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In the walled city state
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Auggie wants to be an ordinary ten-year-old. He does ordinary things - eating ice cream, playing on his Xbox. He feels ordinary - inside. Born with a terrible facial abnormality, Auggie has been home-schooled by his parents his whole life. Now, for the first time, he’s being sent to a real school. All he wants is to be accepted but can he convince his new classmates that he’s just like them, underneath it all? Age 9 – 12.
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In this moving and warmly humorous
320 pages paperback
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novel from the multi prize- winning Kate di Camillo, Raymie is trying to win Little Miss Central Florida Tire competition, hoping to bring her father home if he sees her photo in the paper. She has two rivals but as the competition approaches, the three girls are drawn into an unlikely friendship and come to each other’s rescue in unexpected ways. Age 9 – 12.
272 pages paperback
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Tash and her friend Sam know the rules
they need to follow if they are to survive in Tibet but when Tash’s parents are seized by soldiers, they must embark on a perilous mission across the Himalayas to seek the help of the Dalai Lama in India. Age 9 – 12.
288 pages paperback
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of Aramanth, rules are everything. When Kestrel Hath dares to rebel, the Chief Examiner humiliates her father and sentences the whole family to the harshest punishment. Desperate to save them, Kestrel learns the secret of the wind singer, and she and her twin brother, Bowman, set out on a terrifying journey to the true source of evil that grips Aramanth. Age 9 – 12.
368 pages paperback
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Joe has always loved the moorlands
above his home: the wildness, the freedom, the peace but since his father died, everything has changed. Now the whole community is divided over the fate of the hen harriers that nest up there in the heather - and Joe is stuck right in the middle, with a choice to make, and a huge secret to keep. Joe can’t do what’s right for everyone. But can he find the strength to fight for what he really believes in. Age 9 – 12.
272 pages paperback
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384 pages paperback
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Oscar Dunleavy, who used to make the world’s most perfect apple tarts, is missing, presumed dead. No- one seems too surprised, except for Meg, his best friend, and his little brother Stevie. Surrounded by grief and confusion, Meg and Stevie are determined to find out what happened to Oscar, and together they learn about loyalty and friendship and the power of never giving up hope. Age 12 - 15.
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Anna is too busy with schoolwork and tobogganing to listen to the talk of Hitler but one day she and her brother are rushed out of Germany in alarming secrecy, away from everything they know. Their father is wanted by the Nazis, dead or alive. This is the start of a huge adventure, sometimes frightening, very often funny and always exciting. Age 9 – 12.
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Floella Benjamin was just a young girl when she, her sister and two brothers arrived in England in 1960. They had left the island paradise of Trinidad to make a new home in London but, as her new life began, she was shocked and distressed by the rejection she experienced. She soon realized that the only way to survive was to work twice as hard and be twice as good as anyone else. This inspirational story is a powerful reminder that courage and determination can overcome adversity. Age 9 – 12.
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128 pages paperback
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128 pages paperback
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When Bess meets the ghost of her ancestor, Sir Walter Raleigh, he asks if he can come and live on her estate but how can Bess explain Sir Walter to her family? Especially when he breaks her brother’s fishing rod, steals a horse and smokes cigars in her room! Age 9 – 12.
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In this fascinating book Michael
Morpurgo tells us how he came to write more than twenty of his most popular novels. It includes key extracts from his books along with historical context and illuminating background information from Michael’s brother Mark and his wife, Clare. Illustrations by Michael Foreman, photographs and facsimiles accompany the essays. Age 9 – 14.
384 pages paperback
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In 2016, Dion Leonard, an ultramarathon runner, stumbled across a little stray dog while competing in a gruelling 155 mile race across the Gobi Desert. The pup earned the name `Gobi’, as she kept pace with him for nearly 80 miles. Dion had always focused on winning, but as he witnessed the incredible determination of this small animal, he felt something inside him change. Age 8 – 11.
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