The Carbon Diaries 2015
Saci Lloyd |
Hodder |
978-0-97015-7 |
Autumn 2008 |
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How to get Famous
Pete Johnson |
Yearling |
0440868173 |
Jun 2008 |
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“In my opinion fame is like a giant blue bubble… This blue bubble can quite suddenly come floating and shining towards you, showering you with glory. And it’s great being even a bit famous… But the thing is… this blue bubble of fame appears when it feels like it… But I know it can vanish in an instant…”
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The Bare Bum Gang and the Football Face-off
Anthony McGowan |
Red Fox |
186230386X |
May 2008 |
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Watch out people here they come
They are the gang with the big bare bum
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Kid Swap
Michael Lawrence |
Orchard Books |
140830273X |
Jul 2008 |
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Another welcome and wit-filled outing for Jiggy McCue sees the hapless protagonist assume the leading role in a new television series ‘Kid Swap’ where children from families with different socio-econimic backgrounds and systems of belief are brought together in a ‘light-the-blue-touch-paper’ and watch the chaos ensue type fashion… |
Mammoth Academy in Trouble
Neal Layton |
Hodder Children’s Books |
0340930306 |
Jul 2007 |
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The start of a new term at the Mammoth Academy is immediately greeting by a pledge on the part of the humans from Cave Skool that ‘We is gonna git you!!’. So it transpires that another epic battle between Mammoth and mankind is initiated. |
My So Called Life
Joanna Nadin |
Oxford University Press |
0192755269 |
Jun 2007 |
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Joanna Nadin has written a novel that forms a reaction against and indeed is the antithesis to the ‘teenage issue novel’. Astute and witty, comments about suburban, middle-class values ethics and world views abound in this uproariously funny page-turner. |
The Bad Spy’s Guide
Pete Johnson |
Corgi Yearling |
0440867630 |
May 2007 |
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Marginalised from her peers by consequence of her ardent interest in spies, Tasha falls easy prey to Henry, the new boy who, after a confusion of notebooks, reveals himself to be operating on behalf of a secret governmental organisation. Having succeeded in securing Tasha’s confidence, Henry uses her bedroom as a vantage point for surveillance on his alleged mission. |
The Iron, The Switch and The Broomcupboard
Michael Lawrence |
Orchard Books |
1846164710 |
Jul 2007 |
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Exploration of the effects of chance and caprice feels familiar territory to Michael Lawrence. Following on from consideration that is firmly rooted in the philosophical consequences of the decisions and choices we each of us play out in ‘The Aldous Lexicon’, Lawrence writes with a humorous frivolity that is immediately accessible and, at points, feels to be reaction against the depths and intricacies of ‘The Underwood See’. |
Ivan the Terrible
Anne Fine, ill. Philippe Dupasquier |
Egmont |
1405233249 |
Jun 2007 |
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