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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780439796644Author Michael MorpurgoFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Scholastic USPublisher Scholastic US

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Caldecott Medal 2016. Commended for Charlotte Zolotow Award 2016.Book InformationISBN 9780316324908Author Lindsay MattickFormat HardbackPage Count 64Imprint...

This powerful book will provide children with a better understanding of life in Afghanistan as Kabul fell to the Taliban. Using extracts from their collective diary on WhatsApp, kept during and following the fall of...

1945. War has ended, but for sisters Isobel and Flora the struggles still continue. They've lost their father and had their home destroyed in a bombing raid, and now they must go to live with their aunt and her awful husband Mr Godfrey in their...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Christopher Book Awards 2020 and Hackmatack Children's Choice Book Award 2021 and Rocky Mountain Book Award 2021.Book InformationISBN 9780735264427Author Mireille...

A valuable painting leaves the train station in Galway in a guarded carriage. When the train arrives in Dublin, the painting is gone. Suspicion immediately falls on Mr Kavanagh, the train's guard. Twins Deirdre and Tim know their father isn't the...

Build your child's reading confidence at home with books at the right level Collins Big Cat supports every primary child on their reading journey from phonics to fluency. Top authors and illustrators have created fiction and non-fiction books...

Data science ethics is all about what is right and wrong when conducting data science. Data science has so far been primarily used for positive outcomes for businesses and society. However, just as with any technology, data science has also come with...

A high octane, high drama romp, following the adventures of Victorian laundry maid Minnie O'Sullivan and her unforgettable band of friends.After a series of misfortunes, Minnie O'Sullivan is whisked away to Haddington Hall: a nightmarish home for wayward...

Yvonne Pope Sintes only ever wanted to fly. But in the 1950s, very few women were allowed into the male dominated world of aviation. Whilst many women were consigned to the role of house-wife, Yvonne chose a different path. Her dream was to join the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780147511140Author Thomas MeehanFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 227gDimensions(mm) 197mm * 127mm...

_______________ 'I will always put Celia and her books on the top rung of YA' - BookWitch 'Celia Rees is one of Britain's foremost writers for teenagers' - Playdays and Runaways _______________ The outstanding sequel to critically acclaimed...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780684193342Author Byrd BaylorFormat HardbackImprint Prentice Hall & IBDPublisher Prentice Hall (a Pearson Education company)

Loosely based on the Haitian slave insurrection of 1791, Babouk is a biting account of colonialism at its peak. By using the imagination of the novelist to fill in the gaps in the historical record, Endore is able to show us how slavery felt to the...

The Hunters is the third book in the Brotherband series, from the author of the internationally bestselling Ranger's Apprentice.Hal and his brotherband crew are hot on the trail of the pirate Zavac and they have one thing only on their minds: stopping...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780553497311Author Shelley PearsallFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Random House Books for Young ReadersPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780152276515Author Jan BrettFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint Voyager Books,U.S.Publisher Voyager Books,U.S.

In A Ceiling Made of Eggshells, Newbery Honor-winning author Gail Carson Levine tells a moving and ambitious story set during the expulsion of Jews from Spain, about a young Jewish girl full of heart who must play her own role in her people's epic...

* A Chicago Public Library's Best of the Best Books of 2019 Selection * A Canadian Children's Book Center Best Books for Kids & Teens Pick *From debut author Tina Athaide comes a soaring tale of empathy, hope, and resilience, as two best friends living...

It is Paris in the 1400s. A young girl named Marguerite delights in assisting her father, Jacques, in his craft: illuminating manuscripts for the nobility of France. His current commission is a splendid book of hours for his patron, Lady Isabelle, but...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781597843812Author Cengiz DemirFormat HardbackPage Count 102Imprint The Light IncPublisher Tughra BooksWeight(grams) 382g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780823445820Author Lesa Cline-RansomeFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Holiday House IncPublisher Holiday House IncWeight(grams) 108gDimensions(mm)...

John Geoffrey Lee (always known as Geoff) joined the RAF on his 20th birthday in June 1941. He left Liverpool on a troop ship in December 1941, with no idea where he was going. He eventually arrived in Java, where he was captured by the Japanese, along...

An outsider becomes a hero and a boy becomes a man in this classic coming-of-age tale from the heyday of the three-ring circus, by three-time Newbery Honor Book author Eloise Jarvis McGraw.The circus is all young Joe Lang knows. The third generation of a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Children's Book Committee Award (Fiction) 2016. Commended for Newbery Medal (Children's) 2016 and Georgia Children's Book Award (Children's Book) 2017 and E.B...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780525643999Author Jeffrey BrownFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Random House USA Children's BooksPublisher Random House USA Inc

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781781998779Author Ann CarrollFormat PaperbackPage Count 50Imprint In A NutshellPublisher Poolbeg Press Ltd

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780994163004Author Alan P LandauFormat PaperbackPage Count 266Imprint Alandau P/LPublisher Alandau P/LWeight(grams) 349gDimensions(mm) 210mm * 148mm * 15mm

When Troy is caught up in a terrorist attack that takes the lives of his parents, he discovers an amazing power - bullets can't harm him. With this secret uncovered he's soon recruited into a underground organisation where he meets Scarlet, a girl with...

Christopher Rowe is back and there are more puzzles, riddles, and secrets to uncover in this third novel of the award-winning Blackthorn Key series.Wherever Christopher Rowe goes, adventure-and murder-follows. Even a chance to meet King Charles ends in a...

'Great story' Irish Times Sophie and Hugh are evacuated to Greystones in Ireland when their house is bombed during the London Blitz. Their mother is seriously injured and their father is away fighting in the war, so the children are sent to their...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781595985200Author Terri ArthurFormat PaperbackPage Count 84Imprint Henschelhaus Publishing, Inc.Publisher Henschelhaus Publishing, Inc.Weight(grams)...

Some summers were made for growing up... Dundee, 1917. When his father goes to fight in the war, 11-year-old James is sent to live with his mill-town relatives and his cousin, Billy. In this unfamiliar world of poverty, bullying, and uncertainty,...

Dust storms and dismal farming conditions force young Ruby's family to leave their home in Oklahoma and travel to California to find work. As they move from camp to camp, Ruby sometimes finds it hard to hold on to hope. But on one fateful day, Dorothea...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781683371342Author Janet ShawFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint American Girl Publishing IncPublisher American Girl Publishing IncWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781416905868Author Laurie Halse AndersonFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Atheneum Books for Young ReadersPublisher Atheneum Books for Young...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of ALA Notable Children's Book 2005 and Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Book 2005.Book InformationISBN 9780553507805Author Virginia HamiltonFormat PaperbackPage...

From the bestselling author of Horrible Histories, named 'the outstanding children's non-fiction author of the 20th century' by Books For Keeps _______________ Ideal for readers aged 7+ Isambard Kingdom Brunel's Great Western is the biggest,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780836135466Author Lucille TravisFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Herald Press (VA)Publisher Herald Press (VA)Weight(grams) 204gDimensions(mm) 194mm *...

From the bestselling author of Horrible Histories, named 'the outstanding children's non-fiction author of the 20th century' by Books For Keeps _______________ Ideal for readers aged 7+ Molly loves travelling with Shakespeare's theatre company but...