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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781736010419Author Kimberly MullinsFormat PaperbackPage Count 264Imprint Jkj Books, LLCPublisher Jkj Books, LLCWeight(grams) 308gDimensions(mm) 216mm *...

An historical thriller narrated from two different perspectives, in two eras. The novel revolves, around kidnapping of five babies during the night of 5th of April 1885. This is the start of the experiment into the idea of nature vs nurture. What happens...

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 9780385755467Author Philip KerrFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint EmberPublisher EmberWeight(grams) 227g

"The Uncle Tom's Cabin of wage slavery." -Jack London. Sinclair's masterpiece is an honest, sometimes brutal, tour de force that opened America's eyes to the struggles and horrors many immigrants endured.Welcome to Chicago during the early 1900s. Upton...

Nancy Brown is an ordinary girl living in the industrial town of Orethorpe at the outbreak of the Second World War. Her life suddenly changes when she is told to report to the mysterious Megg House, and soon she finds herself caught up in a top-secret...

Jennifer A. Nielsen, award-winning author of A Night Divided and Rescue, artfully weaves together the stories of five kids living through World War I, each of whom holds the key to the others' futures ... if they are...

Fourteen-year-old Dita is one of the many imprisoned by the Nazis at Auschwitz. Taken, along with her mother and father, from the Terezin ghetto in Prague, Dita is adjusting to the constant terror that is life in the camp. When Jewish leader Freddy...

In the Dublin of 1922 with Civil War about to break out, working class Annie Reilly is thrilled to win a scholarship to Eccles Street Convent School. A little frozen out by her old friends, yet not wholly accepted by all of her new classmates, she is...

England, 1582ELLIE - Lady Eleanor Rodriguez of San Jaime - is in possession of a gold-seeking father, a worthless title and a feisty spirit that captivates the elite of the Queen's court, and none other than the handsome new Earl of Dorset . . .WILLIAM...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781627791823Author Lucinda GrayFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Square FishPublisher Square FishWeight(grams) 318gDimensions(mm) 213mm * 137mm * 18mm

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...

Lights flash and sirens sound! A police car is on its way! Police cars keep our roads and neighbourhoods safe. Police cars are fast and carry equipment for fighting crime. Young readers will find out about police cars, their main parts and how these...

The history of theatre has often been written as a history of great writers, actors, or directors. This book takes a different approach: The contributors examine the history of performance from the perspective of theatre spaces and stage technologies...

Through biographical narratives, Claiming Home traces how queer migrant women living in Switzerland navigate often contradictory perspectives on sexuality, gender, and nation. Situated between heteronormative and racialized stereotypes of migrant women...

Revisit the tale of Rumpelstiltskin with this graphic novel for new readers. The king demands the miller's daughter spin straw into gold. She doesn't know how until Rumpelstiltskin appears out of nowhere with his magic. But as the king asks for more...

Karate is the most important thing in Aliyah's life. It allows her to fight - and she's good at that. It also makes her feel like a winner. Nothing is more important to Aliyah than taking down an opponent, especially if it's her main rival, Suma. Things...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783753302300Author Amelie von WulffenFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther KonigPublisher Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther...

Who is meant when people talk about the citizens or the activists? Often, they are implied to mean the most privileged positionalities. Simultaneously, refugees and migrants tend to be seen through their (supposed) legal status. Thus, they are neither...

When a spooky yeti attacks the Gotham City Ice Rink with a freeze ray, Mystery Inc. gets caught in the crossfire. Just when the gang looks destined for a frosty fate, Batman and Robin swoop in to save the day. Can Scooby and his friends help the Dynamic...

When Ollie makes a new friend, Bea isn't happy. Can she bat aside her hard feelings and learn to share her best friend with someone else? Find out in this early graphic novel that will get young readers giggling with its silly puns and playfully panelled...

A suspenseful historical YA debut inspired by the true story of an all-female bomber unit in Russia during World War II. World War II has erupted in Valka's homeland of Russia, and Valka is determined to help the effort. She's a pilot--and a good...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780374466169Author Rosemary SutcliffFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Byr)Publisher Farrar, Straus and Giroux...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780385751896Author John BoyneFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Bantam Doubleday DellPublisher Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group IncWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780312653040Author Morris GleitzmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams) 172gDimensions(mm) 209mm...

Irish teenager Barry O'Neill is journeying to New York on the Titanic's fateful maiden voyage. He's homesick and worried about the Flynn boys traveling in steerage, who have threatened to throw him overboard. Little does Barry know that a struggle with...

In Charlestown Prison, Malcolm Little struggles with the weight of his past. Plagued by nightmares, he drifts through days unsure of his future. Slowly he befriends other prisoners and writes to his family. He reads all the books in the prison library,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780553522426Author Kiersten WhiteFormat PaperbackPage Count 432Imprint EmberPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 380gDimensions(mm) 210mm * 141mm *...

Winner of the Boston Globe/Horn Book Award!7 starred reviews! "Monumental." -Booklist (starred review) * "A marathon masterpiece."-Kirkus (starred review) * "Necessary."-SLJ (starred review) * "Shocking and dramatic."-Shelf Awareness (starred review) *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307930583Author Michelle CooperFormat PaperbackPage Count 560Imprint EmberPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 469gDimensions(mm) 210mm * 140mm *...

Warsaw, 1942. Sixteen-year old Mira smuggles food into the Warsaw ghetto to keep herself and her family alive. When she discovers that the entire ghetto is to be 'liquidated' - killed or resettled to concentration camps - she desperately tries to find a...

Jerusalem, 1192. The Third Crusade rages on. Rahma al-Hud loyally followed her elder sister, Zeena, into the war over the Holy Land, but now all she wants to do is get herself and her sister home alive. When Zeena refuses to give up the fight while...

Jamal loves riding his bike as fast as he can around the neighbourhood. But when his dad signs him up for the local BMX racing team, he learns speed isn't the only thing you need to win a race that has jumps! Another racer on his team, Brian, offers to...

Packed full of trivia, facts and stats, The Top 10 of Everything England covers every aspect of the Three Lions' long and colourful history in dozens of ranked lists. With a star cast of past and present internationals, the lists include the most...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062003300Author Maud Hart LovelaceFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc

The thrilling conclusion to Ryan Graudin's Carnegie Medal 2017 nominated alternative history and fantasy epic, WOLF BY WOLF. In 1950s Germany, the war may be over, but the fight has just begun . . .There would be blood. Blood for blood. Blood to pay. An...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsCommended for William C. Morris YA Debut Award 2019.Book InformationISBN 9780735232136Author Joy McCulloughFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Penguin USAPublisher...

A suspenseful historical YA debut inspired by the true story of an all-female bomber unit in Russia during World War II.World War II has erupted in Valka's homeland of Russia, and Valka is determined to help the effort. She's a pilot-and a good one-so...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsNominated for Texas TAYSHAS High School Reading List 2019 and William C. Morris YA Debut Award 2019.Book InformationISBN 9781524700386Author Vesper StamperFormat...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsCommended for Michael L. Printz Award (Young Adult) 2020.Book InformationISBN 9781250225504Author Geraldine McCaughreanFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Flatiron...