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Somewhere off the coast of San Diego, the yacht of billionaire Clifton Royce III has capsized. While most of the vessel’s belongings have been reclaimed, one piece remains lost: a 74-carat diamond necklace, worth over $50 million dollars. And for the person who finds this gem, there is a $1 million reward up for grabs. No one is more determined to find the necklace than 11-year-old Cassie Stein. Her dad’s beloved aquarium is on the brink of financial ruin, and that money could be the answer to all their problems. Armed with her trusty metal detector, Sylvia, Cassie begins her search.But while hunting for the treasure, she discovers something that may be even more valuable than the diamond. A fish, unlike any she has ever seen before.
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Big science concepts are explained simply to introduce little minds to big ideas! ‘Planets’ combines bold, colourful illustrations with jokes and incredible science facts to take young readers on a fun-filled journey across the solar system. On the way they will learn all about the planets, and find out the answers to such important questions as: Why does Venus smell so bad? Why aren’t there many birthday parties on Neptune? and What would happen if you tried to eat your dinner on Mars?
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Awarded the Gold, Silver and Bronze trotters after a vote by their classmates on Facebook, Mireille, Astrid and Hakima are officially the three ugliest girls in their school, but does that mean they’re going to sit around crying about it? Well, yes, a bit, but not for long! Climbing aboard their bikes, the trio set off on a summer roadtrip to Paris, their goal: a garden party with the French president. As news of their trip spreads they become stars of social media and television. With the eyes of the nation upon them the girls find fame, friendship and happiness, and still have time to consume an enormous amount of food along the way.
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One of the King’s knights has gone missing. Sent to explore the mysterious Wild Wood, which no-one dares visit and some say is enchanted, he has vanished in the snow. Tiuri – now Sir Tiuri after carrying out his last perilous mission – has to find him. With his best friend and squire, Piak, he must journey into the heart of a terrifying, secret forest realm, where danger is all around and every path leads you astray. It is a place of lost, overgrown cities and ancient curses; of robbers, princesses and strange Men in Green; of old friends and treacherous new enemies and a secret plot that threatens to bring down the entire kingdom.
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A quest and mission is entrusted to a young man on the eve of becoming a knight, which requires him to turn his back on knighthood for a perilous journey and a greater good.
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Tibble is a reporter. He only ever writes about cats, and he’s about to be fired. Minou is a young woman who has moved into Tibble’s flat. She hates dogs, likes rooftops, loves the fishmonger, and happens to have been, until very recently, a cat. With her feline friends listening out for all the local human news, is Minou the answer to all Tibble’s problems – or just the beginning of them?
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It’s the oddest of all odd things, when two girls who have never met before suddenly stand before each other at summer camp – and discover that they’re the spitting image of each other. Louise is from Vienna and has long, curly locks; Lottie is from Munich and wears her hair in two severe plaits – but that’s truly the only difference between them. Louise and Lottie decide to discover the secret behind their similarity: when the holiday is over, Louise returns to Munich as Lottie, and Lottie to Vienna as Louise.
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Claudia decides to run away from home and run to somewhere – a large, comfortable, indoor and preferably beautiful place. She decides upon the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and once there finds herself involved in an intriguing art mystery.
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Meet Zezé – Brazil’s naughtiest, and most loveable boy, his appetite for mischief matched only by his capacity for kindness. When he grows up he wants to be a ‘poet with a bow-tie’ but for now he entertains himself playing pranks on the other residents of his family’s impoverished Rio de Janeiro shanty town and conjuring a varied cast of friends into being with his imagination. That is, until he meets a real friend, and his life begins to change.
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Pluto Rocket and her all-knowing life coach Joe Pidge are back with a blast – and this time they are leaving the safety of their neighbourhood! But Joe is way out of his comfort zone, and it turns out that even the most daring of pigeons gets scared sometimes! So it’s up to the intrepid Pluto Rocket to make him feel safe. When the friends embark on a rocket building quest, they realise they both have a lot to learn – but are the dynamic duo up to the challenge?
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In the Land of Magic, children never grow old. Gifted with marvellous powers, they spend their days being taught by the magical books of Library Island. But for one child, this life is not enough, and the call of the Island of Darkness is too strong to ignore. When Grace wakes up in Wasteland, the colourless city where grown-ups live, she no longer remembers the Land of Magic. She doesn’t even remember her own name. Alone and afraid, Grace discovers that Wasteland is no place for a child. A terrifying figure called the Catcher is looking for her, and the only clue to Grace’s past is guarded by a group of mysteriously invisible children, who have branded her a traitor. Can Grace uncover the secret of the invisible children, and find her way back to the Land of Magic, or will she be trapped in Wasteland for good?
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You were born on a spaceship travelling between galaxies and raised by parents from two different planets. You are now old enough to decide your citizenship: Will you choose planet Kenda or planet Croyd to be your home? Do you peacefully join a group of aliens or fight them off? How should you thwart a curse placed upon you? What do you do in the face of dinosaurs? how can you work as an agent of intergalactic peace?
