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The Bletchley Riddle

By Steve Sheinkin and Ruta Sepetys

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Murder Most Unladylike

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Number the Stars

By Lois Lowry

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Shadow and Bone Boxed Set

By Leigh Bardugo

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Addison Cooke and the Treasure of the Incas

By Jonathan W. Stokes

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War Horse

By Michael Morpurgo

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We Are Wolves

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Under the Same Stars

By Libba Bray

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Aria and the Kūmara God

By Witi Ihimaera

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The Millicent Quibb School of Etiquette for Young Ladies of Mad Science

By Kate McKinnon

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The Iliad/The Odyssey Boxed Set

By Gillian Cross

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White Bird

By R J Palacio

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Once Upon a Crime

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Death Sets Sail

By Robin Stevens

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Children of the Rush

By James Russell

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The Girl and the Ghost: Family Secrets (Book 2)

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The Wicked Lies of Habren Faire

By Anna Fiteni

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Arthur and the Golden Rope

By Joe Todd Stanton and Joe Todd-Stanton

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The Missing Unicorn

By Russell Punter

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Spaceboy

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Sisters of Sword and Song

By Rebecca Ross

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The Tattooist of Auschwitz - YA Edition

By Heather Morris

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Jim's Spectacular Christmas

By Emma Thompson

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I Survived The Battle Of D-Day, 1944 (The Graphic Novel)

By Lauren Tarshis

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Resist: A Story of D-Day

By Alan Gratz

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Children of the Rush

By James Russell

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When the Sky Falls: Graphic Novel

By Phil Earle and Fred Fordham

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Waiting for the Storks

By Katrina Nannestad

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An Eagle in the Snow

By Michael Morpurgo

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War Horse 40th Anniversary Edition

By Michael Morpurgo

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The Indian in the Cupboard

By Lynne Reid Banks

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King of the Cloud Forests

By Michael Morpurgo

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Nation

By Terry Pratchett

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Baby Love

By Jacqueline Wilson

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The Girl and the Ghost

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Top Marks For Murder

By Robin Stevens

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Death in the Spotlight

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I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 (The Graphic Novel)

By Lauren Tarshis

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Children of the Rush

By James Russell

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The Wind in the Willows – 90th anniversary gift edition

By Kenneth Grahame

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Wolf Road

By Alice Roberts

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Anna's War

By DJ Taylor

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Code Name Bananas

By David Walliams

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A Spoonful of Murder

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The Librarian of Auschwitz

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When The World Was Ours

By Liz Kessler

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I Survived the Great Chicago Fire, 1871 (The Graphic Novel)

By Lauren Tarshis

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I Survived the Great Alaska Earthquake, 1964 (I Survived #23)

By Lauren Tarshis

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I Survived the Black Death, 1348 (I Survived #24)

By Lauren Tarshis

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I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 (The Graphic Novel)

By Lauren Tarshis

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A Christmas Carol

By Charles Dickens

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I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 (I Survived #1: Special Edition)

By Lauren Tarshis

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I Survived The Japanese Tsunami, 2011 (The Graphic Novel)

By Lauren Tarshis

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Dawn Raid

By Pauline (Vaeluaga) Smith

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Pride and Prejudice

By Laura Wood

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These Shallow Graves

By Jennifer Donnelly

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Rabbit, Soldier, Angel, Thief

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The Door of No Return

By Kwame Alexander

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Pony

By R. J. Palacio

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The Cay

By Theodore Taylor

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Other Words for Home

By Jasmine Warga

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The Serpent's Shadow (The Kane Chronicles Book 3)

By Rick Riordan

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The Mushroom in the Sky

By Jackie French

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Wolf Mountain

By Alice Roberts

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Deep Dark

By Zohra Nabi

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Nation

By Terry Pratchett

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Dragons Love Underpants

By Claire Freedman

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When the Sky Falls

By Phil Earle

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The Astromancer

By Witi Ihimaera

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When We Flew Away

By Alice Hoffman

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All the Beautiful Things

By Katrina Nannestad

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The Queen’s Rising

By Rebecca Ross

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Wolf by Wolf: Blood for Blood

By Ryan Graudin

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The Silken Thread

By Gabrielle Wang

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The Butterfly Club: The Trip to the Moon

By M.A. Bennett

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Harper Wells: Renegade Timeline Officer

By Bethany Loveridge

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Dogs of the Deadlands

By Anthony McGowan

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The Lost Daughter of Sparta

By Felicia Day

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Out 31 Mar 2026