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Coleen Murtagh Paratore / The Wedding Planner's Daughter: From the Heart

  After years of being the Wedding Planner's Daughter, at last Willa Havisham has the chance to plan a wedding all by herself, and she can hardly wait! But when her boyfriend's behaving strangely, the whole town is arguing about birds and there's...

Frank Lampard / Frankie's Magic Football: Frankie vs The Knight's Nasties : Book 5

 Frankie and his team love playing football. There's always time for a game. And now that they have their magic football they're playing against teams they never imagined! So when Frankie, Louise, Charlie and trusty Max get sent back to...

Maria Murray / Flip 'n' Flop Go to Kerry

 When Frank Johnson marries Lucy, he and his border terriers, Flip and Flop, move to a cottage in Kerry, where the dogs help Topsy the sheepdog search for Plucky the wolfhound and his owner, who seem to have disappeared.      All...

Disney Fairies Tinkerbell and Friends: Prilla and Tink

      All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the picture, all of our books are in very good condition. Removing stickers from a book may damage it, so we refrain from doing so. If you see a...

Sarah Webb / Ask Amy Green: Dancing Daze

   From boy troubles to wardrobe dilemmas, first dates to embarrassing parentals - Agony Queen Amy Green is back in her fifth novel, solving problems for pre-teens everywhere! Dancing dilemmas... Mills's ballerina sister has just landed...

Jean Ure / Shrinking Violet

   The fifth gloriously funny and poignant book in Jean Ure's series of `secret' diary stories. Lily and Violet are twins - physically identical but quite opposite in character. Lily is brash, up-front and in your face. Lily Loudmouth,...

Ann Brashares / Summers of the Sisterhood: The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants

 Carmen, Tibby, Lena and Bridget have been best friends all their lives. They live in the same small American town and usually spend every moment of their long summer holidays together. The year they turn 16 is the first time they have separate...

Lavinia Derwent / The Tale of Greyfriars Bobby

 Bobby, a lively little Skye Terrier, adores his master Auld Jock and when the old man dies, Bobby refuses to leave his grave in Greyfriars Churchyard in Edinburgh. By day, he plays with local orphans and eats at a nearby tavern, but every night for...

Franzeska Eward / A Heart for Ruby

   A charming story perfect for Valentine's Day about a young girl who desperately wants to learn how to dance. Ruby's class will be performing in the school Valentine's Day concert on Friday, but there's just one problem - Ruby can't...

Phoebe Rivers / Saranormal: Ghost Town

 Sara Collins is a normal 12 year old girl with an abnormal secret: she is psychic. Sara has had her abilities for as long as she can remember, but she doesn't like to talk about them. She hopes that if she ignores them, they might go away. Sara...

Annie Fine / Country Pancake

   Like an angel, Miss Mirabelle stepped into the lives of the children of Wallisdean Park School. Enchanting she may be, but Miss Mirabelle still ends up in big trouble. The author is a previous winner of the Smarties Prize and the Carnegie...

Derek Keilty / Will Gallows and the Snake-Bellied Troll

 Will Gallows, a young elfling sky cowboy, rides out on a perilous quest to bring the evil snake-bellied troll bandit, Noose Wormworx, to justice. Noose is wanted for the murder of Will's pa - the former deputy sheriff of Oretown. Will's...

Holly Webb / Becky's Dress Disaster

 Disaster strikes the Ryan household when Becky's rats escape from their cage and decide to snack on Annabel's bridesmaid dress (the one she's wearing to Auntie Janet's wedding in two weeks' time!). How on earth is Becky going to salvage the dress...

Robert Swindells / Hurricane Summer

 It's World War II and Jim has a fantastic new friend - a fighter pilot. Jim worships Cocky and looks forward to his every visit, but war changes people's lives and friendship can bring pain as well as joy     All of our books are...

Pippa Goodhart / Molly And The Beanstalk

 Fantastic new title in the Sprinters series relaunch - a first book for Walker When little Molly plants a story seed, she looks forward to a wonderful beginning. middle and end. But as the weather gets hotter and hotter, she realizes that she...

David Bennett / Tresury of Witch and Wizard Stories

 A Spellbinding Collection! Mind-boggling magic leads to mystery, mischief and mayhem in this dazzling treasury. An all-star cast of authors including Alan Garner, Margaret Mahy, Terry Jones, Floella Benjamin and Helen Cresswell has conjured up this...

E.L. Konigsburg / From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler

Claudia knew that she could never pull off the old-fashioned kind of running away... so she decided not to run FROM somewhere, but TO somewhere. And so, after some careful planning, she and her younger brother, Jamie, escaped-- right into a mystery that...

Jahnna N. Malcolm / A Dog Named Toe Shoe

Five friends at Deerfields Academy of Dancing, and they all hate ballet. An abandoned dog is not something any of the gang can ignore. What they can't do is agree about his name.       All of our books are second hand, and while...

Moshi Monsters Pick Your Path 1: Disco Mystery

 Moshi Monsters Pick Your Path Disco Mystery is the first 'Pick Your Path' book for fans of the online world of Moshi Monsters.There's something strange happening in Monstro City. The Underground Disco has gone eerily silent . . .One of the...

Terence Blacker / Pride and Penalties

 Seven girls and one football don't exactly make a team, but that's not going to stop any of them. The boys may laugh, but when Eve manages to get the best football coach around, things start to look different. This is the first of a four-book...

Tony Bradman / Mixed Up Madness: "The Two Jacks", "Screw Loose"

 popular stories in 1, this good value volume includes The Two Jacks by Tony Bradman and Screw Loose by Alison Prince. Barrington Stoke specialise in books for reluctant, struggling and dyslexicBarrington Stoke specialise in books for reluctant,...

Marjorie Newman / Yo Ho Ho!

 Class 4 have a very strange new teacher. Mr Cutlass wears a spotted scarf around his neck and has a parrot on his shoulder. Could he possibly be a ...pirate? And can Class 4 help him solve a secret message that could lead to hidden...

Ruth Eastham / Memory Cage

 Alex's grandfather keeps forgetting things, and Alex has overheard his adoptive parents say that they're going to put granddad in a home. His grandfather begs Alex to save him from that, and it's a promise Alex is desperate to keep. But Alex once...

Greg James / Kid Normal

 The first book in a laugh-out-loud funny adventure series for 8+ readers from radio stars Greg James and Chris Smith'So funny, it's almost criminal' INDEPENDENT'Outrageous capers' GUARDIANSHORTLISTED FOR THE WATERSTONES CHILDREN'S BOOK PRIZEA TOM...

Karen McCombie / Wonderland

Jude's never had much luck with boys. In fact, all the blokes in her life seem to be allergic to treating her right - including her dad...Then she meets Gareth. He's not like the others: he's sensitive, caring and actually listens to her. Could it be...

Trevor Pye / The Big Race

 Duck Lake Primary School has only eleven children, so it's a problem choosing the best runner to represent the school in The Big Race. Trevor is picked because he has the longest legs in the school - but can he run? * Skyracer Yellow titles...

Wes Magee / So, You Want to be a Wizard?

 In Wes Magee's new book of spellbinding poems, you'll find magic, mysterious places, and a cast of creepy characters. You can visit a ruined castle in Scotland, attend the Vampire's 'Bite Fright' party, and discover what's behind the green curtain...

Andrew Cullen / The Recovery Squad : Diamonds of Ishemar

      All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the picture, all of our books are in very good condition. Removing stickers from a book may damage it, so we refrain from doing so. If you see a...

Allan Drummond / Aussie Notables: Mary Gilmore

 The second title in the Aussie Notables. Born and raised in Wagga Wagga, Dame Mary was a schoolteacher, utopian socialist, journalist, poet and girl friend of Henry Lawson, whose adventures took her to Paraguay, Patagonia and Casterton(!)...

Allan Drummond / Aussie Notables: John Monash

What's the connection between the man on our $100 note and bushranger Ned Kelly? Be inspired by the story of John Monash, child of migrants, who went on to become one of the greatest, wisest, generals of World War One and an engineer who literally...

Terry Deary / War Games

 Two stories about George and Esther, growing up in England and Germany during the Second World War, with only their passion for sport to help them along. A wonderful contrast of England and Germany at war. Barrington Stoke specialise in books for...

Leslie Goldman / "Night at the Museum" - Novelisation

 The new night guard at New York's Museum of Natural History soon discovers there is more to the exhibits than meets the eye. Every night they come to life! This is an exciting novelisation of the film for young readers. Larry Daley is a loser. At...

Karen McCombie / Indie Kidd Bk 4: Are We Having Fun Yet?

 More adventures with Indie Kidd, her animal-mad mum, best-est friends Soph and Fee and geeky (but loveable) step-brother Dylan. When Fee's cat gets run over, Indie thinks she knows exactly how to cheer her best friend up. But a trip to the Animal...

Merida Woodford / The Bogwater Witches

 When, one stormy night, the witch sisters Thora and Sybil Weird find a baby on the doorstep, they are thrilled- for this can only be the seventh child of a seventh child, with more power in her little finger than all the members of the Witches'...

Oisin McGann / The Harvest Tide Project

 Taya and Lorkrin are Myunans - shape-changers who can sculpt their flesh like modelling clay. They accidentally release Shessil Groach, a timid botanist working in captivity on the top-secret Harvest Tide Project. A massive manhunt is launched by...

Gillian Cross / The Great Elephant Chase

 When the elephant came to town, Tad and Cissie went to the show like everyone else. Little did they know it would change their lives for ever. Because of the elephant, Tad and Cissie get involved in a chase across America, by train, by flatboat,...

Jeanne Willis / Delilah Darling is on the Stage

 Delilah Darling - Queen Delilah from the Land of Far, Far Away to you - is desperate to play the part of the gingerbread man in the school play. So when Horrible Charlotte Griggs gets the part instead, Delilah is cross. But she soon discovers that...

New Scientist / How to Make a Tornado : The strange and wonderful things that happen when scientists break free

 Science tells us grand things about the universe: how fast light travels, and why stones fall to earth. But scientific endeavour goes far beyond these obvious foundations. There are some fields we don't often hear about because they are so...

Karen Wallace / Star Spooks

  The 3rd book in the spooky series, and this time a film crew turn up at Creakie Hall. From the author of "Raspberries On The Yangtze". Illustrated by Tony Ross. Ages: 7+        All of our books are second hand, and...

Eva Ibbotson / One Dog and His Boy

 All Hal ever wanted was a dog - but a dog would damage the expensive carpets in his parents' glamorous home, and they refuse to consider one. That's until they discover Easy Pets, a dog-rental agency. Fleck the terrier arrives on Hal's birthday,...

Karen McCombie / Twists, Turns & 100% Tilda

      All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the picture, all of our books are in very good condition. Removing stickers from a book may damage it, so we refrain from doing so. If you see a...

Gary Blackwood / The Shakespeare Stealer

 Fourteen year-old Widge has very little going for him, no family, no real name, but he can write shorthand and that is a very valuable asset to the man who wants to steal William Shakespeare's play Hamlet. In those days there was only one copy of...

Karen McCombie / Happiness, and all that Stuff

 Sadie isn't anything like her stage-school obsessed twin brother, Sonny. She's not into sing-a-longs or smiley faces or group hug. Sonny wants to be a superstar. Sadie just wants a quiet life. But when a girl's surrounded by nutcases, maybe that's...

Jacqueline Wilson / Video Rose

Rose loves watching videos and is sat in front of the telly ALL the time. So when the video player breaks, it's a total nightmare! But then a very mysterious repair man comes to fix it. He gives Rose the power to forward and rewind her life and then Rose...

Rose Impey / Introducing Scarlett Lee

Scarlett is a drama queen in every sense. Larger than life, she lives to act and sometimes has trouble remembering when the drama lesson ends and real life resumes. When her father seems to 'disappear', Scarlett suddenly finds herself in a real-life...

Arthur Robins / Seriously Silly Stories: Ghostyshocks and the Three Scares

 Ghostyshocks is as jittery as a jellyfish when she gets lost in the forest - and has to go to the hairy, scary bears' house for help.     All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the picture,...

Michael Bond / Paddington Marches On

  To celebrate Paddington Bear’s 60th birthday in 2018 this hilarious classic novel from master storyteller Michael Bond has been given a fresh new look. Paddington is now a major movie star! Paddington’s fondness for marmalade earns...

Siobhan Rowden / Wild Moose Chase

 Twins Bert and Camilla are in competition with each other about everything. So they jump at the chance when they hear about the ultimate competition that will guarantee just one person eternal glory. The Queen wants moose cheese. Moose cheese is...

Ellen Miles / Snowball (Puppy Place)

 The Peterson family hear about Snowball - a fluffy puppy somebody left in a tattered box at a petrol station. Snowball is sick and hungry. He needs a family of his own. Can Jack and Lizzie find one that is just right     All of our...

Sorrel Anderson / The Clumsies Make A Mess

  Three crazy, funny stories, featuring the two clumsiest talking mice you’ll ever meet… ‘The mouse started to trundle away, glancing at Howard over its shoulder, nervously. “You may well glance at me nervously," said...

Maetin Chatterton / Stunt Monkeys: Four Boys Go Ape (Stunt Monkeys)

 How fast can you move with a shark snapping at your bum? Kurtis, Stench, Einstein and Grunt live in Sludgeville - officially the most boring town in the whole world. Then they discover a fantastic book, The Official League of Unbelievable and...

Mary Regan / The Spirit of the Foyle (Brod of Bres Trilogy.)

      All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the picture, all of our books are in very good condition. Removing stickers from a book may damage it, so we refrain from doing so. If you see a...