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By: K M Peyton

ISBN: 9781782951063
Readership/Audience: Children
Publication Date: Feb 2014
Publisher: Penguin Random House Children's UK
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The invasion of the Norsemen is approaching, and the people of Edmund Firehead's settlement must flee if they are to stand any chance of survival. Instead of killing Edmund on the spot, they take him as a slave.

It's the beginning of a new life - a life that leads Edmund into the heart of battle.


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By: Catherine Fisher

ISBN: 9780099403067
Readership/Audience: Children
Publication Date: Mar 2001
UK Publication Date: 1st February 2001
Publisher: Penguin Random House Children's UK
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Galen has spent the winter in Sarres, building a power-base round the symbolic leadership of the Interrex. Also, Galen and Raffi rescue two men from execution by the Watch: a keeper and a sceptic. These new men severely test Galen's and Raffi's belief in the Order's ultimate success.


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By: Rosemary Sutcliff

ISBN: 9781782950899
Readership/Audience: Children
Publication Date: Oct 2013
Publisher: Penguin Random House Children's UK
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Damaris Crocker had not lived her twelve years in smuggling country without knowing when a Run was planned. .

With over forty books to her credit, Rosemary Sutcliff is now universally acknowledged one of the finest writers of historical novels for children.


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By: Alan Durant

ISBN: 9781849419710
Readership/Audience: Young Adult
Publication Date: Mar 2014
Publisher: Penguin Random House Children's UK
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From the ruins of an ancient abbey, British archaeologists unearth the skull of a young monk. Using the very latest technology, Liam's dad must attempt to put the flesh back on the bone and give life back to the skull. What did the young man look like

But as his dad works, Liam finds himself submitting to an irresistible force.


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By: Linda Newbery

ISBN: 9781909531048
Readership/Audience: Children
Publication Date: Dec 2013
Publisher: Penguin Random House Children's UK
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Gradually, her mother pushed Sean away, before resigning from her job and selling the house, forcing Sean to find somewhere else to live.

Although Charlie believes her mother is making a terrible mistake, she can only offer support - but who will support Charlie, with Sean cut out of their lives


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By: Neil Arksey

ISBN: 9780552566650
Readership/Audience: Children
Publication Date: Jun 2013
Publisher: Penguin Random House Children's UK
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Imagine being a talented footballer - yet never being allowed to play

No football - ever. Flint's over the moon - until he realizes what Dad's real motives are...

A tough, hard-hitting and action-packed football tale.

From the author of BROOKSIE.


(Paperback)

By: K M Peyton

ISBN: 9781782951148
Readership/Audience: Children
Publication Date: Jan 2015
Publisher: Penguin Random House Children's UK
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Ruth has never ridden a pony before - but as soon as she lays eyes on lively Fly-by-Night, she knows he has to be hers. But where is she going to find the money for a saddle and bridle - and who is going to teach her to ride


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By: Pat Hutchins

ISBN: 9780099932208
Readership/Audience: Children
Publication Date: Sep 1992
UK Publication Date: 16th July 1992
Publisher: Penguin Random House Children's UK
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What starts as an ordinary school outing turns into a madcap adventure for Class 3 when forgetful Miss Beaver accidentally switches her holdall with that of some bank robbers! The whole class is soon involved in a cops and robbers chase across country but emerge victorious when they capture the baddies!


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By: Rob Childs

ISBN: 9780440870944
Readership/Audience: Children
Publication Date: Nov 2014
Publisher: Penguin Random House Children's UK
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Brain Draper is the butt of many jokes at school about his difficulties with reading, but Luke knows he's also a talented goal-scorer. Can Luke persuade his friend to pluck up his confidence and show everyone his skill on the pitch

Another football feast from today's best-known writer of soccer fiction.


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By: Tony Bradman

ISBN: 9780552529747
Readership/Audience: Children
Publication Date: Feb 1998
Publisher: Penguin Random House Children's UK
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Tenn Top-Scoring Soccer Stories

Take a grandstand seat for some great soccer action:
- a barefoot boy who beats the odds and amazes everyone with his stunning skills;
- a goalie called Titch, who proves height isn't everything when it comes to saving goals;
- the one and only Harry Jackson, determined to be the best referee ever.


(Paperback)

By: Tony Bradman

ISBN: 9780552545273
Readership/Audience: Children
Publication Date: Aug 1998
Publisher: Penguin Random House Children's UK
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Ten football stories from a selection of children's authors, including Rob Childs, Paul Stewart and Narinda Dhami. Meet Craig, who takes advice from a phantom footballer, and Dave, an inexperienced goalie who has to make split-second decisions in a penalty shoot-out.


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By: Tony Bradman

ISBN: 9780552567336
Readership/Audience: Children
Publication Date: Dec 2012
Publisher: Penguin Random House Children's UK
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Pep times his move with instinctive perfection. Suddenly, he's back on the ball, and the defenders realize that he never really left: it was all an illusion. And then he's over the ball, collecting it with his right instep, to banana it over the heads of both defenders, and way beyond the reach of the late-diving keeper...


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By: Rob Childs

ISBN: 9780440870968
Readership/Audience: Children
Publication Date: Nov 2014
Publisher: Penguin Random House Children's UK
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The next in the successful soccer SOCCER MAD series sees Luke facing a tough challenge - can he prove that the Swifts' first-round victory in the cup wasn't simply a fluke


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By: Colin Dann

ISBN: 9780099322603
Readership/Audience: Children
Publication Date: Jan 1989
Publisher: Penguin Random House Children's UK
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. Another gripping adventure of the animals of Farthing Wood by award-winning author Colin Dann.

The fox cub Dreamer has been killed in a vicious attack, and the animals n White Deer Park have no doubt who is responsible.


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By: Rosemary Sutcliff

ISBN: 9781782950905
Readership/Audience: Children
Publication Date: Dec 2013
UK Publication Date: 2nd December 2013
Publisher: Penguin Random House Children's UK
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They tipped out the garbage-bin of the Eagles to make us what we are.'

In disgrace after a mistake that cost the lives of half his men, Alexios arrives in Castellum. The Frontier Wolves who man this outpost in the far north of Roman Britain are a fierce and savage bunch, a far cry from the regular legions he'd served in before.


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By: Robert Westall

ISBN: 9780552568760
Readership/Audience: Young Adult
Publication Date: Dec 2013
Publisher: Penguin Random House Children's UK
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Ninety-eight keys, and they say there are ninety-nine rooms . But Maggi gradually comes to realize that their new home holds secrets far more sinister than anything they have left behind .


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By: Mary Arrigan

ISBN: 9780099402879
Readership/Audience: Children
Publication Date: Jun 2001
Publisher: Penguin Random House Children's UK
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Nobody ever passed the old Garvan house alone; But when an eerie cry draws Meg, Pete and Harvey into its grounds, little do they expect to be swept up into a love story that spans the century. What part do the dilapidated house, a mysterious old man and a strange bird play in this story and how can Meg, Pete and Harvey right the wrongs of history


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By: Pete Johnson

ISBN: 9780440871255
Readership/Audience: Children
Publication Date: May 2015
Publisher: Penguin Random House Children's UK
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But then somehow his imagination comes to life and the howling monster begins to haunt his dreams!
Winner of the Young Telegraph/Fully Booked Award

The Creeper
Lucy finds an old tape of the spine-chilling story of the Creeper - a horrific creature looking for revenge.


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By: Ann Coburn

ISBN: 9781849411226
Readership/Audience: Children
Publication Date: Mar 2011
Publisher: Penguin Random House Children's UK
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Eleven-year-old Danny has gone missing. Is he dead - or has someone taken him His older sister, Ellie, is determined to do whatever it takes to help find him... In a separate world, a world of witches and were-creatures, another girl - Argent - sets out on a perilous adventure when a thief snatches a baby dragon just after its hatching.


(Paperback)

By: Bob Cattell

ISBN: 9780099461319
Readership/Audience: Children
Publication Date: Apr 1996
UK Publication Date: 1st February 1996
Publisher: Penguin Random House Children's UK
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Not only does he spend the first match of the league suffering a dropped-catch jinx but now there' civil war in the team over the selections. Sometimes captaining the GLORY GARDENS Cricket Team isn't the fun you might think. It's not the matches that prove the most trouble for poor Hooker - it's the infighting.


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By: Robert Rigby

ISBN: 9780552554084
Readership/Audience: Children
Publication Date: Jan 2007
Publisher: Penguin Random House Children's UK
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But playing in the UEFA Champions League can bring new pressures - new challenges: fighting to keep his place in the squad, trying to resist the temptations surrounding a successful footballer, aiming to maintain his relationship with his girlfriend back home.


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By: Rob Childs

ISBN: 9780552568784
Readership/Audience: Children
Publication Date: Sep 2013
Publisher: Penguin Random House Children's UK
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The young footballers of Great Catesby School are on top form when they appear on TV to perform the special fund-raising song, C'mon, you Greats! But will they be such a smash hit in their return match with the Kilthorpe Killers They are determined to sweep away their rivals and prove they can be number one on the football field too!


(Paperback)

By: K M Peyton

ISBN: 9781849419994
Readership/Audience: Young Adult
Publication Date: Jul 2013
Publisher: Penguin Random House Children's UK
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And back in Norfolk, Clara becomes the victim of blackmail that puts her in the clutches of the wicked Nat Grover in more ways than one .

Spanning from the gritty county of Norfolk to the wilds of Australia in the early nineteenth century, the Garlands face huge obstacles in their struggle to survive as a family.


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By: Stewart Ross

ISBN: 9781905811991
Readership/Audience: Children
Publication Date: Jul 2013
UK Publication Date: 15th July 2013
Publisher: Penguin Random House Children's UK
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Commemorating the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the Slave Trade Act, this collection of eleven stories follows the lives of slaves of every kind around the world.

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