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Every time a Victory Road sports team competes, they lose – somehow the opposition always knows their strategy. Arthur & Grace can spot a dodgy situation when they see one, & quickly they decide there’s a mole leaking information to rival schools. But who is the mole & what are they set to gain from their sneaky behaviour? ...

Some people think children should be seen & not heard. But not Shouty Arthur. He thinks being REALLY LOUD is totally great. OUCH! Arthur – please shush! Now Arthur is at the seaside, which means loads of great things to shout about! Like: ice creams. Pirates. Crabs. Sandcastles. Buckets & spades. Paddling. Do you like any of those things? Trouble is, you’ll also have to like the sound of Arthur shouting. Will his yelling save the day when he & his sister are trapped by the tide? ...

The funny & fantastic back-to-school picture book from the creative genius behind the Draw With Rob phenomenon & the bestselling & award-winning Blown Away! School has never been so fun! ...

Nature is full of beautiful creatures. (And some less beautiful ones.) All of them have hungry tummies. So what do they eat? Find out! Some are happy munching on plants. Sadly for them, they have a habit of being munched up themselves by bigger meat-eaters. The chain of who eats what creates a great web that links all living things together. How does it work – & what happens when the balance goes wrong? Find out all about food webs, how you fit into them, & why not messing them up really matters to us all. Clear overview of food webs with lots of diagrams & examples Explores how human activities impact on the food supply environment green gogreen ...

A dazzling, high-octane read filled with death-defying acrobatics, circus crowds with an appetite for disaster, & two forbidden teenage lovers trying to escape the shackles of their very different lives. ...

Tales with the savage kick of The Hunger Games, the star-crossed romance of Noughts & Crosses – & their own glittering highwire chemistry. Feel your heart soar & plummet. England has turned its back on inclusion. If your family are migrants, bad luck. You’ll be poor, hated & forced to perform in a brutal circus act. Ravenous lions, sabotaged high wires & an evil ringmaster: this circus of hate has no safety nets. So – maybe you’re wondering: who’d watch a show like this? Answer: rich people like Ben. But on his first trip to the circus, Ben falls for a performer. How will he save the girl he loves? White-knuckle Gladiator fantasies for post-Brexit Britain All the classic dystopian thrills in a totally original setting From a fresh & hugely exciting new voice in YA fiction If you love The Hunger Games, you will adore this! This series contains mature content & language more suitable for older readers. ...

Part of a brand new set of phonically decodable reading books perfect for very early readers. These expertly levelled non-fiction books are engaging & perfectly match the new Letters & Sounds guidance used in schools across the UK. ...

True-Crime obsessed Paige, & her family, move across the Atlantic to her father’s eerie hometown, & it’s not long before she uncovers the town’s dark history – a string of unsolved murders & disappearances in the 90s. Will Paige solve a quarter-of-a-century mystery, or will she be the next target?! ...

Meet Renee & Herta, two sisters who faced the unimaginable – together. This is their true story. As Jews living in 1940s Czechoslovakia, Renee, Herta & their parents were in immediate danger when the Holocaust came to their door. This gripping memoir is a reminder of how important it is to honour the past. ...