Puffin
The Raven’s Children
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Leningrad, 1938. Stalin’s Great Terror has engulfed Russia. In this frightening world, Stalin and his henchmen have absolute power. Like Orwell’s Newspeak, ...Read Review
Maybe
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Newly named Australian Children’s Laureate for 2018/19, Morris Gleitzman is known for making tough issues accessible to young readers through his trademark humour. ...Read Review
Romans on the Rampage: Jail Break
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Krysis, the head of the Imperial Mint, is wrongly jailed for stealing from the mint. His family is made homeless and his son ...Read Review
Gods and Warriors: The Crocodile Tomb
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This book, the fourth in a series, is set in the Bronze Age. Two youngsters from different Greek societies, Hylas and Pirra, are ...Read Review
The Runaways
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England, 1917. The country is at war and more men are needed at the Front, so Cullen’s Circus must close and the animals ...Read Review
A Soldier’s Friend
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1914. The First World War has begun and it will affect, not only men, women and children, but also animals, particularly cats and dogs. ...Read Review
Percy Jackson and the Greek Gods
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Rick Riordan, writing as his no-nonsense hero Percy Jackson, has pulled off a funny and informative introduction to Greek mythology. Of course, the ...Read Review
The Burning Shadow
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Bronze Age Greece. In this, the second Gods and Warriors book, Hylas, the Outsider; Pirra daughter of the High Priestess of Keftiu; and ...Read Review
The Bomber Dog
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Dover 1944: World War 2 is at its height. One night, after a bombing raid, a young Alsatian dog rescues his friend, a spaniel, and ...Read Review
After
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World War II: 1945, Poland. The Germans are in retreat, but Nazi death squads are still hunting down Jews. Thirteen-year-old Felix is in hiding, ...Read Review