A Bad Day for Jayden by Tony Bradman
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Category: Reading Age 8-12 Years - Primary
Reluctant-reader favourite Tony Bradman returns with a gentle and sensitively told story of life as a young carer.Mum won't get out of bed. His best friend has dumped him. And school work is just too difficult. Jayden wants to do the right thing - but how can he when it feels like the world is conspirin ...Show more
A Dangerous Game by Malorie Blackman
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Category: Reading Age 8-12 Years - Primary
Although Sam has a long-term illness, all he wants is the chance to lead a normal life. So he is thrilled when he finally gets his mum and dad to let him go on the school trip to the Scottish Highlands. Sam's desperate for an adventure and wants to prove to everyone that he's just as strong as his frien ...Show more
A Most Peculiar Toy Factory by Alex Bell
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Category: Reading Age 8-12 Years - Primary
Bestselling author Alex Bell serves up mystery and dark humour aplenty in this Roald Dahl-esque middle-grade tale of toys brought to life.Shadows of teddy bears flit across windows. Dolls whisper behind closed doors. Something has gone very wrong at Hoggle's Happy Toys. But five years after shutting its ...Show more
A Remarkable Ear by Anne Fine
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Category: Reading Age 8-12 Years - Primary
Beloved and award-winning author Anne Fine returns with a touching, musical story of patience, practice and courage.Everyone's always telling Will to stop making so much noise. That is, until he meets music teacher Mr Brand. He thinks Will's not just noisy but that he has a gift and must learn to play t ...Show more
After the War by Tom Palmer
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Category: Reading Age 8-12 Years - Primary | Series: Conkers
Master storyteller Tom Palmer returns with a deeply moving and beautifully told novel of friendship and belonging, inspired by the incredible true story of the Windermere Boys. Summer 1945. The Second World War is finally over and Yossi, Leo and Mordecai are among three hundred children who arrive in t ...Show more
Aidan Abet, Teacher's Pet by Guy Bass
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Category: Reading Age 8-12 Years - Primary
Aidan Abet knows the key to surviving at school - it's making himself indispensable to the teacher. Unfortunately there's something distinctly odd about new teacher Miss Vowel and her menagerie of animals. It almost seems that the animals are warning Aidan of danger... Should Aidan help the animals, or ...Show more
All to Play For by Eve Ainsworth
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Category: Reading Age 8-12 Years - Primary
Acclaimed author Eve Ainsworth tackles the increasing expense of football for working-class kids in this touching story of family, community and beating the odds. Lewis loves football more than anything else in the world but his mum doesn't want him to play. They don't have enough money for the kit and ...Show more
Anna Gain and the Same Sixty Seconds by Guy Bass; Steve May (Illustrator)
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Category: Reading Age 8-12 Years - Primary
A laugh-out-loud and punny take on Groundhog Day for young readers from a top-notch author-illustrator pairing.Ever-punctual Anna Gain is never late, and she's certainly never late for the school bus. Every day she catches it in perfect time. But not today. After a series of absurd events cause Anna to ...Show more
Anty Hero by Barry Hutchison
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Category: Reading Age 8-12 Years - Primary
Ant might seem to have an odd attraction to insects, and it's weird that he doesn't know anything about footie, but these aren't the strangest things about him by a long way. What really sets him apart is what's hiding behind the ginormous sunglasses that he refuses to ever take off. When his science te ...Show more
Anzac Boys by Tony Bradman
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Category: Reading Age 8-12 Years - Primary
A powerful and moving World War One story about ANZAC soldiers and the disaster of the Gallipoli landing.
Armistice Runner by Tom Palmer
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Category: Reading Age 8-12 Years - Primary
Lily has lots of worries. She's struggling to compete in her fell-running races and, even worse, every day her gran's Alzheimer's gets a little bit worse. But then she discovers her great-great-grandfather's diaries from the First World War. Could his incredible story of bravery help her reconnect with ...Show more