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Flying Furballs (6) Double Cross

Acclaimed Cat airman Claude D’Bonair is still fighting the fight against the DOGZ army. He’s taking a break in London .....

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Middle School – Born to Rock

Georgia Khatchadorian has had to put up with a lot from her brother Rafe in other Middle School novels. But .....

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Magic Misfits

Do you want to learn magic? Dive into this book, learn some cool tricks (but only with lots and lots .....

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Six of Crows (2) Crooked Kingdom

Kaz Brekker and his crew are bristling with anger and out for revenge – no matter what. This revenge is .....

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Fish Kid (1) and the Lizard Ninja

Bodhi’s mum and dad might be crazy about the ocean and what lives there, but he’s not. He doesn’t like .....

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Whetū Toa and the Magician

Whetū and her mum have arrived at a farm belonging to a famous magician. Mum’s new job is to be his .....

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Rabbit & Bear (3) – Attack of the Snack

Rabbit & Bear are swimming in a lake, enjoying the summer, when a THING whizzes past their heads. It screams, .....

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Rabbit & Bear (4) A Bite in the Night

Rabbit asks his best friend Bear, ‘Where do trees go for the winter?’ ‘Trees stay exactly where they are,’ answers .....

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Rabbit and Bear (6) This Lake is Fake!

Rabbit and Bear have woken in their cave. It’s smelly and messy and Rabbit isn’t happy. Bear points out they’ve .....

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Lockwood & Co (1) The Screaming Staircase

50 years ago, an upsurge of spirits and ghosts took over Britain, spurring new laws, night time curfews, ghost lighting .....

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Mortal Engines (2) Predators Gold

Tom and Hester are now 17 and their epic battle alongside Anna fang (leader of the Anti-Traction League) was 2 .....

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Lockwood & Co - The Whispering Skull Book Cover Jonathan Stroud

Lockwood & Co (2) The Whispering Skull

Lucy and George are back in the second book in this series, with their enigmatic but slightly deceptive boss – .....

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Lockwood & Co (3) The Hollow Boy

Lucy’s special skill with ghosts is growing stronger, and with it her confidence as part of the team of three .....

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The Train to Impossible Places Book Cover P G Bell

The Train to Impossible Places (1)

At 11 yrs old, Suzy Smith is smart. She loves science, especially physics, always keen to know how the world .....

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Lockwood & Co (4) The Creeping Shadow

After her shocking decision to leave her job and home Lucy has a new place to live, albeit a very .....

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Lockwood & Co (5) The Empty Grave

Lucy wouldn’t normally trust what her sarcastic, cranky, skull in a jar says – but the information he’s given her .....

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I Killed Father Christmas

When Jo-jo’s parents have the biggest argument on Christmas Eve, he hears the words – “You’ve killed Christmas.” Instantly believing .....

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Mortal Engines (3) Infernal Devices

16 years have passed. Hester and Tom have lived happily at Anchorage raising their daughter Wren. Wren has grown up .....

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Jane Doe (1) And The Cradle of All Worlds

Jane Doe has grown up looking after her bed-ridden father and told she brings bad luck to her town of .....

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The Raven Boys

Blue lives in a house full of psychics, her mother being one of them. Blue doesn’t share her mother’s gifts .....

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Hilda and the Hidden People (1)

Hilda lives in a magical valley inhabited by trolls, deer-fox (half deer, half fox), little wooden men and giants. She .....

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Liars – The Truth App

A brown ute comes out of nowhere and smashes into Jarli and his dad in their car. To make things .....

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Five Nights at Freddy’s (1) The Silver Eyes

It’s been 10 years since it happened. 10 years of putting it out of her mind, concentrating on everything but .....

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Mr Penguin (1) and the Lost Treasure

Mr Penguin has just set up an Adventure/Mystery Agency and advertised it in the local newspaper. On his first day .....

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Yours Troolie, Alice Toolie

Alice Toolie is mortified. Her arch enemy Jimmy Cook has found and read her diary. This is the final straw, .....

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Real Pigeons Fight Crime

Rock Pigeon loves to dress up. Is it a rabbit? Is it a chicken? Or is it a pile of .....

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Elementals (2) Scorch Dragons

Anders is now with his sister Rayna at Drekhelm, her new home among the dragons he always thought were the .....

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Elementals (3) Battleborn

Ice wolf Anders, Dragon and sister Rayna, and a mix of both dragon and human friends have fled from the .....

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The Hazel Wood

Alice and her mum have always been on the move. Bad luck seems to plague them wherever they try to .....

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The Wild Robot Protects (3)

Roz the robot is happy back in her island home, especially when her gosling son, Brightbill returns with his flock .....

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