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"Glubbslyme", by Jacqueline Wilson ; illustrated by Nick Sharratt - When Rebecca wades into the witch's pond after a row with her best friend Sarah, she meets a very unusual new friend - a huge, warty toad! And Glubbslyme is no ordinary toad. Hundreds of years old, he can talk and - best of all - he can work magic
#Tumeke! / Michael Petherick
"#Tumeke!", by Michael Petherick - Plans for the Newtoun community's Waitangi Day celebrations are well under way: Monty and Pete plan a wrestling demo. Dreadflock needs to upskill her braiding technique. Constable Rutene is planning the biggest kapa haka event in suburban memory. . . ., #Tumeke, brings you the lives, loves and larrikan spirit of an inner-city neighbourhood. 2020 Finalist Wright Family Foundation Esther Glen Award For Junior Fiction and Winner Best First Book Award
Fudge-a-mania / Judy Blume.
"Fudge-A-Mania", by Judy Blume - Fudge is back—and driving his older brother Peter crazy, as usual. Fudge's latest plan is to marry Peter’s sworn enemy, Sheila Tubman. But Peter’s problems are about to get worse. His parents have decided to share a summer house with the Tubmans; Peter will be stuck with Sheila the Cootie Queen for three whole weeks!
"Pony", by R. J. Palacio. -
When Silas Bird wakes in the dead of night, he watches powerlessly as three strangers take his father away. Silas is left shaken, scared and alone - except for the presence of his companion, Mittenwool... who happens to be a ghost. But when a pony shows up at his door, Silas knows what he has to do. So begins a perilous journey to find his father - a journey that will connect him with his past, his future and the unknowable world around him.
A whole new world : a twisted tale / Liz Braswell.
"A whole new world : a twisted tale", by Liz Braswell - Discover what would have happened if Aladdin had never found the lamp. Aladdin is a Street Rat just trying to survive in a harsh city, while Jasmine is a beautiful princess about to enter an arranged marriage. Their worlds collide when the sultan's trusted adviser suddenly rises to power and, with the help of a mysterious lamp, attempts to gain control over love and death.
The Ickabog / J. K. Rowling ; with illustrations by the winners of The Ickabog Illustration Competition.
The Ickabog / J. K. Rowling ; with illustrations by the winners of The Ickabog Illustration Competition - The kingdom of Cornucopia was once the happiest in the world. It had plenty of gold, a king with the finest moustaches you could possibly imagine. Everything was perfect, except for the misty Marshlands to the north which, according to legend, were home to the monstrous Ickabog. Anyone sensible knew that the Ickabog was just a myth.
"The werepuppy", by Jacqueline Wilson; illustrated by Janet Robertson - A werwolf video leaves Micky terrified of dogs. Mum decides the only answer is to get Micky a puppy of his own. To everyone's suprise - inlcuding Micky's - he chooses a werepuppy. But Wolfie turns out to be a very special pet - a real joker.
Wonderstruck : a novel in words and pictures / Brian Selznick.
"Wonderstruck", by Brian Selznick - Having lost his mother and his hearing in a short time, 12-year-old Ben leaves his Minnesota home in 1977 to seek the father he never knew in New York City, and meets there Rose, who is also longing for something missing from her life. Ben's story is told in words; Rose's in pictures - allowing their stories race towards each other at breakneck speed. (See also "The Invention of Hugo Cabret" and "The Marvels" by Brian Selznick.)
The hobbit : or there and back again / by J.R.R. Tolkien.
"The hobbit : or there and back again", by J.R.R. Tolkien - Bilbo Baggins, a respectable, well-to-do hobbit, lives comfortably in his hobbit-hole until the day Gandalf, the wandering wizard, convinces him to take part in an adventure with a cohort of dwarves, from which he may never return.
Double act / Jacqueline Wilson ; illustrated by Nick Sharratt, Sue Heap.
"Double Act", by Jacqueline Wilson - No-one can ever be like a mother to us. No-one, no-one at all, especially not stupid Frizzy Dizzy Rose. Ruby and Garnet are ten-year-old twins. Identical, they do everything together, especially since their mother died three years earlier. But can being a double act work for ever?
The bad guys. Episode 1 / Aaron Blabey.
"The Bad Guys", by Aaron Blabey - They sound like the Bad Guys, they look like the Bad Guys and they even smell like the Bad Guys. But Mr Wolf, Mr Piranha, Mr Snake and Mr Shark are about to change all of that; Mr Wolf has a daring plan for the Bad Guys first good mission.
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"Inkheart", by Cornelia Funke - When Meggie's father reads aloud from a book called Inkheart, an evil ruler escapes the boundaries of fiction and lands in their living room. Suddenly, Meggie is smack in the middle of the kind of adventure she has only read about in books, an adventure which will change her life forever.
Soon / Morris Gleitzman.
"Soon", by Morris Gleitzman - After the Nazis took my parents I was scared. After they killed my best friend I was angry. After I joined the partisans and helped defeat the Nazis I was hopeful. Soon, I said, we'll be safe. I was wrong. Soon continues the incredibly moving story of Felix, a Jewish boy still struggling to survive in the wake of the liberation of Poland after the end of World War Two.
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