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  The Horse Who Came Home

  Olivia Tuffin

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  Heartbreak, betrayal, and a breathtakingly daring rescue: Olivia Tuffin's fresh and thrilling novel about a girl's fight for justice at her family's stables will have 9+ readers gripped.
  Hannah's dad, a former Olympic show jumper, runs a highly respected stables where they buy, train and sell ponies on for huge sums of money. The whole family helps, especially Hannah's older sister, Millie - a social media star on the rise. But when Hannah rescues Bella, a beautiful Connemara pony, and begins to piece together her tragic history, she discovers that not everything at Heartwood stables is as perfect as it seems.
  Love of ponies, or loyalty to family? Now that Hannah knows the truth, she faces an impossible choice.
  
  
  Olivia Tuffin, much loved author of The Palomino Pony and A Pony Called Secret series, breaks new ground in this dramatic story for older readers.

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  It Came from Beneath the Sink!

  R.L. Stine

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  From the New York Times–bestselling Goosebumps series, two siblings discover a monster lurking beneath the sink of their new house that preys on bad luck.  
   
  Kat and her brother, Daniel, are so lucky. They just moved to a new house with tons of rooms, two balconies, and a lawn the size of a football field. But all that good luck is about to run out. Because there’s something really evil living in their new house. Something that’s moving. Watching. Waiting. Something that comes from beneath the kitchen sink. It might look like an ordinary sponge. But this scary creature doesn’t do dishes. . . .

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  Cynthia Kadohata

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  “Kadohata’s slapshot is the heart-swelling narrative of a father and son…Truly powerful.” —Jason Reynolds“A deeply poignant story about a boy sorting out his priorities.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review) “A vivid, memorable portrayal of a boy within his family, his sport, and his gradually broadening world.” —Booklist (starred review) From Newbery Medalist Cynthia Kadohata comes a brilliantly-realized novel about a hockey player who must discover who he is without the sport that defines him.Hockey is Conor’s life. His whole life. He’ll say it himself, he’s a hockey beast. It’s his dad’s whole life too—and Conor is sure that’s why his stepmom, Jenny, left. There are very few things Conor and his dad love more than the game, and one of those things is their Doberman, Sinbad. When Sinbad is diagnosed with cancer, Conor chooses to put his hockey lessons and practices on hold so they can pay for Sinbad’s chemotherapy.But without hockey to distract him, Conor begins to notice more. Like his dad’s crying bouts, and his friend’s difficult family life. And then Conor notices one more thing: Without hockey, the one thing that makes him feel special, is he really special at all?

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  A River

  Marco Martin

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  “This stunningly illustrated book, rendered in deep blues and greens, charts a river’s meandering course through cities, farms and jungles.” —Entertainment Weekly 
   
  A Winner of the New York Times/New York Public Library Best Illustrated Children’s Books Award 
   
  There’s a river outside my window. Where will it take me? 
   
  So begins the imaginary journey of a child inspired by the view outside her bedroom window: a vast river winding through a towering city. A small boat with a single white sail floats down the river and takes her from factories to farmlands, freeways to forests, out to the stormy and teeming depths of the ocean, and finally back to the comforts—and inspirations—of home. This lush, immersive book by award-winning picture book creator Marc Martin will delight readers of all ages by taking them on a transcendent and aspirational journey through an imaginative landscape. 
   
  “A subtle study of how imagination allows children to safely explore the unknown without ever leaving home.” —Publishers Weekly

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  A Young Scientist's Guide to...

  James Doyle

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  The Young Scientist’s Guide to Faulty Freaks of Nature is your guide to some of the strangest science ever seen, and in it you’ll discover that some of the things scientists told you were “wrong” were actually right! Fictional hobbits? They are real! You’ll even meet an all-new creature called a “spider-goat.” So if you have a thirst for the weird, the wonderful, and the downright wacky, then this is the science book for you.

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  Nettie in Cyberland - introduce...

  Wendy Goucher

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  Using the story of Nettie and Webby, adults can introduce cybersecurity to young children and start the conversation about going online safely. 
  This book takes Nettie on her first adventure in Cyberland with her new friend Webby, where she finds not everything is cute and fluffy. Relevant links are included at the end of the book to help parents and carers further their understanding of risk and protection on the Internet. 
  'Delightful' Professor Karen Renaud, Abertay University 
  'Essential and engaging' Richard Hollis, Director, Risk Factory 
  'A pleasure to introduce Nettie and Webby to my own children' Becky Pinkard, CISO, Aldermore Bank PLC 
  'A first class book' John McNally MP

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