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Grow up dad by Narinder Dhami
Published by Barrington Stoke

Grow Up Dad
by
Narinder Dhami

Robbie has a problem, he feels like his dad doesn’t understand him or how he feels.   One day Robbie wishes that his dad could be eleven just like him so he could see what being Robbie is really like. Robbie should be careful what he wishes for because it might come true.

 

Vernon Bright and the magnetic banana by Steve Barlow and Steve Skidmore
Published by
Puffin

Vernon Bright and the Magnetic Banana
by Steve Barlow and Steve Skidmore

This is a really funny story about a new boy, John Watt, who starts a new school and makes friends with a strange boy called Vernon Bright.  Vernon loves science and experiments in his Dad’s lab.  But things go wrong and instead of making a guinea pig magnetic, it’s Vernon that turns into a magnet!  Can John help his friend get back to normal before he seriously injures himself?

 

The Rex Files: The phantom bantam by Shoo Rayner
Published by  Hodder & Stoughton

The Rex Files: The Phantom Bantam
by Shoo Rayner

A funny animal story about the two ace dog detectives, Rex and Franky, who try to solve the mystery of the rooster who crows at midnight.   Guided by their motto 'Everything can be explained,' Rex and Franky try to put an end to the forced night time egg laying of the hens at New Hampshire Towers.   One of five books in the 'Rex Files' series.

 

Astrid, the au pair from outer space by Emily Smith
Published by Young Corgi

Astrid, the Au Pair from Outer Space
by Emily Smith

Harry Henderson's mum decides to employ an au pair to help look after him and his baby brother, Fred. But she is not an ordinary au pair, she is an alien from a planet 500 light years away!

 

The Poltergoose: A Jiggy McCue Story by Michael Lawrence
Published by Orchard Books

The Poltergoose: A Jiggy McCue Story
by Michael Lawrence

Strange things are happening to Jiggy McCue. Some ‘thing’ is making his life a misery – it smashed his mother’s prized rocking horse collection and attacked Jiggy and his classmates – getting him into serious trouble with his parents.  At first Jiggy hasn’t a clue what’s going on, but the hissing and the flapping sound he hears with each attack leads him to believe that the culprit may be the ghost of a goose that used to live in the neighbouring farm...................

 

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