Dumped!

Dumped!

Helen Chapman

Childrens / Science

The Interact range of high interest/low reading age plays have been written to engage and motivate struggling and reluctant readers, particularly boys. Drawing on issues that pupils can relate to such as cyber-bullying, peer pressure and family problems, each play features six character parts and is filled with language and humour which will appeal to readers with an interest age of 9 to 14+ years, reading age 7 to 8 years.
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Toothy!

Toothy!

Alan MacDonald

Nonfiction / History / Childrens

Calling all Dirty Bertie fans! Dirty Bertie – the boy with nose-pickingly disgusting habits – is back for another helping of comic chaos! More disgusting than ever, with crazier plans and increasingly madcap schemes, Bertie continues to delight his legions of fans who revel in his revolting ways. Join Bertie on his 19th adventure in Toothy! as he takes a reluctant trip to the dentist, tries to keep his cool on the hottest day of the year, and causes a mid-air emergency whilst flying with a very nervous Dad! Dirty Bertie is a hugely popular series created by David Roberts. With each hilarious story approximately thirty pages long and split into chapters, Dirty Bertie is ideal for reluctant boy readers or readers in search of hilarity but with a short attention span.
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When Friendship Followed Me Home

When Friendship Followed Me Home

Paul Griffin

Childrens / Middle Grade / Realistic Fiction

A boy's chance encounter with a scruffy dog leads to an unforgettable friendship in this deeply moving story about life, loss, and the meaning of family Ben Coffin has never been one for making friends. As a former foster kid, he knows people can up and leave without so much as a goodbye. Ben prefers to spend his time with the characters in his favorite sci-fi books...until he rescues an abandoned mutt from the ally next-door to the Coney Island Library. Scruffy little Flip leads Ben to befriend a fellow book-lover named Halley—yes, like the comet—a girl unlike anyone he has ever met. Ben begins thinking of her as "Rainbow Girl" because of her crazy-colored clothes and her laugh, pure magic, the kind that makes you smile away the stormiest day. Rainbow Girl convinces Ben to write a novel with her. But as their story unfolds Ben's life begins to unravel, and Ben must discover for himself the truth about friendship and the meaning of...
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Seventh Grade in the Life of Me, Penelope

Seventh Grade in the Life of Me, Penelope

Alison Pollet

Realistic Fiction / Young Adult / Childrens

In this paperback debut, Alison Pollet brings us the story of an observant uptown girl named Penelope, whose posh upbringing can't protect her from changes at home and at school.It's 1981, and nothing is going right in Penelope's life. She has just started seventh grade at Elston Prep, and she and her best friend Stacy aren't getting along. Stacy is all caught up in who's wearing what to whose Bar Mitzvah, and has even become friends with Annabella and Pia, two of the biggest snobs at Elston! At home, things are no better: there's a new mother's helper to contend with, and Penelope's little brother Nathaniel just won't leave her alone. And when her parents are at home—which is rare—all they do is fight.
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Losing the Plot

Losing the Plot

Annie Dalton

Fantasy / Childrens / Young Adult

When the Agency sends newbie angel Mel and her two best mates off to sixteenth century London to rescue a troublesome teenage trio, she starts to wonder if they’re worth the effort. Then Mel’s cosmic enemy Brice shows up and suddenly disaster strikes. Mel needs to act – and fast - to save a special hush-hush Agency project that could impact on Planet Earth for centuries to come.
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The Crow-Girl--The Children of Crow Cove

The Crow-Girl--The Children of Crow Cove

Bodil Bredsdorff

Childrens / Historical / Historical Fiction

A timeless novel about the kindness of strangersNear a little cove where a brook runs out to the sea live a girl and her grandmother. All alone with no neighbors at all, the two lead a peaceful existence. They have a house, dine on sea kale and mussels and sand snails, and build fires from driftwood. But the grandmother is very old. When the time comes that the girl must bury the woman, she makes up a funeral song about the birds she is watching: Two crows never fly alone, and death is never, ever past. The next day the same crows seem to beckon her, and so the Crow-Girl begins her journey, one in which she will meet people both warm and cold, hurt and hurtful. And the Crow-Girl, before she knows it, has the makings before her of a new family . . . This lyrical story, with its characters' moments of darkness always overcome through incredible humanity, introduces a strong new voice for American readers.
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The Perfect Secret

The Perfect Secret

Rob Buyea

Realistic Fiction / Childrens / Middle Grade

From the beloved author of Because of Mr. Terupt comes the sequel to The Perfect Score, about a lovable group of students at Lake View Middle School and the rewards and challenges of seventh grade.These students are in for a year of secrets, discoveries, and kid power!GAVIN finally joins the football team--a dream come true!--but Coach Holmes refuses to play him for reasons that also threaten to tear Gavin's family apart. When RANDI attends an elite gymnastics camp, she uncovers a startling family connection. SCOTT starts researching an article for the school newspaper and stumbles right into a hornet's nest of lies. With his loser older brother, Brian, out of the house, TREVOR's life is loads better--until he realizes that only he can save Brian from getting into deep trouble. NATALIE's top goals: (1) find out why Mrs. Woods and Mrs. Magenta no longer speak to each other--a mission shared by all the kids--and (2) teach a certain someone an important life skill without anyone knowing. It's tough keeping secrets. And tougher still to deal with the fallout when secrets spill out.
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Tinker Bell Junior Novel

Tinker Bell Junior Novel

Disney Book Group

Childrens / Picture Books

Arriving at Pixie Hollow, home of the Never fairies, Tinker Bell is not so pleased to discover her special talent as a tinker fairy. She hopes to be a nature fairy, to travel to the mainland to bring about the seasons. When she tries to switch her talent, she risks bringing the end to springtime! Find out what happens in this retelling of the movie, featuring full-color scenes!
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Surprises According to Humphrey

Surprises According to Humphrey

Betty G. Birney

Childrens / Animals / Fiction

A classroom hamster has to be ready for anything, but suddenly there are LOTS-LOTS-LOTS of big surprises in Humphrey's world. Some are exciting, like a new hamster ball. But some are scary, like a run-in with a cat and a new janitor who might be from another planet. But even with all that's going on, Humphrey finds time to help his classmates with their problems. But will Mrs. Brisbane's unsqueakable surprise be too much for Humphrey to handle?
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