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Artemis Fowl and the Last Guardian
IS THIS ARMAGEDDON FOR ARTEMIS FOWL? Opal Koboi, power-crazed pixie, is plotting to exterminate mankind and become fairy queen. If she succeeds, the spirits of long-dead fairy warriors will rise from the earth, inhabit the nearest available bodies and wreak mass destruction. But what happens if those nearest bodies include crows, or deer, or badgers - or two curious little boys by the names of Myles and Beckett Fowl? Yes, it's true. Criminal mastermind Artemis Fowl's four-year-old brothers could be involved in destroying the human race. Can Artemis and Captain Holly Short of the Lower Elements Police stop Opal and prevent the end of the world?
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The Secrets Club: Alice in the Spotlight
INTRODUCING THE SECRETS CLUB: Alice, Tash, Dani and Lissa 'It's OK. We're the Gang of Four, remember? The No-Secrets Club.' Her stern face softens into her familiar smile and my world lights up again. Briefly. But soon the cloud comes back. I have got a secret. A big one. I want to tell my friends, I really do. But the longer I keep it hidden the harder it is to do...' Join the girls in The Secrets Club series as they begin their new lives at Riverside Academy; making friends, facing their fears and choosing which secrets they Share..
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The Serpent's Shadow
Carter and Sadie Kane face the impossible task of defeating Apophis, the serpent of chaos, before he can destroy the mortal world. Unfortunately the magicians of the House of Life are on the brink civil war, the Gods are divided, and the young initiates of Brooklyn House stand almost alone against the forces of chaos. Percy Jackson fought Greek Gods. Now the Gods of Egypt are waking in the modern world...
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What Katy Did..
Despite her best intentions, quick-tempered Katy Carr's efforts to be tidy and good-tempered always seem to land her in trouble. Then, one terrible day, Katy has an accident, but it is still a long, eventful time before she learns to be as loving and as patient as her beautiful invalid cousin Helen.
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Wicked!: Till Death Us Do Part No. 6
Dawn and Rory continue to battle against the Slobberers. Rory and his brother Howard are reunited with their father, and the mould he is growing in the abandoned refinery proves to be a cure for Slobberers disease and death to the Slobberers.
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The Wimpy Kid Movie Diary: How Greg Heffley Went H
Imagine all the Wimpy Kid laughs you've had from reading the diaries, all the best bits you talk about with your friends and all the cartoons of Greg Heffley you've had a go at drawing yourself... Now imagine it all - on screen! The Wimpy Kid Movie Diary goes behind the scenes to tell the story of Greg Heffley from the funniest cartoon character ever, to a real live person on the big screen. A full-colour diary complete with photographs, script pages, storyboard sketches, costume designs, and more hilarious Wimpy Kid drawings by Jeff Kinney. The Wimpy Kid Movie Diary is the perfect companion to the phenomenally bestselling series.
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Young Samurai: The Ring Of Wind
JACK FLETCHER IS BATTLING THE HIGH SEAS Ambushed by the Shogun's samurai, Jack and his friends have only one hope of escape - the Seto Sea. But with ferocious storms, man-eating sharks and ninja pirates at every turn, their chosen route is fraught with danger.A treacherous crew only adds to their problems as they flee south from a ruthless samurai sea lord. Unless Jack can harness the Ring of Wind, he and his friends are destined for a watery grave . . .Book 7 in the blockbuster Young Samurai series by Chris Bradford. Visit www.youngsamurai.com for competitions and FREE teacher resources.
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TimeRiders: The Eternal War
Liam O'Connor should have died at sea in 1912. Maddy Carter should have died on a plane in 2010. Sal Vikram should have died in a fire in 2026. But all three have been given a second chance - to work for an agency that no one knows exists. Its purpose: to prevent time travel destroying history...
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Time Riders: Gates of Rome
Liam O'Connor should have died at sea in 1912. Maddy Carter should have died on a plane in 2010. Sal Vikram should have died in a fire in 2026. But all three have been given a second chance - to work for an agency that no one knows exists. Its purpose: to prevent time travel destroying history. Project Exodus - a mission to transport 300 Americans from 2070 to 54AD to overthrow the Roman Empire - has gone catastrophically wrong. Half have arrived seventeen years earlier, during the reign of Caligula. Liam goes to investigate, but when Maddy and Sal attempt to flee a kill-squad sent to hunt down their field office, all of the TimeRiders become trapped in the Roman past. Armed with knowledge of the future, Caligula is now more powerful than ever. But with the office unmanned - and under threat - how will the TimeRiders make it back to 2001 and put history right? Book five in the bestselling TimeRiders series by Alex Scarrow. Ancient Rome gets a time-travel makeover! TimeRiders (Book 1) won the Red House Book Award older readers category, and was Penguin UK's first ever number one on the iBookstore.
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The Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Do-It-Yourself Book
This book is a must for all fans of Greg Heffley, the Wimpy Kid. Full of activities, pages to complete, things to draw, lists to tick off and comic strips waiting for the reader to finish in their own artistic style, there's hours of fun inside. The book also features a full-colour comic strip and extra character information not to be found in the other books in this bestselling series. This is a great way to encourage Wimpy Kid readers to explore their creative side.
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Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days
At last - it's here in paperback! More trials and tribulations for Greg Heffley to endure as he attempts to negotiate life as a Wimpy Kid. In this instalment of the hit series, complete with hilarious cartoon illustrations on almost every page and a large dose of very dry humour, Greg comes into conflict with his mum when summer comes around. Greg's idea of the perfect summer is staying indoors in front of the TV, but Mom has other ideas and soon the family is spending more time together... with chaotic results!
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Diary of a wimpy Kid: The Ugly Truth
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: the Ugly Truth is the fifth book in the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series. Greg Haffley always wanted to grow up soon. But little did he know that the process of growing up dumps you with a lot of responsibilities and doubts, apart from the various changes that happen to you mentally and physically when you venture out of your carefree childhood age. In middle school, Greg faces issues ranging from problems with his best friend and discussions related to the onset of puberty, to his mom's decision to start school again and so on. Will he miss his childhood in this process? Like the other books in the series, Diary of a Wimpy Kid: the Ugly Truth presents Greg's life at this phase of "growing up" in a comical way.
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The Puffin Book Of Classic School Stories
A collection of all-time favourite school stories Meet the world�s naughtiest boys and girls, the best and the worst students and some really famous children in this book as they make their way through school. Read about David Copperfield and his friendship with Steerforth, Tom Brown trying to find his feet in Rugby school, and Jane Eyre fighting poverty and disease in a school for orphans. Not to forget those other irrepressible and immortal boys, Richmal Crompton's William Brown, Mark Twain's Tom Sawyer, RK Nararyan's Swami and Ruskin Bond's Rusty. Also included are stories from such classics as Anne of Avonlea, Little Men, Stalky and Co., and To Sir, With Love. By turns hilarious and heartwarming, these classic tales are about growing up and the time spent in that one place which is so beloved to some and so hated by others school.
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Heroes Of Olympus-The Son Of Neptune
In The Lost Hero, three demigods named Jason, Piper, and Leo made their first visit to Camp Half-Blood, where they inherited a blood-chilling quest: Seven half-bloods shall answer the call, To storm or fire the world must fall. An oath to keep with a final breath, And foes bear arms to the Doors of Death. Who are the other four mentioned in the prophesy? The answer may lie in another camp thousands of miles away, where a new camper has shown up and appears to be the son of Neptune, god of the sea. . .
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Midnight Charter
In the city of Agora, anything can be bought and sold. Even children are possessions until their twelfth birthday.Mark has been sold by his father, and Lily, an orphan from birth, has bartered for her life. Thrown together by chance, in the ancient tower of Count Stelli, they face an existence of poverty and servitude, unless they can find a way to break free.But, unbeknown to Mark and Lily, they are being watched by the ruler of the city. Can they survive the traps and treachery that await them and discover the dark secret that binds them together?Their lives depend on this question: what is the Midnight Charter?
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The magical adventures of a vanara
When Ongchu, a young vanara princess, is kidnapped by a rakshasan, Rishi Agastya entrusts Gind, a bold young vanara, with the dangerous mission of restoring her to Baulpur, her home beyond the Himalayas. As Gind, his father Karuppan, and Ongchu set out on their long, arduous journey from the island of Poompuhar, they are stalked by wild animals and magical beings, waylaid and terrorized by rakshasas, and thwarted by a wrathful Indra, the god of thunder. They meet an army of vanaras on a mission to rescue a human princess from the clutches of the wicked rakshasa king; help a giant vanara in his search for the magical herb sanjeevini; and winter with a band of yetis in the high Himalayas. Mysterious and momentous things are happening around the vanaras, but they are clueless about their own part in these events. What is Agastya’s secret purpose? Will the three vanaras make it to Baulpur? What are the shadowy forces at work?