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Fiction for Younger Readers
BALIT, Christina
Escape From Pompeii
Lincoln 9781845070595
An exciting picture book which tells the story of how Tranio and Livia
escape from the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79.
BRADMAN, Tony
The Mummy Family Find Fame
Egmont 9781405218771
The Mummy family have run out of money. Daddy Mummy sees a notice about a TV
quiz in the newspaper. The prize for the winners is a large amount of cash. Can
they win it?
Fiction for Older Readers
COOPER, Susan
Victory
Bodley Head 9780370328911
A time-travel adventure, which tells the stories of Sam and Molly. Their lives,
in two different centuries, are linked by Lord Nelson and the Battle of
Trafalgar.
DEARY, Terry
'Egyptian Tales' series
Black
Humorous stories of ancient Egypt, from mummification to the plot to rob Tutankhamen's tomb.
GERAS, Adele
Lizzie's Wish
Usborne 9780746060309
Lizzie is a Victorian girl, who loves plants and wants to become a gardener. It
was unheard of for nineteenth century women to have such a job and Lizzie is
sent to a house in London where there is no garden. The first book of 'The
Historical House' trilogy.
GOSCINNY Rene
'Asterix' series
Orion
Gaul is under Roman occupation, except for one village. Asterix and his friends
are determined to keep their independence.
IBBOTSON, Eva
The Star Of Kazan
Macmillan 9780330418027
Annika was abandoned as a baby and was brought up in the house of three
eccentric professors.
KING SMITH, Dick
The Catlady
Young Corgi 9780552550444
Muriel, the catlady, lives alone with her cats, which are reincarnations of
people. When a new kitten is born, "Vicky" has a very regal character.
LAIRD, Elizabeth
Secrets Of The Fearless
Macmillan 9780330434669
Set during the Napoleonic Wars. John Barr is separated from his father and is
press-ganged to serve on HMS Fearless, where he eventually becomes a hero.
Teenage Fiction
HEARN, Julie
The Merrybegot
OUP 9780192791573
Set in seventeenth century England, this tells the story of a young apprentice
healer who is suspected of witchcraft.
PULLMAN, Philip
'Sally Lockhart' series
Scholastic
Sally is an orphan, living in Victorian London. She is determined to discover
who killed her father and so begin her mysterious investigations. A terrifying
mystery.
TOMLINSON, Theresa
Wolf Girl
Corgi 9780552552714
Wulfrun, the daughter of a poor Anglo Saxon weaver, is determined to prove her
mother's innocence when she is accused of stealing a necklace belonging to the
queen.
