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Everything seems to be going great for Chris Weston. First he wins the prize of being chosen to be the mascot for the local football league club for their next F.A. Then he is picked to play in goal for his school team on the morning of the same day.

But then disaster strikes and Chris can hardly walk, let alone run on to a pitch.

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Off!
Danebridge school football team - captained by goalie Chris Weston - have had a shaky season in the League, but a good Cup run. Find out what happens in this new action-packed story in the bestselling BIG soccer series - everything from a nerve-jangling penalty shootout to a shock sending-off!

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When Chris Weston tries out for the Area soccer squad, he sees some great football skills . and some dreadful showing off.

Carl Diamond, nephew of the famous international star Dazzler Diamond, seems to think he's good enough to play in the World Cup and, to be fair, his performance on the pitch is pretty stunning.

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Who cares about losing when you're a millionaire'
Chris Weston, goalkeeper and school team captain, has problems. With Danebridge too close for comfort to the relegation zone, they're facing two key games in a week - and most of the players seem to have other things on their minds right now.

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When the bin men find Dotty the Dinosaur, they put her up on the front of their truck. There she meets three other Bin Bears, called Posh, Threadbare and Dusty. The Bin Bears have lots of fun together. But Dotty doesn't really want to be a bin truck mascot.

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THE BLACK SPHINX is missing. Queen of the Underworld SQUALIDA MACHEATH
Or madder than a mackerel JASPER PEPPEROr will it be CRISPIN RATTLE, our orphaned young hero

But if jackal-headed gods can't stop JASPER PEPPER, what on earth can CRISPIN do
Read this rip-roaring adventure in paperback now . . .

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One minute he and his best friend Charlie were up in Chinatown having crispy duck with Charlie's dad (and Jack was having to listen to Charlie shouting at his dad for leaving his mum) - then next minute they were in a mysterious room above a theatre, with some of the strangest characters they'd ever encountered.

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It's war in the Flowers household. Will's sister Estelle has turned overnight into a screaming, screeching banshee whose moods explode throughout the household. Mum and Dad have surrendered. Inspired by an author visit to his school, Will decides to keep a record of his life on the front line . . .

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A hilarious tale of one boy's struggle to earn the respect of his peers and escape the smothering of his over-anxious mother.

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Set in the streets of London, the story follows the hopes and aspirations of young Tim and his pet monkey, Pistol, as they use their wits to get money out of rich folk. Their apparent success is brought to a halt one disasterous foggy evening , and Tim and Pistol are led off to Newgate Gaol . . .

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A body in the lake and a murderer on the loose . For now someone is trying to kill him too to wipe out the only witness!

His only chance of escape seems to lie in taking up his new friend Jodies suggestion to join her on a schools orchestra tour in the Highlands of Scotland.

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'Shall we go and celebrate' 'Celebrate what' I asked.'That we're three unique individuals in a world of clones.' Andie reckons the Breakfast Museum - a greasy spoon caf- - is the perfect place to hide out in when her boyfriend dumps her and she spur-of-the-moment bunks off for the day.

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In 1952 off the coast of Nova Scotia, Canada, fierce winds force a small boat into port. The sailor of the boat is the eccentric Captain Charles Johnson, who then takes up residence at the small inn run by a young boy, Jim, and his mother.

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Rosemary's Sutcliff's absorbing collection of stories cover the fall of Londinium to the building of Hadrian's Wall, and the final departure of the Romans from Britain. Set at the time of the Roman occupation of Britain, they follow the fortunes of one family over three hundred years.

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The Wollstonecraft Detective Agency was supposed to be a secret constabulary, but after the success of their first case, all of London knows that Lady Ada and Mary are the girls to go to if you have a problem.

Their new case is a puzzle indeed. A girl who is the spitting image of their new client.

The two cases must be linked .

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Muriel lives alone with lots and lots and lots of cats. But Muriel's cats are no ordinary cats - they were once people she knew, now reincarnated in feline form! Muriel shares her house with various (deceased!) members of her family, and one rather special cat - the late Queen Victoria! An unusual tale of animal madness!

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Charlie gets into all sorts of sticky situations when his seaside summer holiday turns into a missing jewellery mystery - and detective Charlie finds himself in the middle of a muddle once again when a gang of bungling burglars threatens to spoil the Big Library Bonanza . . .

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Cherry, Summer, Skye, Coco and Honey may be very different - but they all love crafting and creating! From hosting a chocolate-themed sleepover to designing a flower headband and concocting a cupcake-sensation, each Chocolate Box sister shares her secrets.

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A classic tale of adventure and bravery charting the transformation of Robert of Locksley into Robin Hood, the outlaw of myth and legend.

Join Robin and his band of Merry Men as they battle injustice and seek to defeat the villainous Sheriff of Nottingham and Guy of Gisborne.

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If you're someone who thinks the best part of school is going home, then this is the book for you! It's packed with stacks of brilliant rhymes that will keep you entertained for hours on end - in school and out!

From the school swot to school dinners, we've got every subject covered in this bumper book of poetry.

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The Confidence Man follows 14-year-old Hans Ruppert and a band of Protestants as they leave their home town and seek peace and freedom from Persecution in the New World. To Hans he is a fascinating figure, but to the others he is a swindler, likely to abandon them at any moment.

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You cannot hide from the Creeper...
Lucy is delighted when she spots the old audio tape in a second-hand bookshop: a spooky story, perfect for listening to at Halloween. For the story tells the terrifying tale of the Creeper, a horrific creature formed from the ashes of a murdered man and bent on revenge against all wrongdoers.

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Ever since the terrible murders all those years ago, the Manson house, huge, forbidding and very possibly haunted, had been cloaked in a shroud of mystery and evil.

Tom knew he should have put his foot down at Lauras crazy plan, but he couldnt let his own twin sister think he was scared.

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No-one the Croc King curses ever escapes Avenger . . . Everybody is wrong . . .

The spirit of the tyrant Crocodile King has been lurking for years, waiting for his chance to return and release Avenger, his killing-machine tracker, once more . Can they help Mizz Z to break it, or will the evil Avenger claim another victim .