Featured Books for 11+ readers

Artemis Fowl and the Time Paradox: Book 6
Eoin Colfer
This is the jaw-dropping, eagerly anticipated sixth book in multi-award-winning blockbuster Artemis Fowl series. Artemis finds himself travelling back in time to fight his younger self and save his mother from a dangerous illness. Fast, funny and as usual completely...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 02/04/2009
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White Heat - Book 2 in the Perfect Fire Trilogy
Katie Grant
Love, divided loyalty and the struggles of France's proud South intensifies in this the second book of a thrilling trilogy.  More twists and turns in this adventure set in 13th century France that involves bandits, renegade knights, broken promises but also fierce love and...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 02/04/2009
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The Vanishing of Katharina Linden
Helen Grant
Shortlisted for the CLIP Carnegie Medai 2010.  This debut novel is a great page-turner with an endearing story that's full of rich detail and beautifully written.  It has a terrific sense of place.  Although the narrator is only 10 years old,...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 02/04/2009
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Theatre Shoes
Noel Streatfeild
Spiritedly drawn, an authentic recreation of the excitement of life in the theatre spills off the pages as Sorrel, Holly and Mark are sent off to learn all they can from the remarkable Madame Fidola. Orphaned during the war, the...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/04/2009
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Theatre Shoes
Noel Streatfeild
From publisher Jane Nissen Books:  Spiritedly drawn, an authentic recreation of the excitement of life in the theatre spills off the pages as Sorrel, Holly and Mark are sent off to learn all they can from the remarkable Madame Fidola....
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/04/2009
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Les Miserables (Classics Illustrated)
Victor Hugo
A compelling and compassionate view of the victims of early nineteenth-century French society, Les Misérables is a novel on an epic scale.  One of a range of marvellous comic books created in the '50s and '60s now with artwork re-coloured...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/04/2009
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Insiders Children's Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs
Michael K. Brett-Surman
A brilliant A-Z of 142 dinosaurs together with a CD from which you can print out lots of different dinosaur images along with lots of info on each of them.  The book will transport you back in time so you...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/04/2009
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Insiders Children's Encyclopedia of Earth
Michael Allaby
From the formation of the planet to violent volcanic eruptions and the ever-changing patterns of life on Earth, this is THE essential guide to the makings, shapings and workings of planet Earth.  It’s a veritable treasure trove of information through...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/04/2009
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Skellig - TV tie in edition
David Almond
This is a wonderfully eerie and magical story about believing in something extra special and why it may make a difference.  It’s full of happiness and sadness but ultimately it’s incredibly fulfilling. 'Touched with a visionary intensity, this strange life-affirming tale exercises every...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 19/03/2009
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My Sister Jodie
Jacqueline Wilson
A fantastic book from Jacqueline Wilson. Pearl and Jodie are sisters who are very different. Jodie is noisy, brash, insensitive and bold. Pearl is only ten, little and shy and anxious all the time. When their parents both get jobs...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 12/03/2009
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The Crossing of Ingo
Helen Dunmore
The final part of the Ingo quartet. Full of power, passion and politics, The Crossing of Ingo is a thrilling conclusion to the richly imagined and lyrical Ingo quartet. The Crossing of Ingo is the biggest challenge all the young...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 09/03/2009
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Alice's Adventures In Wonderland
Lewis Carroll
How Alice falls down the rabbit hole and the extraordinary world where nothing is quite as it at first seems, is a classic children’s book whose influence has been felt for over a century. This unabridged edition is beautifully produced...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 05/03/2009
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Dracula
Bram Stoker
Transylvanian Count Dracula is the staple of horror stories. This unabridged edition brings the full story of how Jonathan Harker travels to Castle Dracula and the nightmares he finds there. This edition also includes a useful who’s who of the...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 05/03/2009
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The Doomsday Machine: Another Astounding Adventure of Horatio Lyle
Catherine Webb
Horatio Lyle takes his trusted and faithful friends, Tess (thief), Thomas (the toff) and Tate (the hound), into mortal fear and danger in his latest quest to quash a murderous plot even though the plot he’s unearthed involves the murder of people he...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 05/03/2009
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The Princess Plot
Kirsten Boie
A thrilling debut adventure combining the glamour of the world of movies with a sharply drawn political background. Jenna never expects to land the part of the princess when she goes for an audition. But when she does, she finds...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 02/03/2009
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Running On The Cracks
Julia Donaldson
A thrilling corkscrew of a novel that twists and turns weaving several strands of story into one compelling narrative, and the first novel from an established and bestselling picture book author for younger readers. Orphaned after the death of her...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 02/03/2009
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Bloodline Rising
Katy Moran
Richly imagined, this is a powerful historical fantasy in which a young man has to make big choices which will not only affect him but also those of his adopted clan. Moving from the gilded but corrupt world of Constantinople...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 02/03/2009
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Triskellion 2: The Burning
Will Peterson
Full of supernatural suspense, this is a thrilling sequel to Triskellion, which works also as a stand alone read. Twins Rachel and Adam have managed to escape from the dangers of Treskellion only to find themselves kidnapped. Adam seems...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 02/03/2009
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The Book of a Thousand Days
Shannon Hale
Recorded as a highly readable diary, this is an original retelling of a fairy tale that gives a taste of the traditional while adding original and unexpected elements to make it anything but an ordinary fairytale and you certainly won't...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 02/03/2009
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The Secret Ministry of Frost
Nick Lake
Hugely dramatic, this is a fast-paced fantasy thriller based on stories from Inuit folklore. After her explorer father disappears in the Arctic, Light finds herself in serious danger as she is drawn into folk stories of her forbears. Supported by...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 02/03/2009
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Tales From Outer Suburbia
Shaun Tan
This beautifully illustrated book takes a quirky look at some of the mysteries of urban life. Once you start reading it's very hard to stop reading more of these short stories filled with darkness and delight.
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Format: Hardback - Released: 02/03/2009
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Jane Austen: 6 book boxed set
Jane Austen - retold by Gill Tavner
What a treat! All six Real Reads Jane Austen titles in a smart, tidy box. Now you can be the best-read Austen fan on the block with the most enjoyment and the least effort.   The box set contains: Pride and Prejudice,...
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Format: Quantity Pack - Released: 01/03/2009
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Journey to the Centre of the Earth (Classics Illustrated)
Jules Verne
One of a range of marvellous comic books created in the '50s and '60s now with artwork re-coloured and covers digitally enhanced for a new generation. Perfect Bound at a terrifically good value price.   A message from the publisher: Classics...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/03/2009
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If You're Reading This, it's too Late
Pseudonymous Bosch
This is the quirky, original and deliciously dark sequel to the hilarious The Name of This Book is Secret.  Bursting with inventive characters and laugh-out-loud moments, readers will be instantly hooked once more by the stylish storytelling of Pseudonymous...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 27/02/2009
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Scatterheart
Lili Wilkinson
Brave Hannah learns to adapt and survive after her privileged childhood comes abruptly to an end. Mysteriously abandoned by her father, Hannah first finds herself penniless and friendless on the streets and then transported to Australia for a crime she...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 27/02/2009
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Insiders Atlas of the Universe
Mark A. Garlick
For budding astronomers and space enthusiasts this is the ultimate guide.  Spectacular and state-of-the-art, this is the ultimate guide to the known universe.  It is packed with dazzling images and unbelievable statistics including maps from our Solar System to the...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 27/02/2009
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Cliff Edge
Jane A C West
Interest Age 9+ Reading Age 6.5+. With black and white illustrations interspersed in the text, this is a frightening adventure that calls upon the skills and nerve of a young boy climber to save his friend with no ropes and...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 20/02/2009
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Luuurve And Other Ramblings
Louise Rennison
Prettily packaged in pink, here’s a guide to the special language that Georgia Nicolson speaks and which is so much part of her charm. The phrase book helps to crack her meanings while the magnets allow readers can make up...
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Format: Mixed Media Product - Released: 09/02/2009
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Stop in the Name of Pants!
Louise Rennison
You can’t stop laughing at and with Georgia Nicolson. Now she’s back with a new diary in which, as ever, she charts the ups and downs of her intense – sometimes imaginary - sex-kitten life as it ricochets from the...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 09/02/2009
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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...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 05/02/2009
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