October - December 2015: Children's Audiobooks

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Dear Librarian, Welcome to our latest brochure! We have a fantastic mix of new series and established authors this quarter, as well as the return of everyone’s favourite car Chitty Chitty Bang Bang!

We start off with Alexander McCall Smith’s latest in the Young Precious series, Precious and the Zebra Necklace, which follows his heroine of the No 1 Ladies Detective Agency, Precious Ramotswe in one of her younger mysteries. We’re also thrilled to welcome the phenomenal Judith Kerr to our list with a Big Mog story compilation, narrated by Andrew Sachs and Geraldine McEwen.

Kicking off some brand new and exciting series we have Crabtree School by Lauren Pearson about a school that is so great no one ever wants to leave! We’ll be travelling through time with Felix Frost: Time Detective, heading off to Rome in his first calamitous adventure. And just what is the young apprentice cooking up in The Magic Potions Shop?

In a ‘truly scrumptious’ sequel to Ian Fleming’s classic Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Carnegie medal winner Frank Cottrell Boyce updates the much-loved car for younger listeners in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Flies Again. Jem’s dad’s clapped out campervan may not be all it seems; it’s a car with a past that can go super-fast!

Fasten your seatbelts and enjoy the ride!

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Narrator Spotlight: Mel Giedroyc

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The Spy Dog series is the winner of the Richard and Judy 7+ developing reader category, and the Red House Children’s Book Award.

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Billy, Nicola and Mr Gopal are off to India in a flying boat to solve a baffling mystery!

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Spy Dog: Stormchaser Andrew Cope

The Big Mog Judith Kerr

It’s raining chickens! An unusual storm cloud has been hovering over Brickfield town and LARA knows that something isn’t quite right about it – it smells, sort of… chicken-y. The people of Brickfield are becoming strangely grumpy so LARA, Spy Dog extraordinaire, must investigate.

If the town doesn’t see sunshine soon the consequences could be dogastrophic!

A compilation of five Mog stories, a must-have for all fans of Judith Kerr’s feline heroine. Mog goes to the vet, forgets about her cat flap, has her peaceful day shattered by a baby and more in these unforgettable and charming stories.

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An imaginative, creative feast!

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The edition has music and sound effects, and extended text written especially for audio by Judith Kerr.

A classic collection for the first time available on CD, read

by Andrew Sachs and Geraldine McEwan.

Narrator: India Fisher ISBN: 9781510008922 Duration: 2.25hrs

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Judith Kerr is a much-loved and bestselling children’s author of the Mog books and also the classic, The Tiger Who Came to Tea.

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The Bubblegum Tree Alexander McCall Smith

Completely Cassidy: Star Reporter Tamsyn Murray

The gum that comes from the wonderful bubblegum trees that grow in the Indian jungle has not been delivered for two months. Without this secret ingredient, there’ll be no more Gopal’s Best Pink Bubblegum, and even more importantly, no more Bubblegummies – the people who live in the trees and harvest the gum. It’s not an easy mystery to solve – and soon the friends are involved in a bungee-jumping, tiger-trouncing, woodcutter-walloping, bubblegum-blowing adventure!

Cassidy is determined to discover a hidden talent to help her stand out from the crowd. So when her petition to let girls wear trousers gets her noticed by the editor of the school mag, she’s thrilled. Could she be a star reporter? But her plans go pearshaped when her investigations mysteriously end up online.

Who’s leaking her top-secret gossip?

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

Narrator: Leighton Pugh ISBN: 9781510008939 Duration: 1.5hrs

The hilarious follow up to Completely Cassidy: Accidental Genius that will have you crying with laughter!

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A total cringe-fest and total fun!

KAREN MCCOMBIE For fans of Wimpy Kid, Cathy Cassidy and books of that ilk, this is a story that readers will enjoy very much... a great tale for the pre-teen market MANCHESTER EVENING NEWS

Narrator: Melody Grove ISBN: 9781510008953 Duration: 3.5hrs

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The Sound of Whales Kerr Thomson

The Girl Who Rode the Wind Stacy Gregg

Three children are spending their summer on a wild Scottish island. Fraser is desperate for adventure; Hayley is fed up; while Dunny spends his days staring out to sea. But everything changes with the discovery of two bodies on the beach: a whale and a man. Fraser and Hayley see a mystery-adventure to be solved, but Dunny is inconsolable.

And in the end, it will take someone who listens to the sea to put it right.

When Lola’s grandmother Loretta takes her to Siena, Italy, Lola learns about the town’s historic Palio races. Lola is amazed to learn her grandmother used to take part – and had the nickname ‘The Daredevil’! Nonna Loretta used to race in a rival team to the boy she loved – who was captured by the Nazis in 1941. Lola jumps at the chance to enter the Palio. But can she uncover the mystery of the boy’s fate all those years ago?

“He couldn’t stop thinking there was someone out there among the waves, crying for help and Kerr Thomson was the winner of the Times & Chicken disappearing under the House Children’s Fiction Award 2014 black water.”

An epic, emotional story of two girls and their bond with beloved horses.

Narrator: Scarlett Mack ISBN: 9781510008946 Duration: 8hrs

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The most exciting road trip in history begins! Twelve-year-old twins Coke and Pepsi McDonald embark on an action packed family vacation.

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Younger readers will delight in this heartwarming tale.

HORSE on The Princess and the Foal The perfect gift for girls with big dreams.

BOOKSELLER on The Princess and the Foal

Narrator: Caitlin Thorburn ISBN: 9780008146269 Duration: 7hrs

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The Genius Files: Mission Unstoppable Dan Gutman

Felix Frost Time Detective: Roman Riddle Eleanor Hawken

Coke and Pepsi McDonald didn’t want to jump off a cliff.

They didn’t want to get hit by poisoned darts from blowguns either. And they certainly didn’t want to get locked in their burning school and thrown into a pit at the top of a sand dune. One thing’s for sure, it’ll be easy for Coke and Pep to write their essays on ‘How I Spent My Summer Vacation.’

How to build an accidental time machine:

Dan Gutman is the author of the bestselling Genius Files series, as well as the internationally bestselling My Weird School series.

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1. Prepare to activate your home-made particle accelerator.

2. Fail to supervise your pet chameleon Einstein.

3. Watch in horror as he kicks a quartz rock into the path of the particle ray – and BAM! Let the adventures begin.

Funny, fast-paced and full of facts, Felix Frost: Time Detective will have readers hooked on history and sold on science!

Join Felix Frost, his sidekick Einstein and his history-whizz friend Missy as they travel back in time to ancient Rome where terrifying danger and embarrassing togas await!

Narrator: Lee Maxwell Simpson ISBN: 9781510005228 Duration: 4.5hrs

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A Surprise for Princess Ellie Diana Kimpton

Wilf the Mighty Worrier Battles a Pirate Georgia Pritchett

She always wants to sneak off to the stables – and especially when she realises something’s wrong with her pony, Starlight. But Meg the groom won’t tell her what it is. To take her mind off it, Ellie goes for a ride on the beach. But then disaster strikes and she’s stuck! How will she get back to her beloved Starlight?

Things Wilf was worried about before: Lion dentists, Creepy Crawlies wearing wigs, Marmite. Things Wilf is worried about now: The most evil man in the world, Anyone called Alan, Alan deciding to become a pirate and destroy the world. Alan is Wilf’s self-styled evil lunatic next-door-neighbour. He has a grumpy robot sidekick and a silent right-hand-dog. But when Alan decides that pirating is an excellent way to destroy the world, Wilf knows he will have to overcome his fear of parrots to stop him...

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Brilliantly addictive... An irresistible blend of glitz, glamour, horses and adventure.

BLACKPOOL GAZETTE A heady cocktail of princesses, horses and mystery is enough to make any girl giddy. BBC PARENTING

Princess Ellie is pony-mad!

Narrated by Great British Bake Off presenter Mel Giedroyc!

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Fresh from saving the universe, Compton and Bryan are whisked off to the future to become trainee Time Crime Agents. But when a notorious criminal mastermind escapes from a maximum security prison and kidnaps Bryan, Compton must race against time to save his best friend – and the world – from evil… using only a slimy sandwich!

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A book bulging with… quirky narrative styles, hilarious bullet points, laugh-out-loud jokes and funny, clever plots and twists. This is a story just asking to be read… again and again and again. LANCASHIRE EVENING POST

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A total delight of a, what I call, book MIRANDA HART

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Narrator: Mel Giedroyc ISBN: 9781510008977 Duration: 1.5hrs

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Compton Valance: Super F.A.R.T.s versus the Master of Time Matt Brown

It’s time for Compton Valance to show evil what he’s made of…

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A lively, funny story JACQUELINE WILSON

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Shrunk! Ghosts on Board Fleur Hitchcock

Something spooky is happening in Bywater-by-Sea...

Victor, the ghost, is desperate to get off dreary Black Hall Island, so he steals a ride on an unsuspecting tourist boat back to Bywater-by-Sea. Two other ghosts - the terribly vain Flora Rose and the lonely but friendly Billy - know he is up to no good, so they follow him. While Tom is distracted, trying to stop a corporation from building a theme park over his Field Craft hut, Victor sees his opportunity to take over the world.

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Will make its readers laugh out loud.

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Utterly bonkers, uniquely British and completely loveable, it’s the zaniest book I’ve read all year.

DAILY MAIL on Shrunk!

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The thrilling follow up to The Glass Bird Girl, perfect for fans of Enid Blyton.

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If you had a million wishes, what would you do with them?

Listen to the Moon Michael Morpurgo

There’s a new girl in class at Knights Haddon, and she isn’t like anyone the other girls have ever met before. Janet is cool and confident, so Edie is thrilled when they become friends and when her friendship with Anastasia becomes rocky, Janet is there for her. But when mischief begins to unfold, Edie begins to think Janet may not be all she seems and suddenly events take a dangerous turn.

May, 1915: Alfie and his fisherman father find a girl on an uninhabited island in the Scillies – injured, thirsty and lost, with absolutely no memory of who she is, or how she came to be there. She can say only one word – Lucy. Where has she come from? Is she a mermaid, the victim of a German U-boat, or even – as some islanders suggest – a German spy?

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Praise for the author:

Sensitively written, this is a cut above most fiction for girls of nine-plus.

AMANDA CRAIG

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The stunning World War One novel from Michael Morpurgo, the nation’s favourite storyteller and multimillion-copy bestseller.

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A belter of a book that rivals War Horse in its cinematic storytelling. DAILY TELEGRAPH

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Michael Morpurgo writes brilliantly about war and animals, conveying the big emotions without preaching. GUARDIAN

Narrator: Multiple Narrators ISBN: 9780007594856 Duration: 9.25hrs

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The Big Wish Brandon Robshaw

The Silver Dream Neil Gaiman & Michael Reaves

Eleven-year-old Sam has a problem. Well, quite a few problems. So when he sees a shooting star, he naturally wishes on it – for a million wishes. Of course, he doesn’t expect the wish to come true, but somehow it does…

But then he discovers that changing stuff has consequences he hadn’t anticipated. And what’s the point of doing anything, if you can just wish for it and make it happen?

After mastering the ability to walk between dimensions, Joey helped save the Altiverse from destruction. But rival powers of magic and science are still out there, seeking to control all worlds. InterWorld’s peacekeeping mission is far from finished. And when a stranger follows Joey back to BaseTown things get even more complicated. No one knows who she is or where she’s from and, more importantly, why she knows so much about InterWorld. Dangerous times lie ahead…

Brandon Robshaw has written several books for children.

He sings in a choir, and plays the piano and ukulele (not very well).

Narrator: Brandon Robshaw ISBN: 9781510012363 Duration: 2.75hrs

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Mischief at Midnight Esme Kerr

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Sequel to the bestseller Interworld by award-winning writers Neil Gaiman and Michael Reaves.

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A fast-paced compulsively readable tale.

BOOKLIST, on Interworld

A mind-stretching ride. VOYA

Narrator: Alexander Cendese ISBN: 9780008115586 Duration: 5.75hrs

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The Magic Potions Shop – The Young Apprentice Abie Longstaff

Along with her sisters and one very tired Mum who’s struggling to keep it all together, Ella’s small home is crammed with almost-finished homework, nearly-clean jumpers and a vampire bunny called Buttercup. With so much going on, life can sometimes feel totally crazy but the Strawberry sisters have a secret weapon against the craziness of the world they live in, each other.

In the Kingdom of Arthwen, there was a very unusual shop.

It wasn’t on the high street; it was deep in the forest. It wasn’t in a building; it was inside a tree. It didn’t sell food, or clothes, or toys; this shop sold potions. Tibben wants to be the Potions Master one day, just like Grandpa, but for now he is an Apprentice and there is lots to learn!

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A touching story about sisters and friendships. Gentle and warm and funny.

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The Magic Faraway Tree meets Worst Witch – a magical young fiction series, perfect for young listeners.

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From the creator of the bestselling Fairytale Hairdresser series, Abie Longstaff, this story is perfect for engaging younger children.

Abie Longstaff is the eldest of six children. She now lives in North London with her family and a very pesky cocker spaniel who chews the post.

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Finding Nemo meets Shaun of the Dead in this hilarious book that will hook you from the first page!

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The Strawberry Sisters: Perfectly Ella Candy Harper

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Meet the Strawberry Sisters!

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My Big Fat Zombie Goldfish: The SeaQuel Mo O’Hara

The Scavengers Michael Perry

When Tom saved Frankie the goldfish from near death (by zapping him with a battery), Frankie somehow became a big fat zombie goldfish with hypnotic powers. Now Frankie is one fierce fish with a mind of his own. On a trip to the seaside, they meet a strange old lighthouse keeper who warns them about the Evil Eel of Eel Bay - one lightning storm later, Frankie is embroiled in a fishy stand-off with a Super Zombie Eel.

When the world started to fall apart, the government gave everyone two choices: move into the Bubble Cities… or take their chances outside. Maggie’s family chose to live in the world left behind. Maggie rechristens herself ‘Ford Falcon’ – a name inspired by the beat-up car at a nearby junkyard.

But when Ford comes home one day to discover her family missing, she must find the strength to rescue her loved ones with the help of some unlikely friends.

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It is books like this that make a child want to learn to read so they can enjoy stories like this whenever they want BOOKBAG

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The City of Ember meets Holes in this imaginative and hilarious novel from bestselling author Michael Perry.

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Michael Perry pulls out all the stops in this colourful tale. You gotta love Ford Falcon.

KATHERINE APPLEGATE, New York Times bestselling author

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The first-ever sequel to Ian Fleming’s Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, written by bestselling author Frank Cottrell Boyce and endorsed by the Fleming family.

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Third in the Crabtree series the school that’s too good to leave!

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Precious and the Zebra Necklace Alexander McCall Smith

When the Tooting family find an abandoned engine and fit it to their camper van, they have no idea of the adventure that lies ahead. The Tootings’ camper van now has a mind of her own! It’s not long before they’re hurtling along as Chitty tracks down her long-lost bodywork. But there are sinister forces at work too. When it comes to a car as special as Chitty, everybody wants a piece of her…

Well before Precious Ramotswe founded her Number One Ladies’ Detective Agency, as an eight-year-old girl she was already solving mysteries. Here, in this delightful, new, enchanting tale for children, we see how the young Precious became the crafty and intuitive private investigator we all know and love! Find out as Alexander McCall Smith tells the story of another adventure featuring Precious Ramotswe.

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Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Flies Again is already being dubbed truly scrumptious by the original author’s family. DAILY MAIL

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[This] sequel to kids’ favourite Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is set to fly off the shelves. THE SUN

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A charming adventure for children with Precious, star of Alexander McCall Smith’s bestselling No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series.

Alexander McCall Smith is one of the world’s most prolific and most popular authors. The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency has sold over twenty-five million copies worldwide.

Narrator: Adjoa Andoh ISBN: 9781471279850 Duration: 1hrs

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Year Two Forever and Ever Lauren Pearson

The Giant Rumble: Wrestling Trolls: Match Three Jim Eldridge

Ava Alexandra Hughes is 7 years, 4 months and 15 days old.

She’s looking forward to her first day of Year 3 at Crabtree School for Girls. But there is a serious problem: Crabtree School is just too good. It’s such a good place that the Year 6 class from last year refuse to leave. Now those pesky elevenyear-olds are clogging up the whole school, and Ava is going to be stuck in Year 2 forever and ever. Ava and her friends must come up with a plan to get the Year Sixes out, for good.

Waldo’s Wrestling Trolls are back, and they’re ready to rumble!

But the villainous Lord Veto has other plans. Challenged to a Giant Rumble but suffering from a shortfall of wrestlers, Jack and his friends set out to find more participants for their great battle. But what starts as a fun-filled road trip in their trusty caravan, soon becomes an action-packed adventure filled with dangers such as farting Billy Goats, poisonous spiders and evil servants of the wicked King Nugget.

Lauren Pearson is a children’s book agent at Curtis Brown. She was born and raised in Ohio, USA and now works and lives in London with her husband and two children. Crabtree School is her debut as an author.

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Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Flies Again Frank Cottrell Boyce

Narrator: tbc ISBN: 9781510014596 Duration: 4.5hrs

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The third slam-down book in the hilarious Wrestling Trolls series.

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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.

Original, funny, action packed and just plain Troll-tastic! MO O’HARA Narrator: Gareth Bennett-Ryan ISBN: 9781510014619 Duration: 2.75hrs

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Being different is sometimes hard – especially if you believe that you have an astonishing Hollywoodbound talent!

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Dara Palmer’s Major Drama Emma Shevah

Heap House Edward Carey

Meet eleven-year-old Dara Palmer. She loves dancing and dreams of being a world-famous actress - which means she has to get the main part in the school play. When she doesn’t get any part at all, Dara begins to wonder whether it’s because of her looks rather than her acting skills. But Dara has big ideas - and is determined not to let prejudice stop her from being in the spotlight.

The Iremongers are a mean and cruel family, robust and hardworking, living in the Heaps, a vast sea of lost and discarded items.

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A funny and heartwarming novel about modernday families LOVEREADING4KIDS on Dream on Amber

Emma Shevah has created a wonderfully modern voice that manages to perfectly balance a sensitive subject with light and laughter BOOKTRUST on Dream on Amber

A storm is brewing over Heap House. The Iremongers are growing restless and the whispers are getting louder. When Clod meets Lucy, a girl newly arrived from the city, everything changes.

The secrets that bind Heap House together begin to unravel to reveal a dark truth that threatens to destroy Clod’s world.

A peculiar, inventive and constantly surprising novel for children from Delightful, eccentric, heartfelt, surprising, playwright, novelist and philosophical, everything that a novel for children should be. illustrator, Edward Carey.

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Mrs Yonkers is Bonkers Dan Gutman

The Ghost’s Grave Peg Kehret

Something weird is going on!

What Josh thought would be the dullest summer of his life, spent with his eccentric aunt, turns creepy when he meets the ghost of a coal miner. Willie has been waiting years for some kind soul to bury his leg with the rest of him – only then will he be at peace. Josh agrees to do the grisly deed, but when he digs in the old cemetery, he finds more than Willie’s leg bones…

Mrs. Yonkers, the computer teacher, is the nerdiest teacher in the history of the world. She can type with her feet! She buys foam cheeseheads off eBay! She even puts a Webcam on a turtle! Is she trying to take over the planet?

A completely bonkers new book from author of the New York Times bestselling Genius Files series, as well as the internationally bestselling My Weird School series.

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ELEANOR CATTON, winner of the Man Booker Prize 2013

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Dan Gutman is a New York Times and internationally bestselling author. Known for his uniquely creative imagination, his children’s books have gained devoted readers that just keep coming back for the next instalment.

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The Ghost’s Grave is a deliciously spooky and masterfully suspenseful adventure from Peg Kehret.

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Timmy Failure: Sanitized for Your Protection Stephan Pastis

The fourth book in this bestselling series sees Timmy Failure take to the road – with the usual disastrous consequences!

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Shenanigans abound as Timmy Failure finds himself on a road trip with none other than notorious criminal Molly Moskins. Travelling halfway across the country to help your mother’s boyfriend settle into his new job is inconvenient for any detective. If he is to arrest Corrina Corrina and solve the YIP YAP case, Timmy, his sidekick polar bear Total, and Molly Moskins must go on the run!

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Timmy Failure is a winner!

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JEFF KINNEY, author of Diary of a Wimpy Kid The first book in the Timmy Failure series was a Booktrust Best Book Awards winner and listed as one of 100 Modern Children’s Classics by The Sunday Times.

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DECEMBER 2015

SNIFFING OUT

WHEREVER THEY GO!

Winner of the ok Award Bo s n’ re ld hi C se ou H d Re

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Alcatraz Versus the Knights of Crystallia Brandon Sanderson

In the third book of this action-packed adventure series, Alcatraz must defeat the most evil Evil Librarian of them all – his mother!

Alcatraz Smedry has made it to the Free Kingdoms.

Unfortunately, so have the evil Librarians – including his mother... Now all Alcatraz has to do is find a traitor among the Knights of Crystallia, try to be friends with his very unfriendly father, save one of the last bastions of the Free Kingdoms from the enemy, and get his friend Bastille reinstated as a real knight. No pressure!

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Like Lemony Snicket and superhero comics rolled into one…

PUBLISHERS WEEKLY

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Spy Cat: Blackout Andrew Cope

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Hunk and Thud: Wrestling Trolls: Match Two Jim Eldridge

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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! Can Spy Cat stop their plot to shoot down satellites from the top of The Shard?

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Jack is the Wrestling Trolls training coach and it’s not running too smoothly… Milo has been 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.

Narrator: India Fisher ISBN: 9781510008588 Duration: 2.5hrs

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Narrator: Gareth Bennett-Ryan ISBN: 9781510008595 Duration: 2.25hrs

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Completely Cassidy: Accidental Genius Tamsyn Murray

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

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A new series for pre-teens that will have you giggling!

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. The only problem is she picked her answers at random. But surely the school wouldn’t make a mistake about her genius?

Harvey thinks he has the best job in the world: he’s the captain of a real live space ship! The crew get word of a stranded cargo ship, full of very valuable Techno-tium. So the crew aims their ship towards the treasure. But they don’t bet on running into the Bling Bot pirates!

Narrator: Julia Barrie ISBN: 9781510008618 Duration: 3.25hrs

Barry Loser and the Holiday of Doom Jim Smith

OCTOBER 2015

The second slam-down audiobook in the hilarious Wrestling Trolls series.

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

Harvey Drew and the Bling Bots Cas Lester

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Narrator: Melody Grove ISBN: 9781510008601 Duration: 3.25hrs

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

Barry can’t wait to tell his friends that they’ve been invited on his family caravan holiday. 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!

Narrator: Huw Parmenter ISBN: 9781510008571 Duration: 1.5hrs

Princess Ellie’s Moonlight Mystery Diana Kimpton

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OCTOBER 2015

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

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 – there’ll be no rules! But when she hears strange noises in the night, Ellie starts to get scared. Will she solve the moonlight mystery?

Narrator: Penelope Rawlins ISBN: 9781510008632 Duration: 1hr

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Playaway October - December Ballet Stars: Perfect Pirouette Jane Lawes

2015

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OCTOBER 2015

The Great Fire Ann Turnbull 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...

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?

Narrator: Melody Grove ISBN: 9781510008625 Duration: 3hrs

Love From Paddington Michael Bond

Feel the Fear Lauren Child

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NOVEMBER 2015

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The fourth book in the scarily awesome Ruby Redfort series.

“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…”

Narrator: Jim Broadbent ISBN: 9780008125332 Duration: 1.25hrs

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Ruby Redfort: Undercover agent, code-cracker and thirteenyear-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?

Narrator: Rachael Stirling ISBN: 9780007567102 Duration: 9hrs

NOVEMBER 2015

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Discover a riot of imagination, colour and fantasy in this astonishing adventure.

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. Daniel learns the secrets of the Emporium – containing wonders beyond anything ever imagined.

Narrator: Monty d’Inverno ISBN: 9781510011540 Duration: 5.75hrs

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Narrator: Christopher Webster ISBN: 9781510008649 Duration: 1hr

NOVEMBER 2015

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

The Nowhere Emporium Ross Mackenzie

OCTOBER 2015

‘In sixteen hundred and sixty-six, London burned like rotten sticks.’

It’s Tash’s first term at Aurora House, the school where dancing dreams come true.

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The Popcorn Pirates Alexander McCall Smith

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NOVEMBER 2015

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It’s going to be an EXPLOSIVE adventure!

The inhabitants of the Popcorn Island lead a peaceful existence 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.

Narrator: Melody Grove ISBN: 9781510011533 Duration: 1.25hrs

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October - December 2015

The Accidental Prime Minister Tom McLaughlin

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NOVEMBER 2015

Interworld Neil Gaiman & Michael Reaves

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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! And that’s how an ordinary boy like Joe ended up with the most extraordinary job.

Now the fun can really start!

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.

Narrator: Ben Allen ISBN: 9781510011557 Duration: 4hrs

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Narrator: Christopher Evan Welch ISBN: 9780008116408 Duration: 6hrs

NOVEMBER 2015

Harry and Hope Sarah Lean

The Mirror Chronicles will take you into another world and on the adventure of a lifetime…

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NOVEMBER 2015

A story about family, friendship and belonging.

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 came from this parallel place.

Narrator: Oliver J. Hembrough ISBN: 9780008143879 Duration: 17.5hrs

The Secrets of Sam & Sam Susie Day

NOVEMBER 2015

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

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

The Bell Between Worlds Ian Johnstone

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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.

Narrator: Katy Sobey ISBN: 9780007585113 Duration: 3.75hrs

DECEMBER 2015

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A heart-warming story of modern family life for boys and girls.

Sam likes being a twin. He likes having two mums. His twin sister Sammie likes being a twin too. Both Sam and Sammie – and everybody in their lives seems to be keeping secrets – which ones will come out?

Narrator: Sarah Langton ISBN: 9781510014367 Duration: 5.75hrs

How to Fly with Broken Wings Jane Elson

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DECEMBER 2015

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A charming tale about overcoming obstacles and finding friendship in unlikely places.

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?

Narrator: tbc ISBN: 9781510014329 Duration: 5.5hrs

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Playaway October - December The Yoghurt Plot Fleur Hitchcock

2015

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DECEMBER 2015

Ballet Stars: Amazing Arabesque Jane Lawes

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Another delightful, family-friendly adventure from the author of Shrunk!

It’s Tash’s second term at Aurora House, the school where dancing dreams come true.

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!

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?

Narrator: Oliver J. Hembrough ISBN: 9781510014350 Duration: 4hrs

The Lost Sword Huw Powell

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Shoutykid: How Harry Riddles Got Nearly Almost Famous Simon Mayle

Star Wars meets Pirates of the Caribbean in this second swashbuckling quest.

The funniest kid in fiction is back and he’s got a lot to SHOUT about!

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…

‘My name is Harry Riddles, and I live with my mum, my dad, my EVIL sister and my twin baby brothers. 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!’

Narrator: Mike Grady ISBN: 9781510014336 Duration: 6.5hrs

Millie vs the Machines Kiera O’Brien

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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?

Narrator: Sarah Feathers ISBN: 9781510017344 Duration: 7.5hrs

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DECEMBER 2015

Narrator: Daniel Coonan ISBN: 9780007568666 Duration: 2hrs

DECEMBER 2015

Who can be trusted – and who will be next?

DECEMBER 2015

Narrator: Melody Grove ISBN: 9781510014343 Duration: 3.5hrs

DECEMBER 2015

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Nathalia Buttface and the Most Embarrassing Five Minutes of Fame Ever Nigel Smith

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DECEMBER 2015

The most embarrassing dad in the world is back!

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…

Narrator: Clare Corbett ISBN: 9780008143978 Duration: 4.25hrs

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