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Paperback | Ticktock Media | 06 Oct 2005

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Powerful and emotive, this book transports you back to a time when the Nazis declared war on the Jewish people. Learn about the rise of Adolf Hitler, the violence and brutality of the Holocaust, and the men and women who became the victims of Hitler's evil.

Bloodsong by Melvin Burgess
Hardback | Anderson Press | 01 Sep 2005

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The long awaited sequel to Bloodtide from Melvin Burgess. Sigurd has a fabulous but frightening future predicted: even to start, he must leave everything he knows to go and fight a dragon, and from there descend into the Underworld...

Crystal the Snow Fairy by Daisy Meadows
Illustrations by Georgie Ripper
Paperback | Orchard Books | 06 May 2004

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There's trouble afoot in fairyland - Jack Frost has stolen the weather fairies' magic feathers and now it's snowing in summer. The Queen of the Fairies needs Rachel and Kirsty's help.

Frank and the Black Hamster of Narkiz by Livi Michael
Illustrations by Derek Brazell
Paperback | Puffin Books | 04 Jul 2002

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This is the story of the time when Frank the hamster lived in a house at the end of a terrace. Frank dreams of the world outside, he knows about the original wild hamsters of Syria and their legendary leader, the Black Hamster of Narkiz, so he sets out on a journey to the wild beyond.

Frank and the Flames of Truth by Livi Michael
Paperback | Puffin Books | 03 Jun 2004

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Yet again, there are peculiar happenings unsettling both the human and hamster populations of Bright Street. Not only have an unruly family moved into the neighbourhood, but there is also a strange humming noise from the Spaces Between and reports of strange hamsters who are looking for Frank.

The Riddle of the Frozen Phantom by Margaret Mahy
Paperback | Collins | 05 Nov 2001

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Deep in the Antarctic, a ghost awakens, trapped in his ship, The Riddle. His cries travel to explorer Bonniface Sapwood, naturalist Corona Wottley and villain Rancid Swarthy. All three have the same the same goal in mind - solving the mystery of The Riddle - but each with very different intentions.

Montmorency by Eleanor Updale
Paperback | Scholastic Point | 16 Apr 2004

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Fleeing across a roof on a dark night in Victorian London, a thief crashes through a glass skylight to almost certain death. But an ambitious young doctor revives and reconstructs his shattered body, proudly showing off his handiwork at the Scientific Society where the city's intelligentsia meet. It's there that the robber picks up the key to a new existence, and on his release from prison begins to lead a double life.

Best Friends by Jacqueline Wilson
Illustrations by Nick Sharratt
Paperback | Corgi Childrens | 03 Mar 2005

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Gemma and Alice, born on the same day, have been devoted best friends ever since. Despite Gemma's larger-than-life personality and Alice's quieter, calmer character, the two are inseparable - until that is Alice has to move house, all the way to Scotland. Gemma is utterly distraught, particularly at the thought that Alice might find a new best friend. Is there anything Gem's brothers, or perhaps her grandad, can do to help?

Silverfin by Charlie Higson
Paperback | Puffin Books | 03 Mar 2005

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FILE NOTE STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL - AUTHORISED PERSONNEL ONLY Subject: James Bond Age: 13 Description: dark hair that falls in a comma above his brow, despite efforts to control it; blue eyes; tall for age; surprisingly strong; fluent French, good German. Essential components: A villain so vile no white fluffy cat would go near him A girl - blond, green-eyed, named Wilder Lawless One fast car. Additional detail: Sinister experiments at a remote castle in the Scottish Highlands The disappearance of a young boy Britain building to war in the 1930s.

The Field Guide by Holly Black Illustrations by Tony DiTerlizzi
Hardback | Simon & Schuster Childrens Books | 04 Aug 2003

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It all starts when Jared Grace finds their great uncle's book, "Arthur Spiderwick's Field Guide to the Fantastic World Around You" and the Grace kids realize that they are not alone in their new house. Now the kids want to tell their story but the faeries will do everything they can to stop them.

Mates, Dates and Great Escapes by Cathy Hopkins
Paperback | Piccadilly Press | 30 Jul 2004

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The girls are all off on a school trip to Florence. For Lucy it seems like a dream come true as she longs to be a dress designer and she gets to take in all the Italian fashions. It also provides an escape from her relationship with Tony which is not going so well... But the trip itself turns into a series of great escapes.