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Girl with Cat (Blue)
by Sam Hawksmoor
'It is a funny, bloody, colorful narrative that never fails to surprise the reader. Girl with Cat (Blue) provides great entertainment'. Allen Cook more |
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Northern Lights
Part One: The Dark Materials Trilogy
by Philip Pullman
It isn’t a secret, for last time I looked a million or so copies of Northern Lights have been sold in paperback and I am sure there are similar figures for The Subtle Knife and The Amber Spyglasss. ...more info
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A Witch in Winter
by Ruth Warburton
Hodder Childrens Books
This is a fun read about discovering that Anna is becoming a witch and a caution about getting exactly what you crave... more info
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Ship Breaker
Paulo Bacigalupi
Publisher: ATOM (7 July 2011)
Nailer is tough, like his name, wiry and small, which is lucky, it means Nailer gets to work on the lite crew that’s stripping the innards of a beached oil tanker on Bright Beach in the Gulf of Mexico. He’s sweating in as he's stripping out copper wire because it’s so valuable and this is the ‘best’ job a kid can get if you are lucky enough to be malnurished and undersized. ...more info
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The Undrowned Child
by Michelle Lovric
Orion Children's Books
Take one adopted child call Teodora, add a cursed city under siege from vindictive ghosts seeking revenge, a huge monster slowly coming awake under the Venice lagoon, cannibal seagulls, anti-establishment mermaids, a vain friend and one handsome Venetian boy and you have all the ingredients for a spectacular adventure in real life Venice of 1899. ...more info
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The Story of Edgar Sawtelle
by David Wroblewski
An emotional roller coaster about a boy and some dogs and well deserved of its worldwide success ...more info
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Gone
by Michael Grant
Egmont & HarperTeen
Set in Perdido Beach, California in the present day, it’s a pretty normal day in high school when first the teachers vanish and slowly all the kids under 15 realise that everyone over this age has gone. Completely. ...more info
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The Ask and the Answer
by Patrick Ness
Walker Books Published May 2009
The Knife of Never Letting Go broke new boundaries in teen fiction, playing with powerful language and extraordinary characters, evoking a dramatic raw setting that pit young Todd, the illiterate but brave orphan and his dog against the mad men of Prentisstown ...more info
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9
Directed by Shane Acker
Starring Elija Wood
Best dystopian sock puppet movie ever. ...more info
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Delirium
by Lauren Oliver
In Delirium we live in a future United States where love is a disease in need of a cure – which sounds a lot like the Taliban took over and may yet happen of course.
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The Magicians and the Magician King
Lev Grossman
Random House
Dark sequel trails Julia's extraordinary determination to discover 'magic' for herself despite the consequences. ...more info
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The Adoration of Jenna Fox
by Mary E. Pearson
Publisher: Walker (5 April 2010)
The Adoration of Jenna Fox is a fast paced and thought provoking thriller set in the scientific future. ...more info
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Revolver
by Marcus Sedgwick
Publisher: Orion Childrens paperback
Revolver is an intensely atmospheric novel in a frozen landscape and this a desperate situation that keeps you gripped to the last murderous moment. Highly recommended ...more info
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The Bad Tuesdays - Strange Energy
by Benjamin J Meyers
Reviews of books 2/3/5
Orion Books
Strange Energy is the second book in the Bad Tuesdays horror series and it grips from the first page. ...more info
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Mean Tide
by Sam North
Lulu Press
Quirky, wonderfully spooky house filled with strange people, a young boy begins to suspect he is psychic after finding a dead dog on the mud at Greenwich. ...more info
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The Double Life of Cora Parry
by Angela McAllister
Orion Children’s Books (Paperback Feb 2011)
The Double Life of Cora Parry does not paint the past as a cosy place where warm fires will toast your toes and cream buns delight your tummy. This is a harsh, very hungry past ...more info
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Candle Man
Publisher: Egmont Books Ltd (1 Mar 2010)
Terrific gothic tale set in London's sewers. ...more info
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Bonechiller
by Graham McNamee
Hodderchildrens (March 2009)
Bonechiller is an exciting thriller that is pretty damn scary and all too real. Small town Canada is pretty terrifying most times, what with the extreme weather, everyone going crazy on account of boredom. ...more info
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The Droughtlanders
by Carrie Mac
The great YA fiction is quite often about young kids who for one reason or another rate their ability to make a difference, - if only they are given a chance. ...more info
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The Gryphon Project
by Carrie Mac
No child ever need die for long, no old person need waste away, you have three chances at life and if you have an accident or fatal disease they will take your original DNA and regenerate you. ...more info
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The Girl Who Could Fly
Victoria Forester
Square Fish Books
'Seems like our child ain't normal,' said Betty McCloud. ...more info
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Pastworld
by Ian Beck
Published: Bloomsbury
Lose Yourself in Old London - delight in the antics of adorable urchins begging for change. ...more info
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The Black Lung Captain
by Chris Wooding
Gollanz Books
Take the cynical qualities of Indian Jones mix it with the movie Serenity and an eclectic gun-toting crew and you have the thrilling mix of Captain Frey and his oddball crew aboard the Ketty Jay
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Scat
by Carl Hiaasen
Orion Books
Following closely in the footsteps of his environmental kids' thriller Hoot, Carl Hiaasen plunges once again into the murky waters of the Everglades and a species under threat. This time in SCAT it’s an endangered panther and the only evidence it is exists is some panther poop in the glades. ...more info
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The Last Free Cat
by Jon Blake
It's future without cats - most are dead of the deadly HN51 virus. Only the very rich can afford cats now and they are strictly controlled - ordinary people live in fear of catching a deadly flu from untagged cats . ...more info
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The Snow Child
by Eowyn Ivey
In a moment of brief happiness in the first snowfall of winter they make a little snowgirl in the yard, dress it up and give it mittens and a scarf.
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D4RK Inside
by Jeyn Roberts
The Big One finally strikes the West Coast of North America devastating cities from LA all the way to Canada. Most likely millions are dead, communications are down
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