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Nominated for the Carnegie Medal for Writing 'A vivid and powerful story ... Another tour de force by Alex Wheatle, a truly gifted storyteller' David Olusoga Kemosha and her brother have lived their whole lives in slavery. Sold away to work in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781985046702Author Magical Minds LearningFormat PaperbackPage Count 38Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent...

New York City, 1922. Nicolas Caraveo, a 17-year-old Latinx transgender boy from Minnesota, has no interest in the city's glamour. He rents a small house in West Egg from his 18-year-old cousin, Daisy Fabrega, who lives in fashionable East Egg near her...

Meet Hilda - explorer, adventurer, avid sketchbook-keeper and friend to every creature in the valley! Well ... almost every creature. We rejoin our favourite blue-haired heroine to find her warding off the nightmarish Marra, rescuing weather spirits...

A miscellany of actual patents for wonderfully bizarre inventions, Brilliantly Bad is a salute to what the human mind can achieve - even if it probably shouldn't. This collection of the strangest ideas ever patented,...

Sweeping across countries, class and music, Eva Ibboton's classic historical romance, Magic Flutes, is a richly imagined tale of intrigue and identity, with a new introduction from Harriet Evans.In the spring of 1922, young Austrian Princess...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781789824049Author Marc BlakeFormat PaperbackPage Count 188Imprint Acorn BooksPublisher Acorn BooksWeight(grams) 281gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 11mm

This #1 New York Times bestseller and deliciously creepy horror novel has a storyline inspired by the Ripper murders and an unexpected, blood-chilling conclusion.Seventeen-year-old Audrey Rose Wadsworth was born a lord's daughter, with a life of wealth...

An extraordinarily rich debut novel, set in India in 1947 at the time of Partition, touching on the importance of tolerance, love and family. The main character is Bilal, a boy determined to protect his dying father from the news of Partition - news...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781914314285Author Hoxton Mini PressFormat HardbackPage Count 156Imprint Hoxton Mini PressPublisher Hoxton Mini Press

Helped by Beaky the toucan and his jungle friends, children can develop their times tables skills. The activities in this book build confidence in understanding multiplication, and provide practice for the 3, 4, 6 and 8 times tables.Filled with fun...

Would you be brave enough to fight back? When 12-year-old Janet's village is under threat- she decides to take action. It's a split-second decision that could cost her everything: her home, her family - even her life. Can Janet save her village...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780446673587Author Christian JacqFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Warner BooksPublisher Little, Brown & Company

Goliath got angry ALL the time. Anything and anyone could spark off his rages. Some sweet singing ... a croc crunching ... a birthday party ... Then, Goliath has an idea how to control his anger. His new theory is soon put to the test by the world's...

North Carolina, 1863. As the American Civil War rages on, the Freedmen's Colony of Roanoke Island is blossoming, a haven for the recently emancipated. Black folk have begun building a community of their own, a refuge from the shadow of the 'old life.' It...

This book examines a challenging problem at the intersection of theoretical linguistics and the psychology of language: the interpretation of gradient judgments of sentence acceptability in relation to theories of grammatical knowledge. Acceptability...

Winner of the Young Quills Historical Fiction Award Nominated for the Carnegie Medal Maggie has witnessed impossible things. But no one believes her, and now her family has taken her away to spend the winter upstate in a remote, freezing farmhouse. ...

Windyedge Airfield, Scotland. World War II. Louisa Adair, newly orphaned and shunned for her mixed-race heritage, has come here to the edge of the world to look after an old lady with a dark past. Jamie Beaufort-Stuart is a flight lieutenant whose...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781398442184Author Victoria El HenawyFormat PaperbackPage Count 232Imprint Austin Macauley PublishersPublisher Austin Macauley Publishers

OK. So we all know reading is hard. And boring. Want to know how to get out of it? If someone's nagging you to open a book, grab this one! Inside you'll find perfect tips on how to fool people into thinking you're reading. You may even find yourself...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsNominated for Colorado Blue Spruce Young Adult Book Award 1985.Book InformationISBN 9780440947974Author Harry MazerFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Bantam Doubleday...

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. But when war comes to his own streets Jimmy's loyalties are...

A Company of Swans is a sweeping tale of romance, freedom and the beauty of dance from award-winning author, Eva Ibbotson, with a new introduction by Joanna Nadin.Weekly ballet classes are Harriet Morton's only escape from her intolerably dull life. So...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of ALA Best Books for Young Adults 2007 and Book Sense Children's Pick List 2007 and Bulletin Blue Ribbon Book 2006 and Horn Book Fanfare 2006 and IRA Notable Books...

Disillusioned by the propaganda of Nazi Germany, Sophie Scholl, her brother, and his fellow soldiers formed the White Rose, a group that wrote and distributed anonymous letters criticizing the Nazi regime and calling for action from their fellow German...

Out of the Easy is set against the vivid backdrop of 1950s New Orleans. Written by New York Times bestselling author Ruth Sepetys, this novel has something for everyone: love, mystery, murder, blackmail and warmth.Josie Moraine wants out of The Big Easy...

It is Edinburgh, 1822, and young Robbie is eight years old when he witnesses his mother's pain and subsequent death from an operation - without anaesthetic - to remove a tumour from her breast at the hands of Dr Knox. Haunted by this terrible event,...

Foster on EU Law offers an incisive account of the institutions and procedures of the EU alongside focused analysis of core substantive areas. This clear three-part structure provides students with a solid foundation in the mechanisms and applications of...

It's World War 2. Seventeen year-old Max meets a Romani girl from a circus who he falls in love with. But love between a member of the Hitler Youth and a gypsy is forbidden - as events tear them apart, can their love survive?About the AuthorSarah...

The year is 1952. The threat of invasion from the Soviet Union has people in a panic. The government has issued a call to civilians to act as radar - and Teddy, John, Caroline, Eleanor, Bunny, Frank, and Oscar eagerly answer. As members of their high...

In 1771, Robert Burns, future national poet and folk hero of Scotland, has big problems. 12-year-old Rab spends all of his time doing backbreaking work on his family's farm instead of attending school, but when he finds a hag stone in one of the...

In 1976, a heatwave hot enough to melt concrete punishes Scotland. While everything burns, a woman arrives in Little Denny Road with a set of keys for her new council flat. She isn't alone. Her two daughters are always by her side, except at night when...

From the author of Lily at Lissadell and the 'Alice & Megan', 'Eva' and 'Time After Time' series Lissadell House, Sligo, 1913 Friends Lily and Nellie work long hard hours as housemaids for the Gore Booth family in the Big House. And yet these are...

In this small but powerful little book, Sarah Yardley offers bite-sized explorations on what the Bible says about change and how to navigate it. Change is inevitable; from our experiences and expectations, to longings, love and loss. For many of us...

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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Edgar Allan Poe Awards (Young Adult) 2017.Book InformationISBN 9780316260633Author Monica HesseFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Little, Brown Books for Young...

In the sixteenth century, Granuaile, the Pirate Queen, warrior and leader, was the terror of the North Atlantic and the most feared woman in Ireland. Heading a large army and a fleet of ships, she lived by trading and raiding and demanding tribute from...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781802581089Author Geoffrey LLoydFormat HardbackPage Count 64Imprint Graffeg LimitedPublisher Graffeg LimitedDimensions(mm) 150mm * 200mm * 12mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781398462120Author James BeardFormat PaperbackPage Count 136Imprint Austin Macauley PublishersPublisher Austin Macauley Publishers

Eleven-year-old Arn is walking through the countryside in Cambodia. His whole town is walking with him. They're walking into one of the most tragic moments of history: the Killing Fields.Music will save him. Hope, luck and kindness will save him. This is...