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Nicholas Highgate, separated from his parents during the Japanese invasion of Hong Kong, is smuggled to the mainland by his Chinese nurse and disguised as a Chinese boy. As he grows to manhood, he witnesses the atrocities and deprivations of the Japanese occupation and is himself drawn into the Communist resistance activities.

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When Emmy is given the coveted role of Spring in the annual show it seems the final straw for Charlotte, but then her teacher helps her to understand that although Emmy is very talented for her age, she can't dance as well as Charlotte, and Charlotte ought to feel proud that Emmy has learnt so much from watching her talented big sister.

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Charlotte is in for a nasty surprise when Emmy makes a new friend, Tom. But when their sisters' fighting starts to get in the way of Tom and Emmy's friendship, they must find a way of bringing their warring siblings together, and ballet could be just the thing they need.

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Kelly Ann is a total tomboy. She loves football and computer games and has no idea why anyone would want to bother with soppy romantic stuff and stupid crushes on boys.

Follow Kelly Ann's ventures into the crazy world of love through her stonkingly funny diaries.

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Kelly Ann is fifteen and desperately in love with G - the biggest idiot in school. Navigating her way through teenage embarrassments, sick-filled parties, awful love poetry and green condoms, Kelly Ann is a hilariously endearing character and one every female reader, whatever age, will be able to relate to.

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Kelly Ann has only just come to her senses and realised that G, the boy she's fancied all year, is a total nerd and Chris, the boy next door who's been in love with her all year, is actually the man for her.

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Kelly Ann is all loved-up with her gorgeous soulmate, Chris, so there's no way she's going to let her attraction for the dark and dangerous new boy at school go any further.

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Join Eppie and Zeke as they get sucked down the plughole and into a brand-new adventure. It's a giggle-filled non-stop underwater romp with man-eating seaweed, magic mermaids, pirates in petticoats, fat fisherman and elastic eels . Will Zeke and Eppie ever get back on dry land and back to their normal size

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Mystic City is in the throes of revolution, led by Hunter, rebel mystic and Aria's true love.

To save the city. But her enemies are also searching for it, and Aria's downfall is their deepest desire.

Will the rebellion destroy the city or can a renegade heart save therm all

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There is a poem in here for every misdemeanour know to man, from traditional poems such as Heinrich Hoffman's Shockheaded Peter and Hillaire Belloc's Cautionary Verse (and everyone knows what happened to Matilda!) to those by modern poets such as Colin West and Kit Wright.

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When Kit meets John White, a mapmaker and associate of Walter Raleigh, on the streets and White offers him a place in his household, Kit accepts.

Soon Kit finds himself with White on board The Tiger, bound for the New World as part of a voyage to found a new colony in Virginia.

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In 1650 Anne Green, a young servant girl, gave birth prematurely to an illegitimate child. Sadly the baby died and poor Anne was falsely accused of infanticide. But as Anne's corpse lay on the table and the doctors assembled, a strange rattle was heard in her throat.

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"THEY'LL PULVERIZE US!"

Fizz and her mates at Hillside Primary love playing football - but the school team's first match is against the Church Street gang (mean, nasty and horrible - and that's how they play their football too). That's when their teacher decides Smithy gets the job of goalkeeper - a position Smithy HATES.

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Nina's schoolfriend Lee is in trouble, so she must borrow her aunt's travelling spice shed and head to Beijing. Now they are both on a great adventure involving a kung fu master, a yellow snake and a mysterious riddle . . .

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Peter is a young boy, living on a farm. Ninnyhammer is so grateful that he starts to help Peter and his family with their struggling farm - making the sow have more piglets, helping the corn to grow faster and the hens to lay twice as many eggs.

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Tom and Jo are the perfect professional couple, and think they have it all. But when Tom starts to think that he wants to be a father, and Jo can't bear the thought of sacrificing her career for a baby, Tom looks elsewhere. When he meets Camilla, a dangerous triangle begins - one that will spiral into disaster.

DOPED UP AND LOCKED UP - OR FREE
Marcus King - Noodle Head to his friends - is coming to the end of his six-month stint at the Dovedale Home for Young Offenders. A day out with their favourite teacher, Miss Wonderland sends Marcus's situation spiralling even lower - now only a drastic solution will do...

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That is until he meets Norton, a very cute, very friendly Scottish Fold kitten.

Soon Peter and Norton are inseparable, travelling together on trains and boats, in planes and cars all over the world!

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Tom and his little sister, Polly discover a huge, colourful parrot in their kitchen called Mister Macaw. The threesome must find a way of paying for the parrot's airfare - and come up with the mega-wacky solution of robbing a bank with a . .

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Literacy is at the heart of all social concerns. So what are children to learn about reading and writing What counts as literacy now, and what will it be like in the lives of those who leave school in the next century This book shows how young learners become strong, confident readers if they discover early what reading and writing are good for.

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You over there
come a little closer.
Closer still; theres no need to be shy.

We have tales of terrors beyond your wildest nightmares; stories of monsters, madness, the dark and the dangerous. The dead have voices, and we need to be heard.

Settle down, sit tight.
Were going to be here all night.

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Mitchell Symons has stats and stories to entertain and amaze you!

Did the Olympians really compete in the buff

Which striker's shorts fell down when he was taking a penalty

Which sport consists of running while juggling

Which football team's fanzine is called Linesman, You're Rubbish

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When a young boy called Phelan Whelan is taken to the zoo by his mum on a hot summer's day, the last thing he expects is for a small hot penguin to stow away in his rucksack. Phelan soon realizes that Whistler the penguin can't live in his house, and together they plan to find a new home for him.

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Connie Pickles is fulfilling her destiny. She's in Paris, and she has big plans. She will fall in love with someone other than William. She will find her long lost grandparents. She will become tres chic. But sometimes even destiny doesn't go to plan. This title is suitable for girls aged 11+.