National Young Readers’ Programme Recommended Booklist 2010 Recommended for aes 9 12 Cover SynopsisDetails The popularAlly's Worldseries covers commonCrushes, Cliques and the… issues for‘tween’ girlsK McCombiein a humourous way. In this story, Ally's geography field trip could be spoiledISBN: 9780439943475 when a gang from a rival school cause trouble.£4.99Afun and funky new seriescharting the hopes,Boy Band Blues dreams and schemes of the lively, loveable Lucy.K McKain Some older boys at school ask Lucy to help themISBN: 9780746066911 with the image for their band, and it's not long£4.99 before she develops a major crush on the lead guitarist. But is she just setting herself up for a giant dose of cringitis? Avampirethemed talefor aspiringTwilightMy Sister the Vampire: readers, or indeed anyone with a taste for horror.Switched When longlost twins Olivia and Ivy meet for the firstM Mercer time, they find they couldn’t be more different!ISBN: 9781405240864 £5.99A colourillustrated chapter book telling the tale ofKaspar Prince of Cats Kaspar, the Savoy Cat and the only cat to surviveM Morpurgo the sinking of the Titanic, from a former children’sISBN: 9780007267002 laureate. Good forless keen or confidentreaders.£5.99Written by a teacher and set in the weird world ofRibblestrop Ribblestrop School (where the motto is ‘Life isA Mulligan Dangerous’) this brilliantly unPC story ishighlyISBN: 9781847382306 recommendedfor keen and confident readers.£6.99Areassuring read for anxious children, thisStuff That Scares Your sciencebased book examines common fears (e.g.Pants Off! natural disasters, spiders, needles, darkness,G Murphy dentists, ghosts and monsters) and the statisticalISBN: 9780330477246 probabilities of bad things happening.£5.99Aninventive footballstory using an interviewKeeper between top football writer Paul Faustino and ElM Peet Gato, the world's greatest goalkeeper, to tell theISBN: 9781406328066 incredible story of the mysterious ‘Keeper’.£6.99One of a popular series ofCaptain Underpants and…comiclike chapter booksD Pilkey, in this story Captain Underpants assists the purple potty people with a preposterous plight! LotsISBN: 9781407103600 of activities make this good for less keen readers.£4.99When a train stalls at the mouth of a tunnel, a boy isTales from the Tunnel’s entertained by a fellow passenger, a mysteriousMouth woman in white with a stock ofsuperscaryC Priestley stories. Horror fans and less keen readers willISBN: 9781408800058 enjoy the shortstory format in this inventive book.£6.99Keen readers will enjoy thisdiarystyle storyset inChips, Beans and the fascinating world of Bathsheba Clarice de Trop,Limousines who struggles to distinguish real life from fantasy!L Rasheed Written by an exmember of the NYRP team.ISBN: 9780746090916 £5.99
National Young Readers’ Programme Recommended Booklist 2010 Recommended for aes 9 12 Cover SynopsisDetails Bradley is considered a troublemaker by everyoneBoy in the Girls’ Bathroom except the new school counsellor, in this funny andL Sachar thoughtprovoking story usingquirky charactersISBN: 9780747589525 and gentle humour£5.99to examine being different.Car fans will love thisTop Trumps: Ultimate Carsphotographic, statisticpacked guideM Saundersto the world's most exciting cars. One of a fun series of books (including football starsISBN: 9781844253951 £4.99and sharks) recommended for less keen readers.Awellwritten serieswith popular pursuits in mind!Bethany’s Song In this story, as a new girl at the Marcia LaneH Skeet School of Drama and Dance, Bethany must proveISBN: 9780747587217 herself to be worthy of her scholarship.£4.99 Dahl fans will love thehilarious adventuresof aMr Gum & the Power parade of grotesque characters in this popularCrystals series set in Lamonic Bibber. In this fourth book, aA Stanton curse seems to have fallen on the town.ISBN: 9781405228176 £4.99Set in a hospital ward where 11 yearold Jack hasBeware Killer Tomatoes ended up following a tomatorelated accident, thisJ Strong funny storyby a popular author for this age rangeISBN: 9780141320588 is perfect for humour fans and less keen readers.£4.99Agripping and unusual ‘true life’style storyofDesperate Measures 14 yearold twins Vicky and Rhianna, who is brainL Summers damaged, and their fight to stay together when theirISBN: 9781848120501 £6.99foster parents find they can’t cope. Ages 12+.Hundreds ofhorribly hilarious historical jokesinHorribly Hilarious Joke Book one laughoutloud book make this a musthaveD Taylor item for anyHorrible HistoriesISBN: 9781407108377fan. Laugh your head off at this comical collection of nasty bits.£4.99At the top secret Higher Institute of VillainousH.I.V.E. Education, young criminal masterminds are taughtM Walden the skills necessary to become evil geniuses.ISBN: 9780747597216 Adventurous fun forstrong and older readers. £6.99Follow the adventures of the eccentric GlisterGlister & the Family Tree Butterworth, a ‘magnet for the weird and unusual’,A Watson in this first of a series ofgraphic novels aimed atISBN: 9781406320510 girls. £4.99This spiralbound title includesarty ideas of things50 Things to Draw and Paint to draw and paintF Wattsuch as an inky beetle, wax resist fish and landscape painting,ISBN: 9781409504955and is sure to keep children (and adults!) amused for hours.£6.99Stepbystep instructions, clear illustrations andChildren’s World Cookbookcultural information for more than40 simple andA Wilkes delicious recipesfrom around the world, from ThaiISBN: 9781409508991 chickenin coconut sauce to New York Cheesecake.Price: £6.99
National Young Readers’ Programme Recommended Booklist 2010 Recommended for aes 9 12 Cover SynopsisDetails A retelling of the classic story of the heroic deeds ofKing Arthur and the King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table,Knights of the Round Table illustrated in colour withstripcartoonsand speechM Williams bubbles to complement the clearly written text of theISBN: 9780744547924 stories. A good choice for less keen readers.£6.99When Violet’s new best friend Jasmine goes off withMidnight her brother Will, Violet decides to find the only otherJ Wilson person she thinks will understand author CasparISBN: 9780440868545 Dream.A recommended title by apopular author. £5.99