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ChildVision Library

Large Print Catalogue

September 2017

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ChildVision Library Large Print Catalogue

Contents

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A Author: Abdel-Fattah, Randa. Title: Does My Head Look Big In This? (3 Volumes, Arial 24) Reading Age: 12-14+ Summary: Year Eleven at an exclusive prep school in the suburbs of Melbourne, Australia, would be tough enough, but it is further complicated for Amal when she decides to wear the hijab, the Muslim head scarf, full-time as a badge of her faith--without losing her identity or sense of style. Author: Adams, Douglas Title: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 15+ Summary: Book 1 of 6. On Thursday lunchtime, the Earth gets unexpectedly demolished to make way for a new hyperspace bypass. For Arthur Dent, who has only just had his house demolished that morning, this seems already to be more than he can cope with. Sadly, however, the weekend has only just begun, and the Galaxy is a very strange and startling place. Author: Adams, Douglas. Title: The Restaurant at the End of the Universe (2 Volumes, Arial 24) Reading Age: 15+ Summary: Book 2 of 6. Accompanied by his good friend and guide Ford Prefect, Arthur Dent continues his adventures through the Universe. Author: Adams, Douglas. Title: Life, the Universe, and Everything (2 Volumes, Arial 24) Reading Age: 15+ Summary: Book 3 of 6. In consequence of a number of stunning catastrpohes, Arthur Dent is surprised to find himself living in a hideously miserable cave on prehistoric Earth. However, just as he thinks things cannot possibly get any worse, they suddenly do. He discovers that the

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Galaxy is not only mind-bogglingly big and bewildering, but also that most of the things that happen in it are staggeringly unfair. Author: Adams, Douglas Title: Mostly Harmless (2 Volumes, Arial 24) Reading Age: 15+ Summary: Book 5 of 6. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy has, in what we laughingly call the past, had a great deal to say on the subject of parallel universes. Very little of this, howeverm at all comprehensible to anyone below the level of Advanced God and, since it is now well-established that all known gods came into existence a good three millionths of a second after the Universe began rather than, as usually claimed, the previous week, they already have a great deal of explaining to do as it is, and are therefore not available for comment at this time. Author: Agard, John. Title: Pumpkin Grumpkin. (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 7+ Summary: Have you ever heard of a doctopus or a hippopotamustn't? Have you ever visited the Ning Nang Nong or lived in a floorless room? Here is an absolutely wonderful bunch of silly and charming poems from all around the world. Author: Ahlberg, Jannet and Allan. Title: Burglar Bill (1 Volume, Arial 36) Reading Age: 4+ Summary: Who's that creeping down the street? Who's that climbing up the wall? Who's that coming through the window? Who's that? ... It's Burglar Bill. Author: Ahlberg, Allan. Title: The Man Who Wore All His Clothes (1 Volume, Arial 36) Reading Age: 4+

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Summary: One morning Mr Gaskitt puts on all his clothes, Mrs Gaskitt picks up a robber in her taxi, Gus and Gloria have trouble with a teacher and Horace the cat goes to a friend's house. But why does Mr Gaskitt put on all his clothes? Author: Ahlberg, Allan Title: The Pencil (1 Volume, Arial 36) Reading Age: 4+ Summary: A pencil draws a boy, a dog, a cat and a whole world for them to play in. Then the pencil draws a brush, and the brush adds colour to everything. Everyone is very happy, until the pencil draws a rubber ... which begins rubbing everything out! Author: Ahlberg, Allan. Title: Previously. (1 Volume, Arial 36) Reading Age: 4+ Summary: Do you know what Jack was doing before he climbed the beanstalk? Or what Jack and Jill were arguing about before they went up the hill? And what happened before that? And even before that? Find out what all your favourite storybook characters were up to previously – because every story, every person and everything started somewhere! Author: Albom, Mitch Title: Tuesdays With Morrie: An old man, a young man, and life’s greatest lesson (2 Volumes, Arial 24) Reading Age: 13+ Summary: Maybe it was a grandparent, or a teacher or a colleague. Someone older, patient and wise, who understood you when you were young and searching, and gave you sound advice to help you make your way through it. For Mitch Albom, that person was Morrie Schwartz, his college professor from nearly twenty years ago. Author: Alborough, Jez Title: Fix-It Duck (1 Volume, Arial 36)

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Reading Age: 3+ Summary: A leaking roof? A window stuck? These are jobs for Fix-It Duck! He’s got his tools, he’s keen he’s strong, what can possibly go wrong? Duck is up to his old tricks, now who will end up in a fix? Author: Almond, David Title: The Fire-Eaters (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 9-12 Summary: Bobby Burns knows he’s a lucky lad. Growing up in sleepy Keely Bay, Bobby is exposed to all manner of wondrous things. But things are beginning to starting to fall apart. This is the story of two months in Bobby’s life. A time of trouble, a time of change , a time of miracles. Author: Almond, David Title: Kit's Wilderness (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 12-14 Summary: In Stoneygate there was a wilderness, an empty space between the houses and the river where the ancient coal pit had once been. In the wilderness Kit meets Askew, who has a strange ability to draw other children to his game called Death. When Askew disappears, it is up to Kit to find him and bring him back. Author: Almond, David Title: My Dad’s a Birdman (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 8+ Summary: Lizzie and Dad live in a rainy town in the north of England. It's just the two of them, and Auntie Doreen, who pops round to check Lizzie's spellings and tell Dad he's daft - and make them nice hot dumplings. But today there's something unusual going on: why is Dad building himself a pair of wings and studying the birds to see how they fly? The Great Human Bird Competition of course! Author: Almond, David Title: Skellig

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(1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 12-14 Summary: Michael's baby sister is ill, and the whole house is sick with her. While his parents spend time at the hospital, he explores their new home. In the old, derelict garage he finds something sinister; a strange creature, part owl, part angel. Is it something good or something evil? Author: Amery, Heather Title: The Hungry Donkey (1 Volume, Arial 36) Reading Age: 2+ Summary: Ears the donkey is so hungry he has escaped at a show. Young children will love finding out what happens in this charming short story specially written for new readers. Exclusive ebook material includes a map of Apple Tree Farm, showing all of the places mentioned in the story and delightful audio content, with music and sound effects bringing the farm to life. Don't forget to spot the Little Yellow Duck in every double picture. Author: Amery, Heather Title: Kitten’s Day Out (1 Volume, Arial 36) Reading Age: 2+ Summary: Fluff the kitten is missing from Apple Tree Farm. Author: Amery, Heather Title: Rusty’s Train Ride (1 Volume, Arial 36) Reading Age: 2+ Summary: In this delightful series of Farmyard Tales stories, Poppy and Sam discover the newly restored Apple Tree Station and its steam train. Author: Andersen, Hans Christian Title: Andersen’s Fairy Tales (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 7+

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Summary: An illustrated collection of fairy tales by classical fairy-tale writer, Hans Christian Andersen. Author: Andreae, Giles Title: Billy Bonkers (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 7+ Summary: MAD stuff happens with Billy Bonkers! Whether he's flying through the air propelled by porridge power, or blasting headfirst into a chocolate covered planet - life is never boring with Billy, it's BONKERS!. Author: Ardagh, Phillip. Title: Awful End (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 8+ Summary: Book 1 of the Eddie Dicken’s Trilogy. When both of Eddie Dickens's parents catch a disease that makes them turn yellow, go a bit crinkly round the edges and smell of hot water bottles, it's agreed he should go and stay with relatives at their house Awful End. Unfortunately for Eddie, those relatives are Mad Uncle Jack and Even-Madder Aunt Maud, and it doesn't look as if the three of them are ever going to reach their destination . . . Author: Arnold, Nick Title: Horrible Science: Blood, bones and Body Bits. (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 9+ Summary: Science with the squishy bits left in! Where does your food go? What happens when a boil bursts? Which animals live in your eyelashes? Get the awful answers in Blood, Bones and Body Bits! Author: Arnold, Nick Title: Horrible Science: Ugly Bugs (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 9+ Summary: Science with the squishy bits left in! What do slugs do with their slime? Why do fies throw up on your tea? How do insects drink your blood? Get the awful answers in Ugly Bugs!

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Author: Arnold, Nick Title : Horrible Science: Space, Stars and Slimy Aliens. (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 9+ Summary: Science with the squishy bits left in! Why does space make the guts explode? Which astronomers killed people? What does the moon smell like? Get the awful answers in Space, Stars and Slimy Aliens! Author: Arrigan, Mary. Title: Chocolate Moon. (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 12+ Summary: Chris takes his gran, who has Alzheimer's off to Ireland to show her the place where she grew up one last time. This is a deft and sensitive exploration of a difficult issue. Barrington Stoke specialises in books for reluctant, struggling and dyslexic readers. Author: Arscott, David Title: The Olympics: A Very Peculiar History (with added medals) (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 8+ Summary: From its beginnings in Ancient Greek antiquity, right up to its arrival in Great Britain, the home of so many modern sports and favoured pastimes, the Olympic Games have always been a grand and exciting spectacle, whether you're watching a no-holds-barred wrestling match or a mesmerising, freewheeling gymnast. 'The Olympics, A Very Peculiar History' gives an overview of the strange, the unbelievable and the downright bizarre events that have occurred over the many years that this esteemed competition has seen. Author: Astley, Neville Title: Peppa Pig: Peppa Plays Football (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 5+

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Summary: It's a goooaaal! Peppa Pig, Suzy Sheep, and George are playing football with their friends. But who will win when they decide to play girls against boys? Read this lovely piggy tale to find out!. Author: Astley, Neville Title: Peppa Pig: Peppa Goes Swimming (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 5+ Summary: Peppa and George are going swimming, but George is a bit scared. How will Mummy and Daddy Pig ever convince him to get in the pool? Author: Atwater, Richard. Title: Mr. Popper’s Penguins. (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 8-10 Summary: The lovable Mr. Popper dreams of being an intrepid Antarctic explorer, living life among the penguins alongside his hero, Admiral Drake. So he is shocked one day when the admiral responds to his fan letter by sending him a real, live penguin! Soon, this penguin is joined by another and before long Mr. Popper has an ice-rink in the basement and a dozen delightful penguins living in his house. Author: Auerbach, Annie. Title: Despicible Me 2: The Junior Novel (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 5+ Summary: Gru used to be one of the most villainous villains in the world. He and his army of Minions even stole the moon! But when he adopted Margo, Edith and Agnes, Gru became a dad. Instead of stealing landmarks, he makes pancakes, blows up unicorn balloons and dresses like a fairy princess! Little does this dad know, though, he's about to make another career change--as a spy for the anti-Villain League... Author: Awdry, Christopher Title: Thomas and the Pony Show (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 4+

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Summary: Thomas often sees Becky riding her pony as he puffs past the farm where she lives. He wants to watch her taking part in the Pony Show, but his driver says they will be too busy. The Fat Controller gives Thomas a very special job to do and his wish comes true! Author: Awdry, Christopher Title: Thomas (Book 1 of Thomas & Friends (1 Volume, Arial 36) Reading Age: 4+ Summary: This is a story about Thomas the Tank Engine. Thomas worked really hard, shunting coaches for the big engines. But what he wanted more than anything was his own branch line... Author: Awdry, Wilbert Title: James the Red Engine (1 Volume, Arial 36). Reading Age: 4+ Summary: James, who crashed in the story of Thomas the Tank Engine, settles down and becomes a Useful Engine. Author: Awdry, Wilbert Title: Percy the Small Engine (1 Volume, Arial 36) Reading Age: 4+ Summary: These are the original adventures of Percy, that cheeky locomotive who just loves to play practical jokes.

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B Author: Banks, Lynne Reid Title: The Indian in the Cupboard. (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 8-11 Summary: Book 1. When Omri is given a toy Indian and a small cupboard for his birthday, he has no idea that when he puts the Indian in the cupboard it will come alive, or that his 'toy' is a very small and demanding brave for whose life and safety he must take responsibility. Author: Banks, Lynne Reid Title: Return of the Indian (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 8-11 Summary: Book 2. Omri is unexpectedly reminded of his beloved Red Indian, and can't resist making sure he's still all right. But when he opens the cupboard door Little Bull is wounded, nearly dead, and Omri must find help. Author: Banks, Lynne Reid Title: The Secret of the Indian, (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 8-11 Summary: Book 3. As his adventures with Little Bear continue, Omri travels from the French and Indian wars to the present, and then back to the Old West at the turn-of-the-century. Author: Banks, Lynne Reid Title: The Mystery of the Cupboard (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 8-11 Summary: Book 4.Omri finds a cashbox and a journal which provide the answer to his questions as to how the toy figures became red, and who was able to make them do so.

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Author: Banks, Lynne Reid Title: The Key to the Indian, (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 8-11 Summary: Book 5.The fifth title in this gripping series about Omri and his plastic North American Indian – Little Bull – who comes alive when Omri puts him in a cupboard. Omri and his father travel back in time to find Little Bull and his people in deep trouble, torn between staying in the West and facing extinction or starting a long trek to a new life in Canada. Omri’s final parting with Little Bull is incredibly moving yet the book is also very funny. Author: Baudet, Stephanie Title: In Someone Else's Shoes (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 5-8 Summary: Nicholas has a strange feeling, as he walks to school on Monday morning, that he's grown. It's a stupid idea, he knows. How could you grow over one weekend? But when he stands his ground and looks the class bully right in the eye he knows something has changed. It's as if someone else has taken over his body….. Author: Bawden, Nina Title: The Peppermint Pig (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 8-11 Summary: Johnnie was the runt of the litter, a little peppermint pig. He'd cost Mother a shilling, but somehow his great naughtiness and cleverness kept Poll and Theo cheerful, even though it was one of the most difficult years of their lives. Author: Bentley, Sue Title: Magic Kitten: Double Trouble! (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 5+ Summary: A little kitten twinkling with magic. But he needs a purrfect friend! And that’s how Kim manages to put up with her mean cousin when sliver tabby kitten Flame comes to stay...

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Author: Bertagna, Julie Title: The Opposite of Chocolate (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 14+ Summary: It's a long, hot summer - and a climactic one. For 14-year old Sapphire it brings the awesome, terrifying relization that she is pregnant - a discovery that catapults her into the eye of a storm as her body, her future, her life, become a battleground for everyone's needs but her own. Author: Black, Holly Title: Spiderwick: Field Guide. 1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 11+ Summary: Book 1 of The Spiderwick Chronicles. Mallory, Simon and Jared get acquainted with their new home but find many unexpected things. It all starts when Jared Grace find their great uncle's book, "Arthur Spiderwick's Field Guide to the Fantastic World Around You." and realises that are not alone in their new house. Author: Black, Holly. Title: Spiderwick: The Seeing Stone (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 11+ Summary: Book 2 of The Spiderwick Chronicles in which Mallory, Simon and Jared ask many questions and discover the fate of the missing cat. With the aid of a seeing stone the true nature of the secret world around them is now revealed. It’s important the Grace kids tell their story but the faeries will do everything to stop them...Its up to you to spread the word about their discovery. But heed their warnings, wear some red, turn your clothes inside out - all anti-faerie devices - and get ready to enter a world that you never knew existed...Its closer than you think! Author: Blackman, Malorie Title: Boys Don’t Cry (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 14+

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Summary: You’ve got it all planned out. A summer of freedom, university, a career as a journalist – your future looks bright. But then the doorbell rings. It’s your ex-girlfriend, and she’s carrying a baby. Your baby. You agree to look after it, just for an hour or two. Then she doesn’t come back – and your life changes for ever. Author: Blackman, Malorie. Title: Checkmate (Noughts and Crosses Trilogy) (4 Volumes, Arial 24) Reading Age: 14+ Summary: Book 3 in Noughts and Crosses Trilogy Can the future ever erase the past? Rose has a Cross mother and a Nought father in a society where the pale-skinned noughts are treated as inferiors and those with dual heritage face a life-long battle against deep-rooted prejudices. Sephy, her mother, has told Rose virtually nothing about her father, but as Rose grows into a young adult, she unexpectedly discovers the truth about her parentage, and becomes determined to find out more, to honour both sides of her heritage. But her father's family has a complicated history - one tied up with the fight for equality for the nought population. And as Rose takes her first steps away from Sephy and into this world, she finds herself drawn inexorably into more and more danger. Suddenly, it's a game of very high stakes that can only have one winner... Author: Blackman, Malorie Title: Deadly Dare (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 8-12 Summary: “There’s something hard and heavy sitting in my chest. I think it’s fear… There’s a new craze at Theo and Ricky’s school. The rules are simple. Write a dare. Put it in the bag. Then take turns to pick one out. Nothing dangerous. Just a bit of harmless fun. But on the night Ricky does his dare, he disappears. And Theo realizes that someone had a secret, frightening reason for playing the new game… Author: Blackman, Malorie. Title: Knife Edge (Noughts and Crosses Trilogy) (3 Volumes, Arial 24) Reading Age: 14+

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Summary: Book 2 in Noughts and Crosses Trilogy. Following Callum's death, the people who loved him relate how their lives have been changed, especially in reference to his girlfriend, Sephy, and their mixed-race child. Author: Blackman, Malorie. Title: Noughts and Crosses (Noughts and Crosses Trilogy) (4 Volumes, Arial 24) Reading Age: 14+ Summary: Book 1 in Noughts and Crosses Trilogy. The world is divided into two - the dark-skinned Crosses, and the light-skinned Noughts. The Crosses are the rulers, the privileged race; the Noughts are second-class citizens, erstwhile slaves of the Crosses, and still without equal rights in a world torn apart by race and class. Sephy is a Cross, the daughter of the powerful Kamal Hadley. Callum is a Nought, the son of Maggie McGregor, Sephy's nanny. Their childhood friendship turns to love. Till one day the terrorist group which calls itself the Liberation Militia explodes a bomb in the shopping mall; the bomb wreaks havoc not only in the mall but also in the lives of Sephy and Callum. Author: Blackman, Malorie Title: Operation Gadgetman! (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 8-11 Summary: Beans calls her dad 'Gadgetman' because of the weird and wonderful gadgets he comes up with - everything from exploding biscuits to Spy Kits. But when Gadgetman accidentally invents a device that could be used to steal millions of pounds, the wrong people find out and Gadgetman is kidnapped!With the help of her friends - and her special Gadgetman Spy Kit - Beans is determined to track down the kidnappers and rescue her dad. But can she find Gadgetman before he is forced to hand over the details of his invention...? Author: Blackman, Malorie. Title: Pig Heart Boy (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 14+ Summary: “I am drowning in this roaring silence. I am drowning. I’m going to die…”. Cameron is 13 and desperately in need of a heart transplant when a

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pioneering doctor approaches his family with a startling proposal. He can give Cameron a new heart – but not one from a human, one from a pig. It’s never been done before. It’s experimental, risky, and very controversial. But Cameron is fed up with just sitting on the side of life, always watching and never doing. He has to try – to become the world’s first Pig Heart Boy. Author: Blackmore, Sarah Title: Livewire Investigates: The Black Death (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 7+ Summary: 600 years ago people all over the world were dying of a terrible disease - a disease that spread quickly and could not be cured. This disease was known as the Black Death. Author: Blume, Judy. Title: Are you there God? It's me, Margaret (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 10+ Summary: Life isn't easy for Margaret. She's moved away from her childhood home, she's starting a new school, finding new friends – and she's convinced she's not normal. For a start she hasn't got a clue whether she wants to be Jewish like her father or Christian like her mother. Everyone else seems really sure of who they are. And, worst of all, she's a 'late developer'. She just knows that all her friends are going to need a bra before she does. It's too embarrassing to talk to her parents about these things. So she talks to God instead - and waits for an answer . . . Author: Blume, Judy Title: Freckle Juice (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 7+ Summary: Andrew decides that if he were covered in freckles like his classmate, Nicky, no one would notice whether he had washed his face or behind his ears. So it seems that freckle juice, for a price, is just the thing he needs.

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Author: Blyton, Enid Title: The Enchanted Wood (2 Volumes, Arial 24) Reading Age: 8+ Summary: Jo, Bessie and Fanny had always lived in the town, but now their father had a job in the country and they were all looking forward to having lots of adventures. "You won't have any more adventures in the country than you will have in the town", said their father. But that's where he was quite wrong. Author: Blyton, Enid Title: First Term at Malory Towers (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 8+ Summary: Darrell's off to her new school. But what has she packed? A tennis racket, pocket money, a lid for her temper...? Oh dear! Malory Towers has a whole truckload of trouble to come! Author: Blyton, Enid Title: Five Go Off to Camp (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 8+ Summary: Five Go Off To Camp is the seventh novel in the Famous Five children's adventure series by Enid Blyton. It was first published in 1948, and was followed by a number of reprints and translations. Author: Blyton, Enid Title: Five Go Adventuring Again (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 8+ Summary: There's a thief at Kirrin Cottage! The Famous Five think they know who it is, but they need to prove it! Where can they find evidence? Author: Blyton, Enid Title: Five Run Away Together (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 8+

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Summary: The third book in the series brings the Famous Five once more back to Kirrin Cottage for the summer holidays. Author: Blyton, Enid Title: The Island of Adventure (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 8+ Summary: Philip meets Jack and Lucy-Ann and Jack's pet bird Kiki, and after they sneak home with him, they move in with Philip, his sister Dinah and their Aunt Polly and Uncle Jocelyn at an ancient mansion at the coast. Strange lights on the nearby mysterious island leads to the four's first adventure inside an abandoned copper mine and a network of secret undersea tunnels. Author: Blyton, Enid Title: The Lost Beads (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 8+ Summary: This delightful collections of short stories comes from the pen of Enid Blyton, one of the world's best loved storytellers. Open the pages and step into the secret world of enchantment. Author: Blyton, Enid Title: The Magic Faraway Tree (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 8+ Summary: The Faraway Tree is a series of popular novels for children by British author Enid Blyton. The titles in the series are The Enchanted Wood, The Magic Faraway Tree, The Folk of the Faraway Tree and Up the Faraway Tree. Author: Blyton, Enid Title: The Mystery of the Burnt Cottage (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 8+ Summary: The novel centres on the mystery of who could have set fire to Mr Hick’s cottage. The five children, Larry and Daisy Daykin, Pip and Bets

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Hilton, and newcomer Frederick Algernon Trotteville (later nicknamed Fatty from his initials), meet at the scene of the fire and end up solving the mystery together. Author: Blyton, Enid Title: The Naughtiest Girl in the School (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 8+ Summary: Elizabeth Allen is spoilt and selfish. When she’s sent away to boarding school, she makes up her mind to be the naughtiest pupil there’s ever been! But Elizabeth soon finds out that being bad isn’t as simple as it seems... Author: Blyton, Enid Title: The River of Adventure (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 8+ Summary: Recovering from a very bad flu, the four children and their family make a river trip in the Middle East. But there is another reason for this choice of destination: Bill has been asked to watch a crook named Raya Uma. The children soon find another adventure revolving around a magnificent buried city filled with treasure beyond imagination Author: Blyton, Enid Title: The Sea of Adventure (2 Volumes, Arial 24) Reading Age: 8+ Summary: Recovering from measles, the children head for the coast of Scotland with Bill to recuperate. Bill soon disappears from the scene, kidnapped by a couple of unknown baddies. Our four heroes are left to fend for themselves. Author: Blyton, Enid Title: The Twins at St Clare’s (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 8+

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Summary: 'People are going to know who we are, and what we can do! All the mistresses are going to sit up and take notice of us too. The O'Sullivan twins are going to be somebodies!' Pat and Isabel O'Sullivan hate having to start at St Clare's. They were the most popular pupils in their old school and they're determined not to like this new one. But is St Clare's as awful as they think, and will the other girls even want them there? Author: Blyton, Enid Title: The Valley of Adventure (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 8+ Summary: When Bill buys a plane, he decides to take the four children for a holiday, but events at the airport lead to the four getting into the wrong plane. When the plane lands they find themselves in an unfamiliar valley scarred by war and, once again, the four children fall into an adventure involving a lost treasure sought by a band of villains. Author: Bond, Michael Title: Paddington at the Zoo (1 Volume, Arial 36) Reading Age: 2-5 Summary: When Paddington visits the zoo, he takes enough marmalade sandwiches with him to last all day. However, he is none too pleased when he realizes how popular they are with the zoo's inhabitants. Author: Bond, Michael Title: Paddington Goes for Gold (1 Volume, Arial 36) Reading Age: 2-5 Summary: A hilarious picture book featuring Paddington, the classic bear from Darkest Peru, as he takes part in a local family sports event, with rather sticky results! Author: Bone, Emily Title: The Usborne Big Book of Stars and Planets (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 4+

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Summary: A big picture book with giant fold-out pages to satisfy the curiosity of every young space enthusiast The Usborne Big Book of Stars and Planets includes everything children need to know about the solar system, which is displayed on an awesome scale. Author: Bonnet, Rosalinde Title: The Usborne Nursery Rhyme Picture Book (1 Volume, Arial 36) Reading Age: 2+ Summary: A collection of classic nursery rhymes, collected together with illustrations, in a picture book. Author: Bowler, Tim Title: Starseeker. (3 Volumes, Arial 24) Reading Age: 12+ Summary: Luke is in trouble. Skin and the gang have a job for him. They want him to break into Mrs Little's house and steal the jewellery box. They want him to prove that he's got what it takes. That he's part of the gang. Author: Boyne, John Title: The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 10+ Summary: When Bruno returns home from school one day, he discovers that his belongings are being packed in crates. His father has received a promotion and the family must move from their home to a new house far far away, where there is no one to play with and nothing to do. A tall fence running alongside stretches as far as the eye can see and cuts him off from the strange people he can see in the distance. But, Bruno longs to be an explorer and decides that there must be more to this desolate new place than what meets the eye. While exploring his new environment, he meets another boy whose life and circumstances are very different to his own, and their meeting results in a friendship that has devastating consequences.

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Author: Boyne, John Title: The Terrible Thing That Happened to Barnaby Brocket. (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 10+ Summary: There's nothing unusual about the Brockets. Normal, respectable, and proud of it, they turn up their noses at anyone strange or different. But from the moment Barnaby Brocket comes into the world, it's clear he's anything but ordinary. To his parents' horror, Barnaby defies the laws of gravity - and floats. Author: Boyne, John Title: The Dare (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 10+ Summary: At the start of his school holidays, Danny Delaney is looking forward to a trouble-free summer. But when his mother returns home one afternoon, flanked by two policemen, he knows that something terrible has happened. Author: Breslin, Theresa Title: Alligator (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 7+ Summary: “Pssst… Wanna buy an alligator?” Jano’s mum is going to kill him. He didn’t mean to buy an alligator. It just sort of happened. Laugh-out-loud comedy from Theresa Breslin, winner of the Carnegie Medal. Author: Brisley, Joyce Lankester Title: Milly-Molly-Mandy stories (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 8+ Summary: Milly-Molly-Mandy and her friends Susan and Billy Blunt live in a little village in the Lankester heart of the English countryside. They do all the sorts of things that country children enjoy - like blackberrying gardening and going to the village fete. Author: Broad, Michael. Title: Agent Amelia: Zombie Cows!

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(1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 3-7 Summary: Three more marvellously mad nd entertaining stories, about me, Agent Amelia, and how I go about saving the world, all by MYSELF! -Amelia x Author: Brooks, Felicity Title: My Body (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 3+ Summary: Offers an introduction to an important and popular subject for the very young. This title includes names for parts of the body, the senses, clothes, things we can do and what our bodies need to stay healthy. It features pictures that provide lots to talk about for pre-readers and aid vocabulary building. Author: Brown, Christy Title: My Left Foot (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 13+ Summary: Christy Brown was born a victim of cerebral palsy. But the hapless, lolling baby concealed the brilliantly imaginative and sensitive mind of a writer who would take his place among the giants of Irish literature. This is his own story. He recounts his childhood struggled to learn to read, write, paint, and finally type with the toe of his left foot. In this manner, he wrote his best seller Down of all the Days. Author: Brown, Jeff Title: Flat Stanley: Stanley and the Magic Lamp (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 6-10 Summary: Stanley Lambchop finds a real genie inside Mrs Lambchop's teapot. Now the Lambchops can wish for anything in the world: fame, a magical pet, superpowers... But it's all exhausting! Soon everyone longs for life to get back to normal. Can Stanley reverse the wishes?

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Author: Browne, Eileen Title: Handa’s Surprise (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 5+ Summary: A modern classic named one of the best culturally diverse picture books in the UK, this is the story of Handa, who's part of the Luo tribe in south-west Kenya. Author: Burgess, Melvin. Title: Billy Elliot (1 Volume Arial 24) Reading Age: 7+ Summary: Billy's mother is dead, and his father and brother are fiercely involved in a bitter miners' fight that has split the local community. Billy's father wants his son to learn boxing, like he did and his father before him. But Billy is fascinated by the grace and magic of ballet and is determined to dance his way to a different future. Told from the differing viewpoints of Billy, his father and brother and his friend Michael, Melvin Burgess has captured the spirit of the original film screenplay while demonstrating the skill and inspiration he showed in his award-winning novel, Junk. Author: Butler, Steven Title: The Wrong Pong (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 7-10 Summary: After being yanked down the toilet, Neville's told he's part of a troll family now—but can he ever find a way to return to his real home? Author: Butterfield, Moira Title: Daisy the Dream Fairy (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 8-12 Summary: Daisy is the best fairy flyer at the Utterly Flutterly Fairy School and can fly faster and higher than any of her fairy friends - a very useful skill to have when Drizzle the Wicked Witch sets about upsetting the human schoolchildren on their camping trip.

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Author: Butterworth, Nick Title: Tiger in the Snow (1 Volume, Arial 36) Reading Age: 3+ Summary: Tiger the Kitten thinks that no one wants to play in the snow with him. But when the fun starts, Tiger's friends just can't help joining in! Author: Burnett, Frances Hodgson. Title: The Secret Garden. (2 Volumes, Arial 24) Reading Age: 6+ Summary: After the death of her parents, Mary is brought back from India as a forlorn and unwanted child, to live in her uncle's great lonely house on the moors. Then one day she discovers the key to a secret garden and, like magic, her life begins to brighten in so many ways. Author: Byars, Betsy Title: The Midnight Fox (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 8-11 Summary: Tom is from the town and he is so excited at seeing the fox with the green eyes, that he goes out every day hoping to see her again. And when she and her cub are in danger from his uncle's gun, he is sure he is the only person who can save them.

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C Author: Cabot, Meg Title: All American Girl (3 Volumes, Arial 24) Reading Age: 11+ Summary: Feisty, red-haired Samantha, a self-described "urban rebel" who has dyed all of her clothes black, is a 15-year-old middle child, uncomfortably wedged between her popular, cheerleader older sister, Lucy, and her brainy 11-year-old sister, Rebecca. And she has a major crush on Jack, Lucy's nonconformistartist boyfriend, whom she feels is far better suited to her than to her rather vacuous sister. Author: Cabot, Meg Title: The Princess Diaries (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 13+ Summary: One minute, Mia’s totally normal. Next minute, she’s heir to the throne of Genovia. Well, her dad can lecture her until he’s royal-blue in the face, but no way is Mia going to behave like some posh princess. And they think she’s moving to Genovia? Er, hello? Author: Cabot, Meg Title: The Princess Diaries: Take Two (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 13+ Summary: Nothing’s simple when you’re the new Princess of Genovia. At least, that’s what Mia reckons. With her mother dating her Algebra teacher, a secret admirer sending her mysterious emails, and a bad case of the hots for her friend Lilly’s brother, Michael, Mia’s discovering that life as Princess Amelia Mignonette Grimaldi Thermopolis Renaldo can feel like a right royal muddle! Author: Carle, Eric Title: The Very Hungry Caterpillar (1 Volume, Arial 36) Reading Age: 3+

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Summary: A much loved classic, The Very Hungry Caterpillar has won over millions of readers with its avid and colourful collage illustrations and its deceptively simple, hopeful story. Author: Carle, Eric Title: The Bad Tempered Ladybird (1 Volume, Arial 36) Reading Age: 3+ Summary: The bad tempered ladybird picks fights with every animal it meets, but soon learns the importance of friends. In this humourous story, Eric Carle explores the concepts of size and time through brightly coloured pictures. Author: Carpenter, Humphrey Title: Mr Majeika and the Ghost Train Reading Age: 6-11 (1 Volume, Arial 24) Summary: When Class Three and Mr Majeika get on board a Ghost Train they are in for a surprise. Real ghosts appear and the wicked Wilhelmina Worlock isn't far away. But Jody comes to the rescue...with a dragon to help her. Author: Carpenter, Humphrey Title: Mr Majeika and the School Play (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 6-11 Summary: Hamish Bigmore is more unbearable than ever after an unexpected starring role in an Australian television soap. The school play becomes a bit too realistic when a genuine giant thunders on the stage. And in the third story, it looks as if the children will never get back to St Barty's School after their museum trip - even on a magic carpet. Mr Majeika's wizardry is still getting Class Three into all sorts of trouble, but they have a lot of fun along the way! Author: Carroll, Lewis Title: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking Glass. (2 Volumes, Arial 24) Reading Age: 9-12

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Summary: Alice's adventures begin when she follows White Rabbit down a rabbit-hole and falls down, down, down. Alice is an ordinary little girl who lives an ordinary sort of life, until the day she finds herself in the most wonderful world of mad tea parties and remarkable characters like the Mad Hatter, the Duchess, the Cheshire Cat and the Mock Turtle. As everything grows 'curiouser and curiouser', Alice is delighted to find that nothing in Wonderland is the least bit ordinary. Author: Cassidy, Anne Title: Getting Away With It (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 14+ Summary: Mark is in big trouble. He stole a car and crashed it. Now his girlfriend could be dead but Mark ran away from the wreckage. Has he got away with it? Or will he be haunted by guilt forever? Author: Cassidy, Anne Title: Looking for JJ (2 Volumes, Arial 24) Reading Age: 14+ Summary: "Looking for JJ" explores the circumstances and motives behind the murder of a child - by her friend. Six years later, JJ has been released, and has a new identity. But is there any way that she can lead a "normal" life? Author: Cassidy, Cathy Title: Cherry Crush (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 9+ Summary: Cherry Crush is a book written by Scottish author Cathy Cassidy. It was her first book for the Chocolate Box Girls series. The book revolves around a girl named Cherry Costello and both her new and old families. Author: Cassidy, Cathy Title: Dizzy (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 9+

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Summary: Dizzy’s mum left when she was small. But every year, on her birthday, something arrives in the post—a present of a card with her mum’s loopy writing on it. Dizzy has kept everything. This year is different. Nothing comes in the post, but something amazing is about to arrive on Dizzy’s doorstep. Something that will whisk her away – and put Dizzy’s whole world in a spin. Author: Cassidy, Cathy Title: Lucky Star (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 9+ Summary: Has Mouse met his match in new girl Cat? 'Cat and Mouse,' she says, grinning. 'That's cool!' Mouse is doing his best to stay out of trouble. Author: Cassidy, Cathy Title: Scarlett (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 9+ Summary: The plot revolves around the 12-year-old girl of the title, who is badly affected by the break-up of her parents. After leading a food fight at school, she is sent from London to live with her father in Ireland. Author: Cassidy, Cathy Title: Shine On, Daizy Star (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 9+ Summary: Meet the one and only Daizy Star. She's quirky and cool and loving life in Year Six with her best friends Willow and Beth. But when Dad hatches a mad plan that wil turn life upside down, Daizy is too horrified to tell anyone at all... and pretty soon she finds herself tangled up in a knot of secrets. Will Daizy realise the even when she's sinking, her friends and family are there to help her swim? Author: Charles, Faustin Title: The Selfish Crocodile (1 Volume, Arial 36) Reading Age: 3+

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Summary: Every morning a very large and very snappy crocodile shouts this selfish message: 'Stay away from my river It's MY river If you come in my river, I'll eat you all ' The animals in the forest don't know what to do. They are frightened of the crocodile. Author: Child, Lauren Title: Clarice Bean, That’s Me (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 6-9 Summary: Book 1 in series. ‘This book is about me, Clarice Bean. It's a very funny book and all of the pages have pictures, mostly of me. There are some annoying bits when my little brother barges in on pages 8 and 9, so you might want to miss them out ...' Author: Child, Lauren Title: I Am Not Sleepy and I Will Not go to Bed (1 Volume, Arial 36) Reading Age: 6-9 Summary: Charlie has this little sister Lola. Sometimes he has to try and get her to go to bed. This is a hard job because Lola likes to stay up late. Author: Child, Lauren Title: I Really Wonder What Plant I’m Growing (1 Volume, Arial 36) Reading Age: 6-9 Summary: I have this little sister, Lola. She is small and very funny. Lola has just planted a seed. Now she needs to learn how to take care of it. Lola asks, “ What will my seed grow into, Charlie?” And I say, “ I don’t know. We’ll just have to wait and see.” Author: Child, Lauren. Title: I Will Not Ever Never Eat A Tomato. (1 Volume, Arial 36). Reading Age: 6-9 Summary: Lola will not eat peas. In fact, she won't eat carrots, potatoes, mushrooms, eggs, sausages, cauliflower, cabbage or baked beans. And she will absolutely not eat a tomato. But when Charlie explains that peas are actually green drops from Greenland, and that carrots are orange twiglets from Jupiter, even Lola is tempted to clear her plate.

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Author: Child, Lauren Title: I Would Actually Like To Keep It (Charlie and Lola)(Arial 36, 1 Volume) Reading Age: 6-9 Summary: Lola finds a stuffed rabbit outside of school. Charlie tells her she has to find its owner, but she wants to keep it for herself. Will Lola make the right decision and return the rabbit? Author: Child, Lauren. Title: This Is Actually My Party (Charlie and Lola). (1 Volume, Arial 36) Reading Age: 6-9 Summary: It's Charlie's birthday and he has invited all his friends and Lola to an especially scary, hairy monster party - but Lola has other ideas! Not only does she make PINK fairy cakes for his friends, she opens his cards and presents too. Lola says, 'Oh I LOVE birthday parties!' How can Charlie explain to Lola that it is actually HIS party? Author: Civardi, Anne Title: Going to School (1 Volume, Arial 36) Reading Age: 3+ Summary: Usborne First Experiences are amusing and friendly introductions to real-life situations. Stephen Cartwright's humorous illustrations are full of things for children to look at, learn from and talk about, and the simple text will enable slightly older children to read the books for themselves Author: Civardi, Anne Title: The New Baby (1 Volume, Arial 36) Reading Age: 3+ Summary: Easy-to-follow story about the Bunn family, who are expecting a new arrival... Author: Clare, Cassandra Title: The Mortal Instruments I: City of Bones (1 Volume, Arial 24)

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Reading Age: 15+ Summary: Clary Fray is seeing things: vampires in Brooklyn, werewolves in Manhattan. Irresistibly drawn to the Shadowhunters, a secret group of warriors dedicated to ridding the earth of demons, Clary encounters the dark side of New York City – and the dangers of forbidden love. Author: Clare, Cassandra Title: The Moral Instruments II: City of Ashes (3 Volumes, Arial 24) Reading Age: 15+ Summary: Haunted by her past, Clary is dragged deeper into New York City's terrifying underworld of demons and Shadowhunters--but can she control her feelings for a boy whi can never be hers? Author: Claybourne, Anna Title: The Story of Inventions (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 5+ Summary: Everyday things like toasters, chocolate bars, and cars are only here because someone bothered to invent them. Learn about these, and other brilliant ideas, from ancient inventions like the wheel, to the high-tech gadgets of the modern world. Author: Clayton, David Title: Snake Bite (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 11-14 Summary: "The flood raced like a great express train down the canyon ... the thunder of white water came closer and closer ... ripping and pulling them ... "HOLD ON! HOLD ON!" ...then under they went. Author: Clover, Peter Title: Hercules, Operation Snowsearch (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 5-10 Summary: It's winter, and Jack's got new neighbours. They have a little dog too, but they aren't keen on Hercules playing with their precious pooch,

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Bambi - in fact, they won't let him anywhere near her. Hercules is stubborn and continues to woo Bambi, but she's a nervous chihuahua and not used to other dogs. So when she runs off, Hercules gets the blame. Then he disappears too. The next day there's still no sign of either animal, and it's been snowing all night. But when Jack searches the woods, he discovers Bambi with her leg caught in a poacher's snare and Hercules beside her, keeping her warm. They've been there all night, waiting for help. Hercules is a hero once more - and finally accepted by the neighbours. Author: Clover, Peter. Title: Hercules, Treasure Hound. (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 5-10 Summary: Jack and Hercules meet an old man on the beach who appeals to them to help him rescue the eggs from a peregrine falcon's nest on the cliffs. Jack helps the man retrieve the eggs but soon realises he is not what he seems - but Hercules is on the trail. Author: Cole, Steve Title: Z-Rex (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 9+ Summary: You’re a 13 year old boy on the run. A massive, man-eating monster is on your tail. An evil group with a plot to destroy humanity wants you both—dead or alive. There’s only one way out. You and the monster have to work together. Author: Colfer, Eoin Title: Artemis Fowl (2 Volumes, Arial 24) Reading Age: 8-14 Summary: Book 1 in Artemis fowl series. Twelve-year-old Artemis Fowl is a brilliant criminal mastermind. But even Artemis doesn't know what he's about to take on when he kidnaps a fairy - Captain Holly Short of the LE Precon Unit. Artemis thinks he's got the fairies just where he wants them; but these fairies are armed and dangerous.

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Author: Colfer, Eoin Title: Artemis Fowl: The Arctic Incident (2 Volumes, Arial 24) Reading Age: 8-14 Summary: Book 2 in Artemis fowl series. Someone has been supplying Class A illegal human power sources to the goblins. Captain Holly Short of the LEPrecon Unit is sure that the person repsonsible is her arch-enemy, thirteen-year-old Artemis Fowl. But is he? Artemis has his own problems to deal with: his father is being held to ransom and only a miracle will save him. Maybe this time a brilliant plan just won't be enough. Maybe this time Artemis needs help ... Author: Colfer, Eoin. Title: Artemis Fowl: The Eternity Code (2 Volumes, Arial 24) Reading Age: 8-14 Summary: Book 3 in Artemis fowl series. Artemis is still plotting for a billion-dollar-plus payoff for the Fowl family, but now his enemies are human (chiefly Jon Spiro, a ruthless businessman Artemis tries to blackmail using stolen fairy technology) and he has to turn to his old adversary-turned-friend Captain Holly Short and cutpurse dwarf Mulch Diggums for help. The dialogue and action prove as smart and page-turning as ever this time around, with Artemis struggling to bring his faithful bodyguard Butler back from the dead before racing Mission Impossible-style to triple-cross the double-crossing Spiro. Author: Colfer, Eoin Title: Artemis Fowl: The Opal Deception (Volumes 4, Arial 24) Reading Age: 8-14 Summary: Book 4. Arch-Criminal Artemis Fowl's mind has been wiped. Now someone wants him dead. Artemis Fowl is the only boy ever to have discovered an armed and dangerous fairy race living below ground. He just can't remember any of it. But Artemis needs his memory back - and fast - because a power-crazed pixie is out for revenge, secretly scheming to overthrow the Lower Elements Police. If only Artemis's one fairy ally, Captain Holly Short, wasn't on the run. Everyone is depending on him.

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And with Holly gone, Artemis is depending on a flatulent dwarf. Things are about to explode . . . Author: Colfer, Eoin Title: Artemis Fowl: The Lost Colony (2 Volumes, Arial 24) Reading Age: 8-14 Summary: Book 5. Has criminal mastermind Artemis Fowl met his match? Until recently Artemis Fowl was the only human to have discovered that fairies do exist. But now a second juvenile genius wants to capture one for scientific study - and not just any old fairy. The newcomer intends to trap a demon, the most human-hating species unknown to man. Only an ancient time spell separates the demons from mankind - and Artemis must prevent it from unravelling. If he fails, the bloodthirsty tribe will re-launch their quest to wipe humans from the planet Author: Colfer, Eoin Title: Artemis Fowl: The Seventh Dwarf (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 8-14 Summary: This short book works well in two ways. Firstly, for fans of Artemis Fowl, this is a neatly written little episode that fits in between the first and second AF books. Secondly, this is an ideal introduction to the series. If you’ve never read the Artemis Fowl books and wonder if they’re for you, then this little story is a great way to discover them Author: Colfer, Eoin Title: Artemis Fowl and the Atlantis Complex (2 Volumes, Arial 24) Reading Age: 8-14 Summary: Book 6. Artemis Fowl’s criminal ways have finallly got the better of him... Author: Colfer, Eoin. Title: The Legend of Spud Murphy (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 9-12

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Summary: Every kid in town knows about Spud Murphy. Grown-ups think she's the kindly old librarian, but kids know the truth. They've heard all about the gas-powered spud gun she keeps hidden under her desk-make so much as a sound in her library and you could get spudded with soggy potatoes. Laugh out loud and you may never be seen again . . . And now, in a major coup of parental injustice, Will and his older brother, Marty, have been ordered to spend their summer vacation in Spud's library! Will brothers Will and Marty survive a summer marooned on the carpet of Spud's children's section, under the watchful eye of this terrifying librarian? Or will they discover a new interest that surprises even them? Author: Colfer, Eoin. Title: Benny and Omar. (2 Volumes, Arial 24) Reading Age: 10+ Summary: A hilarious book from this first-time author in which a young sporting fanatic is forced to leave his beloved Wexford, home of all his heroes, and move with his family to Tunisia! How will he survive in a place like this? Then he teams up with Omar, and a madcap friendship between the two boys leads to trouble, crazy escapades, a unique way of communicating, and heartbreaking challenges. Author: Colfer, Eoin Title: Mary’s Hair (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 5-11 Summary: Mary loathes her big, curly, bushy hair and so she chops it all off - and she looks fantastic! Well, at least she thinks so. But her mammy is not convinced and forbids her from ever cutting her own hair again. But she didn't say anything about anyone else. Author: Colfer, Eoin Title: The Wish List (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 10+ Summary: Meg Finn is in trouble, unearthly trouble. Cast out of her own home by her stepfather after her mother's death, Meg is a wanderer, a troublemaker. After a botched attempt to rob a pensioner's flat, Meg and her partner in crime, Belch,

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end up in a very sticky situation. Meg's soul is up for grabs as the divine and the demonic try every underhand ploy imaginable to claim it. Her only chance of salvation is the Wish List. But how can she persuade the pensioner Lowrie to help her when she has wronged him? Even if she can persuade him, will she really have enough points to face up to St Peter? Author: Collins, Ross Title: The Elephantom (1 Volume, Arial 36) Reading Age: 3+ Summary: It tells the story of a little girl who finds that being haunted by an elephant is not quite as much fun as she'd hoped. With parents who seem oblivious to phantom poo, she seeks a solution to her big problem with the help of her Gran in the depths of Mr Spectral's shop... Author: Collins, Suzanne. Title: The Hunger Games (3 Volumes, Arial 24) Reading Age: 11-13 Summary: Book 1 in the Hunger Games trilogy. In a future North America, where the rulers of Panem maintain control through an annual televised survival competition pitting young people from each of the twelve districts against one another, sixteen-year-old Katniss's skills are put to the test when she voluntarily takes her younger sister's place. Author: Collins, Suzanne. Title: The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (3 Volumes, Arial 24) Reading Age: 11-13 Summary: Book 2 in the Hunger Games Trilogy. By winning the annual Hunger Games, District 12 tributes Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark have secured a life of safety and plenty for themselves and their families, but because they won by defying the rules, they unwittingly become the faces of an impending rebellion. Author: Collins, Suzanne. Title: The Hunger Games: Mockingjay (3 Volumes, Arial 24)

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Reading Age: 11-13 Summary: Against all odds, Katniss Everdeen has survived the Hunger Games twice. But now that she's made it out of the bloody arena alive, she's still not safe. The Capitol is angry. The Capitol wants revenge. Who do they think should pay for the unrest? Katniss. And what's worse, President Snow has made it clear that no one else is safe either. Author: Combes, Alan Title: United, Here I Come! (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 6+ Summary: Joey and Jimmy are both terrible at football but Jimmy's convinced that he will play for United. A fun football story. Author: Conlon-McKenna, Marita Title: Under the Hawthorn Tree (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 9-11 Summary: Ireland in the 1840s is devastated by famine. When tragedy strikes their family, Marita, Eily, Michael and Peggy are left to fend for themselves. Starving and in danger of being sent to the workhouse, they escape. Their only hope is to find the great-aunts they have heard about in their mother's stories. With tremendous courage they set out on a journey that will test every reserve of strength, love and loyalty they possess. Author: Conlon McKenna, Marita. Title: Wildflower Girl (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 10+ Summary: Second Book in Famine Trilogy. At seven, Peggy made a terrifying journey through famine-stricken Ireland. Now thirteen, and determined to make a new life for herself, she sets off alone across the Atlantic to America. Will she ever see her family again?. Author: Conroy, Don Title: The Anaconda From Drumcondra (1 Volume, Arial 24)

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Reading Age: 5-7 Summary: Something fell off the back of a lorry. It wriggled and could talk, and as it turned out, it was looking for a home. Meet Al - better known as the "Anaconda from Drumcondra". Once you take him home, your life will never be the same again. Author: Conroy, Don Title: Joey's Big Day (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 5-7 Summary: Joey the red kangaroo gets his big chance to leave the safety of his mummy’s pouch and explore an amazing new world. There he finds a lot of weird and wonderful creatures and some not too friendly. Author: Conway, Martin. Title: Olaf the Viking (2 Volumes, Arial 24) Reading Age: 8-10 Summary: Olaf is desperate to find his father. It's been a long time since he disappeared, and it could be Olaf's big chance to be a hero. So when his uncle makes it clear that he is more interested in carousing, marauding, and pillaging than in finding his long-lost brother, Olaf decides to take matters into his own hands. With the help of a strangely-gifted slave named Loki, a magical war-hammer, and two barmy ravens, Olaf sets off to adventure! Join Olaf's hilarious and spectacular search in this fast-paced tale of Viking derring-do. Author: Cooper, Louise Title: Short and Scary!: A Book of Very Short Scary Stories (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 9-11 Summary: Short and Scary! includes stories of ghosts, monsters, and aliens - as well as some much more unexpected scares! Author: Cooper, Susan Title: King of Shadows (1 Volume, Arial 24)

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Reading Age: 8-12 Summary: The plague? Nobody’s had the plague for centuries… A young actor, Nat Field, wakes up one morning to find himself in the past, in 1599, acting at the Globe Theatre. His co-star is the King of Shadows himself: William Shakespeare. Nat’s new life is blazing with excitement and edged with danger; but why is he here? Author: Cooper, Susan. Title: Over Sea, Under Stone. - Dark is Rising Series (2 Volumes, Arial 24) Reading Age: 11+ Summary: Book 1. On holiday in Cornwall, the three Drew children discover an ancient map in the attic of the house that they are staying in. They know immediately that it is special. It is even more than that -- the key to finding a grail, a source of power to fight the forces of evil known as the Dark. And in searching for it themselves, the Drews put their very lives in peril. Author: Cooper, Susan Title: The Dark is Rising. - Dark is Rising Series (2 Volumes, Arial 24) Reading Age: 11+ Summary: Book 2. It is Midwinter's Eve, the night before Will's eleventh birthday. But there is an atmosphere of fear in the familiar countryside around him. Will is about to make a shocking discovery - that he is the last person to be born with the power of the Old Ones, and as a guardian of the Light he must begin a dangerous journey to vanquish the terrifyingly evil magic of the Dark. Author: Cooper, Susan Title: Greenwitch - Dark is Rising Series (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 11+ Summary: In their desperate quest to find the grail, stolen by the forces of the Dark, the Drew children have returned to Trewissick. One night, in a strange ceremony, Jane watches the village women construct the Greenwitch: an ancient offering to the sea. Overcome by the Greenwitch's power, Jane makes a perilous wish - one that will tip the balance in the ongoing struggle between good and evil.

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Author: Cope, Andrew Title: Spy Dog (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 8-12 Summary: Forget 007, It's time to meet GM451: a Spy Dog - the first of her kind! Agent's ID: GM451 or LARA or Licensed Assault and Rescue Animal or that pesky mutt.Current Mission: Escape an evil drug baron, go undercover, await retrieval by the Secret Service and try not to get too fond of the family she has chosen to look after her . Author: Cormier, Robert Title: I Am The Cheese (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 15+ Summary: A boy’s search for his father becomes a desperate journey to unlock a secret past. But it is a past that must not be remembered—if the boy is to survive. Author: Cottrell-Boyce, Frank Title: Cosmic (2 Volumes, Arial 24) Reading Age: 8-12 Summary: He wanted to see the world—but not quite like this. Author: Cottrell-Boyce, Frank Title: Millions (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 8-12 Summary: A bittersweet story about the perils and pleasures of pounds and pennies. It will make you laugh and cry. Author: Cowell, Cressidia Title: How To Train Your Dragon (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 9+ Summary: Book 1. Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III was an awesome sword-fighter, a dragon-whisperer and the greatest Viking Hero who ever lived. But it wasn't always like that. In fact, in the beginning, Hiccup Horrendous

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Haddock III was the most put upon Viking you'd ever seen. Not loud enough to make himself heard at dinner with his father, Stoick the Vast; not hard enough to beat his chief rival, Snotlout, at Bashyball, the number one school sport and CERTAINLY not stupid enough to go into a cave full of dragons to find a pet... It's time for Hiccup to learn how to be a Hero. Author: Cowell, Cressidia Title: How To Train Your Dragon: How To Be A Pirate (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 9+ Summary: Book 2. Follows the further adventures and misadventures of Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III as his Viking training continues and his father leads a stranger and the Hairy Hooligans to the Isle of Skullions in search of a pirate's treasure. Author: Cowell, Cressidia. Title: How To Train your Dragon: How To Speak Dragonese (1 Volume, Arial 18) Reading Age: 9+ Summary: Book 3. Hiccup Horrendous Haddock the Third was an awesome swordfighter, a dragon whisperer and the greatest Viking Hero that ever lived. Toothless has been captured, the nanodragon is about to be gobbled and the Sharkworms are on the loose. Once again we are relying on Hiccup to be a Hero... Author: Croft, Andy. Title: Come On Danny. (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 11+ Summary: Danny's Dad's in prison. Home is hell. His teachers hate him. Is football the only way out? This title presents gritty realism. Barrington Stoke specialises in books for reluctant, struggling and dyslexic readers. Author: Croft, Andy Title: The FA Cup – Livewire Investigates, (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 11+

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Summary: LIVEWIRE INVESTIGATES is a series of thrilling accounts of dream careers, sports and extreme sports, disasters and catastrophes, strange mysteries, and the natural world. The FA Cup charts the history of this world-famous tournament, right up to 2003. Author: Cross, Gillian Title: Wolf (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 8-10 Summary: His feet padded along the balcony, slinking silently past the closed doors of the other flats. Cassy lives with her nan. One night, she is suddenly sent to stay with her mother. This has happened before and her trips always coincide with a stranger’s secret midnight visits to her nan’s flat. But this trip is different. This time, she begins to sense a very real and terrifying wolf stalking her. Author: Cross, Gillian Title: The Demon Headmaster Strikes Again (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 8+ Summary: When the Hunter family are persuaded to move house, Dinah, Lloyd and Harvey realize that there is something very strange about the new village. And soon Dinah suspects that their old enemy, the Demon Headmaster, is back. This time, he has got control of a research laboratory, and he's planning to take over nature itself. But to do that, he needs Dinah - which puts her in terrible danger. Author: Cross, Gillian Title: Rent-A-Genius (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 8+ Summary: Sophy isn't going to waste any more advice on her ungrateful family - there must be some people out there who really need a genius to help them. For only fifty pence, Sophy will tackle any problem; from bossy grandmothers to disappearing tomatoes. The only trouble is, everyone needs helping at once!

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Author: Cross, Gillian Title: The Prime Minister’s Brain (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 8+ Summary: Things at school have been looking up for Dinah, Harvey and Lloyd since their defeat of the villainous Demon Headmaster. The pupils are acting normally, and their new headmaster seems perfectly ordinary. Then the arrival of a new computer game, Octopus Dare, with its competition to find the Junior Computer Brain of the Year, sends ripples of excitement through the school. Only Harvey and his friend Ingrid refuse to get involved. Because ever since the game arrived all the other pupils-even Lloyd and Dinah-have become obsessed with it. Suddenly everyone is competing to win, but it's clever Dinah who makes it to the final. And though she is fixated with the game, she doesn't like the way it makes her feel . . . it's almost as if she's being hypnotized. Too late Dinah realizes that she's being used to access the private computer files of the Prime Minister-the daring new target of none other than the Demon Headmaster! Author: Cullis, Megan Title: The Big Book of Big Trucks (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 5+ Summary: A pop-up book featuring large drawings of big trucks, with factfiles, to teach children about the machinery. Part of the Usborne Big Books series. Author: Cunliffe, John Title: Postman Pat and the Big Surprise (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 7+ Summary: The people of Greendale are surprised, to see Sara bringing the post. When she's finished the day's work, they have a surprise for her, too! Author: Curtin, Judi Title: The Mystery Tour (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 8-12

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Summary: Hi, this is Lauren again! My special cat, Saturn, has quite a skill for travelling far, far away, and I don't mean in distance. My best friend, Tilly, and I were ready for our next mystery tour adventure . . . This time we landed in London in 1939 as the first bombs of the Second World War were about to drop. Luckily we met a new friend, Violet, just in time to catch the evacuation train into the countryside. But there we were going to face all sorts of war-time challenges . . . Author: Curtin, Judi Title: Alice and Megan Forever (2 Volumes, Arial 24) Reading Age: 10+ Summary: Secondary school’s a whole new world! Megan and Alice are starting secondary school; with new subjects, new teachers and new friends, it’s going to take a bit of getting used to. And when Megan meets Marcus, the class bad-boy who’s always in trouble, but doesn’t seem to care, things really start to get complicated. At least she has Home Ec class with Alice – the worst cook in the school – to look forward to, so school’s not all bad! Alice’s ill-fated Home Economics adventures will have readers in stitches. Author: Curtin, Judi Title: Alice Next Door (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 10+ Summary: The story revolves around an Irish twelve-year-old girl called Megan Sheehan, whose best friend, Alice O'Rourke, has just moved away from Limerick to Dublin with her younger brother Jamie and her domineering mother. Megan enters sixth class on her own and finds it hard to cope with no friends. Author: Curtin, Judi Title: Eva and the Hidden Diary (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 10+ Summary: Eva Gordon’s great at solving problems, but surely even she can’t fix something that went wrong in the past?

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Author: Cusick, Richie Tankersley Title: The Harvest: Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 16+ Summary: The Slayer. In this generation, she is Buffy Summers, 16 years old and a new student at Tankersley Sunnydale High. Her experiences at her last school persuaded Buffy to try to resume the life of a normal teenager. But it is no coincidence that Buffy has come to this town at this time. Once in a century comes The Harvest: a night when his world and ours...

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D Author: Dahl, Roald Title: The BFG (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 9-11 Summary: The BFG is a big, friendly giant who spirits a child out of bed one dark night. Fortunately, this giant really is friendly, but his countrymen in the land of giants are child-eaters. Can the child enlist the aid of his kidnapper in stopping the nightly massacre? Author: Dahl, Roald Title: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 9-11 Summary: Charlie Bucket can't believe his luck when he finds a Golden Ticket and wins the chance of a lifetime: a magical day witnessing the miraculous creation of the most delectable eatables ever made. Author: Dahl, Roald Title: Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 9-11 Summary: The last time we met Charlie he had been told that he had inherited the fabulous Chocolate Factory and he and his family were riding with Mr Wonka in the Great Glass Elevator high above his home town. The Elevator orbits the Earth in a space adventure and then returns to the factory to make Wonka-Vite which causes some amazing things to happen. Author: Dahl, Roald Title: Danny the Champion of the World (2 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 9-11 Summary: Danny thinks his dad is the most marvellous and exciting father a boy could wish for. Life is happy and peaceful in their gipsy caravan, until one day Danny discovers his dad has been breaking the law. What's more,

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soon Danny has to join his father as they attempt to pull off a daring and devilish plot against their horrible, greedy neighbour, Mr Victor Hazell. Author: Dahl, Roald Title: Esio Trot (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 9-11 Summary: Mr Hoppy, a retired bachelor, harbours a secret passion for the attractive widow Mrs Silver. She, however, lavishes all her attention on another - Alfie, her pet tortoise. Mr Hoppy's wildly ingenious plot to defeat his rival and win the love of his lady will delight and amaze, involving as it does a cryptic riddle and no fewer than 140 tortoises. Author: Dahl, Roald Title: Fantastic Mr Fox Reading Age: 9-11 (1 Volume, Arial 24)(1 Volume, Arial 36) Summary: Boggis, Bunce and Bean, three farmers, were lying in wait outside Mr Fox's hole, each one determined to shoot, starve or dig out Mr Fox even if it took them forever. But Mr Fox's wife was right when she told the children, 'Your father is a fantastic fox! He has quite enough brains to fox much cleverer farmers than Boggis, Bunce and Bean!' Author: Dahl, Roald Title: George's Marvellous Medicine (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 9-11 Summary: George's grandmother has the nastiest eating habits in the world. She's as frightening as a witch and as grumpy as a camel without a hump. When he can't stand this cantankerous old woman any longer, George decides to cure her nastiness once and for all. He concocts a very nasty medicine. Author: Dahl, Roald Title: James and the Giant Peach

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(1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 9-11 Summary: James is a poor orphan who lives with his two grotesque spinster aunts, one very fat and one very thin. When a giant peach grows in their back garden, James escapes inside it where he discovers some mysterious creatures. The peach rolls away from his unhappy home and James is released into an exciting new life of adventure. Author: Dahl, Roald Title: Matilda (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 9-11 Summary: Matilda is an extraordinarily gifted four-year-old whose parents a crass, dishonest used-car dealer and a self-centered, blowsy bingo addict regard her as "nothing more than a scab." Life with her beastly parents is bearable only because Matilda teaches herself to read, finds the public library, and discovers literature. Also, Matilda loves using her lively intelligence to perpetrate daring acts of revenge on her father. This pastime she further develops when she enrolls in Crunchem Hall Primary School, whose headmistress, Miss Trunchbull, is "a fierce tyrannical monster . . . ." Author: Dahl, Roald. Title: The Magic Finger. (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 9-11 Summary: The little girl in this story is very unusual. When someone makes her angry – and when she just can't stop herself - she zaps a punishment on them with a magic, flashing finger! Author: Dahl, Roald Title: Revolting Rhymes (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 9-11 Summary: Six of the best-known nursery tales, retold, with some extremely surprising twists, by that master of the comic and the blood-curdling, Roald Dahl. If you thought you knew the stories of some of the most popular fairy

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tales, think again. Here are six of the best known, retold with more than a twist or two. Author: Dahl, Roald Title: The Twits (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 9-11 Summary: Mr. and Mrs. Twit are two of the most disgusting, nasty, and horrid characters in children's literature, from their repulsive looks (the story opens with a long, detailed description of Mr. Twit's unkempt beard) to the mean and horrible tricks they play on one another (Mrs. Twit enjoys hiding her glass eyeball in unexpected places and lacing the spaghetti with worms; Mr. Twit works for weeks to convince his wife that she has "The Shrinks"). Mr. and Mrs. Twit become the target of revenge by the Mugglewump monkeys--who have finally had enough. Author: Dahl, Roald Title: The Witches (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 9-11 Summary: This Roald Dahl classic tells the scary, funny and imaginative tale of a seven-year-old boy who has a run-in with some real-life witches! "In fairy tales witches always wear silly black hats and black cloaks and they ride on broomsticks. But this is not a fairy tale. This is about REAL WITCHES. REAL WITCHES dress in ordinary clothes and look very much like ordinary women. They live in ordinary houses and they work in ordinary jobs. That is why they are so hard to catch." Witches, as our hero learns, hate children. With the help of a friend and his somewhat-magical grandmother, our hero tries to expose the witches before they dispose of him. Author: Dakin, Glenn. Title: Ben 10, The Alliance: Secrets. (1 Volume Arial 24) Reading Age: 5+ Summary: Lets you discover the amazing world of Ben Tennyson, a 10-year-old kid who proves that anyone can be a hero! This title lets you discover what happens when Ben averts an alien attack on the hospital where his

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grandpa lies ill, then go on to read 'Secrets', where he kicks even more alien butt. Author: Dale, Jenny Title: Puppy Patrol: Teacher’s Pet (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 7-10 Summary: First in a brand-new, hugely appealing dog series set in busy King Street Kennels. Comprising boarding kennels, a dog training school, as well as a rescue mission for stray and mistreated canines, the Kennels provides the ideal venue for doggy adventures and misadventures of all kinds. Here the owners' children - Neil, Paul and Sarah - rescue, care for and love a host of adorable animals. In Teacher's Pet, Dotty the Dalmatian (owned by Neil's new teacher) fails all her tests at the King Street Kennels' training school. Dotty's been thrown out of dog schools all round the country. Can Neil turn Dotty into a star pupil - and get on his teacher's good side? Author: Dale, Jenny Title: Puppy Patrol: Best of Friends (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 7-10 Summary: Spangle, Ludo, and Yap are inseparable -- best friends in a houseful of mischievous mutts. And when their owner needs help, she calls on King Street Kennels to sort out her canine chaos. Neil's never seen so many dogs in one house! But unless he acts quickly, these loyal friends may have to be separated. Being in the doghouse could be Neil's greatest challenge yet! Author: Davidson, Susanna Title: Animal Stories for Bedtime (1 Volume, Arial 36) Reading Age: 3+ Summary: How did the elephant get its trunk? Can three little pigs escape from the big, bad wolf? And is the sky really falling on Chicken Licken? Author: Davidson, Susanna Title: Black Beauty

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(1 Volume, Arial 36) Reading Age: 3+ Summary: Read Black Beauty's story in his own words, in this atmospheric retelling of Anna Sewell's classic story. Author: Davidson, Susanna Title: The Frog Prince (1 Volume, Arial 36) Reading Age: 3+ Summary: Princess Poppy would rather eat her toenails than marry Prince Humperdink. But she only has a few hours to find the perfect prince. Even worse, she's being followed around by a talking frog. Author: Davidson, Susanna Title: Goldilocks and the Three Bears (1 Volume, Arial 36) Reading Age: 3+ Summary: Goldilocks was always told, "Don't go into the forest. It's full of big scary bears". But, Goldilocks went into the forest anyway... Find out what happens to naughty Goldilocks in this lively retelling of the classic fairy tale. Author: Deary, Terry. Title: Horrible Histories: The Angry Aztecs. (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 10-13 Summary: The Angry Aztecs fills you in on the foulest facts about Motecuhzoma, Cuahtemoc, and other people with unpronounceable names, whose idea of fun was ripping out human hearts. Author: Deary, Terry Title: Horrible Histories: The Awesome Egyptians (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 10-13 Summary: It's history with the nasty bits left in! Want to know: · Which king had the worst blackheads? · Why some kings had to wear false beards? · Why the

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peasants were revolting? Discover all the foul facts about the Awesome Egyptians - all the gore and more!. Author: Deary, Terry. Title: Horrible Histories: Rotten Rulers (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 10-13 Summary: Rotten Rulers gives you the lowdown on the world’s most loathsome leaders. From bizarre tsars and evil emperors to crazy kings and queens, people all around the world have suffered at the hands of their rulers for centuries. Whether they’re nutty or nasty, fat or foul, those in charge rarely get it right. Author: Deary, Terry. Title: Horrible Histories: The Ruthless Romans (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 10-13 Summary: The Ruthless Romans' reveals the grim truth behind the greatest empire of all time - from the terrible twins who founded Rome to the evil emperors who made murder into a sport. Read on for the gory details about the cruel Colosseum and the people and animals who were massacred there. Author: Deary, Terry. Title: True Monster Stories (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 10-13 Summary: Incredible? Impossible? Too awful to imagine? But someone, somewhere at some time has sworn that each of these strange stories is true… Author: Deborah Tyler, Gina Stewart Title: Monster Stories for Bedtime (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 7-10 Summary: A collection of monster stories, for bedtime reading. Author: Delany, Joseph Title: The Spook’s Apprentice (1 Volume, Arial 24)

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Reading Age: 12+ Summary: Book 1. For years, the local Spook has been keeping the County safe from evil. Now his time is coming to an end, but who will take over? Many apprentices have tried . . . Some floundered, some fled, some failed to stay alive. Just one boy is left. Thomas Ward. He is the last hope. But does he stand a chance against Mother Malkin, the most dangerous witch in the County? Author: Delany, Joseph. Title: The Spook’s Curse (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 12+ Summary: Book 2. The Spook and his apprentice, Thomas Ward, have travelled to Priestown to defeat 'the Bane', a powerful, evil creature that lurks in the catacombs of the cathedral and is corrupting the County. As Thomas and his master prepare to battle with the Bane, they soon realize it isn't their only enemy in Priestown. The Quisitor has arrived, searching the County for those who meddle with the dark - witches, warlocks and spooks! Can Thomas and his master survive the horror that follows . . .? Author: Delany, Joseph Title: The Spook’s Secret (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 12+ Summary: Book 3. As the nights draw in the Spook decides to travel to his winter house. His apprentice, Tom, hates the desolate place. There are feral witches in the cellar, menacing creatures stirring on the nearby moors and a sinister stranger threatening Tom's master. What does the mysterious stranger want? Is the Spook's past catching up with him? Author: Dickens, Charles Title: A Christmas Carol & Other Children’s Stories (4 Volumes, Arial 24) Reading Age: 9+ Summary: Contains; A Christmas Carol, The Chimes, The Cricket on the Hearth, The Battle of Life, and the Haunted Man. All stories show Dickens at his unpredictable best, jumbling together comedy and melodrama, denial romance

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and urgent social satire, in pursuit of his aim ‘to awaken some loving and forbearing thoughts, never out of season in a Christian land’. Author: Dickins, Rose Title: Dracula (Usborne Young Reading) (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 7-9 Summary: Based on the story by Bram Stoker. When Jonathan Harker arrives at Castle Dracula, he has no idea of his host’s horrible nocturnal habits. Can the eccentric Professor Van Helsing and his brave young friends take on the vilest vampire in the world? Author: Dickins, Rose Title: Frankenstein (Usborne Young Reading) (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 7-9 Summary: Based on the story by Mary Shelley. Victor Frankenstein dreams of creating life. As lightning flashes across the sky, his creature stirs. Will it be the perfect being he imagines, or a monster?. Author: Disney Title: Disney-Pixar’s Cars Storybook Collection (2 Volumes, Arial 36) Reading Age: 2+ Summary: Rev your engines and roll into Radiator Springs with this cool collection of Cars adventures. Track down a lost tractor with Al, complete an off-road assault course with Sarge and try new racing tricks with Lightning McQueen. Author: DiTerlizzi, Tony Title: The Spiderwick Chronicles: The Field Guide (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 7+ Summary: Book 1. After finding a mysterious, handmade field guide in the attic of the ramshackle old mansion they’ve just moved into, Jared; his twin brother, Simon; and their older sister, Mallory, discover that there’s a magical and maybe dangerous world existing parallel to our own—the world of faerie.

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Author: DiTerlizzi, Tony Title: The Spiderwick Chronicles: The Seeing Stone (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 7+ Summary: Book 2 of The Spiderwick Chronicles in which Mallory, Simon and Jared ask many questions and discover the fate of the missing cat. With the aid of a seeing stone the true nature of the secret world around them is now revealed. Author: Doder, Joshua Title: Grk: A Dog Called Grk (2 Volumes, Arial 24) Reading Age: 8+ Summary: Book 1. When Tim finds an abandoned and bedraggled little dog outside his house, he can't just leave him there, even though his parents hate the idea of pets in their house. And then the endearing animal turns out to be Grk, the much loved pet of the recently replaced ambassador of Stanislavia, left behind when they made a rushed (and enforced) exit. Tim innocently wants to reunite them, but it means that he will become embroiled in the violent and dangerous politics of this little known East European country. To find them, he will have to break into a high security prison (and out again!) and escape from the consequent hue and cry. This will involve the hair-raising piloting of a helicopter, and a nail-biting race for the border. Author: Doder, Joshua Title: Grk: Grk and the Pelotti Gang (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 8+ Summary: Book 2. A trip to Brazil should be fun, right? Well, it's certainly exciting, as Tim and his dog Grk zip through the streets of Rio at high speed after the notorious Pelotti gang. Then their plane crashes in the jungle, and they find themselves having to fight to the death on the world's biggest waterfall. Will it be enough to stop the most dangerous criminals in South America? You'll just have to read to find out! Author: Doherty, Berlie Title: Granny Was A Buffer Girl (1 Volume, Arial 24)

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Reading Age: 12-15 Summary: Leaving home ... It's hard for Jess to imagine what it will be like, separated from her family and friends and the place she has always known. As her departure approaches, it is time for her to share in the family secrets - the love stories, and the ghost stories ... Author: Donaldson, Julia Title: Charlie Cook’s Favourite Book (1 Volume, Arial 36) Reading Age: 4+ Summary: Charlie Cook is reading a book about a pirate captain, who is reading a book about Goldilocks, who is reading about a knight, who is reading about a frog . . . From kings and queens to aliens and ghosts, there's something for everyone in Charlie's amazing book!. Author: Donaldson, Julia Title: The Gruffalo (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 4+ Summary: A rhyming story about a clever little mouse and a monster. When mouse goes for a walk in a dangerous forest, he invents tales of a fantastic creature called a Gruffalo to scare off his enemies. Imagine his surprise when he meets a real Gruffalo! Author: Donaldson, Julia Title: The Gruffalo's Child (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 4+ Summary: The Gruffalo said that no Gruffalo should ever set foot in the deep dark wood. But one wild and windy night the Gruffalo's child ignores her father's warning and tiptoes out into the snow. After all, the Big Bad Mouse doesn't really exist...does he? Author: Donaldson, Julia Title: The Highway Rat (1 Volume, Arial 36) Reading Age: 4+

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Summary: 'Give me your buns and your biscuits! Give me your chocolate eclairs! For I am the Rat of the highway, and the Rat Thief never shares'! Life is not safe for the other animals, as the villainous Highway Rat gallops along the highway, stealing their food. Clover from a rabbit; nuts from a squirrel - he even steals his own hose's hay. Will he finally meet his comeuppance, in the form of a cunning duck? This is a fabulous, rollicking rhyme, in the style of the famous Alfred Noyes poem, "The Highwayman", from the authors of "The Gruffalo" and "Zog". Author: Donaldson, Julia Title: Monkey Puzzle (1 Volume, Arial 36) Reading Age: 4+ Summary: I've lost my mum!" "Hush, little monkey, don't you cry, I'll help you find her", said Butterfly. But somehow Butterfly keeps getting it wrong. Will Monkey ever find his mum?. Author: Donaldson, Julia Title: Night Monkey, Day Monkey (1 Volume, Arial 36) Reading Age: 4+ Summary: Night Monkey and Day Monkey's worlds are as different as... night and day! What one fears, the other loves, what one understands, only confused the other. But in learning about each other's opposite worlds, they also learn to be the best of friends. Author: Donaldson, Julia Title: Room On The Broom (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 4+ Summary: The witch and her cat fly happily over forests, rivers and mountains on their broomstick until a stormy wind blows away the witch's hat, bow and wand. They are retrieved by a dog, a bird and a frog, and each animal asks for a ride on the broom. One after the next climbs on, until the broom is so heavy that it snaps in two! What will happen next as they tumble into a bog and meet a greedy dragon?

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Author: Donaldson, Julia Title: The Smartest Giant in Town (1 Volume, Arial 36) Reading Age: 4+ Summary: George wished he wasn't the scruffiest giant in town. So, one day, when he sees a new shop selling giant-size clothes, he decides it's time for a new look. With smart trousers, a smart shirt, stripy tie, and shiny shoes, George is a new giant. But, on his way home, he meets various animals who desperately need his help... and his clothes!. Author: Donaldson, Julia Title: The Snail and the Whale (1 Volume, Arial 36) Reading Age: 4+ Summary: Wanting to sail beyond its rock, a tiny snail hitches a ride on a big humpback whale and then is able to help the whale when it gets stuck in the sand. Author: Donaldson, Julia Title: A Squash and a Squeeze (1 Volume, Arial 36) Reading Age: 4+ Summary: My house is a squash and a squeeze,' she complains to a wise old man. He advises her to take various animals into her house – first a hen, then a goat, then a pig and finally a cow, who dances on the table. Author: Donaldson, Julia Title: Tyrannosaurus Drip (1 Volume, Arial 36) Reading Age: 4+ Summary: Whoever heard of a vegetarian T. rex? Everyone knows that tyrannosauruses are big and scary, so when a placid duckbill dinosaur's egg ends up in the wrong nest confusion is sure to ensue! When the baby dinosaur hatches out, he's so out of place that his grisly big sisters call him Tyrannosaurus Drip. Poor little Drip: all he wants is a quiet life munching on water weed . . .

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Author: Donaldson, Julia. Title: Zog (1 Volume, Arial 36.) Reading Age: 4+ Summary: Zog is the keenest dragon in school. He's also the most accident-prone. Luckily, a mysterious little girl always comes by and patches up his bumps and bruises. But will she be able to help him with his toughest test: capturing a princess? Author: Dowd, Siobhan. Title: The London Eye mystery (2 Volumes, Arial 24) Reading Age: 9-11 Summary: The facts seem simple enough. While their mothers have coffee, Ted and his older sister, Kat, and their cousin, Salim, wait in a queue to ride the London Eye, an observation wheel that allows those locked in the glass-and-steel capsules to see 25 miles in every direction. A stranger from the front of the line offers one free ticket, and since Salim is the visitor, stopping in London before moving with his mum to New York, he takes it. Ted and Kat see him enter the capsule and follow his ride, but to their shock, he doesn’t exit with his fellow riders. Author: Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan (Retold by West, Clare) Reading Age: 12+ Title: Sherlock Holmes: Short Stories (1 Volume, Arial 24) Sumary: In these three of his best stories, Sherlock Holmes has three visitors to the famous flat in Baker Street - visitors who bring their troubles to the only man in the world who can help them. Author: Doyle, Malachy Title: Billy and the Bees (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 5-8 Summary: When someone steals Billy's rollerblades, his wonderful bees catch the thief in no time at all! But that's the easy part! The Rollerblade

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Thief only borrowed the blades to catch the Paper Thief - so now they must catch him! In the end, the trail leads Billy and his bees to something amazing in the heart of the city! Author: Doyle, Roddy Title: Greyhound of a Girl (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 8-11 Summary: 12 year old Mary's beloved grandmother is near the end of her life. Letting go is hard - until Granny's long-dead mammy appears. Her ghost has returned to help her dying daughter say goodbye to the ones she loves. But first she needs to take them all on a road trip to the past. Author: Doyle, Roddy. Title: The Giggler Treatment (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 8-11 Summary: Mr Mack is about to step foot-first into a fate he doesn't deserve. He is about to experience the giggler treatment. The gigglers are magical pranksters who exact appropriate revenge on adults who have been mean to children. What is the giggler treatment? And why is Mr Mack in for it?. Author: Doyle, Roddy Title: Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha. (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 8-11 Summary: Roddy Doyle's Booker Prize-winning novel describes the world of ten-year-old Paddy Clarke, growing up in Barrytown, north Dublin. From fun and adventure on the streets, boredom in the classroom to increasing isolation at home, Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha is the story of a boy who sees everything but understands less and less. Author: Duffey, Betsy Title: Lucky in the Doghouse (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 5-8

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Summary: George loves his new puppy, Lucky, but Lucky is out of control. If George can't stop Lucky barking at night and making puddles in the house, Mum and Dad say he will have to go! Author: Dumas, Alexandre Title: The Count of Monte Cristo (10 Volumes, Arial 24) Reading Age: 16+ Summary: Relates a sailor's preparation for and execution of revenge against the three men responsible for his fifteen years false prison. Author: Durrant, Sabine Title: Ooh La La! Connie Pickles (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 11+ Summary: Girls… meet Constance de Bellechasse (or Connie Pickles, as she’s otherwise known). Connie’s off to Pareeeee on a French exchange and shes tres excited. She will: A: Get over William—falling in love with her best friend was a bad idea. B: Discover all things French, including gorgeous clothes, cakes—and boys. Yummmm! C: Reunite herself with her long-lost Parisian grandparents. And then persuade her mother do the same. C’est Paris, c’est magnifique, and Connie won’t ever want to leave. Will she?

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Author: Edge, Christopher Title: Twelve Minutes to Midnight (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 13+ Summary: Penelope Tredwell is the feisty thirteen-year-old orphan heiress of Victorian Britain’s bestselling magazine, the Penny Dreadful. Her spine-chilling tales—concealed under the pen name Montgomery Finch—are gripping the public. One day she receives a letter from the governor of the Bedlam madhouse requesting Finch’s help to investigate the asylum’s strange goings-on. Every night at precisely twelve minutes to midnight, the inmates all begin feverishly writing—incoherent ramblings that Penelope quickly realizes are frightening visions of the century to come. But what is causing this phenomenon? Author: Enright, Dominique Title: Children’s Miscellany: Volume 2 (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 6+ Summary: Book 2. Do you know how to milk a cow? The symptoms of a venomous spider's bite? Where to find the fastest rollercoasters? You won't find such an eclectic collection of fascinating facts anywhere else. Whether you want to know how to beat an alligator in a fight, ways to speak in secret code, which insects are edible, or what the heck scolionophobia means, this is the book for readers both young and old.

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Reading Age: 5-8 Summary: When a girl wishes for a b̀rilliant day' on a Genie, it doesn't turn out exactly as she had expected. Author: Fine, Anne Title: A Sudden Swirl of Icy Wind (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 5-8 Summary: Further adventures of William and Mustapha, the genie. Sequel to À sudden puff of glittering smoke'. Author: Fine, Anne Title: The Diary of a Killer Cat (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 5-8 Summary: Okay, Okay. So hang me. I killed the bird. For pity's sake, I'm a cat. Poor Ellie is horrified when Tuffy drags a dead bird into the house. Then a mouse. But Tuffy can't understand what all the fuss is about. Who on earth will be the next victim to arrive through the cat-flap? Can soft-hearted Ellie manage to get her beloved pet to change his wild, wild ways before he ends up in even deeper trouble? Author: Fine, Anne Title: Flour Babies (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 9+ Summary: When the annual school science fair comes round, Mr Cartwright's class don't get to work on the Soap Factory, the Maggot Farm or the Exploding Custard Tins. To their intense disgust they get the Flour Babies - sweet little six-pound bags of flour that must be cared for at all times. Author: Fine, Anne Title: How Brave Is That? (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 8+ Summary: Tom wants to join the army, but he has to pass his exams first! When he turns up without proper uniform on exam day, strict Mrs Dell threatens to

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(1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 8+ Summary: When Miranda decides to hire a housekeeper to care for her three children, her ex-husband Daniel, an unemployed actor, disguises himself as a woman and gets the job. Daniel is happy with this arrangement: he doesn't do much work, and he gets to see his children every day. But the kids find that seeing their father dressed as a huge be-turbanned woman is both disturbing and confusing. Author: Fine, Anne Title: The Road of Bones (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 11+ Summary: Yuri grows up in a country where no freedom of thought is encouraged – where he is told what to cheer for and who to believe in, where even the neighbours are encouraged to report any dissension to the authorities.But it is still a shock when a few careless words lead him to a virtual death-sentence – sent on a nightmare journey to a northern camp amid the frozen wastes. What, or who, can he possibly believe in now? Can he even survive? And is escape possible . . . ? Author: Fine, Anne Title: The Tulip Touch (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 11-14 Summary: Nobody wants Tulip in their gang. She skives off school, cheeks the teachers and makes herself unpopular with her classmates by telling awful lies. None of this matters to Natalie who finds Tulip exciting. At first she doesn't care that other people are upset and unnerved by Tulip's bizarre games, but as the games become increasingly sinister and dangerous, Natalie realises that Tulip is going too far, much too far, racing, in fact, to the novel's shocking ending. Author: Fitzgerald, F. Scott Title: The Great Gatsby (2 Volumes, Arial 24) Reading Age: 14+

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Summary: The Great Gatsby is a 1925 novel written by American author F. Scott Fitzgerald that follows a cast of characters living in the fictional town of West Egg on prosperous Long Island in the summer of 1922. Author: Fitzpatrick, Mary-Louise Title: The Sleeping Giant (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 5-9 Summary: Tells the story of the Kerry giant who, having eaten a special stew, falls asleep in the sea and sleeps for so long that the people forget who he is and believe that he is a small island. Centuries later, the giant wakes up. Author: Flegg, Aubrey M Title: Wings Over Delft (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 12+ Summary: As the daughter of a wealthy Dutch family, Louise Eeden knows that certain things are expected of her. When her father commissions a famous artist to paint her portrait, she reluctantly agrees. But lately things have started to move too fast in her life. Somehow everyone believes she is engaged to Reynier de Vries; a marriage that will bring about the merger of two respected pottery businesses. In the studio with Master Haitink and his gangly apprentice, Pieter, Louise unexpectedly finds freedom to be herself. Author: Frank, Anne Title: The Diary of a Young Girl (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 13+ Summary: The diary of 13 year old Anne Frank, written while hiding with her family in a secret annex behind a bookcase, in Nazi occupied Amsterdam. The diary serves as a record of the events that occurred to the Frank family, between June 1942 and August 1944. Author: Freedman, Claire Title: Dinosaurs Love Underpants (1 Volume, Arial 36) Reading Age: 3+

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Summary: The mystery of dinosaur extinction is solved! Scientists have plenty of theories about why dinosaurs are extinct, but the UK’s bestselling author-illustrator team of Claire Freedman and Ben Cort knows the real answer: The dinos were wiped out in an Underpants War! This wacky celebration of underpants is perfect for reading aloud, and the hilarious antics of T. rex and the gang are endlessly entertaining. Author: Freedman, Claire Title: Monstersaurus (1 Volume, Arial 36) Reading Age: 3+ Summary: He's big, he's hairy, but is he scary? Meet Monstersaurus, a brand new character from the creators of the best selling Aliens Love Underpants. Author: French, Vivian Title: The Kitten With No Name (1 Volume, Aral 24) Reading Age: 5+ Summary: Poor lost Kitten. He doesn't have a name or a home to call his own. All he wants is to find a warm and cosy place where someone will love him. Will anyone help this little kitten? Author: Frith, Alex Title: The Usborne Big Book of Big Dinosaurs (1 Volume, Arial 36) Reading Age: 3+ Summary: Introduces some of the largest and smallest dinosaurs, pterosaurs, marine reptiles that lived at the same time, the biggest carnivores and their prey, dinosaurs of different eras, and dinosaur footprints, in a text with fold-out pages. On board pages. Author: Funke, Cornelia Caroline Title: Young Werewolf (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 8+ Summary: When a strange dog bites Matt, he begins to experience very odd symptoms indeed. The race is on for Matt’s friend Lisa to find a cure.

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Author: Funke, Cornelia Caroline Title: Inkheart (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 9+ Summary: Twelve-year-old Meggie learns that her father, who repairs and binds books for a living, can "read" fictional characters to life when one of those characters abducts them and tries to force him into service.

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G Author: Gaarder, Jostein Title: The Christmas Mystery (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 5-7 Summary: One day Elisabet, while Christmas shopping with her mother, vanishes into thin air. Accompanied by angels, shepherds, kings and even a Roman govenor, she is rushing back through time and space to Bethlehem, to be present at the birth of Christ. Fifty years later a boy called Joachim pieces together her story from a magic advent calendar and brings it to a conclusion. Author: Gallagher, Brian Title: Across The Divide (2 Volumes, Arial 24) Reading Age: 10+ Summary: What Happens When Your Best Friend ought to be Your Enemy? Liam and Nora form an unlikely friendship when he lends her a helping hand during a music competition. Liam's father, a mechanic, is a proud trade union member, while Nora's father is a prosperous wine importer. When Jim Larkin takes on the might of the employers in 1913, resulting in strikes, riots and lockouts, Liam and Nora's friendship is challenged and their loyalties torn. Caught up in events that they don't fully understand, the two come face to face with hardship and danger, but also find humour and generosity as they set out on an adventure that may make or break their friendship, but will definitely change their lives forever. The historical events of the Dublin 1913 Lockout vividly portrayed through the lives of two young friends. Author: Gallagher, Brian Title: Taking Sides (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 10+ Summary: Dublin, 1922. Working class Annie Reilly is thrilled to win a scholarship to Eccles Street School. Through a classmate she meets Peter Scanlon, a student in Belvedere College. Peter sides with the rebels in the

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Civil War and carries messages for them. When Annie’s life is threatened, he has to decide where his loyalties lie. Author: Ganeri, Anita Title: Horrible Geography, Wild Animals (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 7-11 Summary: Children will love learning how to survive when animals get horrible: how to cope with a killer croc and what to do if a shark bumps into you. With wild animal facts, life-saving tips and heart-stopping survival stories, Geography has never been so horrible! Author: Ganeri, Anita Title: Horrible Geography: Intrepid Explorers (2 Volumes, Arial 24) Reading Age: 7-11 Summary: Geography with the gritty bits left in! Does geography grind you down? Wave goodbye to boring geography lessons as you step into the wide world of globetrotting Intrepid Explorers.. Marvel! as Ferdinand Magellan is first to sail around the world. * Shudder! as Mary Kingsley finds body bits in her jungle hut. And if that's not daring enough for you... find out how some intrepid explorers found their way without maps, why others always travelled in disguise, and what really happened on the expeditions in their secret diaries. It's earth-shatteringly exciting! Geography has never been so horrible! Author: Gardam, Jane Title: Tufty Bear (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 5-7 Summary: Tufty Bear is no ordinary teddy bear. He looks warm and friendly and as though at any moment he might speak - and so he does, to Harry and Tilly! Author: Garner, Alan Title: The Owl Service (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 12+

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Summary: During a summer vacation in a secluded Welsh valley, three young people find themselves driven by the spirits of three mythical lovers to reenact an ancient tragedy. Author: Gayle, Mike Title: My Legendary Girlfriend (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 13+ Summary: A debut that took Great Britain by storm, My Legendary Girlfriend introduced the world to the loveable, lovestruck Will Kelly. It’s been three years since his heartthrob, Agnes, wrecked his life with a chat that started, “It’s like that song. ‘If you love somebody, set him free.’” But no matter how much time goes by, Will doesn’t feel very free. He still makes lists of each birthday present Aggi ever gave him, has gymnastic fantasies about a perfect reunion night with her, dwells on the first words she uttered to him. How long can a person stay down in the dumps after being dumped? And how much longer before Will dumps Martina, the sweet but clingy girl he’s seeing? Will anyone ever measure up to his Legendary Girlfriend? Author: Gifford, Clive Title: Usborne Big Machines, Planes and Helicopters (1 Volume, Arial 36) Reading Age: 3+ Summary: Super-realistic, sturdy board books with bright illustrations Author: Gleitzman, Morris Title: Bumface (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 12+ Summary: Angus dreams of being bold, brave, wild and free, like Bumface the pirate in the stories he tells his younger siblings. Instead he's his mum's Mr Dependable, always looking after the younger ones and cleaning up. He's desperate to stop his mum adding another baby to the family so comes up with a plan to prevent her getting pregnant. With a bit of help from his new friend, Rindi, he might just do it . . . Author: Gliori, Debi

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Title: Pure Dead Brilliant (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 8-12 Summary: When Signora Strega-Borgia invites some would-be witches to stay, weird things begin to happen. Pandora can’t resist the temptation of time travel. Titus picks up a strange—and deadly—computer virus. And it looks like they may have to trade in the family riches for a family curse. Author: Goldstein, Margaret J. Title: Earth (Our Universe) (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 3-4 Summary: An introduction to the planet Earth, discussing its place in the solar system, movement in space, interior, surface features, atmosphere, weather, inhabitants, and moon. Author: Graham, Bob Title: Max (1 Volume, Arial 36) Reading Age: 4-7 Summary: It’s not easy being the son of flying superheroes – you’re supposed to hover... and hurtle... and swoop like a bird. Max, it seems, is just an ordinary boy. Will he ever be ready to fly? Author: Grant, Michael Title: Gone (2 Volumes, Arial 24) Reading Age: 12+ Summary: Book 1. Suddenly it’s a world without adults and normal has crashed and burned. When life as you know it ends at 15, everything changes. In the blink of an eye all the adults disappear in a small town in southern California and no one knows why. Cut off from the outside world, those that are left are trapped, and there’s no help on the way. They must do all they can to survive. Chaos rules the streets. Author: Grant, Michael Title: Hunger

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(Volume 3, Arial 24) Reading Age: 12+ Summary: The second instalment of Michael Grant’s epic Gone series. The clock is ticking for Sam Temple and the kids of Perdido Beach but it’s not the big one-five that they face now; it’s starvation that threatens the FAYZ. In an abandoned mineshaft a faceless animal lurks, pulling the strings, toying with human and mutant alike. And he’s hungry – hungry in the darkness. Author: Grant, Michael Title: Lies (2 Volumes, Arial 24) Reading Age: 12+ Summary: The third instalment of Michael Grant’s epic Gone series. A blood-pumping, white-knuckle sci-fi thriller of epic proportions It happens in one night: a girl who died now walks among the living, Zil and the Human Crew set fire to Perdido Beach, and amid the flames and smoke, Sam sees the figure of the boy he fears the most – Drake. Author: Graves, Sue Title: Dare or Danger: Dare You? (Go!) (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 6+ Summary: The school bully gives Lee and Dan a dare. Who will be the loser? Author: Graves, Sue Title: Raft Rescue (Dare or Danger 1) (Go!) (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 6+ Summary: Two boys find a coin with Dare on one side, Danger on the other. When they flip it, adventure follows! When it comes down 'danger', can they rescue a boy from drowning? Author: Gray, Kes. Title: Daisy and the Trouble With Zoos. (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 9-12 Summary: It's Daisy's birthday and she's having a special birthday treat! Mum has invited her best friends, Gabby and Dylan, on a trip to the zoo - and, best of all,

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Mum has arranged for Daisy to go into the actual penguin cage with the actual zoo keeper and FEED actual penguins! REAL ACTUAL PENGUINS! With actual beaks and everything!! Trouble is, Daisy doesn't just feed the penguins, she 'adopts' one to take home. Author: Green, John Title: An Abundance of Katherines (2 Volumes, Arial 24) Reading Age: 15+ Summary: Love, friendship, and a dead Austro-Hungarian archduke add up to surprising and heart-changing conclusions in this ingeniously layered comic novel about reinventing oneself. Author: Green, John Title: Looking for Alaska (2 Volumes, Arial 24) Reading Age: 15+ Summary: Sixteen-year-old Miles' first year at Culver Creek Preparatory School in Alabama includes good friends and great pranks, but is defined by the search for answers about life and death after a fatal car crash. Author: Grimm, Jacob & Wilhelm Title: Rapunzel (1 Volume, Arial 36) Reading Age: 3+ Summary: A retelling of the Grimm brothers fairy tale, Rapunzel, in basic text. Author: Gunning, Peter Title: Reaching the Heights (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 12+ Summary: Tosh and Naylor live in the notorious ‘McGillicuddy Heights’ where growing up fast is a necessity for survival. Their school friend Aisling is from the more fashionable side of town but when her family begins to split up, Aisling too must develop survival techniques of her own.

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Author: Gunning, Peter Title: Stanley (2 Volumes, Arial 36) Reading Age: 8-11 Summary: To look at Stanley, one might have been of the opinion that he was just another normal young boy. There, unfortunately, one would have been very much mistaken. Stanley was very, very different.....

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(1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 7-11 Summary: Find out what really makes the world go round! Why does your stomach go right uuuuuuup... when a rollercoaster plunges straight doooowwwn? How do flies walk on the ceiling? Why do bubbles change colour when you blow on them? Join Richard Hammond on a thrilling high energy journey through time, space, qnd beyond, discovering what makes life, the Universe, and everything the way they are. Find out if matter really does matter and how physics is about everything. Yes, everything! Author: Hargreaves, Roger Title: Mr. Chatterbox (1 Volume, Arial 36) Reading Age: 2-5 Summary: Mr. Chatterbox is a man who talks too much, all the time, and about nothing in particular. However in this story a solution is found via the magic of a magic hat! Author: Hargreaves, Roger Title: Mr Fussy (1 Volume, Arial 36) Reading Age: 2-5 Summary: Mr. Fussy is the most persnickety person in all of Mr. Men land: He even dusts his flowers and irons his shoelaces! So what will he do when Mr. Clumsy shows up for a visit? Author: Hargreaves, Roger Title: Mr. Mean (1 Volume, Arial 36) Reading Age: 2-5 Summary: This stingy, Scrooge-like creature has hoards of money, but lives in a run-down house and gives lumps of coal to his relatives for Christmas. But one day along comes a wizard, and teaches him not to be so selfish. Author: Hargreaves, Roger Title: Mr Mischief (1 Volume, Arial 36)

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Reading Age: 2-5 Summary: Little Miss Scatterbrain is the least smartest person in the world, even less than Mr. Dizzy. She can never remember the names of the other Mr. Men and Little Misses, and calls them by the wrong names. Author: Hargreaves, Roger Title: Little Miss Naughty (1 Volume, Arial 36) Reading Age: 2-5 Summary: Mr. Small finds just the right person to teach Little Miss Naughty a lesson. Author: Hargreaves, Roger Title: Mr Rush (1 Volume, Arial 36) Reading Age: 2-5 Summary: Mr. Rush is always in a hurry. Now he's got to find time for his career. Author: Hargreaves, Roger Title: Little Miss Scatterbrain (1 Volume, Arial 36) Reading Age: 2-5 Summary: Little Miss Scatterbrain is the least smartest person in the world, even less than Mr. Dizzy. She can never remember the names of the other Mr. Men and Little Misses, and calls them by the wrong names.

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Summary: Uh-oh! Little Owl has fallen out of the nest.. Author: Haughton, Chris. Title: Oh No George. (1 Volume, Arial 36) Reading Age: 4+ Summary: Harris is off to do some shopping. "Will you be good, George?" he asks. George hopes he can. He really wants to ... but chocolate cake is just so very delicious and he does love to chase cat... What will George do now? Chris Haughton's distinctive artwork perfectly accompanies the innocent charm of affable George, a dog trying to be good – with hilarious results! Author: Hawkins, Elizabeth Title: A Monster of a Hamster (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 5-7 Summary: Luke and Anna-Louise take the class hamster home for holiday. Now it is missing and they are in big trouble. If only they had a little more time to find the hamster...but they don't reckon on the help of the terrible twins! Author: Hawthorne, Philip Title: The Usborne Little Book of Poems for Young Children (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 5+ Summary: This delightful anthology introduces young readers to the magical world of poetry. Hilarious limericks, enchanting nature poems and fun nonsense verses all sit side by side in a collection which has something to delight and inspire every child. Author: Hay, Samantha Title: Archie: Hero in Training (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 5-8 Summary: Ten true stories about puppy power for animal lovers. Author: Higson, Charlie Title: Bloodfever (Book 2 in the Young Bond series)

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(2 Volumes, Arial 24) Reading Age: 12-14 Summary: What began as schoolboy fun leads to life-threatening adventure for 13-year-old James Bond when he stumbles upon members of an Italian secret society who speak only Latin. On break from the prestigious Eton School, James and his schoolmates travel with two teachers to the Mediterranean isle of Sardinia to study archaeological ruins. It turns out that one of James's teachers is a spy for the Millenaria society, which is conducting a series of art heists throughout England and Europe for a megalomaniacal man based on Sardinia. James and the new friends whom he meets on the island must find a way to rescue a kidnapped English girl and to stop the villain who wants to relive the days of the Roman emperors. Author: Hill, Eric Title: Spot’s Big Book of Colours, Shapes and Numbers (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 2+ Summary: The fun way to find out about colours, shapes and numbers! Spot and his friends make first learning easy in this big, action-packed book. Whether it's finding out the colours of the rainbow, learning about all sorts of shapes or counting from one to ten, Spot makes it lively, exciting and fun! Author: Hill, Eric Title: Spot’s Storybook (2 Volumes, Arial 36). Reading Age: 2+ Summary: A wonderful collection of Spot stories - just the right length for sharing at bedtime or any time. With familiar settings and a gentle, friendly text, this collection is perfect for helping to foster early reading skills and a love of stories in young children. Author: Hinton, Nigel Title: Buddy (2 Volumes, Arial 24) Reading Age: 8-12

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Summary: Buddy has a hopeless father who is an aging rocker, interested only in Elvis and bikes, and living on the fringes of the under-world. When Buddy's mum walks out, the two manage to strike up some kind of relationship - until Buddy realizes that his dad is involved in something more serious than he suspected. A moving, totally convincing account of a boy's faltering relationship with his father. Author: Hinton, Nigel Title: The Finders (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 9-11 Summary: A fantasy story in which good conquers evil. Rosie posts a parcel for an old man and becomes spell-bound by the properties of the Djinn star locked in the parcel. She travels in time with the finders - two creatures only she can see - to search for the evil Djinn and banish him forever. Author: Hinton, S. E Title: The Outsiders (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 9-11 Summary: According to Ponyboy, there are two kinds of people in the world: greasers and socs. A soc (short for "social") has money, can get away with just about anything, and has an attitude longer than a limousine. A greaser, on the other hand, always lives on the outside and needs to watch his back. Ponyboy is a greaser, and he's always been proud of it, even willing to rumble against a gang of socs for the sake of his fellow greasers--until one terrible night when his friend Johnny kills a soc. The murder gets under Ponyboy's skin, causing his bifurcated world to crumble and teaching him that pain feels the same whether a soc or a greaser. This classic, written by S. E. Hinton when she was 16 years old, is as profound today as it was when it was first published in 1967. Author: Hodgson Burnett, Frances Title: The Secret Garden (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 6+

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Summary: A young British girl born and raised in India loses her neglectful parents in an earthquake. She is returned to England to live at her uncle's estate. Her uncle is very distant due to the loss of his wife ten years before. Neglected once again, she begins exploring the estate and discovers a garden that has been locked and neglected. Aided by one of the servants' brothers, she begins restoring the garden, and eventually discovers some other secrets of the manor. Author: Holabird, Katherine Title: Angelina Ballerina (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 3+ Summary: The original story about the feisty little mouse who wants nothing more than to dance still keeps young ballerinas leaping with delight. Author: Holm, Anne Title: I Am David (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 13+ Summary: A 12-year-old boy escapes from a Bulgarian Communist concentration camp and sets out on a journey to reach Denmark Author: Horowitz, Anthony Title: Day of the Dragon (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 10-14 Summary: Will Tyler, one of the 'Five', which together can break the Dark Power of the Ancients, is lured to Hong Kong and imprisoned. Author: Horowitz, Anthony Title: Eagle Strike (Book 4 in Alex Rider Series) (2 Volumes, Arial 24) Reading Age: 12-14 Summary: Relaxing in the South of France with his friend Sabina Pleasure and her family, reluctant MI6 agent Alex Rider is finally able to be like any other 14-year-old, until a sudden attack on his hosts plunges him back into a world of violence and mystery.

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Author: Horowitz, Anthony Title: Point Blanc (Book 2 in Alex Rider Series) (2 Volumes, Arial 24) Reading Age: 12+ Summary: After two influential businessmen die in separate freak accidents, MI6, England's spy network, once again calls upon 14-year-old Alex Rider to infiltrate Point Blanc, a private school in the French Alps for out-of-control, wealthy teens. Armed only with his wits and some 007-type devices, he stumbles upon an evil mad scientist's plot to take over the world using clones as replacements for prominent sons. Spy gadgets, chase scenes, mysteries, and a cliff-hanger ending will keep even reluctant readers interested in the second novel in this series. Author: Horowitz, Anthony Title: Skeleton Key (Book 3 in Alex Rider Series) (2 Volumes, Arial 24) Reading Age: 12+ Summary: Superspy Alex Rider travels from a reconnaissance mission at Wimbledon Tennis Championships to an investigation on Cayo Esqueleto, Cuba. He begins to make chilling links between several deaths, an illegal nuclear weapons deal and General Sarov's plans for the future of the world. Author: Horowitz, Anthony Title: Stormbreaker (Book 1 in Alex Rider Series) (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 12+ Summary: Could you save the world, if you really had to? Could you escape from a car crushing machine with seconds to spare, complete an SAS training course, dive through freezing underground waters in pitch darkness, parachute out of aeroplanes over London, shoot your enemies, tussle with man-killing jellyfish, and more? Alex Rider can. But only because he has to. It isn't a deliberate career choice, exactly. If it's? a fast-moving rough-and-tumble spy story you're after, with crazed arch-villain in search of world domination - or worse - then this is for you.

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Author: Horowitz, Anthony Title: The Diamond Brothers in Two of Diamonds (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 8+ Summary: Tim Diamond is the world’s worst detective – and these two mysteries will test his nerves to the limit. What does strawberry yoghurt possibly have to do with Paris? Why on earth are Tim and his kid brother Nick invited to a remote Scottish island? The answer … murder! Author: Hughes, Ted Title: The Iron Man (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 7+ Summary: Mankind must put a stop to the dreadful destruction by the Iron Man and set a trap for him, but he cannot be kept down. Then, when a terrible monster from outer space threatens to lay waste to the planet, it is the Iron Man who finds a way to save the world.

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I Author: Ibboston, Eva. Title: One Dog And His Boy (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 10-14 Summary: But a dog would damage the expensive carpets in Hal's glamorous home, and his wealthy parents refuse to consider one. Then they discover Easy Pets, a convenient dog-rental agency. Terrier Fleck arrives on Hal's birthday, but when Hal discovers that his dog must be returned, he runs away. Hal and Fleck are joined by a group of pedigree breeds joyfully escaping from Easy Pets \- among them is Otto, the wise and sombre St Bernard, and the fierce and excitable Pekinese Li-Chee. A large reward is offered for the missing boy, and soon Hal and his dogs are being chased across the country by ruthless pursuers. Author: Inkpen, Mick Title: Penguin Small (1 Volume, Arial 36) Reading Age: 2-5 Summary: Penguin Small is a classic story with giant fold out pages. It tells the story of the last North Pole penguin, who as it turns out was also the smallest penguin!

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J Author: James, Sarah Title: Cliff Hanger (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 12-14 Summary: This story is about a school trip that goes drastically wrong. This book is aimed at a lower reading ability. Author: Jeffers, Oliver Title: Up and Down (1 Volume, Arial 36) Reading Age: 4+ Summary: A penguin has wings for a reason . . . doesn't he? Having a best friend with his own airplane is one thing, but actually experiencing what it feels like to fly by himself? Here is one penguin who believes this is precisely what he needs to feel complete. Only . . . if flying by himself is so wonderful, then why does he feel so empty? Because some experiences are better shared. (And penguins are much happier on the ground.) Author: Jones, Rob Lloyd Title: Robin Hood (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 6+ Summary: When Much Millington's father is arrested by the evil Sheriff of Nottingham, Much seeks the help of the mysterious outlaw Robin Hood. Together they plan a daring raid on the Sheriff's castle ... Author: Joyce, James. Title: Dubliners. (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 15+ Summary: Joyce's first major work, written when he was only twenty-five, brought his city to the world for the first time. His stories are rooted in the rich detail of Dublin life, portraying ordinary, often defeated lives with unflinching realism. From 'The Sisters', a vivid portrait of childhood faith

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and guilt, to 'Araby', a timeless evocation of the inexplicable yearnings of adolescence, to 'The Dead', in which Gabriel Conroy is gradually brought to a painful epiphany regarding the nature of his existence, Joyce draws a realistic and memorable cast of Dubliners together in an powerful exploration of overarching themes. Author: Jungman, Ann Title: Septimouse: Big Cheese! (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 8-11 Summary: Septimouse - 7th son of a 7th son - comes to the rescue when Big Big Person Dad is made redundant. He sets up a cheese factory for dad to turn and soon 45 cheese is famous throughout the land. Author: Jungman, Ann Title: Septimouse: Supermouse! (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 8-11 Summary: Septimouse is a genius. He can do things that other mice cannot do. He can talk to cats, talk to big people, talk to little big people, and make them as small as mice. But the one thing he really wants to do is to eat some cheese - delicious yellow food that big people use to catch mice - and how on earth is he going to do that?

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K Author: Kay, Jackie Title: Red Dust Road (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 13+ Summary: From the moment when, as a little girl, she realizes that her skin is a different colour from that of her beloved mum and dad, to the tracing and finding of her birth parents, her Highland mother and Nigerian father, Jackie Kay's journey in Red Dust Road is one of unexpected twists, turns and deep emotions. Author: Keane, John B., Title: The Field (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 13+ Summary: The Field is set in a small country village in southwest Ireland. Bull McCabe has spent many hard years of labour turning the rocky land he rents from the widow Maggie Butler into a field suitable for grazing cattle. He has always considered the land his own, and dreams of buying it; Butler decides to sell the land at public auction. 'The Bull' cannot stand to see the land he so deeply loves slipping away from him. He decides to deal with the situation in the only way he knows and his actions have tragic consequences. Author: Kelly, Tom Title: The Thing With Finn (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 8-10 Summary: Ten-year-old Danny knows he's going somewhere, but he just doesn't know where. On his way he ...flattens a stuffed otter (with a three-holed brick) ...messes with a dog called The Beast (who bites kids' willies off) and feeds biscuits to blue Louis (who puts the 'poo' into poodle). But however far or fast he goes, Danny can't outrun the memories that have chased him ever since his identical twin brother died. Where can Danny hide when every day his own face reminds him of Finn? And where can Danny go when everywhere the shadows of his past stretch to forever? This

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is the poignant story of a bereaved boy who embarks on an emotional journey - and ultimately finds his way home. Author: Kemp, Anna Title: Dogs Don’t Do Ballet (1 Volume, Arial 36) Reading Age: 6-8 Summary: Meet Biff, an adorable little puppy who will stop at nothing to become a ballet dancer. Author: Kerr Judith. Title: Mog the Forgetful Cat. (1 Volume, Arial 24.) Reading Age: 6+ Summary: Bother that cat!’ Mog always seems to be in trouble. She forgets that she has a cat flap and she forgets that she has already eaten her supper. But, one night, Mog’s forgetfulness comes in very handy… Author: Kidd, Sue Monk Title: The Secret Life of Bees (3 Volumes, Arial 24) Reading Age: 14+ Summary: Lily has grown up believing she accidentally killed her mother when she was four. She not only has her own memory of holding the gun, but her father's account of the event. Now fourteen, she yearns for her mother, and for forgiveness. Living on a peach farm in South Carolina with her father, she has only one friend: Rosaleen, a black servant whose sharp exterior hides a tender heart. South Carolina in the sixties is a place where segregation is still considered a cause worth fighting for. When racial tension explodes one summer afternoon, and Rosaleen is arrested and beaten, Lily is compelled to act. Fugitives from justice and from Lily's harsh and unyielding father, they follow a trail left by the woman who died ten years before. Finding sanctuary in the home of three beekeeping sisters, Lily starts a journey as much about her understanding of the world, as about the mystery surrounding her mother.

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Author: King-Smith, Dick Title: Mr Ape (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 9-12 Summary: Abandoned by his bossy wife and children, old Mr Ape finds himself living all alone in his huge and rambling house. And then he gets a brilliant idea: he can fill the house with animals the pets his wife and children would never let him have. But pets have a habit of increasing and increasing and soon every room is stuffed to the brim with animals. Something has to change. Author: King-Smith, Dick Title: The Crowstarver (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 8-11 Summary: Crowstarving was the ideal job for Spider - he was on his own and yet never alone, for all around him were animals of one sort or another. Author: King-Smith, Dick Title: Dragon Boy (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 8-11 Summary: Dragon Boy is a children's novel by British author Dick King-Smith, first published in 1993. The novel is about John, a young orphan in the Middle Ages who is adopted by dragons. Author: King-Smith, Dick Title: The Hodgeheg (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 8-11 Summary: The hedgehog family of number 5A are a happy bunch but they cannot cross the busy road to reach the park they long to visit. Author: King-Smith, Dick Title: The Sheep-Pig (1 Volume, Arial 24)

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Reading Age: 8-11 Summary: When Babe arrives at the Hoggets' farm he is the only pig in the yard and rather small and lonely. He is adopted promptly by a sheepdog, Fly, and before very long a puzzled farmer finds he has quite an efficient working sheep-pig. Author: King-Smith, Dick Title: The Water Horse (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 9-11 Summary: Last night’s storm has washed up a strange object, which Kirstie takes home. The next day, it has hatched into a tiny greeny-grey creature, with a horse’s head, a warty skin, four flippers, and a crocodile’s tail. The adorable baby sea monster soon becomes the family pet—but the trouble is, he just doesn’t stop growing! Author: Kinney, Jeff. Title: Diary of a Wimpy Kid. (1 Volume, Arial 24). Reading Age: 8+ Summary: Let me get something straight: this is a JOURNAL, not a diary. This was Mom's idea, not mine. But if she thinks I'm going to write down my "feelings" in here or whatever, she's crazy. The only reason I agreed to do this at all is because I figure later on when I'm rich and famous, this book is going to come in handy.But for now I'm stuck with a bunch of morons. Author: Kinney, Jeff. Title: Diary of a Wimpy Kid , Rodrick rules (1 volume Arial 24). Reading Age: 8+ Summary: Book 2. Whatever you do, don't ask Greg about his summer vacation because he definitely doesn't want to talk about it . . . Author: Kinney, Jeff. Title: Diary of a Wimpy Kid : The Last Straw (1 Volume , Arial 24) Reading Age: 8+

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Summary: Book 3.You know how you're supposed to come up with a list of "resolutions" at the beginning of the year to try to make yourself a better person? Well, the problem is, it's not easy for me to think of ways to improve myself, because I'm pretty much one of the best people I know. But Greg's dad has other ideas. He wants Greg to change his wimpy ways, toughen up and enlist in other 'manly' endeavours. And when he threatens to send Greg to military academy, Greg realizes he has to shape up . . . or get shipped out. Author: Koertge, Ron Title: Stoner & Spaz (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 14+ Summary: For sixteen-year-old Ben Bancroft — a kid with cerebral palsy, no parents, and an overprotective grandmother — the closest thing to happiness is hunkering alone in the back of the Rialto Theatre and watching Bride of Frankenstein for the umpteenth time. The last person he wants to run into is drugged-up Colleen Minou, resplendent in ripped tights, neon miniskirt, and an impressive array of tattoos. But when Colleen climbs into the seat beside him and rests a woozy head on his shoulder, Ben has that unmistakable feeling that his life is about to change. With unsparing humor and a keen flair for dialogue, Ron Koertge captures the rare repartee between two lonely teenagers on opposite sides of the social divide. His smart, self-deprecating protagonist learns that kindred spirits may be found for the looking — and that the resolve to follow your passion can be strengthened by something as simple as a human touch.

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Summary: Book 3. Third bone-breaking, belly-busting adventure in the series that puts the “funny” back in… um… funny series.. Author: Landy, Derek Title: Skulduggery Pleasant: Playing With Fire (2 Volumes, Arial 24) Reading Age: 10-12 Summary: Book 2.With Serpine dead, the world is safe once more. At least, that’s what Valkyrie and Skulduggery think, until the notorious Baron Vengeous makes a bloody escape from prison, and dead bodies and vampires start showing up all over Ireland. With Baron Vengeous after the deadly armour of Lord Vile, and pretty much everyone out to kill Valkyrie, the daring detective duo face their biggest challenge yet. But what if the greatest threat to Valkyrie is just a little closer to home…? Author: Larry, H.L. Title: Zac Power: Poison Island (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 4-12 Summary: Separated from his parents and older brother, twelve-year-old Zac, a secret agent of the Government Investigation Bureau, must rely on his own skills to obtain the formula for Dr. Drastic's secret Solution X. Author: Lawrence, Michael Title: Jiggy McCue: The Snottle (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 8-11 Summary: A new girl at Jiggy's school has an allergy - her nose runs dramatically at unexpected times. When the girl does a huge sneeze, Jiggy sees pictures in what comes out that foretell the future. It turns out that she has a gift - she is a Nostrilamus. Author: Lawrence, Michael Title: Jiggy McCue: Maggot Pie (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 8-11

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Summary: Jiggy McCue is the unluckiest kid in town. He wants some good luck for a change. But instead of luck he gets a genie. A teenage genie who turns against him. Then the maggoty dreams start. Dreams which, with his luck and this genie, might just come true. Author: LeGuin, Ursula Title: A Wizard of Earthsea (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 11+ Summary: Ged was the greatest sorcerer in Earthsea, but in his youth he was the reckless Sparrowhawk. In his hunger for power and knowledge, he tampered with long-held secrets and loosed a terrible shadow upon the world. This is the tumultuous tale of his testing, how he mastered the mighty words of power, tamed an ancient dragon, and crossed death's threshold to restore the balance. Author: Lee, Harper Title: To Kill A Mockingbird (2 Volumes, Arial 24) Reading Age: 14+ Summary: Set in a sleepy town in South Alabama during the great depression in the 1930s, this is a multi-layered story which dissects the white and black communities of the American South. Author: Leigh, Peter. Title: Livewire Real Lives-Liverpool. (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 13+ Summary: Livewire" is a series of reading materials with a teenage or adult interest level for those with reading ages below ten. This title is part of the "Real Lives" sports series, and discusses the Liverpool football team. It is designed specifically for people with reading ages of nine or ten, and aims to engage the interest Author: Leigh Peter Title: Livewire Real Lives- Manchester. (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 13+

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Summary: Livewire: Real Lives" series features personalities from sport, film and music, politics and history. Author: Lewis, C. S. (Clive Staples) Title: The Horse and His Boy (Narnia series) (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 8-11 Summary: Book 5. This is the story of an adventure that happened in Narnia and Calormen and lands between, in the Golden Age when Peter was High King in Narnia and his brother and his two sisters were King and Queens under him". Shastra and the talking horse Bree escape from the cruel land of Calormen and head North towards Narnia. Author: Lewis, C. S. (Clive Staples) Title: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Narnia series) (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 8-11 Summary: Book 1. Four children are sent to live in a rambling, old house, and in an empty, forgotten room they find an old wardrobe which leads them into the magical land of Narnia, a place doomed to perpetual Darkness unless the children unite with Aslan the lion against the evil White Witch to restore joy and light to the land. Author: Lewis, C. S. (Clive Staples) Title: The Magician's Nephew (Book 6 in Narnia series) (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 8-11 Summary: Digory and Polly find themselves magically transported to a Wood between the Worlds, where several small ponds act as gateways to different worlds. They discover the dead world of Charn and together with Aslan the lion the pair fight against the evil Queen Jadis. Author: Lewis, C. S. (Clive Staples) Title: The Silver Chair (Book 4 in Narnia series) (2 Volumes, Arial 24) Reading Age: 8-11

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Summary: Aslan's magic brings Jill and Eustace to Narnia. Teamed with a Marshwiggle named Puddlegum, they venture into the wild waste lands of the North to resuce Prince Pilian, son of Caspian, from the Queen of Underland. Author: Lewis, C. S. (Clive Staples) Title: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (Book 3 in Narnia series) (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 8-11 Summary: Edmund and Lucy returning to Narnia - with their beastly cousin Eustace in tow – on the ship The Dawn Treader where their old friend Prince Caspian is searching for lost friends of his father's. As the children take to the Eastern Seas in their hunt for the friends they find themselves embroiled in a dangerous adventure. Author: Lindgren, Astrid Title: Pippi Goes Aboard (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 8-10 Summary: Whenever Tommy and Annika are with Pippi Longstocking, they have the most wonderful adventures. But the most thrilling time by far is when Pippi's father, a cannibal king, comes to visit. Pippi is soon making plans to sail away with him, back to his island. Tommy and Annika can't bear to see her leave--life without Pippi will be very dull indeed... Author: Lingard, Joan Title: Natasha’s Will (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 9-11 Summary: Natasha's story is set against the background of the Russian Revolution as she and her family flee persecution. Her story is dramatically and cleverly linked with the present as her heirs search for her will. ... Author: Lively, Penelope Title: Staying with Grandpa (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 8-11

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Summary: A small girl is sent to stay with her grandparents. Her mother has told her that it might be a bit dull as they lead a quiet life. In the event, each day brings a new drama - some random such as the discovery of a wasps' nest in the attic, and some prompted by an exuberant grandpa. For developing readers. Author: Lively, Penelope Title: The Whispering Knights (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 8-11 Summary: 'I don't know that you have done anything wrong,' Miss Hepplewhite said. 'But it is possible that you have done something rather dangerous.' William and Susie thought they were just playing a game when they cooked a witch's brew in the old barn and said a spell over it, but Martha was not so sure. And indeed, the three friends soon learn that they have called up something dark and evil out of the distant past . . . Author: London, Jack Title: The Call of the Wild (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 8-12 Summary: The classic animal tale of Buck, the majestic dog who is stolen from his home in California and sent to work in the harsh world of the Klondike during the gold rush. In the frozen wastelands of the North, Buck lives by the crack of the whip and the blow of the club. But his story is one of love and loyalty between man and beast. Author: London, Jack Title: White Fang (2 Volumes, Arial 24) Reading Age: 8-12 Summary: Buck, a large, wolf-like dog, is betrayed, sold and cruelly forced to pull a sledge through the frozen Yukon. He is saved and domesticated, but the call of the wild persists. White Fang is the greatest, most savage fighter of them all, until he has the chance to respond to kindness…

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Author: MacDonald, Alan Title: Dirty Bertie: Pants! (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 5+ Summary: Meet Dirty Bertie - a boy with nose pickingly disgusting habits! He's full to bursting with madcap plans and crazy ideas, and if it's trouble you're after, look no further--Bertie's sure to be up to his neck in it!. Author: MacDonald, Alan Title: The Gingerbread Man (1 Volume, Arial 36) Reading Age: 2-4 Summary: A perfect introduction to timeless and treasured stories, with amusing pictures and lots of funny rhythm and rhyme to delight young children. Author: Magorian, Michelle. Title: Goodnight Mister Tom. (2 Volumes, Arial 24) Reading Age: 9+ Summary: When the Second World War breaks out, young Willie Beech is evacuated to the countryside. A sad, deprived child, he slowly begins to flourish under the care of kind old Tom Oakley. But then his cruel mother summons him back to war-torn London . . . Will he ever see Mister Tom again? Author: Make Believe Ideas Title: Goldilocks and the Three bears :. (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 3+ Summary: An entertaining retelling of the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears in rhyming verse. Author: Make Believe Ideas Title: Jack and the Beanstalk.

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(1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 3+ Summary: An entertaining retelling of the story of Jack and The Beanstalk in rhyming verse. Author: Make Believe Ideas Title: Giant Storytime Books: Snow White (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 3+ Summary: Retelling of Snow White, in a giant picture book. Author: Make Believe Ideas Title: Three Little Pigs (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 3+ Summary: An entertaining retelling of the story of the Three Little Pigs in rhyming verse. Author: Mark, Jan Title: The Snow Maze (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 3-6 Summary: One day, on the way to school, Joe finds a large, heavy key in the long grass. Joe thinks a giant might have dropped it; Irrum thinks it might be magic; Akash says the key is no good because it doesn't open anything. But when Joe tries the key in the lonely gate, he opens up a whole new world... Author: Mason, Conrad Title: The First World War (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 9+ Summary: In 1914, the murder of Archduke Franz Ferdinand sparked off the most destructive conflict the world had ever seen. This is the story of the First World War, and the people who lived and died fighting in it. Author: Mason, Conrad Title: The Second World War

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(1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 9+ Summary: In September 1939, the German army stormed into Poland and the Second World War began. From tank battles in dusty deserts to savage fighting on tropical islands, the war spread across the world and became the deadliest struggle in history. Author: Massey, Eithne Title: Where the Stones Sing (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 11-13 Summary: A vivid story of a fight for survival in darkest medieval Dublin. As the spectre of the Black Death hovers over Dublin in the fourteenth century, Kai is plucked from the filthy streets to sing in the great Christ Church choir. But Kai has a secret that must be kept hidden - even from new friends Tom and Jack. When Jack is cruelly taken by the plague, Kai turns to the mysterious voices in the church for comfort. But Kai is not alone in the cathedral; enemies are lying in wait - hoping to destroy the singer in the most terrible way imaginable ... Kai will need great strength, talent and help from unexpected quarters just to survive. Author: McKinlay, Penny Title: Bumposaurus (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 3-6 Summary: Bumposaurus the baby dinosaur is so short-sighted he can't even find his way out of his egg, and life certainly doesn't get any easier once he has finally hatched...This is an exuberant and hilarious story, examining the question of 'difference' in a light-hearted and sympathetic way. With a hugely endearing main character and comical illustration, this is a fantastic laugh-out-loud picture book. Author: McCall Smith, Alexander Title: Folktales from Africa: The Girl Who Married a Lion (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 6-8 Summary: From animal fables to mysterious forces residing in the landscape, this collection demonstrates the wealth and variety of African folk tales and the particular magic of Africa's spiritual roots: a sense of unity with the environment.

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Simple, surprising, cruel and humorous, these beautifully rendered tales remain as fresh and vital as in the original African idiom. Author: McCaughrean, Geraldine Title: The Kite Rider (2 Volumes, Arial 24) Reading Age: 11+ Summary: The Great Miao, master of the Jade Circus, offers Haoyou the amazing chance to escape his family's poverty -- by becoming a kite rider. Strapped onto a beautiful scarlet-and-gold kite, Haoyou is sent into the sky, earning money, freedom, and unexpected fame. Miao even plans for Haoyou to perform before Kublai Khan himself. Author: McDonald, Megan. Title: Judy Moody. (1 Volume, Arial 24) Summary: Meet Judy Moody, her little "bother" Stink, her best friend Rocky and her "pest" friend Frank Pearl. Judy has a mood for every occasion, but when a new teacher gives the class a "Me" collage project, Judy has so much fun that she nearly forgets to be moody at all!. Author: McDonald, Megan Title: Judy Moody Predicts the Future (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 4+ Summary: Judy definitely has a mood for every occasion. And now she has a mood ring to prove it! The mood ring’s Extra Special Powers have put Judy in a predicting mood, and her outrageous predictions have everyone wondering if Judy really is psychic. According to "Madame M" (for Moody), the Toad Pee Club’s long-lost mascot will reappear, Judy will earn the coveted Thomas Jefferson tricorn-hat sticker for Great Job, Good Thinking—and love may be the real reason behind her teacher’s new eyeglasses. Will Judy’s latest adventures put kids in a very Judy Moody mood? (Signs point to yes!) Author: McKenzie, Sophie Title: The Medusa Project: The Set-Up (1 Volume, Arial 24)

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Reading Age: 10-12 Summary: 14 years ago, scientist William Fox implanted four babies with the medusa gene – a gene for psychic abilities. But Fox died and the babies were hidden away for years. Now they’re teenagers – and unaware that their psychic powers are about to kick in. Cocky, charismatic Nico thinks his emerging telekinetic abilities will bring him money, power, and the girl of his dreams. He’s about to find out just how wrong he is... Author: McKee, David. Title: Not Now Bernard. (1 Volume, Arial 36). Reading Age: 4+ Summary: Bernard's parents are so busy doing their own thing, that the monster can eat Bernard's dinner, break his toys, and even eat Bernard, without being noticed! Author: McNish, Cliff Title: The Scent of Magic (Book 2 in Doomspell trilogy) (2 Volumes, Arial 24) Reading Age: 7+ Summary: All over the world children are discovering they have magical powers – as Rachel did when she was abducted by the Witch Dragwena in THE DOOMSPELL. But the reason is that the evil Witches of the planet Ool are determined to avenge Dragwena's death by manipulating an army of children and fighting the good Wizards. Rachel's own powers, and the ability of her younger brother Eric to unmake magic, are tested to the full in a thrilling story in which she has to confront another child as strong as she is herself. Author: McNinsh, Cliff Title: The Doomspell (Book 1 of Doomspell trilogy) (2 Volumes, Arial 24) Reading Age: 7+ Summary: In a blaze of light, rush of wind, and scrabble of claws, Rachel and her younger brother are ripped through the wall and hurtled on to another world. Like thousands of children before them, they have been snatched away by the Witch. But this time the Witch has met her match.

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Rachel discovers that she has extraordinary gifts: she can transform herself into a speck of dust, or fly on an owl's back, just as the Witch can. The Witch is excited - she has found someone she can use for her own evil purposes. But for the Witch's victims, Rachel is their only hope. Author: McNish, Cliff Title: The Wizard’s Promise (Book 3 of Doomspell trilogy) (2 Volumes, Arial 24) Reading Age: 7+ Summary: Children all over the world are flexing their powers, but it is only Rachel and Eric who finally have the skill to confront the Griddas, the terrible creatures unleashed by the High Witch. Author: Meadows, Daisy Title: Rainbow Magic: Shannon the Ocean Fairy (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 5+ Summary: Shannon the Ocean Fairy needs Rachel's and Kirsty's help! Naughty Jack Frost has stolen Fairyland's three enchanted pearls, and this is causing chaos in the oceans and mixing up daytime and night-time. The girls must explore an underwater world and help Shannon return each pearl to its rightful place... Author: Meadows, Daisy Title: Rainbow Magic: Phoebe the Fashion Fairy (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 5+ Summary: Phoebe the Fashion Fairy can’t rustle up pretty party outfits without her magic party bag of sparkly frocks. Can Rachel and Kirsty help her get it back in time for their friend’s party? Author: Meadows, Daisy Title: Rainbow Magic: Holly the Christmas Fairy (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 5+

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Summary: Holly the Christmas Fairy is all in a flutter, putting the sparkle into Christmas. Now Jack Frost has stolen Santa's sleigh. The Queen of the Fairies needs Rachel and Kirsty to help Holly get it back. Author: Meadows, Daisy Title: Rainbow Magic: Grace the Glitter Fairy (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 5+ Summary: It's Queen Titania's and King Oberon's 1000th jubilee, and the seven Party Fairies are in charge of making the celebratory party extra-special! Author: Meadows, Daisy Title: Rainbow Magic: Jasmine the Present Fairy (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 5+ Summary: Can Kirsty and Rachel help Jasmine the Present Fairy get her magic bag back from the pesky goblins so that she can conjure up perfect prizes for the street party...? Author: Meadows, Daisy Title: Rainbow Magic: Polly the Party Fun Fairy (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 5+ Summary: Can Kirsty and Rachel help Polly the Party Fun Fairy to rescue her party bag so that the celebrations will be full of magical fun and games...? Author: Meadows, Daisy Title: Rainbow Magic: Phoebe the Fashion Fairy (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 5+ Summary: It's party time! A big bash for King Oberon and Queen Titania is underway in Fairyland. The Party Fairies keep everything running smoothly, until Jack Frost's goblins steal their magic party bags. Now parties everywhere aren't festive --- they're a flop! Kirsty's friend Charlotte is having a birthday party. But everyone's pretty party outfits are ruined! Phoebe the Fashion Fairy has to track down her magic bag --- fast.

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Author: Meadows, Daisy Title: Rainbow Magic: Shannon the Ocean Fairy (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 5+ Summary: What’s a fairy to do? Jack Frost has stolen three enchanted pearls that control the magic of the oceans. Without them, the tides are all wrong, the sea creatures are confused, and even daytime and nighttime have gotten mixed up! When Shannon the Ocean Fairy asks Rachel and Kirsty for help, they set off on a magical adventure to an underwater world. But will they find the pearls in time . . . or will the girls be lost at sea? Author: Meres, Jonathan Title: The World of Norm: May Contain Nuts (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 9-11 Summary: Why on earth did Norm's family have to move, anyway? In their old house he'd never tried to pee in anything other than a toilet. And when Norm is in bed, he's kept awake by his dad snoring like a constipated rhinoceros! Will life ever get less unfair for Norm? Author: Meyer, Stephanie Title: New Moon: (Book 2 in Twilight series) (5 Volumes, Arial 24) Reading Age: 11+ Summary: When the Cullens, including her beloved Edward, leave Forks rather than risk revealing that they are vampires, it is almost too much for eighteen-year-old Bella to bear, but she finds solace in her friend Jacob until he is drawn into a "cult" and changes in terrible ways. Author: Meyer, Stephanie Title: Eclipse (Book 3 in Twilight Series) (6 Volumes, Arial 24) Reading Age: 11+ Summary: Eclipse starts out with a mysterious string of murders in Seattle. Edward thinks that these are newborn vampire attacks. Edward and Bella fill out college applications and Bella is making plans on when she will become a vampire.

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The band of new born vampires are lead by Victoria, and they are coming closer. However, the Cullens and the Wolf Pack have a plan. They will all come together and fight the vampires.. Author: Meyer, Stephanie Title: Breaking Dawn (Book 4 in Twilight Series) (7 Volumes, Arial 24) Reading Age: 11+ Summary: Although eighteen-year-old Bella joins the dark but seductive world of the immortals by marrying Edward the vampire, her connection to the powerful werewolf Jacob remains unsevered. Author: Miller, Arthur, Title: The Crucible (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 14+ Summary: Written in the early 1950s, Arthur Miller’s The Crucible takes place in Salem, Massachusetts in 1692. It recounts the events surrounding the Salem Witch Trials. This was a time when paranoia, hysteria, and deceit gripped the Puritan towns of New England. Author: Milne, A. A. Title: Winnie the Pooh (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 3+ Summary: For nearly seventy years, readers have been delighted by the adventures of Christopher Robin and his lovable friends. Paired with the perfectly suited drawings of Ernest H. Shepard, A.A. Author: Mitchell, Jane Title: Olivia's Collection (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 5-8 Summary: When Olivia moves into a new house she watches children playing in the sunshine outside. Olivia is too shy to join in their games. She decides to collect some sunshine of her own to make her room bright and happy - but it doesn't work out quite so well…

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Author: Morley, Sarah. Title: Windows XP Explained: A guide for blind and Visually Impaired users Reading Age: N/A Summary: This book describes Microsoft Windows XP for blind and visually impaired computer users, enabling them to take full advantage of this new version of windows when using it with assistive technology. Separate book with diagrams accompanies this book. Author: Morpurgo, Michael Title: Kensuke's Kingdom (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 7-9 Summary: Washed up on a desert island in the Pacific, Michael struggles to survive on his own. He can't find food or water and lies down to die. When he wakes up there is a plate of fish and fruit and a bowl of fresh water beside him. He realises he is not alone on the island after all... Author: Morpurgo, Michael Title: Born to Run (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 7-9 Summary: For Best Mate, being rescued from drowning as a young puppy is only the start of his adventures. From unwanted burden to favourite companion, and from pet to champion race dog, this remarkable greyhound proves that it's not just cats who have more than one life. Author: Morpurgo, Michael Title: Shadow. (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 7-9 Summary: The book illustrates the fear and terror of living in Afganistan under the hidden yet often open threats of the Taliban for the young boy Aman and his family. But when Aman is befriended by an unusual Springer Spaniel who is in need of nursing to change forever.

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Author: Morpurgo, Michael. Title: Little Foxes. (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 7-9 Summary: Bullied at school, nagged in Aunty May’s 10th-floor tenement, there’s only one place Billy really feels alive: in the wilderness by the canal. There he watches a cygnet on the water and he protects a family of fox cubs. Then his secret place is discovered and the fox family is decimated. Unwanted and unloved, Billy and the last fox run for their lives. Author: Morpurgo, Michael. Title: The Ghost of Grania O'Malley. (2 Volumes, Arial 24) Reading Age: 7-9 Summary: Everyone knows the Big Hill is full of gold, and now the islanders are intent on cutting the top off it and making themselves rich. Jessie and Jake are determined to save the Big Hill but what can they do? A plan is needed, and fast. Could the ghost of Grania O'Malley, the pirate queen, be the answer? You don't know what you can do until you try. Another gripping tale from master storyteller Michael Morpurgo. Author: Morpurgo, Michael. Title: Twist of Gold. (2 Volumes, Arial 24) Reading Age: 7-9 Summary: Sean and Annie have one chance to escape the potato famine in Ireland, but they must leave their dying mother behind. They travel in search of their father, across rough seas, to a new land of hardship: America. There, they busk in a city street, run a riverboat, join a wagon train across the prairies, and dig for gold. It is a long and dangerous journey but their family’s survival depends on it. Author: Morpurgo, Michael Title: Private Peaceful (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 7-9

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Summary: Thomas Peaceful and his elder brother Charlie do everything together. They used to go to school together, face their problems together, sleep and eat together; they even loved the same girl… but now they have to face the many facets of war together. Can a bond and loyalty between brothers overcome the brutality of the front lines and bring them safely home? When the lines of heroism and cowardice collide, what can one man or even a brother do to fight the injustices of it all? Author: Morpurgo, Michael. Title: Running Wild. (2 Volumes, Arial 24) Reading Age: 7-9 Summary: For Will and his mother, going to Indonesia isn't just a holiday. It's an escape, a new start, a chance to put things behind them - things like the death of Will's father. Author: Morpurgo, Michael. Title: Little Manfred (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 7-9 Summary: In the Imperial War Museum is a wooden Dachshund, carved by a German prisoner of war for the children of the British family with which he stayed after the fighting ended. This is the story of how it got there… Author: Morpurgo, Michael Title: War Horse (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 7-9 Summary: Young Albert enlists to serve in World War I after his beloved horse is sold to the cavalry. Albert's hopeful journey takes him out of England and to the front lines as the war rages on. Author: Morpurgo, Michael. Title: Farm Boy. (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 7-9

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Summary: Sequel to War Horse. Joey was the last working horse on the farm, and the apple of Grandpa’s eye. In War Horse, Joey was sent away from the farm to be a warhorse in WWI. Grandpa had joined the cavalry in order to find, and fight, with Joey. Farm Boy brings us forward fifty years with Grandpa not only telling his grandson, Joey’s story but also a ‘shameful secret’ which he has held for years…. Author: Morton, Rhue Title: The Wave (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 13+ Summary: Laurie isn't sure what to make of 'The Wave'. It had begun as a simple history experiment to liven up their World War II studies and had become a craze that was taking over their lives. Laurie's classmates were changing from normal teenagers into chanting, saluting fanatics. 'The Wave' was sweeping through the school - and it was out of control. Laurie's friends scoff at her warnings but she knows she must make them see what they have become before it's too late. Author: Muchamore, Robert. Title: The Recruit (Book 1 in Cherub Series) (3 Volumes, Arial 24) Reading Age: 13+ Summary: A terrorist doesn't let strangers into her flat because they might be undercover police or intelligence agents, but her children bring their mates home and they run all over the place. The terrorist doesn't know that a kid has bugged every room in her house, cloned the hard drive on her PC, and copied all the numbers in her phone book. The kid works for CHERUB. CHERUB is not James Bond. There are no master criminals or high-tech gadgets. CHERUB kids live in the real world. They slip under adult radar and get information that sends criminals and terrorists to jail." Author: Muchamore, Robert. Title: Class A (Book 2 in Cherub Series) (3 Volumes, Arial 24) Reading Age: 13+ Summary: When CHERUB kids go undercover, no-one suspects that they are trained professionals, working to infiltrate criminal organizations that have eluded

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MI5 and the police for years. James Adams is on his biggest mission yet, working to nail Europe's most powerful cocaine dealer. Author: Murphy, Glenn Title: Why is Snot Green? (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 7+ Summary: All the answers you will ever need! Author: Murphy, Jill Title: The Worst Witch (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 8-11 Summary: Mildred Hubble was a trainee witch at Miss Cackle's Academy and she was making an awful mess of it. She couldn't even ride a broomstick without crashing it and she was always getting her spells wrong. But she managed to get by until she turned Ethel, the teacher's pet, into her deadly enemy... Author: Murphy, Jill. Title: The Worst Witch Strikes Again. (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 8-11 Summary: It's the summer term at Miss Cackle's Academy for Witches and disaster-prone Mildred Hubble is in deep trouble yet again ? and all because of the new girl, Enid Nightshade, who isn't nearly as angelic as she looks.

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N Author: Nabb, Magdalen (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 5-7 Title: Josie Smith at school Summary: In this book Josie Smith gets in trouble with the headmistress, meets a princess and wants to be a fairy in the school concert. Stories about familiar situations that all children will understand and relate to following the ups and downs of one little girl at school. Author: Nesbit, E. Title: The Railway Children (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 9+ Summary: When father suddenly and mysteriously leaves home, his three children and their mother leave London for the country. The children seek solace in the nearby railway station, making friends with Perks the porter and with the station master. But where is Father… and will he ever return? Author: Ness, Patrick Title: The Knife of Never Letting Go (Book 1 in Chaos Walking Trilogy) (5 Volumes, Arial 24) Reading Age: 13+ Summary: Pursued by power-hungry Prentiss and mad minister Aaron, young Todd and Viola set out across New World searching for answers about his colony's true past and seeking a way to warn the ship bringing hopeful settlers from Old World. Author: Nimmo, Jenny Title: Emlyn's Moon (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 8+ Summary: Nia is warned against entering Llewelyn's chapel, but does so, and there, with the help of Emlyn and his father discovers a special gift that she was unaware that she possessed.

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P Author: Palacio, Raquel J Title: Wonder: You Can’t Blend In When You Were Born To Stand Out (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 9+ Summary: August (Auggie) Pullman was born with a facial deformity that prevented him from going to a mainstream school—until now. He's about to start 5th grade at Beecher Prep, and if you've ever been the new kid then you know how hard that can be. The thing is Auggie's just an ordinary kid, with an extraordinary face. But can he convince his new classmates that he's just like them, despite appearances? Author: Palmer, Tom Title: Foul Play (Book 1) (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 8+ Summary: Danny is obsessed with two things: football - especially City Football Club - and investigating crimes. So when England and City footballing hero Sam Roberts is reported missing the day after Danny saw him being taken, blindfolded, into the bowels of the City FC stadium late at night, he's determined to get to the bottom of it. But is Danny getting into something he can't handle? Author: Palmer, Tom Title: Foul Play: Dead Ball (Book 2) (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 8+ Summary: Russian billionaire Dmitri Tupolev and a mystery Englishman agree to fix an important match in Russia's favour by intimidating the England goalie, Alex Finn. But Alex goes against their wishes. His punishment: an 'accidental' car crash and he's out of the return game in Russia. Something is going on with England's replacement goalie, and Danny soon finds himself caught up with the criminals of the footballing underworld. Will he unravel the match-fixing mystery? Author: Palmer, Tom Title: Foul Play: Off Side (Book 3) (1 Volume, Arial 24)

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Reading Age: 8+ Summary: Danny's beloved City FC is facing a takeover from an unknown foreign organization. The fans are in uproar. And when a young African player is lured to City by a corrupt agent, Danny's suspicions lead him into serious danger. Has Danny finally met his match? Or will his detective skills save his life--and his club...? Author: Paolini, Christopher Title: Eragon- Inheritance Cycle Book 1 (4 Volumes, Arial 24) Reading Age: 12-17 Summary: One boy . . . One dragon . . . A world of adventure. When Eragon finds a polished stone in the forest, he thinks it is the lucky discovery of a poor farm boy; perhaps it will buy his family meat for the winter. But when the stone brings a dragon hatchling, Eragon soon realizes he has stumbled upon a legacy nearly as old as the Empire itself. Eragon and the fledgling dragon must navigate the dangerous terrain and dark enemies of an Empire ruled by a king whose evil knows no bounds. Can Eragon take up the mantle of the legendary Dragon Riders? The fate of the Empire may rest in his hands... Author: Paolini, Christopher Title: Eldest –Inheritance Cycle Book 2 (Volumes 4, Arial 24) Reading Age: 12-17 Summary: Darkness falls . . . Despair abounds . . . Evil reigns . . . Eragon and his dragon, Saphira, have just saved the rebel state from destruction by the mighty forces of King Galbatorix, cruel ruler of the Empire. Now Eragon must travel to Ellesméra, land of the elves, for further training in magic and swordsmanship, the vital skills of the Dragon Rider. It is the journey of a lifetime, filled with awe-inspiring new places and people, each day a fresh adventure. But chaos and betrayal plague him at every turn, and Eragon isn't sure whom he can trust. Author: Parkinson, Siobhan Title: The Leprechaun Who Wished He Wasn’t (1 Volume, Arail 24) Reading Age: 6-9 years

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Summary: Laurence is a leprechaun who has been small for 1100 years and is sick of it! He wants to be TALL . He wants to be cool. Then he meet Phoebe, a large girl who wants to be small . When she invites him to live in her house, Laurence is delighted. He starts wearing jeans and denim jackets and gets rid of the pointy hat. But there is one thing about leprechauns that you can't change - they are always up to mischief. And when Laurence decides on a new careerthat's when the fun really starts! A tall tale indeed! Author: Paterson, Katherine Title: Bridge to Terabithia (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 9-12 Summary: The life of a ten-year-old boy in rural Virginia expands when he becomes friends with a newcomer who subsequently meets an untimely death trying to reach their hideaway, Terabithia, during a storm. Author: Paulsen, Gary Title: Dogsong (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 12-14 Summary: Russel takes a dog team and sled to escape his village and find the "song" that will make sense of his life. Journeying across ice flows, and haunted by dreams, he meets a pregnant Eskimo girl whose life he must save. But first he must kill a vicious polar bear in the ancient way of his people. Author: Paulsen, Gary Title: Hatchet: The Truth (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 14+ Summary: Book 1 of the Hatchet series. Paulsen describes the thrilling dramas of his own life. The wild animal attacks, plane crashes and insect swarms he's survived. The primitive weapons he's crafted and hunted with. The revolting foods he's eaten to stave off starvation. Author: Paulsen, Gary Title: Hatchet: The Return

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(1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 14+ Summary: Book 2 of the Hatchet series. Brian is asked to return to the wilderness though this time accompanied by an adult and two-way radio. Unforeseen catastrophe forces him to face a new terror and series of desperate adventures. Author: Paulsen, Gary Title: Hatchet: Winter (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 14+ Summary: Book 3 of the Hatchet series. Thirteen-year-old Brian was stranded alone in the Canadian wilderness. Somehow he survived and was rescued in the summer. But what if Brian hadn't been rescued? What if Brian had been left to confront his deadliest enemy - winter? The Author: wrote this book in response to the thousands of readers who wrote and asked him how Brian would have coped. Author: Paulsen, Gary Title: Hatchet: The Call (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 14+ Summary: Book 4 of the Hatchet series. When thirteen year old Brians' plane crashlands in the Canadian wilderness only his survival skills and his trusty hatchet enable him to survive. Two years on, Brian is back in the city, and hating it. He has to obey the call to return to the woods. Fourth and final part of the series. Author: Pearce, Philippa Title: Tom's Midnight Garden (2 Volumes, Arial 24) Reading Age: 8-11 Summary: When Tom hears the grandfather clock strike 13, he is not prepared for what is going to happen. Outside the back door is a garden, which everyone tells him doesn't exist. But the magical place in which Tom finds himself is certainly a garden his midnight garden.

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Author: Philbrick, Rodman Title: Freak the Mighty (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 11-13 Summary: Extraordinarily powerful, uplifting and memorable, the story of "Freak the Mighty" explores an unlikely friendship, and finds optimism and humour in a story of great poignancy. Bring your tissues. Maxwell Kane is feared and bullied because of his mental slowness and enormous size. But this is not the only cross he has to bear; Maxwell's father is in jail for murdering his mother. Kevin is smart, quirky and funny with insatiable curiosity and zest for life but he suffers from a rare genetic condition, which inhibits the growth of his body. Yet the combination of Kevin and Maxwell is formidable, when together they become Freak the Mighty. Author: Pichon, Liz Title : The Three Horrid Pigs and the Big Friendly Wolf. (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 3-5 Summary: Mother Pig has had enough of her three horrid little pigs. So she packs their bags and sends them on their way. The first two little pigs build their houses by stealing straw and pinching twigs. The third little pig is so lazy, he moves into a hen house! What horrid little pigs they are! Will the big, friendly wolf help them see the error of their ways? Author: Picoult, Jodi Title: My Sister's Keeper (5 Volumes, Arial 24) Reading Age: 14+ Summary: Anna was genetically engineered to be a perfect match for her cancer-ridden older sister. Since birth, the 13-year-old has donated platelets, blood, her umbilical cord, and bone marrow as part of her family's struggle to lengthen Kate's life. Anna is now being considered as a kidney donor in a last-ditch attempt to save her 16-year-old sister. As this compelling story opens, Anna has hired a lawyer to represent her in a medical emancipation suit to allow her to have control over her own body.

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Author: Pilkey, Dav Title: The Adventures of Captain Underpants. (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 6-10 Summary: Captain Underpants is about 2 boys named George and Harold. They are both trouble making boys who always get in trouble for making pranks and making stupid comic books. Author: Potter, Tessa Title: Famous People: Louis Braille (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 7-9 Summary: This book describes how one blind French boy developed a system of reading, in the early part of the nineteenth century, that opened up the world to blind people everywhere. His development of a system of dots to represent letters was based on a military method of night communications. Through his story, the reader also learns what life was like for blind people then, and what a difference Braille made to them, while accurate drawings show how the Braille system works. Author: Pratchett, Terry Title: The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodent (2 Volumes, Arial 24) Reading Age: 8-11 Summary: Maurice has survived four years on the toughest streets of Discworld. He reckons that rats are dumb, but he's smart enough to realize that there's a new kind of rat around - rats who can talk. This smart cat gets his own "plague of rats" and a Pied Piper, but are there any ordinary rats left? Maurice, a streetwise tomcat, has the perfect money-making scam. He's found a stupid-looking kid who plays a pipe, and he has his own very plague of rats - rats who are strangely educated, so Maurice can no longer thin Author: Pullman, Philip Title: His Dark Materials 1: Northern Lights (3 Volumes, Arial 24)

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Reading Age: 10+ Summary: "Without this child, we shall all die." Lyra Belacqua and her animal daemon live half-wild and carefree among scholars of Jordan College, Oxford. The destiny that awaits her will take her to the frozen lands of the Arctic, where witch-clans reign and ice-bears fight. Her extraordinary journey will have immeasurable consequences far beyond her own world... Author: Pullman, Philip Title: His Dark Materials 2: The Subtle Knife (3 Volumes, Arial 24) Reading Age: 10+ Summary: As the boundaries between worlds begin to dissolve, Lyra and her daemon help Will Parry in his search for his father and for a powerful, magical knife. Author: Pullman, Philip Title: His Dark Materials 3: The Amber Spyglass (5 Volumes, Arial 24) Reading Age: 10+ Summary: Will and Lyra, the two children at the heart of the books, have become separated amidst great dangers. Can they find each other, and their friends? Then complete their mysterious quest before it's too late?. Author: Pullman,Philip Title: I Was A Rat…or The Scarlet Slippers (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 8+ Summary: When a small boy turns up on Bob and Joan's doorstep unable to say much except 'I was a rat', the kindly couple adopt him. It seems strange but Bob reads about odder things every day in his newspaper. To them, the sunny little chap is Roger, and he's trying hard to adapt to human life. But when he gets lost and ends up on the run, other people, egged on by their newspapers, are quick to see him as the Monster, a rodent fiend who could terrorise the town. Only a friend in a very high place could save Roger from the authorities who are determined to exterminate him-

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Q Author: Quinn, John Title: The Summer of Lily and Esme (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 10+ Summary: Alan has just moved from Dublin to live in an old house in the country. There the mystery begins - a locked room at the top of the house a story of the ghost of a boy called Albert - and his new neighbours two elderly women called Lily and Esme who insist on calling him Albert. Determined to solve the mystery Alan with the help of his new friend Lisa and some friendly grown-ups unearths the story of another summer seventy years before - and is at last able to give Lily and Esme their dearest wish.

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R Author: Remarque, Erich Maria Title: All Quiet on the Western Front (2 Volumes, Arial 24) Reading Age: 15+ Summary: Paul Baumer is a young German who, along with his graduating high school classmates, enlist in the German Imperial Army during the First World War. Originally thinking war would be a great adventure, Paul and his friends discover exactly the opposite as the war drags on. Author: Riordan, James. Title: Escape From War: Frank's Story /Hannah's Story (2 Volumes, Arial 24) Reading Age: 8-12 Summary: "My Side of the Story" is completely unique approach to historical fiction. Read the story of one youngster's life in turbulent times, then flip the book and find out first-hand how another child reacts to the same events - with very different feelings and results! "Frank": Frank is eleven and lives in war-torn London in a house which has two bedrooms but 10 family members. The 'gezzunder' of the attacking German bombs can be heard, but Frank isn't scared, he loves it! Then Frank is evacuated to the boring country where he lives with a strange Jewish girl called Hannah from Germany..."Hannah": Hannah is a young Jewish girl living in Berlin. Her family are growing more horrified at what is happening to Jews in their own country. Her parents' fear frightens her more than news of what's happening on the street. For her the threat of war is real and terrible. Thrown together with Frank, she clings to playing her beloved violin and wonders what is happening at home. Can she ever become friends with this strange English boy?. Author: Riordan, Rick. Title: Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief (3 Volumes, Arial 24) Reading Age: 8-9 Summary: Book 1. After learning that he is the son of a mortal woman and Poseidon, god of the sea, twelve-year-old Percy is sent to a summer camp for

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demigods like himself, and joins his new friends on a quest to prevent a war between the gods. Author: Riordan, Rick Title: Percy Jackson and The Sea of Monsters (2 Volumes, Arial 24) Reading Age: 8-9 Summary: In this second installment in the series Percy, Poseidon's 13-year-old demigod son, is desperate to rescue his friend and retrieve the healing Golden Fleece--the only protection for the children in Camp Half-Blood. Adventure follows chaotic adventure as Percy once again battles mythical monsters in modern-day settings. Author: Riordan, Rick Title: Percy Jackson and The Titan's Curse (3 Volumes, Arial 24) Reading Age: 8-9 Summary: Hilarious and action-packed, this third adventure in the series finds Percy faced with his most dangerous challenge so far: the chilling prophecy of the Titan’s curse. Author: Robshaw, Brandon Title: Livewire Youth Fiction: On The Rob. (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 14+ Summary: Stimulating and accessible, the titles in the LIVEWIRE series have been produced in association with The Basic Skills Agency to ensure a non-patronising approach towards the requirements of readers with special needs. Author: Rowling, J.K Title: The Tales of Beedle the Bard (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 9+ Summary: The book contains five fairy tales written, ostensibly, in the 15th century by Beedle the Bard (possessor of an 'exceptionally luxuriant beard'), The Tales of Beedle the Bard played a crucial role in assisting Harry,

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with his friends Ron and Hermione, to finally defeat Lord Voldemort. Author: Rowling, J. K. Title: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. (Book 1) (2 Volumes, Arial 24) Reading Age: 9+ Summary: Harry Potter had lived with his aunt, uncle and cousin for ten miserable years, in a cupboard under the stairs. He had been with them ever since his parents were killed in a car crash. When he was younger, Harry dreamed of being rescued but nothing happened - until he is rescued by an owl and taken to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry where he becomes a wizard. Author: Rowling, J. K. Title: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Book 2) (2 Volumes, Arial 24) Reading Age: 9+ Summary: Harry Potter is a wizard. He is in his second year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, and is immersed in the daily round of Potions, Herbology, Charms, Defence Against the Dark Arts, and Quidditch. But then horrible things start happening. Harry hears evil voices, and sinister messages appear on the wall. Nothing can prepare Harry and his friends for what happens next. Author: Rowling, J. K. Title: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Book 3) (3 Volumes, Arial 24) Reading Age: 9+ Summary: Harry Potter is a wizard in his third year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The atmosphere at Hogwarts is tense. The sinister prison guards of Azkaban have been called in to guard the school and Harry, Ron and Hermione soon discover why wizards live in fear of Azkaban. Author: Rowling, J. K. Title: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Book 4) (5 Volumes, Arial 24) Reading Age: 9+

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Summary: Harry Potter wakes up with his scar burning and can't stop worrying about this until Ron's timely invitation to the Quidditch World Cup. Something horrible happens at the match which casts a shadow over everyone. Author: Rowling, J. K. Title: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. (Book 5) (6 Volumes, Arial 24) Reading Age: 9+ Summary: Dumbledore lowered his hands and surveyed Harry through his half-moon glasses. "It is time," he said, "for me to tell you what I should have told you five years ago, Harry. Please sit down. I am going to tell you everything." Author: Rowling, J. K. Title: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. (Book 6) (4 Volumes, Arial 24) Reading Age: 9+ Summary: 'In a brief statement on Friday night, Minister for Magic Cornelius Fudge confirmed that He Who Must Not Be Named has returned to this country and is once more active. "It is with great regret that I must confirm that the wizard styling himself Lord - well, you know who I mean - is alive and among us again," said Fudge.' Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince takes up the story of Harry Potter's sixth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, with Voldemort's power and followers increasing day by day. Author: Rowling, J. K. Title: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Book 7) (5 Volumes, Arial 24) Reading Age: 9+ Summary: Voldemort's power is growing stronger. He now has control over the Ministry of Magic and Hogwarts. Harry, Ron, and Hermione decide to finish Dumbledore's work and find the rest of the Horcruxes to defeat the Dark Lord. But little hope remains for them, so everything they do must go as planned

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Author: Santillan, Jorge Title: Bob The Builder: Scoop and the Bakery Build (1 Volume, Arial 36) Reading Age: 3-7 Summary: The team's next job is to build a bakery! Scoop is in charge of teaching. Benny what to do, but the two diggers end up in big trouble! Author: Serraillier, Ian Title: The Silver Sword (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 8-11 Summary: Although the silver sword was only a paper knife, it became the symbol of hope and courage which kept four deserted children alive through the years of occupation, and afterwards on the exhausting and dangerous journey from war-torn Poland to Switzerland, where they hoped to find their parents. Author: Seuss, Dr. Title: Book of Bedtime Stories (1 Volume, Arial 36) Reading Age: 3-7 Summary: This paperback edition of the popular hardback combines three of Dr. Seuss’s most endearing tales – The Sleep Book, Thidwick the Big-Hearted Moose and Horton Hears a Who! Written in humorous rhyme and illustrated with characteristically bold and colourful artwork by the master himself, this beautiful treasury is guaranteed to delight young children and bring sweet dreams! Author: Seuss, Dr Title: ABC (1 Volume, Arial 36) Reading Age: 3-7 Summary: Learning the alphabet is bound to be fun with Dr. Seuss. Each letter is featured with Dr. Seuss's unmistakably nonsensical illustrations and text: "Lion with a lollipop," "Camel on the ceiling," "Uncle Ubb's umbrella Author: Seuss, Dr

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Title: Fox in Socks (1 Volume, Arial 36) Reading Age: 3-7 Summary: The Rhyme involves Fox teaching tongue twisters to his suffering colleague, Mr. Knox; until, at the end, Mr. Knox has his revenge. The tongue twisters gradually increase in difficulty as the book progresses. Author: Seuss, Dr Title: I Can Read With My Eyes Shut (1 Volume, Arial 36) Reading Age: 3-7 Summary: In this book, Dr. Seuss celebrates the joys of reading, and encourages children to take pride in their budding reading abilities with this unique combination of hilarious stories, zany pictures and riotous rhymes. Author: Shan, Darren Title Cirque Du Freak: Book 1 of the Darren Shan series (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 11+ Summary: The chilling Saga of Darren Shan, the ordinary schoolboy plunged into the vampire world. Darren goes to a banned freak show with his best mate Steve. It’s the wonderfully gothic Cirque Du Freak where weird, frightening half human/half animals appear who interact terrifyingly with the audience. Something out of the ordinary is set against the background of children’s normal lives to chilling effect. Atmospheric, funny, realistic, moving and… terrifying. Author: Shan, Darren Title: The Vampire’s Assistant: Book 2 of the Darren Shan series (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 11+ Summary: The Vampire's Assistant is the second instalment in the saga of Darren Shan, which began with Cirque du Freak. Then, Darren made the difficult decision to become a half-vampire to save his best mate Steve Leopard's life. Now, he must leave his friends and family behind as he travels cross-country with the vampire Mr Crepsley and the Cirque du Freak. Early on, Darren dispels the vampire myth in his typically facetious fashion:

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Author: Simon, Francesca. Title: Horrid Henry Reads A Book. (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 5-7 Summary: A reading competition? No way is Henry taking part in a reading contest. That is, until he hears the prize is a family trip to a theme park. Henry is determined to win ... but how on earth is he going to read all those books? Author: Simon, Francesca Title: Horrid Henry's Big Bad Book (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 5-7 Summary: Ten favourite Horrid Henry stories, all about school. He gives the class nits, encounters a demon dinner lady, does his best to sabotage the school sports day, finds ingenious ways to get round doing his homework and reading books, and is publicly mortified by a pair of pink underpants. Author: Simon, Francesca Title: Horrid Henry and the Bogey Babysitter (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 5-7 Summary: Horrid Henry encounters the babysitter from hell, traumatises his parents on a car journey, goes trick-or-treating at Halloween and sabotages his school project. Four stories, as brilliant and inventive as ever, to add to "the funniest series ever written about sibling rivalry and what it's like to be a young child". Author: Simon, Francesca Title: Horrid Henry and the Football Fiend (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 5-7 Summary: Henry as always is getting in trouble - nothing ever happens quite the way it is supposed to do! It can spell disaster for those around him - for example, hearing that his little brother is about the read parts of his diary aloud in school, Henry sets out to make them more interesting. But what Henry regards as interesting can be extremely embarrassing for all concerned.

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Author: Simon, Francesca Title: Horrid Henry and the Secret Club (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 5-7 Summary: Yet again he is out to cause trouble but this time Perfect Peter has other ideas. Why doesn't anyone notice when Peter is being horrid? A naughty tale of fun and wickedness. Author: Simon, Francesca Title: Horrid Henry’s Christmas Cracker (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 5-7 Summary: A selection of Christmas themed stories that all run in order of the month running up to Christmas itself. This fun and festive book sees Horrid Henry threatening to ruin his school play and disrupt Christmas for everyone! Author: Simon, Francesca Title: Horrid Henry's Haunted House (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 5-7 Summary: Horrid Henry gets into a battle with his brother, Perfect Pete, over what TV show to watch; goes on TV himself; discovers where X marks the spot so he can cheat in the hidden competition; and spends the night in a house he's assured is haunted. It's business as usual for the tiny terror! Author: Simon, Francesca Title: Horrid Henry's Stinkbomb (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 5-7 Summary: Horrid Henry uses a stinkbomb in his feud with Moody Margaret; he wins the school reading competition, only to find the prize is not what he expected; and he enjoys seeing Miss Battle-Axe ticked off by the Head when he knows it was all his fault.

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Author: Simon, Francesca Title: Horrid Henry & the Zombie Vampire (1 Volume, Arial 36) Reading Age: 5-7 Summary: Four hilarious new stories! A spooky sleepover in the museum is Horrid Henry's big chance to scare his classmates – and he proves to be on top horrid form!. Author: Smith, Jerry Title: Bob the Builder: Muck and the Machine Convoy (1 Volume, Arial 36) Reading Age: 3-7 Summary: The Old Watermill needs a new waterwheel. Muck is given the job of leader - but can he lead the machines safely to the mill? Join Bob and his friends on their adventures in Sunflower Valley. Author: Smith, Michael. Title: Ice Man: The Adventures of an Irish Antarctic Hero. (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 9-10 Summary: The incredible story of Irish Antarctic explorer Tom Crean adapted for children. A tale of danger, heroism, endurance and survival based on best-selling biography. Author: Smith, L.J. Title: The Vampire Diaries: The Awakening (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 13+ Summary: Book 1. Elena Gilbert is used to getting what she wants, and she wants the mysterious new boy at school, Stefan. Then she discovers he has a brother who is equally alluring. But these siblings are hiding a deadly secret—a secret that will change Elena’s life for ever. Author: Snicket, Lemony Title: The Bad Beginning (Book 1 of ‘A Series of Unfortunate Events’) (1 Volume, Arial 24)

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Reading Age: 8-11 Summary: The Baudelaire children, Violet, Klaus and baby Sunny, are exceedingly unlucky. Their parents had been killed, and they are forced to go and stay with Uncle Olaf. It soon turns out that Olaf has evil plans for the children. Author: Snicket, Lemony Title: The Reptile Room (Book 2 of ‘A Series of Unfortunate Events’) (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 8-11 Summary: After narrowly escaping the menacing clutches of the dastardly Count Olaf, the three Baudelaire orphans are taken in by a kindly herpetologist with whom they live happily for an all-too-brief time. Author: Snicket, Lemony Title: The Wide Window (Book 3 of ‘A Series of Unfortunate Events’) (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 8-11 Summary: The Baudelaire orphans Violet, Klaus, and Sunny go off to live with widowed Aunt Josephine, who is a very nervous lady and is afraid of almost everything. Her great passion in life is English grammar. Unfortunately for the orphans, Aunt Josephine's house is perched precariously on a cliff that overlooks Lake Lachrymose, a lake filled with deadly leeches. In addition, Hurricane Herman is headed toward them. But, most unfortunate for the orphans, Count Olaf, in the guise of Captain Sham, has found them. Author: Snicket, Lemony Title: The Miserable Mill (Book 4 of ‘A Series of Unfortunate Events’. (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 8-11 Summary: Violet, Klaus and Sunny Baudelaire have been transferred to yet another guardian. However, this time, their prospects seem to be even bleaker than before. Their new guardian, who prefers to be called Sir, insists that the children work in the mill in exchange for his efforts to keep Count Olaf away.

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Author: Snicket, Lemony Title: The Austere Academy (Book 5 of ‘A Series of Unfortunate Events’. (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 8-11 Summary: As their outrageous misfortune continues, the Baudelaire orphans are shipped off to a miserable boarding school, where they befriend the two Quagmire triplets and find that they have been followed by dreaded Count Olaf. Author: Snicket, Lemony Title: The Grim Grotto (Book 11 of ‘A Series of Unfortunate Events’) (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 8-11 Summary: The Baudelaires manage to drift along the river after being separated from Quigley, they stumble along the submarine "Queequeg" in which they are welcomed by an energetic Captain Widdershins, whose motto is to never hesitate on anything, and his stepdaughter Fiona, an aspiring mycologist. They are also welcomed the ship's cook, Phil, the Baudelaire's optimistic past fellow worker at the Lucky Smells Lumbermill. The Baudelaires discover that the crew of the Queequeg are searching for the mysterious sugar bowl. Author: Southgate, Vera Title: Chicken Licken (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 3+ Summary: The tale is sensitively retold, following Chicken Licken and his friends as they go to tell the king the sky is falling down. Author: Steinbeck, John, Title: Of Mice and Men (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 14+ Summary: This classic novella follows the lives of two "bindle stiffs", George Milton and Lennie Small, as they move from ranch to ranch looking for work. They dream of owning a piece of land. George is quick witted.

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Lennie, on the other hand is very strong physically but limited mentally and has a fascination for touching soft things, such as rabbit fur and clothes fabrics, which causes tragic consequences. Author: Stevenson, Robert Louis Title: Treasure Island (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 10+ Summary: Treasure Island is an adventure novel by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, narrating a tale of "buccaneers and buried gold" Author: Stine, R. L. Title: Beach Party (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 12+ Summary: Karen has invited her friend Ann-Marie to stay at her dad's beach apartment for the summer. They've even met two guys to hang out with. But someone doesn't want Karen to get close to Jerry. In fact, if she gets too close, they are prepared to go in for the kill. Author: Stine, R. L. Title: Nightmare Hour (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 8-12 Summary: "These are my scariest stories ever," says R. L. Stine, "because I wrote them at the Nightmare Hour." You know when that is ... it's when the lights fade, the real world slips into shadow, and the cold, moonlit world of evil dreams takes over your mind. Author: Stine, R.L. Title: Goosebumps: Stay Out of the Basement (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 8-12 Summary: Dr. Brewer is spending a lot of time down in the basement, and Margaret and Casey Brewer think their dad has been acting pretty strangely lately. Maybe it's just a little harmless plant-testing. After all, he is a botanist, and he needs something to do now that he's lost his job. But now

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he's developing distinctly plant like tendencies and Margaret and Casey are worried. What's going on down there? It's getting harder and harder to stay out of the basement!. Author: Storr, Catherine Title: Clever Polly and the Stupid Wolf. (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 5-8 Summary: It's not every little girl who finds a great black wolf at her front door, saying he's going to eat her up. But clever Polly isn't frightened. She has a plan that's bound to foil the stupid wolf! Author: Strong, Jeremy Title: Fat Bag: The Demon Vacuum Cleaner (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 5-7 Summary: The new school vacuum cleaner is no ordinary machine. It's a monstrous creation with a dreadful mission. It has slurped its way out of the playground on to the streets, and is eating up everything in its path. It is getting bigger and stronger to carry out its evil plan - to sweep up humans everywhere and take over the planet! Someone has to stop it, but how? Author: Swindells, Robert Title: Abomination (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 12-14 Summary: Martha is 12 and very different from other children. No television, no computer, no cool clothes, especially no friends. Martha has a secret, a shameful secret. Its name is Abomination. Author: Swindells, Robert Title: Room 13 (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 12-14 Summary: The terrible nightmare Fliss has before the school trip to Whitby is becoming a chilling reality. The hotel they are staying in holds a sinister secret. Every night at the stroke of midnight something strange happens to

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the cupboard on the hotel's dark landing. None of the teachers will believe what Fliss has seen but time is rapidly running out for Ellie-May Sunderland. Fliss will need to act quickly if she is to be saved... Author: Swindells, Robert Title: Brother in the Land (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 14+ Summary: An 'After-the-Bomb' story told by teenage Danny, one of the survivors - one of the unlucky ones. Set in Shipley, an ordinary town in the north of England, this is a powerful portrayal of a world that has broken down. Danny not only has to cope in a world of lawlessness and gang warfare, but he has to protect and look after his little brother, Ben, and a girl called Kim. Is there any hope left for a new world?

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T Author: Taylor, Mildred D. Title: Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry (2 Volumes, Arial 24) Reading Age: 12-14 Summary: Set in Mississippi at the height of the Depression, this is the story of a black farming family's struggle to maintain their pride, dignity and independence against the forces of a cruelly racist society. Narrated by nine-year-old Cassie, it tells of one turbulent year of tragedy and economic hardship, of night riders and burnings. Sometimes terrifying, sometimes warm and humorous, this novel is now a recognised classic for teenagers. Author: Taylor, Mildred D. Title: Let the Circle Be Unbroken (2 Volumes, Arial 24) Reading Age: 12-14 Summary: Sequel to Roll of Thunder. Author: Taylor, Theodore Title: The Cay (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 12-14 Summary: When the freighter on which they are travelling is torpedoed by a German submarine during World War II, a twelve-year-old boy, blinded by a blow on the head, and an elderly black deckhand are stranded on a desert island in the Caribbean. The man's wisdom and love enable the boy to acquire courage and insight and to overcome his bigotry. Author: Thompson, D.C. & Co. Title: The Beano Annual 2010 (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 5-12 Summary: The Beano Annual is the current name of the book that has been published every year since 1939, to tie in with the children's comic The Beano.

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Author: Thompson, Kate Title: The Last of the High Kings (2 Volumes, Arial 24) Reading Age: 11+ Summary: The spellbinding sequel to the multi-award-winning The New Policeman. J Liddy sometimes blames his unreliable temperament on the visit he made to Tir na n'Og, the land of eternal youth, when he was fifteen years old. It's perhaps not surprising that his children have also turned out to be a little eccentric, especially eleven-year-old Jenny. She forgets to go to school, can't bear to wear shoes, and spends entire days roaming the mountainside. Author: Toibin, Colm Title: Brooklyn (2 Volumes, Arial 24) Reading Age: 13+ Summary: It is Ireland in the early 1950s and for Eilis Lacey, as for so many young Irish girls, opportunities are scarce. So when her sister arranges for her to emigrate to New York, Eilis knows she must go, leaving behind her family and her home for the first time. Author: Tolkien, J. R. R. Title: The Hobbit (2 Volumes, Arial 24) Reading Age: 8-11 Summary: Whisked from his comfortable hobbit-hole by Gandalf the Wizard and a company of Dwarves, Bilbo Baggins finds himself caught up in a plot to raid the treasure hoard of Smaug the Magnificent, a large and very dangerous dragon. Author: Tolkien, J.R.R. Title: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. (4 Volumes, Arial 24) Reading Age: 12-14 Summary: In "The Fellowship of the Ring" the young hobbit, Frodo, is bequeathed a magical ring from his Uncle Bilbo, and learns that he must take it into the land of the Dark Lord, Sauron, and cast it into the Crack of Doom.

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Author: Tomlinson, Jill Title: The Cat Who Wanted To Go Home (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 3-7 Summary: Suzy is a little striped cat, who lives in a French seaside village with a fisherman and his four sons. Like all cats, Suzy is very inquisitive, which causes problems when she climbs into the basket of a hot air balloon - and is carried off over the Channel to England! How will she ever get back to France? It won't be easy, but Suzy refuses to be put off by a bit of water... Author: Tomlinson, Jill Title: The Gorilla Who Wanted to Grow Up (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 3-7 Summary: Pongo, a young male gorilla wants to grow up. He learns about the differing roles of his family and the community in which he lives. Through play with his young sister (Whoopsie) and his friends he finds his future role in life which is to be the leader of the gorilla troop. Author: Tomlinson, Jill Title: The Owl Who Was Afraid Of The Dark (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 3-7 Summary: Plop is exactly the same as every baby barn owl that has ever been - except for one thing. Plop is afraid of the dark. His parents keep telling him that dark is best, but it's no use. Plop just wants to be out of the nest to ask other people what they think of the dark, and Plop is amazed at their replies... Author: Tomlinson, Jill Title: Penguin's Progress (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 5-7 Summary: Otto is a penguin chick and he lives with lots of other penguins in the ice and snow of Antarctica, at the bottom of the world. But Otto is

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different from all the other chicks he knows, because he is "first chick," the first penguin born that year so it's his job to look after all the younger ones as they grow up. But nobody has told him what "growing up" means, and life is both confusing and exciting for Otto as he wonders what will happen next! Author: Townsend, Sue. Title: The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole (2 Volumes, Arial 24) Reading Age: 13+ Summary: At thirteen years old, Adrian Mole has more than his fair share of problems - spots, ill-health, parents threatening to divorce, rejection of his poetry and much more - all recorded with brilliant humour in his diary. Author: Treahy, Iona Title: Bob The Builder: Knights of a Can-a-Lot. (1 Volume, Arial 36) Reading Age: 3-7 Summary: When the team fix Castle Camelot, they are helped and hindered by Bob's dad, whom they rename Sir Boss-a-Lot. Will the castle be ready for the grand opening? Can they fix Castle Can-a-Lot? Yes, they can! Author: Turner, Tracey Title: The A-Z of Ghosts, Skeletons, and Other Haunting Horror (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 8-12 Summary: Whether you're completely fearless or a complete scaredy-cat, you need this book. Open it and discover a haunted houseful of spooky surprises packed with fearsome facts, quizzes, stories, games and other things to do. Find out: how to trick or treat, carve a pumpkin and other scary essentials what to do if you meet a werewolf some terrifying tales you might believe ...and a few you certainly won't. Read on and dig up a host of horribly haunting horrors - from A to Z.

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V Author: Various Title: The New Windmill Book Haunting Tales (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 8-12 Summary: A collection of ghost and mystery stories from well-known 20th-century authors, such as Roald Dahl, Ted Hughes, Gillian Cross and Robert Swindells. Author: Vornholt, John Title: Coyote Moon: Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 16+ Summary: The seedy carnival looks like just the thing to give Buffy and her best buds, Xander and Willow, a break from staking bloodsuckers. Some greasy food, a few cheap thrills - what more could a Slayer ask for? But then Buffy senses something evil behind the carnival. Xander and Willow aren't so sure. They don't buy Buffy's notion that the carneys are somehow connected to the corpses turning up around Sunnydale. Author: Vornholt, John Title: Sabrina the Teenage Witch: Knock on Wood (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 12-14 Summary: Westbridge High's American football team is having a run of good luck. The team are refusing to wash, as they think it will bring good luck. Sabrina and Dream a can't stand the smell and decide to teach the boys a lesson and show them how silly it is to be superstitious. But their plan backfires.

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W Author: Waddell, Martin Title: Cup Final Kid (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 6+ Summary: Herbie Bazooka may be small, fat and wear crummy old glasses, but he plays football like they do in Brazil. So when the Hottenham Totspurs' star striker is injured just before the FA Cup Final, who better to take his place than Herbie? Take your seats, please, for some amazing football action! Author: Walliams, David Title: Billionaire Boy (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 7+ Summary: Joe has a lot of reasons to be happy. About a billion of them, in fact. You see, Joe's rich. Really, really rich. He's got his own bowling alley, his own cinema, even his own butler who is also an orang-utan. He's the wealthiest twelve-year-old in the land. Yes, Joe has absolutely everything he could possibly want. But there’s just one thing he really needs: a friend… Author: Walliams, David Title: The Boy in the Dress (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 7+ Summary: Dennis was different. Why was he different, you ask? Well, a small clue might be in the title of this book… Author: Walliams, David Title: Gangsta Granny (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 7+ Summary: Ben is bored beyond belief after he is made to stay at his grandma’s house. She’s the boringest grandma ever: all she wants to do is play Scrabble and eat cabbage soup. But there are two things Ben doesn’t

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know about his grandma.1) She was once an international jewel thief. 2) All her life, she has been plotting to steal the Crown Jewels, and now she needs Ben’s help… A hilarious and heartfelt story of old age, adventure, stolen jewels and swimming the Thames, and another Number One bestseller. Author: Walliams, David Title: Mr Stink (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 7+ Summary: Mr Stink stank. He also stunk. And if it was correct English to say he stinked, then he stinked as well… It all starts when Chloe makes friends with Mr Stink, the local tramp. Yes, he smells a bit. But when it looks like he might be driven out of town, Chloe decides to hide him in the garden shed. Now Chloe's got to make sure no one finds out her secret. And speaking of secrets, there just might be more to Mr Stink than meets the eye… or the nose. Author: Walliams, David Title: Ratburger (2 Volumes, Arial 24) Reading Age: 7+ Summary: This is the story of a little girl called Zoe. Things are not looking good for Zoe. Her stepmother Sheila is so lazy she gets Zoe to pick her nose for her. The school bully Tina Trotts makes her life a misery – mainly by flobbing on her head. And now the evil Burt from Burt’s Burgers is after her pet rat! And guess what he wants to do with it? The clue is in the title… Author: Whelan, Gerard. Title: The Guns of Easter. (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 10-12 Summary: It is 1916 and Europe is at war. From the poverty of the Dublin slums twelve-year-old Jimmy Conway sees it all as glorious, and loves the British Army for which his father is fighting.

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Author: Whelan, Gerard. Title: A Winter of Spies (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 10-12 Summary: A sequel to The guns of Easter. In 1920 Dublin, eleven-year-old Sarah Conway learns that Ireland's struggle for independence, led by Michael Collins, is waged not only with guns but also with spies, lies, and secrets. Author: White, E.B. Title: Charlotte's Web (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 8-12 Summary: This is the story of a girl called Fern who loves a little pig called Wilbur. And of how Wilbur's dear friend Charlotte A. Cavatica, a beautiful grey spider, saves Wilbur from the usual fate of nice fat pigs, by a wonderfully clever plan (which no one else could possibly have thought of). Author: Whybrow, Ian Title: Little Wolf's Book of Badness (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 9-12 Summary: All Little Wolf wants to do is stay at home with Mum and Dad and Baby brother Smellybreff. Instead he’s packed off to Cunning College to learn the 9 Rules of Badess and earn his Gold BAD Badge from his wicked Uncle Bigbad. He sets off on his journey, sending letters home as he adventures in the big wide world. Author: Whybrow, Ian Title: Harry and the Bucketful of Dinosaurs. (1 Volume, Arial 36) Reading Age: 6+ Summmary: Harry finds some dusty plastic dinosaurs in Nan's attic. He cleans them, finds out their names and takes them everywhere - until, one day, the dinosaurs get lost! The lost property man gets a surprise when Harry proves the dinosaurs are his by calling them over to him.

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Author: Wilder, Laura Ingalls Title: On the Banks of Plum Creek (2 Volumes, Arial 24) Reading Age: 8-11 Summary: The family's first home in Minnesota was made of sod. But Pa builds a clean new house beside Plum Creek. The money for materials will come from their first wheat harvest. Then, just before the wheat is ready to harvest a strange glittering cloud fills the sky, blocking out the sun. Soon millions of grasshoppers cover the field and everything on the farm. In a week's time, there is no wheat left at all. Author: Wilkinson, Sheena Title: Too Many Ponies (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 9-12 Summary: Lucy hears about a riding competition with a cash prize that could save Rosevale, the sanctuary for horses. But it's up to Aidan to complete the team – and he's lost his nerve. Can he pluck up the courage to help save Rosevale? Author: Williams, Ursula Moray Title: Gobbolino, the Witch’s Cat (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 6+ Summary: No one could mistake Gobbolino for a simple kitchen cat, with his sparkly whiskers and magic tricks, but that’s just what the witch’s kitten wants to be. Instead of learning how to turn mice into toads, Gobbolino sets out to find a family to care for him and a home of his own. Author: Wilson, Jacqueline Title: Bad Girls (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 9+ Summary: Mandy had been picked on at school for as long as she could remember. That's why she is delighted when cheeky, full-of-fun Tanya picks her as a friend. Mum isn't that happy - she thinks Tanya is a "bad girl" and a

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bad influence. Mandy's sure that Tanya can only get her out of trouble, not into it... or could she? Author: Wilson, Jacqueline Title: Buried Alive (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 9+ Summary: Tim can't wait to go on holiday - especially as he gets to bring his friend Biscuits along. But their trip unexpectedly becomes truly, terribly adventurous when an encounter with two local bully-boys threatens to disrupt the fun. Author: Wilson, Jacqueline Title: Candyfloss (2 Volumes, Arial 24) Reading Age: 9+ Summary: Floss's parents are divorced, and she divides up her week, spending five days with her mum, her new stepdad and her baby half-brother. The other two days Floss spends with her dad, helping him to run his greasy spoon cafe. But their simple arrangement is thrown into disarray when Floss's mum decides to move to Australia. Making the difficult decision to stay at home, Floss moves in permanently with her dad and they muddle along happily together, surviving on chip butties and enjoying visits to the local funfair. But disaster strikes - Dad's money troubles catch up with him and they have to move out of the cafe. They're homeless - but can their new fairground friends help out? Author: Wilson, Jacqueline Title: The Cat Mummy (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 9+ Summary: For those aged eight and over, you can't do better than The Cat Mummy by Jaqueline Wilson, the funny, touching tale of Verity whose mum died the day she was born and who doesn't realise how much she loves her do-nothing cat until Mabel disappears. As always, Wilson hits every button. Author: Wilson, Jacqueline Title: Cliffhanger (1 Volume, Arial 24)

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Reading Age: 9+ Summary: From climbing and abseiling to canoeing and a Crazy Bucket Race, the adventure holiday promises to be full of action. There's just one problem as far as Tim is concerned: he is hopeless at sports of any kind. Can he survive the horrors of a week absolutely packed with activity? There are surprises in store for everyone! Author: Wilson Jacqueline Title: Cookie Reading Age: 9+ Summary: The main character in cookie is Beauty Cookson. She goes to a posh girls school and hates it. The girls are stuck up and tease her as Beauty is rather plain and very timid. Her mum is her dad’s third wife and very young. Dad is a bully which probably why he has been married three times. He terrifies his wife Dilly and little Beauty. He has very strict house rules and is constantly criticising Beauty for her lack of looks. Mum and daughter live in fear of him. After an awful birthday party with the girls in her class that have bullied her all year Dad does something unforgivable. Dilly and Beauty run away. Author: Wilson, Jaqueline. Title: Double Act (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 9+ Summary: Ruby and Garnet are ten-year-old twins. They're identical, and they do EVERYTHING together, especially since their mother died three years earlier - but they couldn't be more different. Bossy, bouncy, funny Ruby loves to take charge, and is desperate to be a famous actress, while quiet, sensitive, academic Garnet loves nothing more than to curl up with one of her favourite books. And when everything around the twins is changing so much, can being a double act work for ever? Author: Wilson, Jacqueline Title: The Illustrated Mum (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 9+

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Summary: Dolphin adores her mother, Marigold. She's got wonderful clothes, bright hair and vivid tattoos all over her body -- a colourful lady, to match her colourful life. But Dolphin's older sister, Star, is beginning to wonder if living with Marigold's fiery, unpredictable moods is the best thing for the girls. Author: Wilson, Jacqueline Title: Girls in Tears (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 9+ Summary: Ellie, Magda and Nadine have got all sorts of trouble. A kiss at a party threatens to break Ellie and Magda's friendship. But they both know that Nadine's about to get into big trouble with an "Internet date" and only the two of them together can save her. Will pride or friendship come first? Author: Wilson, Jacqueline Title: Girls Out Late (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 9+ Summary: Nine o'clock. That's when I have to be home. Dad thinks it's not safe any later. But then the most amazing things happen. Out with my best friends, gorgeous Magda and super-cool Nadine, I meet a boy. And it's "me" he's interested in. But will stay interested in a girl who has to be home by nine? Author: Wilson, Jacqueline Title: Girls Under Pressure (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 9+ Summary: Ellie is convinced that she has to go on a diet, even though her friends think that she is being silly. Author: Wilson, Jacqueline Title: Hetty Feather: Emerald Star (Book 3) (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 9+

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Summary: The life of Hetty Feather has been full of drama, danger, heartbreak, excitment. Now the little girl is ready to face her future. She is bold, she is brave, she is bright, she is Emerald Star. Author: Wilson, Jacqueline Title: Lola Rose (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 9+ Summary: When Jayni, her mum and little brother have to run away from her abusive father, it starts off as an adventure. They slip out at night, go up to London and stay in a hotel, and even make up false identities. But when the money runs out and reality bites, is it still a game they should play? Author: Wilson, Jacqueline Title: Secrets (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 9+ Summary: A chance meeting sparks a friendship between two very different girls, Treasure and India. When Treasure has to run away to avoid her stepfather, India comes up with a hiding place inspired by her favourite Author: Anne Frank. India hasn't got a real Secret Annexe but she has got a hidden attic. Author: Wilson, Jacqueline Title: Sleepovers (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 9+ Summary: Amy, Bella, Chloe, Daisy and Emily are school-friends who plan ever-more elaborate sleepover parties for their birthdays, until Daisy, the newest member of their club begins to dread her turn, wondering what her friends will make of her home and her sister, who has learning disabilities. Author: Wilson Jacqueline Title: The Story of Tracy Beaker (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 9+

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Summary: This book is like a fictional diary and a girl, aged 10, in a foster care home, is writing in it. Follow Tracy as she writes about her life in the so-called “Dumping Ground” with friends and enemies… Author: Wilson, Jacqueline Title: The Suitcase Kid (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 9+ Summary: My family always lived at Mulberry Cottage. Mum, Dad and me - and Radish, my Sylvanian rabbit. But we didn't live happily ever after. Now Mum lives with Bill the Baboon and his three kids. Dad lives with Carrie and her twins. And where do I live? I live out of a suitcase. Winner of the 1993 Children's Book award and shortlisted for the 1993 Carnegie Medal. Author: Wilson, Jaqueline Title: Take a Good Look (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 9+ Summary: Mary is fed up of being wrapped in cotton wool by her gran. Being blind doesn't mean that she can't look after herself. So Mary decides to go down to the sweetshop by herself for the first time but the trip is more eventful than she could ever have imagined and the shop is burgled whilst Mary is in there! How will she escape and get home safely?

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Author: Zephaniah, Benjamin Title: Refugee Boy (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 10+ Summary: Alem is on holiday with his father for a few days in London. He has never been out of Ethiopia before and is very excited. They have a great few days togther until one morning when Alem wakes up in the bed and breakfast they are staying at to find the unthinkable. His father has left him. It is only when the owner of the bed and breakfast hands him a letter that Alem is given an explanation. Alem's father admits that because of the political problems in Ethiopia both he and Alem's mother felt Alem would be safer in London - even though it is breaking their hearts to do this. Alem is now on his own, in the hands of the social services and the Refugee Council. He lives from letter to letter, waiting to hear from his father, and in particular about his mother, who has now gone missing... Author: Zusak Markus Title: The Book Thief (1 Volume, Arial 24) Reading Age: 12+ Summary: It is 1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier, and will become busier still. Liesel Meminger is a foster girl living outside of Munich, who scratches out a meagre existence for herself by stealing when she encounters something she can’t resist–books. With the help of her accordion-playing foster father, she learns to read and shares her stolen books with her neighbours during bombing raids as well as with the Jewish man hidden in her basement.

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