Please note that the books shown may not be appropriate for all Dyslexic children.
Framed by Frank Cottrell Boyce £5.99 Macmillan Dylan is the only boy living in the tiny welsh town of Manod. His parents run the Snowdnia Oasis Auto Marvel garage - and when he's not trying to persuade his sisters to play football, Dylan is in charge of the petrol log. And, that means he gets to keep track of everyone coming in and out of Manod- what car they drive, what they're called, even their favourite flavour of crisps. But when a mysterious convoy of lorries trundles up the misty mountainside towards an old, disused mine, even Dylan is confounded. Who are these people and what have they got to hide? This is a story inspired by a press cutting describing how, during WWII, the treasured contents of London's National Gallery were stored in Welsh slate mines. once a month, a morale boosting masterpiece would be unveiled in the village and then returned to London for viewing. This is a funny and touching exploration of how Art- it's beauty andits value- touches the life of one little boy and his big family in a very small town.
Candyfloss by Jacqueline Wilson £12.99 Doubleday Floss's parents split up when she was younger and she now divides up her week, spending five days with her mum, her mum's new boyfriend and her new baby half brother. the other two days Floss spends with her dad, helping him to run his greasy spoon cafe. But then their simple arrangement is thrown into disarray when Floss's mum decides to move to Australia for six months. Floss has to choose whether to go with her or stay with her dad. She picks her dad and they muddle along happilytogether surviving on chip butties and enjoying visits to the local funfair. But then disaster strikes, Dad's money troubles catch up with him and they have to move out of the cafe. They're homeless- but can their new fairground friends help out? this is another gripping and emotionally involving slice of family life from the award-winning, bestselling author, Jacqueline Wilson.
Alone on a Wide Wide Sea by Micheal Morpurgo £10.99 Harper Collins How far would you go to find yourself? THis is the lyrical life affirming new novel from the author of "Private Peaceful". There were dozens of us on the ship, all ages, boys and girls, and we were all up on deck for the leaving of Liverpool, gulls wheeling and crying over our heads, calling good-bye, I thought they were waving good-bye. None of us spoke. It was a grey day with drizzle in the air, the great sad cranes bowing to the ship from the docks as we steamed past. That is all I remember of England. When orphaned Arthur Hobhouse is shipped to Australia after WWII he loses his sister, his country and everything he knows. The coming years will test him to his limits, as he endures mistreatment, neglectand forced labour in the Australian outback. But Arthur is also saved, again and again by his love of the sea. And when he meets a nurse whose father owns a boat-building business, all the pieces of his broken life come together. Now at the end of his life, Arthur has built a special boat for his daughter Allie, whose love of the sea is as strong and vitalas her fathers. Now Allie has a boat that will take her to England Solo, across the world's roughest seas, in search of her fathers long lost sister! Will the threads of Arthurs life finally come together?
The Boy in the Striped pyjamas by John Byrne £10.99 David Fickling Berlin , 1942 - When Bruno returns home from school one day, he discovers that his belongings are being packed in crates. His father has received a promotion and the family must move from their home to a new house far away, where there is no one to play with, and nothing to do. A tall fence running alongside stretches as far as the eye can see and cuts him off from the strange people he can see in the distance. But Bruno longs to be an explorer and decides that there must be more to this desolate new place than meet the eye. While exploring his new environment, he meets another boy whose life and circumstances are very different to his own, and their meeting results in a friendship that has devastating consequences.
Cirque Du Freak by Darren Shan £4.99, Harper Collins Darren goes to a banned freak show with his best mate Steve. It's the wonderfully gothic Cirque du Freak where weird, frightening half human/half animals appear who interact terrifyingly with the audience. Darren -- a spider freak -- 'falls in love' with Madam Octa -- an enormous tarantala owned by the circus proprietor. Darren determines to steal the spider so that he can train it to perform amazing deeds. But his daring theft goes horrible wrong. The spider bites his best mate and Darren has to sell his soul to an evil vampire to get the antidote. Something out of the ordinary is set against the background of children's normal lives to chilling effect. Atmospheric, funny, realistic, moving and...terrifying.
The Legend of Spud Murphy by Eoin Colfer £3.99 Puffin Will has four brothers and it's chaos in his house! If he's not being teased by his big brother Marty, he has to deal with the terrible, three-headed bundle of cuteness that is his three younger brothers. Even worse, his mother has the brilliant idea of packing Will and Marty off to the library during the holidays. She just doesn't understand! Not only is the library no fun, it's also the habitat of the legendary librarian Spud Murphy. If you put a foot wrong, it's rumoured she will use her dreaded gas-powered spud gun and you don't want that just ask Ugly Frank how he got his nickname! Eventually Will and Marty discover a love of books and that Mrs Murphy isn't so bad after all!
The Twits by Roald Dahl £4.99 Puffin This is the tale of the Twits: Mr and Mrs Twit, an obnoxious couple who spend their lives trying to outdo each other in nastiness. But the Muggle-Wump monkeys and the Roly-Poly bird hatch an ingenious plan to give them just the ghastly surprise they deserve.
The Temple of the Ruby of Fire by Gernimo Stilton £3.99 Scholastic This is the tale of the Twits: Mr and Mrs Twit, an obnoxious couple who spend their lives trying to outdo each other in nastiness. But the Muggle-Wump monkeys and the Roly-Poly bird hatch an ingenious plan to give them just the ghastly surprise they deserve.When Geronimo Stilton's friend, Professor von Volt, discovers the location of the famous Ruby of Fire, Geronimo soon finds himself in a race to find the gem before it can fall into the hands of some dark characters.
Judy Moody by Megan McDonald £3.99 Walker Get into the Judy Moody mood! Bad moods, good moods, even back-to-school moods - Judy has them all! Meet Judy, her little "bother" Stink, her best friend Rocky and her "pest" friend Frank Pearl. Reading about their madcap adventures - from putting together a "me" collage for their new teacher, to setting off in pursuit of fame and fortune - is sure to put you in a very Judy Moody mood!
The Sheep-Pig by Dick King Smith £4.99 Puffin When Farmer Hogget wins a piglet at the local fair, Mrs Hogget thinks of fattening it up for the freezer. But the old sheepdog, Fly, takes him under her wing and starts to train him up as a sheep-pig, whose methods of getting the sheep to do what he wants are rather unconventional.
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