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Welcome to the British Museum, home to Lottie Lipton: nine-year-old investigator extraordinaire! Lottie loves the British Museum's Great Library and all the beautiful books that fill it. But the money hungry Head Curator wants to sell all of the...

From the million-copy-selling author of The Roman Mysteries comes the third whip-cracking adventure in this award-winning series.When P.K. is suddenly abducted, he fears he's going to be thrown in the river to drown. In fact, he's about to get a new case...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781781998410Author Patricia MurphyFormat PaperbackPage Count 306Imprint Hands on HistoryPublisher Poolbeg Press Ltd

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780822599753Format PaperbackPage Count 40Imprint Kar-Ben Copies LtdPublisher Kar-Ben Copies Ltd

The gripping sequel to Prisoner of Night and Fog. The epic tale of one young woman racing to save the man she loves during one of history's darkest hours. For fans of The Book Thief and Beneath a Scarlet Sky.' 'It's terrifying and incredible to think how...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780547577098Author Lois LowryFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Houghton MifflinPublisher Cengage Learning, Inc

There is much excitement at court as the famous painter Levina Teerlimc arrives to paint the Queen's portrait. The Maids of Honour are recruited to help entertain the Queen during the sittings, and to pose for the painter whilst the Queen is busy. They...

Join two best friends as history is made in 1585. When Nell and Kat - who work in rivalling courts - meet by chance, an unlikely friendship blossoms. But tensions are high and the rivalry between Elizabeth I and Mary...

Fire Storm is the fourth in the Young Sherlock Holmes series in which the iconic detective is reimagined as a brilliant, troubled and engaging teenager - creating unputdownable detective adventures that remain true to the spirit of the original books...

Everyone at the Royal Court was so excited today - the marvellous Frost Fair has come to London, and we all went ice skating! But there was a terrible discovery when the body of a man was found at the edge of the frozen river.Why was he killed, and what...

Everyone at the Royal Court was so excited today - the marvellous Frost Fair has come to London, and we all went ice skating! But there was a terrible discovery when the body of a man was found at the edge of the frozen river.Why was he killed, and what...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906132460Author Paul NolanFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint MogzillaPublisher Mogzilla

This series of hilarious fictional diaries put us inside the heads of hapless figures from history in frazzling situations. Suki is a 14-year-old girl in 16th century Japan who wants to become a samurai warrior like her father and brother. Despite...

A classic Christmas ghost story set in a haunted historic house - for fans of Emma Carroll and Lucy Strange.It's Christmas, and eleven-year-old Lolli must return to London and break a promise she made to herself - to never again step foot in the...

From the bestselling author of Horrible Histories, named 'the outstanding children's non-fiction author of the 20th century' by Books For Keeps ____________________ Nevis Island, Caribbean, 1680 Red-legs Greaves has been a slave, a pirate, and a rich...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781338133905Author Kate MessnerFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Scholastic PressPublisher Scholastic PressWeight(grams) 113gDimensions(mm) 188mm *...

A brilliantly-conceived and hugely imaginative 'sequel' to Mary Shelley's masterpiece, Following Frankenstein is a hugely exciting and beautifully-written historical adventure, perfect for 9-12 year olds.Sometimes I was jealous of the monster of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781665919401Author Robin StevensFormat HardbackPage Count 368Imprint Simon & Schuster Books for Young ReadersPublisher Simon & Schuster Books for Young...

Exam Board: AQA Level: GCSE Grade 9-1 Subject: English Literature Suitable for the 2024 exams Everything you need to revise for your...

Discover the extraordinary lives of the inspiring girls who have lived throughout history at 6 Chelsea Walk.Mary Ann's greatest wish is to become an opera singer, and she's thrilled when the famous child prodigy Mozart comes to perform in Chelsea. But in...

Book 3 in the Gracie Fairshaw series. Lights, camera, action! A new movie being filmed in Blackpool is a real scoop for trainee reporter Gracie Fairshaw. When she’s invited to interview the star, Sally Sunshine, Gracie uncovers a plot as exciting...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781545811368Author Rene GoscinnyFormat HardbackPage Count 48Imprint PapercutzPublisher PapercutzWeight(grams) 363gDimensions(mm) 241mm * 191mm * 10mm

Preparations for the wedding of one of Lady Grace's fellow Maids of Honour are interrupted when a shipment of gold, on its way to the Queen, is stolen! The culprit is a single masked horseman, all in black - or is it a gang of ruffians from the forest?...

It's the height of summer and the palace is full of ambassadors and ladies from the Spanish court. When a visit to the famous St Bartholomew's fair is planned to entertain the guests, Grace jumps at the chance to get out for the day. Not everybody feels...

It's the height of summer and the palace is full of ambassadors and ladies from the Spanish court. When a visit to the famous St Bartholomew's fair is planned to entertain the guests, Grace jumps at the chance to get out for the day. Not everybody feels...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Governor General's Literary Awards - Children's Literature - Illustration 1995.Book InformationISBN 9780887763809Author Ludmila ZemanFormat PaperbackPage Count...

Everyone knows about Anne Frank, and her life hidden in the secret annexe - or do they? Peter van Pels and his family are locked away in there with the Franks, and Peter sees it all differently. He's a boy, and for a boy it's just not the same. What is...

Floridius the Soothsayer has been asked to read the omens for a wealthy man whose villa appears to be haunted. The pay is good but it means studying a sheep's liver and poor Floridius faints at the sight of blood! Can Threptus solve the mystery and save...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781481422192Author Robin StevensFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Simon & Schuster Books for Young ReadersPublisher Simon & Schuster Books for Young...

France: February, 1944. Arianne knew Luc as a child, of course she did. Everyone in Samaroux knows each other. But he's been away, and five years really makes a difference to a boy. A young man.As they fall headily into love their world starts to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781338787917Author Lauren TarshisPage Count 640Imprint Scholastic USPublisher Scholastic USWeight(grams) 1597gDimensions(mm) 232mm * 158mm * 46mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of ALA Best Books for Young Adults 2004 and Texas TAYSHAS High School Reading List 2005. Nominated for Colorado Blue Spruce Young Adult Book Award 2005.Book...

Designed to appeal to the booklover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautiful gift editions of much loved classic titles. Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love and treasure. This edition of Black Beauty features illustrations...

"Delightful ... with its edge-of-your-seat pace, it deserves applause." Sunday Times, Children's Book of the Week"Storytelling at its best ... a classic in the making." The ScotsmanTo avoid financial ruin, the Pringle family's theatre-troupe has left...

Each novel in this thrilling series of historical mysteries is based on a real unsolved Tudor crime. This second instalment reunites readers with its star, London goldsmith Thomas Treviot.The Real CrimeHans Holbein, King Henry VIII's portrait painter,...

Lissadell House, 1915 In the Big House, life is changing for young housemaid, Lily, and her group of friends. Maeve de Markievicz, daughter of the famous Countess will soon be going away to school in England. What will this mean for the friendship...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781665919432Author Robin StevensFormat HardbackPage Count 400Imprint Simon & Schuster Books for Young ReadersPublisher Simon & Schuster Books for Young...

It's 1919 and Amritsar is a city on the brink of rebellion. Riots, violence and tension spill onto the streets . . . Bissen Singh fought bravely for the British Empire during World War One. Now he waits patiently for news from England.Gurdial, a young...

It's 1919 and Amritsar is a city on the brink of rebellion. Riots, violence and tension spill onto the streets . . . Bissen Singh fought bravely for the British Empire during World War One. Now he waits patiently for news from England.Gurdial, a young...

The perfect introduction to Greek mythology and archaeology for children aged 6-10!Coinciding with the highly anticipated British Museum exhibition 'Troy: Myth and Reality', this is the fascinating story of the destruction of an ancient city and the many...