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2012 Longlist
Boy and a Bear in a Boat
By Dave Shelton
Hardback
Published 05-Jan-2012
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A boy and a bear go to sea, equipped with a suitcase, a comic book and a ukulele. They are only travelling a short distance and it really shouldn't take long. But then their boat encounters 'unforeseeable anomalies'... Will the Harriet, their trusted vessel, withstand the violent lashings of the salty waves?
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Dying to Know You
By Aidan Chambers
Hardback
Published 26-Apr-2012
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Karl, aged seventeen, is hopelessly in love. But the object of his affections, Firella, demands proof, and poses him a series of questions regarding his attitude to the many sides of love. But Karl is dyslexic, and convinced that if Firella finds out, she will think he is stupid, and unworthy of her, and leave him.
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Dead End in Norvelt
By Jack Gantos
Paperback
Published 29-Mar-2012
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Jack's summer has hit a dead end ...After being 'grounded for life', Jack is facing a summer of doing nothing. He might crash in his Dad's homemade plane, or catch the disease that makes you dance yourself to death, or fall foul of the motorcycle gang that wants to burn the town to the ground.
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Bullet Boys
By Ally Kennen
Paperback
Published 05-Jan-2012
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An electrifyingly dark teen thriller from the author of BEAST and QUARRY Alex, Levi and Max follow the young soldiers from the local army camp on the moor. But harmless rivalry develops into something far more incendiary. When the boys discover a cache of buried weapons near the training grounds, deadly forces are brought into play.
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Abominables
By Eva Ibbotson
Hardback
Published 05-Jul-2012
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When Agatha Farlingham is kidnapped by a yeti in Tibet she soon discovers that the hairy monster is a clever and noble beast. But his children are in danger and he needs her help. So she sends them on a top-secret journey to England and the safety of her ancestral mansion. A rollicking adventure from one of Britain's most beloved storytellers.
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Greyhound of a Girl
By Roddy Doyle
Paperback
Published 07-Jun-2012
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12 year old Mary's beloved grandmother is near the end of her life. Letting go is hard - until Granny's long-dead mammy appears at Mary's door, returning to help her dying daughter say goodbye. But first she needs to take them all on a visit to the past. A sharp and tender tale of family history and the bonds between mothers and daughters.
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Unforgotten Coat
By Frank Boyce
Hardback
Published 01-Sep-2011
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Two refugee brothers from Mongolia are determined to fit in with their Liverpool schoolmates, but bring so much of Mongolia to Bootle that their new friend and guide, Julie, is hard-pressed to know truth from fantasy as she recollects a wonderful friendship that was abruptly ended when Chingis and his family were forced to return to Mongolia.
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Soonchild
By Russell Hoban
Hardback
Published 01-Mar-2012
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Somewhere in the Arctic Circle, Sixteen-Face John, a shaman, learns that his first child, a soonchild, cannot hear the World Songs from her mother's womb. The World Songs are what inspire all newborns to come out into the world, and John must find them for her. But how? The answer takes him through many lifetimes and many shape-shifts.
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