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The Girl with the Sunshine Smile by Karen McCombie
Category: Children's | Series: 4u2read
A brand-new 4u2read edition of a wonderfully warm and wise story about new families and new relationships from bestelling author Karen McCombie.Meg is the girl with the sunshine smile. That's what they call her at the wedding fairs where she models her mum's dresses. But then Mum meets Danny. Danny, wit ...Show more
The Girl with the Sunshine Smile (RA8 IA8-12) by Karen McCombie
Category: Children's | Series: 8 To 1Ser.
Warm and wise tale about new families. Everyone comments on Meg's sunny smile, and she's put it to good use as a model for her mum's range of bridesmaids' dresses at wedding fairs. It's always been just Meg and Mum, but then Mum meets Danny and is swept off her feet - right onto a grotty old river barge ...Show more
The Great Expanding Guinea Pig & Beware of the Snowblobs! (You, Me & Thing #5) by Karen McCombie
Category: Children's | Series: You, Me & Thing
Two great books in one featuring magic, mix-ups and muddles! Join Ruby, Jackson and Thing on not one but two great adventures in this brilliant bumper book. See what havoc Thing causes when Ruby and Jackson sneak it along on a trip to the petting zoo in The Great Expanding Guinea Pig. And in a seasonal ...Show more
The Legend of the Loch Ness Lilo (You, Me & Thing #3) by Karen McCombie
Category: Junior Fiction | Series: You, Me & Thing
Ruby and Jackson get the surprise of their lives when they discover a Thing living at the bottom of their gardens. But Thing is cute, and funny, even if sometimes when he's upset he gets a bit ARRGHH! And that's when the trouble starts. Like the time he goes to a pool party, and Ruby and Jackson find th ...Show more
The Lost Diary of Sami Star by Karen McCombie
Category: Children's
Life is hard for Hannah at the moment. At home, everyone's always arguing, and when she tries to talk to her friends, it feels like they're not really there for her. But everything changes when she comes across an abandoned diary in the park. It belongs to a girl called Sami Star, and fun-loving Sami so ...Show more
The Mummy That Went Moo (You, Me & Thing #4) by Karen McCombie
Category: Children's | Series: You, Me & Thing
Want to know a secret? There is something very, very strange living in the trees behind my house. If you tiptoe slowwwwly and quietly (ssh!) to the bottom of my garden, you might hear it rustling and rootling and 'peh!'ing in the dark undergrowth, on the other side of the low stone wall. And if you peek ...Show more
The Mystery in Flat 6B by Karen McCombie; Thy Bui (Illustrator)
Category: Junior Fiction | Series: Bloomsbury Readers Ser.
Book Band: Dark Blue, ideal for ages 9+A heart-warming story about friendship and finding your place in the world set in an urban city, ideal for children practising their reading at home or in school.Twelve-year-old JoJo is going through a difficult time: his dad has lost his job, his best friends have ...Show more
The Mystery of Me by Karen McCombie
Category: Children's
Ketty was technically dead for two minutes and thirty-nine seconds, according to the doctors who saved her. She's on the mend but she can't remember anything about her life before the accident. But people are treating her really weirdly, and Ketty just can't shake the feeling that something is really wr ...Show more
The OMG Blog by Karen McCombie
Category: Young Adult | Series: Conkers
A lighthearted tale of vlogging newbies from queen of tween Karen McCombie, wrapped up in a stunning package bound to appeal to fans of instagram, Snapchat and Zoella. Heartwarming and affirmative, this cracking new Conker has family and friendship of the offline variety at its heart.Four �good' girls m ...Show more
The Seventeen Secrets of the Karma Club by Karen McCombie
Category: Junior Fiction
When Kezzy makes friends with new-girl Nell, they form their own club: a secret society for acts of kindness. It's their mission to cheer people up with treats and surprises, but then Kezzy's mum reveals a secret of her own: she used to be married to Nell's dad. And technically, she still is! Is this th ...Show more
The Whispers of Wilderwood Hall by Karen McCombie
Category: Children's Classic Fiction
Ellis is losing track of time...Following her mother's marriage to a famous rock star, Ellis moves to a crumbling old mansion in the wilds of Scotland. Far away from her friends and familiarity, she finds waves of anxiety rolling in and threatening to capsize her. But when she finds herself whisked back ...Show more
Truly Madly Megan by Mccombie Karen
Category: Children's Fiction | Series: Stella Etc. Ser.
Megan whirls into Stella etc.'s lives like the crazy cartwheeler she is. And she's going to wheel right out again, soon as her holiday in Portbay's over. But that doesn't mean that she, TJ, Rachel and Stella can't have some fun at the Portbay Gala before she goes.