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1) Ruby?s worry
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Bloomsbury Children's Books
Pub. Date
2018
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Ruby loves being Ruby. Until, one day, she finds a worry. At first it's not such a big worry, and that's all right, but then it starts to grow. It gets bigger and bigger every day and it makes Ruby sad. How can Ruby get rid of it and feel like herself again? A perceptive and poignant story that is a must-have for all children's bookshelves. This eBook comes with a glorious audio accompaniment, read by CBeebies star Justin Fletcher.
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Boy Who Grew Dragons volume 4
Pub. Date
2020
Description
Tomas misses his pet dragon but then meets a new dragon and makes a new friend.
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Onyeka volume 1
Pub. Date
2022
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I close my eyes, trying to push the power bubbling in me back down . . . Hairbands snap as my hair shoots out like superfine arrows, tearing through everything in its path. Onyeka has a lot of hair- the kind that makes strangers stop in the street. She?s always felt insecure about her vibrant curls, until she makes an important discovery: she can control her hair with her mind! Her mother quickly whisks her off to the Academy of the Sun, a...
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Walker Books
Pub. Date
2022
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Sona Sharma, who lives in India, learns all about school elections, the ups and downs of best friends, and how to choose what matters most in life. When Miss Rao announces that there's going to be an election for Class Leader, Sona is excited to stand as a candidate - until she finds herself competing against her best friends, Joy and Renu. When the three girls fall out, Sona must decide what matters most - winning the election or proving herself...
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Hot Key Books
Pub. Date
2023
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From Joya Goffney, author of hit YA romcom Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry, comes a stirring coming-of-age, best friends-to-lovers romance... Nikki's always had a difficult relationship with her mum. So when she finds herself homeless at the start of spring break, she decides to rage-quit Texas and give California a shot, to pursue her dream music career. Until her best friend and long-time crush, Malachai, discovers her plan and convinces her to spend...
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HarperCollinsChildren?sBooks
Pub. Date
2021
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Lily and Blue Kangaroo - a friendship forever! A heart warming festive story featuring Lily and her much-loved toy, Blue Kangaroo, read by Joanna Lumley. It?s Christmas Eve, and Lily is excitedly wondering if Father Christmas will come. She has made cards for everyone, helped to decorate the house and put presents under the tree. ?This one is just for you, Blue Kangaroo!? she says.? Just for me!? thinks Blue Kangaroo.But Blue Kangaroo doesn?t have...
9) Birdsong
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Barrington Stoke Ltd
Pub. Date
2022
Description
The blackbirds? song uplifts and restores in this captivating novella from one of the most exciting voices in children?s fiction. After a devastating car crash, Annie is unable to play her flute and retreats from the music she?s always loved. She exists in a world of angry silence - furious with her mum and furious she can?t seem to play her beloved flute any more. Then she meets Noah, who shows her the blackbirds? nest hidden in the scrubland near...
11) Oxygen mask
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Pub. Date
2022
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A graphic novel in free verse, encompassing the pandemic and the Black Lives Matter action of the 2020s, from the perspective of a teenager quarantined with his family.
12) Chain of thorns
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Series
Last Hours volume 3
Publisher
Walker Books
Pub. Date
2023
Description
James and Cordelia must save London - and their marriage - in this thrilling and highly anticipated conclusion to the Last Hours series from the #1 New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Cassandra Clare. Chain of Thorns is a Shadowhunters novel. Cordelia Carstairs has lost everything that matters to her. In only a few short weeks, she has seen her father murdered, her plans to become parabatai with her best friend, Lucie, destroyed, and her...
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Bloomsbury Children's Books
Pub. Date
2022
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An extraordinary story about friendship and betrayal. Of revenge and retribution but also redemption. Perfect for 11+ readers who enjoy Stranger Things. Hex never meant for the girl to follow him and his friend Tommo into the woods. He never meant for her to fall off the rope swing and break her arm. When the finger of blame is pointed at him, Hex runs deep into the woods and his fierce sense of injustice leads him to a strange clearing in the woods...
14) chain of gold
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Series
The Last Hours volume 1
Publisher
Walker Books
Pub. Date
2020
Description
Chain of Gold is a Shadowhunters novel. Cordelia Carstairs is a Shadowhunter, a warrior trained since childhood to battle demons. When her father is accused of a terrible crime, she and her brother travel to Edwardian London in the hope of preventing the family?s ruin. Cordelia?s mother wants to marry her off, but Cordelia is determined to be a hero rather than a bride. Soon Cordelia encounters childhood friends James and Lucie Herondale and is drawn...
16) Strong and tough
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Pub. Date
2022
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Follows Manchester City player, Rico Hinson-King's personal story of how he and his sisters were taken into care as children and taken in by foster parents who eventually adopted both him and his two sisters.
17) The island
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Pub. Date
2021
Description
Welcome to The Island. Where your worst fears are about to come true. It was supposed to be the perfect holiday: a week-long trip for six teenage friends on a remote tropical island. But when their guide dies of a stroke leaving them stranded, the trip of a lifetime turns into a nightmare. Because someone on the island knows each of the group's worst fears. And one by one, they're becoming a reality. Seven days in paradise. A deadly secret. Who will...
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Puffin
Pub. Date
2019
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Luckily for Sam, his older brother, Jason, has always been there for him. Sam idolises Jason, who seems to have life sorted - he's kind, popular, amazing at football, and girls are falling over themselves to date him. But then one evening Jason calls his family together to tell them that he's been struggling with a secret for a long time. A secret which quickly threatens to tear them all apart. His parents don't want to know and Sam simply doesn't...
19) Chain of iron
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Series
The Last Hours volume 2
Publisher
Walker Books
Pub. Date
2021
Description
The Collector's First Edition features ten black-and-white character silhouettes by celebrated cut-paper artist Kathleen Jennings and a bonus short story. The Shadowhunters must catch a killer in Edwardian London in this dangerous and romantic sequel to the #1 New York Times bestselling novel Chain of Gold, from New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Cassandra Clare. Chain of Iron is a Shadowhunters novel. Cordelia Carstairs seems to have...
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Amelia Fang volume 5
Pub. Date
2019
Description
Amelia has to find missing yeti treasures before the whole of Yeti Mountain crumbles away.