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  Becoming Grace

  Hilary McKay

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  Award-winning Hilary McKay brings the childhood of Victorian heroine Grace Darling to life in this heartfelt reimagining of her life up to and including the Forfarshire shipwreck. 
  Grace Darling nearly drowned when she was eight years old, leaving her with a fear of boats and the sea. But it’s a fear she has to overcome as the daughter of a lighthouse keeper, living on the Longstone Rock with her parents, four brothers, three sisters and her beloved dog, Happy. 
  Losses at sea bring shadows to an otherwise idyllic childhood, but everything Grace learns growing up on the coast is put to the test in 1838, when The Forfarshire is wrecked on the Harcar Rock, and she has to row out through the storm to the rescue. 
  Particularly suitable for readers aged 9+ with a reading age of 8. 
  This bestseller is not just a story of survival, but a testament to a young girl's self-reliance and self-esteem. Set in Europe, this historical fiction is a perfect blend of adventure and family themes. 
  For fans of Robin Stevens (Death Sets Sail), Katherine Rundell (The Explorer), Natasha Farrant (Voyage of the Sparrowhawk), Rhian Tracey (I, Spy), and Elisa Paganelli (The House with Chicken Legs). 
  HarperCollins 2025

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  The Crystal Egg - A Window to...

  H. G. Wells

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  The Crystal Egg by H. G. Wells - A curious antique dealer discovers a strange crystal egg that reveals eerie glimpses of an alien world teeming with life. As he obsesses over its mysteries, he begins to question whether the visions are mere reflections—or a window into something watching him back. 
  Herbert George Wells (1866–1946) was an English writer best known for his pioneering works in science fiction. Often called “The Father of Science Fiction” alongside Jules Verne and Hugo Gernsback, Wells wrote classics like The War of the Worlds, The Time Machine, The Invisible Man, and The Island of Doctor Moreau.

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  Spacemen Die At Home - Exile...

  Edward W. Ludwig

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  Spacemen Die At Home by Edward W. Ludwig - One man's retreat is another's prison ... and it takes a heap of flying to make a hulk a home! 
  Forty days of heaven and forty nights of hell. That's the way it's been, Laura. But how can I make you understand? How can I tell you what it's like to be young and a man and to dream of reaching the stars? And yet, at the same time, to be filled with a terrible, gnawing fear—a fear locked in my mind during the day and bursting out like an evil jack-in-the-box at night. I must tell you, Laura. 
  Perhaps if I start at the beginning, the very beginning.... 
  It was the Big Day. All the examinations, the physicals and psychos, were over. The Academy, with its great halls and classrooms and laboratories, lay hollow and silent, an exhausted thing at sleep after spawning its first-born. 
  For it was June in this year of 1995, and we were the graduating class of the U. S. Academy of Interplanetary Flight. 
  The first graduating class, Laura. That's why it was so important, because we were the first. 
  We sat on a little platform, twenty-five of us. Below us was a beach of faces, most of them strange, shining like pebbles in the warm New Mexican sunlight. They were the faces of mothers and fathers and grandparents and kid brothers and sisters—the people who a short time ago had been only scrawled names on letters from home or words spoken wistfully at Christmas. They were the memory-people who, to me, had never really existed. 
  But today they had become real, and they were here and looking at us with pride in their eyes. 
  A voice was speaking, deep, sure, resonant. "... these boys have worked hard for six years, and now they're going to do a lot of big things. They're going to bring us the metals and minerals that we desperately need."

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  Fiasol and the snug

  Kristín Helga Gunnarsdóttir

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  Fíasól is a seven year old explosion of joy who lives in the gruesome room in Green Grove in Grasby. She lives here with her mum, dad, sister Pippa, who is eleven, and sister Bidda, who is a teenager. There are also the bone idle poodles Hansína and Jensína. They are so lazy that they can hardly be  bothered to eat their food. They definitely never want to go out in the rain, and they drag themselves out of bed just before noon. They are so terribly lazy that they only bother to chase cats when they’re asleep. This is why they sometimes lie there fast asleep, barking at invisible cats that only exist in the land of Nod. 
  Once, Fíasól thought that pink was the loveliest colour in the whole world. She wanted to paint all the houses in Green Grove pink, and she thought that the Icelandic flag should be pink. Now she has packed all her pink clothes away in a box. She only wants to wear blue and brown clothes because then you can’t really see that they are dirty. 
  Ingo lives in the house diagonally opposite Fíasól. He is nine years old and is Fíasól’s best friend. 
  “We can never move away from Green Grove,” Fíasól says from time to time. 
  “Why not?” askes Mum. 
  “Well, because we always have to live close to Ingo.” 
  Then she has a little think about this. “Mum, if Ingo’s mum and dad decide to move away, then we’d have to move too. However far away.” 
  “I see,” mumbles Mum absent-mindedly. “In that case let’s hope they never decide to move, because I really love living in Green Grove.” 
  “Yeah, me too,” says Fíasól. “I’m happiest when I’m at home in my snug.” 
  “What’s a snug?” Ingo asked in surprise one time when Fíasól said she was going home to the snug. 
  “Ingo, a snug is a small and cosy place where everyone is safe and happy,” Fíasól replied and ran back home to the snug.

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  Tales of Fluke and Tash The -...

  Mark Elvy

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  A Dalmatian puppy, a family cat and a magic time travelling suitcase. A page-turning, time travel adventure series for children aged 7-12. 
  When Fluke and Tash find a dusty old suitcase hidden away in the wardrobe, they discover it has magical powers capable of time travel. 
  They’re back! Having returned from their first adventure with Robin Hood, Fluke and Tash embark on an exciting new escapade. 
  1274BC Ancient Egypt, home to the powerful Pharaoh Ramesses II – Pyramids, temples, camel racing and the world’s biggest chariot battle. Their magic suitcase lands them near the mighty River Nile and the impressive Valley of the Kings. 
  Making new friends along the way, they learn the art of pyramid building, enter a camel race and get into hot water making a chariot! 
  With the battle of Kadesh fast approaching, and the Egyptian army on the brink of defeat, can Fluke and Tash use their skills to help Ramesses II against the Hittite Empire? – It’s all here in their second time travelling trip together. 
  With a time travelling suitcase, who knows where they’ll end up next! 
  An excellent read for boys and girls where the adventure of a lifetime starts with the turn of a page...

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  How to Catch a Daddysaurus

  Alice Walstead

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  The newest addition in the New York Times and USA Today bestselling How to Catch series?do YOU have the rad skills needed to catch the mystical Daddysaurus this Father's Day? 
   
  The How to Catch Kids are at it again! This time, they're out to trap the Daddysaurus?a mystical creature capable of such amazing acts of kindness, bravery, brilliance and humor. The kids try to trap the creature with all his favorite activities, but will they succeed?  
   
  Maybe all they need is a little sweetness to make this awesome Daddysaurus appear! The perfect gift for children ages 4-10 to share with Dad at Father's Day, Christmas, and beyond, this fun dinosaur picture book is filled with silly rhymes and illustrations sure to delight young readers and educators alike with STEAM concepts and classic hilarity and chaos. 
   
  Have you ever heard of the Daddysaurus, known for his kindness and bravery too? 
   
  We're on a mission to catch him today, but we may need some help from YOU! 
   
  Also in the How to Catch Series: 
  How to Catch a Dinosaur 
  How to Catch a Unicorn 
  How to Catch a Loveosaurus 
  How to Catch a Leprechaun 
  How to Catch a Mermaid 
  and more!

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