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The Invention of Hugo Cabret

Brian Selznick

Orphan, clock keeper, thief: Hugo lives in the walls of a busy Paris train station, where his survival depends on secrets and anonymity. Combining elements of picture book, graphic novel…

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Roller Girl

Victoria Jamieson,Jamieson, Victoria

For most of her twelve years, Astrid has done everything with her best friend Nicole. But after Astrid falls in love with roller derby and signs up for derby camp…

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Holes

Louis Sachar

“This is a story of friendship with the cleverest of plot twists, and descriptions so vivid you can feel the heat of Stanley’s desert prison burning off the page. A…

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El Deafo

Cece Bell

A hearing aid grants superpowers in this funny, poignant, exceptional graphic novel memoir about growing up deaf.

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Lion: A Long Way Home (Young Readers’ Edition)

Saroo Brierley

As a five-year-old in India, I got lost on a train. Twenty-five years later, I crossed the world to find my way back home.

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Kristy’s Great Idea (The Baby-Sitters Club, Graphic Novel 1)

Ann M. Martin

Kristy, Mary Anne, Claudia, and Stacey are best friends and founding members of The Baby-sitters Club.

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Wolf Hollow

Lauren Wolk

Annabelle has lived in Wolf Hollow all her life: a quiet place, still scarred by two world wars. But when cruel, manipulative Betty arrives in town, Annabelle’s calm world is…

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The Last Ever After

Soman Chainani

Can Agatha and Sophie find the perfect ending to their story in this epic conclusion to this bestselling series.

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A World Without Princes

Soman Chainani

It’s all happy ever after in the School for Good and Evil… or is it? The second title in the NYT bestselling fantasy adventure series - perfect for girls who…

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Run, Pip, Run

J.C. Jones

Pip Sullivan’s tenth birthday was a disaster – and that was only the beginning. Run, Pip, Run is a warm-hearted story about a small girl on her own in a…

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Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children Boxed Set

Ransom Riggs

This three-book set contains the complete Miss Peregrine trilogy–Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, Hollow City, and The Library of Souls –in a handsome gift box.

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The Amulet of Samarkand

Jonathan Stroud

When the 5,000-year-old djinni Bartimaeus is summoned by Nathaniel, a young magician’s apprentice, he expects to have to do nothing more taxing than a little levitation or a few simple…

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The Underneath

Kathi Appelt,David (Illustrator) Small

Abandoned and about to have kittens, a calico cat is befriended by a hound dog who urges her to raise her kittens underneath the porch of his owner’s house, where…

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The One and Only Ivan

Katherine Applegate

Winner of the Newbery Medal 2013

 

Inspired by a true story, this is the beautifully written tale of how a mighty gorilla wins his freedom. A winning blend of humour…

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Song for a Scarlet Runner

Julie Hunt

Peat is on the run - forced to flee for her life when she’s blamed for bringing bad luck to her village. She heads for the endless marshes, where she’s…

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His Dark Materials: Complete trilogy

Phillip Pullman

Lyra is an orphan who lives in a parallel universe in which science, theology and magic are entwined. Lyra’s search for a kidnapped friend uncovers a sinister plot involving stolen…

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The Spook’s Apprentice

Joseph Delaney

For years, the local Spook has been keeping the County safe from evil. Now his time is coming to an end, but who will take over? Many apprentices have tried…

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Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children

Ransom Riggs

A mysterious island. An abandoned orphanage. And a strange collection of very curious photographs. It all waits to be discovered in Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, an unforgettable…

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The School for Good and Evil

Soman Chainani

A dark and enchanting fantasy adventure perfect for girls who prefer their fairytales with a twist.

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Love, Aubrey

Suzanne LaFleur

Something terrible has happened. Eleven-year-old Aubrey is on her own. She’s determined to hide away and take care of herself, because facing the truth is too much to bear. But…

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My Sister Jodie

Jacqueline Wilson

Pearl and Jodie are sisters. Pearl is the quiet, cautious, studious one. Jodie is bold and brash and bad - but Pearl adores her anyway. When their parents get new…

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Mac Slater 1: Coolhunter

Tristan Bancks

Mac’s just crashed the latest prototype of his flying bike in front of practically the whole school. So when the creators of Coolhunters approach him and tell him he’s an…

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Hope in a Ballet Shoe

Michaela DePrince,Elaine DePrince

Growing up in war-torn Sierra Leone, she witnesses atrocities that no child ever should. Her father is killed by rebels and her mother dies of famine. Sent to an orphanage…

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The Graveyard Book

Neil Gaiman

Stunningly illustrated by Chris Riddell, who brings the ghouls, ghosts and hero wonderfully to life in this fantastic ghost adventure story, laced with menace and humour  

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The Screaming Staircase (Lockwood & Co., Book 1)

Jonathan Stroud

For more than fifty years, the country has been affected by a horrifying epidemic of ghosts. A number of Psychic Investigations Agencies have sprung up to destroy the dangerous apparitions…

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Geek Girl

Holly Smale

My name is Harriet Manners, and I am a geek.

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Goodbye Stranger

Rebecca Stead,Rebecca Stead

As Bridge makes her way through seventh grade on Manhattan’s Upper West Side with her best friends, curvacious Em, crusader Tab, and a curious new friend–or more than friend–Sherm, she…

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My Life As an Alphabet

Barry Jonsberg

Introducing Candice Phee: twelve years old, hilariously honest and a little … odd. But she has a big heart, the very best of intentions and an unwavering determination to ensure…

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The Giver

Lois Lowry

In a perfect world, Jonas begins to see the flaws… THE GIVER is the classic award-winning novel that inspired the dystopian genre.

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Vango: Between Sky and Earth

Timothee de Fombelle

Raised by a strange nanny in Sicily, Vango grows up with one friend, a priest Zefiro, who lives in a monastery hidden from sight. On reaching adulthood, Vango decides to…

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The Letter for the King: A Netflix Original Series

Tonke Dragt (Author)

The classic fantasy novel, acclaimed as a Sunday Times, Times and Metro Book of the Year, now in paperback!

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Trash

Andy Mulligan

Raphael lives on a dumpsite, eking out a living sifting through rubbish. One unlucky-lucky day, he makes an extraordinary and deadly discovery. Now he and his two friends, Gardo and…

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The Secrets We Keep

Nova Weetman

A beautifully written and insightful new novel sensitively uncovering the effects of trauma on the mind of an eleven - year - old girl. I don’t know if you’ve ever…

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The Other Side of Summer

Emily Gale

This sweet and spellbinding story about family, friends and believing in yourself will warm your heart.

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Dandelion Clocks

Rebecca Westcott

Helps you discover Liv’s passion for photography, her brother’s obsession with sticking to the rules, the stupidity of Moronic Louise at school, and how the family copes as Mum’s terminal…

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Skulduggery Pleasant

Derek Landy

Meet the great Skulduggery Pleasant: wise-cracking detective, powerful magician, master of dirty tricks and burglary (in the name of the greater good, of course). Oh yeah. And dead. Then there’s…

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Throne of Glass

Sarah J. Maas

A hugely commercial, fabulously addictive fantastical romp - from an author with top-notch digital self-publishing pedigree and legions of fans awaiting publication

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Magisterium: The Iron Trial

Cassandra Clare,Holly Black

From the imaginations of bestselling authors Holly Black and Cassandra Clare comes a heart-stopping plunge into the magical unknown. Think you know magic? Think again. The Magisterium awaits .

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Wonder

R. J. Palacio

Auggie wants to be an ordinary ten-year-old. He does ordinary things - eating ice cream, playing on his Xbox. He feels ordinary - inside. But ordinary kids don’t make other…

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I Am Malala

Malala Yousafzai,Patricia McCormick

Written by Malala for her peers, this is the story of the girl behind the Nobel Prize-winning icon.

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The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making

Catherynne M. Valente

Prepare to be swept away to a land unlike any other, with a cast of friends you’ll have for life. A charming modern fairytale with crossover appeal, full of ‘oddments…

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