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Oxford Student’s Thesaurus
The ideal companion to alongside the new edition of the Oxford Student’s Dictionary.
Including new synonyms and real-life examples, the Oxford Student’s Thesaurus is complete with panels on overused words and extra topic vocabulary.
And ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 800
- MBE Code : 170
Passing For White
It's 1848 in the Deep South of America. Rosa is a slave but her owner is also her father and her fair skin means she can 'pass for white'. With the help of her husband Benjamin, she disguises herself as a young southern gentleman - and Benjamin's ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 104
- MBE Code : 498
Percy Jackson And The Chalice Of The Gods
The original hero. A brand-new adventure.
Percy Jackson has saved the world multiple times - battling monsters, Titans, even giants - but these days the modern-day son of Poseidon is hoping for a regular final year at school.
Too bad the ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 288
- MBE Code : 709
Pig Heart Boy
This thirteen-year-old just wants to live a normal life, like every other thirteen-year-old kid he knows. But most normal kids don't need a heart transplant…
So, a doctor has been discovered and he says that there is a chance for him to live a ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 256
- MBE Code : 262
Pike
A fishing expedition nosedives into near tragedy in this second addition to the Truth of Things series.
Nicky and Kenny return in Pike as a fishing expedition nosedives into near tragedy. The Bacon Pond is famous for its monster-sized fish and ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 136
- MBE Code : 693
Pride And Prejudice
Elizabeth Bennet finds her neighbour Fitzwilliam Darcy arrogant and conceited. The fact that he has meddled in the romantic relationship between her sister Jane and local aristocrat Charles Bingley makes him still more detestable. Darcy however is ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 448
- MBE Code : 688
Proud
A stirring, bold and moving anthology of stories and poetry by top LGBTQ+ YA authors and new talent, giving their unique responses to the broad theme of pride. Each story has an illustration by an artist identifying as part of the LGBTQ+ community. ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 352
- MBE Code : 471
Proud Of Me
All I want is for my family to be proud of me…
An accessible child-centred story about self-acceptance and the importance of opening up to those closest to you.
Becky and Josh are almost-twins, with two mums and the same anonymous donor dad. ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 294
- MBE Code : 472
Punching The Air (Carnegie Shortlisted 2022)
One fateful night, an altercation in a gentrifying neighbourhood escalates into tragedy. ‘Boys just being boys’ turns out to be true only when those boys are white. Suddenly, at just sixteen years old, Amal Shahid’s bright future is upended:...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 386
- MBE Code : 449
Railhead
Step on board, because the universe is waiting.
The CILIP Carnegie Medal shortlist title of Railhead features “The Great Network” which features a place filled with drones, androids, Hive Monks and Station Angels.
This place is far from ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 320
- MBE Code : 299
Rat (Super-Readable Rollercoasters)
When his mum is sent back to prison, Al knows exactly who's to blame. Mr Brayker, who lives downstairs, has been making trouble for Al's mum ever since they moved in, and Al's determined to get his revenge. Ignoring advice from his gran and sister, ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 152
- MBE Code : 684
Ravencave
A grim discovery brings disturbing revelations in this chilling ghost story from bestselling author Marcus Sedgwick, set amid a backdrop of family discord and growing social discontent.
On holiday in Yorkshire, James is bored out of his mind being...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 114
- MBE Code : 546
Rebound **Shortlisted For The Carnegie Medal**
‘Hoop kings SOARin kicks with wings.Game so sweetit’s like bee stings.’It's 1988. Charlie Bell is still mourning his father, and struggling to figure out how he feels for his best (girl) friend, CJ. When he gets into trouble one too many times,...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 414
- MBE Code : 243
Refugee Boy
Alem is on holiday with his father for a few days in London. He has never been out of Ethiopia before and is very excited. They have a great few days togther until one morning when Alem wakes up in the bed and breakfast they are staying at to find ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 304
- MBE Code : 183
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
Revolver
Recipient of a Michael L. Printz Honor 2011
Shortlisted for the CILIP Carnegie Medal 2010
Longlisted for the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize 2010
Sig Andersson has a choice to make - use the gun or die. An unforgettable, razor-sharp ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 224
- MBE Code : 380
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...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 224
- MBE Code : 473
Romeo & Juliet (Graphic Shakespeare)
Classics in Graphics: Romeo and Juliet has been adapted into a graphic novel by expert authors, Steve Skidmore and Steve Barlow, with illustrations by Wendy Tan Shiau Wei. The epic, tragic love story reads like your favourite film on the page - as ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 112
- MBE Code : 683
Romeo & Juliet
This Scholastic Classics edition of Romeo And Juliet is the well-known comedy/tragedy created by Shakespeare. Perfect for every student's progression through their education in English and enjoyed even more by every Shakespeare enthusiast alike.
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- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 160
- MBE Code : 298
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
Rook
Shortlisted for the 2018 CILIP Carnegie Medal.When Kenny and Nicky rescue a rook left for dead, Kenny is determined to keep it alive. Nicky doubts the scruffy bird will make it, but then Nicky has plenty else to worry about. This time, it's not his ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 104
- MBE Code : 402
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
Safiyyah’s War (Shortlisted For The Yoto Carnegie Medal 2024)
War comes to the streets of Paris and Safiyyah’s life changes for ever.
Her best friend’s family have fled, and the bombing makes her afraid to leave the mosque where she lives. But when her father is arrested by the Nazis for his secret ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 336
- MBE Code : 582
Saint Death
Saint Death is a captivating thriller featuring migrants, drug lords and gang warfare that’s set on the US/Mexican border.
Anapra is one of the poorest neighbourhoods in the Mexican city of Juarez and twenty metres outside the town lies a fence,...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 270
- MBE Code : 314
Salt To The Sea (Carnegie Medal Winner 2017)
Set in early 1945, a group of people make the decision to trek across Germany in a bound for their desperation to reach the ship that can take them away from the war-ravaged land they live in. But this is the only opportunity they have left for ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 400
- MBE Code : 245