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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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780689877001Author Deborah HopkinsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 40Imprint Aladdin PaperbacksPublisher Aladdin PaperbacksWeight(grams) 181gDimensions(mm)...

'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...

A boy tries to overcome his fear of the sea in this treasured classic and winner of the Newbery Medal.Maftu was afraid of the sea. It had taken his mother when he was a baby, and it seemed to him that the sea gods sought vengeance at having been cheated...

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,...

Nicholas Highgate, separated from his parents during the Japanese invasion of Hong Kong, is smuggled to the mainland by his Chinese nurse and disguised as a Chinese boy. As he grows to manhood he witnesses the atrocities and deprivations of the Japanese...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780698119901Author Eleanor CoerrFormat PaperbackPage Count 80Imprint Putnam Publishing Group,U.S.Publisher Putnam Publishing Group,U.S.Weight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593174371Author Shaw KuzkiFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA Inc

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 9780143449485Author Nalini RamachandranFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint PenguinPublisher Penguin Random House IndiaDimensions(mm) 200mm * 200mm * 10mm

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...

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...

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,...

Learn how to read Latin in this gripping puzzle mystery story, written by Blue Peter Award-winning author Andy Seed!When ancient Roman friends Flavia and Julius uncover a plot to overthrow the emperor, they must stop the criminals before it's too late...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780375868337Author Alison HartFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 145gDimensions(mm) 178mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780763670535Author Richard PlattFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Candlewick Press,U.S.Publisher Candlewick Press,U.S.Weight(grams) 147gDimensions(mm)...

Calling all budding explorers! The Animal Explorers series will inspire you to follow your dreams. In Toby the Deep-Sea Diver, Toby is a young tiger who longs to explore the deepest, darkest depths of the ocean...

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...

The story of a boy, a dog, and the storm of the century is brought vividly to life in this graphic novel adaptation of Lauren Tarshis's bestselling I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005, with text adapted by...

My Stars: Capricorn is a perfect gift for children born between 22nd December and 19th January. Children will learn all about their star sign, including: Science: Children will discover their constellation in the night sky and a die-cut finger trail to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780140310764Author Claire Huchet BishopFormat PaperbackPage Count 80Imprint Penguin Putnam IncPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 68gDimensions(mm)...

In this third book in the Tales of Rome series, Bryn returns to Britain but it is not as he left it. He finds himself in one of the most dangerous countries in Europe. A new threat is looming as a second rebellion against Roman rule is planned. Bryn must...

Joseph Malin loves his grandmother's fried fish, which she makes according to an old family recipe. It's so good, he thinks he might be able to make some money from it; money that his immigrant Jewish family desperately needs. He takes it into the...

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 9780525644231Author Bill DoyleFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Yearling (imprint of Random House Children's Books)Publisher Random House USA Inc

Part memoir, part biography, part book about creative writing and what really makes a novel, and also a brave book about failure, This Is Not A Book About Charles Darwin is unique and compelling.Book InformationISBN 9781910688571Author Emma DarwinFormat...

A young girl with a tragic past and a rhinoceros facing life in captivity form an unlikely and magical bond after a fateful storm and a shipwreck bring them together. A moving tale about love, connection and the healing power of friendship for readers 8+...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsShort-listed for Delaware Diamonds Award (Middle School) 2014.Book InformationISBN 9781250044174Author Sam AngusFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint St Martin's...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780399187360Author Ibi ZoboiFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint PuffinPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 227gDimensions(mm) 197mm * 130mm * 17mm

Get whisked away through time in the magic tree house with Jack and Annie in the #1 bestselling series--and meet famous Founding Father and inventor Ben Franklin!When Jack and Annie are whisked back in time by the magic tree house, they find themselves...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781338120943Author Lauren TarshisFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Scholastic USPublisher Scholastic USWeight(grams) 381gDimensions(mm) 226mm * 152mm *...

Sirens are blaring. Families huddle in bomb shelters. A nearby city is in flames.For Derek and his friends, night-time air raids are a normal part of everyday life. When a particularly violent raid closes their school for a few days, the boys use the...

Atmospheric, haunting and spine-chilling, this imagining of a young Henry Jekyll's childhood and his transformation into the infamous Mr Hyde is sure to thrill. What transforms an ordinary Edinburgh boy into the most infamous split personality...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781432865863Author Kimberly Brubaker BradleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 347Imprint Thorndike Press Large PrintPublisher Thorndike Press Large...

This is the re-telling of a classic story from the Prophet's life. It weaves a tale that shows how even the smallest of us can have a great destiny.Kube Publishing Ltd.About the AuthorFarah Morley has lectured to diverse audiences, including the BBC, the...

Cedric Robinson - political theorist, historian, and activist - was one of the greatest black radical thinkers of the twentieth century. In this powerful work, the first major book to tell his story, Joshua Myers shows how Robinson's work interrogated...

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)...

"Filled with kindness and hope...Heartbreaking...Necessary." -Booklist (starred review) Nadia's family is forced to flee their home in Aleppo, Syria, when the Arab Spring sparks a civil war in this timely, "harrowing" (Publishers Weekly) coming-of-age...

Sam Posey raced a huge variety of sports cars, saloons and open-wheel machines in numerous racing arenas - Can-Am, USRRC, Trans-Am, IMSA, Indy, NASCAR, Formula 5000 and Formula 1 - against rivals and friends such as George Follmer, Parnelli Jones, Mark...