The Butterfly Lion
By: Michael Morpurgo
4.09
Format: 128 pages, Hardcover
A British boy and a white lion cub form a bond in turn-of-the-century South Africa, and when years …
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1. Stig of the Dump
By: Clive King
3.92
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
Barney is a solitary eight-year-old, given to wandering off by himself. One day he is lying on the … read more
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2. Skellig (Skellig, #1)
By: David Almond
3.81
Format: 208 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Unhappy about his baby sister's illness and the chaos of moving into a dilapidated old house, Micha… read more
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"There's no end to evolution."-David Almond, Skellig (Skellig, #1)
"The dead are often known to eat 27 and 53"-David Almond, Skellig (Skellig, #1)
"Truth and dreams are always getting muddled."-David Almond, Skellig (Skellig, #1)
"Can love help a person to get better?’ I asked."-David Almond, Skellig (Skellig, #1)
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4. Hetty Feather
By: Jacqueline Wilson
3.81
Format: 4 pages, Hardcover
London, 1876 and Hetty Feather is just a tiny baby when her mother leaves her at the Foundling Hosp… read more
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5. The Explorer
By: Katherine Rundell
4.83
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Parents' Choice Recommended From Boston Globe-Horn Book Award winner Katherine Rundell comes an exc… read more
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6. Under the Hawthorn Tree (Children of the Famine, #1)
By: Marita Conlon-McKenna , Donald Teskey
3.68
Format: 265 pages, Paperback
During the Great Famine in Ireland in the 1840s, three children are left alone and in danger of bei… read more
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7. Street Child
By: Berlie Doherty
4.07
Format: 242 pages,
A fictional account of the experiences of Jim Jarvis, a young orphan who escapes the workhouse in 1… read more
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8. King of the Cloud Forests
By: Michael Morpurgo , M. Morpurgo
5.00
Format: 398 pages, Paperback
When Japan invaded China, Ashley and Uncle Sung are forced to flee. It is a perilous journey across… read more
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9. The Twits
By: Roald Dahl , Quentin Blake
3.97
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
How do you outwit a Twit? Mr. and Mrs. Twit are the smelliest, ugliest people in the world. They ha… read more
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"Hey, my spaghetti’s moving!"-Roald Dahl, The Twits
"No one who is good can ever be ugly."-Roald Dahl, The Twits
"What a lot of hairy-faced men there are around nowadays."-Roald Dahl, The Twits
"If a person has ugly thoughts, it begins to show on their face"-Roald Dahl, The Twits
10. An Inspector Calls
By: None
3.15
Format: None pages, Paperback
The action of the play occurs in an English industrial city, where a young girl commits suicide and… read more
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11. Wild Wings
By: Gill Lewis , Yuta Onoda
4.15
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
The majestic Osprey is an endangered bird that hasn't been seen in Scotland for years, so when Iona… read more
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12. The Butterfly Lion
By: Michael Morpurgo
4.09
Format: 128 pages, Hardcover
A British boy and a white lion cub form a bond in turn-of-the-century South Africa, and when years … read more
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13. Mr Stink
By: Quentin Blake , David Walliams
4.17
Format: 267 pages, Paperback
The second original, touching, twisted, and most of all hilarious novel for children from David Wal… read more
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"The Duchess looked at Chloe with a look that said, You had the chance to tell him, but you chose to carry on the lie. How do I know that the Duchess's look said this? Because there is an excellent bo…"-Quentin Blake, Mr Stink
"In Britain, a cup of tea is the answer to every problem. Fallen off your bicycle? Nice cup of tea. Your house has been destroyed by a meteorite? Nice cup of tea and a biscuit. Your entire family has …"-Quentin Blake, Mr Stink
14. Esio Trot
By: Roald Dahl , Quentin Blake
3.74
Format: 80 pages, Paperback
Mr. Hoppy is in love with Mrs. Silver, but her heart belongs to Alfie, her pet tortoise. Mr. Hoppy … read more
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15. My Sister Jodie
By: Jacqueline Wilson
4.03
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
Pearl and Jodie are sisters. Pearl is the younger one, small, shy and anxious. Jodie is nearly thre… read more
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16. Good Night, Mr. Tom
By: Michelle Magorian
3.93
Format: 40 pages, Paperback
London is poised on the brink of World War II. Timid, scrawny Willie Beech -- the abused child of a… read more
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17. Journey to the River Sea
By: Kevin Hawkes , Eva Ibbotson
4.20
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
Sent in 1910 to live with distant relatives who own a rubber plantation along the Amazon River, En… read more
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"They were steaming out of the station before Maia asked, 'Was it books in the trunk?' 'It was books, admitted Miss Minton. And Maia said, 'Good."-Kevin Hawkes, Journey to the River Sea
18. The Firework-Maker's Daughter
By: Philip Pullman , S. Saelig Gallagher
3.78
Format: None pages, Paperback
A thousand miles ago, in a country east of the jungle and south of the mountains, there lived a fir… read more
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20. 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
21. Finding Bear (The Last Bear #2)
By: Hannah Gold
4.54
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
The unmissable follow-up to the award-winning The Last Bear— perfect for fans of Rosanne Parry and… read more
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