2016 BOOKS OF THE YEAR CHILDREN’S


THE SHEPHERD’S CROWN TERRY PRATCHETT DOUBLEDAY CHILDREN’S


Deep in the Chalk, something is stirring. The owls and the foxes can sense it, and Tiffany Aching feels it in her boots. An old enemy is gathering strength.


This is a time of endings and


HARRY POTTER AND THE PHILOSOPHER’S STONE J K ROWLING, JIM KAY (ILLUS) BLOOMSBURY


Prepare to be spellbound by Jim Kay’s dazzling depiction of the wizarding world and much-loved characters in this full-colour illustrated hardback edition of the nation’s favourite children’s book, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. When a letter arrives for unhappy


but ordinary Harry Potter, a decade- old secret is revealed to him that apparently he is the last to know. His parents were wizards, killed by a Dark Lord’s curse when Harry was just a baby, and which he somehow survived. Leaving his unsympathetic aunt and uncle for Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Harry stumbles upon a sinister mystery . . .


beginnings, old friends and new, a blurring of edges and a shifting of power. Now Tiffany stands between the light and the dark, the good and the bad. As the fairy horde prepares for in- vasion, Tiffany must summon all the witches to stand with her. To protect the land. Her land. There will be a reckoning . . . The final Discworld novel.


USERNAME: EVIE JOE SUGG, MATT WHYMAN, AMRIT BIRDI (ILLUS) HODDER & STOUGHTON


Like anyone who feels as though they just don’t fit in, Evie dreams of a place of safety. When times are tough, all she wants is a chance to escape from reality and be herself. Despite his failing health, Evie’s father comes close to creating such a virtual idyll. Passing away before it’s finished, he leaves her the key in the form of an app and Evie finds herself transported to a world where the population is influenced by her personality. Everyone shines in her presence until her devious cousin, Mallory, discovers the app . . . and the power to cause trouble in paradise.


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