Latest KS3 Titles
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Resist: One Girl’s Fight Back Against The Nazis
As the brutal Second World War stretches on with no end in sight, life for ordinary Dutch people in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands is fraught with peril and hardship. There is very little to eat and the population lives under the constant threat of ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 208
- MBE Code : 479
Rick
Rick’s never questioned much.He’s tagged along with his best friend Jeff, even when Jeff’s acted like a bully.He’s let his Dad joke with him about girls, even though it makes him feel uncomfortable.Everyone around him seems to think that ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 224
- MBE Code : 473
Rooftoppers
Winner of the Blue Peter Book Award
Winner of the Waterstones Children's Book Prize
Shortlisted for the CILIP Carnegie Medal.
Already being proclaimed a classic in children's literature and compared to the likes of Roald Dahl and Eva ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 288
- MBE Code : 364
Run, Rebel
I am restless, my feet need to fly.Amber is trapped - by her father's rules, by his expectations, by her own fears.Now she's ready to fight - for her mother, for her sister, for herself.Freedom always comes at a price.Run, Rebel is a trailblazing ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 496
- MBE Code : 437
Say No To The Dress
Miri is fourteen and in the last year she’s been mugged by puberty. She’s grown six inches, expanded in all directions, her breasts are out of control, and she’s prone to random eruptions of spots.Life already feels like a nightmare and now ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 138
- MBE Code : 483
Shadow & Bone
Enter the Grishaverse with book one of the Shadow and Bone Trilogy by number one New York Times-bestselling author, Leigh Bardugo. Perfect for fans of Laini Taylor and Sarah J. Maas.
Soldier. Summoner. Saint. Orphaned and expendable, Alina Starkov...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 308
- MBE Code : 165
Shadow Girl
A poignant story about foster care children with a supernatural twist, from the award-winning author of Ways to Live Forever. Clare knows she's at least partly to blame for her problems at school, but she's learned that it hurts to make friends when ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 68
- MBE Code : 505
Skandar And the Unicorn Thief
Thirteen-year-old Skandar Smith has only ever wanted to be a unicorn rider. To be one of the lucky few selected to hatch a unicorn. To bond with it for life; to train together and race for glory; to be a hero.
But just as Skandar’s dream is ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 378
- MBE Code : 526
Song Of The River
Times are tough for Cari and her mum: a violent storm has flooded the valley where they live, destroying their home and café business. Things seem bleak - but hope appears in the form of a plan to reintroduce beavers into the area, as the changes ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 96
- MBE Code : 488
Stay A Little Longer
Aman's dad is gone, leaving her feeling lost and alone. She struggles to talk about it, but it's a fact and he isn't coming back. When a lovely man called Gurnam moves in to her street and saves Aman from some local bullies, he and Aman quickly ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 116
- MBE Code : 503
Striking Out
Thirteen-year-old Jerome Jackson dreams of becoming a world-class footballer.
But with a difficult home life, Jerome can't see how he'll ever make this dream come true ... until he meets a mentor figure who can hopefully put him on the right track....
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 248
- MBE Code : 527
Swan Song
Dylan is struggling. Since he started high school, everything has become too much to handle. Now he's been expelled and is forced to move to the tiny village in Wales where his grandad lives. But when Grandad invites Dylan out on his boat to watch ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 120
- MBE Code : 510
The Ballad Of Songbirds And Snakes
It is the morning of the reaping that will kick off the tenth annual Hunger Games. In the Capitol, eighteen-year-old Coriolanus Snow is preparing for his one shot at glory as a mentor in the Games. The once-mighty house of Snow has fallen on hard ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 516
- MBE Code : 512
The Battle Of Cable Street
Elsie witnesses the rise of antisemitic fascism in 1930s London in this gripping new story from award-winning author Tanya Landman. Life has always been tough on the streets of Stepney, where Elsie and her brother Mikey are growing up in a ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 112
- MBE Code : 511
The Black Flamingo
Michael waits in the stage wings, wearing a pink wig, pink fluffy coat and black heels.One more step will see him illuminated by spotlight.He has been on a journey of bravery to get here, and he is almost ready to show himself to the world in bold ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 368
- MBE Code : 439
The Bone Sparrow
The Bone Sparrow is a beautiful, captivating and a deeply moving read that reflects upon a refugee boy, named Subhi. All he knows of the world is that he is at least 19 fence diamonds high and at night he dreams that the sea finds its way to his ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 240
- MBE Code : 163
The Book Of Stolen Dreams
When Rachel and Robert are passed a stolen book by their librarian father, they have to go on the run and protect it at all costs. With their father captured and everyone hunting for the Book, they must uncover its secrets and track down the final, ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 390
- MBE Code : 551
The Boxer
Told over the course of the ten rounds of his first fight, this is the story of amateur boxer Sunny. A seventeen year old feeling isolated and disconnected in the city he's just moved to, Sunny joins a boxing club to learn to protect himself after a ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 280
- MBE Code : 501
The Boy At The Back Of The Class
WINNER OF THE BLUE PETER BOOK AWARD 2019 WINNER OF THE WATERSTONES CHILDREN'S BOOK PRIZE 2019Told with heart and humour, The Boy at the Back of the Class is a child's perspective on the refugee crisis, highlighting the importance of friendship and ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 298
- MBE Code : 195
The Boy In The Dress
The sparkling debut children’s novel from David Walliams, number one bestseller and fastest growing children’s author in the country.
Dennis was different.
Why was he different, you ask?
Well, a small clue might be in the title of this ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 232
- MBE Code : 155
The Boy Who Fooled The World
The brand new, read-in-one-sitting mystery from the bestselling author of The Goldfish Boy.
When a little white lie leads to a huge dose of trouble...
Cole is the odd one out at school: the other kids have the latest gadgets and trainers while...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 320
- MBE Code : 456
The Boy Who Made Everyone Laugh
Billy Plimpton is an eleven-year-old boy with a big dream.
He wants to be a stand-up comedian when he grows up: delivering pinpoint punch-lines and having audiences hang on his every hilarious word.
A tough career for anyone, but surely ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 360
- MBE Code : 444
The Climbers
In this compelling story of teenage rivalry and friendship, award-winning author Keith Gray captures the subtle agonies and reality of life growing up in a small town.Sully is the best climber in the village. He can scale Twisted Sisters tangled ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 116
- MBE Code : 489
The Crossing (Carnegie Shortlisted 2022)
The sea carries our pain. The stars carry our future.Natalie's world is falling apart. She's just lost her mum and her brother marches the streets of Dover full of hate and anger. Swimming is her only refuge.Sammy has fled his home and family in ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 308
- MBE Code : 452
The Fastest Boy in the World
Eleven-year-old Solomon loves to run! The great athletes of the Ethiopian national team are his heroes and he dreams that one day he will be a gold-medal-winning athlete like them, in spite of his ragged shorts and bare feet.
When his grandfather ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 176
- MBE Code : 420