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Kavanagh begins his life patrolling the Wall. If he's lucky, if nothing goes wrong, he only has two years of this, 729 more nights. The best thing that can happen is that he survives and gets off the Wall and never has to spend another day of his life anywhere near it. He longs for this to be ove...

An epic historical novel of ingenuity and courage, of love and loss, spanning postwar France when Israeli agents roamed the countryside to rescue hidden Jewish orphans - to the 1969 daring escape of the Israeli boats of Cherbourg.

Henry is a toad with a passion for poetry. He has many admirers, but Victoria Garden-Pool isn't one of them. His lines are lost on her as she crawls off with her burly beau, Larry. But Henry is determined to win her over.

The Draglins are off to visit Great Grandmother Attica, but it's a scary journey. Can they save themselves, let alone a little ducklet lost on the edge of the Great Wetness? This is one in a series of charming Borrowers-style stories about mini-dragons who move from their home in the attic to the...

Arethusa Clayton has always been formidable, used to getting her own way. On her death, she leaves unexpected instructions. Instead of being buried in America, on the wealthy East Coast where she and her late husband raised their two children, Arethusa has decreed that her ashes be scattered in a...

For years the Garde have fought the Mogadorians in secret, but now the invasion has begun. If the Garde can't find a way to stop the Mogs, humanity will suffer the same fate as the Lorien: annihilation. When the Elders sent the Garde to Earth, they had a plan - one which the Garde are finally sta...

'The Tastemaker' charts the singular life of a man who has been at the beating heart of music's most iconic moments for over sixty years. Leaving school and starting his career at Decca Records in 1958 at the age of sixteen, Tony King would soon find himself becoming close friends with Elton John...

Woolly the naughty sheep causes more mayhem in this delightful short story set on Apple Tree Farm.

This title is all about these amazing bears - where they live, what they eat, how they grow - and how we can all help to keep them safe. The engaging text has been carefully leveled using lexiles so that children are set up to succeed. A motivating introduction to using essential nonfiction readi...

This guide to dinosaurs uses specially shot colour photographs of actual objects alongside an integrated text that brings alive these extinct species in a way that appeals to both the younger and the general reader.