Carnegie and Greenaway Award: Wolf Won't Bite
Emily Gravett Take your seat in the front row and watch in wonder as three cheeky little circus pigs make a wild wolf jump through hoops (literally), endure feats of astounding derring-do, and even withstand perilous games of dress-up. Safe…
Carnegie and Greenaway Awards: My Sister Lives On The Mantelpiece
Annabel Pitcher Ten-year-old Jamie Matthews has just moved to the Lake District with his Dad and his teenage sister, Jasmine for a’Fresh New Start’. Five years ago his sister’s twin, Rose, was blown up by a terrorist bomb. His parents…
Carnegie and Greenaway Awards: Puffin Peter
Petr Horacek Peter and Paul are the best of friends, but when Peter gets lost in a terrible storm he can’t find Paul anywhere. With the help of a big blue whale Puffin Peter set off to find him. They…
Partials
Dan Wells Sixteen-year-old Kira is trapped on Long Island. Her community clings to survival, but what hope can they have when no baby survives for more than three days?Kira is determined to make a difference, to find a cure. Her…
Carnegie and Greenaway Awards: Everybody Jam
Ali Lewis Danny Dawson lives in the middle of the Australian outback. His older brother Jonny was killed in an accident last year but no-one ever talks about it. And now it’s time for the annual muster. The biggest event…
Carnegie and Greenaway Awards: There Are No Cats in this Book
Viviane Schwarz Our furry friends from There Are Cats in This Book – Tiny, Moonpie and André – have returned, and this time they are filled with the spirit of adventure – they are off to see the world! They…
Sir Charlie Stinky Socks and the Tale of the Terrible Secret
Kristina Stephenson Listen…. have you heard? There’s a terrible secret hidden in a well – a well in the keep of a creepy castle that teeters on top of a hill. Follow Sir Charlie Stinky Socks, his faithful cat Envelope…
Carnegie and Greenaway Awards: Between Shades Of Gray
Ruta Sepetys One night fifteen-year-old Lina, her mother and young brother are hauled from their home by Soviet guards, thrown into cattle cars and sent away. They are being deported to Siberia. An unimaginable and harrowing journey has begun. Lina…
Carnegie and Greenaway Awards: Solomon Crocodile
Catherine Raynor Poor Solomon is looking for some fun but no one wants to play. The dragonflies tell him to buzz off, the storks get in a flap, and the hippo? Well, the less said about the hippo, the better!…
Carnegie and Greenaway Awards: Trash
Andy Mulligan Raphael is a dumpsite boy. He spends his days wading through mountains of steaming trash, sifting it, sorting it, breathing it, sleeping next to it. Then one unlucky-lucky day, Raphael’s world turns upside down. A small leather bag…
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