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Birdsong

By: Katya Balen

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After a devastating accident, a special new friendship helps talented musician Annie heal and rediscover her love of music through the joyous song of a blackbird nesting near her home. A stunning new novella from Katya Balen, the Carnegie Medal winning author of October, October.

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1800901607

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9781800901605

Nightjar

By: Katya Balen

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Nightjar

By: Katya Balen

Noah has felt misunderstood and abandoned since his dad moved away, but can they find a way to build a new relationship? Carnegie Medal winner Katya Balen returns with a stunning tale about a fractured bond between father and son – and the injured bird that helps to heal it.

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1800902999

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9781800902992

Little House

By: Katya Balen

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Little House

By: Katya Balen

The importance and meaning of home is explored in this thought-provoking new novella from Carnegie Medal winning author Katya Balen.

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0008699313

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9780008699314

The Thames and Tide Club: Squid Invasion

By: Katya Balen

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The Thames and Tide Club: Squid Invasion

By: Katya Balen

The mudlarkers of the Thames and Tide Club are about to face Squidmageddon in a funny and fast-paced adventure for young treasure hunters. When the director of the mudlarking museum goes on holiday for a week, he leaves three members of the Thames and Tide Club – Clem, Zara and Ash – in charge. They're determined that nothing will go wrong on their watch, but they haven't planned on an invasion of squid who will stop at nothing to take over the world ... Join the club and dig for treasure in the wildest adventure you could imagine!

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1526640511

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9781526640512

The Thames and Tide Club: The Ghost Pirates

By: Katya Balen

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The Thames and Tide Club: The Ghost Pirates

By: Katya Balen

When the mudlarking gang find a mysterious cutlass on the banks of the Thames, they immediately know that something fishy is afoot. When the cutlass vanishes, and Mrs Drummonds disappears too, it's down to Clem and the gang to find them. The mystery leads them to a band of ghost pirates, who will stop at nothing to find their long-lost treasure. With the help from their friends in the Undercity, the gang must set sail on the seven seas, solve riddles and save the day! This is the third instalment in the critically acclaimed series from award-winning author Katya Balen.

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1526677296

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9781526677297

The Light in Everything

By: Katya Balen

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The Light in Everything

By: Katya Balen

From the author of October, October comes a life-affirming story about blended families and learning to find room in your heart for new life and new love. Tom is still quiet and timid, even though his dad has been gone for nearly two years now. Zofia is the opposite. Inside her there's a raging storm that makes her want to fight the whole world until she gets what she wants. And what she wants is for scaredy-cat Tom to get out of her life. Tom hates loud, unpredictable Zofia just as much, but he's moving into Zofia's house. Because his mum and Zofia's dad are in love ... and they're having a baby. Tom and Zofia both wish the stupid baby had never happened. But then Tom's mum gets ill, and it begins to look horribly like their wish might come true ... A story of learning to trust, trying to let go and diving into the unknown with hope in your heart, with a stunning cover illustrated by CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal winner Sydney Smith.

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272

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1526650940

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9781526650948

Ghostlines

By: Katya Balen

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Ghostlines

By: Katya Balen

Wild and brilliantly crafted' – Sarah Crossan, author of One and Where the Heart Should Be A sea-soaked story of friendship, community and discovering what it means to carry home in your heart, from Carnegie Medal-winning author Katya Balen. On the Island of Ayrie, everybody knows everyone. They know each other's stories as they know every road, every hill and the coming of the tide. In the summer, there are bonfires to celebrate the migration of the puffins. Everything is familiar, nothing much changes, and for Tilda, nothing ever should – it is beautiful, it is perfect and it is home. When newcomer Albie arrives at the island, Tilda wants to show Ayrie off – Albie wants her to leave him alone. She learns quickly that it'll take more than a tour and some seal viewings to win him around. Then, she remembers stories of the old island just an hour's boat ride away from the shore. The old island is a death trap. The journey there is treacherous. Trips across to it are strictly forbidden. And there's a rumour it's haunted by the ghosts of those left there to die. But with all else having failed, the old island is the only way for Tilda to make Albie see what she sees in Ayrie. Besides, it's a different kind of ghost that worries Tilda. The ghost that's been following her, now, since her brother left the island ... 'Beautifully written, full of heart' – Julia Green

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177

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1526663821

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9781526663825

Foxlight

By: Katya Balen

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Foxlight

By: Katya Balen

From the author of October, October, winner of the Yoto Carnegie Medal, comes a heartbreaking and heart-warming story about sisterhood, found family and accepting love in the most unusual and unknown places. Fen and Rey were found curled up small and tight in the fiery fur of the foxes at the very edge of the wildlands. Fen is loud and fierce and free. She feels a connection to foxes and a calling from the wild that she's desperate to return to. Rey is quiet and shy and an expert on nature. She reads about the birds, feeds the lands and nurtures the world around her. They are twin sisters. Different and the same. Separate and connected. They will always have each other, even if they don't have a mother and don't know their beginning. But they do want answers. Answers to who their mother is and where she might be. What their story is and how it began. So when a fox appears late one night at the house, Fen and Rey see it as a sign - it's here to lead them to their truth, find their real family and fill the missing piece they have felt since they were born. But the wildlands are exactly that: wild. They are wicked and cruel and brutal and this journey will be harder and more life changing than either Fen or Rey ever imagined ...

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1526640422

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9781526640420

The Space We're In

By: Katya Balen

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The Space We're In

By: Katya Balen

Ten-year-old Frank has trouble navigating his relationship with his younger brother Max who is autistic. Frank loves soccer, codes, riding his bike, and playing with his friends. His brother Max is five. Max only eats foods that are beige or white, hates baths, and if he has to wear a t-shirt that isn't gray with yellow stripes he melts down down down. Frank longs for the brother he was promised by his parents before Max was born--someone who was supposed to be his biggest fan, so he could be the best brother in the world. Instead, Frank has trouble navigating Max's behavior and their relationship. But when tragedy strikes, Frank finds a way to try and repair their fractured family and in doing so learns to love Max for who he is. In her debut novel, Katya Balen uses her knowledge of autism and experience working with autistic people to create an intriguing and intense yet always respectful family story. For readers of Counting by 7s and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime. A Junior Library Guild Selection! A Bank Street Best Book of the Year

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210

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Holiday House

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0823443159

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9780823443154

Foxlight

from the winner of the YOTO Carnegie Medal

By: Katya Balen

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Foxlight

from the winner of the YOTO Carnegie Medal

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1526640414

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9781526640413

Maggie and the Moonbird: A Bloomsbury Reader

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By: Katya Balen

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Maggie and the Moonbird: A Bloomsbury Reader

Dark Blue Book Band

By: Katya Balen

Book Band: Dark Blue (Ideal for ages 9+) An inspiring fantasy story from Katya Balen, author of The Space We're In and October, October. Maggie wants her dad to take her birdwatching like he promised but he's too busy and she ends up at the zoo with her auntie and her annoying cousins. There, she sees a strange bird and takes one of its beautiful silver feathers home. Little does she know, that this is the start of a magical adventure in the moonlight... This magical story features black-and-white illustrations by Pham Quang Phuc. The Bloomsbury Readers series is packed with book-banded stories to get children reading independently in Key Stage 2 by award-winning authors like double Carnegie Medal winner Geraldine McCaughrean and Waterstones Prize winner Patrice Lawrence. With engaging illustrations and online guided reading notes written by the Centre for Literacy in Primary Education (CLPE), this series is ideal for home and school. For more information visit www.bloomsburyreaders.com. 'Any list that brings together such a quality line up of authors is going to be welcomed ... Bloomsbury Readers are aimed squarely at children in Key Stage 2 and designed to support them as they start reading independently and while they continue to gain confidence and understanding.' Books for Keeps

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1472994167

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The Thames and Tide Club: The Ghost Pirates

By: Katya Balen

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The Thames and Tide Club: The Secret City

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The Thames and Tide Club: The Secret City

By: Katya Balen

An exciting new adventure series for young readers from Carnegie Medal winner Katya Balen, author of October, October and The Light in Everything Clem and her friends Ash and Zara are members of the Thames and Tide Club! Every weekend they go mudlarking by the river, searching for treasures that have washed up on the shore. Clem has found old things, new things and a whole heap of rubbish. But one day, she finds something really special. Something magical that belongs in the river and must be returned to its rightful owner ... or else. Before they know it, the Thames and Tide Club are on the weirdest, wildest, underwater-iest adventure they could possibly have imagined on a mission to save Underwater London!

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1526640465

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The Thames and Tide Club: The Secret City

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Book's by Katya Balen

Birdsong

Birdsong

Nightjar

Nightjar

Little House

Little House

The Thames and Tide Club: Squid Invasion

The Thames and Tide Club: Squid Invasion

The Thames and Tide Club: The Ghost Pirates

The Thames and Tide Club: The Ghost Pirates

The Light in Everything

The Light in Everything

Ghostlines

Ghostlines

Foxlight

Foxlight

The Space We're In

The Space We're In

Foxlight

Foxlight

Maggie and the Moonbird: A Bloomsbury Reader

Maggie and the Moonbird: A Bloomsbury Reader

The Thames and Tide Club: The Ghost Pirates

The Thames and Tide Club: The Ghost Pirates

The Thames and Tide Club: The Secret City

The Thames and Tide Club: The Secret City

The Thames and Tide Club: The Secret City

The Thames and Tide Club: The Secret City

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