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The Story of Britain

By Patrick Dillon - Published 2010

Genres:

Nonfiction

Starting from the very beginning of known British history in the Bronze Age and moving swiftly on to the Roman invasion, The Story ...Read Review

A Most Improper Magic

By Stephanie Burgis - Published 2010

Genres:

Children/Young AdultHistorical Fantasy

A lively, fast-moving story with a high-spirited, adventurous heroine makes Stephanie Burgis’s book historical fiction’s answer to the ever-popular chick lit. ...Read Review

Dream Thief: An Extraordinary Horatio Lyle Mystery

By Catherine Webb - Published 2010

Genres:

AdventureChildren/Young AdultHistorical Fantasy

Fourth book in the successful Horatio Lyle series which began with The Unusual Adventures of Horatio Lyle in 2006 and continued with The Obsidian ...Read Review

The Eagle of the Ninth Chronicles

By Rosemary Sutcliff - Published 2010

Genres:

AdventureChildren/Young AdultMilitary

It is pleasing to be able to report the re-issue of Rosemary Sutcliff’s trilogy, The Eagle of the Ninth, The Silver Branch ...Read Review

An Elephant in the Garden

By Michael Morpurgo - Published 2010

Genres:

Children/Young Adult

This latest book by previous Children’s Laureate, Michael Morpurgo, is mainly about the infamous bombing of the German city, Dresden, by the ...Read Review

The Poisoned House

By Michael Ford - Published 2010

Genres:

Children/Young AdultHistorical FantasyMystery/Crime

In the year of 1855 the story begins with the attempted escape of Abigail Tamper, scullery maid, from the house of her employment just ...Read Review

Young Sherlock Holmes: Death Cloud

By Andrew Lane - Published 2010

Genres:

Children/Young AdultMystery/Crime

Compelling and gripping story about the adventures of Sherlock Holmes as a fourteen-year-old boy. One of those unputdownable books that you have to ...Read Review

The Blackhope Enigma

By Teresa Flavin - Published 2010

Genres:

AdventureChildren/Young AdultTime-slip

This gripping adventure story will have you turning the page for the next twist in this fantastic tale. Teresa Flavin explains at the ...Read Review

Once; Then; and Now

By Morris Gleitzman - Published 2009Published 2010

Genres:

Children/Young AdultSaga

A trilogy told from a child’s viewpoint about the Holocaust and the Nazi domination. With Felix, a 14-year-old Polish Jewish boy, the ...Read Review

Whisper My Name

By Jane Eagland - Published 2010

Genres:

Children/Young Adult

A tantalising tale of Victorian England. Meriel, the heroine, is a young girl sent back to live with her grandfather in London after ...Read Review