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Bloodline Katy Moran £6.99 • 9781406309386

August

Anila’s Journey Mary Finn £6.99 • 9781406306590

April

Triskellion

Triskellion Will Peterson £6.99 • 9781406307092

May

Toby Alone Timothéée de Fombelle £9.99 • 9781406313154

September

The Knife of Never Letting Go

The Knife of Never Letting Go Patrick Ness £12.99 • 9781406310252

October

Sold Patricia McCormick £5.99 • 9781406313956

November

Riding Icarus Lily Hyde £4.99 • 9781406307665

December

The Perilous Realm Book One: The Shadow of Malabron Thomas Wharton £7.99 • 9781406312508

Zal and Zara and the Great Race of Azamed Kit Downes £5.99 • 9781406309195

Hang a Thousand Trees with Ribbons Ann Rinaldi £5.99 • 9781406312485

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Winter Combat Jean-Claude Mourlevat £6.99 • 9781406310382 • Nov 2008

The Society of S Susan Hubbard £5.99 • 9781406314977 • Dec 2008

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The highlights selections offer tips on the forthcoming top sellers from children’s book industry experts. Annie Everall, service manager, Young People and Policy Development for Derbyshire Libraries, selects the highlights of the season (page 7); Sue Lake of White Rose Books in Thirsk selects the best of children’s picture books (page 14); Lesley Agnew, manager of the Children’s Bookshop, Muswell Hill, chooses the leading titles for teens and tweens (page 33); and Tamara Linke of Tales on Moon Lane in London picks out the best of non-fiction (page 65).

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