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Hello? Is anybody there? Jostein Gaarder |
In the hours before his brother is born, eight year old Joe has an unusual visitor, Mika, who falls out of a spaceship and lands upside down in an apple tree in Joe's garden. Hens, dinosaurs, an astronaut and a white rabbit all play their part in this magical story in which the encounter between Earth-boy and alien opens up the wonders of the universe. Tender and enchanting as The Little Prince and with the same classic quality. |
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Chronicles of Narnia Box Set: 7 volumes by C.S. Lewis |
Talking beasts, heroic deeds and epic battles between good and evil await you in C. S. Lewis’s classic fantasy series, which has been enchanting readers for over sixty years. The seven books are—The Magician’s Nephew, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, The Horse and His Boy, Prince Caspian, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, The Silver Chair, and The Last Battle. |
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Wonderstruck Brian Selznick |
A boy named Ben longs for the father he has never known. A girl named Rose dreams of a mysterious actress whose life she chronicles in a scrapbook. When Ben discovers a puzzling clue in his mother's room, and Rose reads an enticing headline in the newspaper, both children set out alone on desperate quests to find what they are missing. http://www.scholastic.com/wonderstruck/ |
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10 Best Ever: 10 Best Bible Stories Ever! Michael Coleman |
Ten bloodthirsty tales from the Bible, picked to make you shudder with glee. Full of horrible happenings that’ll make your stomach lurch, this is the Bible as you’ve never heard it before! The Bible that no one wants you to know about! The HORRIBLE Bible! In which: Noah flees the flood, David and Goliath battle it out, A whale munches Jonah up alive, Moses makes a great escape, Trouble hits the Garden of Eden ... and bloodthirsty battles, terrible treachery and murderous monstrosities of all kinds take place, all shown in cool cartoons. After all, why bother with the boring Bible when you can read the Best Ever Bible? |
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Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret. Judy Blume |
Margaret Simon, almost twelve, has just moved from New York City to the suburbs, and she’s anxious to fit in with her new friends. But when the girls start talking about boys, bras and getting their first periods, Margaret starts to wonder if she’s normal. Not only does she seem to be a late developer, but there are things about growing up that she finds hard to talk about, even with her friends. Luckily for Margaret, she’s got someone else to confide in… someone who always listens. |
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Pig-Heart Boy. Malorie Blackman |
Cameron is thirteen and his heart is failing. He needs a heart transplant – fast. Then a pioneering doctor approaches his family with a startling proposal. He can give Cameron a new heart: a heart from a pig. It’s a weird idea. But he has to give it a try – even if it means becoming the world’s first pig-heart boy. Soon Cameron is discovering how great it feels to live a normal life. But there are some people who don’t think it’s normal for a boy to have a pig’s heart. Will Cameron’s new life last long enough for him to discover what it’s really all about? |
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Millions. |
Damian and Anthony Cunningham are crafty brothers. One is aged eight and is interested in saints and the other one is roughly eleven years old and is obsessed with houses prices as he wants to become an estate agent. Two bothers, Damian and Anthony, are unwittingly caught up in a train robbery during Britain's countdown to join the Euro. Suddenly finding themselves with a vast amount of cash, the boys have just one glorious, appalling dilemma – how to spend it in the few days before it becomes worthless. |
