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Books > Children's Fiction & Fun > School Stories
When a substitute teacher is called to stand in for Mrs Jewls, it
can mean only one thing - strange things are going to happen at
Wayside School. Miss Mush has prepared a special lunch of baked
liver in purple sauce and it is pet day on the thirtieth floor.
There are dogs and cats and frogs and skunks and an orange named
Fido, causing a terrible commotion. Not to mention the arrival of
the POOPS handbook in the playground ... Enjoy all the fun in this
enormously humorous and quirky introduction to Louis Sachar's
famously dry wit. From top to bottom, Wayside is packed with quirky
and hilarious characters who are all brought to life in this new
edition with delightful illustrations by Aleksei Bitskoff. This is
an unmissable, irrepressible story of mixed-up mayhem from Louis
Sachar, the bestselling author of Holes.
It's Lizzy's first day in a brand new school! At first things feel
“just so†scary and “just so†hard, but in the end,
they’re “just soâ€.... not what she thought they would be!
From waking up early and boarding the bus for the very first time
to meeting new friends and painting outside the lines, it’s a day
of discovery and perspective for a little girl named Lizzy.
Chaos and mayhem reign as Izzy and her friends take on another
hilarious (mis)adventure. There's no such thing as an ordinary day
at school when they're around... Izzy and her friends overhear
their head teacher talking about "missing treasure" and "running
out of time". They know this means there's TREASURE buried in the
school somewhere and that Mr Graves wants it all for himself. So
Jodi says they've got to find it first, and they should start by
searching the staffroom. After seeing things they will never
forget, they head to the basement. Gary Petrie's dad is working
down there and he's seen something SHINY! So they send Zach's cat
down with a camera strapped to her head and study the footage
carefully. What they see is SHOCKING and CHANGES EVERYTHING. It's
not treasure in the basement, it's a BEAST with SHINING EYES and
it's coming to get them! RUN!!!
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Wrath
(Paperback)
Marcus Sedgwick; Cover design or artwork by Paul Blow
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From the multi-award-winning author of Midwinterblood and The
Ghosts of Heaven comes a suspenseful, gripping tale about teen life
and relationships, exploring our wavering connection to the world
around us. WRATH: extreme anger or rage Cassie Cotton has always
been unusual, a bit different - but this only makes her more
intriguing to her classmate Fitz. Cassie can hear a noise that most
people don't notice or recognise, and she believes it's a sound
that shows the Earth is in distress, damaged by human activity that
is causing climate change. When this belief leads to her being
ridiculed and bullied at school, Cassie disappears. Fitz is
determined to find her, but he has no idea where to start looking,
or if he'll be in time to help her...
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Don't Forget to Be
(Hardcover)
Gloria Salisha-Lynn Williams; Designed by Bria Lancaster; Illustrated by Verdiana Pagnano
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As Rietrot moet jy jou plek ken, besef Daniël du Randt met die
intrapslag in Rietvallei Hoër. Almal sê daar bestaan nie iets soos
ontgroening nie, maar hierdie matrieks het duidelik nog nie die
boodskap gekry nie. Gelukkig het hy vriende soos Malebo, Antonie en
Giovanni, want Peet Pretorius eet graad 8’s vir ontbyt en spoeg
hulle soos fyngekoude grate uit.
Een vir een. Wanneer Daniël en Malebo een nag uit die koshuis glip
en hulle vasloop in ’n skelm – wat vir Peet soos ’n lammetjie laat
lyk – begin hulle probleme werklik. Moet hulle vir iemand daarvan
vertel? Kan hulle dit waag? Sê nou daardie ou kom een donker nag
terug om sy dreigemente uit te voer? Hoërskool is beslis nie vir
sissies nie!
The brand new sizzling Lancaster prep novel from the author of A Million Kisses in Your Lifetime . . .
Nobody in our class pays attention to Daisy Albright and I think she likes it that way. But when I'm sent to work in the headmaster's office every day with Daisy I am stuck staring at her pretty face, hearing her sweet voice and I start to make her laugh. The more I get to know her, the more obsessed I become. And I think she feels the same way.
The problem? She's not part of my crowd. No one approves of us together. Not my friends, not my parents and not her father. But I don't care what anyone thinks.
I always get what I want.
And I'm going to make Daisy mine.
Get on the case with the best kids' detective club in town! Minerva Keen and co are ready to take on a hair-raising new lead. But when know-it-all Zoe joins the club to read mysteries instead of solving them, it seems their sleuthing days might be over. To make things worse, Minerva's favorite teacher, Ms Voyant, takes Zoe's side . . . which gets Minerva wondering what secrets they could be hiding. As she digs into one puzzle, new questions pop up. Such Why are Ms Voyant and Zoe so friendly? And where do Minerva's parents go on their mysterious 'business trips'? Minerva and her friends are divided over which mystery to untangle first. And without their greatest strength - each other - will this detective club be in over its head?
There's more to life than lessons at Malory Towers, Enid Blyton's
best-loved boarding school series. This fantastic bumper collection
contains Malory Towers books 1-3, with a brand-new cover
illustrated by Pippa Curnick. First Term Darrell Rivers is thrilled
to start her first term at boarding school. She soon makes friends
- and mischief! Another new girl, Gwendoline is beginning to get on
everyone's nerves. Will Darrell be able to keep her fiery temper
under control? Second Form Darrell Rivers is excited to be going
into her second year at Malory Towers - but is she ready for the
drama it will bring? Jealousy flares when a new head of the form is
chosen, and the girls become suspicious when their belongings go
missing. And why on earth has timid Mary-Lou ventured out during a
terrible storm? Third Year This term, the girls get a surprise when
Darrell Rivers returns to Malory Towers with a glamorous new girl
in tow. Zerelda soon catches everyone's eye for all the wrong
reasons! Meanwhile, Bill is causing a stir with her horse-mad ways
- and there's a big shock in store for Darrell . . . Between 1946
and 1951, Enid Blyton wrote six novels set at Malory Towers. This
collection features the original stories and is unillustrated.
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The Armourer's House
(Hardcover)
Rosemary Sutcliff; Introduction by Lara Maiklem; Illustrated by Isabel Greenberg
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More than anything, Ida Bidson wants to become a teacher. To do
that, she must finish eighth grade, then go on to high school. But
her dream falters when the one-room school in her remote Colorado
town shuts down. Her only hope is to keep the school open without
anyone finding out. Yet even a "secret" school needs a teacher. Ida
can't be it. . . . Or can she?
In the spirit of "The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle, "
Newbery Medal winner Avi creates an inspiring story of a headstrong
girl determined to control her own destiny.
Emily's Pop-Pop is shocked when he hears that Emily and Vincetta
Louise don't know what a veteran is. With Veterans Day coming up,
he volunteers to talk to their class about the holiday and the
people it honors. But Emily is worried. Pop-Pop sometimes falls
asleep at the strangest times. What if he falls asleep in front of
the whole class? Everyone would laugh!
Vinni and Emily come up with a plan. With so much to learn, they
have to make sure that no one sleeps through this Veterans Day!
The seventh book in a thrilling, magical, and action-packed new
fantasy series, illustrated throughout and perfect for 7-9 year
olds! In the land of Draconis, there are no dragons. Once, there
were. Once, humans and dragons were friends, and created the great
city of Rivven together. But then came the Dragon Storm, and the
dragons retreated from the world of humans. To the men and women of
Draconis, they became legends and myth. When dragonseer, Connor,
and his dragon, Lightspirit, solve an impossible puzzle, they are
taken immediately to the palace. There they meet someone who needs
their help to stop the Dragon Storm, a terrible war that would
destroy all dragons! But something isn't adding up ... and not
everyone can be trusted. Can Connor and Lightspirit work out who's
really behind the Dragon Storm before it's too late? An exciting
new fantasy series from the highly acclaimed author of Orion Lost,
brilliantly illustrated throughout, and perfect for fans of Beast
Quest and Dragon Mountain.
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