Year 7
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The Night Diary
It''s 1947, and India, newly independent of British rule, has been separated into two countries: Pakistan and India. The divide has created much tension between Hindus and Muslims, and hundreds of thousands are killed crossing borders.
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- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 264
- MBE Code : 793
The Silver Sword
The classic tale of a journey through war-torn Europe.
Alone and fending for themselves in a Poland devastated by World War Two, Jan and his three homeless friends cling to the silver sword as a symbol of hope. As they travel through Europe ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 192
- MBE Code : 386
The Skylarks War **Costa Children’s Book Award Winner**
The Skylarks' War is a beautiful story following the loves and losses of a family growing up against the harsh backdrop of World War One, from the award-winning Hilary McKay.
Clarry and her older brother Peter live for their summers in Cornwall, ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 306
- MBE Code : 197
The Small Things
Anna’s anxious when she’s picked to befriend the new girl in her class. For a start, Ellie is ill and can’t come to school herself. So Anna has to communicate with her through a new kind of robot. But Anna is also worried that her life’s too ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 100
- MBE Code : 494
The Terrible Thing That Happened To Barnaby Brocket
There's nothing unusual or different about the Brocket family - and they're keen to keep it that way. But when Barnaby Brocket comes into the world, it's clear he's anything but ordinary. To his parents’ horror, Barnaby defies the laws of gravity -...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 304
- MBE Code : 798
The Valley Of Lost Secrets
September 1939.When Jimmy is evacuated to a small village in Wales, it couldn’t be more different from London. Green, quiet and full of strangers, he instantly feels out of place.But then he finds a skull hidden in a tree, and suddenly the valley ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 298
- MBE Code : 445
The Wolves Of Willoughby Chase
It's 19th Century England, Good King James III is on the throne, and the whole country is ravaged by wolves which have migrated through the newly-opened Channel Tunnel.
When young orphans Bonnie and Sylvia get caught by the governess, Miss ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 272
- MBE Code : 576
Then
In Then - Morris Gleitzman's heartbreaking children's novel set during the Nazi occupation of Poland during the Second World War - Jewish orphan Felix and his best friend Zelda have been captured and are on the way to a concentration camp, unless ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 182
- MBE Code : 560
There’s A Boy In The Girls’ Bathroom
Meet Bradley Chalkers. He's the oldest child in the class. He tells ENORMOUS lies. He picks fights with girls. The teachers say he has 'serious behaviour problems'. And no one likes him ... Except Carla, the new school counsellor. She thinks Bradley ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 194
- MBE Code : 429
Trash
Raphael lives on a dumpsite, eking out a living sifting through rubbish. One unlucky-lucky day, he makes an extraordinary and deadly discovery. Now he and his two friends, Gardo and Rat, are wanted by the corrupt forces that run the city and will ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 224
- MBE Code : 149
Treasure Island
Jim Hawkins is the son of the innkeepers of the Admiral Benbow near Devon and becomes fascinated by a mysterious lodger, the old seaman Billy Bones. It soon becomes apparent to Jim that Billy Bones is in hiding from a man with one wooden leg and he ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 288
- MBE Code : 140
Tyger
Adam has found something incredible in a rubbish dump in London. A mysterious, mythical, magical animal. A TYGER. And the tyger is in danger.
Adam and his friend Zadie are determined to help, but it isn't just the tyger's life at stake. Their ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 304
- MBE Code : 629
Voyage Of The Sparrowhawk
The second sensational middle-grade standalone that follows an epic voyage from England to France in the aftermath of WW1, from the bestselling author of The Children of Castle Rock.
In the aftermath of World War One, everyone is trying to ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 354
- MBE Code : 721
War Horse
In the deadly chaos of the First World War, one horse witnesses the reality of battle from both sides of the trenches. Bombarded by artillery, with bullets knocking riders from his back, Joey tells a powerful story of the truest friendships surviving...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 192
- MBE Code : 137
Welcome To Nowhere
Twelve-year-old Omar and his brothers and sisters were born and raised in the beautiful and bustling city of Bosra, Syria. Omar doesn't care about politics - all he wants is to grow up to become a successful businessman who will take the world by ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 352
- MBE Code : 614
Welcome To Trashland
A search for treasure reveals the toxic consequences of modern life in this thrilling adventure set against the backdrop of the world’s largest e-waste dump.
Theo lives and works in Agbogbloshie in Ghana, a vast dumping ground for the world’s ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 122
- MBE Code : 492
When Life Gives You Mangoes
A SUMMER SHE CAN’T REMEMBER
A FRIENDSHIP SHE WON’T FORGET
Nothing much happens in Sycamore, the small village where Clara lives - at least, that's how it seems. She loves eating ripe mangoes fallen from trees, running outside in the rainy ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 222
- MBE Code : 640
When The Sky Falls (Carnegie Shortlisted 2022)
1941. War is raging. And one angry boy has been sent to the city, where bombers rule the skies. There, Joseph will live with Mrs F, a gruff woman with no fondness for children. Her only loves are the rundown zoo she owns and its mighty silverback ...
- Number Of Pages : 310
- MBE Code : 447
When The War Came Home
The First World War has ended, but it hasn't gone away. When Natty has to move to a new village, she meets two young soldiers who are still battling the effects of war and shellshock.
Her cousin Huw can't forget the terrible things he's seen, but ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 320
- MBE Code : 698
When We Flew Away – A Novel Of Anne Frank Before The Diary
A beautiful novel exploring the little-known story of Anne Frank's life before she went into hiding – from bestselling, award-winning author Alice Hoffman and published in cooperation with the Anne Frank House.
In soaring prose, bestselling author...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 320
- MBE Code : 794
Where The River Takes Us
Jason lives with his big brother, Richie, trying their best to make ends meet so they can stay together. They've got supportive neighbours and some great friends, but there's always the threat that someone will think they can't manage on their own ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 320
- MBE Code : 699
Where The World Ends
Winner of the CILIP Carnegie Medal 2018.Every summer Quill and his friends are put ashore on a remote sea stac to hunt birds. But this summer, no one arrives to take them home.Surely nothing but the end of the world can explain why they've been ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 318
- MBE Code : 208
While The Storm Rages
September 1939. The world is on the brink of war. As his dad marches off to fight, Noah makes him a promise, to keep their beloved family dog safe.
When the government advises people to have their pets put down in readiness for the chaos of war, ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 384
- MBE Code : 664
Windrush Child
Leonard is shocked when he arrives with his mother in the port of Southampton. His father is a stranger to him, it’s cold and even the Jamaican food doesn’t taste the same as it did back home in Maroon Town. But his parents have brought him ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 208
- MBE Code : 441
Wonder
Auggie, is a young ten-year-old child, who wants to live his life normally, like everyone else. He wants to be ordinary. He does ordinary things. He eats ice-cream and plays on his Xbox. To himself, he feels ordinary.
But ordinary kids don’t ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 314
- MBE Code : 112