Children & Teen Fiction Books
Penguin Random House Children's UK I am the Cheese
Book SynopsisAdam''s father is in hospital and Adam has set off to visit him. It''s a long, cold journey; as he travels along Adam gets tired and. To take his mind off his exhaustion, he traces the events that led up to his father being taken to hospital. He had testified against government level corruption and the family became the subject of a government-orchestrated protection plan. The journey is a kind of odyssey, a search - through the mysteries of the mind. Adam must unlock the past and really rememberit if he is to survive.
£10.44
Penguin Random House Children's UK Loudmouth Louis
Book SynopsisEveryone knows that Louis is a loudmouth, he never stops talking and drives everyone crazy. No one believes him when he announces that he''s going to do a sponsored silence to raise money for the new school library. But Louis is determined, just for once, to keep his mouth shut. To his surprise he finds that he actually enjoys listening, that lessons are much better when he''s really involved in them - and that it''s very satisfying to raise money for the school.
£6.99
Penguin Random House Children's UK The Water Horse
Book SynopsisThe story begins with a mysterious egg washed up on a Scottish beach, the morning after a great storm. Kirstie and her brother Angus find the egg and take it home. The next day it has hatched into a tiny greeny-grey creature with a horse''s head, warty skin, four flippers and a crocodile''s tail. The baby sea monster soon becomes the family pet - but the trouble is, it just doesn''t stop growing!
£6.99
Penguin Random House Children's UK Harrys Mad
Book SynopsisFrom the king of animal stories for children and one of the national''s most beloved writers, a very funny and heart-warming story. Harry isn''t very pleased when he inherits a parrot from Great-Uncle George, but Maddison is no ordinary parrot. Not only can he talk, but you can have conversations with him and he and Harry quickly become great friends - but then Maddison is stolen ... Will he and Harry ever be reunited?
£999.99
Penguin Random House Children's UK Poppet
Book SynopsisPoppet is a little African elephant. When he is born, his mother warns him against mice because they run up elephants'' trunks. Poppet spends some time asking various creatures if they are mice and then, to his horror, one of them says ''Yes''. However, Momo the mouse persuades Poppet that he''s been told an old wives'' tale and the two become friends. Poppet''s mother is horrified but is won over in the end by Momo''s eloquence.
£7.44
Penguin Random House Children's UK Two Weeks with the Queen
Book Synopsis''I need to see the Queen about my sick brother.''Colin Mudford is on a quest. His brother Luke has cancer and the doctors in Australia don''t seem to be able to cure him. Sent to London to stay with relatives, Colin is desperate to do something to help Luke. He wants to find the best the doctor in the world. Where better to start than by going to the top? Colin is determined to ask the Queen for her advice.In Morris Gleitzman''s trademark style, this very moving story illuminates deeply serious issues about illness and loss with bright moments of humour.
£7.99
Penguin Random House Children's UK Mr Majeika and the School Trip
Book SynopsisMore amazing adventures with Mr Majeika, the ex-wizard, turned teacher, and his class at St Barty''s School. This time there''s a trip down a magic river, a battle to save St Barty''s from the wrecking ball, and work experience for Class Three.
£6.99
Penguin Random House Children's UK Toad Rage
Book SynopsisLimpy can''t understand why humans hate all cane toads so much - they even squash them with their cars. He is determined to save his own family from ending up as flat as place mats. He sets off on a ''mucas-chillingly dangerous and wart-tinglingly daring journey'' and risks everything to make humans see that cane toads are really very nice.
£7.59
Penguin Random House Children's UK Anne Franks Story
Book SynopsisThe life story of Anne Frank, from her early happy childhood in Frankfurt, growing up in Amsterdam, her two years in hiding and the last few months of her life in the concentration camps. Narrated in six clearly written chapters, this biography for children answers the many detailed questions about Anne that readers of the Diary often have, and includes interesting anecdotes from friends who survived her. There is an Historical Note at the beginning of the book and a map of Europe, so that children will be able to understand the situation at the time, and an Introduction by Anne Frank''s cousin, Buddy Elias.
£6.99
Penguin Random House Children's UK Out of Bounds
Book SynopsisA collection of short stories - four previously published and three new - linked by the theme of young people experiencing personal dilemmas. All are set in South Africa, first under apartheid and then after the first democratic elections. They cover the period from 1950 to 2000 and reflect the lives of a range of young people, black and white, living in what was for many years seen as the world''s most openly racist society.
£7.59
Penguin Random House Children's UK 100 Best Poems for Children
Book SynopsisA collection of the very best poems for children, edited by Roger McGoughA wonderful collection of contemporary and classic poems chosen by children from schools around the UK. Roger McGough made the final selection and wrote the introduction.Roger McGough was born in Liverpool and educated at the University of Hull. He came to prominence in the 1960s with the publication of THE MERSEY SOUND, and is one of today''s most popular poets. He writes for children and adults and performs his poetry all over the world. He was honoured with an OBE in 1997, and won the Signal Poetry Award in 1998. Roger now lives in London.Sheila Moxley is gaining a powerful reputation for her multi-cultural illustration. She lives in London.
£11.69
Penguin Random House Children's UK Notso Hotso
Book SynopsisIt''s a dog''s life for Anthony. Not only is he lacking the respect he deserves from the neighbourhood dogs and cats, but suddenly all he can do is scratch, scratch, scratch. And now bits of him are dropping off - yeuch! Just when Anthony thinks things can''t get any worse, he finds himself on the vet''s table. What she has in mind is about to destroy the tiny shred of street cred he has left...Trade Review...a fable about embarrassment that made me laugh aloud * Independent *
£6.99
Penguin Random House Children's UK Cormier R Chocolate War
Book SynopsisThe bestselling controversial novel about corruption and misuse of power in an American boys'' school.The headmaster of Trinity College asks Archie Costello, the leader of the Vigils, a secret society that rules the school, to help with the selling of 20,000 boxes of chocolates in the annual fund-raising effort. Archie sees the chance of adding to his power - he is the Assigner, handing out to the boys tasks to be performed if they are to survive in the school. Freshman, Jerry Renault, a newcomer to the corrupt regime, refuses to sell chocolates. Enormous mental and physical pressure is put on him but he will not give in - the result is an inevitable, explosive tragedy.
£8.54
Penguin Random House Children's UK Pirate School Just a Bit of Wind
Book SynopsisIt''s the first day at PIRATE SCHOOL for Ziggy, Smudge, Carkella and Flo and they have lots of new things to contend with. Their headteacher is the scary Patagonia Clasterbotton and they have to take lessons include walking the plank and hand-to-hand fighting. When out on the pirate ship a storm blows up, resulting in the children having to rescue Patagonia when she''s swept overboard, and they learn that really Patagonia is not so scary after all!
£6.99
Penguin Random House Children's UK The Jenius
Book SynopsisDick King-Smith, creator of ''Babe the Sheep-Pig'', presents the cleverest guinea pig in the world!Judy''s classmates snigger when she claims guinea pigs are brainy. But, when her guinea pigs have a baby son, she decides to call him Jenius and train him to prove her point. Soon he can do all kinds of clever tricks, and Judy can''t wait to show him off at school. After all, what could possibly go wrong?
£6.99
Penguin Random House Children's UK Dumpling
Book SynopsisDumpling wishes she was long and sausage-shaped like her two brothers and other dachshunds, instead of being short and stumpy. One day she goes to the woods and meets a witch''s cat who grants Dumpling her wish, but the spell goes wrong and Dumpling gets longer and longer! She''s very happy to return to her own shape again.
£6.99
Penguin Random House Children's UK The Day Our Teacher Went Batty
Book SynopsisA second collection of poems based on familiar themes.....
£10.46
Penguin Random House Children's UK The Improbable Cat
Book SynopsisThe Burrell family could never have foreseen the consequences of adopting the tiny stray kitten that appeared when David was twelve. But the sweet cat is not as harmless as it seems, and soon has them completely under its sinister spell. The only one unaffected, David concocts a plan to rescue his family - but will it work?
£7.59
Penguin Random House Children's UK Chinese Cinderella and the Secret Dragon Society
Book SynopsisDuring her lonely childhood in Shanghai, Adeline Yen Mah wrote adventure stories to escape from her terrible step-mother and cruel siblings. The characters she created often became more real to her than her own family. In Chinese Cinderella and the Secret Dragon Society, Adeline tells the story of Chinese Cinderella, a young girl who, after being thrown out of her home, has no choice but to go out and seek her own destiny. Soon she meets up with a group of children, all orphaned but each from a different background, who live with an old lady called Grandma Wu. Chinese Cinderella, or CC for short, decides her future after consulting an ancient book which helps to show her the way forward. And her choice takes her on a mission to save the lives of others. Based on a true-life incident during World War II. CC and the others bravely rescue a group of American pilots whose plane crashed after a bombing raid on Japan. Although her father is looking for her, CC knows that she can never go bac
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Penguin Random House Children's UK TheDiary of a Young Girl Definitive Edition by
Book Synopsis''One of the greatest books of the century'' - Guardian''Hiding...where would we hide?... Margot and I started packing our most important belongings into a satchel. The first thing I stuck in was this diary...''In July 1942 thirteen-year-old Anne Frank and her family, fleeing the horrors of Nazi occupation, went into hiding in an Amsterdam warehouse. Over the next two years Anne vividly describes in her diary the frustrations of living in such confined quarters.This unabridged, definitive text reveals Anne''s innermost thoughts and feelings as she grows up, and provides a deeply moving true-life story that comes to an abrupt and tragic end.Contains an Afterword, chronology of events and glossary of terms.
£7.99
Penguin Random House Children's UK The Wish List
Book SynopsisMeg Finn is in trouble, unearthly trouble. Cast out of her own home by her stepfather after her mother''s death, Meg is a wanderer, a troublemaker. After a botched attempt to rob a pensioner''s flat, Meg and her partner in crime, Belch, end up in a very sticky situation. Meg''s soul is up for grabs as the divine and the demonic try every underhand ploy imaginable to claim it. Her only chance of salvation is the Wish List. But how can she persuade the pensioner Lowrie to help her when she has wronged him? Even if she can persuade him, will she really have enough points to face up to St Peter?
£7.59
Penguin Random House Children's UK The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 34
Book SynopsisThe Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 is the first book in Sue Townsend''s brilliantly funny Adrian Mole series. Friday January 2ndI felt rotten today. It''s my mother''s fault for singing ''My Way'' at two o''clock in the morning at the top of the stairs. Just my luck to have a mother like her. There is a chance my parents could be alcoholics. Next year I could be in a children''s home.Meet Adrian Mole, a hapless teenager providing an unabashed, pimples-and-all glimpse into adolescent life. Writing candidly about his parents'' marital troubles, the dog, his life as a tortured poet and ''misunderstood intellectual'', Adrian''s painfully honest diary is still hilarious and compelling reading thirty years after it first appeared.Bestselling author Sue Townsend has been Britain''s favourite comic writer for over three decades.''I not only wept, I howled and hooted and had to get up and walk around the room and wipe my eyes so that I could go on reading'' Tom Sharpe''A satire of our times. Very funny indeed'' Sunday Times ''We laugh both at Mole and with him. A wonderful comic read, that, like all the best comedy, says something rather meaningful'' HeatSue Townsend is Britain''s favourite comic author. Her hugely successful novels include eight Adrian Mole books, The Public Confessions of a Middle-Aged Woman (Aged 55), Number Ten, Ghost Children, The Queen and I, Queen Camilla and The Woman Who Went to Bed For a Year, all of which are highly acclaimed bestsellers. She has also written numerous well-received plays. She lives in Leicester, where she was born and grew up.Trade ReviewThank God for Sue Townsend * Observer *Funny, moving and a poke in the eye for adult morality * Sunday Express *Townsend [is] the absolute monarch of comic fiction * Daily Mail *
£8.54
Penguin Random House Children's UK Charlottes Web
Book SynopsisA gorgeous full-colour large format edition of Charlotte''s Web, one of the best-loved animal stories of our time.The unforgettable story of a girl called Fern who loves a little pig called Wilbur. It tells how Charlotte A. Cavatica, a beautiful grey spider, saves Wilbur from the usual fate of nice fat pigs, by a wonderfully clever plan - a plan so original that no one else could possibly have thought of it!
£9.99
Penguin Books Ltd Just Binnie
Book SynopsisWhen Mr and Mrs Bone go down with the Titanic, their six children are left on their own. Binnie, the eldest at 17, stands her ground against well-meaning relatives and says she will bring up the family. And for the next four years she runs the Edwardian household, looking after her brothers and sisters, and starting a gentle romance with the vicar. Then the First World War breaks out and Binnie''s two elder brothers and her sweetheart all volunteer - but not all of them come home.
£10.46
Penguin Random House Children's UK George Speaks
Book SynopsisA very funny family story written by one of the nation''s most beloved writers for childrenLaura is amazed when her baby brother George starts talking to her when he''s only four weeks old, particularly as he sounds like a grown-up! It''s a big secret to keep from their parents and the rest of the family and leads to all sorts of comic confusion until George''s first birthday - when he makes a speech to his startled family.''Dick King-Smith is a huge favourite with children'' - Observer
£6.99
Penguin Random House Children's UK Dominics Discovery
Book SynopsisDominic''s middle name is trouble, but not because he''s got a troublesome nature, but quite simply because he''s ALWAYS in the wrong place at the wrong time. So it''s not surprising that he''s only allowed on the school trip to Thundercliff Bay - home to pirate legend, chilling ghost stories and lost treasure - by the skin of his teeth. Or that strict Mr Risley-Newsome, who has his beady eye on him, makes him stay at the youth hostel for forgetting his walking boots. What is surprising is that a very special discovery made by Dominic saves the day when the whole class is in serious danger, and proves to everyone that sometimes he can be in the right place at the right time.
£5.99
Penguin Random House Children's UK The Legend of Spud Murphy
Book SynopsisWill has four brothers and it''s chaos in his house! If he''s not being teased by his big brother Marty, he has to deal with the terrible, three-headed bundle of cuteness that is his three younger brothers. Even worse, his mother has the brilliant idea of packing Will and Marty off to the library during the holidays. She just doesn''t understand! Not only is the library no fun, it''s also the habitat of the legendary librarian Spud Murphy. If you put a foot wrong, it''s rumoured she will use her dreaded gas-powered spud gun and you don''t want that - just ask Ugly Frank how he got his nickname! Eventually Will and Marty discover a love of books and that Mrs Murphy isn''t so bad after all!
£6.99
Penguin Random House Children's UK The Return of the Killer Cat
Book SynopsisAnne Fine has written numerous highly acclaimed and prize-winning books for children and adults. The Tulip Touch won the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year Award; Goggle-Eyes won the Guardian Children's Fiction Award and the Carnegie Medal; Flour Babies won the Carnegie Medal and the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year; and Bill's New Frock won a Smarties Prize. Anne Fine was named Children's Laureate in 2001 and was awarded an OBE in 2003.
£6.99
Penguin Random House Children's UK The Boy the Wolf the Sheep and the Lettuce
Book SynopsisYou may think you know the riddle of the boy, the wolf, the sheep and the lettuce, but this book will prove you wrong. Read Allan Ahlberg''s SHOCKING EXPOSE of the truth behind a story we think we all know, including: Wolf horror! Canoe shock! Fibbing! Exclusive Lettuce revelations! Moments of brilliant and unforgettable beauty! You''ll never think of boys, wolves, sheep, lettuces OR riddles in the same way again.
£7.59
Penguin Random House Children's UK Bad Becky in Trouble
Book SynopsisBad Becky is cheeky (but charming), opinionated and always in some kind of trouble. But you can''t help loving her! I mean wouldn''t you rather hear a story about a princess who gets gobbled up by the dragon rather than another soppy one wher the prince saves the princess? And if a magician at a party was rubbish wouldn''t you point it out? And who wants their horrible Great Aunt Mildred visiting? So really, Becky is just doing everyone a favour...A wickedly funny new series for readers gaining confidence. Bad Becky''s got attitude!
£9.25
Penguin Random House Children's UK Dinosaur Trouble
Book Synopsis''T. rex! T. rex! Run!''The terrible Tyrannosaurus rex is scaring all the dinosaur families that live on the Great Plain. Nosy, the little pterodactyl, and his great friend Banty, the apatosaurus, agree that T. rex has got to be stopped. But how?Luckily Nosy has a plan ...
£7.59
Penguin Random House Children's UK Toad Away
Book SynopsisLimpy is fed up of seeing his relatives run over and when he hears of a place in the Amazon, where human and toad live together in harmony, he resolves to find this place for himself and to take his cousin Goliath with him.The two toads make their bumpy way to the Amazonian jungle via the claws of a migratory bird and the underside of an aeroplane seat. But the jungle is not the Utopia that Limpy had imagined and it takes the advice of some Amazonian cane toads and one wise man to finally find the secret of a harmonious life with humans!
£5.99
Penguin Random House Children's UK The Legend of the Worst Boy in the World
Book SynopsisEoin Colfer, the second of five brothers, was born and raised in Wexford, in the south-east of Ireland. Artemis Fowl, his first book featuring the brilliant young anti-hero, was an immediate international bestseller and won the WHSmith 'People's Choice' Children's Book of the Year and the Children's Book of the Year at the British Book Awards. This is Eoin's third book for younger readers.Trade ReviewPraise for The Legend of Spud Murphy and The Legend of Captain Crow's Teeth:'The funniest book of the year. A mini-masterpiece' – Daily Mail'Plenty of full-on belly laughs' – Sunday Times'Cracking' – Disney's Big Time
£6.99
Penguin Random House Children's UK Mr Majeika Joins the Circus
Book SynopsisWhen Class Three and Mr Majeika go to the circus, it''s definitely not as fun as they imagined. Everyone''s a bit old, creaky and rubbish really! So when Mr Majeika casts a small spell to help the performers with their circus show, it''s no surprise that Billy Balance, the slack rope walker, kidnaps Mr Majeika so that Mr Majeika can magically help him everytime! Things get worse whilst Mr majeika is trapped when Wilhelmina Worlock takes the opportunity to turn Class Three''s classroom into a circus and the children spend all afternoon running away from lions and alligators!But Mr Majeika''s magic saves the day, Class Three and the circus end up on the news and once again Mr Potter, the headmaster, misses it all!
£6.99
Penguin Random House Children's UK Beware Killer Tomatoes
Book SynopsisJack''s in trouble. Big trouble. Not only is he in hospital with a leg in traction (boring) but he knows the police are coming for him. Because of an accident a tomato-related accident involving a supermarket pyramid and an old-age pensioner. Whoops!Jeremy Strong knows exactly what makes kids laugh, and he''s on top form in this very funny detective spoof. A major rebranding and repackaging programme in 2007 will ensure there''s not a child in the country who hasn''t laughed their socks off with Jeremy!Rowan Clifford''s illustrations add to the fun.Trade ReviewStrong's books are hugely popular with young children with their breezy, daft exuberance * Sunday Times *His books crackle with good humour and invention * TES *King of comedy * Guardian *His books are preposterously entertaining * Observer *
£8.04
Penguin Random House Children's UK The Mouse Family Robinson
Book Synopsis''If only that horrible cat didn''t live here!''When Beaumont Robinson, an inquisitive young mouse, is nearly killed by the cat, his family decide there is only one thing to do. They must emigrate! And so they all set out on a midnight adventure to find a new house.A delightful story with a truly engaging mouse hero - just right for new readers of 7+. Ben Cort''s illustrations are tremendous fun.Trade ReviewHis animal stories never descend to fluffiness * Independent on Sunday *Dick King-Smith is a huge favourite with children * Observer *Dick King-Smith is a huge favourite with children * Observer *
£6.99
Penguin Random House Children's UK Dont Tell the Teacher
Book SynopsisBrilliantly observed as always, family, teachers, pupils and the dreaded school inspector all leap to life in this wonderfully warm and witty, brand new, poetry collection from bestseller Gervase Phinn. New kids, disobedient deputy heads, school reports and fireworks, daydreamers and embarrassing mums all make an appearance. And if read on you might even just discover the whereabouts of Colin''s confiscated conkers...just don''t tell the teacher!
£6.99
Penguin Random House Children's UK Half Moon Investigations
Book SynopsisFletcher Moon is a schoolboy and private investigator. Since graduating online, he has solved all sorts of minor mysteries at school and at home. It was only a matter of time before things got serious.Trade ReviewPraise for Half Moon Investigations: 'Repartee, irreverence, a zippy pace and suspense will leave the readers wanting more' – Irish Times Praise for Artemis Fowl: 'Fast-paced, tongue-in-cheek, with laugh-out-loud jokes. Smart and page-turning' – Sunday Times'Fast, funny and very exciting' – Daily Mail
£7.59
Penguin Random House Children's UK thepromisethemovingstoryofafamilyintheholocaust
Book SynopsisHolocaust survivor Eva Schloss retells her own story specially for younger readers. This is the remarkable true story of a young Jewish girl and her brother caught in a world turned upside down by the Nazis during the Second World War. Eva Schloss describes her happy early childhood in Vienna with her kind and loving parents and her older brother Heinz, whom she adored. But when the Nazis marched into Austria everything changed. Eva''s family fled to Belgium, then to Amsterdam where, with the help of the Dutch Resistance, they spent the next two years in hiding - Eva and her mother in one house, and her father and brother in another. But in the end they were all betrayed and deported to Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland. Despite the horrors of the camp, Eva''s positive attitude and stubborn personality (which had often got her into trouble) saw her through one of the most tragic events in history but sadly her father and brother perished just weeks before the li
£9.25
Penguin Random House Children's UK Maos Last Dancer
Book SynopsisLi Cunxin was born in 1961 near the city of Qingdao on the coast of north-east China. The sixth of seven sons in a poor rual family Li's peasant life in Chairman Mao's communist china changed dramatically when he was chosen by Madame Mao's cultural advisers to become a student at the Beijing Dance Academy. Li went on to become one of the best male dancers in the world. He now lives in Melbourne, Australia with his wife and family.
£999.99
Penguin Random House Children's UK Jake Cake The Robot Dinner Lady
Book SynopsisJake Cake is an ordinary kid who likes writing and illustrating stories about his adventures. He swears they''re all true, but no one ever believes him. In this second book of a four-book series, Jake discovers the school dinner lady is a robot (and she can''t cook chips!), he has goblins in his garden (they''re green and they bite) and he''s tricked by a really tricky witch (trouble!).
£10.46
Penguin Random House Children's UK Ruby Red
Book SynopsisIn Ruby Winters'' world, colour opens some doors and slams others shut. Her opulent Johannesburg neighbourhood is a far cry from the streets of Soweto where anger and hatred simmer under the surface.Ruby can't resist the blue-eyed Afrikaans boy who brings her the exciting rush of first love, but whose presence brings hushed whispers and disapproving glances. She might not see race, colour or creed but it seems everybody else does . . .This dazzling novel will entrance teenage and adult readers alike.Trade ReviewPraise for The Year the Gypsies Came:'Wonderful . . . This is a new book with an old and wise heart. It may very well have the makings of a classic' – Guardian'Beautifully, powerfully and compellingly written . . . extraordinarily moving' – Sunday Times'This outstanding first novel arcs beautifully to its terrible climax and is deeply moving' – Observer'Every now and then a book comes along that's unusual, compelling and deeply absorbing yet is so tragically simple, it leaves an indelible trace on the memory. The Year the Gypsies Came is one of these' – Irish Independent'A beautifully evoked, exquisitely written novel' – Sunday Telegraph
£8.54
Penguin Random House Children's UK The Killer Cat Strikes Back
Book SynopsisAnne Fine has written numerous highly acclaimed and prize-winning books for children and adults. The Tulip Touch won the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year Award; Goggle-Eyes won the Guardian Children's Fiction Award and the Carnegie Medal; Flour Babies won the Carnegie Medal and the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year; and Bill's New Frock won a Smarties Prize. Anne Fine was named Children's Laureate in 2001 and was awarded an OBE in 2003.Trade ReviewPraise for The Diary of the Killer Cat and The Return of the Killer Cat:'Infectiously funny and highly readable' -- Independent 'Great fun -- another Fine success' -- Guardian 'A brilliant tale of catastrophe and pussy pandemonium' -- Daily Telegraph
£6.99
Penguin Random House Children's UK My Secret Unicorn Moonlight Journey
Book SynopsisTwilight is a rather ordinary little grey pony but when Lauren whispers the magic words, he turns into a beautiful snow-white unicorn. In this thirteenth exciting adventure Lauren and Twilight make an intrepid journey to the land of Arcardia in order to save their pony friend Shadow from a mystery virus.
£7.59
Penguin Random House Children's UK Burn My Heart
Book SynopsisThe Mau Mau the name of a secret society that once struck terror into the hearts of British settlers in Kenya. An episode in history that ended in a State of Emergency, with violent and brutal acts dividing a nation. This is an intensely personal and vivid story of two boys: one black, one white. Once they were friends even though their circumstances are very different. But in a country riven by fear and prejudice, even the best of friends can betray one another . . .Internationally acclaimed and award-winning author Beverley Naidoo explores new territory in this beautifully realized and moving story set in Britain''s colonial past.Trade ReviewSometimes you have to break the rules, particularly when those rules are based on prejudice. Naidoo breaks the rules, producing books for young people which recognize that they want to know about the real world * Guardian *Naidoo shows her ability to take stories that are hot off the press, give them emotional depth and raise questions about society and our own responsibilities to each other -- on Web of Lies * Books for Keeps *A wonderfully accessible story laced with powerful messages of family commitment and human rights. Beverley Naidoo's own South African origins and subsequent exile in London provide heartfelt spine to this book -- Jon Snow on , winner of the Carnegie Medal * The Other Side of Truth *
£8.54
Penguin Random House Children's UK The Boyhood of Burglar Bill
Book SynopsisAllan Ahlberg''s The Boyhood of Burglar Bill is a nostalgic, autobiographical story about football, schooldays and growing-up in the ''50s. Allan Ahlberg is the internationally bestselling author of children''s classics that include Peepo! and Each Peach, Pear Plum, illustrated by Janet Ahlberg.Archie was a wonder dog in all our eyes. Nearly a year ago he had got run over. They found his foot in the street but the rest of him ran off. Mr Purnell mourned for a while; Mrs Purnell offered to beat the motorcyclist up or at least wreck his bike. Then, lo and behold, a fortnight later back came Archie. Coronation year, 1953. The boys from the bottom pitch - a great soup of boys - play football. When the ''Coronation Cup'' is proposed, they put their heads together, pool their pocket money and get a team up. There''s no chance they''ll win of course. They''re just the odds and sods in Mr Cork''s opinion. Besides, he''d go berserk if they did; menace them with his one good arm and pulverise their desks with his cricket stump. They''d be better off losing.The Boyhood of Burglar Bill is the second in a sequence of stories in which Allan Ahlberg explores his own childhood. My Brother''s Ghost, shortlisted for the Guardian Children''s Fiction Prize, was the first. Allan Ahlberg has published books for children of all ages from the picture books Peepo!, Each Peach, Pear, Plum, The Jolly Postman and the Funnybones series - illustrated by Janet Ahlberg - to his books for older readers including Woof! and his books of verse: Please Mrs. Butler and Heard it in the Playground. Trade ReviewAn exceptional piece of writing . . . comic, poignant and true. Anyone will be enriched by reading it * Sunday Times *Affectionately downbeat . . . this artfully informal story has something for everyone -- Nicholas Tucker * Independent *This is simply great writing, for boys or anyone else -- Brandon Robshaw * Independent *Affectionately downbeat . . . this artfully informal story has something for everyone -- Nicholas Tucker * Independent *
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Penguin Random House Children's UK Kevin and Sadie The Story Continues
Book SynopsisA collection of the last three Kevin and Sadie titles: Into Exile, A Proper Place, Hostage to Fortune. Each book can be enjoyed on its own as a stand alone story and, together with Across the Barricades and The Twelfth Day of July, these books make up the full story of two children, Kevin and Sadie, whose love crosses the barriers of conflict-torn Belfast.
£9.49
Penguin Random House Children's UK Magic Kitten Firelight Friends
Book SynopsisKara is so excited to be at adventure camp for the summer - she'd thought about it every day at school. But when some bullies at the camp start playing mean tricks on both Kara and her new dorm mates, she starts to wish she hadn't left home this summer after all. Then Kara discovers cute tiny white kitten, Flame.
£10.46
