

    £7.99   paperback   (2016) - ISBN 13: 9780552573504 | ISBN 10: 0552573507

    When Pierrot becomes an orphan, he must leave his home in Paris for a new life with his Aunt Beatrix, a servant in a wealthy household at the top of the German mountains. But this is no ordinary time, for it is 1935 and the Second World War is fast a ... more

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  • Cover image of book Swan Boy by Nikki Sheenan
    Swan Boy - by Nikki Sheenan

    £6.99   paperback   (2016) - ISBN 13: 9781780749242 | ISBN 10: 1780749244

    Life isn't easy for Johnny. He is trying to help his mum, he is looking after his little brother and he is going to a new school. Then Liam Clarke starts to bully him and it all begins to get a lot worse. But when Johnny gets some very surprising hel ... more

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  • Cover image of book We are Giants by Amber Lee Dodd
    We are Giants - by Amber Lee Dodd

    £6.99   paperback   (2016) - ISBN 13: 9781784294212 | ISBN 10: 1784294217

    A brilliantly funny and wonderfully warm-hearted story about love, family, and what it means to be different.   Sydney thinks her mum Amy is the best mum in the world - even if she is a bit different. When everyone else kept growing, Amy got t ... more

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  • Cover image of book Time Travelling with a Hamster by Ross Welford
    Time Travelling with a Hamster - by Ross Welford

    £6.99   paperback   (2015) - ISBN 13: 9780008156312 | ISBN 10: 000815631x

    On Al Chaudhury’s twelfth birthday his beloved Grandpa Byron gives him a letter from Al’s late father. In it Al receives a mission: travel back to 1984 in a secret time machine and save his father’s life.   Al soon discovers that time tr ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Lie Tree by Frances Hardinge
    The Lie Tree - by Frances Hardinge

    £7.99   paperback   (2015) - ISBN 13: 9781447264101 | ISBN 10: 144726410x

    Winner of the Costa Book Award, 2015   The Lie Tree is a wonderfully evocative and atmospheric novel by Frances Hardinge, award-winning author of Cuckoo Song and Fly By Night.  Faith's father has been found dead under mysterious circu ... more

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  • Cover image of book Old School: Diary of a Wimpy Kid 10 by Jeff Kinney
    Old School: Diary of a Wimpy Kid 10 - by Jeff Kinney

    £12.99   hardback   (2015) - ISBN 13: 9780141364728 | ISBN 10: 0141364726

    Get ready, book 10 in the phenomenally bestselling Diary of a Wimpy Kid series is coming!   Life was better in the old days. Or was it?   That's the question Greg Heffley is asking as his town voluntarily unplugs and goes electronics-fr ... more

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  • Cover image of book Doctor Who: Time Lord Fairy Tales by Justin Richards, illustrated by David Wardle
    Doctor Who: Time Lord Fairy Tales - by Justin Richards, illustrated by David Wardle

    £12.99   hardback   (2015) - ISBN 13: 9781405920025 | ISBN 10: 1405920025

    We are all stories, in the end . . .   A stunning illustrated collection of fifteen dark and ancient fairy tales from the world of Doctor Who.   These captivating stories include mysterious myths and legends about heroes and monsters of ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, translated by Gregory Norminton
    The Little Prince - by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, translated by Gregory Norminton

    £6.99   paperback   (2015) - ISBN 13: 9781847494238 | ISBN 10: 1847494234

    Having crash-landed in the Sahara desert, a pilot comes across a young boy who introduces himself as the “Little Prince” and tells him the story of how he grew up on a tiny asteroid before travelling across the galaxies and coming to Earth. His encou ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Boy Who Climbed into the Moon by David Almond, illustrated by Polly Dunbar
    The Boy Who Climbed into the Moon - by David Almond, illustrated by Polly Dunbar

    £5.99   paperback   (2015) - ISBN 13: 9781406364439 | ISBN 10: 1406364436

    A magnificent tale of crackpot notions and sky-high courage – from David Almond, the master of magical realism, with illustrations by major new talent, Polly Dunbar.   Paul believes that the moon is not the moon, but is a great hole in the sky. It’s ... more

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  • Cover image of book Dragons at Crumbling Castle: And Other Stories by Terry Pratchett
    Dragons at Crumbling Castle: And Other Stories - by Terry Pratchett

    £6.99   paperback   (2015) - ISBN 13: 9780552572804 | ISBN 10: 0552572802

    Dragons have invaded Crumbling Castle, and all of King Arthur’s knights are either on holiday or visiting their grannies. It’s a disaster!   Luckily, there’s a spare suit of armour and a very small boy called Ralph who’s willing to fill it. To ... more

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  • Cover image of book George and the Unbreakable Code: George
    George and the Unbreakable Code: George's Secret Key to the Universe - Book 4 - by Stephen Hawking and Lucy Hawking

    £6.99   paperback   (2015) - ISBN 13: 9780552570053 | ISBN 10: 0552570052

    George and his best friend Annie haven't had any space adventures for a while and they're missing the excitement. But not for long . . .   Seriously strange things start happening. Banks are handing out free money; supermarkets can't charge for the ... more

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  • Cover image of book Fizzlebert Stump and the Girl Who Lifted Quite Heavy Things by A.F. Harrold
    Fizzlebert Stump and the Girl Who Lifted Quite Heavy Things - by A.F. Harrold

    £5.99   paperback   (2015) - ISBN 13: 9781408853313 | ISBN 10: 1408853310

    It's the great Circus of Circuses competion, and Fizzlebert Stump has no act. He's no longer the Boy Who Puts His Head In The Lion's Mouth (the lion retired) and putting his head in a crocodile's mouth instead didn't work out for some reason. Can Fiz ... more

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  • Cover image of book Diamond (Hetty Feather, Book 4) by Jacqueline Wilson, illustrated by	 Nick Sharratt
    Diamond (Hetty Feather, Book 4) - by Jacqueline Wilson, illustrated by Nick Sharratt

    £7.99   paperback   (2014) - ISBN 13: 9780440869863 | ISBN 10: 0440869862

    Diamond wasn't always a star. Born to penniless parents who longed for a strong, healthy son, she was a dainty, delicate daughter - and a bitter disappointment.  Discovering an extraordinary gift for acrobatics, Diamond uses her talent to ear ... more

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  • Cover image of book Ratburger by David Walliams
    Ratburger - by David Walliams

    £6.99   paperback   (2014) - ISBN 13: 9780007453542 | ISBN 10: 000745354x

    The fifth screamingly funny novel from David Walliams, number one bestseller and fastest growing children’s author in the country.   Hot on the heels of bestselling Gangsta Granny comes another hilarious, action-packed and touching novel – the stor ... more

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  • Cover image of book Girls, Goddesses and Giants: Tales of Heroines from Around the World by Lari Don
    Girls, Goddesses and Giants: Tales of Heroines from Around the World - by Lari Don

    £6.99   paperback   (2014) - ISBN 13: 9781408188224 | ISBN 10: 1408188228

    A selection of brilliant folk tales about heroines from all around the world. In these stories it's the girls who save the day through their courage, cunning or kindness - whether they are facing up to wolves, demons, dragons, enemy tribes, or the su ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Fastest Boy in the World by Elizabeth Laird
    The Fastest Boy in the World - by Elizabeth Laird

    £6.99   paperback   (2014) - ISBN 13: 9781447267171 | ISBN 10: 1447267176

    From an award-winning author comes a story inspired by the 2012 London Olympics, perfectly timed for the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. Eleven-year-old Solomon loves to run! The great athletes of the Ethiopian national team are his heroes and h ... more

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  • Cover image of book Rover Saves Christmas by Roddy Doyle
    Rover Saves Christmas - by Roddy Doyle

    £5.99   paperback   (2013) - ISBN 13: 9781407139739 | ISBN 10: 1407139738

    Nope: that’s not a reindeer!   This laugh-aloud story of a wonder-dog is written by a real wonder author. Roddy Doyle has won the biggest grown-up fiction prize in the world: the Booker Prize.   But kids know that his stories about th ... more

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  • Cover image of book My Parents Are Out of Control by Pete Johnson
    My Parents Are Out of Control - by Pete Johnson

    £6.99   paperback   (2013) - ISBN 13: 9780440870135 | ISBN 10: 0440870135

    Louis doesn't think much of it when his mum and dad ask him for tips on how to be cool. In fact, he thinks it's pretty funny watching them bump fists and use words like 'safe', 'sick' and 'wicked'. Until Dad turns up outside Louis's new school dresse ... more

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  • Cover image of book Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
    Treasure Island - by Robert Louis Stevenson

    £4.99   paperback   (2013) - ISBN 13: 9781407143637 | ISBN 10: 1407143638

    After the death of bloodthirsty buccaneer Captain Flint, young Jim Hawkins finds himself holding the key to a fortune. Inside Captain Flint’s sea-chest, he discovers a map that will lead him to the fabled Treasure Island.  But Jim isn’t the only ... more

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  • Cover image of book Coraline by Neil Gaiman, illustrated by Chris Riddell
    Coraline - by Neil Gaiman, illustrated by Chris Riddell

    £6.99   paperback   (2013) - ISBN 13: 9781408841754 | ISBN 10: 1408841754

    There is something strange about Coraline's new home.  It's not the mist, or the cat that always seems to be watching her, nor the signs of danger that Miss Spink and Miss Forcible, her new neighbours, read in the tea leaves. It's the other hous ... more

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  • Cover image of book Rooftoppers by Katherine Rundell
    Rooftoppers - by Katherine Rundell

    £6.99   paperback   (2013) - ISBN 13: 9780571280599 | ISBN 10: 0571280595

    Everyone tells Sophie she was orphaned in a shipwreck. But Sophie is convinced her mother also survived. When no one believes her, Sophie sets out to prove them wrong. On the run from the authorities, Sophie finds Matteo and the other rooftoppers - c ... more

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  • Cover image of book Goblins by Philip Reeve
    Goblins - by Philip Reeve

    £6.99   paperback   (2012) - ISBN 13: 9781407115276 | ISBN 10: 1407115278

    Always busy squabbling, the goblins who live in the great towers of Clovenstone spend all their time fighting and looting. Only clever young Skarper understands that dark magic created by a vanquished sorcerer is rising again. From the lands of men c ... more

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  • Cover image of book Lemonade Sky by Jean Ure
    Lemonade Sky - by Jean Ure

    £6.99   paperback   (2012) - ISBN 13: 9780007431649 | ISBN 10: 0007431643

    The poignant, heart warming and beautifully written new standalone novel from the best-loved and original Queen of Tween, whose books are described by Jacqueline Wilson as “funny, funky, feisty - and fantastic reads!”.   Ruby, Tizz and Sam are sist ... more

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  • Cover image of book Dark Lord: The Teenage Years by Jamie Thomson
    Dark Lord: The Teenage Years - by Jamie Thomson

    £6.99   paperback   (2012) - ISBN 13: 9781408315118 | ISBN 10: 1408315114

    Winner of the 2012 Roald Dahl Funny Prize!  "I will tell you all my secrets. But then of course I'm going to have to kill you..."   Thirteen-year-old schoolboy, Dirk Lloyd, has a dark secret - in fact he is a dark secret. Dirk - acco ... more

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  • Cover image of book Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Flies Again by Frank Cottrell Boyce, illustrated by Joe Berger
    Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Flies Again - by Frank Cottrell Boyce, illustrated by Joe Berger

    £6.99   paperback   (2012) - ISBN 13: 9780330544191 | ISBN 10: 0330544195

    When the Tooting family find a vast abandoned engine and fit it to their camper van, they have no idea of the adventure that lies ahead. The engine used to belong to an extraordinary flying car – and it wants to be back on the road again...fast!  ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Unforgotten Coat by Frank Cottrell Boyce
    The Unforgotten Coat - by Frank Cottrell Boyce

    £7.99   paperback   (2012) - ISBN 13: 9781406341546 | ISBN 10: 1406341541

    A stunning magical story of a summer of friendship with darker undertones of the plight of refugees.   Two refugee brothers from Mongolia are determined to fit in with their Liverpool schoolmates, but bring so much of Mongolia to Bootle that the ... more

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  • Cover image of book George and the Big Bang: George
    George and the Big Bang: George's Secret Key to the Universe - Book 3 - by Lucy and Stephen Hawking

    £6.99   paperback   (2012) - ISBN 13: 9780552559621 | ISBN 10: 0552559628

    Meet George. He's an ordinary boy with an incredible secret - the power to go on intergalactic adventures! Join him as he battles a sinister rebel-scientist, who's hell bent on sabotaging the most exciting - and dangerous - experiment of the century. ... more

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  • Cover image of book Billionaire Boy by David Walliams
    Billionaire Boy - by David Walliams

    £6.99   paperback   (2011) - ISBN 13: 9780007371082 | ISBN 10: 000737108x

    A hilarious, touching and extraordinary new fable from David Walliams, number one bestseller and fastest growing children’s author in the country.   Joe has a lot of reasons to be happy. About a billion of them, in fact.   You see, Joe' ... more

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  • Cover image of book Run, Zan, Run by Cathy MacPhail
    Run, Zan, Run - by Cathy MacPhail

    £6.99   paperback   (2011) - ISBN 13: 9781408817339 | ISBN 10: 1408817330

    Ivy turned on her. ‘I told you I'd get you, didn't I? Well,’ her next words sent shivers through Katie. ‘Tonight’s the night.’  Katie is being bullied at school – and cannot get anyone to believe her. She feels frightened and alone... ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Grasshopper
    The Grasshopper's Run - by Siddhartha Sarma

    £6.99   paperback   (2011) - ISBN 13: 9781408809402 | ISBN 10: 1408809400

    Just as the invasion begins, an ambitious and vicious Japanese officer orders the massacre of a village of the Ao Naga tribe. Among those killed is Uti, grandson of the eldest Ao chief.  Gojen is his best friend, and on hearing the news o ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Cat That Walked by Himself and Other Stories by Rudyard Kipling
    The Cat That Walked by Himself and Other Stories - by Rudyard Kipling

    £7.95   paperback   (2010) - ISBN 13: 9780712358095 | ISBN 10: 0712358099

    'HEAR and attend and listen; for this befell and behappened and became and was, O my Best Beloved, when the Tame animals were wild. The Dog was wild, and the Horse was wild, and the Cow was wild, and the Sheep was wild, and the Pig was wild—as wild a ... more

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  • Cover image of book Mr Stink by David Walliams, illustrated by Quentin Blake
    Mr Stink - by David Walliams, illustrated by Quentin Blake

    £6.99   paperback   (2010) - ISBN 13: 9780007279067 | ISBN 10: 000727906x

    The second original, touching, twisted, and most of all hilarious novel for children by David Walliams – beautifully illustrated by Quentin Blake.  "Mr Stink stank. He also stunk. And if it was correct English to say he stinked, then he stink ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane
    The Red Badge of Courage - by Stephen Crane

    £6.99   paperback   (2009) - ISBN 13: 9780141327525 | ISBN 10: 0141327529

    Henry Fleming dreams of the thrill of battle and performing heroic deeds in the American Civil War. But his illusions are shattered when he comes face to face with the bloodshed and horrors of war. Now he's a raw recruit, Henry experiences both fear ... more

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  • Cover image of book Chinese Cinderella: The Mystery of the Song Dynasty Painting by Adeline Yen Mah
    Chinese Cinderella: The Mystery of the Song Dynasty Painting - by Adeline Yen Mah

    £6.99   paperback   (2009) - ISBN 13: 9780141320298 | ISBN 10: 014132029x

    Following a fall in the Shanghai market, Chinese Cinderella is whisked away to Grandma Wu's house to recover. As she lapses in and out of consciousness, she is haunted by vivid dreams that seem strange - yet somehow familiar - to her. A tale of slave ... more

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  • Cover image of book Jackdaw Summer by David Almond
    Jackdaw Summer - by David Almond

    £6.99   paperback   (2009) - ISBN 13: 9780340881996 | ISBN 10: 0340881992

    By the author of Skellig, winner of the Carnegie Medal and the Whitbread Children's Book Award.  A long hot summer. A wild boy. An abandoned baby. An act of violence.  Every summer Liam and Max roam the wild countryside of Northumberl ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Savage by David Amond, illustrated by Dave McKean
    The Savage - by David Amond, illustrated by Dave McKean

    £6.99   paperback   (2009) - ISBN 13: 9781406319859 | ISBN 10: 1406319856

    "There was a wild kid living in Burgess Woods. He had no famly and he had no pals and he didn't know where he came from and he culdn't talk. His wepons were old kitchen nives and forks and an ax. He was savage. He was truely wild." Blue Baker is writ ... more

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  • Cover image of book Alice
    Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - by Lewis Carroll, illustrated by Chris Riddell

    £6.99   paperback   (2008) - ISBN 13: 9780141321073 | ISBN 10: 0141321075

    On an ordinary summer's afternoon, Alice tumbles down a hole and an extraordinary adventure begins. In a strange world with even stranger characters, she meets a rabbit with a pocket watch, joins a Mad Hatter's Tea Party, and plays croquet with the Q ... more

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  • Cover image of book Animal Lab (Shades series) by Malcolm Rose
    Animal Lab (Shades series) - by Malcolm Rose

    £5.99   paperback   (2008) - ISBN 13: 9780237536169 | ISBN 10: 0237536161

    Jamie Littlewood is as bald as the monkey he's looking after at the local animal lab. The drug company he works for says the monkey is helping find a cure. His sister Petra says the animal experiments they are doing are wrong. Who is right? And what ... more

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  • Cover image of book Journey to Jo
    Journey to Jo'burg - by Beverley Naidoo

    £6.99   paperback   (2008) - ISBN 13: 9780007263509 | ISBN 10: 0007263503

    This is the story of love, commitment and the flowering of the human spirit against the background of South Africa's apartheid.  Frightened that their baby sister Dineo will die, thirteen-year-old Naledi and her younger brother Tiro run away from ... more

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  • Cover image of book A Nest of Vipers by Catherine Johnson
    A Nest of Vipers - by Catherine Johnson

    £6.99   paperback   (2008) - ISBN 13: 9780552557627 | ISBN 10: 0552557625

    Cato Hopkins is the youngest member of Mother Hopkins' 'family' - a group of skilled fraudsters and pickpockets. There's Addy, who can become a very convincing boy when she needs to; the beautiful Bella, who can charm any rich young man out of his fo ... more

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  • Cover image of book Rickshaw Girl by Mitali Perkins and Jamie Hogan
    Rickshaw Girl - by Mitali Perkins and Jamie Hogan

    £5.99   paperback   (2008) - ISBN 13: 9781580893091 | ISBN 10: 1580893090

    Naiman loves to create the traditional alpana patterns Bangladeshi women and girls paint their homes for special occasions. Her designs are always the best in the village. �But Naima wishes she could help earn money for her family. Her friend Salee ... more

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  • Cover image of book Lee Raven, Boy Thief by Zizou Corder
    Lee Raven, Boy Thief - by Zizou Corder

    £7.99   paperback   (2008) - ISBN 13: 9780141322902 | ISBN 10: 014132290x

    Lee Raven, boy thief, has stolen something he really didn't mean to. Now he faces a perilous flight through London (and the murky sewers below) as he tries to escape capture - because Lee has stolen the Book of Nebo, a book that has existed for thous ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
    The Invention of Hugo Cabret - by Brian Selznick

    £16.99   hardback   (2007) - ISBN 13: 9781407103488 | ISBN 10: 1407103482

    Orphan, clock keeper, and thief, twelve-year-old Hugo lives in the walls of a busy Paris train station, where his survival depends on secrets and anonymity. But when his world suddenly interlocks with an eccentric girl and her grandfather, Hugo's und ... more

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  • Cover image of book Dustbin Baby by Jacqueline Wilson
    Dustbin Baby - by Jacqueline Wilson

    £6.99   paperback   (2007) - ISBN 13: 9780552556118 | ISBN 10: 0552556114

    April knows she was found in a dustbin fourteen years ago as a new-born baby. And now she's fairly happily settled with her foster mother, Marion. But she's desperate to recall what happened in the intervening years, and to see if she can find out wh ... more

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  • Cover image of book Midnight Feast by Various authors
    Midnight Feast - by Various authors

    £11.99   paperback   (2007) - ISBN 13: 9780007229284 | ISBN 10: 0007229283

    Brand new stories from your fave bestselling authors - and all for a great cause!  The blockbusting, bumper anthology for children is back, in the name of both entertainment and charity.   Midnight Feast is packed full of exclusive stor ... more

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  • Cover image of book War Horse by Michael Morpurgo
    War Horse - by Michael Morpurgo

    £6.99   paperback   (2006) - ISBN 13: 9781405215879 | ISBN 10: 1405215879

    From master storyteller, Michael Morpurgo comes an incredibly moving story about one horse's experience in the deadly chaos of the first world war.  In 1914, Joey, a young farm horse, is sold to the army and thrust into the midst of the war on t ... more

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  • Cover image of book Tell Me No Lies by Malorie Blackman
    Tell Me No Lies - by Malorie Blackman

    £5.99   paperback   (2006) - ISBN 13: 9780330446235 | ISBN 10: 0330446231

    A powerful, thought-provoking and highly readable novel by one of today's most talented writers for children.   Gemma longs for her lost mother, taking comfort from the cuttings in her scrapbook; pictures of mothers who loved their childre ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Suitcase Kid by Jacqueline Wilson
    The Suitcase Kid - by Jacqueline Wilson

    £6.99   paperback   (2006) - ISBN 13: 9780440867739 | ISBN 10: 0440867738

    When my parents split up they didn't know what to do with me...  My family always lived at Mulberry Cottage. Mum, Dad, me - and Radish, my Sylvanian rabbit. But now Mum lives with Bill the Baboon and his three kids. Dad lives with Carrie and ... more

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  • Cover image of book Girl Underground by Morris Gleitzman
    Girl Underground - by Morris Gleitzman

    £6.99   paperback   (2005) - ISBN 13: 9780141319001 | ISBN 10: 0141319003

    Trying to fit in at a posh new school is really hard when your loving and lovable family also happen to be criminals. Bridget is succeeding pretty well and has even made a friend, Menzies, the son of the federal Minister for National Development. The ... more

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  • Cover image of book Wenny Has Wings by Janet Lee Carey
    Wenny Has Wings - by Janet Lee Carey

    £5.99   paperback   (2005) - ISBN 13: 9780571223534 | ISBN 10: 0571223532

    Wenny and I were zooming through the sky. It was really bright and colourful, and the light was all inside of me like I’d swallowed it.  After the accident, something big happened to Will North. Something that he has to keep a secret ... more

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  • Cover image of book Jimmy Coates: Killer by Joe Craig
    Jimmy Coates: Killer - by Joe Craig

    £6.99   paperback   (2005) - ISBN 13: 9780007196852 | ISBN 10: 0007196857

    An eleven-year-old boy discovers he has strange powers, and a future that holds mystery, adventure - and death!  Bending his knees, Jimmy let go of the windowsill and slowly tipped backwards. Surely this is impossible, he thought, even as he could fe ... more

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  • Cover image of book Wolf Brother: (Chronicles of Ancient Darkness, Book 1) by Michelle Paver
    Wolf Brother: (Chronicles of Ancient Darkness, Book 1) - by Michelle Paver

    £7.99   paperback   (2005) - ISBN 13: 9781842551318 | ISBN 10: 1842551310

    Thousands of years ago the land is one dark forest. Its people are hunter-gatherers. They know every tree and herb and they know how to survive in a time of enchantment and powerful magic. Until an ambitious and malevolent force conjures a demon: a d ... more

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  • Cover image of book Dangerous Reality by Malorie Blackman
    Dangerous Reality - by Malorie Blackman

    £6.99   paperback   (2004) - ISBN 13: 9780552551670 | ISBN 10: 0552551678

    So your mum's this brilliant scientist. She's just invented the most awesome Artificial Intelligence system. Its virtual world is the perfect place to forget about real life. Which is exactly what you want. But then a bug corrupts the system. It's vi ... more

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  • Cover image of book Traitor by Pete Johnson
    Traitor - by Pete Johnson

    £6.99   paperback   (2002) - ISBN 13: 9780440864387 | ISBN 10: 0440864380

    Tom, Mia and Oliver are the victims of a gang of bullies - who waylay them on the way home from school. It's not at school, so the teachers wouldn't be able to help, and they don't want to tell their parents, so there's only one option - to pay up. & ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Last Polar Bears by Harry Horse
    The Last Polar Bears - by Harry Horse

    £4.99   paperback   (1996) - ISBN 13: 9780140363821 | ISBN 10: 0140363823

    Grandfather is off on an expedition to the North Pole to find the Last Polar Bears and with him goes Roo - a dog of character and strong views. The intrepid explorers set sail on the good ship Unsinkable and embark on the adventure of a lifetime. &n ... more

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