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Skulduggery Pleasant: Mortal Coil
Derek Landy
Best-selling Skulduggery Pleasant has taken the world by storm. A hugely entertaining mix of fear and fun in a magical community where the strangest things seem to happen for unpredictable reasons, this fifth volume tells a new chapter in the...
Format: Hardback - Released: 02/09/2010
Derek Landy
Best-selling Skulduggery Pleasant has taken the world by storm. A hugely entertaining mix of fear and fun in a magical community where the strangest things seem to happen for unpredictable reasons, this fifth volume tells a new chapter in the...
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Scat
Carl Hiaasen
Totally topical, Scat is a brilliant fast-moving eco-aware thriller set in the swamps of Florida. Nick and Marta get sucked into the world of corrupt oil prospectors and fanatical eco-activists when Mrs Starch, a formidably horrible teacher at Truman School,...
Format: Paperback - Released: 02/09/2010
Carl Hiaasen
Totally topical, Scat is a brilliant fast-moving eco-aware thriller set in the swamps of Florida. Nick and Marta get sucked into the world of corrupt oil prospectors and fanatical eco-activists when Mrs Starch, a formidably horrible teacher at Truman School,...
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The Search for WondLa
Tony Diterlizzi
Creator of the best-selling Spiderwick series, Tony Diterlizzi has created a hugely imaginative world in which twelve year old Eva Nine sets out on a seemingly impossible quest with just small picture with the word ‘WONDLA’ on it to guide...
Format: Hardback - Released: 01/10/2010
Tony Diterlizzi
Creator of the best-selling Spiderwick series, Tony Diterlizzi has created a hugely imaginative world in which twelve year old Eva Nine sets out on a seemingly impossible quest with just small picture with the word ‘WONDLA’ on it to guide...
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The Dead
Charlie Higson
Charlie Higson packs a punch with the second in his gripping adventure series set in a dystopian future in which adults have ceased to be protectors. England has been struck by a deadly disease which takes out young people as...
Format: Hardback - Released: 16/09/2010
Charlie Higson
Charlie Higson packs a punch with the second in his gripping adventure series set in a dystopian future in which adults have ceased to be protectors. England has been struck by a deadly disease which takes out young people as...
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Airhead: Runaway
Meg Cabot
From the author of the hugely successful Princess Diaries, this trilogy for 11+ year olds featuring two girls, one of whom finds herself inside the body of the other and doing things she could never imagine doing. Now Em, whose...
Format: Paperback - Released: 03/09/2010
Meg Cabot
From the author of the hugely successful Princess Diaries, this trilogy for 11+ year olds featuring two girls, one of whom finds herself inside the body of the other and doing things she could never imagine doing. Now Em, whose...
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No Such Thing As Dragons
Philip Reeve
This is the author’s first stand alone novel since the spectacular Here Lies Arthur, winner of the 2008 Carnegie Medal. Reeve’s brilliant imagination has conjured up a dragon story in the grand tradition of children’s fantasy fiction, but one that is spectacularly different...
Format: Paperback - Released: 06/09/2010
Philip Reeve
This is the author’s first stand alone novel since the spectacular Here Lies Arthur, winner of the 2008 Carnegie Medal. Reeve’s brilliant imagination has conjured up a dragon story in the grand tradition of children’s fantasy fiction, but one that is spectacularly different...
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Haywired
Alex Keller
Fans of Philip Reeve’s Mortal Engine sequence will love this debut novel, Haywired – a ‘steampunk fairytale’ as described by the publisher. It's packed with murderous inventions, two desperate runaways and one mad dad. Published by a smallish publisher this...
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/09/2010
Alex Keller
Fans of Philip Reeve’s Mortal Engine sequence will love this debut novel, Haywired – a ‘steampunk fairytale’ as described by the publisher. It's packed with murderous inventions, two desperate runaways and one mad dad. Published by a smallish publisher this...
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My Name is Mina
David Almond
For everyone who loved David Almond’s Skellig, My Name is Mina is its prequel written over 10 years after Skellig was published to such acclaim. Over 10 years on it remains one of THE bestselling and well known novels of...
Format: Hardback - Released: 02/09/2010
David Almond
For everyone who loved David Almond’s Skellig, My Name is Mina is its prequel written over 10 years after Skellig was published to such acclaim. Over 10 years on it remains one of THE bestselling and well known novels of...
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A Trick of the Dark
B R Collins
Prize winning B.R Collins' A Trick of the Dark is a gripping supernatural thriller which explores the darker sides of adolescence. Annis sees her older brother Zach crushed and broken when the walls of a ruined house fall on to...
Format: Paperback - Released: 06/09/2010
B R Collins
Prize winning B.R Collins' A Trick of the Dark is a gripping supernatural thriller which explores the darker sides of adolescence. Annis sees her older brother Zach crushed and broken when the walls of a ruined house fall on to...
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Skulduggery Pleasant: Dark Days
Derek Landy
This is the fourth Skulduggery Pleasant adventure… only Skulduggery Pleasant himself is lost on the other side of a portal, with only some evil gods for company. Can he possibly survive? (Yes, all right, he’s already dead. But still.) Sucked...
Format: Paperback - Released: 02/09/2010
Derek Landy
This is the fourth Skulduggery Pleasant adventure… only Skulduggery Pleasant himself is lost on the other side of a portal, with only some evil gods for company. Can he possibly survive? (Yes, all right, he’s already dead. But still.) Sucked...
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The Legacy
Gemma Malley
What started with The Declaration and continued with The Resistance is brilliantly brought to conclusion in The Legacy. A thrilling finale in which Anna and Peter and their friends risk all to expose the truth behind the quest for Longevity. ...
Format: Hardback - Released: 06/09/2010
Gemma Malley
What started with The Declaration and continued with The Resistance is brilliantly brought to conclusion in The Legacy. A thrilling finale in which Anna and Peter and their friends risk all to expose the truth behind the quest for Longevity. ...
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Conspiracy 365: September
Gabrielle Lord
On New Year's Eve, Callum Ormond is chased down the street by a crazed man with a deadly warning: They killed your father. They'll kill you. You must survive the next 365 days. Cal feels like a failure -- it...
Format: Paperback - Released: 02/09/2010
Gabrielle Lord
On New Year's Eve, Callum Ormond is chased down the street by a crazed man with a deadly warning: They killed your father. They'll kill you. You must survive the next 365 days. Cal feels like a failure -- it...
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Trash
Andy Mulligan
Headlong and heart-stopping, this is an adventure you just can’t put down. When Raphael and Gardo find a bag among the piles of steaming rubbish which they spend all day everyday sorting through, they just think it is a good...
Format: Hardback - Released: 02/09/2010
Andy Mulligan
Headlong and heart-stopping, this is an adventure you just can’t put down. When Raphael and Gardo find a bag among the piles of steaming rubbish which they spend all day everyday sorting through, they just think it is a good...
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The Dying Photo
Alan Gibbons
A brilliantly taut ghost story based on a blurb by a Year 6 boy from a Liverpool primary school who won a city-wide competition. A real page turner and a roller coaster ride that’s an excellent title for the reluctant,...
Format: Paperback - Released: 14/07/2010
Alan Gibbons
A brilliantly taut ghost story based on a blurb by a Year 6 boy from a Liverpool primary school who won a city-wide competition. A real page turner and a roller coaster ride that’s an excellent title for the reluctant,...
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Samurai
Ian Beck
This is a beautifully written retelling of a traditional Japanese myth, brought vividly to life by some stunning graphic novel-style illustrations by the award-winning Ian Beck. This series - Reloaded - from Barrington Stoke introduces the reader to new lands...
Format: Paperback - Released: 25/06/2010
Ian Beck
This is a beautifully written retelling of a traditional Japanese myth, brought vividly to life by some stunning graphic novel-style illustrations by the award-winning Ian Beck. This series - Reloaded - from Barrington Stoke introduces the reader to new lands...
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Hetty Feather
Jacqueline Wilson
Best-selling author Jacqueline Wilson shows that her story-telling touch is just as sure when she turns to history as it is in her contemporary novels. As usual, Jacqueline Wilson uses a first person story telling voice as Foundling Hetty Feather...
Format: Paperback - Released: 05/08/2010
Jacqueline Wilson
Best-selling author Jacqueline Wilson shows that her story-telling touch is just as sure when she turns to history as it is in her contemporary novels. As usual, Jacqueline Wilson uses a first person story telling voice as Foundling Hetty Feather...
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Hunger
Michael Grant
This paperback edition will be available in September 2010. Here's what Hugh (14), one of our teenage reviewers think of Hunger: Hunger, like it’s prequel Gone was unputdownable. It's an excellent follow-up to an original idea. More children are developing powers and...
Format: Paperback - Released: 06/09/2010
Michael Grant
This paperback edition will be available in September 2010. Here's what Hugh (14), one of our teenage reviewers think of Hunger: Hunger, like it’s prequel Gone was unputdownable. It's an excellent follow-up to an original idea. More children are developing powers and...
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The Hunger Games 3: Mockingjay
Suzanne Collins
Against all odds, Katniss Everdeen has survived the Hunger Games twice. But now that she's made it out of the bloody arena alive, she's still not safe. The Capitol is angry. The Capitol wants revenge...This thrilling final instalment of this ground-breaking trilogy promises...
Format: Paperback - Released: 25/08/2010
Suzanne Collins
Against all odds, Katniss Everdeen has survived the Hunger Games twice. But now that she's made it out of the bloody arena alive, she's still not safe. The Capitol is angry. The Capitol wants revenge...This thrilling final instalment of this ground-breaking trilogy promises...
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Troubadour
Mary Hoffman
Shortlisted for the prestigious Costa Children's Book Award 2009 There’s romance, intrigue, religion and bloodshed all tightly interwoven in this historical thriller. Rather than marrying the old nobleman her father has chosen for her, Elinor determines to run away with Bertran...
Format: Paperback - Released: 02/08/2010
Mary Hoffman
Shortlisted for the prestigious Costa Children's Book Award 2009 There’s romance, intrigue, religion and bloodshed all tightly interwoven in this historical thriller. Rather than marrying the old nobleman her father has chosen for her, Elinor determines to run away with Bertran...
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The Good Green Lunchbox: Tasty, Healthy Lunches and Picnics
Jocelyn Miller
This is the book to help you and the children give what you eat an eco-makeover! It's a make-and-do book and contains 16 ideas for tasty and healthy lunches and picnics, which at the same time highlight a range of...
Format: Paperback - Released: 23/07/2010
Jocelyn Miller
This is the book to help you and the children give what you eat an eco-makeover! It's a make-and-do book and contains 16 ideas for tasty and healthy lunches and picnics, which at the same time highlight a range of...
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Reckless
Cornelia Funke
This title is published in September 2010 but we have an exclusive extract to whet your appetite. Best-selling author Cornelia Funke whose Inkheart was a world-wide phenomenon has created a wonderful new imaginary world peopled with a gigantic cast of...
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Cornelia Funke
This title is published in September 2010 but we have an exclusive extract to whet your appetite. Best-selling author Cornelia Funke whose Inkheart was a world-wide phenomenon has created a wonderful new imaginary world peopled with a gigantic cast of...
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The Maze Runner
James Dashner
A cracking sci-fi post-apocalyptic adventure thriller for 11+ year olds that has already taken the US by storm and is set to achieve similar success globally. When Thomas wakes up, walks out of the lift he’s in he finds himself...
Format: Paperback - Released: 02/08/2010
James Dashner
A cracking sci-fi post-apocalyptic adventure thriller for 11+ year olds that has already taken the US by storm and is set to achieve similar success globally. When Thomas wakes up, walks out of the lift he’s in he finds himself...
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Time Riders 2: Day of the Predator
Alex Scarrow
Lovers of time travelling adventure will be mesmerised by this second title in the Time Riders series. Three children from different times – Liam, who should have died at sea in 1912, Maddy whose life was to have ended in...
Format: Paperback - Released: 05/08/2010
Alex Scarrow
Lovers of time travelling adventure will be mesmerised by this second title in the Time Riders series. Three children from different times – Liam, who should have died at sea in 1912, Maddy whose life was to have ended in...
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Return to the Lost World
Steve Barlow, Steve Skidmore
A roller coaster adventure that will grab readers from the dramatic dare devil opening and hold them gripped throughout. Luke is only fourteen but he has an adult sized thirst for invention and exploration. Something about his reputation proceeds him...
Format: Paperback - Released: 30/08/2010
Steve Barlow, Steve Skidmore
A roller coaster adventure that will grab readers from the dramatic dare devil opening and hold them gripped throughout. Luke is only fourteen but he has an adult sized thirst for invention and exploration. Something about his reputation proceeds him...
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Artemis Fowl and the Atlantis Complex: Book 7
Eoin Colfer
Bestselling master criminal Artemis Fowl is back for another thrilling adventure. But, is he the same? Now fifteen, Artemis seems older and wiser and he is determined to save the world from global warming. Gathering the leaders of the fairy...
Format: Hardback - Released: 20/07/2010
Eoin Colfer
Bestselling master criminal Artemis Fowl is back for another thrilling adventure. But, is he the same? Now fifteen, Artemis seems older and wiser and he is determined to save the world from global warming. Gathering the leaders of the fairy...
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A Most Improper Magick
Stephanie Burgis
The first in the ‘Unladylike Adventures of Kat Stephenson’, a funny, feisty 12 year old heroine that readers will really identify with. A Most Improper Magick mixes Regency England (a la Jane Austen and Georgette Heyer) with a more contemporary...
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/08/2010
Stephanie Burgis
The first in the ‘Unladylike Adventures of Kat Stephenson’, a funny, feisty 12 year old heroine that readers will really identify with. A Most Improper Magick mixes Regency England (a la Jane Austen and Georgette Heyer) with a more contemporary...
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Dark Life
Kat Falls
This is a debut novel that won’t disappoint. Set in a world where the rising oceans have taken over continents and there are humans living on the small tracts of land that remain whilst others have moved under the sea...
Format: Paperback - Released: 05/08/2010
Kat Falls
This is a debut novel that won’t disappoint. Set in a world where the rising oceans have taken over continents and there are humans living on the small tracts of land that remain whilst others have moved under the sea...
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The Undrowned Child
Michelle Lovric
A captivating magical fantasy in a secret watery underworld, The Undrowned Child tells how eleven year old Teodora is swept into the storybook world of invisible children whose task is to save the dying city of Venice. Working alongside the...
Format: Paperback - Released: 04/02/2010
Michelle Lovric
A captivating magical fantasy in a secret watery underworld, The Undrowned Child tells how eleven year old Teodora is swept into the storybook world of invisible children whose task is to save the dying city of Venice. Working alongside the...
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Takedown
Graham Marks
One teenage boy, seven days to change the world. A terrific story of intrigue and time travel written in short, sharp chapters each of which are roller-coaster rides of suspense and adrenalin pumping action. Dachron Amok has had half his...
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/03/2007
Graham Marks
One teenage boy, seven days to change the world. A terrific story of intrigue and time travel written in short, sharp chapters each of which are roller-coaster rides of suspense and adrenalin pumping action. Dachron Amok has had half his...
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Tree (Infinity series)
Everything you want to know about trees is beautifully explored in this visually arresting, information rich guide. Subtitled From Seed to Mighty Forest, there is information about individual types of trees and how they grow and regenerate, about the lives...
Format: Hardback - Released: 01/08/2010
Everything you want to know about trees is beautifully explored in this visually arresting, information rich guide. Subtitled From Seed to Mighty Forest, there is information about individual types of trees and how they grow and regenerate, about the lives...
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Treasure (Infinity Series)
The best-selling ‘ology’ titles are followed up by the Infinity series. The same qualities of stunning production and imaginative ways of giving information lead to a jewel of a book. Treasure is jammed full of all kinds of information which...
Format: Hardback - Released: 01/08/2010
The best-selling ‘ology’ titles are followed up by the Infinity series. The same qualities of stunning production and imaginative ways of giving information lead to a jewel of a book. Treasure is jammed full of all kinds of information which...
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Storm (Infinity Series)
Hurricanes, firestorms, blizzards, monsoons and thunderstorms are all vividly described and illustrated in this dramatic visual presentation. The power of the elements when unleashed is dramatically described with some of the most famous examples, such as the recent and deadly...
Format: Hardback - Released: 01/08/2010
Hurricanes, firestorms, blizzards, monsoons and thunderstorms are all vividly described and illustrated in this dramatic visual presentation. The power of the elements when unleashed is dramatically described with some of the most famous examples, such as the recent and deadly...
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Rome (Infinity Series)
The splendours of the Roman world are explored in words and pictures in this excellent reconstruction of the mighty civilization. The book opens with a pop-out map which shows just the full extent the Roman Empire as it stretched out...
Format: Hardback - Released: 01/08/2010
The splendours of the Roman world are explored in words and pictures in this excellent reconstruction of the mighty civilization. The book opens with a pop-out map which shows just the full extent the Roman Empire as it stretched out...
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Countdown to Disaster
David Burnie
Prepare to be scared by this powerful introduction to some of the world’s major natural catastrophes. Divided into sections around different types of natural disaster – earthquakes and landslides, climate change, disasters from space – the powerful illustrations tell the...
Format: Paperback - Released: 04/07/2010
David Burnie
Prepare to be scared by this powerful introduction to some of the world’s major natural catastrophes. Divided into sections around different types of natural disaster – earthquakes and landslides, climate change, disasters from space – the powerful illustrations tell the...
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The Ultimate Book Of Science
Various
A fact-filled introduction to science - its basic concepts, principles and practices that kids of 7 or 8 upwards will find interesting and absorbing without feeling it is educational. Covering plants, animals, space, climate, materials and much more, young readers...
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/07/2010
Various
A fact-filled introduction to science - its basic concepts, principles and practices that kids of 7 or 8 upwards will find interesting and absorbing without feeling it is educational. Covering plants, animals, space, climate, materials and much more, young readers...
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The Map of Marvels
David Calcutt
A powerful work of imagination, The Map of Marvels explores the terror of what happens when the imaginary world begins to become real and when fiction invades life. Connor is inspired to create a map of an imaginary place when...
Format: Paperback - Released: 05/08/2010
David Calcutt
A powerful work of imagination, The Map of Marvels explores the terror of what happens when the imaginary world begins to become real and when fiction invades life. Connor is inspired to create a map of an imaginary place when...
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Pride and Prejudice (Oxford Children's Classics)
Jane Austen
Best loved of all Jane Austen’s novels, the classic love story of Elizabeth Bennett and Mr Darcy has thrilled readers ever since its publication. Strong willed Elizabeth Bennett is determined not to be impressed by her family’s wealthy new neighbour,...
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Jane Austen
Best loved of all Jane Austen’s novels, the classic love story of Elizabeth Bennett and Mr Darcy has thrilled readers ever since its publication. Strong willed Elizabeth Bennett is determined not to be impressed by her family’s wealthy new neighbour,...
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Conspiracy 365: August
Gabrielle Lord
A terrific series of 12 books, published one a month during 2010, this is the eighth title in a page turning adventure which began when 15 year old Callum was hunted down by a crazed man carrying a deadly warning....
Format: Paperback - Released: 05/08/2010
Gabrielle Lord
A terrific series of 12 books, published one a month during 2010, this is the eighth title in a page turning adventure which began when 15 year old Callum was hunted down by a crazed man carrying a deadly warning....
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The Blue-eyed Aborigine
Rosemary Hayes
Based on the diaries of a ship’s commander of the 17th century, this intriguing and hard-hitting novel is a book of two halves and brings together the story of two people, Jan a teenage cabin boy on the Dutch ship,...
Format: Paperback - Released: 05/08/2010
Rosemary Hayes
Based on the diaries of a ship’s commander of the 17th century, this intriguing and hard-hitting novel is a book of two halves and brings together the story of two people, Jan a teenage cabin boy on the Dutch ship,...
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Black Ops 2: Death in the Desert
Jim Eldridge
Note: this novel contains graphic scenes of warfare. A high octane, action-packed adventure which will grab readers attention from the opening plane drop and right on into the heart of the bloodiest of conflicts. Black-Ops soldiers Mitch, Two Moons, Gaz,...
Format: Paperback - Released: 02/08/2010
Jim Eldridge
Note: this novel contains graphic scenes of warfare. A high octane, action-packed adventure which will grab readers attention from the opening plane drop and right on into the heart of the bloodiest of conflicts. Black-Ops soldiers Mitch, Two Moons, Gaz,...
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Frankenstein (Oxford Children's Classics)
Mary Shelley
This classic story of a scientific creation that takes matters into its own hands created a literary landmark. Although written almost two hundred years ago, it still raises fascinating issues about controlling life. Like many other scientists before and since,...
Format: Hardback - Released: 05/08/2010
Mary Shelley
This classic story of a scientific creation that takes matters into its own hands created a literary landmark. Although written almost two hundred years ago, it still raises fascinating issues about controlling life. Like many other scientists before and since,...
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Playing with Phyre
Graham Marks
When everything Haden Akatine has ever known is obliterated by the ruthless Sadar, all he seeks is vengeance. What he finds is a conspiracy stretching across the Territories, to the Sadar’s mountain stronghold, Ghadra. Here, in the heart of...
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/09/2010
Graham Marks
When everything Haden Akatine has ever known is obliterated by the ruthless Sadar, all he seeks is vengeance. What he finds is a conspiracy stretching across the Territories, to the Sadar’s mountain stronghold, Ghadra. Here, in the heart of...
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Lies
Michael Grant
A compelling sequel to the best-selling Gone and Hunger, Lies is a dark, thrilling and thought-provoking adventure. Lies is set in a dystopian future where food is scarce and life is fragile; all those over fifteen have been annihilated leaving...
Format: Hardback - Released: 06/09/2010
Michael Grant
A compelling sequel to the best-selling Gone and Hunger, Lies is a dark, thrilling and thought-provoking adventure. Lies is set in a dystopian future where food is scarce and life is fragile; all those over fifteen have been annihilated leaving...
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Raven's Gate (Power of Five) Graphic Novel
Anthony Horowitz
The long-awaited graphic-novel adaptation of the No. 1 bestseller Raven's Gate, from the creator of Alex Rider, Anthony Horowitz. A sinister and incredibly atmospheric story of the supernatural; first of five in the Power of Five series. Matt has always...
Format: Paperback - Released: 02/08/2010
Anthony Horowitz
The long-awaited graphic-novel adaptation of the No. 1 bestseller Raven's Gate, from the creator of Alex Rider, Anthony Horowitz. A sinister and incredibly atmospheric story of the supernatural; first of five in the Power of Five series. Matt has always...
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Medusa Project: The Rescue
Sophie Mckenzie
This is the third in this hi-octane thriller featuring four teenagers, each of whom have different psychic powers, which together can defeat almost anything. The problem is that government agents want them to help to infiltrate the criminal underworld but...
Format: Paperback - Released: 08/07/2010
Sophie Mckenzie
This is the third in this hi-octane thriller featuring four teenagers, each of whom have different psychic powers, which together can defeat almost anything. The problem is that government agents want them to help to infiltrate the criminal underworld but...
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The Cabinet of Curiosities
Paul Dowswell
Intrigue and mystery lie at the heart of this story set long ago in Prague at the time of Rudolph 11. Lukas is summoned to the palace to be apprenticed to the physician of the Holy Roman Emperor. Following a...
Format: Hardback - Released: 05/07/2010
Paul Dowswell
Intrigue and mystery lie at the heart of this story set long ago in Prague at the time of Rudolph 11. Lukas is summoned to the palace to be apprenticed to the physician of the Holy Roman Emperor. Following a...
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Withering Tights
Louise Rennison
Laugh out loud at this launch title of a brilliant new series by Queen of Teens author Louise Rennison. Tallulah Casey, cousin of the irrepressible Georgia Nicholson, signs up for an amazing residential summer school of performing arts in the...
Format: Hardback - Released: 08/07/2010
Louise Rennison
Laugh out loud at this launch title of a brilliant new series by Queen of Teens author Louise Rennison. Tallulah Casey, cousin of the irrepressible Georgia Nicholson, signs up for an amazing residential summer school of performing arts in the...
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Whitaker's World of Facts 2011
Russell Ash
An inveterate collector of facts and figures, Russell Ash has been a renowned author of popular reference titles, including the best-selling Top Ten of Everything and related titles until his sad death earlier this year. Whitaker's World of Facts 2011...
Format: Hardback - Released: 13/09/2010
Russell Ash
An inveterate collector of facts and figures, Russell Ash has been a renowned author of popular reference titles, including the best-selling Top Ten of Everything and related titles until his sad death earlier this year. Whitaker's World of Facts 2011...
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The Dark Behind the Curtain
Gillian Cross
Spine tingling from start to finish, this brilliant book is shot through with menace before reaching a hugely satisfying conclusion. Colin gets mixed up in the school play by accident. In trouble for something else, doing the play is meant...
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/07/2010
Gillian Cross
Spine tingling from start to finish, this brilliant book is shot through with menace before reaching a hugely satisfying conclusion. Colin gets mixed up in the school play by accident. In trouble for something else, doing the play is meant...
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Conspiracy 365: July
Gabrielle Lord
A terrific series of 12 books, published one a month during 2010, this is the seventh title in a page turning adventure which began when 15 year old Callum was hunted down by a crazed man carrying a deadly warning....
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/07/2010
Gabrielle Lord
A terrific series of 12 books, published one a month during 2010, this is the seventh title in a page turning adventure which began when 15 year old Callum was hunted down by a crazed man carrying a deadly warning....
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White Crow
Marcus Sedgwick
Packed full of suspense, this is a tingling and chilling Gothic thriller in which nothing can quite be taken for granted. Rebecca is forced to abandon her bustling life in London for the unfamiliar village of Winterfold. So different from...
Format: Hardback - Released: 01/07/2010
Marcus Sedgwick
Packed full of suspense, this is a tingling and chilling Gothic thriller in which nothing can quite be taken for granted. Rebecca is forced to abandon her bustling life in London for the unfamiliar village of Winterfold. So different from...
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Oxford Illustrated Computer Dictionary
Ian Dicks
7+ to adult (Year 3-4 upwards, KS2+). A fresh new look for this successful dictionary of computer terms, jargon and topics with full colour humorous illustrations throughout. This dictionary contains hundreds of straightforward definitions, example sentences, and usage tips. Double...
Format: Paperback - Released: 25/06/2009
Ian Dicks
7+ to adult (Year 3-4 upwards, KS2+). A fresh new look for this successful dictionary of computer terms, jargon and topics with full colour humorous illustrations throughout. This dictionary contains hundreds of straightforward definitions, example sentences, and usage tips. Double...
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Follyfoot
Monica Dickens
A pony lovers dream, Follyfoot is a great adventure story which will also touch the heart of all who care about animals. Full of drama and action which shows children acting resourcefully to protect their beloved horses; this is a...
Format: Paperback - Released: 08/07/2010
Monica Dickens
A pony lovers dream, Follyfoot is a great adventure story which will also touch the heart of all who care about animals. Full of drama and action which shows children acting resourcefully to protect their beloved horses; this is a...
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Vampire Handbook An Essential Guide To Vampires
Dr. Robert Curran
If vampire fever is driving you mad in your house and you've got children who are too young to read Stephenie Meyer's series or the huge array of Twilight look-alikes then perhaps this is the book for them? What do...
Format: Hardback - Released: 01/07/2010
Dr. Robert Curran
If vampire fever is driving you mad in your house and you've got children who are too young to read Stephenie Meyer's series or the huge array of Twilight look-alikes then perhaps this is the book for them? What do...
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Auslander
Paul Dowswell
Shortlisted for the prestigious Teenage Book of the Year Award 2009. Shortlisted for the Independent Booksellers' Book Prize 2010. A tense and dramatic story of growing up in Berlin during World War Two. When Piotr’s parents are killed he is taking...
Format: Paperback - Released: 04/01/2010
Paul Dowswell
Shortlisted for the prestigious Teenage Book of the Year Award 2009. Shortlisted for the Independent Booksellers' Book Prize 2010. A tense and dramatic story of growing up in Berlin during World War Two. When Piotr’s parents are killed he is taking...
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Oxford School Spanish Dictionary
Valerie Grundy, Nicholas Rollin
11+ (Year 7, KS3). The Oxford School Spanish Dictionary is the perfect bilingual dictionary for pupils learning Spanish. The two sides of the dictionary are clearly divided into Spanish-English and English-Spanish, with an essential verb table list in the centre....
Format: Paperback - Released: 03/05/2007
Valerie Grundy, Nicholas Rollin
11+ (Year 7, KS3). The Oxford School Spanish Dictionary is the perfect bilingual dictionary for pupils learning Spanish. The two sides of the dictionary are clearly divided into Spanish-English and English-Spanish, with an essential verb table list in the centre....
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Oxford School German Dictionary
Valerie Grundy, Nicholas Rollin
11+ (Year 7, KS3). The Oxford School German Dictionary is the perfect bilingual dictionary for pupils learning German. The two sides of the dictionary are clearly divided into German-English and English-German, with an essential verb table list in the centre....
Format: Paperback - Released: 03/05/2007
Valerie Grundy, Nicholas Rollin
11+ (Year 7, KS3). The Oxford School German Dictionary is the perfect bilingual dictionary for pupils learning German. The two sides of the dictionary are clearly divided into German-English and English-German, with an essential verb table list in the centre....
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Oxford School French Dictionary
Valerie Grundy, Nicholas Rollin
11+ (Year 7, KS3). The Oxford School French Dictionary is the perfect bilingual dictionary for pupils learning French. The two sides of the dictionary are clearly divided into French-English and English-French, with an essential verb table list in the centre....
Format: Paperback - Released: 03/05/2007
Valerie Grundy, Nicholas Rollin
11+ (Year 7, KS3). The Oxford School French Dictionary is the perfect bilingual dictionary for pupils learning French. The two sides of the dictionary are clearly divided into French-English and English-French, with an essential verb table list in the centre....
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The Spook's Nightmare (Wardstone Chronicles 7)
Joseph Delaney
This is the terrifying seventh title in the Wardstone Chronicles about a young 13 year old boy training to be an exorcist. Ideal for readers who have outgrown Harry Potter, but be prepared the titles are very scary so for...
Format: Hardback - Released: 27/05/2010
Joseph Delaney
This is the terrifying seventh title in the Wardstone Chronicles about a young 13 year old boy training to be an exorcist. Ideal for readers who have outgrown Harry Potter, but be prepared the titles are very scary so for...
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Oxford Learner's German Dictionary
Oxford Dictionaries
11-16 (Years 7-11, KS3-4) . A brand new, up-to-date, comprehensive German dictionary for schools, with full verb tables and central colour supplement giving essential phrases and expressions. Ideal for all ages of German language learners especially 11-16 years. Links to...
Format: Paperback - Released: 07/05/2009
Oxford Dictionaries
11-16 (Years 7-11, KS3-4) . A brand new, up-to-date, comprehensive German dictionary for schools, with full verb tables and central colour supplement giving essential phrases and expressions. Ideal for all ages of German language learners especially 11-16 years. Links to...
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Oxford English Thesaurus for Schools
Susan Rennie
11+ (Year 7+, KS3-4). Published by the world’s most trusted dictionary publisher, extensively tested in schools, and compiled by a team of educational experts and children lexicographers, the Oxford English Thesaurus for Schools is perfect for 11-16 learners. Designed to...
Format: Paperback - Released: 13/05/2010
Susan Rennie
11+ (Year 7+, KS3-4). Published by the world’s most trusted dictionary publisher, extensively tested in schools, and compiled by a team of educational experts and children lexicographers, the Oxford English Thesaurus for Schools is perfect for 11-16 learners. Designed to...
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Henderson's Boys: The Escape
Robert Muchamore
Shortlisted for the Independent Booksellers' Book Prize 2010. Best-selling author of the Cherub series, Robert Muchamore launches a powerful and pacy new series about children working undercover. The year is 1940, the place is Paris. Hitler’s army is sweeping towards the...
Format: Paperback - Released: 05/02/2009
Robert Muchamore
Shortlisted for the Independent Booksellers' Book Prize 2010. Best-selling author of the Cherub series, Robert Muchamore launches a powerful and pacy new series about children working undercover. The year is 1940, the place is Paris. Hitler’s army is sweeping towards the...
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Ostrich Boys
Keith Gray
Shortlisted for the Teenage Book of the Year Award 2009, the Young Minds Book Prize 2009, the Carnegie Award 2009, for the 2008 Costa Children’s Book Award and the Independent Booksellers' Book Prize 2010. A novel that so cleverly, almost miraculously...
Format: Paperback - Released: 03/07/2008
Keith Gray
Shortlisted for the Teenage Book of the Year Award 2009, the Young Minds Book Prize 2009, the Carnegie Award 2009, for the 2008 Costa Children’s Book Award and the Independent Booksellers' Book Prize 2010. A novel that so cleverly, almost miraculously...
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Maths
Dan Green
With its lively, creative approach, this is a unique and highly memorable one-stop guide to the building blocks of mathematics. Meet bubbly Zero, who can dissolve you to nothing; all-action Units, who just love to measure; greedy-guts Multiply, a big guy who hoards numbers...
Format: Paperback - Released: 19/07/2010
Dan Green
With its lively, creative approach, this is a unique and highly memorable one-stop guide to the building blocks of mathematics. Meet bubbly Zero, who can dissolve you to nothing; all-action Units, who just love to measure; greedy-guts Multiply, a big guy who hoards numbers...
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Chemistry
Dan Green
Discover the secrets of chemistry, and learn about the properties of matter and the ways in which they interact, combine and change. Chemistry is a compelling guide to a community of characters who make up everything around us.
Format: Paperback - Released: 19/07/2010
Dan Green
Discover the secrets of chemistry, and learn about the properties of matter and the ways in which they interact, combine and change. Chemistry is a compelling guide to a community of characters who make up everything around us.
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Revolver
Marcus Sedgwick
Shortlisted for the CILIP Carnegie Medal 2010, the Independent Booksellers' Book Prize 2010 and for the Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize 2009. A tense, psychological drama set in the snowy wilderness of the Arctic Circle, where a boy confronts a stranger who has...
Format: Paperback - Released: 22/04/2010
Marcus Sedgwick
Shortlisted for the CILIP Carnegie Medal 2010, the Independent Booksellers' Book Prize 2010 and for the Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize 2009. A tense, psychological drama set in the snowy wilderness of the Arctic Circle, where a boy confronts a stranger who has...
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Million Dollar Mates
Cathy Hopkins
This is perfect young teenage escapist reading written in an engaging and witty style that really gets under the skin of teenagers today. Jess’s move with her family into a really smart apartment block in Knightsbridge, London sounds really exciting...
Format: Paperback - Released: 08/07/2010
Cathy Hopkins
This is perfect young teenage escapist reading written in an engaging and witty style that really gets under the skin of teenagers today. Jess’s move with her family into a really smart apartment block in Knightsbridge, London sounds really exciting...
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The Gormenghast Trilogy (3 in 1)
Mervyn Peake
July 2010 Guest Editor Marcus Sedgwick explains why this book inspires him: "When I grew up a bit, my dad bought me a second hand copy of Gormenghast, the middle book in this trilogy, and somehow knowing I was going...
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/05/1999
Mervyn Peake
July 2010 Guest Editor Marcus Sedgwick explains why this book inspires him: "When I grew up a bit, my dad bought me a second hand copy of Gormenghast, the middle book in this trilogy, and somehow knowing I was going...
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/05/1999
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