Books for the Boys
8 - 13s

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Masters of SoccerBEDFORD, David
Masters of Soccer

Little Hare 9781921049347
Harvey and Darren have to join Mrs Pinto's secret after school club and feel worried about it - but they are even more worried when they find out what it is!
 

 

Howling TowerCOLEMAN, Michael
Howling Tower

Orchard Books 9781843629382
Benjamin Wildfire lives in a world where humans are kept as pets or slaves and bears rule everything.  Benjamin escapes and sets off to find his father, only to be captured and sent into terrible danger.
 

 

Artemis Fowl and the Lost ColonyCOLFER, Eoin
Artemis Fowl and the Lost Colony

Puffin 9780141320793
Holly Short and Artemis Fowl are trying to repair a rift in time through which demons are entering the world from another dimension.  They have to foil Minerva Paradiso (a young female criminal) and her henchman before enlisting 'Number 1' a demon sorcerer and 7 others with magical energy to close the rift.

 

Half Moon InvestigationsCOLFER, Eoin
Half Moon Investigations

Puffin 9780141320809
Fletcher Moon is a schoolboy but also a qualified private detective and he is asked to investigate some strange crimes in the town of Lock.  Things get quite complicated....


 

Pirates GaloreFLEISCHMAN, Sid
Pirates Galore

Catnip Publishing 9781846470219
Twelve year old cabin boy Shipwreck longs to return to his mother and his home in Boston, but he is caught up in the American war with Mexico and loyal to the infamous Mexican pirate Captain Gallows, who saved his life.  An amazing tale of betrayals, heroic last stands, cunning innkeepers and hidden treasure.  Will Shipwreck ever find a way back home?

 

Nothing Scares MeKEMP, Gene
Nothing Scares Me

Faber 9780571228232
Petra has sixth sense, she can see ghosts and predict the future.  She keeps being shown a girl walking a dog with a red lead in her visions.  Does this shave something to do with the girl who went missing one night, or is it a warning of something much closer to home.
 

 

Shark IslandMILLER, David
Shark Island

OUP 9780192729019
Two children face a nightmare fight for survival on a remote island after their parents are kidnapped by modern day pirates.

 

 

BonebreakerMURRAY, Peter J
Bonebreaker

Mokee Joe Promotions 9780955341540
Billy goes on holiday to the Fen District and goes back in time to Viking days when one of his ancestors was murdered by a Viking chief.

 

 

The Case of the Captive ClairvoyantREAD, Anthony
The Case of the Captive Clairvoyant

Walker Books 9780744570168
Baker Street Boys get involved with kidnap, murder and hypnotism.  Set in Victorian London with chases through alleyways.

 

 

TinsSHEARER, Alex
Tins

Macmillan 9780330431910
Fergal loves to collect tins without labels.  Then he finds a finger in one tin and word 'HELP' in another and tries to find out what has happened.

 

 

Mr Gum and the Biscuit BilionaireSTANTON, Andy
Mr Gum and the Biscuit Billionaire

Egmont Books 9781405228152
The horrible Mr Gum is back causing trouble, this time he is planning to steal the Biscuit Billionaire's money and it is up to Polly and her friends to stop him.

 

 

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