W.F. Howes Nudged Brochure July-September 2015

Unabr idged Au d i o b o o k s f o r Ch i l d r e n

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Dear Librarian, Summer is off to a swashbuckling start with Huw Powell’s The Lost Sword, which continues to follow the adventures of Jake Cutler and friends as they’re on the run from the Interstellar Navy.

We have some additional adventures to a number of our fantastic series: Lauren Child’s Feel the Fear, delivers another undercover adventure for young detectives. Any aspiring ballerinas will be thrilled to hear the start of a new series by Jane Lawes, which takes the listener to the school of ballet.

Plus, read letters from the world’s favourite bear in Love From Paddington, narrated by Jim Broadbent.

Enjoy the brochure and please get in touch if you have any feedback.

Best wishes,

Index

Playaway July 2015 p3 - 5 August 2015 p5 - 7 September 2015 p8 & 13 - 14

Narrator Spotlight...

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Mike Grady

Mike Grady’s acting career spans more than 40 years, working in leading theatre roles at the Royal Shakespeare Company and television roles including Last of the Summer Wine and Sherlock Holmes.

Grady has used his vast knowledge of acting to narrate audiobooks, including the fantastical Spacejackers series, written by successful children’s author, Huw Powell.

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Spy Cat: Blackout Andrew Cope

JULY 2015

Shakespeare, the Spy Cat, is standing in for Lara and her Spy Pups once again. This time evil oldies are intent on destroying the internet and returning Britain to ‘the good old days’ where life was slower and young people respected their elders. Can Spy Cat stop their plot to shoot down satellites from the top of The Shard?

An imaginative, creative feast!

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Hunk and Thud: Wrestling Trolls: Match Two Jim Eldridge The second slam-down audiobook in the hilarious Wrestling Trolls series.

The purrrfect spy is prowling a neighbourhood near you...

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Barry Loser and the Holiday of Doom Jim Smith

Jack is doing fantastically well as the Wrestling Trolls training coach, Big Rock is winning matches, and the group are on their way to more gold than they can count. Nothing ever goes smoothly for Jack though, especially after Milo is kidnapped by evil goblins determined to get their greedy hands on Big Rock’s winnings! The wrestling crew know that they will have to be very quick and clever if they want to rescue Milo.

Jim Eldridge is an award-winning writer, with over 250 TV and 250 BBC Radio 4 scripts to his name. He has had 79 books published which have sold over 3 million copies.

Narrator: Gareth Bennett-Ryan ISBN: 9781471297823 Duration: 2.25hrs

JULY 2015

Barry Loser is a Roald Dahl Funny Prize award-winning series.

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Harvey Drew and the Bling Bots Cas Lester

‘My best friend Bunky is sort of like my pet dog, so it was weird when he suddenly started fancying a cat one day.’

Barry can’t wait to tell his friends that they’ve been invited on his family caravan holiday to Plonkton. But the weekend by the sea doesn’t turn out to be the keelfest Barry was hoping for. It’s all his best mate Bunky’s fault for going and falling in love. OH. MY. UNKEELNESS!

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Harvey Drew and the Toxic Spew crew return for another out-of-this-world adventure!

Harvey thinks he has the best job in the world: he’s the captain of a real live space ship! Except it’s the Toxic Spew - the most dysfunctional garbage ship in the galaxy.

The crew get word of a stranded cargo ship, full of very valuable Techno-tium. Whoever rescues the cargo gets to claim it. So the crew aims their ship towards the treasure.

But they don’t bet on running into the Bling Bot pirates from planet Sy-Boorg!

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Hugely original and wildly funny, a true page turner that will delight any child.

JACQUELINE WILSON

Narrator: Huw Parmenter ISBN: 9781471296932 Duration: 1.5hrs

Narrator: Julia Barrie ISBN: 9781510003286 Duration: 3.25hrs

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Completely Cassidy: Accidental Genius Tamsyn Murray

Puppies Online: Puffin Patrol Jennifer Gray and Amanda Swift Einstein, Bounce and Puzzle are thrilled to be at Sandcliff Lighthouse for the holidays.

A new series for pre-teens that will have you giggling until you (quite possibly) burst.

Meet Cassidy. With her embarrassing dad, pregnant mum, loser brother and knicker-chewing dog, she’s almost invisible in her family. So she’s hoping Year 7 is her time to shine, especially since a test proved she’s Gifted & Talented. The only problem is she picked her answers at random. But surely the school wouldn’t make a mistake about her genius?

When the local beach is covered in dog poo, the pals find themselves in a sticky situation. It gets so bad that even the puffins are staying away! And then the local people start to blame their kennels, even though the pups know that Jackie and Trevor always clean up after them. Who is behind the smelly secret of Sandcliff Beach? Can the pups uncover the stinking truth in time to save Trevor’s kennels?

A total cringe-fest and total fun!

Between them Amanda Swift and Jennifer Gray have been shortlisted for the Waterstone’s Children’s Book Prize and the Red House Children’s Book Award and written for My Parents Are Aliens.

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Narrator: Melody Grove ISBN: 9781471296956 Duration: 3.25hrs

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Narrator: Jot Davies ISBN: 9781471297007 Duration: 2hrs

JULY 2015

Princess Ellie’s Moonlight Mystery Diana Kimpton

Another fantastic instalment in Diana Kimpton’s Princess Ellie series.

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Ballet Stars: Perfect Pirouette Jane Lawes The fantastic story in the Ballet Stars series from Jane Lawes.

Princess Ellie is pony-mad! And she hates boring royal rules. She can’t wait to go camping with her best friend Kate and her ponies, Moonbeam and Rainbow. There’ll be no servants, no governess and – best of all – no rules! But when she hears strange noises in the night, Ellie starts to get scared. Will she solve the moonlight mystery?

It’s Tash’s first term at Aurora House, the school where dancing dreams come true. She’s thrilled to be living with other girls who love ballet as much as she does! But when Tash starts to worry that her dancing isn’t as good as her new friends’, she decides to take a big risk. Will her plan lead to a perfect pirouette...or a perfect disaster?

Brilliantly addictive… An irresistible blend of glitz, glamour, horses and adventure… a must-read for girls with a penchant for palaces, princesses and ponies.

BLACKPOOL GAZETTE

Jane Lawes began ballet and tap dancing classes when she was three. She now works in publishing by day, and as an author by night and at weekends.

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Narrator: Penelope Rawlins ISBN: 9781471299940 Duration: 1hr

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Narrator: Melody Grove ISBN: 9781471296970 Duration: 3.25hrs

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Rose Bliss Cooks Up Magic Kathryn Littlewood

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The Great Fire Ann Turnbull ‘In sixteen hundred and sixty-six, London burned like rotten sticks.’

Take a pinch of magic and add some adventure…

Rosemary Bliss has won back her family’s magical cookbook and beaten her evil Aunt Lily, but in doing so she also won fame. In fact, she’s become so famous that she has been kidnapped by the Mostess corporation – run by Mr Butter, who wants her to help improve their cake and snack recipes. Rose is flattered, but something is not right.

Left alone and homeless by the Great Plague, Sam struggled to survive. He was lucky to get a job working for the Giraud family. But Andre, the son of his boss, doesn’t make life easy. Then a fire breaks out on Pudding Lane.

Before anyone fully realises what’s happening, London’s burning... and this fire can’t be put out. Now it’s time for Sam to prove what he’s really worth. If he can get out alive...

A heroine with baking in her blood and a zany plot liberally sprinkled with humour blend into fun family adventure […] light-hearted bliss. KIRKUS REVIEW

This is an exciting adventure, which in its short length succeeds in evoking a strong sense of time and place.

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Love From Paddington Michael Bond

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Narrator: Christopher Webster ISBN: 9781471296994 Duration: 1hr

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Feel the Fear Lauren Child

Sealed with a sticky paw!

First class correspondence from the nation’s favourite bear, Paddington.

“Dear Aunt Lucy, I expect this will come as a great surprise to you, but not only have I arrived in England, but I have an address! I’m staying at number 32 Windsor Gardens and it isn’t at all like the Home for Retired Bears…”

This delightfully engaging series of letters from Paddington to his Aunt Lucy showcases his uniquely charming and hilarious take on the world.

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I’ve always had great respect for Paddington… He is a British institution.

STEPHEN FRY

Narrator: Jim Broadbent ISBN: 9780008125325 Duration: 1.25hrs

The fourth book in the scarily awesome Ruby Redfort series.

Ruby Redfort: Undercover agent, code-cracker and thirteen-year-old genius. This time Ruby must pit her wits against a seemingly invisible foe. How do you set your sights on catching a light-fingered villain if you can’t even see him?

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Cool, punchy, stylish. THE SUN

Lauren Child has put imagination and fun back into the real worlds of childhood.

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Narrator: Rachael Stirling ISBN: 9780007567072 Duration: 9hrs

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The Popcorn Pirates Alexander McCall Smith

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The Nowhere Emporium Ross Mackenzie Scottish Children’s Book Award winner Ross MacKenzie unleashes a riot of imagination, colour and fantasy in this astonishing adventure.

It’s going to be an EXPLOSIVE adventure!

The inhabitants of the Popcorn Islands lead a peaceful and comfortable existence - that is, until pirates attack Captain Foster’s ship on its way to America and steal half the popcorn harvest. So Lucy, Hermione and Sam offer to accompany the captain and his dog Biscuit on the next trip to keep a lookout for danger. But danger is exactly what they run into! Now the pirates aren’t just after more popcorn... they want new recruits too!

When the mysterious Nowhere Emporium arrives in Glasgow, orphan Daniel Holmes stumbles upon it quite by accident. Before long, the ‘shop from nowhere’ and its owner, Mr Silver, draw Daniel into a breath-taking world of magic and enchantment. Recruited as Mr Silver’s apprentice, Daniel learns the secrets of the Emporium’s vast labyrinth of passageways and rooms - containing wonders beyond anything Daniel has ever imagined.

Alexander McCall Smith is one of the world’s most prolific and most popular authors. He has written novels for adults and children alike.

The Nowhere Emporium is perfect for fans of Philip Pullman, Cornelia Funke and Neil Gaiman.

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The Accidental Prime Minister Tom McLaughlin

AUGUST 2015

When Joe tells a local news reporter exactly what he would do if he were leader of the country, the video goes viral and Joe’s speech becomes famous all over the world! Before long, people are calling for the current leader to resign and give someone else a go... and that’s how an ordinary boy like Joe ended up with the most extraordinary job. Now the fun can really start!

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A totally hilarious story, brilliantly written […] with clear undercurrents of reality.

PARENTS IN TOUCH

Interworld is the latest bestseller from award-winning writers, Neil Gaiman and Michael Reaves.

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Joey Harker is the kind of guy who gets lost in his own house. But one day, Joey gets really lost. He walks straight out of his world and into another dimension. This walk between worlds makes Joey prey to armies of magic and science, both determined to harness Joey’s power to travel between dimensions. The only thing standing in their way is Joey – or to be more precise an army of Joeys, all from different dimensions…

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Dramatises a common fantasy for many of us – what we might do if we were Prime Minister. TELEGRAPH

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Interworld Neil Gaiman & Michael Reaves

A hilarious story of one boy’s meteoric rise to power!

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A fast-paced compulsively readable tale.

BOOKLIST A mind-stretching ride. VOYA Narrator: tbc ISBN: 9780008116392 Duration: 6hrs

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The Bell Between Worlds Ian Johnstone

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Harry and Hope Sarah Lean

A glorious epic fantasy, The Mirror Chronicles will take you into another world and on the adventure of a lifetime…

A story about family, friendship and belonging, from bestselling author, Sarah Lean.

Sylas Tate has led a lonely existence since his mother died. But then the tolling of a giant bell draws him into another world known as the Other, where he discovers that he has an inborn talent for the nature-influenced magic of the Fourth Way, and that his mother might have come from this strange parallel place. Meanwhile, evil forces are stirring, and an astounding revelation awaits Sylas as to the true nature of the Other...

Hope lives with her artist mum in the Pyrenees. It’s always been just the two of them… Until Frank, a free-spirited traveller, arrives with his donkey, Harry. Hope and Frank form a close bond, so it’s hard for both of them when Frank decides it’s time to move on. Hope promises to look after Harry the donkey and comes to realise that even when someone is far away, they are always near to your heart.

Dramatic and with perils that are both real and colourfully described. Highly recommended.

THE BOOKBAG

Praise for the author: Sarah Lean weaves magic and emotion into beautiful stories. CATHY CASSIDY

This highly-charged adventure is a delightful page-turner for both children and adults alike. BOOKSELLER

Beautifully written and moving without being mawkish.

A talent to watch. THE BOOKSELLER

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When We Were Very Young & Now We Are Six A. A. Milne

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Alcatraz Versus the Scrivener’s Bones Brandon Sanderson

Two of A. A. Milne’s best-loved poetry collections, When We Were Very Young and Now We Are Six are loved verses by children and adults alike.

The evil Librarians strike again – proving that late returns can be deadly!

When We Were Very Young is a heart-warming and funny introduction to children’s poetry, offering the same sense of humour, imagination and whimsy that we’ve come to expect from his favourite books about Winnie-the-Pooh.

Now We Are Six includes poems for children which feature Pooh helping Christopher Robin with his schoolwork. It is an evocation of childhood, through the eyes of the six-yearold Robin.

Alcatraz Smedry is back with a bang – infiltrating the Library of Alexandria, looking for his not-dead-after-all father and discovering a strange golden sarcophagus that might hold the key to his amazing talent for breaking things. Oh, and his best friend Bastille’s come along too – for evil-Librarian-bashing purposes, of course.

A.A. Milne is quite simply one of the most famous children’s authors of all time. He created Winnie-the-Pooh and his friends Piglet, Eeyore, Tigger, Kanga and Roo based on the real nursery toys played with by his son, Christopher Robin.

Like Lemony Snicket and superhero comics rolled into one…

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How to Fly with Broken Wings Jane Elson

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Ballet Stars: Amazing Arabesque Jane Lawes

Touching on themes such as friendship and bullying, this is a charming tale about overcoming obstacles and finding friendship in unlikely places.

The second in the Ballet Stars series from much-loved children’s author, Jane Lawes.

Willem has Asperger’s Syndrome and two main aims in life: to fly and to make at least two friends of his own age.

As he stands on the edge of a wall, Sasha gives him a wink. Might she become his friend? As he flies through the air he wishes he could fly and escape. Instead he comes crashing down and breaks his ankle. Sasha is determined to put things right.

It’s Tash’s second term at Aurora House, the school where dancing dreams come true. She’s thrilled to be back, but with their first ballet exam coming up, the pressure is on.

And when her friend Anisha starts acting strangely in class, Tash is worried. Can she figure out Anisha’s problem and help her friend pass the exam before it’s too late?

Praise for the author:

Jane Lawes began ballet and tap dancing classes when she was three. She now works in publishing by day, and as an author by night and at weekends.

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Full of emotion and humour... I couldn’t put this book down! GUARDIAN Real authenticity... beautifully written and very moving BOOKBAG

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The Lost Sword Huw Powell

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The Secrets of Sam and Sam Susie Day Star Wars meets Pirates of the Caribbean in this second swashbuckling quest for Jake Cutler and friends!

Jake Cutler is the 13-year-old ruler of the secret planet Altus and he’s on the run from the Interstellar Navy. He and his crew are wanted over the disappearance of the ISS Colossus, the most powerful ship in the Navy’s fleet.

But that’s not the only reason Jake’s being hunted. If he’s found, he’ll be forced to reveal the location of a fortune of crystals which the Interstellar Navy plans to start an intergalactic war with... It’s up to Jake to stop them!

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A great action-packed read.

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Meet the very different twins and their very different problems in this funny, heartwarming story of modern family life for boys and girls.

Sam likes being a twin. He likes having two mums. He likes cheese sandwiches and his dog and drawing comics with his friend Pea. His twin sister Sammie likes being a twin too. She knows that she’s perfect best friend material for somebody – the girls in her class just haven’t realised yet. Both Sam and Sammie – and everybody in their lives seems to be keeping secrets – which ones will come out?

Friendship, familes, fun and secrets in this brand-new story about modern life from Susie Day.

BOOK ZONE Narrator: Mike Grady ISBN: 9781510005198 Duration: 6.25hrs

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The Yoghurt Plot Fleur Hitchcock

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The School for Good and Evil: The Last Ever After Soman Chainani Another delightful, family-friendly adventure from the author of Shrunk!

Can Agatha and Sophie find the perfect ending to their story?

Humming in the kitchen of Bugg and Dilan’s new home is a huge, mysterious fridge. Even when Bugg turns off the power, the light stays on. Plus, it’s full of strange-looking yoghurts in glass jars with wax-paper lids. They bravely eat some and the yoghurts take them back to 1974! What follows is a desperate scramble across time and space, as the siblings try and right a 40-year-old time crime…

Once best friends, Agatha and Sophie were pulled apart like strangers, each in the arms of a boy, Good with Good, Evil with Evil… is their friendship lost forever after? As they settle into their new lives, their story begs to be re-written, and theirs isn’t the only one. With the girls apart, Evil has taken over and the villains of the past have come back to change their tales and turn the world of Good and Evil upside down.

Praise for the author: Fleur Hitchcock’s books are always fun.

SUNDAY TIMES (This) will set off the readers’ imagination into overdrive on life’s possibilities. LOVEREADING4KIDS

Praise for the author: Twill enchant young girls and boys alike with its twisted take on the classic fairytales. THE BOOKBAG A fairy tale like no other, complete with romance, magic, and humour. ANN M. MARTIN

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World’s Explode Shane Hegarty

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The adventures of the most unfortunate Legend Hunter ever to don fighting armour and pick up a Dessicator continue…

On a list of things Finn never thought he’d wish for, a gateway bursting open in Darkmouth was right up there.

But that’s about his only hope for finding his missing father.

Soon Finn must face bizarre Legends as he goes where no Legend Hunter has gone before. Or, at least, where no Legend Hunter has gone before and returned with their limbs in the correct order.

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Hilarious and exciting. Terrifying and heart-stopping. Everything a great fantasy series should be. The next big thing is here.

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Shoutykid: How Harry Riddles Got Nearly Almost Famous Simon Mayle The funniest kid in fiction is back and he’s got a lot to SHOUT about!

‘My name is Harry Riddles, and I live with my mum, my dad, my EVIL sister and my twin baby brothers in our house in Cornwall. But if my dad has his way we might not live here much longer. He’s got this crazy idea to take us all sailing round the world for like, two years!’

Follow Harry’s hilarious ups and downs told through laugh-out-loud letters, emails, texts and more!

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Millie Versus the Machines Kiera O’Brien

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Nathalia Buttface and the Most Embarrassing Five Minutes of Fame Ever Nigel Smith The most embarrassing dad in the world is back in this hilarious series from TV and radio-comedy writing talent, Nigel Smith.

Who can be trusted – and who will be next?

CO M I N G S O O N Within the confines of Oaktree boarding school, Millie Hendrick and her friends are privileged kids in a future world, where robots are hired help for everyone.

But Millie has never trusted the Units. They’re just... creepy.

When pupils start disappearing, and no one else shares her increasing terror, how can Millie find out whether she is the only person who can see the truth, or if she is simply going crazy?

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When Dad posts an embarrassing video of Nat online as a joke, she’s furious. Things are set to get much worse, however, when the video goes viral and she finds herself centre of the nation’s attention for all the wrong reasons. But when a local care home for abandoned pets is threatened with closure, Dad convinces Nat to use her new-found celebrity to raise money for it – with him acting as her agent, of course!

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Spy Dog: Mummy Madness Andrew Cope

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Narrator: India Fisher ISBN: 9781471297564 Duration: 2.75hrs

Winner of the Red House Children’s Book Award.

National security is under threat! The evil Mr Big has escaped from prison AGAIN and he’s on a mission to steal Egypt’s most valuable treasure, the Nile Ruby. The Prime Minister knows only one agent can stop this evil criminal mastermind – Spy Dog!

The Dying of the Light Derek Landy

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Narrator: Stephen Hogan ISBN: 9780007546817 Duration: 18.5hrs

The final book in Skulduggery Pleasant series.

The War of the Sanctuaries has been won, but it was not without its casualties. Following the loss of Valkyrie Cain, Skulduggery Pleasant must use any means to track down and stop Darquesse before she turns the world into a charred, lifeless cinder.

The Ministry of Ghosts Alex Shearer

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Narrator: Christopher Webster ISBN: 9781471297595 Duration: 6.25hrs

A spooky mystery with ghost-hunting, useless adults and tea!

The Ministry of Ghosts has been given three months to prove the existence of ghosts! As it seems that children are particularly magnetic to ghosts, Thruppence and Tim are added to their ghostcatching team.

Barry Loser: I am Sort of a Loser Jim Smith

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Narrator: Huw Parmenter ISBN: 9781471297618 Duration: 1.25hrs

Winner of the Roald Dahl Funny Prize!

There’s a girl in Barry’s class who’s GETTING MORE LAUGHS THAN HIM! But luckily Barry immediately thinks up one of his brilliant and amazekeel plans to make sure he’ll have the final chuckle. All he needs is thirty boxes of Beard Flakes…

Terror Kid Benjamin Zephaniah

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Narrator: Ewan Goddard ISBN: 9781471297588 Duration: 4hrs

A timely novel about the choices that shape us.

Rico knows to stay away from trouble as best he can. But he’s angry and frustrated at the injustices he sees happening at home and around the world. He wants to do something – but what?

The Story of the Betrothed Umberto Eco

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Narrator: Peter Noble ISBN: 9781471297649 Duration: 1.5hrs

The most famous Italian classic novel, retold for children.

Lorenzo and Lucia, both from peasant families, are planning their wedding. However, after meeting the villainous Don Rodrigo, the couple are forced to flee their village. Will they ever be able to find happiness together?

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Playaway July - September 2015 The Executioner’s Daughter Jane Hardstaff

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Narrator: Sarah Ovens ISBN: 9781471297632 Duration: 6hrs

Set in the underbelly of the Tower of London in Tudor times.

Moss hates her life. As the daughter of the Executioner in the Tower of London, it’s her job to catch the heads in her basket after her father has chopped them off…

Princess Ellie’s Starlight Adventure Diana Kimpton

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Narrator: Penelope Rawlins ISBN: 9781471297663 Duration: 1.5hrs

Princess Ellie is pony-mad!

Princess Ellie has four perfect ponies and the entire palace grounds to ride in. So Ellie’s in trouble when the King finds hoof prints on his lawn. He thinks she’s been riding in the royal garden!

Marsh Road Mysteries: Diamonds and Daggers Elen Caldecott

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Narrator: Edward Killingback ISBN: 9781471297847 Duration: 4hrs

Meet Piotr, Minnie, Andrew, Flora and Sylvia who are true friends!

Hollywood sensation, Betty Massino, has come to star in the theatre down the road and Piotr and his friends Andrew and Minnie couldn’t be more excited! But then the famous actress’s hugely expensive diamond necklace goes missing!

Catch Your Death Lauren Child

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Narrator: Rachael Stirling ISBN: 9780007556137 Duration: 8.75hrs

The third book in the ice-cool Ruby Redfort series.

Tigers are roaming the streets of Twinford, and it looks like someone has deliberately released some very rare and very dangerous animals. Things are going to get wild – and Ruby is going to get badly lost in the wilderness.

My Friend the Enemy Dan Smith

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Narrator: Leon Williams ISBN: 9781471297854 Duration: 6.75hrs

For Peter, the war is a long way away, until the night it comes to him.

Summer, 1941: When a German plane is shot down over the woods, Peter rushes to the crash site to find something exciting to keep. But what he finds instead is someone: a young and injured German airman.

The Wild Beyond Piers Torday Narrator: Oliver J. Hembrough ISBN: 9781471297830 Duration: 11hrs

The follow-up to the bestselling and Waterstones Children’s Prize shortlisted The Dark Wild and The Last Wild.

This is the story of a boy named Kester. He has brought the animals of his world back from the brink of disaster, and he believes there is hope on the other side.

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Secrets and Dreams Jean Ure

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Narrator: Jilly Bond ISBN: 9780008102753 Duration: 4hrs

Even best friends don’t tell each other everything...

When one of Zoe’s new friends reveals a secret too big to share with the others in the group, Zoe finds herself caught in the middle. Will she be able to keep the Daisies together?

Shoutykid: How Harry Riddles Mega Massively Broke the School Simon Mayle

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AUGUST 2015

Narrator: Daniel Coonan ISBN: 9780007566549 Duration: 2.5hrs

Meet the funniest kid in fiction!

My name is Harry Riddles. My mum says I’m too young to have problems but she is WRONG. My dad lost his job and I need money to make my mega-amazing zombie movie…

Plague Ann Turnbull

PA8

AUGUST 2015

Narrator: Christopher Webster ISBN: 9781471297878 Duration: 1hr

‘In sixteen hundred and sixty-five there was hardly anyone left alive.’

Spring 1665, London: Sam was just a young boy when his master took him out of the orphanage.

When he was old enough, he was going to become his master’s apprentice. But that was before the plague arrived.

The Story of Crime and Punishment A. B. Yehoshua

PA8

AUGUST 2015

Narrator: Leighton Pugh ISBN: 9781471297861 Duration: 1.25hrs

A daring retelling for children of one of literature’s classic moral stories.

Raskolnikov is a poor student living in St Petersburg. Desperate to escape his poverty, he kills two people, and flees with a few watches and some jewellery. Although at first nobody suspects him, his own conscience plagues him.

Jelly Has a Wobble Candy Guard

PA5 SEPTEMBER 2015 PA8

Narrator: Jilly Bond ISBN: 9781510004948 Duration: 2hrs

The follow up to the hilarious Turning to Jelly.

Jelly’s totally embarrassing mum is getting married (again) and Jelly is Head Bridesmaid. How will Jelly be able to street dance up the aisle in front of everyone, without having a complete wobble?

Mountwood School for Ghosts Toby & Eva Ibbotson

PA5 SEPTEMBER 2015 PA8

Narrator: Gareth Bennett-Ryan ISBN: 9781510004917 Duration: 7hrs

Things are about to get spooky…

Fredegonda, Goneril, and Drusilla are Great Hagges, much more important and much rarer than regular old hags. They think that ghosts these days are decidedly lacking - so one day they decide that something needs to change.

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Playaway July - September 2015 Wild Boy and the Black Terror Rob Lloyd Jones

PA5

SEPTEMBER 2015

PA8

Narrator: Daniel Coonan ISBN: 9781510004924 Duration: 8.25hrs

A return to the fascinating world of Wild Boy. A new sensation grips London – a poisoner who strikes without a trace, leaving victims mad with terror... and then dead. Is there a cure for the Black Terror?

Five Children on the Western Front Kate Saunders

PA5 SEPTEMBER 2015 PA8

Narrator: Jilly Bond ISBN: 9781510004931 Duration: 6.5hrs

A follow-on from E. Nesbit’s Five Children and It stories.

The five children have grown up and World War I has begun in earnest. The sand fairy has become a creature of stories... until, for the first time in 10 years, he suddenly reappears.

Hook’s Daughter Heidi Schulz

PA5 SEPTEMBER 2015 PA8

Narrator: Leighton Pugh ISBN: 9781510004955 Duration: 7hrs

The Neverland adventures continue with Captain Hook’s daughter, Jocelyn.

It’s not easy being the daughter of Captain Hook. Twelve-year-old Jocelyn dreams of following in his footsteps - but when her father meets his unfortunate end, Jocelyn sails to Neverland to avenge his death.

The Story of the Nose Andrea Camilleri

PA8

SEPTEMBER 2015

Narrator: Leighton Pugh ISBN: 9781510004962 Duration: 1.5hrs

A humorous masterpiece about a man and his wayward nose, adapted for children.

Kovalyov wakes one morning to discover that his nose has disappeared! It has mysteriously found its way into a loaf of bread on the barber Yokovlevich’s breakfast table. Now the size of a human, wearing a gold-embroidered uniform and travelling around in a carriage...

The Enchanted Horse Magdalen Nabb

PA8

SEPTEMBER 2015

Narrator: Anna Massey ISBN: 9780008140618 Duration: 1.5hrs

A little toy horse is about to change Irina’s life forever…

When Irina sees a tatty horse in a junk-shop window, she thinks it looks sad and lonely. Little does she know how special Bella is or that magical journeys lie in wait for them!

Wilf the Mighty Worrier Georgia Pritchett Narrator: Mel Giedroyc ISBN: 9781510004979 Duration: 1.5hrs

Wilf will have to find a way to overcome his fears…

Things Wilf was worried about before: stuffed animals, peanut butter, creepy crawlies that have waggly feeler things instead of eyes. Things Wilf is worried about now: the most evil man in the world, the most evil man in the world living next door…

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SEPTEMBER 2015

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