Sandringham Learning Resources Centre (L.R.C.) Year 8 Great Reads

Adventure / Survival Paul Adam: Max Cassidy series Katherine Rundell: The Good Max Cassidy is a teenage Thieves escapologist. His father went Desperate to help her beloved missing two years ago and his grandfather, Vita and her mother mother is serving a life sentence go to New York. She has one goal: for his murder. Max's mission to to break into Hudson Hall and learn the truth takes him to retrieve the jewels that the sinister central America, to the horrors of Victor Sorrotore stole from her the terrifying Shadow Island. family. With her new friends, she Book#1 plans a scary heist.

Lauren St John: The One Dollar Bear Grylls: Mission Survival Horse series series Casey Blue volunteers at a local Beck is in Colombia. His uncle and riding school, but her dream is to Don Rafael know where the lost win the Badminton Horse Trials. city is, but they are both She rescues a starving, half-wild kidnapped. Beck must set off into horse, but she has reckoned the wilds of Colombia, build a raft, without her father’s criminal negotiate wild river rapids, make record, or the boy with melty, camp, and defend his friends from dark eyes, with whom she refuses wild animals in the jungle. to fall in love. Book#1

Mitch Johnson: Pop! Lauren Wolk: Beyond the Bright When the recipe to the world's Sea most popular drink - thought to Crow has always been curious be lost forever - washes up at her about the world around her, but it feet, Queenie's life instantly isn't until the night a mysterious changes. Everyone wants it, and fire appears across the water that with a $10 million bounty on her the unspoken question of her own head, Queenie's soon on the run. history forms in her heart. Soon, a Can she and her friend Todd do chain of events is triggered, leading something to fix this crazy, Crow down a path of discovery and messed up world? danger.

Peter Bunzl: Cogheart series Wilbur Smith: Cloudburst Lily’s father is missing, and now The classic tale of a boy from a silver-eyed men stalk her. Mississippi River town. He With her friends—Robert, the recounts his adventures as he clockmaker’s son, and Malkin, her travels down the river with a mechanical fox—Lily is plunged runaway slave, encountering a into a murky and menacing world family involved in a feud, two of murder, mayhem and mystery scoundrels pretending to be set in this gripping Victorian royalty, and Tom Sawyer's aunt. steam punk adventure. Book#1

Vashti Hardy: Crowfall Robert Muchamore: Robin Hood Ironhold is an orderly place but series when Orin Crowfall, a lowly After Locksley’s car plants shut servant boy, learns the island down, the prosperous town has itself is in danger, this knowledge become a toxic land. The Sheriff of makes him a target. He narrowly Nottingham and Guy Gisborne escapes on a boat, fights for control the council. When Robin’s survival with his robot friend, dad is framed for a robbery, he and Cody, pursued by a sea monster. Little John must survive in Orin will need to dig deep for Sherwood forest, sheltering the free courage and trust. fantasy spirits and outlaws. But Robin has adventure. plans. Book#1

Real Life Samira Ahmed: Love, Hate and Lisa Williamson: Other Filters Paper Avalanche Maya -an Indian American When it comes to flying under the Muslim teen confronts radar, Ro Snow is an expert: No Islamophobia and a reality she friends, No boys, can neither explain nor escape. No parties, and strictly NO She is torn between two worlds. VISITORS. Then Tanvi Shah, the But in the aftermath of a horrific girl who almost died, comes back crime, her life is turned upside into her life, and Ro finds herself down by fear, bigotry, and hatred. losing control of her lies.

Sita Brahmachari: When Elizabeth Acevedo: Secrets Set Sail The Poet X Usha is devastated when her Xiomara feels unheard in her grandmother Kali Ma dies. When Harlem neighbourhood. She her new adoptive sister Imtiaz discovers slam poetry to arrives, they clash instantly. They understand her place in the world. both feel lost. Kali Ma's ghost She joins a school slam poetry club appears with a task for them: to and can’t stop thinking about her go on a quest through London. If poems. Because though the world they can set the secrets of might not want to hear, Xiomara generations free, will they be in refuses to be silent. time to save their home? Onjali Rauf: The Night Bus Hero Penny Joelsen: Things the Eye I've been getting into trouble for Can’t See as long I can remember. Recently The day that the boy gives her a no one believes me about secret note to deliver changes anything - even when I'm telling everything. Then, the boy goes the truth! It's worse since I played missing, and no one – except Libby a prank on the old man in the and her new friend Kyle – thinks park. Everyone thinks I'm just a there is anything to worry about. bully. They don't believe I could Libby is visually impaired but with be a hero. But I'm going to prove Samson, her guide dog, she wishes them all wrong. Bullying and she could be more independent. homelessness themes.

Nielsen: Optimists Die First Anne Frank: The Diary of a Petula has shut herself off from Young Girl the world after a tragedy. Now she Discovered in the attic in which she sees danger in everything. She spent the last years of her life, goes to art therapy class, though Anne Frank’s remarkable diary has she has nothing in common with become a world classic—a powerful these teenage misfits, who all reminder of the horrors of war and carry their own guilt. When she is an eloquent testament to the forced to do a project with Jacob, human spirit. he helps her to face her fears, until a hidden truth threatens to derail everything.

Sarah Crossan: Moonrise Angie Thomas: Concrete Rose Joe hasn't seen his brother for ten The story of Maverick Carter, years, because Ed is on death row. Starr's father, set seventeen years His date for execution has been before The Hate U Give. With his set, and Joe is determined to King Lord dad in prison and his spend those last weeks with him, mom working two jobs, Maverick no matter what other people think helps the only way he knows how: This poignant, stirring, novel asks slinging drugs. Life's not perfect, big questions. What value do you but it’s under control. then he finds place on life? What can you out he's a father! It’s not easy to forgive? And just how do you say deal drugs and finish school with a goodbye? baby dependent on him.

Crime, Mystery, Thrillers and Spies Anthony Horowitz: Alex Rider Andrew Lane: Young Sherlock series Holmes series Fourteen-year-old Alex is When Sherlock Holmes is fourteen recruited into MI6. Armed with - on a break from boarding school, secret gadgets, he is sent to he stays with his uncle and aunt. investigate Herod Sayle, a man When two local people die from a who is offering Stormbreaker plague, Holmes begins to computers to every school. But investigate what really killed them, the teenage spy soon finds himself helped by his new tutor, an in mortal danger. American named Amyus Crowe. Book#1 Book#1

Robin Stevens: The Chris Ryan: Agent 21 series Guggenheim Mystery Agent 21-first in an action-packed A painting is stolen but I did not adventure series by a real-life SAS see what the problem was, even if hero. When Zak Darke's parents it was worth £9.8 million. die in a mass murder he's alone in Perhaps that's because of my very the world, until he's sought out by unusual brain. But when Aunt a mysterious man from a Gloria was blamed for the theft, I government agency. 'Zak becomes had to find the painting, and Agent 21. What happened to the 20 discover who took it. agents before him he'll never know. What he does know is that his life is about to change.

Katherine Woodfine: The Robert Muchamore: The Clockwork Sparrow Henderson Boys and Rock War In a world of mysteries, the series daring theft of the clockwork In World War Two, the British sparrow takes place! The most secret service is about to discover dastardly criminals in London that kids working undercover will enact their wicked plans! Our help to win the war. For official bold heroines, Miss Sophie Taylor purposes, these children do not and Miss Lilian Rose, crack codes, exist. devour ice-buns and vow to bring Book#1 the villains to justice…

Andy McNab: Boy Soldier series Charlie Higson: Young Bond Danny sets out to track down and series expose his grandfather – a traitor. James Bond will one day become Now people want them both dead. the world’s most famous spy, but This is a thrilling, fast-paced for now his challenge is to fit in at series full of breath-taking action, his new school - making friends SAS procedures and surveillance and facing up to bullies. But there and survival techniques. A fast- is an even tougher challenge moving, action-packed thriller. awaiting him- something Book#1 mysterious and deadly lurking in the water. It’s called SilverFin.

Charlie Higson: The Enemy Robin Stevens: Murder Most series Unladylike Series Charlie Higson's The Enemy is 1934. Daisy and Hazel set up a the first in a jaw-dropping zombie secret detective agency at School. horror series for teens. Everyone But then they discover the body of over the age of fourteen has the Science Mistress, -and the body succumbed to a deadly zombie disappears! Now the girls have to virus and now the kids must keep solve a murder and prove a murder themselves alive. has happened in the first place Book#1 before the killer strikes again. Book#1

History and War Tom Palmer: After the War: Hilary McKay: The Swallows’ From Auschwitz to Flight Ambleside' Companion novel to The Skylarks' 1945: Three Polish teenagers are War. Erik and Hans are Germans. brought from the horrors of a Ruby and Kate are English. One concentration camp to the safety day there are choices to be made. of the Lake District for How is courage lost, and found? recuperation. The story follows Who is really the enemy? And what Yossi and his friends Mordecai does friendship truly mean, in the and Leo as they attempt to rebuild middle of a war? Rupert and Clarry their shattered lives. work secretly for peace - and a Dyslexia-friendly future for them all. Michael Morpurgo: Listen to Markus Zusak: The Book Thief the Moon By her brother's graveside, Liesel's May 1915. Alfie and his fisherman life is changed when she finds a father find a girl on a small island book: The Gravedigger's in the Scillies - injured, lost... and Handbook. It is her first act of book with no memory. She can say only thievery. So begins a love affair one word: Lucy. Where has she with books and words, as Liesel, come from? Is she the victim of a with the help of her foster father, German U-boat, or a German spy? learns to read. But these are WW1 is raging, suspicion is dangerous times because it is 1939 growing, and Alfie and Lucy are in Germany. under threat. Sam Angus: Soldier Boy Michelle Magorian: Goodnight Stanley's dad hasn't been the Mister Tom same since his wife died and his Young Willie is evacuated to the eldest son went to war. Now country as Britain stands on the Stanley's only friend is his dad's brink of the Second World War. A greyhound, Rocket. Stanley runs sad child, he slowly begins to away and enlists in the army to flourish under the care of old Tom train as a dog handler and is soon Oakley - but his new happiness is heading to France with a great shattered by a summons from his Dane called Bones by his side. mother back in London. Tom soon grows worried.

Rosemary Sutcliff: The Eagle Philip Pullman: Sally Lockhart of the Ninth series When the Romans conquered Soon after Sally Lockhart's father England, they attempted to go drowns at sea, she receives a further North. The Ninth Legion strange letter containing a dire marched into the mists of warning which makes a man die of northern Britain - and they were fear. Wanting to discover the truth never seen again. Four thousand about her father's death, Sally is men disappeared, and their eagle plunged into a terrifying mystery in standard was lost. Can a young the dark heart of Victorian London, Roman find out why? at the centre of which lie a deadly blood-soaked jewel. Catherine Johnson: Sawbones Tanya Landman: Beyond the Ezra has been trained by a top Wall surgeon, which will secure him a The story of a runaway slave girl trade for life. But his world is and her dangerous journey through turned on its head when a failed Britain. Cassia does not fear death. break-in at his master's house sets Beyond Hadrian's Wall there is off a disturbing series of events freedom. With dogs on her trail that involves grave robbing, body and a bounty on her head the switching and murder. Loveday journey seems impossible. But then Finch, daughter of the late Cassia meets Marcus - slick, silver- magician, asks Ezra to investigate. tongued - a true and perfect son of Rome. And her only hope.

Horror and Supernatural Darren Shan: Zom-B series Joseph Delaney: Spooks series Zom-B is a radical series about a 'Someone has to stand against the zombie apocalypse, told in the dark. And you're the only one who first person by one of its victims. can.' The series combines classic Shan For years, the local Spook has been action with a fiendishly twisting keeping the County safe from evil. plot and hard-hitting and Now his time is coming to an end, thought-provoking moral but who will take over? Just one questions dealing with racism, boy is left. Thomas Ward. He is the abuse of power and more. last hope. Book#1 Book#1

Neil Gaiman: Coraline Frances Hardinge: A Skinful of

When Coraline steps through a Shadows door in her family's new house, Sometimes, when a person dies, she finds another house, strangely their spirit looks for someone else like her own (only better). At first, to hide in. Some people are perfect things seem marvellous. But for hiding. there's another mother and Makepeace has learned to defend father, and they want her to stay herself from the ghosts that try to and be their little girl. Coraline possess her in the night, desperate will have to fight with all her wits for refuge - but one day she drops if she is to save herself. her guard. Now she has a spirit inside her.

Chris Priestley: Mister Creecher Jonathan Stroud: Lockwood and Billy is a street urchin, co. series pickpocket, and petty thief. Mister Britain has a horrifying epidemic of Creecher is a monstrous giant of a ghosts. Lucy joins the smallest, man who terrifies all he meets. most ramshackle agency in the city, Their relationship becomes a run by Anthony Lockwood. When bond between these two misfits as one of their cases goes horribly their bloody journey takes them wrong, Lockwood & Co. must stay ever northwards on the trail of the night in a haunted house and their target, Victor Frankenstein. try to escape alive. A scary and A frightening book of friendship, funny detective ghost series. trust and betrayal. Book#1

Alex Bell: Frozen Charlotte. Derek Landy: Demon Road Dunvegan School for Girls has Trilogy been closed and converted into a Amber is smart but insecure, family home long ago. Sophie spending most of her time online, arrives at the old schoolhouse to to avoid her aloof parents. When spend the summer with her an encounter reveals a horrifying cousins. Brooding Cameron with secret, she is forced to go on the his scarred hand, strange Lilias run from killer cars, vampires, with a fear of bones and Piper, undead serial killers, and red- who seems just a bit too good to skinned, horned demons. She races be true and the girl with a room across America before her parents full of dolls. The girl that died! catch up with her. Book#1 Cornelia Funke: Ghost Knight Charlie Higson: The Enemy series Jon never expected to enjoy Everyone over the age of fourteen school, or to be confronted by a has a deadly zombie virus and now pack of vengeful ghosts. Ella has a the kids must keep themselves taste for adventure. They must alive. When the virus came, every work to find the secrets of an old adult fell ill. Some died. The others murder, while being haunted by are crazed, hungry and confused. ghosts intent on revenge. Jon The children are fighting to summons the ghost of the late survive. Rumours speak of a safe knight Longspee to protect them, place to hide, so a gang of children but can he be trusted? Bravery, move across London-but can they friendship - and ghosts! make it there - alive? Book#1

Dystopian and Science Fiction Alice Broadway: Ink series Suzanne Collins: The Hunger There are no secrets in Games series Saintstone. Everything you do is In the ruins of North America lies tattooed on your skin. After her the nation of Panem, a shining father dies, Leora finds solace in Capitol surrounded by twelve the fact that his skin tells a outlying districts. The Capitol is wonderful story, until she sees a harsh and cruel forcing teenagers mark on his neck...the symbol of to participate in the annual Hunger the worst crime a person can Games, a fight to the death on live commit. TV. Katniss Everdeen fights for Book#1 survival. Book#1 read the Prequel: Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes! Malorie Blackman: Noughts Michael Grant: Gone series and Crosses series One day everyone above age 15 Two young people are forced to disappears! Just as suddenly, there make a stand in this thought- are no phones, no internet, no provoking look at racism and television. Hunger threatens. prejudice in an alternate society. Bullies rule. A sinister creature Sephy is a Cross Callum is a lurks. On your 15th birthday, you Nought. Noughts and Crosses disappear just like everyone else. A simply don’t mix. A romance science fiction/ dystopian fantasy builds between Sephy and Callum world of survival against monsters, -- a romance that is to lead them bullies and each other. Book#1 into danger. Book#1 James Dashner: The Maze Patrick Ness: Burn Runner series Sarah and her father, outcasts in When the lift opens, the only Frome, are forced to hire a dragon thing Thomas remembers is his to work their farm, which only the name. Boys welcome him to the poor have to do. Sarah is curious Glade, a camp in a maze. They about Kazimir. He supposedly does have no idea what's happened to not have a soul but seems intent on the world outside. All they know keeping her safe. Kazimir has a is that every morning when the prophecy that involves a deadly walls slide back, they will risk all assassin, a cult, two FBI agents in to find out. Book#1 hot pursuit—and, Sarah herself. Book#1 Jonathan Stroud: The Outlaws Neal Shusterman: Arc of a scythe Scarlett and Browne series series Set in a future England, where A world with no hunger, no gunfights and monsters collide, disease, no war, no misery. and where the formidable outlaw Humanity has conquered all those Scarlett McCain discovers a things and even death. Scythes are wrecked coach with only one the only ones who can end life— survivor, Albert Browne. Scarlett and must, in order to keep the agrees to escort him to safety, but population under control. soon, new enemies are on their Citra and Rowan are chosen to be heels. Book#1 an apprentice scythe—a role that neither wants. Book#1 Veronica Roth: Divergent series Philip Reeve: The Mortal Engines Society is divided into five series factions, each dedicated to the In a dangerous future, huge cultivation of a particular virtue— motorised cities hunt, attack and Candor (the honest), Abnegation fight each other for survival. As (the selfless), Dauntless (the London pursues a small town, brave), Amity (the peaceful), and young apprentice Tom is flung out Erudite (the intelligent). On an into the wastelands, where a appointed day of every year, all terrifying cyborg begins to hunt sixteen-year-olds must select the him down… The start of a brilliant faction to which they will devote Steam-punk dystopian fantasy. the rest of their lives. Book#1 Book#1

Fantasy Sarah Driver: The Huntress Derek Landy: Skulduggery series Pleasant series Ever since Ma died, Mouse has Meet Skulduggery Pleasant: Ace looked after her little brother, Detective, Razor–tongued Wit, Sparrow, dreaming of her destiny Crackerjack Sorcerer and as captain of the Huntress. But fire-throwing Skeleton! —as well as now Da’s missing, Sparrow is in ally, protector, and mentor of danger, and a deathly cold is Stephanie, a very unusual and creeping across Trianukka. A sea- darkly talented twelve-year-old. churning, beast-chattering, These two must defeat an all- dream-dancing, whale-riding, consuming ancient evil. Will they world-saving adventure. Book#1 stop the end of the world? Book#1

Sophie McKenzie: The Medusa Rick Riordan: The Magnus Chase Project series series Prof. Fox places a gene inside 4 Magnus’ uncle Randolph rambles teenagers, but is then killed by his about Norse history and Magnus's partner, Jack. Jack has plans for birth right: a weapon that has been the kids - IF he can track them lost for thousands of years. Puzzle down. Fox's brother, Fergus, is pieces fall into place, but he doesn't determined to stop him and keep have time to consider it all before a the kids safe: Nico - telekinetic; fire giant attacks the city, forcing Ketty - clairvoyant: Dylan - a him to choose between his own mind-reader and Alicia - able to safety and the lives of hundreds of withstand pain. Book#1 innocents. Book#1

Cassandra Clare: The City of Shannon Messenger: Keeper of Bones series the Lost Cities series When Clary heads out to the Sophie has a secret. She’s a Pandemonium Club, she Telepath—someone who hears the witnesses a murder committed by thoughts of everyone around her. three teenagers covered with Then she meets Fitz, a mysterious strange tattoos and brandishing boy another telepath. She discovers bizarre weapons. Then the body she is an elf and has magic powers. disappears into thin air. Can she In this riveting story one girl must call the police when the culprits figure out why she is the key to her are invisible to everyone else? brand-new world, before the wrong Book#1 person does. Book#1 Philip Pullman: The Northern Dan Walker: Sky Thieves series Lights trilogy A band of sky thieves 'steal' Zoya When Lyra's friend Roger away from her orphanage, landing disappears, she and her dæmon, up in the clouds, on board the deck Pantalaimon, determine to find of the Dragonfly. There, she finds a him. The quest leads them to the world of meteorite storms, sword North, where armoured bears rule fights, midnight raids, floating the ice and witch-queens fly islands, and long-lost treasure. through the frozen skies - and Book#1 where a team of scientists is conducting horrible experiments. Book#1 Eoin Colfer: Artemis Fowl series Joseph Elliott: The Good Hawk Twelve-year-old Artemis is a Agatha is a Hawk, patrolling the millionaire, a genius, and a walls of their island home. Jaime, criminal mastermind. But when thoughtful and anxious, is an he kidnaps a dangerous fairy, Angler, but he hates the sea. He’s Captain Holly Short of the been chosen for a duty: to marry. LEPrecon Unit, he is in for a The elders won’t say why they have riveting, magical adventure. promised him to a girl in a next Read the book: see the film. clan, but when clan is kidnapped, it Book#1 is up to Agatha and Jaime to travel across the mainland of Scotia to Norveg, with help many animals drawn to Agatha’s extraordinary gift of communication. Sports Kwame Alexander: Crossover Dan Freedman: Unstoppable series Fourteen-year-old twins, Kaine and A verse novel about basketball. Roxy, used to be close, but not Josh and Jordan must come to anymore. Roxy hates the way her grips with growing up on and off brother behaves - Kaine might be the court. They realise breaking brilliant at football, but he's always the rules comes at a terrible price, in trouble and seems determined to as their story's heart-stopping tear the family apart. Kaine climax proves a game-changer for despises the way his supposedly the entire family. perfect sister dominates their Book#1 parents in her ambition to reach Wimbledon.

Tom Palmer: Rugby Academy Alan Gibbons: The Beautiful series Game Woody is a footballer and must Lennie hears Man U fans chanting decide if he’s prepared to give about Hillsborough. He retaliates rugby his all. Rory feels like he’s with a chant about the Munich losing his focus, as his parents Disaster. His dad and granddad may be in danger. Owen finds take Lennie on a whistle-stop tour himself at the centre when of the dark side of the game. Full of conflict breaks out within the facts about the history of football, team. What are the chances of the great disasters of the twentieth them making it to the end of the century and the black footballers rigorous schools’ tournament? who blazed a trail in the UK

Matt Oldfield: Ultimate Jason Reynolds: Ghost Football Heroes series Running. That's all that Ghost has Salah, Messi, Aguerro – these are ever known. But never for a track just a few of the names in this team. But when he challenges an series about football heroes. elite sprinter to a race - and wins - Mohamed Salah is Liverpool's the Olympic medallist track coach superstar forward. Follow his spots his crazy natural talent. But adventures from the heat of Egypt Ghost has a lot of anger, and a past. to the magic of Rome, the roar of Can Ghost harness his raw talent Anfield stadium and - finally - his for speed and meld with the team, big chance in a Champions or will his past finally catch up to League Final. him?

Mitch Johnson: Kick Dan Freedman: Jamie Johnson Budi's plan is simple...He's going series to be a star, instead of sweating A popular series about a boy’s over each football boot he makes. football career. He's going to play for the greatest Jamie's desperate to become team on earth, rather than in the Highwood School's star football square behind the factory where player (and in his dreams, he works. But now he owes the Hawkstone United's too). But after Dragon, the most dangerous man he wrecks his chances at the trials, in all Jakarta. Soon his life is at the pressure's on to prove himself. stake. Book#1

Marcus Rashford: You Are a Nikesh Shukla: The Boxer Champion Sunny feels isolated in the city he's It’s hard to know what is possible just moved to, so he joins a boxing until you start. You have to be club to protect himself after a racist able to dream big and be prepared attack. He finds the community to work towards your dreams. I’ve he's been seeking at the club, and a achieved a lot so far, but it didn’t mentor in trainer Shona, who helps come in one go; big things rarely him find his place in the world. But happen overnight, and good racial tensions are rising in the city, things rarely happen as if by and when a march turns violent, he magic. is faced with losing his new best friend Keir to radicalisation. Animals Gill Lewis: Gorilla Dawn Cory Leonardo: Call Me Alastair Deep in the African jungle, a baby A funny, heart-shattering novel gorilla is captured by a group of about a fierce parrot, rebel soldiers. Two children, Bobo a big-hearted boy and a spirited and Imara are also imprisoned. elderly widow, all learning to live When they learn that the gorilla fully-fledged lives. Born in the back will be sold into captivity, they of a pet store, Alastair the African swear to return it to the wild. Will grey parrot dreams of escape, and the bond between the gorilla and flying off with his beloved sister, the children give them the Aggie. courage they need to escape?

Stacy Gregg: Pony Club Secrets Piers Torday: The Last Wild series. series Issie’s instructor asks her to care In a world where animals no longer for Blaze, an abandoned pony, exist, Kester is locked away in a and Issie’s riding skills are really home for troubled children. So, put to the test. Will she tame the when he meets a flock of talking spirited new horse Blaze? And can pigeons and a bossy cockroach, Mystic somehow return to help Kester thinks he's crazy. But the her? animals need him. He is drawn into Book#1 an adventure to save them. Book#1

Lauren St. John: Animal Healer Michael Morpurgo: The Fox and series the Ghost King Martine must leave her white “Every fox in the whole town, in the giraffe, Jemmy, for 2 weeks as she whole country just about, is a is on a school trip to South Africa. football fan… And we all have an When a storm blows up and impossible dream.” In a cosy den Martine and her friends s are under a garden shed lives a family thrown overboard into shark- of foxes. They love to watch infested waters. They are saved by football, but their favourite team dolphins but end up on an island. keeps losing until a ghost king A gripping tale of courage and turns up... survival. Erin Hunter: Warriors series Sam Angus: A Horse Called Hero Four Clans of wild cats have In the Second World War London shared the forest and the laws laid is a target for German bombs. down by their ancestors. But the Dodo and Wolfie are evacuated to Thunder Clan cats are in danger the country, where they find an from the Shadow Clan, warriors orphaned foal. They raise Hero and are dying - and some deaths are learn to ride. But the shadow of stranger than others. During this war looms over their peaceful turmoil a cat named Rusty existence, and soon Hero must live appears, who may turn out to be up to his name the bravest warrior of them all.

Megan Rix: The Great Escape Nilanjana Roy: The Wildings The Great Escape follows three A thrillingly original story of the pets as they set off on the adventures of a small band of feral adventure of their lives across a cats in Delhi who communicate by country preparing for war. Robert whisker mind-link When a and Lucy love them, but the threat terrifying new enemy emerges from of the War forces them to flee to the shadows, the Wildings must Devon and the animals are sent to fight for their territory and their be put down. Buster, Tiger and tribe's survival. For readers of Life Rose make a daring escape and of Pi and Philip Pullman. try to find their owners. Book#1

Comedy M.G. Leonard: Battle of the Lara Williamson: A Boy Beetles series Called Hope Darkus is miserable. His dad has I'm Dan Hope and deep inside disappeared, his neighbours are my head I keep a list of things disgusting. A giant beetle called I want to come true… like help Baxter comes to his rescue. Can Sherlock Holmes solve his they solve the mystery of his dad’s most daring mystery yet, land disappearance, when links emerge on the moon, get my dog to to cruel Lucretia Cutter and her stop eating then throwing up. penchant for beetle jewellery? And my biggest dream of all, I Book#1 want my dad to love me. This is a brave, bold and funny debut about families. David Walliams: Midnight Gang David Baddiel: Head Kid Midnight is the time when all From the million-copy children are asleep, except of bestselling author of THE course for... the Midnight Gang. PARENT AGENCY and When Tom gets hit on the head by BIRTHDAY BOY comes a a cricket ball, he goes to Hospital, wildly entertaining wish- and is greeted by a terrifying- fulfilment adventure that asks looking porter. Then he meets the the question: what would wicked matron in charge of the happen if the strictest head children's ward. But Tom is about teacher swapped bodies with to embark on the most thrilling the naughtiest kid in school? journey! This is a heart-warming, funny story Maz Evans: Who Let the Gods Tom McLaughlin: The Out series Accidental Prime Minister Elliot's mum is ill, but a shooting Grown-ups have had their turn star crashes to Earth. The star is at running things, and let's Virgo - a young Zodiac goddess on face it, they've been rubbish! a mission. But they accidentally It's time that a kid was in release Thanatos, a wicked charge. Where there is daemon, and they must go to the grumpiness, may we bring Olympian gods for help. Are Zeus giggles, where there is jelly, and his crew up to the task of may we bring ice-cream, saving the world? where there are chairs, may we bring whoopee cushions!

Andy Mulligan: The Boy With Pseudonymous Bosch: The Two Heads Secret series How would you feel if you woke WARNING: DO NOT READ up and found another head THIS BOOK! For amongst its growing out of your neck? With a strange and alarming contents rude, sharp tongue and an evil you will find: two sense of humour. It knows all extraordinary adventures... your thoughts and it’s not afraid a missing magician's diary... to say what it thinks . . . to a symphony of smells... ANYBODY. Part thriller, part and a deadly secret. But wait, horror, part comedy. you already know too much! It is too late!

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