MPH sellsheets- Jun'13 Children (major titles)

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CHILDREN

JUNE 2013

Major & Lead

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BEAUTY AND THE BEASTBy MICHAEL MORPURGO

A captivating retelling of the nation's favourite fairy tale, from the nation's favourite storyteller, Michael Morpurgo. After encountering a fearsome beast at a mysterious palace, down-on-his-luck merchant Marco is forced to make a promise in exchange for his life: he must persuade one of his three daughters to return to the palace in his place - but she must come of her own free will. Beautiful, kind-hearted Belle agrees at once to return to the palace, and there she and the Beast exist companionably, with the Beast asking of Belle the same question at the end of each day: "Dearest Belle, will you marry me?" After a return home to consult with her father, Belle resolves to follow her heart and return to the Beast, but her plans are thwarted by the trickery of her jealous sisters.

9780007513406

HARPER UK

S$11.90

LITTLE ALBATROSSBy MICHAEL MORPURGO

The last snows of winter are melting away and Little Albatross sits snug in the warmth of Mother Albatross' feathers. He grows bigger and stronger, until one day Mother and Father Albatross go fishing together, leaving Little Albatross alone for the first time. Will they return in time to save him from the killer bird who is watching and waiting?

9780552546980

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S$11.90


JUST IMAGINEBy PIPPA GOODHART

Just imagine what it would be like to be as small as a mouse; or as big as a house. Imagine exploring the depths of the ocean, travelling into the past or the future - or something even stranger...This wonderfully inventive and interactive book allows a child to tell their own story, combining new elements each time. And with intricately detailed illustrations for parent and child to pore over together, this really is a book to share time and time again.

9780552563567

TRANSWORLD

S$11.90

SCARY SCHOOL #2: MONSTERS ON A MARCH

By DEREK THE GHOST

As winners of last year's Ghoul Games, the students of Scary School are off to Monster Forest. School may be scary, but the forest has a few frights of its own, including:

•Bearodactyls—so terrifying we can't even show you pictures of them

•Princess Zogette, the Monster King's toad-faced daughter, who falls for Charles Nukid . . . hard

•Captain Pigbeard, fearsome leader of the Monster-Pirates and Princess Zogette's fiancé (well, former fiancé, thanks to Charles)

9780061960970

HARPER US

S$9.90


MY WEIRDER SCHOOL #8: DR. NICHOLAS IS RIDICULOUS!

By DAN GUTMAN

My Weirder School weirder than ever!

Dr. Nicholas is the weirdest history teacher in history! She doesn't care about wars and presidents.

She is going to teach the kids about the history of the toilet bowl! Is she crazy? She built a time machine so she can take the kids into the past . . . and the future. Guess who's going to get stuck in time?

9780062042187

HARPER US

S$5.90

FAMILIARS #3: CIRCLE OF HEROES

By ADAM JAY EPSTEIN

Can the familiars bring magic back to the queendom?

Vastia is in a state of war. Led by the evil Paksahara, whose command of the Shifting Fortress gives her nearly unstoppable power, an army of undead animals is wreaking havoc on thequeendom. With human magic still gone, it's up to the three prophesized familiars—Aldwyn, Skylar, and Gilbert—to capture the fortress and bring Paksahara down.

But it won't be easy. The three familiars must embark on a quest to gather seven descendants of the most ancient and powerful animals in Vastia. And to make matters worse, Aldwyn finds a troubling scroll that causes him to doubt the very truth of the prophecy that guides them.

9780061961168

HARPER US

S$9.90


HISTORY KEEPERS #2: CIRCUS MAXIMUS

By DAMIAN DIBBEN

The History Keepers are in terrible danger once more. Stocks ofAtomium - the crucial ingredient which allows them to travel through time- are perilously low, and the agents must embark on a risky mission to find more. And now a new and even more evil member of the Zeldtfamily is planning a hideous take-over of the Ancient world, and they are forced to travel further back into history than ever before in order to save the day. Well, all of the days actually. In this exciting sequel, the "History Keepers" embark upon another rollercoaster adventure that takes us into the heart of the ancient world, from the doors to Hades, to the streets of Rome at the height of its glorious empire. You think the chariot race in Ben Hur is exciting? Wait till you see the History Keepers racing roundRome ...Watch book trailer here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JOZQnLdQEY9780552564298

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S$13.90

SKULDUGGERY PLEASANT #1-2:2 IN 1

By DEREK LANDY

Together for the first time in a bumper paperback edition, books 1 and 2 in the dead famous, bestselling series. It’s one book… and twice the awesome.Book 1: Meet Skulduggery Pleasant: detective, sorcerer, warrior. Oh yes, and dead.Book 2: Vengeous. Dusk. Sanguine. Three of the deadliest killers alive are in town to resurrect an unstoppable creature of horrifying power… and only Skulduggery and Valkyrie stand in their way.

9780007523351

HARPER UK

S$16.90


BOYS OF STEELBy MARC TYLER NOBLEMAN

Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, two high school misfits in Depression-era Cleveland, were more like Clark Kent--meek, mild, and myopic--than his secret identity, Superman. Both boys escaped into the worlds of science fiction and pulp magazine adventure tales. Jerry wrote his own original stories and Joe illustrated them. In 1934, the summer they graduated from high school, they created a superherowho was everything they were not. It was four more years before they convinced a publisher to take a chance on their Man of Steel in a new format--the comic book. The author includes a provocative afterword about the long struggle Jerry and Joe had with DC Comics when the boys realized they had made a mistake in selling all rights to Superman for a mere $130.

9780449810637

RANDOM HOUSE

S$10.90

RUBY REDFORT #2: TAKE YOUR LAST BREATH

By LAUREN CHILD

Hey, buster! Normal life is a total yawn. So break out boredom with multi-million-copy bestselling author Lauren Child, and meet your new favourite heroine… Ruby Redfort: detective, secret agent, thirteen-year-old kid.Everyone’s favourite kid detective is back for a second mind-blowinginstalment, packed with all the off-the-wall humour, action and friendship of the first book. This time, though, it’s an adventure on the wide open ocean, and Ruby is all at sea…

Can she crack the case of the Twinford pirates while evading the clutches of a vile sea monster as well as the evil Count von Viscount?

9780007334094

HARPER UK

S$11.90


DODGERBy TERRY PRATCHETT

A storm. Rain-lashed city streets. A flash of lightning. A scruffy lad sees a girl leap desperately from a horse-drawn carriage, in a vain attempt to escape her captors. Can the lad stand by and let her be caught again? Of course not, because he's . . . Dodger! Watch book trailer here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRgiZeekrpM

9780552563154

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CRUSHERBy NIALL LEONARD

The day Finn Maguire discovers his father bludgeoned to death ina pool of blood, his dreary life is turned upside down. Prime suspect in the murder, Finn must race against time to clear his name and find out who hated his dad enough to kill him. Watch book trailer here:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9zok0Dy3dU

9780552567190

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S$13.90


A MIDSUMMER TIGHTS DREAM

By LOUISE RENNISONIn A Midsummer Tights Dream, Tallulah’s second great (mis)adventure, things are starting to look up for the budding star.She has been officially admitted to the Dother Hall performing arts program in Yorkshire. Her corkers have done some developing since last term. And she’s picked up some advice on snogging from dear old Georgia. So she’s ready to return to the stage—and face her crushes again.But Tallulah will have more than boy drama to deal with. This term’s

project is Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Tallulah has been cast as Bottom, the fool who spends most of the play with the head of a donkey. Even worse, if the show isn’t a complete success, the school won’t have enough money to stay open for another year.

9780061799389

HARPER US

S$13.90

THE WARDSTONE CHRONICLES #12: SPOOK'S ALICE

By JOSEPH DELANEY

A lot of dark stuff happened when I was young that I've never even told to my dearest friend, Tom Ward. Dark and scary things I hoped I had left behind for ever ...Over the years, Alice has fought evil side by side with the Spook and his apprentice, Thomas Ward. But now Alice is alone - in the realm of the dark. And the creatures she has helped to banish there, now have the chance to take their revenge. Alice must seek the finalweapon needed to destroy the Fiend for good. If she fails, the world will fall into despair and darkness. If she succeeds, it means facing her own death at the hands of her dearest friend. But can she prevent the darkness from overtaking her over completely ...?

9780370332468

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INVISIBLE GIRLBy KATE MARYON

Caught between arguing parents and moving house, twelve-year-old Gabriella somehow slips through the cracks. Now she′s more alone than ever before. The city streets are no place for young girls but they’re all she’s got.Unless she can find her brother Beckett.Unless she can find her home.Watch book trailer here:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_08FZsRxHl8

9780007466900

HARPER UK

S$11.90

MAGICIAN: RIFTWAR SAGABy RAYMOND E. FEIST

At Crydee, a frontier outpost in the tranquil Kingdom of the Isles, an orphan boy, Pug, is apprenticed to a master Magician -- and the destinies of two worlds are changed forever.Suddenly the peace of the Kingdom is destroyed as mysterious alien invaders swarm the land. Pug is swept up into the conflictbut for him and his warrior friend, Tomas, an odyssey into the unknown has only just begun.Tomas will inherit a legacy of savage power from an ancient civilization. Pug′s destiny will lead him through a rift in the fabric of space and time to the mastery of the unimaginable powers of astrange new magic.

9780007485970

HARPER UK

S$14.90


TEAM HUMANBy JUSTINE LARBALESTIER

Readers who love vampire romances will be thrilled to devour Team

Human by Justine Larbalestier and Sarah Rees Brennan. Team

Human celebrates and parodies the Twilight books, as well as other classics in the paranormal romance genre.Mel is horrified when Francis Duvarney, arrogant, gorgeous, and

undead, starts at her high school. Mel’s best friend, Cathy, immediately falls for the vampire. Cathy is determined to be with him forever, even if having him turn her could inadvertently make her a zombie. Watch book trailer here:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKPvfDo19WE

9780062089656

HARPER US

S$13.90

LYING GAME #06: SEVEN MINUTES IN HEAVEN

By SARA SHEPARD

The jaw dropping conclusion to Sara Shepard's latest series of secrets, lies, and killer consequences

9780062272386

HARPER US

S$13.90


PRETTY LITTLE LIARS #11: STUNNING

By SARA SHEPARDNow a hit ABC Family TV show, Sara Shepard’s #1 New York Times

bestselling Pretty Little Liars series continues with Stunning.In the eleventh novel, A is still out there, lurking in the shadows and digging up the liars’ latest secrets...Emily’s reconnecting with an old flame, one baby step at a time. But is she headed toward true love or another bundle of heartache? Spencer’s learning about the highs and lows of campus life on a trip to Princeton. Aria’s seeing a whole new side to Noel’s dad—and it could drive a wedge between her and Noel. And, for better or worse, Hanna’s getting in touch with her inner A.Secret by secret, lie by lie, the girls get tangled in A’s dangerous web. Soon A will have enough ammunition to pull the trigger and end the pretty little liars, once and for all….

9780062081902

HARPER US

S$13.90

PRETTY LITTLE LIARS #13: CRUSHED

By SARA SHEPARDIn the thirteenth Pretty Little Liars novel, the secrets are more crushing than ever. . . . It's springtime in Rosewood, but while everyone else is searching for the perfect prom dress, Hanna, Spencer, Emily, and Aria are on adifferent kind of hunt: They're looking for A. . . . Hanna puts her campaign for prom queen on the back burner to volunteer at a burn clinic, where one of A's victims is recovering. Emily digs into Ali's past at the mental hospital with some very crazy consequences. Spencer contacts an amateur private eye to help her stalk her stalker. But when their sessions get a little too private, they may forget to keep their eyes on A. And Aria's worried that A is even closer than she thought. When her dark secret from Iceland comes to light, she discovers that maybe, just maybe, the one person she's been trying to hide the truth from has known all along.

9780062199713

HARPER US

S$24.90


BRIGHT YOUNG THINGS #3:

LUCKY ONESBy ANNA GODBERSEN

Bright Young Things by Anna Godbersen, author of the bestsellingLuxe series, introduced the girls of 1929, girls with big dreams andbig secrets in the big city of Manhattan during the Jazz Age. Each girl had a different fate. One would marry. One would find fame. And one would die.Lucky Ones, the thrilling conclusion to the glamorous Bright Young Things series, reveals the destinies of Broadway baby Letty Larkspur, bootlegger’s daughter Cordelia Grey, and flapper Astrid Donal.

9780061962714

HARPER US

S$13.90

INFAMOUS: FAME GAME #3

By LAUREN CONRAD

OMG, Madison Parker is back once again for the third book in herdeliciously mean The Fame Game series. The claws are out in the race to become Hollywood's brightest star...Madison Parker made a name for herself as best frenemy of nice-girl-next-door-turned-reality-celeb Jane Roberts in L. A. Candy. Now she's ready for her turn in the spotlight and she'll stop at nothing to get it. But with backstabbing friends and family, relentless paparazzi and tabloid scandals she can't control, Madison is going to have her work cut out for her...Filled with characters both familiar and new, this third book inLauren Conrad's glamorous series about life in front of the camera dishes Hollywood gossip and drama at every turn.

9780007454983 / 9780062247568

HARPER UK / HARPER US

S$18.90


UNRAVELLING #1: UNBREAKABLE

By ELIZABETH NORRIS

24 meets the X Files in the amazing follow up to Unravelling. Four months after Ben disappeared through the portal to his homeuniverse, Janelle believes she'll never see him again. Her world is still devastated, but civilisation is slowly rebuilding, and life is finally starting to resume some kind of normality. Until Interverse agent Taylor Barclay shows up. He's got a problem, and he needs Janelle's help. Somebody from an alternate universe is running a human trafficking ring - kidnapping people and selling them on different Earths. And Ben, with his unique abilities, is the prime suspect. To make things worse, Janelle learns that someone she cares about -someone from her own world - has become one of the missing. Now Janelle has five days to track down the real culprit.

9780007460236

HARPER UK

S$11.90

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