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Away With Words (Shortlisted For The Yoto Carnegie Medal 2024)
Gala and her dad, Jordi, have just moved from home in Cataluña to a town in Scotland, to live with Jordi’s boyfriend Ryan. Gala doesn’t speak much English, and feels lost, lonely and unable to be her usual funny self. Until she befriends ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 208
- MBE Code : 585
Birdie
Winner of the Young Quills Award and the Diverse Book Awards.
Birdie Bagshaw has never known her parents. Having grown up in a children's home for mixed race children in 1950s Leeds, now she has come to live with her great-aunt in the Yorkshire ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 256
- MBE Code : 762
Birdsong
After a devastating car crash, Annie is unable to play her flute and retreats from the music she's always loved.
She exists in a world of angry silence – furious with her mum and furious she can't seem to play her beloved flute any more.
Then...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 104
- MBE Code : 665
Black Brother, Black Brother
Donte wishes he were invisible. As one of the few black boys at his school, he feels as if he is constantly swimming in whiteness. Most of the students don't look like him. They don't like him either. Dubbed the 'Black Brother', Donte's teachers and ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 240
- MBE Code : 446
Black Hole Cinema Club
When Lucas meets his friends at the local cinema - nicknamed 'The Black Hole' - they're excited about the movie marathon ahead. Non-stop action, blockbuster special effects and all the snacks they can eat. But as the lights go down, Lucas, Ash, Maya,...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 256
- MBE Code : 738
Blue Book Of Nebo (Yoto Carnegie Winner 2023)
Dylan was six when The End came, back in 2018: when the electricity went off for good, and the normal 21st-century world he knew disappeared. Now 14, he and his mam have survived in their isolated hilltop house above the village of Nebo in ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 160
- MBE Code : 574
Bombs That Brought Us Together
Including the Fourteen-year-old boy, Charlie Law. Who has lived in Little Town, on the border with Old Country, all of his life.
He knows all of the rules: no going out after dark, no drinking, no litter and no fighting… Because you do not want ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 360
- MBE Code : 189
Bone Talk **Shortlisted For The Carnegie Medal**
The Philippines, 100 years ago. A boy called Samkad wants to become a man. He is desperate to be given his own shield, spear and axe. His best friend, Luki, wants to be a warrior too - but she is a girl and that is forbidden. Then a new boy arrives ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 248
- MBE Code : 226
Boy 87
Boy 87 is an original and beautifully written page-turner of a novel about love, survival and the strength that can be found in a hopeful human spirit' -- Sarah Crossan, Carnegie Medal Winner'Shif is an unforgettable character, and his story should ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 224
- MBE Code : 433
Boy Everywhere
This debut middle-grade novel chronicles the harrowing journey taken by Sami and his family from privilege to poverty, across countries and continents, from a comfortable life in Damascus, via a smuggler's den in Turkey, to a prison in Manchester. A ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 288
- MBE Code : 648
Boy In The Tower
When they first arrived, they came quietly and stealthily as if they tip-toed into the world when we were all looking the other way.
Ade loves living at the top of a tower block. From his window, he feels like he can see the whole world stretching...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 336
- MBE Code : 563
Brightstorm
Twins Arthur and Maudie Brightstorm receive word in Lontown that their famous explorer father has died in a failed attempt to reach the southernmost point in the world. Not only that, but he has been accused of stealing fuel before he died!
The ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 344
- MBE Code : 310
Can You See Me?
With diary entries written by eleven-year-old Libby Scott, based on her own experiences of autism, this pioneering book, writtenin collaboration with esteemed author Rebecca Westcott, hasbeen widely praised for its realistic portrayal of autism.
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- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 368
- MBE Code : 415
Cane Warriors (Carnegie Shortlisted 2022)
Nobody free till everybody free.Moa is fourteen. The only life he has ever known is toiling on the Frontier sugar cane plantation for endless hot days, fearing the vicious whips of the overseers. Then one night he learns of an uprising, led by the ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 184
- MBE Code : 448
Code Name Kingfisher
When Liv finds a secret box from her grandmother’s childhood she uncovers an extraordinary war-time story of bravery, betrayal and daring defiance. A story that will change Liv and her family forever…
Holland, 1942. The world is at war and as...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 318
- MBE Code : 734
Coram Boy
Defined The Whitebread 2010 Book of the Year. Coram Boy is a haunting, yet captivating work of historical fiction for children. And will especially be loved towards fans of The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas and Goodnight Mr Tom. Plus, a great read for ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 368
- MBE Code : 244
Crater Lake
Who is the mysterious bloodstained man who stops their coach? Why is no one around when Lance and the rest of Year Six arrive at the brand new Crater Lake activity centre? But this is just the beginning of the school trip from hell; a fight for ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 252
- MBE Code : 630
Crook Haven: The School For Thieves
“So this is really a school for criminals.” It was meant as a question, though it came out more as an accusation.
“We are so much more than that,” Caspian said, sitting in a plush leather chair and gesturing for Gabriel to sit in a similar...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 324
- MBE Code : 739
Crossing The Line (2024 YOTO Carnegie Shadowers’ Choice)
'Do you feel safe?'
A powerful novel exploring how teenagers can be swept up into county lines.
Erik's life has been falling apart ever since his dad died. Homework and being good at school stop feeling important when you're the new man of the ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 368
- MBE Code : 580
Cuts Both Ways
London is everything to Cynthia, so when her parents move her to a place where there is only one bus an hour and the faint smell of horse manure continuously permeates the air, it's a culture shock, to say the least. As is transitioning to a private ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 320
- MBE Code : 667
D-Day Dog
Winner of the FCBG Children's Book Award 2020
Jack can't wait for the school trip to the D-Day landing beaches. It's his chance to learn more about the war heroes he has always admired brave men like his dad, who is a Reserve soldier.
But when ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 200
- MBE Code : 767
Dare To Be You
If you're the kind of person who thinks: I don't like standing out from the crowd ... I wish I could be more like the cool kids ... There's no point trying to change things ... then this book is for you.Because guess what? There's no such ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 192
- MBE Code : 436
Darkwhispers
The Brightstorm twins are back for another adventure! Eudora Vane has organized an explorer fleet to search the last known destination of missing adventurer Ermitage Wrigglesworth. Harriet Culpepper and the crew of the Aurora join the mission, but ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 430
- MBE Code : 550
Do You Know Me?
Tally is autistic and proud. She used to feel like she had to hide her autism, but now Tally is determined to make sure people see who she really is.
But now Tally has a new worry - her school trip. And that means new places, new people and new ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 320
- MBE Code : 416
Dread Wood
It's basically the worst school detention ever. When classmates (but not mate-mates) Hallie, Angelo, Gustav and Naira are forced to come to school on a SATURDAY, they think things can’t get much worse. But they’re wrong. Things are about to get ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 336
- MBE Code : 575