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  A Secret in Time

  Sally Nicholls

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  Alex and Ruby are back in their FOURTH time-slip adventure, tumbling back into 1947! From multi-award-winning author Sally Nicholls comes another brilliant action-packed adventure for 7+ readers, beautifully illustrated by Rachael Dean.
  
  When siblings Alex and Ruby tumble back through the mirror, they find themselves in the freezing-cold winter of 1947.
  
  Food is scarce in the aftermath of the Second World War and life at Applecott House is hard.
  
  As Alex and Ruby discover they must solve the mystery of a missing family heirloom to ever have hopes of returning home, their adventure takes them trekking across the snow and treacherous ice on a perilous treasure hunt.
  
  Will they make it home and back to the present day or will they be stuck in 1947?
  
  Full of action and humour and featuring exciting black-and-white illustrations throughout, this is another superb time-slip story which brilliantly brings history to life as part of an adventure.
  
  'A clever vehicle for introducing the differences between then and now in an accessible way, with a fast-paced plot and a lovely spooky ending' - The Times on A Chase in Time
  
  Have you read Alex and Ruby's other adventures: A Chase in Time, A Christmas in Time, An Escape in Time?
  
  Cover illustration by Isabelle Follath.

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  Guinea Pigs Don't Talk

  Laurie Myers

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  On Lisa's first day at a new school, she and bossy classmate Angel begin playing a series of tricks on each other, with the class guinea pigs as unwitting accomplices. The conflict escalates until Lisa devises a creative plan for converting her new enemies into friends.

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  Tales of the Fallen Beasts

  Brandon Mull

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  Save the spirit animals in this gripping special edition in the New York Times–bestselling series, tied to the new multiplatform Fall of the Beasts arc. 
   
  All across the world, legends are appearing. Great Beasts—once the most powerful beings in Erdas—are being summoned as spirit animals. Bonded to special kids, they unite the human and animal worlds. 
   
  But a mysterious stranger is hunting these legends, just as they are reborn. And he’s crushing anyone who stands in his way. These are the stories of those stolen legends, and of the young heroes who will stop at nothing to get them back. These are the Tales of the Fallen Beasts.

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  Blue Fire

  Janice Hardy

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  Part fugitive, part hero, fifteen-year-old Nya is barely staying ahead of the Duke’s trackers.Wanted for a crime she didn’t mean to commit, she risks capture to protect every Taker she can find, determined to prevent the Duke of Baseer from using them in his fiendish experiments. But resolve isn’t enough to protect any of them, and Nya soon realizes the only way to keep them all out of the Duke’s clutches is to flee Geveg. Unfortunately, the Duke’s best tracker has other ideas.Nya finds herself trapped in the last place she ever wanted to be, forced to trust the last people she ever thought she could. More is at stake than just the people of Geveg, and the closer she gets to uncovering the Duke’s plan, the more she discovers how critical she is to his victory.To save Geveg, she just might have to save Baseer—if she doesn’t destroy it first.

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  The Climbing Boys - Dublin 1830:...

  Ann Murtagh

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  Dublin, 1830.
  When his da gets injured, Hugh 'Scholar' O'Dare has to leave school to work as a chimney sweeper. The job is scary and dangerous, but it brings him into the home of the most famous man in Ireland, Daniel O'Connell, who takes an interest in the young boy's life.
  Then Scholar comes across another young sweeper whose circumstances are much worse than his own, and a shocking secret comes to light. Can he help this new friend escape a life of darkness?

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  The Music of Dolphins

  Karen Hesse

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  “This powerful exploration of how we become human and how the soul endures is a song of beauty and sorrow, haunting and unforgettable.” —School Library Journal (starred review) 
   
  A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year 
   
  A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year 
   
  An ALA Best Book for Young Adults 
   
  A Book Links Best Book of the Year 
   
  A New York Public Library Children’s Title for Reading and Sharing 
   
  Mila becomes famous around the world when she is rescued from an unpopulated island off the coast of Florida. Years ago, Mila went missing from a boat crash, and she has been raised by dolphins from the age of four. 
   
  Researchers teach Mila language and music. But she also learns about rules and expectations, about locked doors and broken promises, disappointment and betrayal. 
   
  The more Mila finds out about what it means to be human, the more she longs for her home in the ocean . . .  
   
  “As moving as a sonnet, as eloquently structured as a bell curve, this book poignantly explores the most profound of themes—what it means to be human . . . All together, a frequently dazzling novel.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review) 
   
  “Her mind and spirit shaped by the dolphins who raised her, a feral child views herself and her human captors from a decidedly unusual angle in this poignant story . . . A probing look at what makes us human, with an unforgettable protagonist.” —Kirkus Reviews 
   
  “Mila’s rich inner voice makes her a lovely, lyrical character.” —VOYA Magazine

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