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Author
Publisher
Walker Books
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
How far would you go to save those you love? Lowrie and Shen are the youngest people on the planet after a virus caused global infertility. Closeted in a pocket of London and doted upon by a small, ageing community, the pair spend their days mudlarking and looking for treasure - until a secret is uncovered that threatens not only their family but humanity?s entire existence. Now Lowrie and Shen face an impossible choice: in the quiet at the end of...
2) Star Maker
Author
Publisher
Sheba Blake Publishing
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
Star Maker is a science fiction novel by Olaf Stapledon, published in 1937. The book describes a history of life in the universe, dwarfing in scale Stapledon's previous book, Last and First Men (1930), a history of the human species over two billion years. Star Maker tackles philosophical themes such as the essence of life, of birth, decay and death, and the relationship between creation and creator. A pervading theme is that of progressive unity...
3) Orion lost
Author
Publisher
Nosy Crow
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
The transport ship Orion is four months out of Earth when catastrophe strikes - leaving the ship and everyone on board stranded in deep space. Suddenly it's up to thirteen-year-old Beth and her friends to navigate through treacherous and uncharted territory to reach safety. But a heavily-damaged ship, space pirates, a mysterious alien species, and an artificial intelligence that Beth doesn't know if she can trust means that getting home has never...
Author
Publisher
Floris Books
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
Not too long ago the children of Aberdeen struck a blow against the tyranny of their oppressors -- an army of giant robot chickens. But the chickens were not defeated and now the city's warring factions have formed a council hoping to keep their chicken overlords at bay. But there's a new robot chicken on the block, the Chickenator! When the new chicken starts to target council members, pecking them up one by one, Rayna suspects fowl play. How are...
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Series
Nowhere Emporium volume 1
Publisher
Kelpies
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
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Description
When the mysterious Nowhere Emporium arrives in Glasgow, orphan Daniel gets drawn into its magical world. Then the owner, Mr Silver, disappears, and Daniel's world begins to crumble.
Author
Publisher
Walker Books
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
Molly should be doing her homework, but instead, she builds a robot to do it for her. The robot is pretty clever ... so clever that it decides to make another robot. Then that robot makes another one. Before long, an army of slightly-too-clever-for-their-own-good robots are running around town causing chaos. But when robot number one gets wind of Molly?s plan to shut them down, the mechanical army set out to get rid of the humanoid once and for all....
9) Interworld
Author
Publisher
HarperCollinsChildren?sBooks
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
Joey Harker isn?t a hero? Joey Harker is the kind of guy who gets lost in his own house. But one day, Joey gets really lost. He walks straight out of his world and into another dimension. This walk between worlds makes Joey prey to armies of magic and science, both determined to harness Joey?s power to travel between dimensions. The only thing standing in their way is Joey - or to be more precise an army of Joeys, all from different dimensions? Now...
Author
Series
The Next Together volume 1
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
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Description
?A funny, gripping and incredibly imaginative story of true love and reincarnation? - Louise O?Neill, author of Only Ever Yours and Asking for It ?The last time they were together, it was late evening and they were being followed?? Katherine and Matthew are destined to be born again and again. Each time fall hopelessly in love, only to be tragically separated. How many times can you lose the one you love? Katherine and Mathew hope the next together...
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Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
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Hugo is travelling to his friend Dorian's home planet, Hydrox, for the holidays. Although thrilled at the invitation, Hugo is still astonished that Duke Dorian, could possibly be friends with a humble android watchmaker like him. But when the pair land on Hydrox, Hugo discovers that there are much bigger problems afoot. A race of butterflies have evacuated their now-uninhabitable planet, and Hydrox is struggling to find space for the refugees. Meanwhile,...
12) Green rising
Author
Publisher
Walker Books
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
Gabrielle is a climate-change activist who shoots to fame when she becomes the first teenager to display a supernatural ability to grow plants from her skin. Hester is the millionaire daughter of an oil tycoon and the face of the family business. Theo comes from a long line of fishermen, but his parents are struggling to make ends meet. On the face of it, the three have very little in common. Yet when Hester and Theo join Gabrielle and legions of...
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Series
Crooked Oak Mysteries volume 2
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
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When Pete, Nancy and Krish arrive at Heathland Camp for a school trip, they're in for an adventure - just not the kind they were expecting. Nearby sits the abandoned Harwood Institute. The crumbling buildings reek of secrets and, at night, strange screams come from the surrounding forest. Nobody knows what experiments took place at the institute during the war, so Pete and his friends make it their mission to find out. But the forest is hiding a sinister...
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Series
Crooked Oak Mysteries volume 3
Publisher
Barrington Stoke Ltd
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
A mystery is�growing�at Dunwick Farm and it all started with a plane crash ...�Crooked Oak's mystery-solving team return with another spine-tingling adventure,�perfect for fans of Stranger Things�and Crater Lake. When an unidentified plane crashes in the fields next to Dunwick Farm in Crooked Oak, it quickly becomes clear that it was carrying some unusual cargo. As people in the town fall suddenly ill and animals start behaving strangely,...
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The Griffin Gate volume 2
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
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Grace's family are wardens of the incredible Griffin map, using its teleport technology to fight crime across Moreland. Right now it's all systems go at Griffin HQ, where Grace, her mum and her brother have their hands full answering a huge number of calls for help. They could really do with another warden on the team - but Mum believes their important work should be kept inside the family. Meanwhile, Grace is investigating a series of puzzling petty...
17) The raven riddle
Author
Series
Griffin Gate volume 3
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
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Description
Grace and Tom are excited to begin their first mission together, but what at first seems a quiet village quickly becomes their most challenging investigation so far.
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