A Drop of Golden Sun
By: Kate Saunders
4.45
Format: 324 pages, Paperback
It's 1973 and 10-year-old Jenny is in shock. She's just been cast as one of the lead roles in a fea…
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1. Cartwheeling in Thunderstorms
By: Katherine Rundell
3.97
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Even a life on the untamed plains of Africa can’t prepare Wilhelmina for the wilds of an English bo… read more
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2. The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels
By: Beth Lincoln
4.06
Format: 338 pages, Hardcover
In her family, Shenanigan Swift has always been synonymous with mischief. As Arch-Aunt Schadenfreud… read more
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"According to Arch-Aunt Schadenfreude, a funeral ought to look like a wedding upside down."-Beth Lincoln, The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels
"A funeral is supposed to be a way to say goodbye. You look inside yourself and find a place to put your grief, not somewhere hidden, not the top shelf or the back of a cupboard, but maybe by a window…"-Beth Lincoln, The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels
"A collective term is a special name given to a group of animals, like a herd of cows. Many animals have their own strange terms. She knew the collective term for starlings was a murmuration, and the …"-Beth Lincoln, The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels
"Family was exhausting, and complicated, and everyone was their own person, which meant you had just as much chance of getting along with them as you did any stranger off the street. Just sharing bloo…"-Beth Lincoln, The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels
3. The Boy at the Back of the Class
By: Onjali Q. Raúf
4.39
Format: 312 pages, Paperback
Told with humor and heart, 'THE BOY AT THE BACK OF THE CLASS' offers a child's perspective on the r… read more
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"Sometimes all you really need is somewhere to cry without anyone ever knowing."-Onjali Q. Raúf, The Boy at the Back of the Class
4. The Final Year
By: Matt Goodfellow
4.71
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Life can be tough in your last year of primary school. Tests to take, preparing for the change to h… read more
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5. Crossing the Line
By: Tia Fisher
4.28
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
'Do you feel safe?' A powerful novel exploring how teenagers can be swept up into county lines. … read more
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6. Away With Words
By: Sophie Cameron
3.89
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Shortlisted for the Yoto Carnegie Medal for Writing 2024 Shortlisted for the UKLA Book Awards 2024… read more
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7. The Highland Falcon Thief (Adventures on Trains, #1)
By: M.G. Leonard
4.28
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
In The Highland Falcon Thief: Adventures on Trains #1, a middle-grade series starter from MG Leonar… read more
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"It's hard to have an adventure with a smart phone in your pocket. It stops you from reading real maps and talking to people."-M.G. Leonard, The Highland Falcon Thief (Adventures on Trains, #1)
8. The Door of No Return (The Door of No Return, #1)
By: Kwame Alexander
4.32
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
An instant #1 New York Times Bestseller! From the Newbery Medal and Coretta Scott King Award win… read more
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"A family tie is like the river. It can bend, but it cannot break."-Kwame Alexander, The Door of No Return (The Door of No Return, #1)
9. The Song Walker
By: Zillah Bethell
4.16
Format: None pages, None
"There are three questions that I need to find the answers to: -Where am I? -What am I doing here… read more
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10. Keedie
By: Elle McNicoll
4.69
Format: 270 pages, Paperback
Set in Juniper five years before A Kind of Spark, Keedie is a powerful coming-of-age story that tho… read more
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"I can't stand people who say they're good when they're not."-Elle McNicoll, Keedie
"I may be forced to mask, but they choose to wear numerous faces."-Elle McNicoll, Keedie
"You have to be the cartographer of your own heart. Make it into a map."-Elle McNicoll, Keedie
"She's like the sunflower. She'll find the sun no matter how much darkness other people try to put her in."-Elle McNicoll, Keedie
11. Code Name Kingfisher
By: Liz Kessler
4.58
Format: 335 pages, Kindle Edition
When Liv finds a secret box from her grandmother’s childhood she uncovers an extraordinary war-time… read more
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12. Where the Heart Should Be
By: Sarah Crossan
4.35
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
It is 1846 and Ireland is starving. The potatoes are black, people are dying and in the midst of… read more
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13. Ella on the Outside
By: Cath Howe
4.16
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
Ella is the new girl at school. She doesn't know anyone and she doesn't have any friends. And she h… read more
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14. The Suspect
By: Rob Rinder
3.96
Format: 400 pages, ebook
**THE GRIPPING SECOND NOVEL FROM ROB RINDER AND FOLLOW-UP TO NO. 1 BESTSELLER THE TRIAL**When Hanna… read more
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15. The Letter with the Golden Stamp
By: Onjali Q. Raúf
4.52
Format: 212 pages, Kindle Edition
'I can't remember how old I was when I first started collecting stamps. But I've got a whole shoebo… read more
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16. Ember Spark and the Thunder of Dragons
By: Abi Elphinstone
4.35
Format: 253 pages, Kindle Edition
A magical NEW story filled with adventure, wonder and edge-of-your-seat excitement, set in a world … read more
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17. A Drop of Golden Sun
By: Kate Saunders
4.45
Format: 324 pages, Paperback
It's 1973 and 10-year-old Jenny is in shock. She's just been cast as one of the lead roles in a fea… read more
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18. King of Nothing
By: Nathanael Lessore
4.43
Format: 245 pages, Kindle Edition
ANTON AND HIS FRIENDS ARE THE KINGS OF YEAR 9.They're used to ruling the school and Anton wears the… read more
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19. Fallout
By: Lesley Parr
4.59
Format: 346 pages, Kindle Edition
Can Marcus escape the future his parents expect him to have? Or is his fate decided by his family? … read more
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20. The Insiders
By: Cath Howe
4.04
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
Secrets. Lies. Promises. Sometimes keeping things inside is dangerous. Callie, Ted, Zara, and Ni… read more
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21. The Last Dragon
By: Polly Ho-Yen
3.71
Format: 160 pages, Kindle Edition
From award-winning author Polly Ho-Yen, comes a beautifully illustrated story for readers aged 7+. … read more
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