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Author
Publisher
Rock the Boat
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
From the New York Times bestselling author of Girl in Pieces and How to Make Friends with the Dark comes a breathtaking contemporary YA about addiction, family and finding your voice Emmy is the good one. Not strong-willed like her beautiful older sister Maddie and not difficult like her brother Joey. She takes up as little space as possible. When Joey returns from rehab, her parents ask her to act as his guardian. She?s also expected to keep on top...
Author
Publisher
Oberon Plays for Young People
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
With famine gripping Ireland, Sean and Annie have just one chance of survival - they must find their father. Leaving their dying mother behind, they travel across rough seas to America. With only the gold torch that Annie wears as a necklace to protect them, they embark on a long and dangerous journey. But will they ever be reunited with their family?.
Author
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Formats
Description
You know what it�s like when your mum goes away on a business trip and Dad�s in charge. She leaves a really, really long list of what he�s got to do. And the most important thing is DON�T FORGET TO GET THE MILK. Unfortunately, Dad forgets. So the next morning, before breakfast, he has to go to the corner shop, and this is the story of why it takes him a very, very long time to get back. Featuring: Professor Steg (a time-travelling dinosaur),...
Author
Series
Amelia Bedelia volume 3
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
Amelia Bedelia, America's favorite housekeeper, had a childhood full of surprises, mischief, and hilarious misunderstandings. In this illustrated chapter book adventure, just right for fans of Judy Moody and Ivy + Bean, young Amelia Bedelia piles into the family car and takes a road trip with her family. This is the third book in the Amelia Bedelia chapter book series and is just right for newly independent readers ready for a more challenging vocabulary...
6) The runner
Author
Publisher
Corgi Yearling
Pub. Date
2005
Edition
New pbk. ed.
Language
English
Description
When Jason runs away to stay with his brother, he meets a 'runner' called Jam who lives on the trains. Jam's carefree and adventurous life sounds so exciting that Jason begins to think he might join him - until he discovers Jam's secret.
Author
Series
Amelia Bedelia volume 7
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
In the seventh chapter book in the New York Times bestselling series, Amelia Bedelia comes out of her shell and heads to the beach! Amelia Bedelia and her mother share a summer vacation home at the shore with her aunt Mary (her mother's sister) and her cousin Jason, who has a wicked sense of adventure and a nose for trouble. With a local girl named Pearl as guide, the cousins build sand castles, swim and body surf, and learn how to sail. As much fun...
Author
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Formats
Description
Fourteen-year-old Charlie Law has lived in Little Town, on the border with Old Country, all his life. He knows the rules: no going out after dark; no drinking; no litter; no fighting. You don't want to get on the wrong side of the people who run Little Town. When he meets Pavel Duda, a refugee from Old Country, the rules start to get broken. Then the bombs come, and the soldiers from Old Country, and Little Town changes for ever. Sometimes, to keep...
9) Scarlett
Author
Publisher
Puffin
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Scarlett's not red like a sunset, she's red with rage. She cannot believe her mum is packing her off to Ireland to stay with the dad who left them. Surely he's the reason for everything going wrong, her never being able to stay in a school, rules always getting broken? They won't get round her so easily.
Author
Series
Boy Who Grew Dragons volume 1
Publisher
Piccadilly Press
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Tomas discovers a strange old tree at the bottom of his grandad's garden, he doesn't think much of it. But he takes the funny fruit from the tree back into the house - and gets the shock and delight of his life when a tiny dragon hatches! The tree is a dragonfruit tree, and Tomas has got his very own dragon, Flicker. Tomas soon finds out that life with Flicker is great fun, but also very unpredictable. Yes, dragons are wonderful, but they also...
Author
Series
Publisher
Barrington Stoke Ltd
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
Witty, intelligent Elizabeth Bennet has no desire for a marriage of convenience. And when she meets the handsome, wealthy Mr Darcy, her opinion of him is quickly set: he is aloof, selfish and proud - the last man in the world she would ever marry. Until their paths cross again, and again, and the pair begin to realise that first impressions can be flawed? But as Elizabeth and Darcy become�entangled in a dance through the strict hierarchies of society,...
12) Darcy Burdock
Author
Series
Darcy Burdock volume 1
Publisher
Bolinda audio
Pub. Date
2016
Edition
Unabridged ed.
Language
English
Description
Ten-year-old Darcy Burdock is one of life's noticers. Curious, smart-as-a-whip, funny and fiercely loyal, she sees the extraordinary in the everyday and the wonder in the world around her. In this first book, we are introduced to her family: Mum, who Darcy loves as much as her favourite fried egg and chips, Dad, who is kind and fair if a bit hopeless, and little siblings Hector and Poppy, who Darcy likes dressing up in ridiculous outfits and having...
Author
Series
Publisher
HarperTeen
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
Marguerite Caine's physicist parents are known for their groundbreaking achievements. Their most astonishing invention, called the Firebird, allows users to jump into multiple universes - and promises to revolutionize science forever. But then Marguerite's father is murdered, and the killer - her parent's handsome, enigmatic assistant Paul - escapes into another dimension before the law can touch him. Marguerite refuses to let the man who destroyed...
Author
Series
Petunia Perry volume 1
Publisher
Nosy Crow
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Formats
Description
Petunia Perry has decided to write her memoirs. She wants the world to know what it's like to start secondary school with a best friend who stages one-person flash mobs in the canteen, a mother who over-shares at parents' evenings and an unwelcome suitor who draws pictures of her as a unicorn.
15) At the synagogue
Author
Publisher
Platypus Media
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
Join Baby as she explores the practices and traditions of Judaism with her family.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Where do baby apes sleep? In apricots! I'm Elsa, and that's one of my jokes (I tell LOTS of jokes and I'm going to be a big star one day). I do my best to cheer my family up - but no one seems to laugh much any more. Not since we lost our lovely house and had to move into a bed and breakfast hotel . . .
Author
Series
Marge in Charge volume 3
Publisher
ABC Audio
Pub. Date
2017
Edition
Unabridged ed.
Language
English
Description
Whistles at the ready. Marge is off! Have you met Marge? She has rainbow hair, tells wild stories and she's the best babysitter in the whole world. Things do SOMETIMES go off the rails when Marge is around but Jakey and Jemima don't mind that. After all, no-one else could rescue a train, help Jakey's wobbly tooth or cause chaos at the zoo!.
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks Fire
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
Fans of Jenny Han and Sarah Dessen will fall in love this contemporary debut about finding yourself-and finding love-in unexpected places. Ocean breeze in her hair and sand between her toes, Anise can't wait to spend the summer before her senior year surfing and hanging out on the beach with friends. Santa Cruz is more than her home-it's her heart. But when her aunt, a single mother, is in a serious car accident, Anise must say goodbye to California...
Author
Series
Tom Gates volume 18
Publisher
Bolinda audio
Pub. Date
2021
Edition
Unabridged ed.
Language
English
Description
This audiobook is full of excellent stories to make you laugh! Oakfield Town is having a parade and everyone wants to take part. Especially Marcus (no surprise there). Mum and Dad have left Delia in charge, which is never a good idea. And I find out that trying to have a sneaky scoop of caramel ice cream doesn?t end well. But at least my doodling is as spectacular as ever!.
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