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A boy runs away to the woods and finds another boy, injured, and wearing deerskin clothes. When he tries to find his way back to the town to get help, he recognises nothing - the classic chi... read more
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The lives of two children are thrown off kilter after WW1. Menaced by cynical aunts and orphanages, they run away to France to look for lost loved ones. Ages 8-11.
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In an alternate 19th century where America is at war with France and magical Oddities are hunted across impoverished frontiers, the daughter of a murdered physician must protect the Oddity h... read more
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Another exhilerating Sri Lankan adventure from the author of The Girl Who Stole an Elephant. Packed with shipwrecks, sea-monsters and missing treasure.
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... is an enormous train that whisks away two children on a series of adventures, with a porcupine, a polar bear and many other animals aboard - and in danger. Ages 7-10.
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A time-travelling adventure that finds Elsie in the India of her great-uncle's youth. By the daughter of the generally unsung tho' marvellous literary lion, Barry of that ilk. Ages 8-12.
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The thirteenth Alex Rider book - who, unlike Harry Potter, does not age, but remains in a Peter-Pan-like teen-age limbo, forever blowing up bridges and saving the world. Ages 8-12.
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On a night so cold that it bites, five children run away from the Little Tulip Orphanage and embark on a moonlit caper... Lively, funny and exciting adventure set in C19th Amsterdam. Ages 7-... read more
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The life of a lighthouse keeper, illuminated by Morpurgo's wonderful and down-to-earth imagination. A poignant tale. Ages 7-11.
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A new novel from the author of 'Skellig' and other wondrous children's books: in this, a young girl moves from city-life to the emptiness of Northumberland, wild and wide, and discovers anc... read more