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Pub. Date
2019
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Paul Stewart has returned to Scotland to continue his successful career. His agent and girlfriend, Gloria, has arranged for him to write The Philosophy of Food in Six Easy Chapters, a project he relishes but that will have to be delivered in six months. It is not going well, as Paul finds his domestic circumstances unsuited to concentrated hard work: Gloria has now moved in with him (not specifically invited) and has brought with her two extremely...
2) Ratburger
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This is the fifth hilarious and touching novel from David Walliams: number one bestseller and fastest growing children's author in the country.
3) Bad dad
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Frank must save his dad when he is sent to prison after getting involved with a criminal gang while down on his luck.
6) Awful auntie
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Stella's horrible auntie plots to steal the stately home she has inherited.
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Frances is twenty-one years old, cool-headed and darkly observant. A college student and aspiring writer, she devotes herself to a life of the mind - and to the beautiful and endlessly self-possessed Bobbi, her best friend and comrade-in-arms. Lovers at school, the two young women now perform spoken-word poetry together in Dublin, where a journalist named Melissa spots their potential. Drawn into Melissa's orbit, Frances is reluctantly impressed by...
8) Good omens
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Publisher
Transworld Digital
Pub. Date
2012
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'Armageddon only happens once, you know. They don't let you go around again until you get it right' People have been predicting the end of the world almost from its very beginning, so it's only natural to be sceptical when a new date is set for Judgement Day. But what if, for once, the predictions are right, and the apocalypse really is due to arrive next Saturday, just after tea? You could spend the time left drowning your sorrows, giving away all...
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HarperCollinsChildren?sBooks
Pub. Date
2017
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A collection of all 6 books in the super-awesome Ruby Redfort series!Hey, buster! Normal life is a total yawn. So break out boredom with multi-million-copy bestselling author Lauren Child, and meet your new favourite heroine? Ruby Redfort: detective, secret agent, thirteen-year-old kid.Here?s the low-down on Ruby Redfort: she?s a genius code-cracker, a daring detective, and a gadget-laden special agent. She and her slick side-kick butler, Hitch, foil...
12) Too nosey
Publisher
Egmont Books
Pub. Date
2016
Description
Two fun stories featuring Mr Small and Mr Nosey.
13) High fidelity
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Publisher
Penguin
Pub. Date
2015
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Nick Hornby's first novel, an international bestseller and instantly recognized by critics and readers alike as a classic, helps to explain men to women, and men to men. Rob is good on music: he owns a small record shop and has strong views on what's decent and what isn't. But he's much less good on relationships. In fact, he's not at all sure that he wants to commit himself to anyone. So it's hardly surprising that his girlfriend decides that enough...
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Pub. Date
2024
Description
Gary Thorn is struggling with a big decision. Should he stay in London, wallowing in the safety of his legal job in Peckham and eating pies with his next door neighbour, Grace and her dog Lassoo, or should he move to Brighton, where his girlfriend Emily is about to open The Hotel Avocado? Either way, he'd be letting someone down. But sinister forces are gathering in a cloud of launderette scented-vape smoke, and the arrival of the mysterious Mr Sequence...
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When their pirate crew cast them adrift on the ocean wave, it looks like certain death for Caleb and Annie, and their baby daughter Polly. Against all odds, they make it to land and find a new home, but Polly can't seem to settle into normal life. Then, on a school trip, Polly's class comes under attack from pirates - and she finally discovers what she is destined to be!
17) Wolfboy
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Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2021
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During a full moon, a hungry wolfboy relentlessly tracks down rabbits in the woods.
19) Happy fun
Publisher
Egmont Books
Pub. Date
2016
Description
Two fun stories featuring Mr Happy and Mr Strong.