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The Illustrated Mum
by Jacqueline Wilson
A young girl's plight to navigate the difficult relationships between her mother and siblings.
Dolphin and her older sister, Star, live with their mother, Marigold, in a small London flat. Marigold, an avid lover of tattoos, suffers from bipolar disorder and also has a drinking problem. ... (Wikipedia)
The Lottie Project
by Jacqueline Wilson
A school project about Victorian times leads to a girl discovering her own family history and the struggles of her ancestors.
Hi! I'm Charlie (DON'T call me Charlotte - ever!). History is boring, right? Wrong! The Victorians weren't all deadly dull and drippy. Lottie certainly isn't. She's eleven - like me - but she's left ... (Goodreads)
The Suitcase Kid
by Jacqueline Wilson
A young girl struggles to adjust to life with her mother's new family after her parents' divorce, constantly moving between two homes.
MEET TEN-YEAR-OLD ANDY. THE SUITCASE KID. "When my parents split up they didn't know what to do with me. My family always lived at Mulberry Cottage. Mum, Dad, me - and Radish, my lovable toy rabbit. ... (Goodreads)
Noughts & Crosses
by Malorie Blackman
Exploring racism and prejudice in a world where the races are divided between Noughts and Crosses.
Two young people are forced to make a stand in this thought-provoking look at racism and prejudice in an alternate society. Sephy is a Cross – a member of the dark-skinned ruling class. Callum is a ... (Goodreads)
Fantastic Mr. Fox
by Roald Dahl
Wild and wily fox outwits three mean farmers in an epic battle of wit and courage.
Mr. Fox is an anthropomorphic, tricky, and clever fox who lives underground beside a tree with his wife and four children. In order to feed his family, he makes nightly visits to farms owned by three ... (Wikipedia)
Checkmate
by Malorie Blackman
A gripping tale of love, betrayal, and political intrigue set in a dystopian society where the ruling class oppresses the underclass.
Can the future ever erase the past? Rose has a Cross mother and a nought father in a society where the pale-skinned noughts are treated as inferiors and those with dual heritage face a life-long ... (Goodreads)
The Last Straw
by Jeff Kinney
A young boy's misadventures as he navigates school, family, and friendship.
The book begins on January 1, with Greg talking about his family's New Year's resolutions. Greg’s resolution is to stop other people from breaking their resolution. He starts three strikes and out. ... (Wikipedia)
The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me
by Roald Dahl
A young boy's magical adventure with a giraffe, a pelican, and a monkey.
The story is told from the point of view of Billy, a young boy who has always dreamed of owning a sweet shop. His ambition is strengthened by the fact that there is an abandoned building named The ... (Wikipedia)
Let's Pretend This Never Happened
by Jim Benton
A humorous memoir of the author's bizarre and awkward childhood experiences.
Read the hilarious, candid, (and sometimes not-so-nice,) diaries of Jamie Kelly, who promises that everything in her diary is true...or at least as true as it needs to be. School was okay today. ... (Goodreads)
If You're Reading This, It's Too Late
by Pseudonymous Bosch
Cass and Max-Ernest are on a mission to save a magician who has been kidnapped by the Midnight Sun. But danger lurks around every corner.
Beware! Dangerous secrets lie between the pages of this book. OK, I warned you. But if you think I'll give anything away, or tell you that this is the sequel to my first literary endeavor, The Name ... (Goodreads)
You Have to Stop This
by Pseudonymous Bosch
The fourth book in the "Secret" series, where Cass and Max-Ernest must stop the Midnight Sun from taking over the world.
The story begins with a picture of The Oath of Terces. There is a quick preface concerning an ibis bird that stands for a quick moment, but then crosses the River Nile. Then the story moves to an ... (Wikipedia)
This Book Is Not Good for You
by Pseudonymous Bosch
A warning to readers to put down the book and walk away. A mysterious and dangerous adventure awaits those who continue reading.
The novel starts out with an African girl named Simone, who tastes a piece of chocolate for the Midnight Sun (as the book centers around the sense of taste , like the first novel, which centers ... (Wikipedia)
Do-It-Yourself Book
by Jeff Kinney
A humorous guide to DIY projects, featuring the beloved characters from the "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" series.
Now you can write your own bestseller! With The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book , you're the author, illustrator, and main character. Filled with loads of interactive pages and plenty of space to write ... (Barnes & Noble)
Rodrick Rules
by Jeff Kinney
Greg's older brother Rodrick torments him while their parents are away, leading to hilarious mishaps and sibling rivalry.
At the start of the book, Greg Heffley explains how bad his summer vacation was in which after being signed up with the swim team without his consent, he had to deal with practice at 7:00 AM, being ... (Wikipedia)
The Enormous Crocodile
by Roald Dahl
A conniving crocodile concocts a scheme to eat unsuspecting children.
The story begins in Africa in a large, deep, muddy river, where the enormous crocodile (the titular character) is telling a smaller crocodile, known as the "Not-So-Big One", that he wants to eat ... (Wikipedia)
Icefire
by Chris d'Lacey
A boy discovers a connection between his family and dragons, leading to a battle between good and evil.
David is frustrated that no one will publish his book. Lucy makes a wishing dragon, David's names it "G'reth" which Gadzooks his special dragon wrote down. Liz offers to drive David to campus and ... (Wikipedia)
Lucinda's Secret
by Tony DiTerlizzi
A young girl's quest to uncover a forgotten family secret and save her world from destruction.
The Grace children turn to Great-Aunt Lucinda for help in this repackage of the third book in the #1, New York Times, bestselling Spiderwick Chronicles. As if being attacked by goblins and a bridge ... (Barnes & Noble)
Good Night, Mr. Tom
by Michelle Magorian
An orphaned boy is taken in by a reclusive old man, discovering the power of friendship and family.
London is poised on the brink of World War II. Timid, scrawny Willie Beech – the abused child of a single mother -- is evacuated to the English countryside. At first, he is terrified of everything, ... (Goodreads)
Demon Dentist
by David Walliams
A new dentist arrives in town and strange things start happening. Can a young boy and his friends uncover the truth behind the demon dentist?
Darkness had come to the town. Strange things were happening in the dead of night. Children would put a tooth under their pillow for the tooth fairy, but in the morning they would wake up to find… a ... (Goodreads)
Skellig
by David Almond
A young boy discovers a mysterious creature in a dilapidated shed, forming a unique bond with it.
10-year-old Michael and his family have recently moved into a house. He and his parents are nervous, as his new baby sister was born earlier than expected and may not live because of a heart ... (Wikipedia)
City of Lost Souls
by Cassandra Clare
A group of friends must protect the world from a powerful demon in a race against time.
The book opens with Simon returning home, where he finds out that there are a lot of symbols that form a barrier so he can't enter the house. He speaks to his mother, only to feel more rejected when ... (Wikipedia)
The Tale of Peter Rabbit
by Beatrix Potter
A mischievous rabbit disobeys his mother and ventures into a farmer's garden, facing the consequences of his actions.
The story focuses on a family of anthropomorphic rabbits. The widowed mother rabbit warns her four rabbit children, Flopsy, Mopsy, Cottontail, and Peter (the youngest rabbit child) not to enter the ... (Wikipedia)
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
by Helen Fielding
A humorous journey of self-discovery for a thirty-something single woman.
Lurching from the cappuccino bars of Notting Hill to the blissed-out shores of Thailand, Bridget Jones searches for The Truth in spite of pathetically unevolved men, insane dating theories, and Smug ... (Goodreads)
Black Beauty
by Anna Sewell
A horse's journey through life, as he experiences various owners and circumstances.
The story is narrated in the first person as an autobiographical memoir told by the titular horse named Black Beauty—beginning with his carefree days as a foal on an English farm with his mother, to ... (Wikipedia)
How to Build a Girl
by Caitlin Moran
A teenage girl reinvents herself as a music journalist in 1990s London, navigating the pitfalls of fame and self-discovery.
How to Build a Girl follows Johanna Morrigan, a working-class 14-year-old living with her parents and five siblings on a council estate in 1990s Wolverhampton . After revealing to her disapproving ... (Wikipedia)
Knocked Out by My Nunga-Nungas
by Louise Rennison
A teenage girl's humorous journey of self-discovery, finding her place in the world.
As I was going out of my bedroom door I remembered my nungas. Perhaps I should take some precautions to keep them under strict control. Maybe bits of Sellotape on the ends of them to keep them from ... (Barnes & Noble)
Five on Kirrin Island Again
by Enid Blyton
The Famous Five return to Kirrin Island and uncover a plot to steal valuable treasure. Adventure ensues.
What can Uncle Quentin be up to - all alone - on Kirrin Island. He won't let anyone visit - not even George and the rest of the Famous Five. But Quentin isn't really all alone on the island - ... (Goodreads)
Death in the Clouds
by Agatha Christie
A deadly crime takes place in an airplane, and a famous detective solves the case.
Hercule Poirot travels back to England on the midday flight from Paris to Croydon Airport in London. He is one of eleven passengers in the plane's rear compartment. The others include: mystery writer ... (Wikipedia)
Things Not Seen
by Andrew Clements
A young boy wakes up invisible and must navigate the challenges of being unseen while trying to find a cure.
Robert Phillips, known by his nickname "Bobby," wakes up one day to find that he can no longer see himself. Then, to make sure he was right he looked in the mirror and could not see himself. Upon ... (Wikipedia)
The Vile Village
by Lemony Snicket
A group of children escape a village of criminals and uncover a dark conspiracy.
The book begins with the Baudelaires awaiting a new guardian. Their new guardians name was Count Olaf which is an actor, villain and a murderer. Mr Poe gives a brochure to the Baudelaire orphans ... (Wikipedia)
