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Paperback. Condición: New. The latest funny adventure for a young girl and her wolfish best friend! Aunt Ilda is coming to visit, and that means big trouble for Libby and her adorable purple best friend, Wulfie. Ilda will do anything to win the top dog show prize on live TV. Anything. Including kidnapping Wulfie! But Wulfie, of course, isn't a dog at all. He talks, he shrinks and grows, and when he sneezes - time freezes. He's the sweetest best friend Libby could hope for - and now he needs her help. Can Libby rescue Wulfie and humiliate Aunt Ilda on TV? Well, with a best friend like Wulfie, anything can happen.

Paperback. Condición: New. The fourth installment of a sweet and funny series about a young girl and her magical wolfish best friend Libby is furious that Veronika wants to sell their family home - but that doesn't seem so important when Veronika washes Libby's best friend Wulfie down the drain with a power hose! Scared and alone, a tiny Wulfie tries to get home through the pipes, producing strange noises inside the walls of the house. Veronika, thinking the house is haunted, invites a TV crew to investigate. If the house becomes famous, Veronika won't want to sell it - but what if the camera crew discover the 'ghost' is actually a shape-shifting wulfen? Can Libby and Wulfie keep their secret and save her home? Well, with a best friend like Wulfie, anything can happen!

Paperback. Condición: New. The third instalment of a sweet and funny series about a young girl and her magical wolfish best friend   Libby has a difficult school project on raising awareness about the environment. Libby has no ideas . but Wulfie does! Wulfie grows very big, puts on his red cape and Veronika's eye mask and becomes a superhero! Wulfie is certain he can save the planet. But Wulfie's superhero efforts don't quite go to plan. Can Libby create a winning school project while protecting the planet and her best friend?   With a best friend like Wulfie, anything can happen!

Paperback. Condición: New. With a best friend like Wulfie, anything is possible! Wulfie is just like a puppy: fluffy and adorable. But unlike a puppy, he talks. And he's purple. His favourite food is smelly socks. He can be small as a snail or big as a bear. He's sweet and loyal and he's Libby's best friend. Funny and heartwarming tales of a girl and her wolfish best friend.

Paperback. Condición: New. Welcome to the Nightmare Club, the sleepover that is definitely not for wimps. Annie Graves is your host, and she only invites guests who can tell really creepy stories. Jessie was nuts about her cute little Wolfling toy. But her brother had heard rumours about Wolflings: they could move without being switched on. They could turn nasty. He even heard that they could bite. Read it, if you dare - and hang onto your nose!

Paperback. Condición: New. Did you ever hear that telling a nightmare makes it fade away? It doesn't. Not here anyway. Welcome to the Nightmare Club's Halloween Sleepover. You might not last till morning. This is the story Jack told. His older brother Stephen was a great friend . until he started to change. His smell. His face. His friends. His diet.

Paperback. Condición: New. Indigo McCloud's sister Peaches is every adult's favourite child: pretty, golden-haired, polite and charming. But the children of Blunt know better: Peaches and her sisters are a gang of bullies who will stop at nothing to get their way.This is the story of Indigo's battle to stop his sisters. Leaping across the rooftops of Blunt, he tries to keep one step ahead of their wicked schemes -but he has to tangle with 437 hungry geese, an avalanche of toilets, curry farts, bungling policemen, vicious eels, a pig in a witch's hat, a three legged spider with a toilet brush and a dangerous villain in odd socks .

Paperback. Condición: New. When Connie gets a letter from the dad she thought was dead, she sets out to discover why he left her, eight years ago, sitting in an airport café with only her pet chameleon for company. Since then she's lived with her foster mum, a cleaner at the airport, and dreams of seeing her dad again.  With her new friend, a fearless, fossil-hunting boy called Thyo, she tracks her dad down. But as he reveals his truecolours, Connie starts to wonder if she's made the biggest mistake of her life.

Paperback. Condición: New. Twin toads, business baboons, a newt with a laboratory, and a mystery to be solved. The Free Range Detective Agency is on the case! Seamus the turkey detective is once again desperate for a new case. When security breaches threaten Frank Bloombum, baboon and two-time BusinessMonkey of the Year's top-secret money-making facilities, the Free Range Detective Agency is called to the rescue. Who might be responsible? The baboon, the jackal, the newt, the toad or another creature lurking in the shadows? Seamus and friends are back to solve a brand new mystery, in the second installment of Jed Lynch's Free Range Detective Agency series! Another hilarious, and yet very serious investigation led by Seamus the private detective. Who said turkeys couldn't solve mysteries?  'I laughed so much I laid an egg. GENIUS.' Dustin the Turkey.

Paperback. Condición: New. Shady snakes, thuggish pigs, a cat in a fur coat and a mystery to be solved. The Free Range Detective Agency is on the case! Seamus the private investigator is no chicken. He's a turkey. And after the disastrous case of the Rampaging Rhinoceros, his feathers are a little ruffled. This turkey always knew he shouldn't trust a cat in a fur coat, but when Ms Ermine comes slinking in with a clawful of cash, he just can't say no. Soon he's up to his beak in a case involving a sinister snake, pigs with piercings and a meerkat called Elvis. 'I laughed so much I laid an egg. GENIUS.' Dustin the Turkey A playful and brilliantly funny take on detective noir fiction with an all-animal cast of characters.

Paperback. Condición: New. The year is 1921. Ireland has been at war for two years. Communities are torn apart by bitter hatred - and now a hard border splits the island. In Belfast, Helen's Hope hostel is a progessive space where young women live and work together - a haven of tolerance and diversity in a fractured city. But some people hate Helen's Hope and its values. Another pitch-perfect historical novel from the prize-winning author of Star by Star. 'Funny, moving and full of wisdom, Hope Against Hope shows Sheena Wilkinson is a writer at the top of her game.' - Jan Carson, author of The Fire Starters, winner of the EU Prize for Literature 2019.

Paperback. Condición: New. A fast-paced adventure story full of heart, courage - and horses. Ella and Johnny are distraught when Johnny's horse Storm disappears from his field. Johnny knows that he has been taken by 'the pound man'. This is plain stealing. Ella, Johnny and Ella's granny aren't going to let Storm go that easily. They round up the evidence and set off to the pound, where they confront the officials with proof that Storm is a well-cared-for animal who was snatched from a field. But it isn't so easy and Johnny and Ella will have to find another, daring plan to rescue Storm. A pageturner adventure tale of Irish Traveller children and their fight to keep their horse.

Paperback. Condición: New. Belfast in 1916. Fourteen-year-old Helen is shaped by her mixed background - rural, Catholic Irish values from mum Kathleen; urban, Protestant Ulster ones from dad James. Her parents are relaxed in their politics but others in the family circle are more extreme - Aunt Violet is a die-hard anti-Home Ruler, more British than the king, while Uncle Sean is staunchly nationalist. These are the parents of Helen's older cousins:  Sandy, who joined the army straight from school and has already seen action in France, and Michael, who runs away from home to enlist. But before he leaves for France, Michael is deployed to Dublin to help quell the Rising, where he's expected to open fire on his fellow Irishmen. Who and what are they fighting for?   The story of a young girl caught between the Easter Rising, the outbreak of World War 1 and a divided Ireland.

Paperback. Condición: New. O'Rourke, Alan Ilustrador. It wasn't really Rory's mum's fault. She just bought Dinosaur Pie for a change and gave it to Rory for his dinner. The next morning he was a dinosaur. Not dressed up as a dinosaur - actually a dinosaur.His friend Daria suggests: 'Like, you could totally pretend to be cosplaying a dinosaur. Like, that's funny, a dinosaur playing a human cosplaying a dinosaur.'It's not all that funny really. Rory can't talk. (That's because he's a dinosaur.) And he can't bear the thought of eating an apple. All he wants to eat is sausages.It doesn't wear off. The supermarket that sold the pie doesn't want to know. The doctor isn't all that helpful. What are they going to do?

Paperback. Condición: New. Everyone hates going to the doctor - taking their medicine, having their temperature taken, maybe having to go for surgery. This collection of poems and rhymes helps to make being sick a little less scary, with poems about broken bones, the chickenpox, having an injection and many more - with characters that will make young readers smile and laugh.Children can sing along to Owen's Broken Bone Blues, meet Ultan Ulrich Ultrasound - the man who can look right into your insides with his magical powers - and Eliza Analyser, who looks at all your cells under the microscope.Translated from Latvian and retold for the English market by award-winning Irish poet Catherine Ann Cullen.

Paperback. Condición: New. Galmés, Toni Ilustrador. Senan uses his binoculars to spy out the Shy Town, a sweet little place on a hill, with winding streets and red and yellow roofs. Senan calls it the Shy Town because it often hides and is hard to find. He tells his next-door friend Joshua about the Shy Town, and they set off, with Senan's grandmother in a ramshackle wheelchair, to find this elusive place. Along the way they make friends with Paperboy. Who is, as you'd expect, a boy made of paper. With the help of a kruckle (a sort of Shy Town creature) that they meet on their journey, they find the Shy Town, only its real name is Perfection, because it is absolutely perfect. But all is not well in Perfection: the inhabitants are constantly worrying about making it more and more perfect. But since more perfect than perfect is an impossibility, they are constantly exhausted. What can Senan and friends do to save the kruckles from their obsession with perfection?

Paperback. Condición: New. Standard Edition. Thrilling historical fiction on the childhoodof beloved author CS Lewis.Davy, a working-class boy living in East Belfast in 1908, is sent to work at the wealthy Lewis household. When he meets Jacks - the name by which CS Lewis was known to friends and family - Davy is captivated by his friend's world of books and stories. Together the boys plunge into imagining and adventuring, and Davy discovers his own artistic talent. But when Davy is offered a job at the shipyard, and Jacks's mother falls gravely ill, their wondrous days of make-believe seem numbered. Will they lose their extraordinary shared world forever?

Paperback. Condición: New. School Library Journal, "Best Books 2023" Azari's life has been split in two and the halves are as different as lemons and mangoes. Running links the twoparts of her life: sometimes when she runs it is because she wants to, because she feels strong and free. Butsometimes it is because she has no other choice.When Azari and her mother flee for their lives to Ireland they are put in a Direct Provision Centre. They mustshare a room with a stranger, eat food they don't know the name of and answer intrusive questions from authorities.Azari's life has secrets; she must tell them so she can stop running and live a life where she can make her owndecisions.

Paperback. Condición: New. Elína Brasilina Ilustrador. A grandma teaches her granddaughter how to overcome fears by imagining funny situations A little girl confides in her grandma about her fears: pirates, monsters, the big dog down the lane . Each time her grandma suggests a way to overcome her fear by imagining funny situations. Eventually the girl tells her biggest fear - that her grandma will go away and leave her forever. The grandma tells her that she will always live in her heart . and she can imagine her in a yellow polkadot bikini if she likes! A funny and sweet story about a little girl, her grandma, and the power of humour and imagination to dispel fears and anxieties.

Paperback. Condición: New. A suspenseful teen fantasy about young love, dark mystery and magic 'Philip Womack is a writer of huge talent' Daily Telegraph Something is menacing Mundham Farm. Does it come from outside - or within? Who or what are the Samdhya, the supernatural people described in the old handwritten diaries Tom finds in his uncle's house? As Tom starts to uncover the truth and learn new details about his parents' death, he is confronted with a stark choice: on the one hand, infinite power; on the other, freedom. Which will he choose? 'Womack's blend of action and philosophising will ensure a big following.' Sunday Telegraph.

Paperback. Condición: New. Aidan has spent most of his life keeping a low profile because his mum has a terrible secret - one that he can't be trusted to keep if he mixes too much with other kids or goes to school. You see, Aidan's mum is part-dragon. She has scales and claws and can breathe fire. But she is terrified of anyone finding out. When Aidan's mum suddenly disappears, Aidan and his best friend Charlotte set out on a dangerous adventure to find her. They track her to a murky research laboratory on the other side of the country, and there they find several other part-mythic-beast `freaks' all in the thrall of an evil scientist who is hell-bent on stealing their special powers for himself. Aidan and Charlotte have to find a way to rescue Dr Krinksky's victims from the horrors of his lab and bring his mum back home safe and sound.

Paperback. Condición: New. After global warming came the Melting. Then came Ark. The new dictator of Ark wants to silence speech for ever. But Letta is the wordsmith, tasked with keeping words alive. Out in the woods, she and the rebels secretly teach children language, music and art. Now there are rumours that babies are going missing. When Letta makes a horrifying discovery, she has to find a way to save the children of Ark - even if it is at the cost of her own life. Praise for Mother Tongue: "[Her] books always take my breath away." - Mary, Fallen Star Stories "For Letta is one of the best heroines. Steadfast, strong and unwaveringly resilient, she is the driving force behind why this series is becoming so revered." - Scott Evans, The Reader Teacher "Mother Tongue, and predecessor The Wordsmith, are both brilliantly devised stories." - Caroline Fielding, The Teen Librarian "Totally enthralling . a world where the horror of climate change has been realised but despite the despair, the hope of humanity lives on." - Victoria Dilly, The Book Activist "This vivid world and courageous heroine will enthral readers and is ideal for book clubs." - Zoe James-Williams, Drawing On Books "Letta is a fantastic protagonist . contemplative, doubting of herself but firm in her resolve. Her strength comes from a rounded mix of qualities." - Louise Nettleton, Book Murmuration   Praise for The Wordsmith: 'The fantasy book of the year' - Eoin Colfer, author of Artemis Fowl 'Important' - The Guardian 'Stands out for its imaginative approach and its beautiful and careful use of language' - The Literary Review 'This gripping story has the dark atmosphere of books such as the Hunger Games series' - Inis magazine 'Full of jeopardy and nail-biting tension and asks fundamental questions about the nature of humanity and the future of our planet' - BookTrust UK 'Pair with Patrick Ness' The Knife of Never Letting Go' - Booklist 'Fantasy lovers will lap it up!' - Sarah Webb, Irish Independent 'A tremendous pageturner; I hope this won't be the last we hear of Letta, a brave and spirited heroine' - School Library Association.

Paperback. Condición: New. Milo is thrilled to be starting at the country's fanciest, shiniest, most prestigious school. But it soon becomes clear that something sinister is going on. The headmaster, Dr Pummelcrush, is bent on brainwashing the students and turning them into mindless, unthinking human robots.When Milo stumbles across a bright and colourful secret garden and meets its joyous gardener, he and his friends begin to open their minds to a whole new way of thinking: philosophy.Can the Philosophy Resistance Squad use their new questioning skills to resist Pummelcrush's evil project and save their classmates from being zombified?

Paperback. Condición: New. I know you'll hate me. I just know you will. But I can't help it. I'm going to find you. Matt's mam left home when he was 10. He writes letters to her but doesn't send them. He keeps them in his Gone Book, which he hides in his room. Five years of letters about his life. Five years of hurt. Matt's dad won't talk about her. His older brother is mixed up with drugs and messing with dangerous characters. His friends, Mikey and Anna, are the best thing in his life, but Matt keeps pushing them away. All Matt wants to do is skate, surf, and forget. But now his mam is back in town and Matt knows he needs to find her, to finally deliver the truth.

Paperback. Condición: New. A powerful and poetic novel from the multi-award-winning author of Tangleweed and Brine Ces longs to be a tattoo artist and embroider skin with beautiful images. But for now she's just trying to reach adulthood without falling apart. Powerful, poetic and disturbing, Needlework is a girl's meditation on her efforts to maintain her bodily and spiritual integrity in the face of abuse, violation and neglect. 'Reading Needlework is similar to getting your first tattoo - it's searing, often painful, but it is an experience you'll never forget.' - Louise O'Neill, author of The Surface Breaks and Asking For It 'Needlework is a powerful novel that deserves to be read.' - Sarah Crossan, author of One and We Come Apart 'I loved Deirdre Sullivan's Needlework, a novel that is just as sharp and precise as its title suggests.' - Doireann Ní Ghríofa, poet 'A modern, broken fairy tale that gets under your skin.' - Tara Flynn, author and comedian.

Paperback. Condición: New. Stella has always looked forward to changing the world. It's what she was brought up to do, by a suffragette mother who knew all about fighting and rebellion. But it's November 1918. The great flu pandemic sweeping the world has robbed Stella of her mother and her home, and she's alone in a strange country, with an aunt she's never met. But change is coming - the war is over, and women are about to vote for the first time. History is being made, but how can she help make it? As election day approaches, a day that will transform Ireland forever, Stella realises that she can indeed change the world. Not alone, and not all at once. But just as stars come one by one to brighten the night sky, so history is made person by person, girl by girl. An invigorating tale of suffragettes and heroes, courage and survival, as war ends, flu sweeps the land - and women get to vote!

Paperback. Condición: New. Wealthy, popular Charlotte and quiet, working class Drew couldn't be more different, but both face a common enemy at Cooke's Academy in the form of the Stewards - an elite group of students whose power to manipulate school culture is feared by pupils and teachers alike. Drew, a newcomer to Cooke's, must navigate the strict codes of masculinity laid down by the Stewards in order to have a hope of moving on to university, while Charlotte dreams of speaking freely about the constraints and abuses of the culture which is propelling her towards a life she's not sure she wants. Through drag art and poetry the unlikely pair follow a dangerous trajectory which will lead them closer to one another and further away from the paths laid out for them.

Paperback. Condición: New. Joey's stepdad, Vinnie, ran away from Dublin over a year ago. Now he's back, and everyone wants to know if he's still a wolf.Joey wants to believe Vinnie has given up his dodgy ways and returned to be near his family. But he's in no hurry to meet him. With his girlfriend going to Trinity College and his new start living with his aunt, Joey is trying to move on.But fate doesn't sit on a fence and Joey will have to confront his own painful past and the role his stepdad played in it.

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Paperback. Condición: New. Annie's family is made of love.When her moms open up their bookshop in the mornings, there is always a mysterious pile of books on the counter. By evening, every book has found its ideal reader. But one day there is a book that doesn't get bought. It has to lie there all on its own. Who can its reader be, and why don't they come? Days pass, and the book with no owner gets lonelier and lonelier. The bookshop is unhappy, and the moms are worried that the shop isn't making enough money.Then someone starts borrowing the book.  Eventually, we realise it's Annie's sibling Charlotte - and it is a book about being non-binary. Mum explains what 'non-binary' means to Annie. Charlotte asks to be called Charlie and says that their pronouns are they/them. The bookshop cheers up. Customers start buying books again.This family is made of love.