ChildVision Library:
Large Print Catalogue
2016
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Author: Abdel-Fattah, Randa.
Title: Does My Head Look Big In This?
(3 Volumes, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 12-14+
Summary: Year Eleven at an exclusive
prep school in the suburbs of Melbourne,
Australia, would be tough enough, but it is
further complicated for Amal when she
decides to wear the hijab, the Muslim head
scarf, full-time as a badge of her faith-without losing her identity or sense of style.
Author: Adams, Douglas
Title: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 15+
Summary: Book 1 of 6. On Thursday
lunchtime, the Earth gets unexpectedly
demolished to make way for a new
hyperspace bypass. For Arthur Dent, who
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has only just had his house demolished that
morning, this seems already to be more
than he can cope with. Sadly, however, the
weekend has only just begun, and the
Galaxy is a very strange and startling place.
Author: Adams, Douglas.
Title: The Restaurant at the End of the
Universe
(2 Volumes, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 15+
Summary: Book 2 of 6. Accompanied
by his good friend and guide Ford
Prefect, Arthur Dent continues his
adventures through the Universe.
Author: Adams, Douglas.
Title: Life, the Universe, and Everything
(2 Volumes, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 15+
Summary: Book 3 of 6. In consequence
of a number of stunning catastrpohes,
Arthur Dent is surprised to find himself
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living in a hideously miserable cave on
prehistoric Earth. However, just as he
thinks things cannot possibly get any
worse, they suddenly do. He discovers
that the Galaxy is not only mindbogglingly big and bewildering, but also
that most of the things that happen in it
are staggeringly unfair.
Author: Adams, Douglas
Title: Mostly Harmless
(2 Volumes, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 15+
Summary: Book 5 of 6. The Hitchhiker's
Guide to the Galaxy has, in what we
laughingly call the past, had a great deal
to say on the subject of parallel
universes. Very little of this, howeverm
at all comprehensible to anyone below
the level of Advanced God and, since it
is now well-established that all known
gods came into existence a good three
millionths of a second after the Universe
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began rather than, as usually claimed,
the previous week, they already have a
great deal of explaining to do as it is,
and are therefore not available for
comment at this time.
Author: Agard, John.
Title: Pumpkin Grumpkin.
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 7+
Summary: Have you ever heard of a
doctopus or a hippopotamustn't? Have you
ever visited the Ning Nang Nong or lived in
a floorless room? Here is an absolutely
wonderful bunch of silly and charming
poems from all around the world.
Author: Ahlberg, Jannet and Allan.
Title: Burglar Bill
(1 Volume, Arial 36)
Reading Age: 4+
Summary: Who's that creeping down
the street? Who's that climbing up the
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wall? Who's that coming through the
window? Who's that? ... It's Burglar Bill.
Author: Ahlberg, Allan.
Title: The Man Who Wore All His Clothes
(1 Volume, Arial 36)
Reading Age: 4+
Summary: One morning Mr Gaskitt puts on
all his clothes, Mrs Gaskitt picks up a
robber in her taxi, Gus and Gloria have
trouble with a teacher and Horace the cat
goes to a friend's house. But why does Mr
Gaskitt put on all his clothes?
Author: Ahlberg, Allan
Title: The Pencil
(1 Volume, Arial 36)
Reading Age: 4+
Summary: A pencil draws a boy, a dog, a
cat and a whole world for them to play in.
Then the pencil draws a brush, and the
brush adds colour to everything. Everyone
is very happy, until the pencil draws a
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rubber ... which begins rubbing everything
out!
Author: Ahlberg, Allan.
Title: Previously.
(1 Volume, Arial 36)
Reading Age: 4+
Summary: Do you know what Jack was
doing before he climbed the beanstalk?
Or what Jack and Jill were arguing
about before they went up the hill? And
what happened before that? And even
before that? Find out what all your
favourite storybook characters were up
to previously – because every story,
every person and everything started
somewhere!
Author: Albom, Mitch
Title: Tuesdays With Morrie: An old
man, a young man, and life’s greatest
lesson
(2 Volumes, Arial 24)
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Reading Age: 13+
Summary: Maybe it was a grandparent,
or a teacher or a colleague. Someone
older, patient and wise, who understood
you when you were young and
searching, and gave you sound advice
to help you make your way through it.
For Mitch Albom, that person was
Morrie Schwartz, his college professor
from nearly twenty years ago.
Author: Alborough, Jez
Title: Fix-It Duck
(1 Volume, Arial 36)
Reading Age: 3+
Summary: A leaking roof? A window
stuck? These are jobs for Fix-It Duck!
He’s got his tools, he’s keen he’s strong,
what can possibly go wrong? Duck is up
to his old tricks, now who will end up in
a fix?
Author: Almond, David
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Title: The Fire-Eaters
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 9-12
Summary: Bobby Burns knows he’s a
lucky lad. Growing up in sleepy Keely
Bay, Bobby is exposed to all manner of
wondrous things. But things are
beginning to starting to fall apart. This is
the story of two months in Bobby’s life.
A time of trouble, a time of change , a
time of miracles.
Author: Almond, David
Title: Kit's Wilderness
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 12-14
Summary: In Stoneygate there was a
wilderness, an empty space between
the houses and the river where the
ancient coal pit had once been. In the
wilderness Kit meets Askew, who has a
strange ability to draw other children to
his game called Death. When Askew
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disappears, it is up to Kit to find him and
bring him back.
Author: Almond, David
Title: My Dad’s a Birdman
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 8+
Summary: Lizzie and Dad live in a rainy
town in the north of England. It's just the
two of them, and Auntie Doreen, who
pops round to check Lizzie's spellings
and tell Dad he's daft - and make them
nice hot dumplings. But today there's
something unusual going on: why is Dad
building himself a pair of wings and
studying the birds to see how they fly?
The Great Human Bird Competition of
course!
Author: Almond, David
Title: Skellig
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 12-14
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Summary: Michael's baby sister is ill,
and the whole house is sick with her.
While his parents spend time at the
hospital, he explores their new home. In
the old, derelict garage he finds
something sinister; a strange creature,
part owl, part angel. Is it something
good or something evil?
Author: Amery, Heather
Title: The Hungry Donkey
(1 Volume, Arial 36)
Reading Age: 2+
Summary: Ears the donkey is so
hungry he has escaped at a show.
Young children will love finding out what
happens in this charming short story
specially written for new readers.
Exclusive ebook material includes a
map of Apple Tree Farm, showing all of
the places mentioned in the story and
delightful audio content, with music and
sound effects bringing the farm to life.
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Don't forget to spot the Little Yellow
Duck in every double picture.
Author: Amery, Heather
Title: Kitten’s Day Out
(1 Volume, Arial 36)
Reading Age: 2+
Summary: Fluff the kitten is missing
from Apple Tree Farm.
Author: Amery, Heather
Title: Rusty’s Train Ride
(1 Volume, Arial 36)
Reading Age: 2+
Summary: In this delightful series of
Farmyard Tales stories, Poppy and Sam
discover the newly restored Apple Tree
Station and its steam train.
Author: Andersen, Hans Christian
Title: Andersen’s Fairy Tales
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 7+
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Summary: An illustrated collection of
fairy tales by classical fairy-tale writer,
Hans Christian Andersen.
Author: Andreae, Giles
Title: Billy Bonkers
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 7+
Summary: MAD stuff happens with Billy
Bonkers! Whether he's flying through
the air propelled by porridge power, or
blasting headfirst into a chocolate
covered planet - life is never boring with
Billy, it's BONKERS!.
Author: Ardagh, Phillip.
Title: Awful End
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 8+
Summary: Book 1 of the Eddie Dicken’s
Trilogy. When both of Eddie Dickens's
parents catch a disease that makes them
turn yellow, go a bit crinkly round the edges
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and smell of hot water bottles, it's agreed
he should go and stay with relatives at their
house Awful End. Unfortunately for Eddie,
those relatives are Mad Uncle Jack and
Even-Madder Aunt Maud, and it doesn't
look as if the three of them are ever going
to reach their destination . . .
Author: Arnold, Nick
Title: Horrible Science: Blood, bones and
Body Bits.
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 9+
Summary: Science with the squishy bits
left in! Where does your food go? What
happens when a boil bursts? Which
animals live in your eyelashes? Get the
awful answers in Blood, Bones and Body
Bits!
Author: Arnold, Nick
Title: Horrible Science: Ugly Bugs
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
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Reading Age: 9+
Summary: Science with the squishy bits
left in! What do slugs do with their
slime? Why do fies throw up on your
tea? How do insects drink your blood?
Get the awful answers in Ugly Bugs!
Author: Arnold, Nick
Title : Horrible Science: Space, Stars and
Slimy Aliens.
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 9+
Summary: Science with the squishy bits
left in! Why does space make the guts
explode? Which astronomers killed people?
What does the moon smell like? Get the
awful answers in Space, Stars and Slimy
Aliens!
Author: Arrigan, Mary.
Title: Chocolate Moon.
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 12+
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Summary: Chris takes his gran, who
has Alzheimer's off to Ireland to show
her the place where she grew up one
last time. This is a deft and sensitive
exploration of a difficult issue.
Barrington Stoke specialises in books
for reluctant, struggling and dyslexic
readers.
Author: Arscott, David
Title: The Olympics: A Very Peculiar
History (with added medals)
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 8+
Summary: From its beginnings in
Ancient Greek antiquity, right up to its
arrival in Great Britain, the home of so
many modern sports and favoured
pastimes, the Olympic Games have
always been a grand and exciting
spectacle, whether you're watching a
no-holds-barred wrestling match or a
mesmerising, freewheeling gymnast.
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'The Olympics, A Very Peculiar History'
gives an overview of the strange, the
unbelievable and the downright bizarre
events that have occurred over the
many years that this esteemed
competition has seen.
Author: Astley, Neville
Title: Peppa Pig: Peppa Plays Football
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 5+
Summary: It's a goooaaal! Peppa Pig,
Suzy Sheep, and George are playing
football with their friends. But who will
win when they decide to play girls
against boys? Read this lovely piggy
tale to find out!.
Author: Astley, Neville
Title: Peppa Pig: Peppa Goes
Swimming
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 5+
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Summary: Peppa and George are
going swimming, but George is a bit
scared. How will Mummy and Daddy Pig
ever convince him to get in the pool?
Author: Atwater, Richard.
Title: Mr. Popper’s Penguins.
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 8-10
Summary: The lovable Mr. Popper dreams
of being an intrepid Antarctic explorer, living
life among the penguins alongside his hero,
Admiral Drake. So he is shocked one day
when the admiral responds to his fan letter
by sending him a real, live penguin! Soon,
this penguin is joined by another and before
long Mr. Popper has an ice-rink in the
basement and a dozen delightful penguins
living in his house.
Author: Auerbach, Annie.
Title: Despicible Me 2: The Junior Novel
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
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Reading Age: 5+
Summary: Gru used to be one of the most
villainous villains in the world. He and his
army of Minions even stole the moon! But
when he adopted Margo, Edith and Agnes,
Gru became a dad. Instead of stealing
landmarks, he makes pancakes, blows up
unicorn balloons and dresses like a fairy
princess! Little does this dad know, though,
he's about to make another career change-as a spy for the anti-Villain League...
Author: Awdry, Christopher
Title: Thomas and the Pony Show
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 4+
Summary: Thomas often sees Becky
riding her pony as he puffs past the farm
where she lives. He wants to watch her
taking part in the Pony Show, but his
driver says they will be too busy. The
Fat Controller gives Thomas a very
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special job to do and his wish comes
true!
Author: Awdry, Christopher
Title: Thomas (Book 1 of Thomas &
Friends
(1 Volume, Arial 36)
Reading Age: 4+
Summary: This is a story about
Thomas the Tank Engine. Thomas
worked really hard, shunting coaches for
the big engines. But what he wanted
more than anything was his own branch
line...
Author: Awdry, Wilbert
Title: James the Red Engine
(1 Volume, Arial 36).
Reading Age: 4+
Summary: James, who crashed in the
story of Thomas the Tank Engine,
settles down and becomes a Useful
Engine.
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Author: Awdry, Wilbert
Title: Percy the Small Engine
(1 Volume, Arial 36)
Reading Age: 4+
Summary: These are the original
adventures of Percy, that cheeky
locomotive who just loves to play practical
jokes.
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Author: Banks, Lynne Reid
Title: The Indian in the Cupboard.
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 8-11
Summary: Book 1. When Omri is given
a toy Indian and a small cupboard for
his birthday, he has no idea that when
he puts the Indian in the cupboard it will
come alive, or that his 'toy' is a very
small and demanding brave for whose
life and safety he must take
responsibility.
Author: Banks, Lynne Reid
Title: Return of the Indian
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 8-11
Summary: Book 2. Omri is
unexpectedly reminded of his beloved
Red Indian, and can't resist making sure
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he's still all right. But when he opens the
cupboard door Little Bull is wounded,
nearly dead, and Omri must find help.
Author: Banks, Lynne Reid
Title: The Secret of the Indian,
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 8-11
Summary: Book 3. As his adventures with
Little Bear continue, Omri travels from the
French and Indian wars to the present, and
then back to the Old West at the turn-ofthe-century.
Author: Banks, Lynne Reid
Title: The Mystery of the Cupboard
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 8-11
Summary: Book 4.Omri finds a cashbox
and a journal which provide the answer
to his questions as to how the toy
figures became red, and who was able
to make them do so.
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Author: Banks, Lynne Reid
Title: The Key to the Indian,
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 8-11
Summary: Book 5.The fifth title in this
gripping series about Omri and his plastic
North American Indian – Little Bull – who
comes alive when Omri puts him in a
cupboard
Omri and his father travel back in time to
find Little Bull and his people in deep
trouble, torn between staying in the
West and facing extinction or starting a
long trek to a new life in Canada. Omri’s
final parting with Little Bull is incredibly
moving yet the book is also very funny.
Author: Baudet, Stephanie
Title: In Someone Else's Shoes
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 5-8
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Summary: Nicholas has a strange
feeling, as he walks to school on
Monday morning, that he's grown. It's a
stupid idea, he knows. How could you
grow over one weekend? But when he
stands his ground and looks the class
bully right in the eye he knows
something has changed. It's as if
someone else has taken over his
body…..
Author: Bawden, Nina
Title: The Peppermint Pig
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 8-11
Summary: Johnnie was the runt of the
litter, a little peppermint pig. He'd cost
Mother a shilling, but somehow his great
naughtiness and cleverness kept Poll
and Theo cheerful, even though it was
one of the most difficult years of their
lives.
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Author: Bentley, Sue
Title: Magic Kitten: Double Trouble!
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 5+
Summary: A little kitten twinkling with
magic. But he needs a purrfect friend!
And that’s how Kim manages to put up
with her mean cousin when sliver tabby
kitten Flame comes to stay...
Author: Bertagna, Julie
Title: The Opposite of Chocolate
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 14+
Summary: It's a long, hot summer - and
a climactic one. For 14-year old
Sapphire it brings the awesome,
terrifying relization that she is pregnant a discovery that catapults her into the
eye of a storm as her body, her future,
her life, become a battleground for
everyone's needs but her own.
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Author: Black, Holly
Title: Spiderwick: Field Guide.
1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 11+
Summary: Book 1 of The Spiderwick
Chronicles. Mallory, Simon and Jared get
acquainted with their new home but find
many unexpected things. It all starts when
Jared Grace find their great uncle's book,
"Arthur Spiderwick's Field Guide to the
Fantastic World Around You." and realises
that are not alone in their new house.
Author: Black, Holly.
Title: Spiderwick: The Seeing Stone
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 11+
Summary: Book 2 of The Spiderwick
Chronicles in which Mallory, Simon and
Jared ask many questions and discover
the fate of the missing cat. With the aid
of a seeing stone the true nature of the
secret world around them is now
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revealed. It’s important the Grace kids
tell their story but the faeries will do
everything to stop them...Its up to you to
spread the word about their discovery.
But heed their warnings, wear some red,
turn your clothes inside out - all antifaerie devices - and get ready to enter a
world that you never knew existed...Its
closer than you think!
Author: Blackman, Malorie
Title: Boys Don’t Cry
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 14+
Summary: You’ve got it all planned out.
A summer of freedom, university, a
career as a journalist – your future looks
bright. But then the doorbell rings. It’s
your ex-girlfriend, and she’s carrying a
baby. Your baby. You agree to look after
it, just for an hour or two. Then she
doesn’t come back – and your life
changes for ever.
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Author: Blackman, Malorie.
Title: Checkmate (Noughts and Crosses
Trilogy)
(4 Volumes, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 14+
Summary: Book 3 in Noughts and Crosses
Trilogy Can the future ever erase the past?
Rose has a Cross mother and a nought
father in a society where the pale-skinned
noughts are treated as inferiors and those
with dual heritage face a life-long battle
against deep-rooted prejudices. Sephy, her
mother, has told Rose virtually nothing
about her father, but as Rose grows into a
young adult, she unexpectedly discovers
the truth about her parentage, and
becomes determined to find out more, to
honour both sides of her heritage. But her
father's family has a complicated history one tied up with the fight for equality for the
nought population. And as Rose takes her
first steps away from Sephy and into this
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world, she finds herself drawn inexorably
into more and more danger. Suddenly, it's a
game of very high stakes that can only
have one winner...
Author: Blackman, Malorie
Title: Deadly Dare
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 8-12
Summary: “There’s something hard and
heavy sitting in my chest. I think it’s fear…
There’s a new craze at Theo and Ricky’s
school. The rules are simple. Write a dare.
Put it in the bag. Then take turns to pick
one out. Nothing dangerous. Just a bit of
harmless fun. But on the night Ricky does
his dare, he disappears. And Theo realizes
that someone had a secret, frightening
reason for playing the new game…
Author: Blackman, Malorie.
Title: Knife Edge (Noughts and Crosses
Trilogy)
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(3 Volumes, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 14+
Summary: Book 2 in Noughts and Crosses
Trilogy. Following Callum's death, the
people who loved him relate how their lives
have been changed, especially in reference
to his girlfriend, Sephy, and their mixedrace child.
Author: Blackman, Malorie.
Title: Noughts and Crosses (Noughts and
Crosses Trilogy)
(4 Volumes, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 14+
Summary: Book 1 in Noughts and Crosses
Trilogy. The world is divided into two - the
dark-skinned Crosses, and the light-skinned
Noughts. The Crosses are the rulers, the
privileged race; the Noughts are secondclass citizens, erstwhile slaves of the
Crosses, and still without equal rights in a
world torn apart by race and class.
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Sephy is a Cross, the daughter of the
powerful Kamal Hadley. Callum is a
Nought, the son of Maggie McGregor,
Sephy's nanny. Their childhood friendship
turns to love. Till one day the terrorist group
which calls itself the Liberation Militia
explodes a bomb in the shopping mall; the
bomb wreaks havoc not only in the mall but
also in the lives of Sephy and Callum.
Author: Blackman, Malorie
Title: Operation Gadgetman!
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 8-11
Summary: Beans calls her dad
'Gadgetman' because of the weird and
wonderful gadgets he comes up with everything from exploding biscuits to Spy
Kits. But when Gadgetman accidentally
invents a device that could be used to steal
millions of pounds, the wrong people find
out and Gadgetman is kidnapped!With the
help of her friends - and her special
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Gadgetman Spy Kit - Beans is determined
to track down the kidnappers and rescue
her dad. But can she find Gadgetman
before he is forced to hand over the details
of his invention...?
Author: Blackman, Malorie.
Title: Pig Heart Boy
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 14+
Summary: “I am drowning in this roaring
silence. I am drowning. I’m going to die…”.
Cameron is 13 and desperately in need of a
heart transplant when a pioneering doctor
approaches his family with a startling
proposal. He can give Cameron a new
heart – but not one from a human, one from
a pig. It’s never been done before. It’s
experimental, risky, and very controversial.
But Cameron is fed up with just sitting on
the side of life, always watching and never
doing. He has to try – to become the
world’s first Pig Heart Boy.
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Author: Blackmore, Sarah
Title: Livewire Investigates: The Black
Death
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 7+
Summary: 600 years ago people all over
the world were dying of a terrible disease a disease that spread quickly and could not
be cured. This disease was known as the
Black Death.
Author: Blume, Judy.
Title: Are you there God? It's me, Margaret
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 10+
Summary: Life isn't easy for Margaret.
She's moved away from her childhood
home, she's starting a new school, finding
new friends – and she's convinced she's
not normal. For a start she hasn't got a clue
whether she wants to be Jewish like her
father or Christian like her mother.
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Everyone else seems really sure of who
they are. And, worst of all, she's a 'late
developer'. She just knows that all her
friends are going to need a bra before she
does. It's too embarrassing to talk to her
parents about these things. So she talks to
God instead - and waits for an answer . . .
Author: Blume, Judy
Title: Freckle Juice
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 7+
Summary: Andrew decides that if he
were covered in freckles like his
classmate, Nicky, no one would notice
whether he had washed his face or
behind his ears. So it seems that freckle
juice, for a price, is just the thing he
needs.
Author: Blyton, Enid
Title: The Enchanted Wood
(2 Volumes, Arial 24)
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Reading Age: 8+
Summary: Jo, Bessie and Fanny had
always lived in the town, but now their
father had a job in the country and they
were all looking forward to having lots of
adventures. "You won't have any more
adventures in the country than you will
have in the town", said their father. But
that's where he was quite wrong.
Author: Blyton, Enid
Title: First Term at Malory Towers
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 8+
Summary: Darrell's off to her new
school. But what has she packed? A
tennis racket, pocket money, a lid for
her temper...? Oh dear! Malory Towers
has a whole truckload of trouble to
come!
Author: Blyton, Enid
Title: Five Go Off to Camp
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(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 8+
Summary: Five Go Off To Camp is the
seventh novel in the Famous Five
children's adventure series by Enid
Blyton. It was first published in 1948,
and was followed by a number of
reprints and translations.
Author: Blyton, Enid
Title: Five Go Adventuring Again
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 8+
Summary: There's a thief at Kirrin
Cottage! The Famous Five think they
know who it is, but they need to prove it!
Where can they find evidence?
Author: Blyton, Enid
Title: Five Run Away Together
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 8+
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Summary: The third book in the series
brings the Famous Five once more back
to Kirrin Cottage for the summer
holidays.
Author: Blyton, Enid
Title: The Island of Adventure
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 8+
Summary: Philip meets Jack and LucyAnn and Jack's pet bird Kiki, and after
they sneak home with him, they move in
with Philip, his sister Dinah and their
Aunt Polly and Uncle Jocelyn at an
ancient mansion at the coast. Strange
lights on the nearby mysterious island
leads to the four's first adventure inside
an abandoned copper mine and a
network of secret undersea tunnels.
Author: Blyton, Enid
Title: The Lost Beads
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
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Reading Age: 8+
Summary: This delightful collections of
short stories comes from the pen of Enid
Blyton, one of the world's best loved
storytellers. Open the pages and step
into the secret world of enchantment.
Author: Blyton, Enid
Title: The Magic Faraway Tree
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 8+
Summary: The Faraway Tree is a
series of popular novels for children by
British author Enid Blyton. The titles in
the series are The Enchanted Wood,
The Magic Faraway Tree, The Folk of
the Faraway Tree and Up the Faraway
Tree.
Author: Blyton, Enid
Title: The Mystery of the Burnt Cottage
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 8+
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Summary: The novel centres on the
mystery of who could have set fire to Mr
Hick’s cottage. The five children, Larry
and Daisy Daykin, Pip and Bets Hilton,
and newcomer Frederick Algernon
Trotteville (later nicknamed Fatty from
his initials), meet at the scene of the fire
and end up solving the mystery
together.
Author: Blyton, Enid
Title: The Naughtiest Girl in the School
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 8+
Summary: Elizabeth Allen is spoilt and
selfish. When she’s sent away to
boarding school, she makes up her
mind to be the naughtiest pupil there’s
ever been! But Elizabeth soon finds out
that being bad isn’t as simple as it
seems...
Author: Blyton, Enid
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Title: The River of Adventure
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 8+
Summary: Recovering from a very bad
flu, the four children and their family
make a river trip in the Middle East. But
there is another reason for this choice of
destination: Bill has been asked to
watch a crook named Raya Uma. The
children soon find another adventure
revolving around a magnificent buried
city filled with treasure beyond
imagination
Author: Blyton, Enid
Title: The Sea of Adventure
(2 Volumes, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 8+
Summary: Recovering from measles,
the children head for the coast of
Scotland with Bill to recuperate. Bill
soon disappears from the scene,
kidnapped by a couple of unknown
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baddies. Our four heroes are left to fend
for themselves.
Author: Blyton, Enid
Title: The Twins at St Clare’s
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 8+
Summary: 'People are going to know
who we are, and what we can do! All the
mistresses are going to sit up and take
notice of us too. The O'Sullivan twins
are going to be somebodies!' Pat and
Isabel O'Sullivan hate having to start at
St Clare's. They were the most popular
pupils in their old school and they're
determined not to like this new one. But
is St Clare's as awful as they think, and
will the other girls even want them
there?
Author: Blyton, Enid
Title: The Valley of Adventure
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
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Reading Age: 8+
Summary: When Bill buys a plane, he
decides to take the four children for a
holiday, but events at the airport lead to
the four getting into the wrong plane.
When the plane lands they find
themselves in an unfamiliar valley
scarred by war and, once again, the four
children fall into an adventure involving
a lost treasure sought by a band of
villains.
Author: Bond, Michael
Title: Paddington at the Zoo
(1 Volume, Arial 36)
Reading Age: 2-5
Summary: When Paddington visits the
zoo, he takes enough marmalade
sandwiches with him to last all day.
However, he is none too pleased when
he realizes how popular they are with
the zoo's inhabitants.
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Author: Bond, Michael
Title: Paddington Goes for Gold
(1 Volume, Arial 36)
Reading Age: 2-5
Summary: A hilarious picture book
featuring Paddington, the classic bear
from Darkest Peru, as he takes part in a
local family sports event, with rather
sticky results!
Author: Bone, Emily
Title: The Usborne Big Book of Stars
and Planets
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 4+
Summary: A big picture book with giant
fold-out pages to satisfy the curiosity of
every young space enthusiast The
Usborne Big Book of Stars and Planets
includes everything children need to
know about the solar system, which is
displayed on an awesome scale.
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Author: Bonnet, Rosalinde
Title: The Usborne Nursery Rhyme
Picture Book
(1 Volume, Arial 36)
Reading Age: 2+
Summary: A collection of classic
nursery rhymes, collected together with
illustrations, in a picture book.
Author: Bowler, Tim
Title: Starseeker.
(3 Volumes, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 12+
Summary: Luke is in trouble. Skin and the
gang have a job for him. They want him to
break into Mrs Little's house and steal the
jewellery box. They want him to prove that
he's got what it takes. That he's part of the
gang.
Author: Boyne, John
Title: The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
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Reading Age: 10+
Summary: When Bruno returns home
from school one day, he discovers that
his belongings are being packed in
crates. His father has received a
promotion and the family must move
from their home to a new house far far
away, where there is no one to play with
and nothing to do. A tall fence running
alongside stretches as far as the eye
can see and cuts him off from the
strange people he can see in the
distance. But, Bruno longs to be an
explorer and decides that there must be
more to this desolate new place than
what meets the eye. While exploring his
new environment, he meets another boy
whose life and circumstances are very
different to his own, and their meeting
results in a friendship that has
devastating consequences.
Author: Boyne, John
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Title: The Terrible Thing That Happened to
Barnaby Brocket.
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 10+
Summary: There's nothing unusual about
the Brockets. Normal, respectable, and
proud of it, they turn up their noses at
anyone strange or different. But from the
moment Barnaby Brocket comes into the
world, it's clear he's anything but ordinary.
To his parents' horror, Barnaby defies the
laws of gravity - and floats.
Author: Boyne, John
Title: The Dare
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 10+
Summary: At the start of his school
holidays, Danny Delaney is looking forward
to a trouble-free summer. But when his
mother returns home one afternoon,
flanked by two policemen, he knows that
something terrible has happened.
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Author: Breslin, Theresa
Title: Alligator
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 7+
Summary: “Pssst… Wanna buy an
alligator?” Jano’s mum is going to kill him.
He didn’t mean to buy an alligator. It just
sort of happened. Laugh-out-loud comedy
from Theresa Breslin, winner of the
Carnegie Medal.
Author: Brisley, Joyce Lankester
Title: Milly-Molly-Mandy stories
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 8+
Summary: Milly-Molly-Mandy and her
friends Susan and Billy Blunt live in a
little village in the Lankester heart of the
English countryside. They do all the
sorts of things that country children
enjoy - like blackberrying gardening and
going to the village fete.
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Author: Broad, Michael.
Title: Agent Amelia: Zombie Cows!
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 3-7
Summary: Three more marvellously
mad nd entertaining stories, about me,
Agent Amelia, and how I go about
saving the world, all by MYSELF! Amelia x
Author: Brooks, Felicity
Title: My Body
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 3+
Summary: Offers an introduction to an
important and popular subject for the
very young. This title includes names for
parts of the body, the senses, clothes,
things we can do and what our bodies
need to stay healthy. It features pictures
that provide lots to talk about for prereaders and aid vocabulary building.
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Author: Brown, Christy
Title: My Left Foot
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 13+
Summary: Christy Brown was born a
victim of cerebral palsy. But the hapless,
lolling baby concealed the brilliantly
imaginative and sensitive mind of a
writer who would take his place among
the giants of Irish literature. This is his
own story. He recounts his childhood
struggled to learn to read, write, paint,
and finally type with the toe of his left
foot. In this manner, he wrote his best
seller Down of all the Days.
Author: Brown, Jeff
Title: Flat Stanley: Stanley and the
Magic Lamp
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 6-10
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Summary: Stanley Lambchop finds a
real genie inside Mrs Lambchop's
teapot. Now the Lambchops can wish
for anything in the world: fame, a
magical pet, superpowers... But it's all
exhausting! Soon everyone longs for life
to get back to normal. Can Stanley
reverse the wishes?
Author: Browne, Eileen
Title: Handa’s Surprise
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 5+
Summary: A modern classic named
one of the best culturally diverse picture
books in the UK, this is the story of
Handa, who's part of the Luo tribe in
south-west Kenya.
Author: Burgess, Melvin.
Title: Billy Elliot
(1 Volume Arial 24)
Reading Age: 7+
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Summary: Billy's mother is dead, and
his father and brother are fiercely
involved in a bitter miners' fight that has
split the local community. Billy's father
wants his son to learn boxing, like he did
and his father before him. But Billy is
fascinated by the grace and magic of
ballet and is determined to dance his
way to a different future. Told from the
differing viewpoints of Billy, his father
and brother and his friend Michael,
Melvin Burgess has captured the spirit
of the original film screenplay while
demonstrating the skill and inspiration
he showed in his award-winning novel,
Junk.
Author: Butler, Steven
Title: The Wrong Pong
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 7-10
Summary: After being yanked down the
toilet, Neville's told he's part of a troll
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family now—but can he ever find a way
to return to his real home?
Author: Butterfield, Moira
Title: Daisy the Dream Fairy
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 8-12
Summary: Daisy is the best fairy flyer at
the Utterly Flutterly Fairy School and
can fly faster and higher than any of her
fairy friends - a very useful skill to have
when Drizzle the Wicked Witch sets
about upsetting the human
schoolchildren on their camping trip.
Author: Butterworth, Nick
Title: Tiger in the Snow
(1 Volume, Arial 36)
Reading Age: 3+
Summary: Tiger the Kitten thinks that
no one wants to play in the snow with
him. But when the fun starts, Tiger's
friends just can't help joining in!
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Author: Burnett, Frances Hodgson.
Title: The Secret Garden.
(2 Volumes, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 6+
Summary: After the death of her
parents, Mary is brought back from India
as a forlorn and unwanted child, to live
in her uncle's great lonely house on the
moors. Then one day she discovers the
key to a secret garden and, like magic,
her life begins to brighten in so many
ways.
Author: Byars, Betsy
Title: The Midnight Fox
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 8-11
Summary: Tom is from the town and he
is so excited at seeing the fox with the
green eyes, that he goes out every day
hoping to see her again. And when she
and her cub are in danger from his
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uncle's gun, he is sure he is the only
person who can save them.
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Author: Cabot, Meg
Title: All American Girl
(3 Volumes, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 11+
Summary: Feisty, red-haired Samantha, a
self-described "urban rebel" who has dyed
all of her clothes black, is a 15-year-old
middle child, uncomfortably wedged
between her popular, cheerleader older
sister, Lucy, and her brainy 11-year-old
sister, Rebecca. And she has a major crush
on Jack, Lucy's nonconformistartist
boyfriend, whom she feels is far better
suited to her than to her rather vacuous
sister.
Author: Cabot, Meg
Title: The Princess Diaries
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 13+
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Summary: One minute, Mia’s totally
normal. Next minute, she’s heir to the
throne of Genovia. Well, her dad can
lecture her until he’s royal-blue in the face,
but no way is Mia going to behave like
some posh princess. And they think she’s
moving to Genovia? Er, hello?
Author: Cabot, Meg
Title: The Princess Diaries: Take Two
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 13+
Summary: Nothing’s simple when you’re
the new Princess of Genovia. At least,
that’s what Mia reckons. With her mother
dating her Algebra teacher, a secret
admirer sending her mysterious emails, and
a bad case of the hots for her friend Lilly’s
brother, Michael, Mia’s discovering that life
as Princess Amelia Mignonette Grimaldi
Thermopolis Renaldo can feel like a right
royal muddle!
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Author: Carle, Eric
Title: The Very Hungry Caterpillar
(1 Volume, Arial 36)
Reading Age: 3+
Summary: A much loved classic, The Very
Hungry Caterpillar has won over millions of
readers with its avid and colourful collage
illustrations and its deceptively simple,
hopeful story.
Author: Carle, Eric
Title: The Bad Tempered Ladybird
(1 Volume, Arial 36)
Reading Age: 3+
Summary: The bad tempered ladybird
picks fights with every animal it meets, but
soon learns the importance of friends. In
this humourous story, Eric Carle explores
the concepts of size and time through
brightly coloured pictures.
Author: Carpenter, Humphrey
Title: Mr Majeika and the Ghost Train
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Reading Age: 6-11
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Summary: When Class Three and Mr
Majeika get on board a Ghost Train they
are in for a surprise. Real ghosts appear
and the wicked Wilhelmina Worlock isn't
far away. But Jody comes to the
rescue...with a dragon to help her.
Author: Carpenter, Humphrey
Title: Mr Majeika and the School Play
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 6-11
Summary: Hamish Bigmore is more
unbearable than ever after an
unexpected starring role in an Australian
television soap. The school play
becomes a bit too realistic when a
genuine giant thunders on the stage.
And in the third story, it looks as if the
children will never get back to St Barty's
School after their museum trip - even on
a magic carpet. Mr Majeika's wizardry is
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still getting Class Three into all sorts of
trouble, but they have a lot of fun along
the way!
Author: Carroll, Lewis
Title: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland &
Through the Looking Glass.
(2 Volumes, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 9-12
Summary: Alice's adventures begin
when she follows White Rabbit down a
rabbit-hole and falls down, down, down.
Alice is an ordinary little girl who lives an
ordinary sort of life, until the day she
finds herself in the most wonderful world
of mad tea parties and remarkable
characters like the Mad Hatter, the
Duchess, the Cheshire Cat and the
Mock Turtle. As everything grows
'curiouser and curiouser', Alice is
delighted to find that nothing in
Wonderland is the least bit ordinary.
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Author: Cassidy, Anne
Title: Getting Away With It
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 14+
Summary: Mark is in big trouble. He
stole a car and crashed it. Now his
girlfriend could be dead but Mark ran
away from the wreckage. Has he got
away with it? Or will he be haunted by
guilt forever?
Author: Cassidy, Anne
Title: Looking for JJ
(2 Volumes, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 14+
Summary: "Looking for JJ" explores the
circumstances and motives behind the
murder of a child - by her friend. Six
years later, JJ has been released, and
has a new identity. But is there any way
that she can lead a "normal" life?
Author: Cassidy, Cathy
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Title: Cherry Crush
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 9+
Summary: Cherry Crush is a book
written by Scottish author Cathy
Cassidy. It was her first book for the
Chocolate Box Girls series. The book
revolves around a girl named Cherry
Costello and both her new and old
families.
Author: Cassidy, Cathy
Title: Dizzy
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 9+
Summary: Dizzy’s mum left when she
was small. But every year, on her
birthday, something arrives in the post—
a present of a card with her mum’s
loopy writing on it. Dizzy has kept
everything. This year is different.
Nothing comes in the post, but
something amazing is about to arrive on
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Dizzy’s doorstep. Something that will
whisk her away – and put Dizzy’s whole
world in a spin.
Author: Cassidy, Cathy
Title: Lucky Star
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 9+
Summary: Has Mouse met his match in
new girl Cat? 'Cat and Mouse,' she
says, grinning. 'That's cool!' Mouse is
doing his best to stay out of trouble.
Author: Cassidy, Cathy
Title: Scarlett
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 9+
Summary: The plot revolves around the
12-year-old girl of the title, who is badly
affected by the break-up of her parents.
After leading a food fight at school, she
is sent from London to live with her
father in Ireland.
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Author: Cassidy, Cathy
Title: Shine On, Daizy Star
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 9+
Summary: Meet the one and only Daizy
Star. She's quirky and cool and loving
life in Year Six with her best friends
Willow and Beth. But when Dad hatches
a mad plan that wil turn life upside
down, Daizy is too horrified to tell
anyone at all... and pretty soon she finds
herself tangled up in a knot of secrets.
Will Daizy realise the even when she's
sinking, her friends and family are there
to help her swim?
Author: Charles, Faustin
Title: The Selfish Crocodile
(1 Volume, Arial 36)
Reading Age: 3+
Summary: Every morning a very large
and very snappy crocodile shouts this
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selfish message: 'Stay away from my
river It's MY river If you come in my
river, I'll eat you all ' The animals in the
forest don't know what to do. They are
frightened of the crocodile.
Author: Child, Lauren
Title: Clarice Bean, That’s Me
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 6-9
Summary: Book 1 in series. ‘This book
is about me, Clarice Bean. It's a very
funny book and all of the pages have
pictures, mostly of me. There are some
annoying bits when my little brother
barges in on pages 8 and 9, so you
might want to miss them out ...'
Author: Child, Lauren
Title: I Am Not Sleepy and I Will Not go to
Bed
(1 Volume, Arial 36)
Reading Age: 6-9
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Summary: Charlie has this little sister Lola.
Sometimes he has to try and get her to go
to bed. This is a hard job because Lola likes
to stay up late.
Author: Child, Lauren
Title: I Really Wonder What Plant I’m
Growing (1 Volume, Arial 36)
Reading Age: 6-9
Summary: I have this little sister, Lola. She
is small and very funny. Lola has just
planted a seed. Now she needs to learn
how to take care of it. Lola asks, “ What will
my seed grow into, Charlie?” And I say, “ I
don’t know. We’ll just have to wait and see.”
Author: Child, Lauren.
Title: I Will Not Ever Never Eat A Tomato.
(1 Volume, Arial 36).
Reading Age: 6-9
Summary: Lola will not eat peas. In fact,
she won't eat carrots, potatoes,
mushrooms, eggs, sausages, cauliflower,
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cabbage or baked beans. And she will
absolutely not eat a tomato. But when
Charlie explains that peas are actually
green drops from Greenland, and that
carrots are orange twiglets from Jupiter,
even Lola is tempted to clear her plate.
Author: Child, Lauren
Title: I Would Actually Like To Keep It
(Charlie and Lola)(Arial 36, 1 Volume)
Reading Age: 6-9
Summary: Lola finds a stuffed rabbit
outside of school. Charlie tells her she has
to find its owner, but she wants to keep it
for herself. Will Lola make the right decision
and return the rabbit?
Author: Child, Lauren.
Title: This Is Actually My Party (Charlie and
Lola).
(1 Volume, Arial 36)
Reading Age: 6-9
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Summary: It's Charlie's birthday and he
has invited all his friends and Lola to an
especially scary, hairy monster party - but
Lola has other ideas! Not only does she
make PINK fairy cakes for his friends, she
opens his cards and presents too. Lola
says, 'Oh I LOVE birthday parties!' How can
Charlie explain to Lola that it is actually HIS
party?
Author: Civardi, Anne
Title: Going to School
(1 Volume, Arial 36)
Reading Age: 3+
Summary: Usborne First Experiences are
amusing and friendly introductions to reallife situations. Stephen Cartwright's
humorous illustrations are full of things for
children to look at, learn from and talk
about, and the simple text will enable
slightly older children to read the books for
themselves
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Author: Civardi, Anne
Title: The New Baby
(1 Volume, Arial 36)
Reading Age: 3+
Summary: Easy-to-follow story about the
Bunn family, who are expecting a new
arrival...
Author: Clare, Cassandra
Title: The Mortal Instruments I: City of
Bones
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 15+
Summary: Clary Fray is seeing things:
vampires in Brooklyn, werewolves in
Manhattan. Irresistibly drawn to the
Shadowhunters, a secret group of warriors
dedicated to ridding the earth of demons,
Clary encounters the dark side of New York
City – and the dangers of forbidden love.
Author: Clare, Cassandra
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Title: The Moral Instruments II: City of
Ashes
(3 Volumes, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 15+
Summary: Haunted by her past, Clary
is dragged deeper into New York City's
terrifying underworld of demons and
Shadowhunters--but can she control her
feelings for a boy whi can never be
hers?
Author: Claybourne, Anna
Title: The Story of Inventions
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 5+
Summary: Everyday things like
toasters, chocolate bars, and cars are
only here because someone bothered to
invent them. Learn about these, and
other brilliant ideas, from ancient
inventions like the wheel, to the hightech gadgets of the modern world.
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Author: Clayton, David
Title: Snake Bite
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 11-14
Summary: "The flood raced like a great
express train down the canyon ... the
thunder of white water came closer and
closer ... ripping and pulling them ...
"HOLD ON! HOLD ON!" ...then under
they went.
Author: Clover, Peter
Title: Hercules, Operation Snowsearch
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 5-10
Summary: It's winter, and Jack's got
new neighbours. They have a little dog
too, but they aren't keen on Hercules
playing with their precious pooch, Bambi
- in fact, they won't let him anywhere
near her. Hercules is stubborn and
continues to woo Bambi, but she's a
nervous chihuahua and not used to
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other dogs. So when she runs off,
Hercules gets the blame. Then he
disappears too. The next day there's still
no sign of either animal, and it's been
snowing all night. But when Jack
searches the woods, he discovers
Bambi with her leg caught in a poacher's
snare and Hercules beside her, keeping
her warm. They've been there all night,
waiting for help. Hercules is a hero once
more - and finally accepted by the
neighbours.
Author: Clover, Peter.
Title: Hercules, Treasure Hound.
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 5-10
Summary: Jack and Hercules meet an
old man on the beach who appeals to
them to help him rescue the eggs from a
peregrine falcon's nest on the cliffs. Jack
helps the man retrieve the eggs but
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soon realises he is not what he seems but Hercules is on the trail.
Author: Cole, Steve
Title: Z-Rex
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 9+
Summary: You’re a 13 year old boy on
the run. A massive, man-eating monster
is on your tail. An evil group with a plot
to destroy humanity wants you both—
dead or alive. There’s only one way out.
You and the monster have to work
together.
Author: Colfer, Eoin
Title: Artemis Fowl
(2 Volumes, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 8-14
Summary: Book 1 in Artemis fowl
series. Twelve-year-old Artemis Fowl is
a brilliant criminal mastermind. But even
Artemis doesn't know what he's about to
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take on when he kidnaps a fairy Captain Holly Short of the LE Precon
Unit. Artemis thinks he's got the fairies
just where he wants them; but these
fairies are armed and dangerous.
Author: Colfer, Eoin
Title: Artemis Fowl: The Arctic Incident
(2 Volumes, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 8-14
Summary: Book 2 in Artemis fowl
series. Someone has been supplying
Class A illegal human power sources to
the goblins. Captain Holly Short of the
LEPrecon Unit is sure that the person
repsonsible is her arch-enemy, thirteenyear-old Artemis Fowl. But is he?
Artemis has his own problems to deal
with: his father is being held to ransom
and only a miracle will save him. Maybe
this time a brilliant plan just won't be
enough. Maybe this time Artemis needs
help ...
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Author: Colfer, Eoin.
Title: Artemis Fowl: The Eternity Code
(2 Volumes, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 8-14
Summary: Book 3 in Artemis fowl
series. Artemis is still plotting for a
billion-dollar-plus payoff for the Fowl
family, but now his enemies are human
(chiefly Jon Spiro, a ruthless
businessman Artemis tries to blackmail
using stolen fairy technology) and he
has to turn to his old adversary-turnedfriend Captain Holly Short and cutpurse
dwarf Mulch Diggums for help. The
dialogue and action prove as smart and
page-turning as ever this time around,
with Artemis struggling to bring his
faithful bodyguard Butler back from the
dead before racing Mission Impossiblestyle to triple-cross the double-crossing
Spiro.
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Author: Colfer, Eoin
Title: Artemis Fowl: The Opal Deception
(Volumes 4, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 8-14
Summary: Book 4. Arch-Criminal Artemis
Fowl's mind has been wiped. Now someone
wants him dead. Artemis Fowl is the only
boy ever to have discovered an armed and
dangerous fairy race living below ground.
He just can't remember any of it.
But Artemis needs his memory back - and
fast - because a power-crazed pixie is out
for revenge, secretly scheming to overthrow
the Lower Elements Police. If only Artemis's
one fairy ally, Captain Holly Short, wasn't
on the run. Everyone is depending on him.
And with Holly gone, Artemis is depending
on a flatulent dwarf. Things are about to
explode . . .
Author: Colfer, Eoin
Title: Artemis Fowl: The Lost Colony
(2 Volumes, Arial 24)
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Reading Age: 8-14
Summary: Book 5. Has criminal
mastermind Artemis Fowl met his match?
Until recently Artemis Fowl was the only
human to have discovered that fairies do
exist. But now a second juvenile genius
wants to capture one for scientific study and not just any old fairy. The newcomer
intends to trap a demon, the most humanhating species unknown to man.
Only an ancient time spell separates the
demons from mankind - and Artemis
must prevent it from unravelling. If he
fails, the bloodthirsty tribe will re-launch
their quest to wipe humans from the
planet
Author: Colfer, Eoin
Title: Artemis Fowl: The Seventh Dwarf
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 8-14
Summary: This short book works well in
two ways. Firstly, for fans of Artemis
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Fowl, this is a neatly written little
episode that fits in between the first and
second AF books. Secondly, this is an
ideal introduction to the series. If you’ve
never read the Artemis Fowl books and
wonder if they’re for you, then this little
story is a great way to discover them
Author: Colfer, Eoin
Title: Artemis Fowl and the Atlantis
Complex
(2 Volumes, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 8-14
Summary: Book 6. Artemis Fowl’s
criminal ways have finallly got the better
of him...
Author: Colfer, Eoin.
Title: The Legend of Spud Murphy
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 9-12
Summary: Every kid in town knows
about Spud Murphy. Grown-ups think
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she's the kindly old librarian, but kids
know the truth. They've heard all about
the gas-powered spud gun she keeps
hidden under her desk-make so much
as a sound in her library and you could
get spudded with soggy potatoes. Laugh
out loud and you may never be seen
again . . . And now, in a major coup of
parental injustice, Will and his older
brother, Marty, have been ordered to
spend their summer vacation in Spud's
library! Will brothers Will and Marty
survive a summer marooned on the
carpet of Spud's children's section,
under the watchful eye of this terrifying
librarian? Or will they discover a new
interest that surprises even them?
Author: Colfer, Eoin.
Title: Benny and Omar.
(2 Volumes, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 10+
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Summary: A hilarious book from this firsttime author in which a young sporting
fanatic is forced to leave his beloved
Wexford, home of all his heroes, and move
with his family to Tunisia! How will he
survive in a place like this? Then he teams
up with Omar, and a madcap friendship
between the two boys leads to trouble,
crazy escapades, a unique way of
communicating, and heartbreaking
challenges.
Author: Colfer, Eoin
Title: Mary’s Hair
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 5-11
Summary: Mary loathes her big, curly,
bushy hair and so she chops it all off - and
she looks fantastic! Well, at least she thinks
so. But her mammy is not convinced and
forbids her from ever cutting her own hair
again. But she didn't say anything about
anyone else.
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Author: Colfer, Eoin
Title: The Wish List
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 10+
Summary: Meg Finn is in trouble, unearthly
trouble. Cast out of her own home by her
stepfather after her mother's death, Meg is
a wanderer, a troublemaker. After a
botched attempt to rob a pensioner's flat,
Meg and her partner in crime, Belch, end
up in a very sticky situation. Meg's soul is
up for grabs as the divine and the demonic
try every underhand ploy imaginable to
claim it. Her only chance of salvation is the
Wish List. But how can she persuade the
pensioner Lowrie to help her when she has
wronged him? Even if she can persuade
him, will she really have enough points to
face up to St Peter?
Author: Collins, Ross
Title: The Elephantom
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(1 Volume, Arial 36)
Reading Age: 3+
Summary: It tells the story of a little girl
who finds that being haunted by an
elephant is not quite as much fun as she'd
hoped. With parents who seem oblivious to
phantom poo, she seeks a solution to her
big problem with the help of her Gran in the
depths of Mr Spectral's shop...
Author: Collins, Suzanne.
Title: The Hunger Games
(3 Volumes, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 11-13
Summary: Book 1 in the Hunger Games
trilogy. In a future North America, where the
rulers of Panem maintain control through an
annual televised survival competition pitting
young people from each of the twelve
districts against one another, sixteen-yearold Katniss's skills are put to the test when
she voluntarily takes her younger sister's
place.
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Author: Collins, Suzanne.
Title: The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
(3 Volumes, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 11-13
Summary: Book 2 in the Hunger Games
Trilogy. By winning the annual Hunger
Games, District 12 tributes Katniss
Everdeen and Peeta Mellark have secured
a life of safety and plenty for themselves
and their families, but because they won by
defying the rules, they unwittingly become
the faces of an impending rebellion.
Author: Collins, Suzanne.
Title: The Hunger Games: Mockingjay
(3 Volumes, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 11-13
Summary: 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
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revenge. Who do they think should pay for
the unrest? Katniss. And what's worse,
President Snow has made it clear that no
one else is safe either.
Author: Combes, Alan
Title: United, Here I Come!
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 6+
Summary: Joey and Jimmy are both
terrible at football but Jimmy's convinced
that he will play for United. A fun football
story.
Author: Conlon-McKenna, Marita
Title: Under the Hawthorn Tree
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 9-11
Summary: Ireland in the 1840s is
devastated by famine. When tragedy
strikes their family, Marita, Eily, Michael
and Peggy are left to fend for
themselves. Starving and in danger of
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being sent to the workhouse, they
escape. Their only hope is to find the
great-aunts they have heard about in
their mother's stories. With tremendous
courage they set out on a journey that
will test every reserve of strength, love
and loyalty they possess.
Author: Conlon McKenna, Marita.
Title: Wildflower Girl
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 10+
Summary: Second Book in Famine Trilogy.
At seven, Peggy made a terrifying journey
through famine-stricken Ireland. Now
thirteen, and determined to make a new life
for herself, she sets off alone across the
Atlantic to America. Will she ever see her
family again?.
Author: Conroy, Don
Title: The Anaconda From Drumcondra
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
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Reading Age: 5-7
Summary: Something fell off the back
of a lorry. It wriggled and could talk, and
as it turned out, it was looking for a
home. Meet Al - better known as the
"Anaconda from Drumcondra". Once
you take him home, your life will never
be the same again.
Author: Conroy, Don
Title: Joey's Big Day
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 5-7
Summary: Joey the red kangaroo gets
his big chance to leave the safety of his
mummy’s pouch and explore an
amazing new world. There he finds a lot
of weird and wonderful creatures and
some not too friendly.
Author: Conway, Martin.
Title: Olaf the Viking
(2 Volumes, Arial 24)
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Reading Age: 8-10
Summary: Olaf is desperate to find his
father. It's been a long time since he
disappeared, and it could be Olaf's big
chance to be a hero. So when his uncle
makes it clear that he is more interested
in carousing, marauding, and pillaging
than in finding his long-lost brother, Olaf
decides to take matters into his own
hands. With the help of a strangelygifted slave named Loki, a magical warhammer, and two barmy ravens, Olaf
sets off to adventure! Join Olaf's
hilarious and spectacular search in this
fast-paced tale of Viking derring-do.
Author: Cooper, Louise
Title: Short and Scary!: A Book of Very
Short Scary Stories
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 9-11
Summary: Short and Scary! includes
stories of ghosts, monsters, and aliens - as
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well as some much more unexpected
scares!
Author: Cooper, Susan
Title: King of Shadows
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 8-12
Summary: The plague? Nobody’s had the
plague for centuries… A young actor, Nat
Field, wakes up one morning to find himself
in the past, in 1599, acting at the Globe
Theatre. His co-star is the King of Shadows
himself: William Shakespeare. Nat’s new
life is blazing with excitement and edged
with danger; but why is he here?
Author: Cooper, Susan.
Title: Over Sea, Under Stone. - Dark is
Rising Series
(2 Volumes, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 11+
Summary: Book 1. On holiday in Cornwall,
the three Drew children discover an ancient
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map in the attic of the house that they are
staying in. They know immediately that it is
special. It is even more than that -- the key
to finding a grail, a source of power to fight
the forces of evil known as the Dark. And in
searching for it themselves, the Drews put
their very lives in peril.
Author: Cooper, Susan
Title: The Dark is Rising. - Dark is Rising
Series
(2 Volumes, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 11+
Summary: Book 2. It is Midwinter's Eve,
the night before Will's eleventh birthday. But
there is an atmosphere of fear in the
familiar countryside around him. Will is
about to make a shocking discovery - that
he is the last person to be born with the
power of the Old Ones, and as a guardian
of the Light he must begin a dangerous
journey to vanquish the terrifyingly evil
magic of the Dark.
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Author: Cooper, Susan
Title: Greenwitch - Dark is Rising Series
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 11+
Summary: In their desperate quest to find
the grail, stolen by the forces of the Dark,
the Drew children have returned to
Trewissick. One night, in a strange
ceremony, Jane watches the village women
construct the Greenwitch: an ancient
offering to the sea. Overcome by the
Greenwitch's power, Jane makes a perilous
wish - one that will tip the balance in the
ongoing struggle between good and evil.
Author: Cope, Andrew
Title: Spy Dog
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 8-12
Summary: Forget 007, It's time to meet
GM451: a Spy Dog - the first of her kind!
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Agent's ID: GM451 or LARA or Licensed
Assault and Rescue Animal or that pesky
mutt.Current Mission: Escape an evil drug
baron, go undercover, await retrieval by the
Secret Service and try not to get too fond of
the family she has chosen to look after her .
Author: Cormier, Robert
Title: I Am The Cheese
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 15+
Summary: A boy’s search for his father
becomes a desperate journey to unlock a
secret past. But it is a past that must not be
remembered—if the boy is to survive.
Author: Cottrell-Boyce, Frank
Title: Cosmic
(2 Volumes, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 8-12
Summary: He wanted to see the world—
but not quite like this.
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Author: Cottrell-Boyce, Frank
Title: Millions
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 8-12
Summary: A bittersweet story about the
perils and pleasures of pounds and
pennies. It will make you laugh and cry.
Author: Cowell, Cressidia
Title: How To Train Your Dragon
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 9+
Summary: Book 1. Hiccup Horrendous
Haddock III was an awesome swordfighter, a dragon-whisperer and the
greatest Viking Hero who ever lived. But
it wasn't always like that. In fact, in the
beginning, Hiccup Horrendous Haddock
III was the most put upon Viking you'd
ever seen. Not loud enough to make
himself heard at dinner with his father,
Stoick the Vast; not hard enough to beat
his chief rival, Snotlout, at Bashyball, the
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number one school sport and
CERTAINLY not stupid enough to go
into a cave full of dragons to find a pet...
It's time for Hiccup to learn how to be a
Hero.
Author: Cowell, Cressidia
Title: How To Train Your Dragon: How
To Be A Pirate
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 9+
Summary: Book 2. Follows the further
adventures and misadventures of
Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III as his
Viking training continues and his father
leads a stranger and the Hairy
Hooligans to the Isle of Skullions in
search of a pirate's treasure.
Author: Cowell, Cressidia.
Title: How To Train your Dragon: How
To Speak Dragonese
(1 Volume, Arial 18)
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Reading Age: 9+
Summary: Book 3. Hiccup Horrendous
Haddock the Third was an awesome
swordfighter, a dragon whisperer and
the greatest Viking Hero that ever lived.
Toothless has been captured, the
nanodragon is about to be gobbled and
the Sharkworms are on the loose. Once
again we are relying on Hiccup to be a
Hero...
Author: Croft, Andy.
Title: Come On Danny.
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 11+
Summary: Danny's Dad's in prison. Home
is hell. His teachers hate him. Is football the
only way out? This title presents gritty
realism. Barrington Stoke specialises in
books for reluctant, struggling and dyslexic
readers.
Author: Croft, Andy
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Title: The FA Cup – Livewire Investigates,
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 11+
Summary: LIVEWIRE INVESTIGATES is a
series of thrilling accounts of dream
careers, sports and extreme sports,
disasters and catastrophes, strange
mysteries, and the natural world. The FA
Cup charts the history of this world-famous
tournament, right up to 2003.
Author: Cross, Gillian
Title: Wolf
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 8-10
Summary: His feet padded along the
balcony, slinking silently past the closed
doors of the other flats. Cassy lives with her
nan. One night, she is suddenly sent to stay
with her mother. This has happened before
and her trips always coincide with a
stranger’s secret midnight visits to her nan’s
flat. But this trip is different. This time, she
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begins to sense a very real and terrifying
wolf stalking her.
Author: Cross, Gillian
Title: The Demon Headmaster Strikes
Again
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 8+
Summary: When the Hunter family are
persuaded to move house, Dinah, Lloyd
and Harvey realize that there is
something very strange about the new
village. And soon Dinah suspects that
their old enemy, the Demon
Headmaster, is back. This time, he has
got control of a research laboratory, and
he's planning to take over nature itself.
But to do that, he needs Dinah - which
puts her in terrible danger.
Author: Cross, Gillian
Title: Rent-A-Genius
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
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Reading Age: 8+
Summary: Sophy isn't going to waste
any more advice on her ungrateful
family - there must be some people out
there who really need a genius to help
them. For only fifty pence, Sophy will
tackle any problem; from bossy
grandmothers to disappearing tomatoes.
The only trouble is, everyone needs
helping at once!
Author: Cross, Gillian
Title: The Prime Minister’s Brain
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 8+
Summary: Things at school have been
looking up for Dinah, Harvey and Lloyd
since their defeat of the villainous
Demon Headmaster. The pupils are
acting normally, and their new
headmaster seems perfectly ordinary.
Then the arrival of a new computer
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game, Octopus Dare, with its
competition to find the Junior Computer
Brain of the Year, sends ripples of
excitement through the school. Only
Harvey and his friend Ingrid refuse to
get involved. Because ever since the
game arrived all the other pupils-even
Lloyd and Dinah-have become
obsessed with it. Suddenly everyone is
competing to win, but it's clever Dinah
who makes it to the final. And though
she is fixated with the game, she doesn't
like the way it makes her feel . . . it's
almost as if she's being hypnotized. Too
late Dinah realizes that she's being used
to access the private computer files of
the Prime Minister-the daring new target
of none other than the Demon
Headmaster!
Author: Cullis, Megan
Title: The Big Book of Big Trucks
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
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Reading Age: 5+
Summary: A pop-up book featuring
large drawings of big trucks, with
factfiles, to teach children about the
machinery. Part of the Usborne Big
Books series.
Author: Cunliffe, John
Title: Postman Pat and the Big Surprise
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 7+
Summary: The people of Greendale are
surprised, to see Sara bringing the post.
When she's finished the day's work,
they have a surprise for her, too!
Author: Curtin, Judi
Title: The Mystery Tour
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 8-12
Summary: Hi, this is Lauren again! My
special cat, Saturn, has quite a skill for
travelling far, far away, and I don't mean
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in distance. My best friend, Tilly, and I
were ready for our next mystery tour
adventure . . . This time we landed in
London in 1939 as the first bombs of the
Second World War were about to drop.
Luckily we met a new friend, Violet, just
in time to catch the evacuation train into
the countryside. But there we were
going to face all sorts of war-time
challenges . . .
Author: Curtin, Judi
Title: Alice and Megan Forever
(2 Volumes, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 10+
Summary: Secondary school’s a whole
new world! Megan and Alice are starting
secondary school; with new subjects,
new teachers and new friends, it’s going
to take a bit of getting used to. And
when Megan meets Marcus, the class
bad-boy who’s always in trouble, but
doesn’t seem to care, things really start
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to get complicated. At least she has
Home Ec class with Alice – the worst
cook in the school – to look forward to,
so school’s not all bad! Alice’s ill-fated
Home Economics adventures will have
readers in stitches.
Author: Curtin, Judi
Title: Alice Next Door
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 10+
Summary: The story revolves around
an Irish twelve-year-old girl called
Megan Sheehan, whose best friend,
Alice O'Rourke, has just moved away
from Limerick to Dublin with her younger
brother Jamie and her domineering
mother. Megan enters sixth class on her
own and finds it hard to cope with no
friends.
Author: Curtin, Judi
Title: Eva and the Hidden Diary
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(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 10+
Summary: Eva Gordon’s great at
solving problems, but surely even she
can’t fix something that went wrong in
the past?
Author: Cusick, Richie Tankersley
Title: The Harvest: Buffy the Vampire
Slayer
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 16+
Summary: The Slayer. In this
generation, she is Buffy Summers, 16
years old and a new student at
Tankersley Sunnydale High. Her
experiences at her last school
persuaded Buffy to try to resume the life
of a normal teenager. But it is no
coincidence that Buffy has come
to this town at this time. Once in a
century comes The Harvest: a night
when his world and ours...
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Author: Dahl, Roald
Title: The BFG
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 9-11
Summary: The BFG is a big, friendly
giant who spirits a child out of bed one
dark night. Fortunately, this giant really
is friendly, but his countrymen in the
land of giants are child-eaters. Can the
child enlist the aid of his kidnapper in
stopping the nightly massacre?
Author: Dahl, Roald
Title: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 9-11
Summary: Charlie Bucket can't believe
his luck when he finds a Golden Ticket
and wins the chance of a lifetime: a
magical day witnessing the miraculous
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creation of the most delectable eatables
ever made.
Author: Dahl, Roald
Title: Charlie and the Great Glass
Elevator
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 9-11
Summary: The last time we met Charlie
he had been told that he had inherited
the fabulous Chocolate Factory and he
and his family were riding with Mr
Wonka in the Great Glass Elevator high
above his home town. The Elevator
orbits the Earth in a space adventure
and then returns to the factory to make
Wonka-Vite which causes some
amazing things to happen.
Author: Dahl, Roald
Title: Danny the Champion of the World
(2 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 9-11
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Summary: Danny thinks his dad is the
most marvellous and exciting father a
boy could wish for. Life is happy and
peaceful in their gipsy caravan, until one
day Danny discovers his dad has been
breaking the law. What's more, soon
Danny has to join his father as they
attempt to pull off a daring and devilish
plot against their horrible, greedy
neighbour, Mr Victor Hazell.
Author: Dahl, Roald
Title: Esio Trot
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 9-11
Summary: Mr Hoppy, a retired
bachelor, harbours a secret passion for
the attractive widow Mrs Silver. She,
however, lavishes all her attention on
another - Alfie, her pet tortoise. Mr
Hoppy's wildly ingenious plot to defeat
his rival and win the love of his lady will
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delight and amaze, involving as it does
a cryptic riddle and no fewer than
140 tortoises.
Author: Dahl, Roald
Title: Fantastic Mr Fox
Reading Age: 9-11
(1 Volume, Arial 24)(1 Volume, Arial 36)
Summary: Boggis, Bunce and Bean,
three farmers, were lying in wait outside
Mr Fox's hole, each one determined to
shoot, starve or dig out Mr Fox even if it
took them forever. But Mr Fox's wife
was right when she told the children,
'Your father is a fantastic fox! He has
quite enough brains to fox much
cleverer farmers than Boggis, Bunce
and Bean!'
Author: Dahl, Roald
Title: George's Marvellous Medicine
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 9-11
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Summary: George's grandmother has
the nastiest eating habits in the world.
She's as frightening as a witch and as
grumpy as a camel without a hump.
When he can't stand this cantankerous
old woman any longer, George decides
to cure her nastiness once and for all.
He concocts a very nasty medicine.
Author: Dahl, Roald
Title: James and the Giant Peach
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 9-11
Summary: James is a poor orphan who
lives with his two grotesque spinster
aunts, one very fat and one very thin.
When a giant peach grows in their back
garden, James escapes inside it where
he discovers some mysterious
creatures. The peach rolls away from
his unhappy home and James is
released into an exciting new life of
adventure.
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Author: Dahl, Roald
Title: Matilda
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 9-11
Summary: Matilda is an extraordinarily
gifted four-year-old whose parents a
crass, dishonest used-car dealer and a
self-centered, blowsy bingo addict
regard her as "nothing more than a
scab." Life with her beastly parents is
bearable only because Matilda teaches
herself to read, finds the public library,
and discovers literature. Also, Matilda
loves using her lively intelligence to
perpetrate daring acts of revenge on her
father. This pastime she further
develops when she enrolls in Crunchem
Hall Primary School, whose
headmistress, Miss Trunchbull, is "a
fierce tyrannical monster . . . ."
Author: Dahl, Roald.
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Title: The Magic Finger.
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 9-11
Summary: The little girl in this story is
very unusual. When someone makes
her angry – and when she just can't stop
herself - she zaps a punishment on
them with a magic, flashing finger!
Author: Dahl, Roald
Title: Revolting Rhymes
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 9-11
Summary: Six of the best-known
nursery tales, retold, with some
extremely surprising twists, by that
master of the comic and the bloodcurdling, Roald Dahl. If you thought you
knew the stories of some of the most
popular fairy tales, think again. Here are
six of the best known, retold with more
than a twist or two.
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Author: Dahl, Roald
Title: The Twits
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 9-11
Summary: Mr. and Mrs. Twit are two of
the most disgusting, nasty, and horrid
characters in children's literature, from
their repulsive looks (the story opens
with a long, detailed description of Mr.
Twit's unkempt beard) to the mean and
horrible tricks they play on one another
(Mrs. Twit enjoys hiding her glass
eyeball in unexpected places and lacing
the spaghetti with worms; Mr. Twit
works for weeks to convince his wife
that she has "The Shrinks"). Mr. and
Mrs. Twit become the target of revenge
by the Mugglewump monkeys--who
have finally had enough.
Author: Dahl, Roald
Title: The Witches
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
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Reading Age: 9-11
Summary: This Roald Dahl classic tells
the scary, funny and imaginative tale of
a seven-year-old boy who has a run-in
with some real-life witches! "In fairy tales
witches always wear silly black hats and
black cloaks and they ride on
broomsticks. But this is not a fairy tale.
This is about REAL WITCHES. REAL
WITCHES dress in ordinary clothes and
look very much like ordinary women.
They live in ordinary houses and they
work in ordinary jobs. That is why they
are so hard to catch." Witches, as our
hero learns, hate children. With the help
of a friend and his somewhat-magical
grandmother, our hero tries to expose
the witches before they dispose of him.
Author: Dakin, Glenn.
Title: Ben 10, The Alliance: Secrets.
(1 Volume Arial 24)
Reading Age: 5+
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Summary: Lets you discover the
amazing world of Ben Tennyson, a 10year-old kid who proves that anyone can
be a hero! This title lets you discover
what happens when Ben averts an alien
attack on the hospital where his grandpa
lies ill, then go on to read 'Secrets',
where he kicks even more alien butt.
Author: Dale, Jenny
Title: Puppy Patrol: Teacher’s Pet
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 7-10
Summary: First in a brand-new, hugely
appealing dog series set in busy King
Street Kennels. Comprising boarding
kennels, a dog training school, as well
as a rescue mission for stray and
mistreated canines, the Kennels
provides the ideal venue for doggy
adventures and misadventures of all
kinds. Here the owners' children - Neil,
Paul and Sarah - rescue, care for and
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love a host of adorable animals. In
Teacher's Pet, Dotty the Dalmatian
(owned by Neil's new teacher) fails all
her tests at the King Street Kennels'
training school. Dotty's been thrown out
of dog schools all round the country.
Can Neil turn Dotty into a star pupil and get on his teacher's good side?
Author: Dale, Jenny
Title: Puppy Patrol: Best of Friends
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 7-10
Summary: Spangle, Ludo, and Yap are
inseparable -- best friends in a houseful
of mischievous mutts. And when their
owner needs help, she calls on King
Street Kennels to sort out her canine
chaos. Neil's never seen so many dogs
in one house! But unless he acts
quickly, these loyal friends may have to
be separated. Being in the doghouse
could be Neil's greatest challenge yet!
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Author: Davidson, Susanna
Title: Animal Stories for Bedtime
(1 Volume, Arial 36)
Reading Age: 3+
Summary: How did the elephant get its
trunk? Can three little pigs escape from
the big, bad wolf? And is the sky really
falling on Chicken Licken?
Author: Davidson, Susanna
Title: Black Beauty
(1 Volume, Arial 36)
Reading Age: 3+
Summary: Read Black Beauty's story in
his own words, in this atmospheric
retelling of Anna Sewell's classic story.
Author: Davidson, Susanna
Title: The Frog Prince
(1 Volume, Arial 36)
Reading Age: 3+
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Summary: Princess Poppy would rather
eat her toenails than marry Prince
Humperdink. But she only has a few
hours to find the perfect prince. Even
worse, she's being followed around by a
talking frog.
Author: Davidson, Susanna
Title: Goldilocks and the Three Bears
(1 Volume, Arial 36)
Reading Age: 3+
Summary: Goldilocks was always told,
"Don't go into the forest. It's full of big
scary bears". But, Goldilocks went into
the forest anyway... Find out what
happens to naughty Goldilocks in this
lively retelling of the classic fairy tale.
Author: Deary, Terry.
Title: Horrible Histories: The Angry Aztecs.
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 10-13
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Summary: The Angry Aztecs fills you in on
the foulest facts about Motecuhzoma,
Cuahtemoc, and other people with
unpronounceable names, whose idea of fun
was ripping out human hearts.
Author: Deary, Terry
Title: Horrible Histories: The Awesome
Egyptians
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 10-13
Summary: It's history with the nasty bits left
in! Want to know: · Which king had the
worst blackheads? · Why some kings had
to wear false beards? · Why the peasants
were revolting? Discover all the foul facts
about the Awesome Egyptians - all the gore
and more!.
Author: Deary, Terry.
Title: Horrible Histories: Rotten Rulers
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 10-13
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Summary: Rotten Rulers gives you the
lowdown on the world’s most loathsome
leaders. From bizarre tsars and evil
emperors to crazy kings and queens,
people all around the world have suffered at
the hands of their rulers for centuries.
Whether they’re nutty or nasty, fat or foul,
those in charge rarely get it right.
Author: Deary, Terry.
Title: Horrible Histories: The Ruthless
Romans
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 10-13
Summary: The Ruthless Romans' reveals
the grim truth behind the greatest empire of
all time - from the terrible twins who
founded Rome to the evil emperors who
made murder into a sport. Read on for the
gory details about the cruel Colosseum and
the people and animals who were
massacred there.
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Author: Deary, Terry.
Title: True Monster Stories
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 10-13
Summary: Incredible? Impossible? Too
awful to imagine? But someone,
somewhere at some time has sworn that
each of these strange stories is true…
Author: Deborah Tyler, Gina Stewart
Title: Monster Stories for Bedtime
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 7-10
Summary: A collection of monster stories,
for bedtime reading.
Author: Delany, Joseph
Title: The Spook’s Apprentice
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 12+
Summary: Book 1. For years, the local
Spook has been keeping the County safe
from evil. Now his time is coming to an end,
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but who will take over? Many apprentices
have tried . . . Some floundered, some fled,
some failed to stay alive. Just one boy is
left. Thomas Ward. He is the last hope. But
does he stand a chance against Mother
Malkin, the most dangerous witch in the
County?
Author: Delany, Joseph.
Title: The Spook’s Curse
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 12+
Summary: Book 2. The Spook and his
apprentice, Thomas Ward, have travelled to
Priestown to defeat 'the Bane', a powerful,
evil creature that lurks in the catacombs of
the cathedral and is corrupting the County.
As Thomas and his master prepare to battle
with the Bane, they soon realize it isn't their
only enemy in Priestown. The Quisitor has
arrived, searching the County for those who
meddle with the dark - witches, warlocks
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and spooks! Can Thomas and his master
survive the horror that follows . . .?
Author: Delany, Joseph
Title: The Spook’s Secret
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 12+
Summary: Book 3. As the nights draw in
the Spook decides to travel to his winter
house. His apprentice, Tom, hates the
desolate place. There are feral witches in
the cellar, menacing creatures stirring on
the nearby moors and a sinister stranger
threatening Tom's master. What does the
mysterious stranger want? Is the Spook's
past catching up with him?
Author: Dickens, Charles
Title: A Christmas Carol & Other Children’s
Stories
(4 Volumes, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 9+
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Summary: Contains; A Christmas Carol,
The Chimes, The Cricket on the Hearth,
The Battle of Life, and the Haunted Man. All
stories show Dickens at his unpredictable
best, jumbling together comedy and
melodrama, denial romance and urgent
social satire, in pursuit of his aim ‘to
awaken some loving and forbearing
thoughts, never out of season in a Christian
land’.
Author: Dickins, Rose
Title: Dracula (Usborne Young Reading)
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 7-9
Summary: Based on the story by Bram
Stoker. When Jonathan Harker arrives at
Castle Dracula, he has no idea of his host’s
horrible nocturnal habits. Can the eccentric
Professor Van Helsing and his brave young
friends take on the vilest vampire in the
world?
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Author: Dickins, Rose
Title: Frankenstein (Usborne Young
Reading)
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 7-9
Summary: Based on the story by Mary
Shelley. Victor Frankenstein dreams of
creating life. As lightning flashes across the
sky, his creature stirs. Will it be the perfect
being he imagines, or a monster?.
Author: Disney
Title: Disney-Pixar’s Cars Storybook
Collection
(2 Volumes, Arial 36)
Reading Age: 2+
Summary: Rev your engines and roll into
Radiator Springs with this cool collection of
Cars adventures. Track down a lost tractor
with Al, complete an off-road assault course
with Sarge and try new racing tricks with
Lightning McQueen.
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Author: DiTerlizzi, Tony
Title: The Spiderwick Chronicles: The Field
Guide
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 7+
Summary: Book 1. After finding a
mysterious, handmade field guide in the
attic of the ramshackle old mansion they’ve
just moved into, Jared; his twin brother,
Simon; and their older sister, Mallory,
discover that there’s a magical and maybe
dangerous world existing parallel to our
own—the world of faerie.
Author: DiTerlizzi, Tony
Title: The Spiderwick Chronicles: The
Seeing Stone
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 7+
Summary: Book 2 of The Spiderwick
Chronicles in which Mallory, Simon and
Jared ask many questions and discover the
fate of the missing cat. With the aid of a
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seeing stone the true nature of the secret
world around them is now revealed.
Author: Doder, Joshua
Title: Grk: A Dog Called Grk
(2 Volumes, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 8+
Summary: Book 1. When Tim finds an
abandoned and bedraggled little dog
outside his house, he can't just leave him
there, even though his parents hate the
idea of pets in their house. And then the
endearing animal turns out to be Grk, the
much loved pet of the recently replaced
ambassador of Stanislavia, left behind
when they made a rushed (and enforced)
exit. Tim innocently wants to reunite them,
but it means that he will become embroiled
in the violent and dangerous politics of this
little known East European country. To find
them, he will have to break into a high
security prison (and out again!) and escape
from the consequent hue and cry. This will
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involve the hair-raising piloting of a
helicopter, and a nail-biting race for the
border.
Author: Doder, Joshua
Title: Grk: Grk and the Pelotti Gang
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 8+
Summary: Book 2. A trip to Brazil should
be fun, right? Well, it's certainly exciting, as
Tim and his dog Grk zip through the streets
of Rio at high speed after the notorious
Pelotti gang. Then their plane crashes in
the jungle, and they find themselves having
to fight to the death on the world's biggest
waterfall. Will it be enough to stop the most
dangerous criminals in South America?
You'll just have to read to find out!
Author: Doherty, Berlie
Title: Granny Was A Buffer Girl
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 12-15
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Summary: Leaving home ... It's hard for
Jess to imagine what it will be like,
separated from her family and friends and
the place she has always known. As her
departure approaches, it is time for her to
share in the family secrets - the love
stories, and the ghost stories ...
Author: Donaldson, Julia
Title: Charlie Cook’s Favourite Book
(1 Volume, Arial 36)
Reading Age: 4+
Summary: Charlie Cook is reading a book
about a pirate captain, who is reading a
book about Goldilocks, who is reading
about a knight, who is reading about a frog .
. . From kings and queens to aliens and
ghosts, there's something for everyone in
Charlie's amazing book!.
Author: Donaldson, Julia
Title: The Gruffalo
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
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Reading Age: 4+
Summary: A rhyming story about a
clever little mouse and a monster. When
mouse goes for a walk in a dangerous
forest, he invents tales of a fantastic
creature called a Gruffalo to scare off
his enemies. Imagine his surprise when
he meets a real Gruffalo!
Author: Donaldson, Julia
Title: The Gruffalo's Child
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 4+
Summary: The Gruffalo said that no
Gruffalo should ever set foot in the deep
dark wood. But one wild and windy night
the Gruffalo's child ignores her father's
warning and tiptoes out into the snow.
After all, the Big Bad Mouse doesn't
really exist...does he?
Author: Donaldson, Julia
Title: The Highway Rat
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(1 Volume, Arial 36)
Reading Age: 4+
Summary: 'Give me your buns and your
biscuits! Give me your chocolate eclairs!
For I am the Rat of the highway, and the
Rat Thief never shares'! Life is not safe
for the other animals, as the villainous
Highway Rat gallops along the highway,
stealing their food. Clover from a rabbit;
nuts from a squirrel - he even steals his
own hose's hay. Will he finally meet his
comeuppance, in the form of a cunning
duck? This is a fabulous, rollicking
rhyme, in the style of the famous Alfred
Noyes poem, "The Highwayman", from
the authors of "The Gruffalo" and "Zog".
Author: Donaldson, Julia
Title: Monkey Puzzle
(1 Volume, Arial 36)
Reading Age: 4+
Summary: I've lost my mum!" "Hush,
little monkey, don't you cry, I'll help you
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find her", said Butterfly. But somehow
Butterfly keeps getting it wrong. Will
Monkey ever find his mum?.
Author: Donaldson, Julia
Title: Night Monkey, Day Monkey
(1 Volume, Arial 36)
Reading Age: 4+
Summary: Night Monkey and Day
Monkey's worlds are as different as...
night and day! What one fears, the other
loves, what one understands, only
confused the other. But in learning
about each other's opposite worlds, they
also learn to be the best of friends.
Author: Donaldson, Julia
Title: Room On The Broom
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 4+
Summary: The witch and her cat fly
happily over forests, rivers and
mountains on their broomstick until a
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stormy wind blows away the witch's hat,
bow and wand. They are retrieved by a
dog, a bird and a frog, and each animal
asks for a ride on the broom. One after
the next climbs on, until the broom is so
heavy that it snaps in two! What will
happen next as they tumble into a bog
and meet a greedy dragon?
Author: Donaldson, Julia
Title: The Smartest Giant in Town
(1 Volume, Arial 36)
Reading Age: 4+
Summary: George wished he wasn't
the scruffiest giant in town. So, one day,
when he sees a new shop selling giantsize clothes, he decides it's time for a
new look. With smart trousers, a smart
shirt, stripy tie, and shiny shoes, George
is a new giant. But, on his way home, he
meets various animals who desperately
need his help... and his clothes!.
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Author: Donaldson, Julia
Title: The Snail and the Whale
(1 Volume, Arial 36)
Reading Age: 4+
Summary: Wanting to sail beyond its
rock, a tiny snail hitches a ride on a big
humpback whale and then is able to
help the whale when it gets stuck in the
sand.
Author: Donaldson, Julia
Title: A Squash and a Squeeze
(1 Volume, Arial 36)
Reading Age: 4+
Summary: My house is a squash and a
squeeze,' she complains to a wise old
man. He advises her to take various
animals into her house – first a hen,
then a goat, then a pig and finally a cow,
who dances on the table.
Author: Donaldson, Julia
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Title: Tyrannosaurus Drip
(1 Volume, Arial 36)
Reading Age: 4+
Summary: Whoever heard of a vegetarian
T. rex? Everyone knows that
tyrannosauruses are big and scary, so
when a placid duckbill dinosaur's egg ends
up in the wrong nest confusion is sure to
ensue! When the baby dinosaur hatches
out, he's so out of place that his grisly big
sisters call him Tyrannosaurus Drip. Poor
little Drip: all he wants is a quiet life
munching on water weed . . .
Author: Donaldson, Julia.
Title: Zog
(1 Volume, Arial 36.)
Reading Age: 4+
Summary: Zog is the keenest dragon in
school. He's also the most accident-prone.
Luckily, a mysterious little girl always
comes by and patches up his bumps and
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bruises. But will she be able to help him
with his toughest test: capturing a princess?
Author: Dowd, Siobhan.
Title: The London Eye mystery
(2 Volumes, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 9-11
Summary: The facts seem simple
enough. While their mothers have
coffee, Ted and his older sister, Kat, and
their cousin, Salim, wait in a queue to
ride the London Eye, an observation
wheel that allows those locked in the
glass-and-steel capsules to see 25
miles in every direction. A stranger from
the front of the line offers one free ticket,
and since Salim is the visitor, stopping
in London before moving with his mum
to New York, he takes it. Ted and
Kat see him enter the capsule and
follow his ride, but to their shock, he
doesn’t exit with his fellow riders.
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Author: Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan (Retold
by West, Clare)
Reading Age: 12+
Title: Sherlock Holmes: Short Stories
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Sumary: In these three of his best
stories, Sherlock Holmes has three
visitors to the famous flat in Baker Street
- visitors who bring their troubles to the
only man in the world who can help
them.
Author: Doyle, Malachy
Title: Billy and the Bees
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 5-8
Summary: When someone steals Billy's
rollerblades, his wonderful bees catch
the thief in no time at all! But that's the
easy part! The Rollerblade Thief only
borrowed the blades to catch the Paper
Thief - so now they must catch him! In
the end, the trail leads Billy and his bees
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to something amazing in the heart of the
city!
Author: Doyle, Roddy
Title: Greyhound of a Girl
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 8-11
Summary: 12 year old Mary's beloved
grandmother is near the end of her life.
Letting go is hard - until Granny's long-dead
mammy appears. Her ghost has returned to
help her dying daughter say goodbye to the
ones she loves. But first she needs to take
them all on a road trip to the past.
Author: Doyle, Roddy.
Title: The Giggler Treatment
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 8-11
Summary: Mr Mack is about to step footfirst into a fate he doesn't deserve. He is
about to experience the giggler treatment.
The gigglers are magical pranksters who
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exact appropriate revenge on adults who
have been mean to children. What is the
giggler treatment? And why is Mr Mack in
for it?.
Author: Doyle, Roddy
Title: Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha.
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 8-11
Summary: Roddy Doyle's Booker Prizewinning novel describes the world of tenyear-old Paddy Clarke, growing up in
Barrytown, north Dublin. From fun and
adventure on the streets, boredom in the
classroom to increasing isolation at home,
Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha is the story of a
boy who sees everything but understands
less and less.
Author: Duffey, Betsy
Title: Lucky in the Doghouse
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 5-8
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Summary: George loves his new
puppy, Lucky, but Lucky is out of
control. If George can't stop
Lucky barking at night and making
puddles in the house, Mum and Dad say
he will have to go!
Author: Dumas, Alexandre
Title: The Count of Monte Cristo
(10 Volumes, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 16+
Summary: Relates a sailor's
preparation for and execution of
revenge against the three men
responsible for his fifteen years false
prison.
Author: Durrant, Sabine
Title: Ooh La La! Connie Pickles
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 11+
Summary: Girls… meet Constance de
Bellechasse (or Connie Pickles, as
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she’s otherwise known). Connie’s off to
Pareeeee on a French exchange and
shes tres excited. She will: A: Get over
William—falling in love with her best
friend was a bad idea. B: Discover all
things French, including gorgeous
clothes, cakes—and boys. Yummmm!
C: Reunite herself with her long-lost
Parisian grandparents. And then
persuade her mother do the same. C’est
Paris, c’est magnifique, and Connie
won’t ever want to leave. Will she?
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Author: Edge, Christopher
Title: Twelve Minutes to Midnight
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 13+
Summary: Penelope Tredwell is the feisty
thirteen-year-old orphan heiress of Victorian
Britain’s bestselling magazine, the Penny
Dreadful. Her spine-chilling tales—
concealed under the pen name
Montgomery Finch—are gripping the public.
One day she receives a letter from the
governor of the Bedlam madhouse
requesting Finch’s help to investigate the
asylum’s strange goings-on. Every night at
precisely twelve minutes to midnight, the
inmates all begin feverishly writing—
incoherent ramblings that Penelope quickly
realizes are frightening visions of the
century to come. But what is causing this
phenomenon?
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Author: Enright, Dominique
Title: Children’s Miscellany: Volume 2
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 6+
Summary: Book 2. Do you know how to
milk a cow? The symptoms of a venomous
spider's bite? Where to find the fastest
rollercoasters? You won't find such an
eclectic collection of fascinating facts
anywhere else. Whether you want to know
how to beat an alligator in a fight, ways to
speak in secret code, which insects are
edible, or what the heck scolionophobia
means, this is the book for readers both
young and old.
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Author: Farmer, Penelope
Title: Twin Trouble
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 5-8
Summary: A collection of read-aloud
stories about mischievous girl twins and the
trouble they get into. Set largely at the girls'
school.
Author: Fine, Anne
Title: Goggle-Eyes
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 12-14
Summary: Kitty Killin is not only a good
storyteller, but also the World's Greatest
Expert when it comes to mothers having
new and unwanted boyfriends. Particularly
when there's a danger they might turn into
new and unwanted stepfathers...
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Author: Fine, Anne
Title: How To Write Really Badly
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 8-11
Summary: Clever clogs Chester Howard
has started at a new school and his teacher
sits him next to a boy with learning
difficulties. In his own way, Chester agrees
to help Joe, and so begins a partnership
which brings a priceless reward to both
boys.
Author: Fine, Anne
Title: A Sudden Glow of Gold
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 8-11
Summary: Throw some things out? No
way! Toby needed absolutely everything.
Author: Fine, Anne
Title: A Sudden Puff of Glittering Smoke
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 5-8
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Summary: When a girl wishes for a b̀ rilliant
day' on a Genie, it doesn't turn out exactly
as she had expected.
Author: Fine, Anne
Title: A Sudden Swirl of Icy Wind
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 5-8
Summary: Further adventures of William
and Mustapha, the genie. Sequel to À
sudden puff of glittering smoke'.
Author: Fine, Anne
Title: The Diary of a Killer Cat
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 5-8
Summary: Okay, Okay. So hang me. I
killed the bird. For pity's sake, I'm a cat.
Poor Ellie is horrified when Tuffy drags a
dead bird into the house. Then a mouse.
But Tuffy can't understand what all the fuss
is about. Who on earth will be the next
victim to arrive through the cat-flap? Can
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soft-hearted Ellie manage to get her
beloved pet to change his wild, wild ways
before he ends up in even deeper trouble?
Author: Fine, Anne
Title: Flour Babies
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 9+
Summary: When the annual school
science fair comes round, Mr Cartwright's
class don't get to work on the Soap Factory,
the Maggot Farm or the Exploding Custard
Tins. To their intense disgust they get the
Flour Babies - sweet little six-pound bags of
flour that must be cared for at all times.
Author: Fine, Anne
Title: How Brave Is That?
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 8+
Summary: Tom wants to join the army, but
he has to pass his exams first! When he
turns up without proper uniform on exam
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day, strict Mrs Dell threatens to send him
home. There are spare clothes available,
but is Tom brave enough to face the exam
hall - in a skirt?
Author: Fine, Anne
Title: Bad Dreams
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 10+
Summary: "I adore stories in which people
have weird dreams, and strange things
happen. But that's in books. Real life is
supposed to be real, and I like my world to
be solid around me ' Mel is the class
bookworm. She prefers books to people
and doesn't want or need - friends. She
certainly doesn't want to be first-week
minder for new girl, Imogen. And Imogen is
odd. Slowly, Mel discovers that Imogen has
a special talent - a family gift' that Mel
thinks is more like a curse. And that's when
she realizes that stories can happen in real
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life, too. For only she can stop Imogen's
private horror story stop the bad dreams "
Author: Fine, Anne
Title: Bill’s New Frock
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 9-11
Summary: One morning, almost as if in a
dream, Billy wakes up to find that he has
turned into a girl! His mother casually
dresses him in a pink dress and sends him
off to school, where he realizes how
differently girls are treated. A unique story
that will serve as a springboard for
discussions among young readers.
Author: Fine, Anne
Title: The Chicken Gave It To Me
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 9-11
Summary: Gemma doesn’t believe a
chicken could have written a book chickens can’t even read! But here in front
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of them is The True Story of Harrowing
Farm, and its scratchy pages definitely look,
well, chickeny. It is an epic tale of cruelty
and bravery, the story of a chicken who flies
frillions of miles, reaching the heights of
intergalactic superstardom, to try to save us
humans . . .
Author: Fine, Anne
Title: Madam Doubtfire
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 8+
Summary: When Miranda decides to hire a
housekeeper to care for her three children,
her ex-husband Daniel, an unemployed
actor, disguises himself as a woman and
gets the job. Daniel is happy with this
arrangement: he doesn't do much work,
and he gets to see his children every day.
But the kids find that seeing their father
dressed as a huge be-turbanned woman is
both disturbing and confusing.
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Author: Fine, Anne
Title: The Road of Bones
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 11+
Summary: Yuri grows up in a country
where no freedom of thought is encouraged
– where he is told what to cheer for and
who to believe in, where even the
neighbours are encouraged to report any
dissension to the authorities.But it is still a
shock when a few careless words lead him
to a virtual death-sentence – sent on a
nightmare journey to a northern camp amid
the frozen wastes. What, or who, can he
possibly believe in now? Can he even
survive? And is escape possible . . . ?
Author: Fine, Anne
Title: The Tulip Touch
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 11-14
Summary: Nobody wants Tulip in their
gang. She skives off school, cheeks the
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teachers and makes herself unpopular with
her classmates by telling awful lies. None of
this matters to Natalie who finds Tulip
exciting. At first she doesn't care that other
people are upset and unnerved by Tulip's
bizarre games, but as the games become
increasingly sinister and dangerous, Natalie
realises that Tulip is going too far, much too
far, racing, in fact, to the novel's shocking
ending.
Author: Fitzgerald, F. Scott
Title: The Great Gatsby
(2 Volumes, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 14+
Summary: The Great Gatsby is a 1925
novel written by American author F. Scott
Fitzgerald that follows a cast of characters
living in the fictional town of West Egg on
prosperous Long Island in the summer of
1922.
Author: Fitzpatrick, Mary-Louise
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Title: The Sleeping Giant
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 5-9
Summary: Tells the story of the Kerry giant
who, having eaten a special stew, falls
asleep in the sea and sleeps for so long
that the people forget who he is and believe
that he is a small island. Centuries later, the
giant wakes up.
Author: Flegg, Aubrey M
Title: Wings Over Delft
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 12+
Summary: As the daughter of a wealthy
Dutch family, Louise Eeden knows that
certain things are expected of her. When
her father commissions a famous artist to
paint her portrait, she reluctantly agrees.
But lately things have started to move too
fast in her life. Somehow everyone believes
she is engaged to Reynier de Vries; a
marriage that will bring about the merger of
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two respected pottery businesses. In the
studio with Master Haitink and his gangly
apprentice, Pieter, Louise unexpectedly
finds freedom to be herself.
Author: Frank, Anne
Title: The Diary of a Young Girl
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 13+
Summary: The diary of 13 year old Anne
Frank, written while hiding with her family in
a secret annex behind a bookcase, in Nazi
occupied Amsterdam. The diary serves as
a record of the events that occurred to the
Frank family, between June 1942 and
August 1944.
Author: Freedman, Claire
Title: Dinosaurs Love Underpants
(1 Volume, Arial 36)
Reading Age: 3+
Summary: The mystery of dinosaur
extinction is solved! Scientists have plenty
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of theories about why dinosaurs are extinct,
but the UK’s bestselling author-illustrator
team of Claire Freedman and Ben Cort
knows the real answer: The dinos were
wiped out in an Underpants War! This
wacky celebration of underpants is perfect
for reading aloud, and the hilarious antics of
T. rex and the gang are endlessly
entertaining.
Author: Freedman, Claire
Title: Monstersaurus
(1 Volume, Arial 36)
Reading Age: 3+
Summary: He's big, he's hairy, but is he
scary? Meet Monstersaurus, a brand new
character from the creators of the best
selling Aliens Love Underpants.
Author: French, Vivian
Title: The Kitten With No Name
(1 Volume, Aral 24)
Reading Age: 5+
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Summary: Poor lost Kitten. He doesn't
have a name or a home to call his own. All
he wants is to find a warm and cosy place
where someone will love him. Will anyone
help this little kitten?
Author: Frith, Alex
Title: The Usborne Big Book of Big
Dinosaurs
(1 Volume, Arial 36)
Reading Age: 3+
Summary: Introduces some of the largest
and smallest dinosaurs, pterosaurs, marine
reptiles that lived at the same time, the
biggest carnivores and their prey, dinosaurs
of different eras, and dinosaur footprints, in
a text with fold-out pages. On board pages.
Author: Funke, Cornelia Caroline
Title: Young Werewolf
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 8+
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Summary: When a strange dog bites Matt,
he begins to experience very odd
symptoms indeed. The race is on for Matt’s
friend Lisa to find a cure.
Author: Funke, Cornelia Caroline
Title: Inkheart
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 9+
Summary: Twelve-year-old Meggie learns
that her father, who repairs and binds
books for a living, can "read" fictional
characters to life when one of those
characters abducts them and tries to force
him into service.
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Author: Gaarder, Jostein
Title: The Christmas Mystery
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 5-7
Summary: One day Elisabet, while
Christmas shopping with her mother,
vanishes into thin air. Accompanied by
angels, shepherds, kings and even a
Roman govenor, she is rushing back
through time and space to Bethlehem,
to be present at the birth of Christ. Fifty
years later a boy called Joachim pieces
together her story from a magic advent
calendar and brings it to a conclusion.
Author: Gallagher, Brian
Title: Across The Divide
(2 Volumes, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 10+
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Summary: What Happens When Your
Best Friend ought to be Your Enemy?
Liam and Nora form an unlikely
friendship when he lends her a helping
hand during a music competition. Liam's
father, a mechanic, is a proud trade
union member, while Nora's father is a
prosperous wine importer. When Jim
Larkin takes on the might of the
employers in 1913, resulting in strikes,
riots and lockouts, Liam and Nora's
friendship is challenged and their
loyalties torn. Caught up in events that
they don't fully understand, the two
come face to face with hardship and
danger, but also find humour and
generosity as they set out on an
adventure that may make or break their
friendship, but will definitely change their
lives forever. The historical events of the
Dublin 1913 Lockout vividly portrayed
through the lives of two young friends.
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Author: Gallagher, Brian
Title: Taking Sides
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 10+
Summary: Dublin, 1922. Working class
Annie Reilly is thrilled to win a
scholarship to Eccles Street School.
Through a classmate she meets Peter
Scanlon, a student in Belvedere
College. Peter sides with the rebels in
the Civil War and carries messages for
them. When Annie’s life is threatened,
he has to decide where his loyalties lie.
Author: Ganeri, Anita
Title: Horrible Geography, Wild Animals
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 7-11
Summary: Children will love learning how
to survive when animals get horrible: how to
cope with a killer croc and what to do if a
shark bumps into you. With wild animal
facts, life-saving tips and heart-stopping
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survival stories, Geography has never been
so horrible!
Author: Ganeri, Anita
Title: Horrible Geography: Intrepid
Explorers
(2 Volumes, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 7-11
Summary: Geography with the gritty bits
left in! Does geography grind you down?
Wave goodbye to boring geography
lessons as you step into the wide world of
globetrotting Intrepid Explorers.. Marvel! as
Ferdinand Magellan is first to sail around
the world. * Shudder! as Mary Kingsley
finds body bits in her jungle hut. And if
that's not daring enough for you... find out
how some intrepid explorers found their
way without maps, why others always
travelled in disguise, and what really
happened on the expeditions in their secret
diaries. It's earth-shatteringly exciting!
Geography has never been so horrible!
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Author: Gardam, Jane
Title: Tufty Bear
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 5-7
Summary: Tufty Bear is no ordinary
teddy bear. He looks warm and friendly
and as though at any moment he might
speak - and so he does, to Harry and
Tilly!
Author: Garner, Alan
Title: The Owl Service
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 12+
Summary: During a summer vacation in a
secluded Welsh valley, three young people
find themselves driven by the spirits of
three mythical lovers to reenact an ancient
tragedy.
Author: Gayle, Mike
Title: My Legendary Girlfriend
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(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 13+
Summary: A debut that took Great Britain
by storm, My Legendary Girlfriend
introduced the world to the loveable,
lovestruck Will Kelly. It’s been three years
since his heartthrob, Agnes, wrecked his
life with a chat that started, “It’s like that
song. ‘If you love somebody, set him free.’”
But no matter how much time goes by, Will
doesn’t feel very free. He still makes lists of
each birthday present Aggi ever gave him,
has gymnastic fantasies about a perfect
reunion night with her, dwells on the first
words she uttered to him. How long can a
person stay down in the dumps after being
dumped? And how much longer before Will
dumps Martina, the sweet but clingy girl
he’s seeing? Will anyone ever measure up
to his Legendary Girlfriend?
Author: Gifford, Clive
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Title: Usborne Big Machines, Planes and
Helicopters
(1 Volume, Arial 36)
Reading Age: 3+
Summary: Super-realistic, sturdy board
books with bright illustrations
Author: Gleitzman, Morris
Title: Bumface
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 12+
Summary: Angus dreams of being bold,
brave, wild and free, like Bumface the pirate
in the stories he tells his younger siblings.
Instead he's his mum's Mr Dependable,
always looking after the younger ones and
cleaning up. He's desperate to stop his
mum adding another baby to the family so
comes up with a plan to prevent her getting
pregnant. With a bit of help from his new
friend, Rindi, he might just do it . . .
Author: Gliori, Debi
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Title: Pure Dead Brilliant
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 8-12
Summary: When Signora Strega-Borgia
invites some would-be witches to stay,
weird things begin to happen. Pandora
can’t resist the temptation of time travel.
Titus picks up a strange—and deadly—
computer virus. And it looks like they may
have to trade in the family riches for a
family curse.
Author: Goldstein, Margaret J.
Title: Earth (Our Universe)
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 3-4
Summary: An introduction to the planet
Earth, discussing its place in the solar
system, movement in space, interior,
surface features, atmosphere, weather,
inhabitants, and moon.
Author: Graham, Bob
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Title: Max
(1 Volume, Arial 36)
Reading Age: 4-7
Summary: It’s not easy being the son of
flying superheroes – you’re supposed to
hover... and hurtle... and swoop like a bird.
Max, it seems, is just an ordinary boy. Will
he ever be ready to fly?
Author: Grant, Michael
Title: Gone
(2 Volumes, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 12+
Summary: Book 1. Suddenly it’s a world
without adults and normal has crashed and
burned. When life as you know it ends at
15, everything changes. In the blink of an
eye all the adults disappear in a small town
in southern California and no one knows
why. Cut off from the outside world, those
that are left are trapped, and there’s no help
on the way. They must do all they can to
survive. Chaos rules the streets.
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Author: Grant, Michael
Title: Hunger
(Volume 3, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 12+
Summary: The second instalment of
Michael Grant’s epic Gone series. The
clock is ticking for Sam Temple and the kids
of Perdido Beach but it’s not the big onefive that they face now; it’s starvation that
threatens the FAYZ. In an abandoned
mineshaft a faceless animal lurks, pulling
the strings, toying with human and mutant
alike. And he’s hungry – hungry in the
darkness.
Author: Grant, Michael
Title: Lies
(2 Volumes, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 12+
Summary: The third instalment of Michael
Grant’s epic Gone series. A blood-pumping,
white-knuckle sci-fi thriller of epic
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proportions It happens in one night: a girl
who died now walks among the living, Zil
and the Human Crew set fire to Perdido
Beach, and amid the flames and smoke,
Sam sees the figure of the boy he fears the
most – Drake.
Author: Graves, Sue
Title: Dare or Danger: Dare You? (Go!)
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 6+
Summary: The school bully gives Lee and
Dan a dare. Who will be the loser?
Author: Graves, Sue
Title: Raft Rescue (Dare or Danger 1) (Go!)
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 6+
Summary: Two boys find a coin with Dare
on one side, Danger on the other. When
they flip it, adventure follows! When it
comes down 'danger', can they rescue a
boy from drowning?
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Author: Gray, Kes.
Title: Daisy and the Trouble With Zoos. (1
Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 9-12
Summary: It's Daisy's birthday and she's
having a special birthday treat! Mum has
invited her best friends, Gabby and Dylan,
on a trip to the zoo - and, best of all, Mum
has arranged for Daisy to go into the actual
penguin cage with the actual zoo keeper
and FEED actual penguins! REAL ACTUAL
PENGUINS! With actual beaks and
everything!! Trouble is, Daisy doesn't just
feed the penguins, she 'adopts' one to take
home.
Author: Green, John
Title: An Abundance of Katherines
(2 Volumes, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 15+
Summary: Love, friendship, and a dead
Austro-Hungarian archduke add up to
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surprising and heart-changing
conclusions in this ingeniously layered
comic novel about reinventing oneself.
Author: Green, John
Title: Looking for Alaska
(2 Volumes, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 15+
Summary: Sixteen-year-old Miles' first
year at Culver Creek Preparatory
School in Alabama includes good
friends and great pranks, but is defined
by the search for answers about life and
death after a fatal car crash.
Author: Grimm, Jacob & Wilhelm
Title: Rapunzel
(1 Volume, Arial 36)
Reading Age: 3+
Summary: A retelling of the Grimm
brothers fairy tale, Rapunzel, in basic
text.
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Author: Gunning, Peter
Title: Reaching the Heights
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 12+
Summary: Tosh and Naylor live in the
notorious ‘McGillicuddy Heights’ where
growing up fast is a necessity for
survival. Their school friend Aisling is
from the more fashionable side of town
but when her family begins to split up,
Aisling too must develop survival
techniques of her own.
Author: Gunning, Peter
Title: Stanley
(2 Volumes, Arial 36)
Reading Age: 8-11
Summary: To look at Stanley, one
might have been of the opinion that he
was just another normal young boy.
There, unfortunately, one would have
been very much mistaken. Stanley was
very, very different.....
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Author: Hackett, John
Title: The Magic Tooth: A Tooth Fairy
Story and ABC
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 5-7
Summary: A tooth fairy story which
includes an ABC guide to looking after
your teeth for children.
Author: Haddon, Mark.
Title: The Curious Incident of the Dog in
the Night-Time
(2 Volumes, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 13+
Summary: The dog was lying on the grass
in the middle of the lawn in front of Mrs
Shears' house. It looked as if it was running
on its side, the way dogs run when they
think they are chasing a cat in a dream. But
the dog was not running or asleep. The dog
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was dead. There was a garden fork sticking
out of the dog.'" "The Curious Incident of
the Dog in the Night-Time is a murder
mystery novel like no other. The detective,
and narrator, is Christopher Boone.
Christopher is fifteen and has Asperger's, a
form of autism. He knows a very great deal
about maths and very little about human
beings. He loves lists, patterns and the
truth. He hates the colours yellow and
brown and being touched. He has never
gone further than the end of the road on his
own, but when he finds a neighbour's dog
murdered he sets out on a terrifying journey
which will turn his whole world upside
down.
Author: Hall, Willis
Title: The Last Vampire
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 8-11
Summary: My grandfather was the last
of the Draculas. I do turn into a bat
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occasionally but I wouldn't dream of
sucking anyone else's blood. As a
matter of fact I'm a vegetarian. I'm
simply mad about oranges.' On a
camping holiday in Europe the Hollins
family encounter more than they
bargained for....
Author: Hammond, Richard
Title: Can You Feel the Force?
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 7-11
Summary: Find out what really makes
the world go round! Why does your
stomach go right uuuuuuup... when a
rollercoaster plunges straight
doooowwwn? How do flies walk on the
ceiling? Why do bubbles change colour
when you blow on them? Join Richard
Hammond on a thrilling high energy
journey through time, space, qnd
beyond, discovering what makes life,
the Universe, and everything the way
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they are. Find out if matter really does
matter and how physics is about
everything. Yes, everything!
Author: Hargreaves, Roger
Title: Mr. Chatterbox
(1 Volume, Arial 36)
Reading Age: 2-5
Summary: Mr. Chatterbox is a man who
talks too much, all the time, and about
nothing in particular. However in this
story a solution is found via the magic of
a magic hat!
Author: Hargreaves, Roger
Title: Mr Fussy
(1 Volume, Arial 36)
Reading Age: 2-5
Summary: Mr. Fussy is the most
persnickety person in all of Mr. Men land:
He even dusts his flowers and irons his
shoelaces! So what will he do when Mr.
Clumsy shows up for a visit?
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Author: Hargreaves, Roger
Title: Mr. Mean
(1 Volume, Arial 36)
Reading Age: 2-5
Summary: This stingy, Scrooge-like
creature has hoards of money, but lives
in a run-down house and gives lumps of
coal to his relatives for Christmas. But
one day along comes a wizard, and
teaches him not to be so selfish.
Author: Hargreaves, Roger
Title: Mr Mischief
(1 Volume, Arial 36)
Reading Age: 2-5
Summary: Little Miss Scatterbrain is the
least smartest person in the world, even
less than Mr. Dizzy. She can never
remember the names of the other Mr.
Men and Little Misses, and calls them
by the wrong names.
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Author: Hargreaves, Roger
Title: Little Miss Naughty
(1 Volume, Arial 36)
Reading Age: 2-5
Summary: Mr. Small finds just the right
person to teach Little Miss Naughty a
lesson.
Author: Hargreaves, Roger
Title: Mr Rush
(1 Volume, Arial 36)
Reading Age: 2-5
Summary: Mr. Rush is always in a hurry.
Now he's got to find time for his career.
Author: Hargreaves, Roger
Title: Little Miss Scatterbrain
(1 Volume, Arial 36)
Reading Age: 2-5
Summary: Little Miss Scatterbrain is the
least smartest person in the world, even
less than Mr. Dizzy. She can never
remember the names of the other Mr. Men
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and Little Misses, and calls them by the
wrong names.
Author: Harrison, Cora
Title: I Want A Dog!
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 5-7
Summary: Rory and Robert are twins,
and they want a dog. A BIG dog. Mum
and Dad are not so sure, however.
Author: Haughton, Chris
Title: A Bit Lost
(1 Volume, Arial 36)
Reading Age: 4+
Summary: Uh-oh! Little Owl has fallen
out of the nest..
Author: Haughton, Chris.
Title: Oh No George.
(1 Volume, Arial 36)
Reading Age: 4+
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Summary: Harris is off to do some
shopping. "Will you be good, George?" he
asks. George hopes he can. He really
wants to ... but chocolate cake is just so
very delicious and he does love to chase
cat... What will George do now? Chris
Haughton's distinctive artwork perfectly
accompanies the innocent charm of affable
George, a dog trying to be good – with
hilarious results!
Author: Hawkins, Elizabeth
Title: A Monster of a Hamster
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 5-7
Summary: Luke and Anna-Louise take the
class hamster home for holiday. Now it is
missing and they are in big trouble. If only
they had a little more time to find the
hamster...but they don't reckon on the help
of the terrible twins!
Author: Hawthorne, Philip
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Title: The Usborne Little Book of Poems for
Young Children
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 5+
Summary: This delightful anthology
introduces young readers to the magical
world of poetry. Hilarious limericks,
enchanting nature poems and fun
nonsense verses all sit side by side in a
collection which has something to delight
and inspire every child.
Author: Hay, Samantha
Title: Archie: Hero in Training
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 5-8
Summary: Ten true stories about puppy
power for animal lovers.
Author: Higson, Charlie
Title: Bloodfever (Book 2 in the Young
Bond series)
(2 Volumes, Arial 24)
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Reading Age: 12-14
Summary: What began as schoolboy
fun leads to life-threatening adventure
for 13-year-old James Bond when he
stumbles upon members of an Italian
secret society who speak only Latin. On
break from the prestigious Eton School,
James and his schoolmates travel with
two teachers to the Mediterranean isle
of Sardinia to study archaeological
ruins. It turns out that one of James's
teachers is a spy for the Millenaria
society, which is conducting a series of
art heists throughout England and
Europe for a megalomaniacal man
based on Sardinia. James and the new
friends whom he meets on the island
must find a way to rescue a kidnapped
English girl and to stop the villain who
wants to relive the days of the Roman
emperors.
Author: Hill, Eric
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Title: Spot’s Big Book of Colours,
Shapes and Numbers
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 2+
Summary: The fun way to find out
about colours, shapes and numbers!
Spot and his friends make first learning
easy in this big, action-packed book.
Whether it's finding out the colours of
the rainbow, learning about all sorts of
shapes or counting from one to ten,
Spot makes it lively, exciting and fun!
Author: Hill, Eric
Title: Spot’s Storybook
(2 Volumes, Arial 36).
Reading Age: 2+
Summary: A wonderful collection of Spot
stories - just the right length for sharing at
bedtime or any time. With familiar settings
and a gentle, friendly text, this collection is
perfect for helping to foster early reading
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skills and a love of stories in young
children.
Author: Hinton, Nigel
Title: Buddy
(2 Volumes, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 8-12
Summary: Buddy has a hopeless father
who is an aging rocker, interested only
in Elvis and bikes, and living on the
fringes of the under-world. When
Buddy's mum walks out, the two
manage to strike up some kind of
relationship - until Buddy realizes that
his dad is involved in something more
serious than he suspected. A moving,
totally convincing account of a boy's
faltering relationship with his father.
Author: Hinton, Nigel
Title: The Finders
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 9-11
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Summary: A fantasy story in which
good conquers evil. Rosie posts a
parcel for an old man and becomes
spell-bound by the properties of the
Djinn star locked in the parcel. She
travels in time with the finders - two
creatures only she can see - to search
for the evil Djinn and banish him forever.
Author: Hinton, S. E
Title: The Outsiders
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 9-11
Summary: According to Ponyboy, there
are two kinds of people in the world:
greasers and socs. A soc (short for
"social") has money, can get away with
just about anything, and has an attitude
longer than a limousine. A greaser, on
the other hand, always lives on the
outside and needs to watch his back.
Ponyboy is a greaser, and he's always
been proud of it, even willing to rumble
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against a gang of socs for the sake of
his fellow greasers--until one terrible
night when his friend Johnny kills a soc.
The murder gets under Ponyboy's skin,
causing his bifurcated world to crumble
and teaching him that pain feels the
same whether a soc or a greaser. This
classic, written by S. E. Hinton when
she was 16 years old, is as profound
today as it was when it was first
published in 1967.
Author: Hodgson Burnett, Frances
Title: The Secret Garden
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 6+
Summary: A young British girl born and
raised in India loses her neglectful
parents in an earthquake. She is
returned to England to live at her uncle's
estate. Her uncle is very distant due to
the loss of his wife ten years before.
Neglected once again, she begins
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exploring the estate and discovers a
garden that has been locked and
neglected. Aided by one of the servants'
brothers, she begins restoring the
garden, and eventually discovers some
other secrets of the manor.
Author: Holabird, Katherine
Title: Angelina Ballerina
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 3+
Summary: The original story about the
feisty little mouse who wants nothing more
than to dance still keeps young ballerinas
leaping with delight.
Author: Holm, Anne
Title: I Am David
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 13+
Summary: A 12-year-old boy escapes from
a Bulgarian Communist concentration camp
and sets out on a journey to reach Denmark
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Author: Horowitz, Anthony
Title: Day of the Dragon
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 10-14
Summary: Will Tyler, one of the 'Five',
which together can break the Dark Power of
the Ancients, is lured to Hong Kong and
imprisoned.
Author: Horowitz, Anthony
Title: Eagle Strike (Book 4 in Alex Rider
Series)
(2 Volumes, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 12-14
Summary: Relaxing in the South of
France with his friend Sabina Pleasure
and her family, reluctant MI6 agent Alex
Rider is finally able to be like any other
14-year-old, until a sudden attack on his
hosts plunges him back into a world of
violence and mystery.
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Author: Horowitz, Anthony
Title: Point Blanc (Book 2 in Alex Rider
Series)
(2 Volumes, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 12+
Summary: After two influential
businessmen die in separate freak
accidents, MI6, England's spy network,
once again calls upon 14-year-old Alex
Rider to infiltrate Point Blanc, a private
school in the French Alps for out-ofcontrol, wealthy teens. Armed only with
his wits and some 007-type devices, he
stumbles upon an evil mad scientist's
plot to take over the world using clones
as replacements for prominent sons.
Spy gadgets, chase scenes, mysteries,
and a cliff-hanger ending will keep even
reluctant readers interested in the
second novel in this series.
Author: Horowitz, Anthony
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Title: Skeleton Key (Book 3 in Alex
Rider Series)
(2 Volumes, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 12+
Summary: Superspy Alex Rider travels
from a reconnaissance mission at
Wimbledon Tennis Championships to an
investigation on Cayo Esqueleto, Cuba.
He begins to make chilling links
between several deaths, an illegal
nuclear weapons deal and General
Sarov's plans for the future of the world.
Author: Horowitz, Anthony
Title: Stormbreaker (Book 1 in Alex
Rider Series)
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 12+
Summary: Could you save the world, if
you really had to? Could you escape
from a car crushing machine with
seconds to spare, complete an SAS
training course, dive through freezing
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underground waters in pitch darkness,
parachute out of aeroplanes over
London, shoot your enemies, tussle with
man-killing jellyfish, and more? Alex
Rider can. But only because he has to.
It isn't a deliberate career choice,
exactly. If it's? a fast-moving rough-andtumble spy story you're after, with
crazed arch-villain in search of world
domination - or worse - then this is for
you.
Author: Horowitz, Anthony
Title: The Diamond Brothers in Two of
Diamonds
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 8+
Summary: Tim Diamond is the world’s
worst detective – and these two mysteries
will test his nerves to the limit. What does
strawberry yoghurt possibly have to do with
Paris? Why on earth are Tim and his kid
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brother Nick invited to a remote Scottish
island? The answer … murder!
Author: Hughes, Ted
Title: The Iron Man
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 7+
Summary: Mankind must put a stop to the
dreadful destruction by the Iron Man and
set a trap for him, but he cannot be kept
down. Then, when a terrible monster from
outer space threatens to lay waste to the
planet, it is the Iron Man who finds a way to
save the world.
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Author: Ibboston, Eva.
Title: One Dog And His Boy
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 10-14
Summary: But a dog would damage the
expensive carpets in Hal's glamorous
home, and his wealthy parents refuse to
consider one. Then they discover Easy
Pets, a convenient dog-rental agency.
Terrier Fleck arrives on Hal's birthday,
but when Hal discovers that his dog
must be returned, he runs away. Hal
and Fleck are joined by a group of
pedigree breeds joyfully escaping from
Easy Pets \- among them is Otto, the
wise and sombre St Bernard, and the
fierce and excitable Pekinese Li-Chee.
A large reward is offered for the missing
boy, and soon Hal and his dogs are
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being chased across the country by
ruthless pursuers.
Author: Inkpen, Mick
Title: Penguin Small
(1 Volume, Arial 36)
Reading Age: 2-5
Summary: Penguin Small is a classic
story with giant fold out pages. It tells
the story of the last North Pole penguin,
who as it turns out was also the smallest
penguin!
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Author: James, Sarah
Title: Cliff Hanger
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 12-14
Summary: This story is about a school
trip that goes drastically wrong. This
book is aimed at a lower reading ability.
Author: Jeffers, Oliver
Title: Up and Down
(1 Volume, Arial 36)
Reading Age: 4+
Summary: A penguin has wings for a
reason . . . doesn't he? Having a best
friend with his own airplane is one thing,
but actually experiencing what it feels
like to fly by himself? Here is one
penguin who believes this is precisely
what he needs to feel complete. Only . .
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. if flying by himself is so wonderful, then
why does he feel so empty?
Because some experiences are better
shared. (And penguins are much
happier on the ground.)
Author: Jones, Rob Lloyd
Title: Robin Hood
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 6+
Summary: When Much Millington's
father is arrested by the evil Sheriff of
Nottingham, Much seeks the help of the
mysterious outlaw Robin Hood.
Together they plan a daring raid on the
Sheriff's castle ...
Author: Joyce, James.
Title: Dubliners.
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 15+
Summary: Joyce's first major work,
written when he was only twenty-five,
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brought his city to the world for the first
time. His stories are rooted in the rich
detail of Dublin life, portraying ordinary,
often defeated lives with unflinching
realism. From 'The Sisters', a vivid
portrait of childhood faith and guilt, to
'Araby', a timeless evocation of the
inexplicable yearnings of adolescence,
to 'The Dead', in which Gabriel Conroy
is gradually brought to a painful
epiphany regarding the nature of his
existence, Joyce draws a realistic and
memorable cast of Dubliners together in
an powerful exploration of overarching
themes.
Author: Jungman, Ann
Title: Septimouse: Big Cheese!
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 8-11
Summary: Septimouse - 7th son of a
7th son - comes to the rescue when Big
Big Person Dad is made redundant. He
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sets up a cheese factory for dad to turn
and soon 45 cheese is famous
throughout the land.
Author: Jungman, Ann
Title: Septimouse: Supermouse!
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 8-11
Summary: Septimouse is a genius. He
can do things that other mice cannot do.
He can talk to cats, talk to big people,
talk to little big people, and make them
as small as mice. But the one thing he
really wants to do is to eat some cheese
- delicious yellow food that big people
use to catch mice - and how on earth is
he going to do that?
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Author: Kay, Jackie
Title: Red Dust Road
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 13+
Summary: From the moment when, as
a little girl, she realizes that her skin is a
different colour from that of her beloved
mum and dad, to the tracing and finding
of her birth parents, her Highland
mother and Nigerian father, Jackie Kay's
journey in Red Dust Road is one of
unexpected twists, turns and deep
emotions.
Author: Keane, John B.,
Title: The Field
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 13+
Summary: The Field is set in a small
country village in southwest Ireland. Bull
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McCabe has spent many hard years of
labour turning the rocky land he rents
from the widow Maggie Butler into a
field suitable for grazing cattle. He has
always considered the land his own, and
dreams of buying it; Butler decides to
sell the land at public auction. 'The Bull'
cannot stand to see the land he so
deeply loves slipping away from him. He
decides to deal with the situation in the
only way he knows and his actions have
tragic consequences.
Author: Kelly, Tom
Title: The Thing With Finn
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 8-10
Summary: Ten-year-old Danny knows
he's going somewhere, but he just
doesn't know where. On his way he
...flattens a stuffed otter (with a threeholed brick) ...messes with a dog called
The Beast (who bites kids' willies off)
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and feeds biscuits to blue Louis (who
puts the 'poo' into poodle). But however
far or fast he goes, Danny can't outrun
the memories that have chased him
ever since his identical twin brother
died. Where can Danny hide when
every day his own face reminds him of
Finn? And where can Danny go when
everywhere the shadows of his past
stretch to forever? This is the poignant
story of a bereaved boy who embarks
on an emotional journey - and ultimately
finds his way home.
Author: Kemp, Anna
Title: Dogs Don’t Do Ballet
(1 Volume, Arial 36)
Reading Age: 6-8
Summary: Meet Biff, an adorable little
puppy who will stop at nothing to
become a ballet dancer.
Author: Kerr Judith.
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Title: Mog the Forgetful Cat.
(1 Volume, Arial 24.)
Reading Age: 6+
Summary: Bother that cat!’
Mog always seems to be in trouble. She
forgets that she has a cat flap and she
forgets that she has already eaten her
supper. But, one night, Mog’s
forgetfulness comes in very handy…
Author: Kidd, Sue Monk
Title: The Secret Life of Bees
(3 Volumes, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 14+
Summary: Lily has grown up believing
she accidentally killed her mother when
she was four. She not only has her own
memory of holding the gun, but her
father's account of the event. Now
fourteen, she yearns for her mother, and
for forgiveness. Living on a peach farm
in South Carolina with her father, she
has only one friend: Rosaleen, a black
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servant whose sharp exterior hides a
tender heart. South Carolina in the
sixties is a place where segregation is
still considered a cause worth fighting
for. When racial tension explodes one
summer afternoon, and Rosaleen is
arrested and beaten, Lily is compelled to
act. Fugitives from justice and from Lily's
harsh and unyielding father, they follow
a trail left by the woman who died ten
years before. Finding sanctuary in the
home of three beekeeping sisters, Lily
starts a journey as much about her
understanding of the world, as about the
mystery surrounding her mother.
Author: King-Smith, Dick
Title: Mr Ape
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 9-12
Summary: Abandoned by his bossy
wife and children, old Mr Ape finds
himself living all alone in his huge and
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rambling house. And then he gets a
brilliant idea: he can fill the house with
animals the pets his wife and children
would never let him have. But pets have
a habit of increasing and increasing and
soon every room is stuffed to the brim
with animals. Something has to change.
Author: King-Smith, Dick
Title: The Crowstarver
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 8-11
Summary: Crowstarving was the ideal
job for Spider - he was on his own and
yet never alone, for all around him were
animals of one sort or another.
Author: King-Smith, Dick
Title: Dragon Boy
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 8-11
Summary: Dragon Boy is a children's
novel by British author Dick King-Smith,
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first published in 1993. The novel is
about John, a young orphan in the
Middle Ages who is adopted by
dragons.
Author: King-Smith, Dick
Title: The Hodgeheg
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 8-11
Summary: The hedgehog family of
number 5A are a happy bunch but they
cannot cross the busy road to reach the
park they long to visit.
Author: King-Smith, Dick
Title: The Sheep-Pig
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 8-11
Summary: When Babe arrives at the
Hoggets' farm he is the only pig in the
yard and rather small and lonely. He is
adopted promptly by a sheepdog, Fly,
and before very long a puzzled farmer
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finds he has quite an efficient working
sheep-pig.
Author: King-Smith, Dick
Title: The Water Horse
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 9-11
Summary: Last night’s storm has
washed up a strange object, which
Kirstie takes home. The next day, it has
hatched into a tiny greeny-grey creature,
with a horse’s head, a warty skin, four
flippers, and a crocodile’s tail. The
adorable baby sea monster soon
becomes the family pet—but the trouble
is, he just doesn’t stop growing!
Author: Kinney, Jeff.
Title: Diary of a Wimpy Kid.
(1 Volume, Arial 24).
Reading Age: 8+
Summary: Let me get something straight:
this is a JOURNAL, not a diary. This was
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Mom's idea, not mine. But if she thinks I'm
going to write down my "feelings" in here or
whatever, she's crazy. The only reason I
agreed to do this at all is because I figure
later on when I'm rich and famous, this
book is going to come in handy.But for now
I'm stuck with a bunch of morons.
Author: Kinney, Jeff.
Title: Diary of a Wimpy Kid , Rodrick rules
(1 volume Arial 24).
Reading Age: 8+
Summary: Book 2. Whatever you do, don't
ask Greg about his summer vacation
because he definitely doesn't want to talk
about it . . .
Author: Kinney, Jeff.
Title: Diary of a Wimpy Kid : The Last
Straw
(1 Volume , Arial 24)
Reading Age: 8+
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Summary: Book 3.You know how you're
supposed to come up with a list of
"resolutions" at the beginning of the year to
try to make yourself a better person? Well,
the problem is, it's not easy for me to think
of ways to improve myself, because I'm
pretty much one of the best people I know.
But Greg's dad has other ideas. He wants
Greg to change his wimpy ways, toughen
up and enlist in other 'manly' endeavours.
And when he threatens to send Greg to
military academy, Greg realizes he has to
shape up . . . or get shipped out.
Author: Koertge, Ron
Title: Stoner & Spaz
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 14+
Summary: For sixteen-year-old Ben
Bancroft — a kid with cerebral palsy, no
parents, and an overprotective grandmother
— the closest thing to happiness is
hunkering alone in the back of the Rialto
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Theatre and watching Bride of Frankenstein
for the umpteenth time. The last person he
wants to run into is drugged-up Colleen
Minou, resplendent in ripped tights, neon
miniskirt, and an impressive array of
tattoos. But when Colleen climbs into the
seat beside him and rests a woozy head on
his shoulder, Ben has that unmistakable
feeling that his life is about to change. With
unsparing humor and a keen flair for
dialogue, Ron Koertge captures the rare
repartee between two lonely teenagers on
opposite sides of the social divide. His
smart, self-deprecating protagonist learns
that kindred spirits may be found for the
looking — and that the resolve to follow
your passion can be strengthened by
something as simple as a human touch.
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Author: Lacey, Minna
Title: The Usborne Big Book of Big
Machines
(1 Volume, Arial 36)
Reading Age: 4+
Summary: Open the huge fold-out
pages to discover some of the biggest
and most powerful machines ever made
- from giant excavators and monster
trucks, to superjumbos and enormous
ships.
Author: Laird, Elizabeth
Title: Beautiful Bananas
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 4+
Summary: On her way to her grandfather's
house with a bunch of bananas, Beatrice
has a series of mishaps with jungle animals
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who each substitute something new for
what she is carrying.
Author: Landy, Derek.
Title: Skulduggery Pleasant
(3 Volumes, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 10-12
Summary: When twelve-year-old
Stephanie inherits her weird uncle's estate,
she must join forces with Skulduggery
Pleasant, a skeleton mage, to save the
world from the Faceless Ones.
Author: Landy, Derek
Title: Skulduggery Pleasant: The End of
the World.
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 10-12
Summary: Skulduggery and Valkyrie are
back, in an exclusive World Book Day
novelette, set after the momentous events
of Death Bringer….
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Author: Landy, Derek
Title: Skulduggery Pleasant: The Faceless
Ones
(2 Volumes, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 10-12
Summary: Book 3. Third bone-breaking,
belly-busting adventure in the series that
puts the “funny” back in… um… funny
series..
Author: Landy, Derek
Title: Skulduggery Pleasant: Playing With
Fire
(2 Volumes, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 10-12
Summary: Book 2.With Serpine dead, the
world is safe once more. At least, that’s
what Valkyrie and Skulduggery think, until
the notorious Baron Vengeous makes a
bloody escape from prison, and dead
bodies and vampires start showing up all
over Ireland. With Baron Vengeous after
the deadly armour of Lord Vile, and pretty
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much everyone out to kill Valkyrie, the
daring detective duo face their biggest
challenge yet. But what if the greatest
threat to Valkyrie is just a little closer to
home…?
Author: Larry, H.L.
Title: Zac Power: Poison Island
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 4-12
Summary: Separated from his parents and
older brother, twelve-year-old Zac, a secret
agent of the Government Investigation
Bureau, must rely on his own skills to obtain
the formula for Dr. Drastic's secret Solution
X.
Author: Lawrence, Michael
Title: Jiggy McCue: The Snottle
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 8-11
Summary: A new girl at Jiggy's school has
an allergy - her nose runs dramatically at
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unexpected times. When the girl does a
huge sneeze, Jiggy sees pictures in what
comes out that foretell the future. It turns
out that she has a gift - she is a
Nostrilamus.
Author: Lawrence, Michael
Title: Jiggy McCue: Maggot Pie
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 8-11
Summary: Jiggy McCue is the unluckiest
kid in town. He wants some good luck for a
change. But instead of luck he gets a genie.
A teenage genie who turns against him.
Then the maggoty dreams start. Dreams
which, with his luck and this genie, might
just come true.
Author: LeGuin, Ursula
Title: A Wizard of Earthsea
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 11+
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Summary: Ged was the greatest sorcerer
in Earthsea, but in his youth he was the
reckless Sparrowhawk. In his hunger for
power and knowledge, he tampered with
long-held secrets and loosed a terrible
shadow upon the world. This is the
tumultuous tale of his testing, how he
mastered the mighty words of power, tamed
an ancient dragon, and crossed death's
threshold to restore the balance.
Author: Lee, Harper
Title: To Kill A Mockingbird
(2 Volumes, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 14+
Summary: Set in a sleepy town in
South Alabama during the great
depression in the 1930s, this is a multilayered story which dissects the white
and black communities of the American
South.
Author: Leigh, Peter.
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Title: Livewire Real Lives-Liverpool.
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 13+
Summary: Livewire" is a series of reading
materials with a teenage or adult interest
level for those with reading ages below ten.
This title is part of the "Real Lives" sports
series, and discusses the Liverpool football
team. It is designed specifically for people
with reading ages of nine or ten, and aims
to engage the interest
Author: Leigh Peter
Title: Livewire Real Lives- Manchester.
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 13+
Summary: Livewire: Real Lives" series
features personalities from sport, film
and music, politics and history.
Author: Lewis, C. S. (Clive Staples)
Title: The Horse and His Boy (Narnia
series)
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(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 8-11
Summary: Book 5. This is the story of
an adventure that happened in Narnia
and Calormen and lands between, in the
Golden Age when Peter was High King
in Narnia and his brother and his two
sisters were King and Queens under
him". Shastra and the talking horse Bree
escape from the cruel land of Calormen
and head North towards
Narnia.
Author: Lewis, C. S. (Clive Staples)
Title: The Lion, the Witch and the
Wardrobe (Narnia series)
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 8-11
Summary: Book 1. Four children are
sent to live in a rambling, old house, and
in an empty, forgotten room they find an
old wardrobe which leads them into the
magical land of Narnia, a place doomed
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to perpetual Darkness unless the
children unite with Aslan the lion against
the evil White Witch to restore joy and
light to the land.
Author: Lewis, C. S. (Clive Staples)
Title: The Magician's Nephew (Book 6
in Narnia series)
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 8-11
Summary: Digory and Polly find
themselves magically transported to a
Wood between the Worlds, where
several small ponds act as gateways to
different worlds. They discover the dead
world of Charn and together with Aslan
the lion the pair fight against the evil
Queen Jadis.
Author: Lewis, C. S. (Clive Staples)
Title: The Silver Chair (Book 4 in Narnia
series)
(2 Volumes, Arial 24)
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Reading Age: 8-11
Summary: Aslan's magic brings Jill and
Eustace to Narnia. Teamed with a
Marshwiggle named Puddlegum, they
venture into the wild waste lands of the
North to resuce Prince Pilian, son of
Caspian, from the Queen of Underland.
Author: Lewis, C. S. (Clive Staples)
Title: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
(Book 3 in Narnia series)
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 8-11
Summary: Edmund and Lucy returning
to Narnia - with their beastly cousin
Eustace in tow – on the ship The Dawn
Treader where their old friend Prince
Caspian is searching for lost friends of
his father's. As the children take to the
Eastern Seas in their hunt for the friends
they find themselves embroiled in a
dangerous adventure.
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Author: Lindgren, Astrid
Title: Pippi Goes Aboard
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 8-10
Summary: Whenever Tommy and
Annika are with Pippi Longstocking, they
have the most wonderful adventures.
But the most thrilling time by far is when
Pippi's father, a cannibal king, comes to
visit. Pippi is soon making plans to sail
away with him, back to his island.
Tommy and Annika can't bear to see her
leave--life without Pippi will be very dull
indeed...
Author: Lingard, Joan
Title: Natasha’s Will
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 9-11
Summary: Natasha's story is set
against the background of the Russian
Revolution as she and her family flee
persecution. Her story is dramatically
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and cleverly linked with the present as
her heirs search for her will. ...
Author: Lively, Penelope
Title: Staying with Grandpa
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 8-11
Summary: A small girl is sent to stay
with her grandparents. Her mother has
told her that it might be a bit dull as they
lead a quiet life. In the event, each day
brings a new drama - some random
such as the discovery of a wasps' nest
in the attic, and some prompted by an
exuberant grandpa. For developing
readers.
Author: Lively, Penelope
Title: The Whispering Knights
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 8-11
Summary: 'I don't know that you have
done anything wrong,' Miss Hepplewhite
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said. 'But it is possible that you have
done something rather dangerous.'
William and Susie thought they were
just playing a game when they cooked a
witch's brew in the old barn and said a
spell over it, but Martha was not so sure.
And indeed, the three friends soon learn
that they have called up something dark
and evil out of the distant past . . .
Author: London, Jack
Title: The Call of the Wild
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 8-12
Summary: The classic animal tale of
Buck, the majestic dog who is stolen
from his home in California and sent to
work in the harsh world of the Klondike
during the gold rush. In the frozen
wastelands of the North, Buck lives by
the crack of the whip and the blow of the
club. But his story is one of love and
loyalty between man and beast.
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Author: London, Jack
Title: White Fang
(2 Volumes, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 8-12
Summary: Buck, a large, wolf-like dog,
is betrayed, sold and cruelly forced to
pull a sledge through the frozen Yukon.
He is saved and domesticated, but the
call of the wild persists. White Fang is
the greatest, most savage fighter of
them all, until he has the chance to
respond to kindness…
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Author: MacDonald, Alan
Title: Dirty Bertie: Pants!
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 5+
Summary: Meet Dirty Bertie - a boy
with nose pickingly disgusting habits!
He's full to bursting with madcap plans
and crazy ideas, and if it's trouble you're
after, look no further--Bertie's sure to be
up to his neck in it!.
Author: MacDonald, Alan
Title: The Gingerbread Man
(1 Volume, Arial 36)
Reading Age: 2-4
Summary: A perfect introduction to
timeless and treasured stories, with
amusing pictures and lots of funny
rhythm and rhyme to delight young
children.
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Author: Magorian, Michelle.
Title: Goodnight Mister Tom.
(2 Volumes, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 9+
Summary: When the Second World War
breaks out, young Willie Beech is
evacuated to the countryside. A sad,
deprived child, he slowly begins to flourish
under the care of kind old Tom Oakley. But
then his cruel mother summons him back to
war-torn London . . .
Will he ever see Mister Tom again?
Author: Make Believe Ideas
Title: Goldilocks and the Three bears :.
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 3+
Summary: An entertaining retelling of the
story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears in
rhyming verse.
Author: Make Believe Ideas
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Title: Jack and the Beanstalk.
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 3+
Summary: An entertaining retelling of the
story of Jack and The Beanstalk in rhyming
verse.
Author: Make Believe Ideas
Title: Giant Storytime Books: Snow White
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 3+
Summary: Retelling of Snow White, in a
giant picture book.
Author: Make Believe Ideas
Title: Three Little Pigs
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 3+
Summary: An entertaining retelling of the
story of the Three Little Pigs in rhyming
verse.
Author: Mark, Jan
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Title: The Snow Maze
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 3-6
Summary: One day, on the way to school,
Joe finds a large, heavy key in the long
grass. Joe thinks a giant might have
dropped it; Irrum thinks it might be magic;
Akash says the key is no good because it
doesn't open anything. But when Joe tries
the key in the lonely gate, he opens up a
whole new world...
Author: Mason, Conrad
Title: The First World War
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 9+
Summary: In 1914, the murder of
Archduke Franz Ferdinand sparked off the
most destructive conflict the world had ever
seen. This is the story of the First World
War, and the people who lived and died
fighting in it.
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Author: Mason, Conrad
Title: The Second World War
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 9+
Summary: In September 1939, the
German army stormed into Poland and the
Second World War began. From tank
battles in dusty deserts to savage fighting
on tropical islands, the war spread across
the world and became the deadliest
struggle in history.
Author: Massey, Eithne
Title: Where the Stones Sing
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 11-13
Summary: A vivid story of a fight for
survival in darkest medieval Dublin. As the
spectre of the Black Death hovers over
Dublin in the fourteenth century, Kai is
plucked from the filthy streets to sing in the
great Christ Church choir. But Kai has a
secret that must be kept hidden - even from
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new friends Tom and Jack. When Jack is
cruelly taken by the plague, Kai turns to the
mysterious voices in the church for comfort.
But Kai is not alone in the cathedral;
enemies are lying in wait - hoping to
destroy the singer in the most terrible way
imaginable ... Kai will need great strength,
talent and help from unexpected quarters
just to survive.
Author: McKinlay, Penny
Title: Bumposaurus
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 3-6
Summary: Bumposaurus the baby dinosaur
is so short-sighted he can't even find his
way out of his egg, and life certainly doesn't
get any easier once he has finally
hatched...This is an exuberant and hilarious
story, examining the question of 'difference'
in a light-hearted and sympathetic way.
With a hugely endearing main character
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and comical illustration, this is a fantastic
laugh-out-loud picture book.
Author: McCall Smith, Alexander
Title: Folktales from Africa: The Girl Who
Married a Lion
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 6-8
Summary: From animal fables to
mysterious forces residing in the landscape,
this collection demonstrates the wealth and
variety of African folk tales and the
particular magic of Africa's spiritual roots: a
sense of unity with the environment.
Simple, surprising, cruel and humorous,
these beautifully rendered tales remain as
fresh and vital as in the original African
idiom.
Author: McCaughrean, Geraldine
Title: The Kite Rider
(2 Volumes, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 11+
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Summary: The Great Miao, master of the
Jade Circus, offers Haoyou the amazing
chance to escape his family's poverty -- by
becoming a kite rider. Strapped onto a
beautiful scarlet-and-gold kite, Haoyou is
sent into the sky, earning money, freedom,
and unexpected fame. Miao even plans for
Haoyou to perform before Kublai Khan
himself.
Author: McDonald, Megan.
Title: Judy Moody.
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Summary: Meet Judy Moody, her little
"bother" Stink, her best friend Rocky and
her "pest" friend Frank Pearl. Judy has a
mood for every occasion, but when a
new teacher gives the class a "Me"
collage project, Judy has so much fun
that she nearly forgets to be moody at
all!.
Author: McDonald, Megan
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Title: Judy Moody Predicts the Future
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 4+
Summary: Judy definitely has a mood for
every occasion. And now she has a mood
ring to prove it! The mood ring’s Extra
Special Powers have put Judy in a
predicting mood, and her outrageous
predictions have everyone wondering if
Judy really is psychic. According to
"Madame M" (for Moody), the Toad Pee
Club’s long-lost mascot will reappear, Judy
will earn the coveted Thomas Jefferson
tricorn-hat sticker for Great Job, Good
Thinking—and love may be the real reason
behind her teacher’s new eyeglasses. Will
Judy’s latest adventures put kids in a very
Judy Moody mood? (Signs point to yes!)
Author: McKenzie, Sophie
Title: The Medusa Project: The Set-Up
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 10-12
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Summary: 14 years ago, scientist William
Fox implanted four babies with the medusa
gene – a gene for psychic abilities. But Fox
died and the babies were hidden away for
years. Now they’re teenagers – and
unaware that their psychic powers are
about to kick in. Cocky, charismatic Nico
thinks his emerging telekinetic abilities will
bring him money, power, and the girl of his
dreams. He’s about to find out just how
wrong he is...
Author: McKee, David.
Title: Not Now Bernard.
(1 Volume, Arial 36).
Reading Age: 4+
Summary: Bernard's parents are so busy
doing their own thing, that the monster can
eat Bernard's dinner, break his toys, and
even eat Bernard, without being noticed!
Author: McNish, Cliff
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Title: The Scent of Magic (Book 2 in
Doomspell trilogy)
(2 Volumes, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 7+
Summary: All over the world children
are discovering they have magical
powers – as Rachel did when she was
abducted by the Witch Dragwena in
THE DOOMSPELL. But the reason is
that the evil Witches of the planet Ool
are determined to avenge Dragwena's
death by manipulating an army of
children and fighting the good Wizards.
Rachel's own powers, and the ability of
her younger brother Eric to unmake
magic, are tested to the full in a thrilling
story in which she has to confront
another child as strong as she is herself.
Author: McNinsh, Cliff
Title: The Doomspell (Book 1 of
Doomspell trilogy)
(2 Volumes, Arial 24)
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Reading Age: 7+
Summary: In a blaze of light, rush of
wind, and scrabble of claws, Rachel and
her younger brother are ripped through
the wall and hurtled on to another world.
Like thousands of children before them,
they have been snatched away by the
Witch. But this time the Witch has met
her match. Rachel discovers that she
has extraordinary gifts: she can
transform herself into a speck of dust, or
fly on an owl's back, just as the Witch
can. The Witch is excited - she has
found someone she can use for her own
evil purposes. But for the Witch's
victims, Rachel is their only hope.
Author: McNish, Cliff
Title: The Wizard’s Promise (Book 3 of
Doomspell trilogy)
(2 Volumes, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 7+
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Summary: Children all over the world
are flexing their powers, but it is only
Rachel and Eric who finally have the
skill to confront the Griddas, the terrible
creatures unleashed by the High Witch.
Author: Meadows, Daisy
Title: Rainbow Magic: Shannon the
Ocean Fairy
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 5+
Summary: Shannon the Ocean Fairy
needs Rachel's and Kirsty's help!
Naughty Jack Frost has stolen
Fairyland's three enchanted pearls, and
this is causing chaos in the oceans and
mixing up daytime and night-time. The
girls must explore an underwater world
and help Shannon return each pearl to
its rightful place...
Author: Meadows, Daisy
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Title: Rainbow Magic: Phoebe the
Fashion Fairy
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 5+
Summary: Phoebe the Fashion Fairy
can’t rustle up pretty party outfits without
her magic party bag of sparkly frocks.
Can Rachel and Kirsty help her get it
back in time for their friend’s party?
Author: Meadows, Daisy
Title: Rainbow Magic: Holly the
Christmas Fairy
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 5+
Summary: Holly the Christmas Fairy is
all in a flutter, putting the sparkle into
Christmas. Now Jack Frost has stolen
Santa's sleigh. The Queen of the Fairies
needs Rachel and Kirsty to help Holly
get it back.
Author: Meadows, Daisy
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Title: Rainbow Magic: Grace the Glitter
Fairy
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 5+
Summary: It's Queen Titania's and King
Oberon's 1000th jubilee, and the seven
Party Fairies are in charge of making the
celebratory party extra-special!
Author: Meadows, Daisy
Title: Rainbow Magic: Jasmine the Present
Fairy
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 5+
Summary: Can Kirsty and Rachel help
Jasmine the Present Fairy get her magic
bag back from the pesky goblins so that
she can conjure up perfect prizes for the
street party...?
Author: Meadows, Daisy
Title: Rainbow Magic: Polly the Party Fun
Fairy
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(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 5+
Summary: Can Kirsty and Rachel help
Polly the Party Fun Fairy to rescue her
party bag so that the celebrations will be full
of magical fun and games...?
Author: Meadows, Daisy
Title: Rainbow Magic: Phoebe the Fashion
Fairy
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 5+
Summary: It's party time! A big bash for
King Oberon and Queen Titania is
underway in Fairyland. The Party Fairies
keep everything running smoothly, until
Jack Frost's goblins steal their magic party
bags. Now parties everywhere aren't festive
--- they're a flop!
Kirsty's friend Charlotte is having a birthday
party. But everyone's pretty party outfits are
ruined! Phoebe the Fashion Fairy has to
track down her magic bag --- fast.
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Author: Meadows, Daisy
Title: Rainbow Magic: Shannon the Ocean
Fairy
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 5+
Summary: What’s a fairy to do? Jack Frost
has stolen three enchanted pearls that
control the magic of the oceans. Without
them, the tides are all wrong, the sea
creatures are confused, and even daytime
and nighttime have gotten mixed up! When
Shannon the Ocean Fairy asks Rachel and
Kirsty for help, they set off on a magical
adventure to an underwater world. But will
they find the pearls in time . . . or will the
girls be lost at sea?
Author: Meres, Jonathan
Title: The World of Norm: May Contain
Nuts
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 9-11
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Summary: Why on earth did Norm's family
have to move, anyway? In their old house
he'd never tried to pee in anything other
than a toilet. And when Norm is in bed, he's
kept awake by his dad snoring like a
constipated rhinoceros!
Will life ever get less unfair for Norm?
Author: Meyer, Stephanie
Title: New Moon: (Book 2 in Twilight series)
(5 Volumes, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 11+
Summary: When the Cullens, including her
beloved Edward, leave Forks rather than
risk revealing that they are vampires, it is
almost too much for eighteen-year-old Bella
to bear, but she finds solace in her friend
Jacob until he is drawn into a "cult" and
changes in terrible ways.
Author: Meyer, Stephanie
Title: Eclipse (Book 3 in Twilight Series)
(6 Volumes, Arial 24)
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Reading Age: 11+
Summary: Eclipse starts out with a
mysterious string of murders in Seattle.
Edward thinks that these are newborn
vampire attacks. Edward and Bella fill out
college applications and Bella is making
plans on when she will become a vampire.
The band of new born vampires are lead by
Victoria, and they are coming closer.
However, the Cullens and the Wolf Pack
have a plan. They will all come together
and fight the vampires..
Author: Meyer, Stephanie
Title: Breaking Dawn (Book 4 in Twilight
Series)
(7 Volumes, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 11+
Summary: Although eighteen-year-old
Bella joins the dark but seductive world of
the immortals by marrying Edward the
vampire, her connection to the powerful
werewolf Jacob remains unsevered.
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Author: Miller, Arthur,
Title: The Crucible
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 14+
Summary: Written in the early 1950s,
Arthur Miller’s The Crucible takes place
in Salem, Massachusetts in 1692. It
recounts the events surrounding the
Salem Witch Trials. This was a time
when paranoia, hysteria, and deceit
gripped the Puritan towns of New
England.
Author: Milne, A. A.
Title: Winnie the Pooh
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 3+
Summary: For nearly seventy years,
readers have been delighted by the
adventures of Christopher Robin and his
lovable friends. Paired with the perfectly
suited drawings of Ernest H. Shepard, A.A.
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Author: Mitchell, Jane
Title: Olivia's Collection
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 5-8
Summary: When Olivia moves into a
new house she watches children playing
in the sunshine outside. Olivia is too
shy to join in their games. She decides
to collect some sunshine of her own to
make her room bright and happy - but it
doesn't work out quite so well…
Author: Morley, Sarah.
Title: Windows XP Explained: A guide
for blind and Visually Impaired users
Reading Age: N/A
Summary: This book describes
Microsoft Windows XP for blind and
visually impaired computer users,
enabling them to take full advantage of
this new version of windows when using
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it with assistive technology. Separate
book with diagrams accompanies this
book.
Author: Morpurgo, Michael
Title: Kensuke's Kingdom
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 7-9
Summary: Washed up on a desert
island in the Pacific, Michael struggles
to survive on his own. He can't find food
or water and lies down to die. When he
wakes up there is a plate of fish and fruit
and a bowl of fresh water beside him.
He realises he is not alone on the island
after all...
Author: Morpurgo, Michael
Title: Born to Run
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 7-9
Summary: For Best Mate, being
rescued from drowning as a young
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puppy is only the start of his adventures.
From unwanted burden to favourite
companion, and from pet to champion
race dog, this remarkable greyhound
proves that it's not just cats who have
more than one life.
Author: Morpurgo, Michael
Title: Shadow.
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 7-9
Summary: The book illustrates the fear and
terror of living in Afganistan under the
hidden yet often open threats of the Taliban
for the young boy Aman and his family. But
when Aman is befriended by an unusual
Springer Spaniel who is in need of nursing
to change forever.
Author: Morpurgo, Michael.
Title: Little Foxes.
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 7-9
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Summary: Bullied at school, nagged in
Aunty May’s 10th-floor tenement, there’s
only one place Billy really feels alive: in the
wilderness by the canal. There he watches
a cygnet on the water and he protects a
family of fox cubs. Then his secret place is
discovered and the fox family is decimated.
Unwanted and unloved, Billy and the last
fox run for their lives.
Author: Morpurgo, Michael.
Title: The Ghost of Grania O'Malley.
(2 Volumes, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 7-9
Summary: Everyone knows the Big Hill is
full of gold, and now the islanders are intent
on cutting the top off it and making
themselves rich. Jessie and Jake are
determined to save the Big Hill but what
can they do? A plan is needed, and fast.
Could the ghost of Grania O'Malley, the
pirate queen, be the answer? You don't
know what you can do until you try. Another
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gripping tale from master storyteller Michael
Morpurgo.
Author: Morpurgo, Michael.
Title: Twist of Gold.
(2 Volumes, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 7-9
Summary: Sean and Annie have one
chance to escape the potato famine in
Ireland, but they must leave their dying
mother behind. They travel in search of
their father, across rough seas, to a new
land of hardship: America. There, they
busk in a city street, run a riverboat, join a
wagon train across the prairies, and dig for
gold. It is a long and dangerous journey but
their family’s survival depends on it.
Author: Morpurgo, Michael
Title: Private Peaceful
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 7-9
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Summary: Thomas Peaceful and his elder
brother Charlie do everything together.
They used to go to school together, face
their problems together, sleep and eat
together; they even loved the same girl…
but now they have to face the many facets
of war together. Can a bond and loyalty
between brothers overcome the brutality of
the front lines and bring them safely home?
When the lines of heroism and cowardice
collide, what can one man or even a brother
do to fight the injustices of it all?
Author: Morpurgo, Michael.
Title: Running Wild.
(2 Volumes, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 7-9
Summary: For Will and his mother, going
to Indonesia isn't just a holiday. It's an
escape, a new start, a chance to put things
behind them - things like the death of Will's
father.
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Author: Morpurgo, Michael.
Title: Little Manfred
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 7-9
Summary: In the Imperial War Museum is
a wooden Dachshund, carved by a German
prisoner of war for the children of the British
family with which he stayed after the
fighting ended. This is the story of how it
got there…
Author: Morpurgo, Michael
Title: War Horse
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 7-9
Summary: Young Albert enlists to serve in
World War I after his beloved horse is sold
to the cavalry. Albert's hopeful journey
takes him out of England and to the front
lines as the war rages on.
Author: Morpurgo, Michael.
Title: Farm Boy.
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(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 7-9
Summary: Sequel to War Horse. Joey was
the last working horse on the farm, and the
apple of Grandpa’s eye. In War Horse, Joey
was sent away from the farm to be a
warhorse in WWI. Grandpa had joined the
cavalry in order to find, and fight, with Joey.
Farm Boy brings us forward fifty years with
Grandpa not only telling his grandson,
Joey’s story but also a ‘shameful secret’
which he has held for years….
Author: Morton, Rhue
Title: The Wave
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 13+
Summary: Laurie isn't sure what to make
of 'The Wave'. It had begun as a simple
history experiment to liven up their World
War II studies and had become a craze that
was taking over their lives. Laurie's
classmates were changing from normal
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teenagers into chanting, saluting fanatics.
'The Wave' was sweeping through the
school - and it was out of control. Laurie's
friends scoff at her warnings but she knows
she must make them see what they have
become before it's too late.
Author: Muchamore, Robert.
Title: The Recruit (Book 1 in Cherub
Series)
(3 Volumes, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 13+
Summary: A terrorist doesn't let strangers
into her flat because they might be
undercover police or intelligence agents,
but her children bring their mates home and
they run all over the place. The terrorist
doesn't know that a kid has bugged every
room in her house, cloned the hard drive on
her PC, and copied all the numbers in her
phone book. The kid works for CHERUB.
CHERUB is not James Bond. There are no
master criminals or high-tech gadgets.
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CHERUB kids live in the real world. They
slip under adult radar and get information
that sends criminals and terrorists to jail."
Author: Muchamore, Robert.
Title: Class A (Book 2 in Cherub Series)
(3 Volumes, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 13+
Summary: When CHERUB kids go
undercover, no-one suspects that they are
trained professionals, working to infiltrate
criminal organizations that have eluded MI5
and the police for years. James Adams is
on his biggest mission yet, working to nail
Europe's most powerful cocaine dealer.
Author: Murphy, Glenn
Title: Why is Snot Green?
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 7+
Summary: All the answers you will ever
need!
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Author: Murphy, Jill
Title: The Worst Witch
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 8-11
Summary: Mildred Hubble was a
trainee witch at Miss Cackle's Academy
and she was making an awful mess of it.
She couldn't even ride a broomstick
without crashing it and she was always
getting her spells wrong. But she
managed to get by until she turned
Ethel, the teacher's pet, into her deadly
enemy...
Author: Murphy, Jill.
Title: The Worst Witch Strikes Again.
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 8-11
Summary: It's the summer term at Miss
Cackle's Academy for Witches and
disaster-prone Mildred Hubble is in deep
trouble yet again ? and all because of
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the new girl, Enid Nightshade, who isn't
nearly as angelic as she looks.
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Author: Nabb, Magdalen
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 5-7
Title: Josie Smith at school
Summary: In this book Josie Smith gets
in trouble with the headmistress, meets
a princess and wants to be a fairy in the
school concert. Stories about familiar
situations that all children will
understand and relate to following the
ups and downs of one little girl at
school.
Author: Nesbit, E.
Title: The Railway Children
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 9+
Summary: When father suddenly and
mysteriously leaves home, his three
children and their mother leave London
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for the country. The children seek
solace in the nearby railway station,
making friends with Perks the porter and
with the station master. But where is
Father… and will he ever return?
Author: Ness, Patrick
Title: The Knife of Never Letting Go (Book
1 in Chaos Walking Trilogy)
(5 Volumes, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 13+
Summary: Pursued by power-hungry
Prentiss and mad minister Aaron, young
Todd and Viola set out across New World
searching for answers about his colony's
true past and seeking a way to warn the
ship bringing hopeful settlers from Old
World.
Author: Nimmo, Jenny
Title: Emlyn's Moon
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 8+
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Summary: Nia is warned against
entering Llewelyn's chapel, but does so,
and there, with the help of Emlyn and
his father discovers a special gift that
she was unaware that she possessed.
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Author: O’Connell, David
Title: Monster and Chips
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 7+
Summary: When Joe the 'hooman' gets a
job at Fuzzby's diner, he learns to bake
zombie-cupcakes, exploding milkshakes
and not to stare at the customers - even the
ones who are see-through. He also foils a
terrible plan to sabotage the annual Grand
Cooking Competition. With a Special's
Board that'll make your tummy churn, take
a seat at Fuzzby's and join the fun.
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Author: Palacio, Raquel J
Title: Wonder: You Can’t Blend In When
You Were Born To Stand Out
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 9+
Summary: August (Auggie) Pullman was
born with a facial deformity that prevented
him from going to a mainstream school—
until now. He's about to start 5th grade at
Beecher Prep, and if you've ever been the
new kid then you know how hard that can
be. The thing is Auggie's just an ordinary
kid, with an extraordinary face. But can he
convince his new classmates that he's just
like them, despite appearances?
Author: Palmer, Tom
Title: Foul Play (Book 1)
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 8+
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Summary: Danny is obsessed with two
things: football - especially City Football
Club - and investigating crimes. So when
England and City footballing hero Sam
Roberts is reported missing the day after
Danny saw him being taken, blindfolded,
into the bowels of the City FC stadium late
at night, he's determined to get to the
bottom of it. But is Danny getting into
something he can't handle?
Author: Palmer, Tom
Title: Foul Play: Dead Ball (Book 2)
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 8+
Summary: Russian billionaire Dmitri
Tupolev and a mystery Englishman agree
to fix an important match in Russia's favour
by intimidating the England goalie, Alex
Finn. But Alex goes against their wishes.
His punishment: an 'accidental' car crash
and he's out of the return game in Russia.
Something is going on with England's
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replacement goalie, and Danny soon finds
himself caught up with the criminals of the
footballing underworld. Will he unravel the
match-fixing mystery?
Author: Palmer, Tom
Title: Foul Play: Off Side (Book 3)
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 8+
Summary: Danny's beloved City FC is
facing a takeover from an unknown foreign
organization. The fans are in uproar. And
when a young African player is lured to City
by a corrupt agent, Danny's suspicions lead
him into serious danger. Has Danny finally
met his match? Or will his detective skills
save his life--and his club...?
Author: Paolini, Christopher
Title: Eragon- Inheritance Cycle Book 1
(4 Volumes, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 12-17
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Summary: One boy . . . One dragon . . . A
world of adventure. When Eragon finds a
polished stone in the forest, he thinks it is
the lucky discovery of a poor farm boy;
perhaps it will buy his family meat for the
winter. But when the stone brings a dragon
hatchling, Eragon soon realizes he has
stumbled upon a legacy nearly as old as
the Empire itself. Eragon and the fledgling
dragon must navigate the dangerous terrain
and dark enemies of an Empire ruled by a
king whose evil knows no bounds. Can
Eragon take up the mantle of the legendary
Dragon Riders? The fate of the Empire may
rest in his hands...
Author: Paolini, Christopher
Title: Eldest –Inheritance Cycle Book 2
(Volumes 4, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 12-17
Summary: Darkness falls . . . Despair
abounds . . . Evil reigns . . . Eragon and his
dragon, Saphira, have just saved the rebel
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state from destruction by the mighty forces
of King Galbatorix, cruel ruler of the Empire.
Now Eragon must travel to Ellesméra, land
of the elves, for further training in magic
and swordsmanship, the vital skills of the
Dragon Rider. It is the journey of a lifetime,
filled with awe-inspiring new places and
people, each day a fresh adventure. But
chaos and betrayal plague him at every
turn, and Eragon isn't sure whom he can
trust.
Author: Parkinson, Siobhan
Title: The Leprechaun Who Wished He
Wasn’t
(1 Volume, Arail 24)
Reading Age: 6-9 years
Summary: Laurence is a leprechaun who
has been small for 1100 years and is sick of
it! He wants to be TALL . He wants to be
cool. Then he meet Phoebe, a large girl
who wants to be small . When she invites
him to live in her house, Laurence is
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delighted. He starts wearing jeans and
denim jackets and gets rid of the pointy hat.
But there is one thing about leprechauns
that you can't change - they are always up
to mischief. And when Laurence decides on
a new careerthat's when the fun really
starts! A tall tale indeed!
Author: Paterson, Katherine
Title: Bridge to Terabithia
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 9-12
Summary: The life of a ten-year-old
boy in rural Virginia expands when he
becomes friends with a newcomer who
subsequently meets an untimely death
trying to reach their hideaway,
Terabithia, during a storm.
Author: Paulsen, Gary
Title: Dogsong
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 12-14
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Summary: Russel takes a dog team
and sled to escape his village and find
the "song" that will make sense of his
life. Journeying across ice flows, and
haunted by dreams, he meets a
pregnant Eskimo girl whose life he must
save. But first he must kill a vicious
polar bear in the ancient way of his
people.
Author: Paulsen, Gary
Title: Hatchet: The Truth
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 14+
Summary: Book 1 of the Hatchet
series. Paulsen describes the thrilling
dramas of his own life. The wild animal
attacks, plane crashes and insect
swarms he's survived. The primitive
weapons he's crafted and hunted with.
The revolting foods he's eaten to stave
off starvation.
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Author: Paulsen, Gary
Title: Hatchet: The Return
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 14+
Summary: Book 2 of the Hatchet
series. Brian is asked to return to the
wilderness though this time
accompanied by an adult
and two-way radio. Unforeseen
catastrophe forces him to face a new
terror and series of desperate
adventures.
Author: Paulsen, Gary
Title: Hatchet: Winter
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 14+
Summary: Book 3 of the Hatchet
series. Thirteen-year-old Brian was
stranded alone in the Canadian
wilderness. Somehow he survived and
was rescued in the summer. But what if
Brian hadn't been rescued? What if
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Brian had been left to confront his
deadliest enemy - winter? The Author:
wrote this book in response to the
thousands of readers who wrote and
asked him how Brian would have coped.
Author: Paulsen, Gary
Title: Hatchet: The Call
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 14+
Summary: Book 4 of the Hatchet
series. When thirteen year old Brians'
plane crashlands in the Canadian
wilderness only his survival skills and
his trusty hatchet enable him to survive.
Two years on, Brian is back in the city,
and hating it. He has to obey the call to
return to the woods. Fourth and final
part of the series.
Author: Pearce, Philippa
Title: Tom's Midnight Garden
(2 Volumes, Arial 24)
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Reading Age: 8-11
Summary: When Tom hears the
grandfather clock strike 13, he is not
prepared for what is going to happen.
Outside the back door is a garden,
which everyone tells him doesn't exist.
But the magical place in which Tom
finds himself is certainly a garden his
midnight garden.
Author: Philbrick, Rodman
Title: Freak the Mighty
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 11-13
Summary: Extraordinarily powerful,
uplifting and memorable, the story of
"Freak the Mighty" explores an unlikely
friendship, and finds optimism and
humour in a story of great poignancy.
Bring your tissues. Maxwell Kane is
feared and bullied because of his mental
slowness and enormous size. But this is
not the only cross he has to bear;
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Maxwell's father is in jail for murdering
his mother. Kevin is smart, quirky and
funny with insatiable curiosity and zest
for life but he suffers from a rare genetic
condition, which inhibits the growth of
his body. Yet the combination of Kevin
and Maxwell is formidable, when
together they become Freak the Mighty.
Author: Pichon, Liz
Title : The Three Horrid Pigs and the Big
Friendly Wolf.
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 3-5
Summary: Mother Pig has had enough of
her three horrid little pigs. So she packs
their bags and sends them on their way.
The first two little pigs build their houses by
stealing straw and pinching twigs. The third
little pig is so lazy, he moves into a hen
house! What horrid little pigs they are! Will
the big, friendly wolf help them see the error
of their ways?
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Author: Picoult, Jodi
Title: My Sister's Keeper
(5 Volumes, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 14+
Summary: Anna was genetically
engineered to be a perfect match for her
cancer-ridden older sister. Since birth, the
13-year-old has donated platelets, blood,
her umbilical cord, and bone marrow as
part of her family's struggle to lengthen
Kate's life. Anna is now being considered
as a kidney donor in a last-ditch attempt to
save her 16-year-old sister. As this
compelling story opens, Anna has hired a
lawyer to represent her in a medical
emancipation suit to allow her to have
control over her own body.
Author: Pilkey, Dav
Title: The Adventures of Captain
Underpants.
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
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Reading Age: 6-10
Summary: Captain Underpants is about
2 boys named George and Harold. They
are both trouble making boys who
always get in trouble for making pranks
and making stupid comic books.
Author: Potter, Tessa
Title: Famous People: Louis Braille
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 7-9
Summary: This book describes how
one blind French boy developed a
system of reading, in the early part of
the nineteenth century, that opened up
the world to blind people everywhere.
His development of a system of dots to
represent letters was based on a military
method of night communications.
Through his story, the reader also learns
what life was like for blind people then,
and what a difference Braille made to
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them, while accurate drawings show
how the Braille system works.
Author: Pratchett, Terry
Title: The Amazing Maurice and His
Educated Rodent
(2 Volumes, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 8-11
Summary: Maurice has survived four
years on the toughest streets of
Discworld. He reckons that rats are
dumb, but he's smart enough to realize
that there's a new kind of rat around rats who can talk. This smart cat gets
his own "plague of rats" and a Pied
Piper, but are there any ordinary rats
left? Maurice, a streetwise tomcat, has
the perfect money-making scam. He's
found a stupid-looking kid who plays a
pipe, and he has his own very plague of
rats - rats who are strangely educated,
so Maurice can no longer thin
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Author: Pullman, Philip
Title: His Dark Materials 1: Northern
Lights
(3 Volumes, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 10+
Summary: "Without this child, we shall
all die." Lyra Belacqua and her animal
daemon live half-wild and carefree
among scholars of Jordan College,
Oxford. The destiny that awaits her will
take her to the frozen lands of the Arctic,
where witch-clans reign and ice-bears
fight. Her extraordinary journey will have
immeasurable consequences far
beyond her own world...
Author: Pullman, Philip
Title: His Dark Materials 2: The Subtle
Knife
(3 Volumes, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 10+
Summary: As the boundaries between
worlds begin to dissolve, Lyra and her
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daemon help Will Parry in his search for his
father and for a powerful, magical knife.
Author: Pullman, Philip
Title: His Dark Materials 3: The Amber
Spyglass
(5 Volumes, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 10+
Summary: Will and Lyra, the two children
at the heart of the books, have become
separated amidst great dangers. Can they
find each other, and their friends? Then
complete their mysterious quest before it's
too late?.
Author: Pullman,Philip
Title: I Was A Rat…or The Scarlet
Slippers
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 8+
Summary: When a small boy turns up
on Bob and Joan's doorstep unable to
say much except 'I was a rat', the kindly
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couple adopt him. It seems strange but
Bob reads about odder things every day
in his newspaper. To them, the sunny
little chap is Roger, and he's trying hard
to adapt to human life. But when he gets
lost and ends up on the run, other
people, egged on by their newspapers,
are quick to see him as the Monster, a
rodent fiend who could terrorise the
town. Only a friend in a very high place
could save Roger from the authorities
who are determined to exterminate him
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Author: Quinn, John
Title: The Summer of Lily and Esme
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 10+
Summary: Alan has just moved from
Dublin to live in an old house in the
country. There the mystery begins - a
locked room at the top of the house a
story of the ghost of a boy called Albert and his new neighbours two elderly
women called Lily and Esme who insist
on calling him Albert. Determined to
solve the mystery Alan with the help of
his new friend Lisa and some friendly
grown-ups unearths the story of another
summer seventy years before - and is at
last able to give Lily and Esme their
dearest wish.
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Author: Remarque, Erich Maria
Title: All Quiet on the Western Front
(2 Volumes, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 15+
Summary: Paul Baumer is a young
German who, along with his graduating
high school classmates, enlist in the
German Imperial Army during the First
World War. Originally thinking war would be
a great adventure, Paul and his friends
discover exactly the opposite as the war
drags on.
Author: Riordan, James.
Title: Escape From War: Frank's Story
/Hannah's Story
(2 Volumes, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 8-12
Summary: "My Side of the Story" is
completely unique approach to historical
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fiction. Read the story of one
youngster's life in turbulent times, then
flip the book and find out first-hand how
another child reacts to the same events
- with very different feelings and results!
"Frank": Frank is eleven and lives in
war-torn London in a house which has
two bedrooms but 10 family members.
The 'gezzunder' of the attacking
German bombs can be heard, but Frank
isn't scared, he loves it! Then Frank is
evacuated to the boring country where
he lives with a strange Jewish girl called
Hannah from Germany..."Hannah":
Hannah is a young Jewish girl living in
Berlin. Her family are growing more
horrified at what is happening to Jews in
their own country. Her parents' fear
frightens her more than news of what's
happening on the street. For her the
threat of war is real and terrible. Thrown
together with Frank, she clings to
playing her beloved violin and wonders
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what is happening at home. Can she
ever become friends with this strange
English boy?.
Author: Riordan, Rick.
Title: Percy Jackson and the Lightning
Thief
(3 Volumes, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 8-9
Summary: Book 1. After learning that he is
the son of a mortal woman and Poseidon,
god of the sea, twelve-year-old Percy is
sent to a summer camp for demigods like
himself, and joins his new friends on a
quest to prevent a war between the gods.
Author: Riordan, Rick
Title: Percy Jackson and The Sea of
Monsters
(2 Volumes, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 8-9
Summary: In this second installment in the
series Percy, Poseidon's 13-year-old
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demigod son, is desperate to rescue his
friend and retrieve the healing Golden
Fleece--the only protection for the children
in Camp Half-Blood. Adventure follows
chaotic adventure as Percy once again
battles mythical monsters in modern-day
settings.
Author: Riordan, Rick
Title: Percy Jackson and The Titan's Curse
(3 Volumes, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 8-9
Summary: Hilarious and action-packed,
this third adventure in the series finds Percy
faced with his most dangerous challenge so
far: the chilling prophecy of the Titan’s
curse.
Author: Robshaw, Brandon
Title: Livewire Youth Fiction: On The Rob.
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 14+
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Summary: Stimulating and accessible,
the titles in the LIVEWIRE series have
been produced in association with The
Basic Skills Agency to ensure a nonpatronising approach towards the
requirements of readers with special
needs.
Author: Rowling, J.K
Title: The Tales of Beedle the Bard
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 9+
Summary: The book contains five fairy
tales written, ostensibly, in the 15th
century by Beedle the Bard (possessor
of an 'exceptionally luxuriant beard'),
The Tales of Beedle the Bard played a
crucial role in assisting Harry, with his
friends Ron and Hermione, to finally
defeat Lord Voldemort.
Author: Rowling, J. K.
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Title: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's
Stone. (Book 1)
(2 Volumes, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 9+
Summary: Harry Potter had lived with
his aunt, uncle and cousin for ten
miserable years, in a cupboard under
the stairs. He had been with them ever
since his parents were killed in a car
crash. When he was younger, Harry
dreamed of being rescued but nothing
happened - until he is rescued by an owl
and taken to Hogwarts School of
Witchcraft and Wizardry where he
becomes a wizard.
Author: Rowling, J. K.
Title: Harry Potter and the Chamber of
Secrets (Book 2)
(2 Volumes, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 9+
Summary: Harry Potter is a wizard. He
is in his second year at Hogwarts
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School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, and
is immersed in the daily round of
Potions, Herbology, Charms,
Defence Against the Dark Arts, and
Quidditch. But then horrible things start
happening. Harry hears evil voices, and
sinister messages appear on the wall.
Nothing can prepare Harry and his
friends for what happens next.
Author: Rowling, J. K.
Title: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of
Azkaban (Book 3)
(3 Volumes, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 9+
Summary: Harry Potter is a wizard in
his third year at Hogwarts School of
Witchcraft and Wizardry. The
atmosphere at Hogwarts is tense. The
sinister prison guards of Azkaban have
been called in to guard the school and
Harry, Ron and Hermione soon discover
why wizards live in fear of Azkaban.
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Author: Rowling, J. K.
Title: Harry Potter and the Goblet of
Fire (Book 4)
(5 Volumes, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 9+
Summary: Harry Potter wakes up with
his scar burning and can't stop worrying
about this until Ron's timely invitation to
the Quidditch World Cup. Something
horrible happens at the match which
casts a shadow over everyone.
Author: Rowling, J. K.
Title: Harry Potter and the Order of the
Phoenix. (Book 5)
(6 Volumes, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 9+
Summary: Dumbledore lowered his
hands and surveyed Harry through his
half-moon glasses. "It is time," he said,
"for me to tell you what I should have
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told you five years ago, Harry. Please sit
down. I am going to tell you everything."
Author: Rowling, J. K.
Title: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood
Prince. (Book 6)
(4 Volumes, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 9+
Summary: 'In a brief statement on
Friday night, Minister for Magic
Cornelius Fudge confirmed that He Who
Must Not Be Named has returned to this
country and is once more active. "It is
with great regret that I must confirm that
the wizard styling himself Lord - well,
you know who I mean - is alive and
among us again," said Fudge.' Harry
Potter and the Half-Blood Prince takes
up the story of Harry Potter's sixth year
at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and
Wizardry, with Voldemort's power and
followers increasing day by day.
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Author: Rowling, J. K.
Title: Harry Potter and the Deathly
Hallows (Book 7)
(5 Volumes, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 9+
Summary: Voldemort's power is
growing stronger. He now has control
over the Ministry of Magic and
Hogwarts. Harry, Ron, and Hermione
decide to finish Dumbledore's work and
find the rest of the Horcruxes to defeat
the Dark Lord. But little hope remains for
them, so everything they do must go as
planned
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Author: Sachar, Louis
Title: Holes
(2 Volumes, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 12-14
Summary: Stanley Yelnat's family has a
history of bad luck going back
generations, so he is not too surprised
when a miscarriage of justice sends him
to Camp Green Lake Juvenile Detention
Centre. Nor is he surprised when he is
told that his daily labour is to dig a hole
and report all he finds there in.
Author: Sachar, Louis
Title: Small Steps
(1 Volume, Arail 24)
Reading Age: 12-14
Summary: Follow-up novel to Holes.
Two years after being released from
Camp Green Lake, Armpit is home in
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Austin, Texas, trying to turn his life
around. But it’s hard when you have a
record, and everyone expects the worst
from you. The only person who believes
in him is Ginny, his 10-year old disabled
neighbour. Together, they are learning
to take small steps. And he seems to be
on the right path, until X-Ray, a buddy
from Camp Green Lake, comes up with
a get-rich-quick scheme. This leads to a
chance encounter with teen pop
sensation, Kaira DeLeon, and suddenly
his life spins out of control, with only one
thing for certain. He’ll never be the same
again.
Author: Sachar, Louis
Title: There’s a Boy in the Girl’s
Bathroom.
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 5-11
Summary: Bradley Chalkers is the
oldest kid in the fifth grade. He tells
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enormous lies. He picks fights with girls.
No one likes him—except Carla, the
new school counsellor. She thinks
Bradley is sensitive and generous, and
knows that Bradley could change, if only
he weren’t afraid to try. But when you
feel like the most-hated kid in the whole
school, believing in yourself can be the
hardest thing in the world...
Author: Santillan, Jorge
Title: Bob The Builder: Scoop and the
Bakery Build
(1 Volume, Arial 36)
Reading Age: 3-7
Summary: The team's next job is to
build a bakery! Scoop is in charge of
teaching. Benny what to do, but the two
diggers end up in big trouble!
Author: Serraillier, Ian
Title: The Silver Sword
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
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Reading Age: 8-11
Summary: Although the silver sword
was only a paper knife, it became the
symbol of hope and courage which kept
four deserted children alive through the
years of occupation, and afterwards on
the exhausting and dangerous journey
from war-torn Poland to Switzerland,
where they hoped to find their parents.
Author: Seuss, Dr.
Title: Book of Bedtime Stories
(1 Volume, Arial 36)
Reading Age: 3-7
Summary: This paperback edition of the
popular hardback combines three of Dr.
Seuss’s most endearing tales – The Sleep
Book, Thidwick the Big-Hearted Moose and
Horton Hears a Who! Written in humorous
rhyme and illustrated with characteristically
bold and colourful artwork by the master
himself, this beautiful treasury is
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guaranteed to delight young children and
bring sweet dreams!
Author: Seuss, Dr
Title: ABC
(1 Volume, Arial 36)
Reading Age: 3-7
Summary: Learning the alphabet is
bound to be fun with Dr. Seuss. Each
letter is featured with Dr. Seuss's
unmistakably nonsensical illustrations
and text: "Lion with a lollipop," "Camel
on the ceiling," "Uncle Ubb's umbrella
Author: Seuss, Dr
Title: Fox in Socks
(1 Volume, Arial 36)
Reading Age: 3-7
Summary: The Rhyme involves Fox
teaching tongue twisters to his suffering
colleague, Mr. Knox; until, at the end,
Mr. Knox has his revenge. The tongue
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twisters gradually increase in difficulty
as the book progresses.
Author: Seuss, Dr
Title: I Can Read With My Eyes Shut
(1 Volume, Arial 36)
Reading Age: 3-7
Summary: In this book, Dr. Seuss
celebrates the joys of reading, and
encourages children to take pride in
their budding reading abilities with this
unique combination of hilarious stories,
zany pictures and riotous rhymes.
Author: Shan, Darren
Title Cirque Du Freak: Book 1 of the
Darren Shan series
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 11+
Summary: The chilling Saga of Darren
Shan, the ordinary schoolboy plunged into
the vampire world. Darren goes to a
banned freak show with his best mate
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Steve. It’s the wonderfully gothic Cirque Du
Freak where weird, frightening half
human/half animals appear who interact
terrifyingly with the audience. Something
out of the ordinary is set against the
background of children’s normal lives to
chilling effect. Atmospheric, funny, realistic,
moving and… terrifying.
Author: Shan, Darren
Title: The Vampire’s Assistant: Book 2 of
the Darren Shan series
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 11+
Summary: The Vampire's Assistant is the
second instalment in the saga of Darren
Shan, which began with Cirque du Freak.
Then, Darren made the difficult decision to
become a half-vampire to save his best
mate Steve Leopard's life. Now, he must
leave his friends and family behind as he
travels cross-country with the vampire Mr
Crepsley and the Cirque du Freak. Early
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on, Darren dispels the vampire myth in his
typically facetious fashion:
Author: Simon, Francesca.
Title: Horrid Henry Reads A Book.
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 5-7
Summary: A reading competition? No way
is Henry taking part in a reading contest.
That is, until he hears the prize is a family
trip to a theme park. Henry is determined to
win ... but how on earth is he going to read
all those books?
Author: Simon, Francesca
Title: Horrid Henry's Big Bad Book
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 5-7
Summary: Ten favourite Horrid Henry
stories, all about school. He gives the
class nits, encounters a demon dinner
lady, does his best to sabotage the
school sports day, finds ingenious ways
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to get round doing his homework and
reading books, and is publicly mortified
by a pair of pink underpants.
Author: Simon, Francesca
Title: Horrid Henry and the Bogey
Babysitter
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 5-7
Summary: Horrid Henry encounters the
babysitter from hell, traumatises his
parents on a car journey, goes trick-ortreating at Halloween and sabotages his
school project. Four stories, as brilliant
and inventive as ever, to add to "the
funniest series ever written about sibling
rivalry and what it's like to be a young
child".
Author: Simon, Francesca
Title: Horrid Henry and the Football
Fiend
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
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Reading Age: 5-7
Summary: Henry as always is getting in
trouble - nothing ever happens quite the
way it is supposed to do! It can spell
disaster for those around him - for
example, hearing that his little brother is
about the read parts of his diary aloud in
school, Henry sets out to make them
more interesting. But what Henry
regards as interesting can be extremely
embarrassing for all concerned.
Author: Simon, Francesca
Title: Horrid Henry and the Secret Club
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 5-7
Summary: Yet again he is out to cause
trouble but this time Perfect Peter has
other ideas. Why doesn't anyone notice
when Peter is being horrid? A naughty
tale of fun and wickedness.
Author: Simon, Francesca
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Title: Horrid Henry’s Christmas Cracker
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 5-7
Summary: A selection of Christmas
themed stories that all run in order of the
month running up to Christmas itself.
This fun and festive book sees Horrid
Henry threatening to ruin his school play
and disrupt Christmas for everyone!
Author: Simon, Francesca
Title: Horrid Henry's Haunted House
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 5-7
Summary: Horrid Henry gets into a
battle with his brother, Perfect Pete,
over what TV show to watch; goes on
TV himself; discovers where X marks
the spot so he can cheat in the hidden
competition; and spends the night in a
house he's assured is haunted. It's
business as usual for the tiny terror!
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Author: Simon, Francesca
Title: Horrid Henry's Stinkbomb
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 5-7
Summary: Horrid Henry uses a
stinkbomb in his feud with Moody
Margaret; he wins the school reading
competition, only to find the prize is not
what he expected; and he enjoys seeing
Miss Battle-Axe ticked off by the Head
when he knows it was all his fault.
Author: Simon, Francesca
Title: Horrid Henry & the Zombie
Vampire
(1 Volume, Arial 36)
Reading Age: 5-7
Summary: Four hilarious new stories! A
spooky sleepover in the museum is
Horrid Henry's big chance to scare his
classmates – and he proves to be on
top horrid form!.
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Author: Smith, Jerry
Title: Bob the Builder: Muck and the
Machine Convoy
(1 Volume, Arial 36)
Reading Age: 3-7
Summary: The Old Watermill needs a
new waterwheel. Muck is given the job
of leader - but can he lead the machines
safely to the mill? Join Bob and his
friends on their adventures in Sunflower
Valley.
Author: Smith, Michael.
Title: Ice Man: The Adventures of an
Irish Antarctic Hero.
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 9-10
Summary: The incredible story of Irish
Antarctic explorer Tom Crean adapted
for children. A tale of danger, heroism,
endurance and survival based on bestselling biography.
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Author: Smith, L.J.
Title: The Vampire Diaries: The
Awakening
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 13+
Summary: Book 1. Elena Gilbert is
used to getting what she wants, and she
wants the mysterious new boy at school,
Stefan. Then she discovers he has a
brother who is equally alluring. But
these siblings are hiding a deadly
secret—a secret that will change
Elena’s life for ever.
Author: Snicket, Lemony
Title: The Bad Beginning (Book 1 of ‘A
Series of Unfortunate Events’)
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 8-11
Summary: The Baudelaire children,
Violet, Klaus and baby Sunny, are
exceedingly unlucky. Their parents had
been killed, and they are forced to go
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and stay with Uncle Olaf. It soon turns
out that Olaf has evil plans for the
children.
Author: Snicket, Lemony
Title: The Reptile Room (Book 2 of ‘A
Series of Unfortunate Events’)
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 8-11
Summary: After narrowly escaping the
menacing clutches of the dastardly
Count Olaf, the three Baudelaire
orphans are taken in by a kindly
herpetologist with whom they live
happily for an all-too-brief time.
Author: Snicket, Lemony
Title: The Wide Window (Book 3 of ‘A
Series of Unfortunate Events’)
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 8-11
Summary: The Baudelaire orphans
Violet, Klaus, and Sunny go off to live
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with widowed Aunt Josephine, who is a
very nervous lady and is afraid of almost
everything. Her great passion in life is
English grammar. Unfortunately for the
orphans, Aunt Josephine's house is
perched precariously on a cliff that
overlooks Lake Lachrymose, a lake
filled with deadly leeches. In addition,
Hurricane Herman is headed toward
them. But, most unfortunate for the
orphans, Count Olaf, in the guise of
Captain Sham, has found them.
Author: Snicket, Lemony
Title: The Miserable Mill (Book 4 of ‘A
Series of Unfortunate Events’.
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 8-11
Summary: Violet, Klaus and Sunny
Baudelaire have been transferred to yet
another guardian. However, this time,
their prospects seem to be even bleaker
than before. Their new guardian, who
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prefers to be called Sir, insists that the
children work in the mill in exchange for
his efforts to keep Count Olaf away.
Author: Snicket, Lemony
Title: The Austere Academy (Book 5 of
‘A Series of Unfortunate Events’.
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 8-11
Summary: As their outrageous
misfortune continues, the Baudelaire
orphans are shipped off to a miserable
boarding school, where they befriend
the two Quagmire triplets and find that
they have been followed by dreaded
Count Olaf.
Author: Snicket, Lemony
Title: The Grim Grotto (Book 11 of ‘A
Series of Unfortunate Events’)
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 8-11
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Summary: The Baudelaires manage to
drift along the river after being
separated from Quigley, they stumble
along the submarine "Queequeg" in
which they are welcomed by an
energetic Captain Widdershins, whose
motto is to never hesitate on anything,
and his stepdaughter Fiona, an aspiring
mycologist. They are also welcomed the
ship's cook, Phil, the Baudelaire's
optimistic past fellow worker at the
Lucky Smells Lumbermill. The
Baudelaires discover that the crew of
the Queequeg are searching for the
mysterious sugar bowl.
Author: Southgate, Vera
Title: Chicken Licken
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 3+
Summary: The tale is sensitively retold,
following Chicken Licken and his friends
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as they go to tell the king the sky is
falling down.
Author: Steinbeck, John,
Title: Of Mice and Men
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 14+
Summary: This classic novella follows
the lives of two "bindle stiffs", George
Milton and Lennie Small, as they move
from ranch to ranch looking for work.
They dream of owning a piece of land.
George is quick witted. Lennie, on the
other hand is very strong physically but
limited mentally and has a fascination
for touching soft things, such as rabbit
fur and clothes fabrics, which causes
tragic consequences.
Author: Stevenson, Robert Louis
Title: Treasure Island
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 10+
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Summary: Treasure Island is an
adventure novel by Scottish author
Robert Louis Stevenson, narrating a tale
of "buccaneers and buried gold"
Author: Stine, R. L.
Title: Beach Party
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 12+
Summary: Karen has invited her friend
Ann-Marie to stay at her dad's beach
apartment for the summer. They've even
met two guys to hang out with. But
someone doesn't want Karen to get
close to Jerry. In fact, if she gets too
close, they are prepared to go in for the
kill.
Author: Stine, R. L.
Title: Nightmare Hour
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 8-12
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Summary: "These are my scariest
stories ever," says R. L. Stine, "because
I wrote them at the Nightmare Hour."
You know when that is ... it's when the
lights fade, the real world slips into
shadow, and the cold, moonlit world of
evil dreams takes over your mind.
Author: Stine, R.L.
Title: Goosebumps: Stay Out of the
Basement
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 8-12
Summary: Dr. Brewer is spending a lot
of time down in the basement, and
Margaret and Casey Brewer think their
dad has been acting pretty strangely
lately. Maybe it's just a little harmless
plant-testing. After all, he is a botanist,
and he needs something to do now that
he's lost his job. But now he's
developing distinctly plant like
tendencies and Margaret and Casey are
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worried. What's going on down there?
It's getting harder and harder to stay out
of the basement!.
Author: Storr, Catherine
Title: Clever Polly and the Stupid Wolf.
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 5-8
Summary: It's not every little girl who
finds a great black wolf at her front door,
saying he's going to eat her up. But
clever Polly isn't frightened. She has a
plan that's bound to foil the stupid wolf!
Author: Strong, Jeremy
Title: Fat Bag: The Demon Vacuum
Cleaner
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 5-7
Summary: The new school vacuum
cleaner is no ordinary machine. It's a
monstrous creation with a dreadful
mission. It has slurped its way out of the
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playground on to the streets, and is
eating up everything in its path. It is
getting bigger and stronger to carry out
its evil plan - to sweep up humans
everywhere and take over the planet!
Someone has to stop it, but how?
Author: Swindells, Robert
Title: Abomination
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 12-14
Summary: Martha is 12 and very
different from other children. No
television, no computer, no cool clothes,
especially no friends. Martha has a
secret, a shameful secret. Its name is
Abomination.
Author: Swindells, Robert
Title: Room 13
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 12-14
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Summary: The terrible nightmare Fliss
has before the school trip to Whitby is
becoming a chilling reality. The hotel
they are staying in holds a sinister
secret. Every night at the stroke of
midnight something strange happens to
the cupboard on the hotel's dark
landing. None of the teachers will
believe what Fliss has seen but time is
rapidly running out for Ellie-May
Sunderland. Fliss will need to act quickly
if she is to be saved...
Author: Swindells, Robert
Title: Brother in the Land
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 14+
Summary: An 'After-the-Bomb' story
told by teenage Danny, one of the
survivors - one of the unlucky ones. Set
in Shipley, an ordinary town in the north
of England, this is a powerful portrayal
of a world that has broken down. Danny
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not only has to cope in a world of
lawlessness and gang warfare, but he
has to protect and look after his little
brother, Ben, and a girl called Kim. Is
there any hope left for a new world?
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Author: Taylor, Mildred D.
Title: Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry
(2 Volumes, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 12-14
Summary: Set in Mississippi at the
height of the Depression, this is the
story of a black farming family's struggle
to maintain their pride, dignity and
independence against the forces of a
cruelly racist society. Narrated by nineyear-old Cassie, it tells of one turbulent
year of tragedy and economic hardship,
of night riders and burnings. Sometimes
terrifying, sometimes warm and
humorous, this novel is now a
recognised classic for teenagers.
Author: Taylor, Mildred D.
Title: Let the Circle Be Unbroken
(2 Volumes, Arial 24)
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Reading Age: 12-14
Summary: Sequel to Roll of Thunder.
Author: Taylor, Theodore
Title: The Cay
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 12-14
Summary: When the freighter on which
they are travelling is torpedoed by a
German submarine during World War II,
a twelve-year-old boy, blinded by a blow
on the head, and an elderly black
deckhand are stranded on a desert
island in the Caribbean. The man's
wisdom and love enable the boy to
acquire courage and insight and to
overcome his bigotry.
Author: Thompson, D.C. & Co.
Title: The Beano Annual 2010
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 5-12
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Summary: The Beano Annual is the
current name of the book that has been
published every year since 1939, to tie
in with the children's comic The Beano.
Author: Thompson, Kate
Title: The Last of the High Kings
(2 Volumes, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 11+
Summary: The spellbinding sequel to the
multi-award-winning The New Policeman. J
Liddy sometimes blames his unreliable
temperament on the visit he made to Tir na
n'Og, the land of eternal youth, when he
was fifteen years old. It's perhaps not
surprising that his children have also turned
out to be a little eccentric, especially
eleven-year-old Jenny. She forgets to go to
school, can't bear to wear shoes, and
spends entire days roaming the
mountainside.
Author: Toibin, Colm
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Title: Brooklyn
(2 Volumes, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 13+
Summary: It is Ireland in the early 1950s
and for Eilis Lacey, as for so many young
Irish girls, opportunities are scarce. So
when her sister arranges for her to emigrate
to New York, Eilis knows she must go,
leaving behind her family and her home for
the first time.
Author: Tolkien, J. R. R.
Title: The Hobbit
(2 Volumes, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 8-11
Summary: Whisked from his
comfortable hobbit-hole by Gandalf the
Wizard and a company of Dwarves,
Bilbo Baggins finds himself caught up in
a plot to raid the treasure hoard of
Smaug the Magnificent, a large and very
dangerous dragon.
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Author: Tolkien, J.R.R.
Title: The Lord of the Rings: The
Fellowship of the Ring.
(4 Volumes, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 12-14
Summary: In "The Fellowship of the
Ring" the young hobbit, Frodo, is
bequeathed a magical ring from his
Uncle Bilbo, and learns that he must
take it into the land of the Dark Lord,
Sauron, and cast it into the Crack of
Doom.
Author: Tomlinson, Jill
Title: The Cat Who Wanted To Go
Home
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 3-7
Summary: Suzy is a little striped cat,
who lives in a French seaside village
with a fisherman and his four sons. Like
all cats, Suzy is very inquisitive, which
causes problems when she climbs into
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the basket of a hot air balloon - and is
carried off over the Channel to England!
How will she ever get back to France? It
won't be easy, but Suzy refuses to be
put off by a bit of water...
Author: Tomlinson, Jill
Title: The Gorilla Who Wanted to Grow
Up
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 3-7
Summary: Pongo, a young male gorilla
wants to grow up. He learns about the
differing roles of his family and the
community in which he lives. Through
play with his young sister (Whoopsie)
and his friends he finds his future role in
life which is to be the leader of the
gorilla troop.
Author: Tomlinson, Jill
Title: The Owl Who Was Afraid Of The
Dark
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(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 3-7
Summary: Plop is exactly the same as
every baby barn owl that has ever been
- except for one thing. Plop is afraid of
the dark. His parents keep telling him
that dark is best, but it's no use. Plop
just wants to be out of the nest to ask
other people what they think of the dark,
and Plop is amazed at their replies...
Author: Tomlinson, Jill
Title: Penguin's Progress
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 5-7
Summary: Otto is a penguin chick and
he lives with lots of other penguins in
the ice and snow of Antarctica, at the
bottom of the world. But Otto is different
from all the other chicks he knows,
because he is "first chick," the first
penguin born that year so it's his job to
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look after all the younger ones as they
grow up. But nobody has told him
what "growing up" means, and life is
both confusing and exciting for Otto as
he wonders what will happen next!
Author: Townsend, Sue.
Title: The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole
(2 Volumes, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 13+
Summary: At thirteen years old, Adrian
Mole has more than his fair share of
problems - spots, ill-health, parents
threatening to divorce, rejection of his
poetry and much more - all recorded with
brilliant humour in his diary.
Author: Treahy, Iona
Title: Bob The Builder: Knights of a Can-aLot.
(1 Volume, Arial 36)
Reading Age: 3-7
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Summary: When the team fix Castle
Camelot, they are helped and hindered by
Bob's dad, whom they rename Sir Boss-aLot. Will the castle be ready for the grand
opening? Can they fix Castle Can-a-Lot?
Yes, they can!
Author: Turner, Tracey
Title: The A-Z of Ghosts, Skeletons, and
Other Haunting Horror
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 8-12
Summary: Whether you're completely
fearless or a complete scaredy-cat, you
need this book. Open it and discover a
haunted houseful of spooky surprises
packed with fearsome facts, quizzes,
stories, games and other things to do. Find
out: how to trick or treat, carve a pumpkin
and other scary essentials what to do if you
meet a werewolf some terrifying tales you
might believe ...and a few you certainly
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won't. Read on and dig up a host of horribly
haunting horrors - from A to Z.
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Author: Unknown
Title: Fireman Sam: The Hero Next Door.
(1 Volume, Arial 36)
Reading Age: 4+
Summary: Sam decides to take a welldeserved day off from the fire brigade, but a
series of catastrophes in PontyPandy
reminds him that good firefighters are never
off duty.
Author: Ure, Jean
Title: Skinny Melon and me
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 9-11
Summary: Cherry's teacher says that
keeping a diary is a good way to unclog
your head of all the bits and pieces that
worry you or make you angry. Cherry's
mum has remarried - will Cherry learn to
like Slimey Roland? Will Mum reveal her
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secret? Or will the ups and downs of
family life prove too much for all of
them?
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Author: Various
Title: The New Windmill Book Haunting
Tales
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 8-12
Summary: A collection of ghost and
mystery stories from well-known 20thcentury authors, such as Roald Dahl,
Ted Hughes, Gillian Cross and Robert
Swindells.
Author: Vornholt, John
Title: Coyote Moon: Buffy the Vampire
Slayer
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 16+
Summary: The seedy carnival looks like
just the thing to give Buffy and her best
buds, Xander and Willow, a break from
staking bloodsuckers. Some greasy
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food, a few cheap thrills - what more
could a Slayer ask for? But then Buffy
senses something evil behind the
carnival. Xander and Willow aren't so
sure. They don't buy Buffy's notion
that the carneys are somehow
connected to the corpses turning up
around Sunnydale.
Author: Vornholt, John
Title: Sabrina the Teenage Witch:
Knock on Wood
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 12-14
Summary: Westbridge High's American
football team is having a run of good
luck. The team are refusing to wash, as
they think it will bring good luck. Sabrina
and Dream a can't stand the smell and
decide to teach the boys a lesson and
show them how silly it is to be
superstitious. But their plan backfires.
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Author: Waddell, Martin
Title: Cup Final Kid
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 6+
Summary: Herbie Bazooka may be
small, fat and wear crummy old glasses,
but he plays football like they do in
Brazil. So when the Hottenham
Totspurs' star striker is injured just
before the FA Cup Final, who better to
take his place than Herbie? Take your
seats, please, for some amazing football
action!
Author: Walliams, David
Title: Billionaire Boy
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 7+
Summary: Joe has a lot of reasons to
be happy. About a billion of them, in
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fact. You see, Joe's rich. Really, really
rich. He's got his own bowling alley, his
own cinema, even his own butler who is
also an orang-utan. He's the wealthiest
twelve-year-old in the land. Yes, Joe
has absolutely everything he could
possibly want. But there’s just one thing
he really needs: a friend…
Author: Walliams, David
Title: The Boy in the Dress
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 7+
Summary: Dennis was different.
Why was he different, you ask? Well, a
small clue might be in the title of this
book…
Author: Walliams, David
Title: Gangsta Granny
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 7+
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Summary: Ben is bored beyond belief
after he is made to stay at his
grandma’s house. She’s the boringest
grandma ever: all she wants to do is
play Scrabble and eat cabbage soup.
But there are two things Ben doesn’t
know about his grandma.1) She was
once an international jewel thief. 2) All
her life, she has been plotting to steal
the Crown Jewels, and now she needs
Ben’s help… A hilarious and heartfelt
story of old age, adventure, stolen
jewels and swimming the Thames, and
another Number One bestseller.
Author: Walliams, David
Title: Mr Stink
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 7+
Summary: Mr Stink stank. He also
stunk. And if it was correct English to
say he stinked, then he stinked as
well… It all starts when Chloe makes
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friends with Mr Stink, the local tramp.
Yes, he smells a bit. But when it looks
like he might be driven out of town,
Chloe decides to hide him in the garden
shed. Now Chloe's got to make sure no
one finds out her secret. And speaking
of secrets, there just might be more to
Mr Stink than meets the eye… or the
nose.
Author: Walliams, David
Title: Ratburger
(2 Volumes, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 7+
Summary: This is the story of a little girl
called Zoe. Things are not looking good
for Zoe. Her stepmother Sheila is so
lazy she gets Zoe to pick her nose for
her. The school bully Tina Trotts makes
her life a misery – mainly by flobbing on
her head. And now the evil Burt from
Burt’s Burgers is after her pet rat! And
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guess what he wants to do with it? The
clue is in the title…
Author: Whelan, Gerard.
Title: The Guns of Easter.
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 10-12
Summary: It is 1916 and Europe is at war.
From the poverty of the Dublin slums
twelve-year-old Jimmy Conway sees it all
as glorious, and loves the British Army for
which his father is fighting.
Author: Whelan, Gerard.
Title: A Winter of Spies
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 10-12
Summary: A sequel to The guns of Easter.
In 1920 Dublin, eleven-year-old Sarah
Conway learns that Ireland's struggle for
independence, led by Michael Collins, is
waged not only with guns but also with
spies, lies, and secrets.
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Author: White, E.B.
Title: Charlotte's Web
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 8-12
Summary: This is the story of a girl
called Fern who loves a little pig called
Wilbur. And of how Wilbur's dear friend
Charlotte A. Cavatica, a beautiful grey
spider, saves Wilbur from the usual fate
of nice fat pigs, by a wonderfully clever
plan (which no one else could possibly
have thought of).
Author: Whybrow, Ian
Title: Little Wolf's Book of Badness
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 9-12
Summary: All Little Wolf wants to do is
stay at home with Mum and Dad and
Baby brother Smellybreff. Instead he’s
packed off to Cunning College to learn
the 9 Rules of Badess and earn his Gold
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BAD Badge from his wicked Uncle
Bigbad. He sets off on his journey,
sending letters home as he adventures
in the big wide world.
Author: Whybrow, Ian
Title: Harry and the Bucketful of Dinosaurs.
(1 Volume, Arial 36)
Reading Age: 6+
Summmary: Harry finds some dusty
plastic dinosaurs in Nan's attic. He
cleans them, finds out their names and
takes them everywhere - until, one day,
the dinosaurs get lost! The lost property
man gets a surprise when Harry proves
the dinosaurs are his by calling them
over to him.
Author: Wilder, Laura Ingalls
Title: On the Banks of Plum Creek
(2 Volumes, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 8-11
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Summary: The family's first home in
Minnesota was made of sod. But Pa
builds a clean new house beside Plum
Creek. The money for materials will
come from their first wheat harvest.
Then, just before the wheat is ready to
harvest a strange glittering cloud fills the
sky, blocking out the sun. Soon millions
of grasshoppers cover the field and
everything on the farm. In a week's time,
there is no wheat left at all.
Author: Wilkinson, Sheena
Title: Too Many Ponies
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 9-12
Summary: Lucy hears about a riding
competition with a cash prize that could
save Rosevale, the sanctuary for
horses. But it's up to Aidan to complete
the team – and he's lost his nerve. Can
he pluck up the courage to help save
Rosevale?
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Author: Williams, Ursula Moray
Title: Gobbolino, the Witch’s Cat
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 6+
Summary: No one could mistake
Gobbolino for a simple kitchen cat, with
his sparkly whiskers and magic tricks,
but that’s just what the witch’s kitten
wants to be. Instead of learning how to
turn mice into toads, Gobbolino sets out
to find a family to care for him and a
home of his own.
Author: Wilson, Jacqueline
Title: Bad Girls
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 9+
Summary: Mandy had been picked on
at school for as long as she could
remember. That's why she is delighted
when cheeky, full-of-fun Tanya picks her
as a friend. Mum isn't that happy - she
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thinks Tanya is a "bad girl" and a bad
influence. Mandy's sure that Tanya can
only get her out of trouble, not into it... or
could she?
Author: Wilson, Jacqueline
Title: Buried Alive
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 9+
Summary: Tim can't wait to go on holiday especially as he gets to bring his friend
Biscuits along. But their trip unexpectedly
becomes truly, terribly adventurous when
an encounter with two local bully-boys
threatens to disrupt the fun.
Author: Wilson, Jacqueline
Title: Candyfloss
(2 Volumes, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 9+
Summary: Floss's parents are divorced,
and she divides up her week, spending five
days with her mum, her new stepdad and
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her baby half-brother. The other two days
Floss spends with her dad, helping him to
run his greasy spoon cafe. But their simple
arrangement is thrown into disarray when
Floss's mum decides to move to Australia.
Making the difficult decision to stay at
home, Floss moves in permanently with
her dad and they muddle along happily
together, surviving on chip butties and
enjoying visits to the local funfair. But
disaster strikes - Dad's money troubles
catch up with him and they have to
move out of the cafe. They're homeless
- but can their new fairground friends
help out?
Author: Wilson, Jacqueline
Title: The Cat Mummy
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 9+
Summary: For those aged eight and
over, you can't do better than The Cat
Mummy by Jaqueline Wilson, the funny,
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touching tale of Verity whose mum died
the day she was born and who doesn't
realise how much she loves her donothing cat until Mabel disappears. As
always, Wilson hits every button.
Author: Wilson, Jacqueline
Title: Cliffhanger
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 9+
Summary: From climbing and abseiling
to canoeing and a Crazy Bucket Race,
the adventure holiday promises to be full
of action. There's just one problem as
far as Tim is concerned: he is hopeless
at sports of any kind. Can he survive the
horrors of a week absolutely packed
with activity? There are surprises in
store for everyone!
Author: Wilson Jacqueline
Title: Cookie
Reading Age: 9+
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Summary: The main character in
cookie is Beauty Cookson. She goes to
a posh girls school and hates it. The
girls are stuck up and tease her as
Beauty is rather plain and very timid.
Her mum is her dad’s third wife and very
young. Dad is a bully which probably
why he has been married three times.
He terrifies his wife Dilly and little
Beauty. He has very strict house rules
and is constantly criticising Beauty for
her lack of looks. Mum and daughter
live in fear of him. After an awful
birthday party with the girls in her class
that have bullied her all year Dad does
something unforgivable. Dilly and
Beauty run away.
Author: Wilson, Jaqueline.
Title: Double Act
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 9+
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Summary: Ruby and Garnet are ten-yearold twins. They're identical, and they do
EVERYTHING together, especially since
their mother died three years earlier - but
they couldn't be more different. Bossy,
bouncy, funny Ruby loves to take charge,
and is desperate to be a famous actress,
while quiet, sensitive, academic Garnet
loves nothing more than to curl up with one
of her favourite books. And when
everything around the twins is changing so
much, can being a double act work for
ever?
Author: Wilson, Jacqueline
Title: The Illustrated Mum
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 9+
Summary: Dolphin adores her mother,
Marigold. She's got wonderful clothes,
bright hair and vivid tattoos all over her
body -- a colourful lady, to match her
colourful life. But Dolphin's older sister,
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Star, is beginning to wonder if living with
Marigold's fiery, unpredictable moods is the
best thing for the girls.
Author: Wilson, Jacqueline
Title: Girls in Tears
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 9+
Summary: Ellie, Magda and Nadine
have got all sorts of trouble. A kiss at a
party threatens to break Ellie and
Magda's friendship. But they both know
that Nadine's about to get into big
trouble with an "Internet date" and only
the two of them together can save her.
Will pride or friendship come first?
Author: Wilson, Jacqueline
Title: Girls Out Late
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 9+
Summary: Nine o'clock. That's when I
have to be home. Dad thinks it's not
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safe any later. But then the most
amazing things happen. Out with my
best friends, gorgeous Magda and
super-cool Nadine, I meet a boy. And it's
"me" he's interested in. But will stay
interested in a girl who has to be home
by nine?
Author: Wilson, Jacqueline
Title: Girls Under Pressure
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 9+
Summary: Ellie is convinced that she
has to go on a diet, even though her
friends think that she is being silly.
Author: Wilson, Jacqueline
Title: Hetty Feather: Emerald Star
(Book 3)
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 9+
Summary: The life of Hetty Feather has
been full of drama, danger, heartbreak,
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excitment. Now the little girl is ready to
face her future. She is bold, she is
brave, she is bright, she is Emerald
Star.
Author: Wilson, Jacqueline
Title: Lola Rose
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 9+
Summary: When Jayni, her mum and
little brother have to run away from her
abusive father, it starts off as an
adventure. They slip out at night, go up
to London and stay in a hotel, and even
make up false identities. But when the
money runs out and reality bites, is it still
a game they should play?
Author: Wilson, Jacqueline
Title: Secrets
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 9+
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Summary: A chance meeting sparks a
friendship between two very different
girls, Treasure and India. When
Treasure has to run away to avoid her
stepfather, India comes up with a hiding
place inspired by her favourite Author:
Anne Frank. India hasn't got a real
Secret Annexe but she has got a hidden
attic.
Author: Wilson, Jacqueline
Title: Sleepovers
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 9+
Summary: Amy, Bella, Chloe, Daisy
and Emily are school-friends who plan
ever-more elaborate sleepover parties
for their birthdays, until Daisy, the
newest member of their club begins to
dread her turn, wondering what her
friends will make of her home and her
sister, who has learning disabilities.
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Author: Wilson Jacqueline
Title: The Story of Tracy Beaker
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 9+
Summary: This book is like a fictional
diary and a girl, aged 10, in a foster care
home, is writing in it. Follow Tracy as
she writes about her life in the so-called
“Dumping Ground” with friends and
enemies…
Author: Wilson, Jacqueline
Title: The Suitcase Kid
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 9+
Summary: My family always lived at
Mulberry Cottage. Mum, Dad and me and Radish, my Sylvanian rabbit. But we
didn't live happily ever after. Now Mum
lives with Bill the Baboon and his three
kids. Dad lives with Carrie and her
twins. And where do I live? I live out of a
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suitcase. Winner of the 1993 Children's
Book award and shortlisted
for the 1993 Carnegie Medal.
Author: Wilson, Jaqueline
Title: Take a Good Look
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 9+
Summary: Mary is fed up of being
wrapped in cotton wool by her gran.
Being blind doesn't mean that she can't
look after herself. So Mary decides to go
down to the sweetshop by herself for the
first time but the trip is more eventful
than she could ever have imagined and
the shop is burgled whilst Mary is in
there! How will she escape and get
home safely?
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Author: Young, Caroline
Title: Usborne Big Machines: Diggers and
Cranes
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 4+
Summary: Young children are amazed by
the huge machines they see every day on
building sites or at road-works. They want
to know how they work and what each part
does. These questions, and many more,
are answered in this book. There are large,
bright illustrations of diggers and cranes on
every page.
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Author: Zephaniah, Benjamin
Title: Refugee Boy
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 10+
Summary: Alem is on holiday with his
father for a few days in London. He has
never been out of Ethiopia before and is
very excited. They have a great few days
togther until one morning when Alem wakes
up in the bed and breakfast they are staying
at to find the unthinkable. His father has left
him. It is only when the owner of the bed
and breakfast hands him a letter that Alem
is given an explanation. Alem's father
admits that because of the political
problems in Ethiopia both he and Alem's
mother felt Alem would be safer in London even though it is breaking their hearts to do
this. Alem is now on his own, in the hands
of the social services and the Refugee
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Council. He lives from letter to letter,
waiting to hear from his father, and in
particular about his mother, who has now
gone missing...
Author: Zusak Markus
Title: The Book Thief
(1 Volume, Arial 24)
Reading Age: 12+
Summary: It is 1939. Nazi Germany. The
country is holding its breath. Death has
never been busier, and will become busier
still. Liesel Meminger is a foster girl living
outside of Munich, who scratches out a
meagre existence for herself by stealing
when she encounters something she can’t
resist–books. With the help of her
accordion-playing foster father, she learns
to read and shares her stolen books with
her neighbours during bombing raids as
well as with the Jewish man hidden in her
basement.
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