True stories (Children's / Teenage)
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Angel of Grasmere
£7.99Angel of Grasmere
Tarn grapples with the loss of her brother at Dunkirk as she faces the threat of Nazi invasion in the Cumbrian countryside in this gripping wartime tale from Tom Palmer.
SKU: 9781800902169 Category: C Fiction 9-12 Tags: Adventure stories (Children's / Teenage), Historical fiction (Children's / Teenage), True stories (Children's / Teenage)£7.99 -
Before the ever after
£7.99Before the ever after
For as long as ZJ can remember, his dad has always been everyone’s hero: a pro football superstar, a beloved member of the neighbourhood and a really, really great dad. But there’s something not right about ZJ’s dad these days. He’s having trouble remembering things, seems to be angry all the time and is starting to forget ZJ’s name. Bit by bit, ZJ has to face this new reality that his family can’t keep holding on to his dad’s glory days. As his dad begins to have more bad than good days, will they ever find happiness again?
SKU: 9781510111776 Category: C Fiction 9-12 Tags: Personal & social issues: family issues (Children's / Teenage), True stories (Children's / Teenage)£7.99 -
Cane Warriors
£7.99Cane Warriors
Moa is fourteen. The only life he has ever known is toiling on the Frontier sugar cane plantation for endless hot days, fearing the vicious whips of the overseers. Then one night he learns of an uprising, led by the charismatic Tacky. Moa is to be a cane warrior, and fight for the freedom of all the enslaved people in the nearby plantations. But before they can escape, Moa and his friend Keverton must face their first great task: to kill their overseer, Misser Donaldson. Time is ticking, and the day of the uprising approaches.
SKU: 9781839131127 Category: C Fiction Teen Tags: Adventure stories (Children's / Teenage), Historical fiction (Children's / Teenage), Personal & social issues: bullying, violence & abuse (Children's / Teenage), Personal & social issues: death & bereavement (Children's / Teenage), Personal & social issues: racism & multiculturalism (Children's / Teenage), Social issues: war & conflict issues (Children's / Teenage), True stories (Children's / Teenage)£7.99 -
Fritz and Kurt
£8.99Fritz and Kurt
In 1938, the Nazis come to Vienna. They hate anyone who is different, especially Jewish people. Fritz and Kurt’s family are Jewish, and that puts them in terrible danger. Fritz, along with his father, is taken to a Nazi prison camp, a terrible place, full of fear. When his father is sent to a certain death, Fritz can’t face losing his beloved Papa. He chooses to go with him and fight for survival. Meanwhile, Kurt must go on a frightening journey, all alone, to seek safety on the far side of the world. In this extraordinary true story, Fritz and Kurt must face unimaginable hardships, and the two brothers wonder if they will ever return home.
SKU: 9780241565742 Category: C Fiction 9-12 Tags: History & the past: general interest (Children's / Teenage), True stories (Children's / Teenage)£8.99 -
Road to the Euros
£6.99Road to the Euros
Get ready for Euro 2024!
SKU: 9781789467895 Category: C Fiction 9-12 Tags: Sporting stories (Children's / Teenage), True stories (Children's / Teenage)£6.99 -
Tenzing Norgay
£9.99Tenzing Norgay
From the bestselling Little People, BIG DREAMS series, Tenzing Norgay tells the story of a brave mountain climber who got to the top of Mount Everest.
SKU: 9780711285705 Category: C Biography Tags: People & places (Children's / Teenage), Sports & outdoor recreation (Children's / Teenage), True stories (Children's / Teenage)£9.99 -
The Bell Jar
£14.99The Bell Jar
‘The Bell Jar’ is Sylvia Plath’s account of a young woman’s breakdown. Renowned for its intensity and its vivid prose, the novel follows her attempted suicide, hospitilisation and recovery.
SKU: 9780571373079 Category: Classics Tags: Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Personal & social issues: body & health (Children's / Teenage), True stories (Children's / Teenage)£14.99 -
The Girl With Her Head in the Clouds
£6.99The Girl With Her Head in the Clouds
Pioneering aviatrix Dolly Shepherd comes alive in this thrilling reimagining of her death-defying exploits from bestselling ‘Little Bird Flies’ author Karen McCombie.
SKU: 9781781129456 Category: C Fiction 9-12 Tags: General fiction (Children's / Teenage), Historical fiction (Children's / Teenage), True stories (Children's / Teenage)£6.99 -
Until the road ends
£7.99Until the road ends
When Peggy saves a stray dog from near-death, a beautiful friendship begins. Peggy and Beau are inseparable: the only thing that can ever come between them is war. Peggy is evacuated to the safety of the coast, but Beau is left behind in the city, where he becomes the most extraordinary and unlikely of war heroes. Night after night, as bombs rain down and communities are destroyed, Beau searches the streets, saving countless families. But then disaster strikes, changing Peggy’s life forever. With her parents killed, both she and Beau are left alone, hundreds of miles apart. But Beau has a plan to reunite them at long last.
SKU: 9781839133169 Category: C Fiction 9-12 Tags: Animal stories (Children's / Teenage), Historical fiction (Children's / Teenage), True stories (Children's / Teenage)£7.99 -
Usain Bolt
£9.99Usain Bolt
From the bestselling biography series Little People, BIG DREAMS, discover the story of Usain Bolt, the fastest person in the world.
SKU: 9780711291973 Category: C Biography Tags: People & places (Children's / Teenage), Sporting stories (Children's / Teenage), True stories (Children's / Teenage)£9.99