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23 September 2009 |
Fiction
Title: GrannyAuthor: Anthony Horowitz
Call number: JF HOR
In London, England, twelve-year-old Joe discovers that his grandmother is not just physically repulsive and horribly mean, she is also involved in an evil plot against him, but the adults around them fail to see behind her mask.
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14 September 2009 | Fiction
Title:
The night they stormed Eureka
Author: Jackie French
Call number: JF FRE
Sam is having teenage problems and wags school. She hangs out in the local graveyard and finds herself transported back to 1854 where she joins the Puddlehams, who run 'the best little cook shop on the diggings" at the Ballarat Goldfields.
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12 September 2009 |
FictionThe difficult job of keeping timeAuthor: Dyan Sheldon
Call No: JF SHE
This is a thrilling time-travel adventure in which two children have to go to the past to save the future - and to overcome their fears.
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12 September 2009 |
FictionClover Twig and the incredible flying cottageAuthor: Kaye Umansky
Call No: JF UMA
Clover Twig stood at the garden gate, staring in at the witch's cottage - and the cottage stared right back. The windows were like black eyes - small, dark and sunken - and ivy dropped over them like hooded eyelids.
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31 August 2009 |
FictionThe Cry of the Icemark (Chronicles of Icemark: Book 1)
Author: Stuart Hill
Call No: JF HIL / YF HIL
Fourteen year old Thirrin became queen when father died in battle. She must find a way to protect her people from the most terrible invasion her nation has ever known and achieve this before the end of the winter snows.
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31 August 2009 |
FictionThe Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians: Book 1)
Author: Rick Riordan
Call No: JF RIO
The gods of Olympus are alive in the 21st Century. They still fall in love with mortals and have children who might become great heroes, but most of these children meet horrible fates at the hands of monsters by the age of twelve. Only a few learn the truth of their identity and make it to Half Blood Hill, a Long Island summer camp dedicated to training young demigods.
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