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Top 40

Have you ever wondered what books and resources other schools are buying for their students?

Here’s a sneak preview to our top 40 bestselling titles from the last 3 months:

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Oxford Primary Thesaurus

Oxford Primary Thesaurus

The Oxford Primary Thesaurus is the perfect essential for every confident young writer, firstly it lists words in an alphabetical format, which makes looking for any definition or word, easy to navigate. This must-have reference gives thousands of ...
  • Book Cover : Hardback
Original price was: £12.99.Current price is: £6.50.
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The Treasure Hunters

The Treasure Hunters

When lonely Vincent is forced to go on an outdoor activity weekend with three other kids from his class, he's counting the seconds until he can escape home. But one of his classmates is hiding a secret: she's convinced there's pirate treasure buried ...
  • ATOS Book Level : 4.7
  • Points Value : 9.0
  • Book Cover : Paperback
Original price was: £7.99.Current price is: £3.99.
3
Oxford School Dictionary

Oxford School Dictionary Paperback

The forever reliable Oxford School Dictionary is now newly available in a two-colour paperback edition, which includes all the text from the bestselling hardback, and more. Each entry contains clear definitions, numbered meanings, word classes, ...
  • Book Cover : Paperback
Original price was: £7.99.Current price is: £3.99.
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Oxford Primary Dictionary

Oxford Primary Dictionary

This is perfect dictionary for confident young writers and common dictionary readers, which is provided at a discounted cost of half-price, here at Laburnum House... You couldn’t get any better if you tried. The Oxford Primary Dictionary ...
  • Book Cover : Hardback
Original price was: £12.99.Current price is: £6.50.
5
Philip's Junior School Atlas

Philip’s Junior School Atlas

The 11th edition of the market-leading atlas for primary school pupils, Philip's RGS Junior School Atlas has been fully revised and updated with all the latest facts and curriculum requirements. - The essential atlas for primary schools with ...
  • Book Cover : Paperback
Original price was: £8.99.Current price is: £4.50.
6
Fight Back

Fight Back

Aaliyah is an ordinary thirteen-year-old living in the Midlands - she's into her books, shoes, K-pop and she is a Muslim. She has always felt at home where she lives ... until a terrorist attack in her area changes everything. As racial tensions ...
  • ATOS Book Level : 4.9
  • Points Value : 11.0
  • Book Cover : Paperback

This title contains content which may be considered inappropriate for primary aged children

Original price was: £7.99.Current price is: £3.99.
7
Finding Her Feet

Finding Her Feet

A shy but talented footballer navigates challenging friendships and anxiety at school in this touching tale from acclaimed author Eve Ainsworth. Lily always feels a little bit left out. Shy and anxious, she finds school really hard, particularly ...
  • ATOS Book Level : 4.7
  • Points Value : 1.0
  • Book Cover : Paperback
Original price was: £7.99.Current price is: £3.99.
8
The Boy Whose Wishes Came True

The Boy Whose Wishes Came True

Archie Crumb is having a tough time. Picked-on at school, picked last for any team; his home has been sad and quiet since Dad left and his luck feels like its run out. But things start looking up when Archie bumps his head and literally sees ...
  • ATOS Book Level : 4.9
  • Points Value : 8.0
  • Book Cover : Paperback
Original price was: £7.99.Current price is: £3.99.
9
Angel Of Grasmere

Angel Of Grasmere

Tarn grapples with the loss of her brother at Dunkirk as she faces the threat of Nazi invasion in the Cumbrian countryside in this gripping wartime tale from Tom Palmer. July 1940 – as Tarn struggles to come to terms with the loss of her beloved...
  • ATOS Book Level : 5.0
  • Points Value : 4.0
  • Book Cover : Paperback
Original price was: £7.99.Current price is: £3.99.
10
Reek

Reek

Sparrow lives in the world after the Reek. The atmosphere is toxically polluted, and Axel Brodie, the tech billionaire behind Zephyr Industries, is cashing in as the only supplier of clean air. Sparrow is struggling to help her family survive ...
  • ATOS Book Level : 3.8
  • Points Value : 2.0
  • Book Cover : Paperback
Original price was: £7.99.Current price is: £3.99.
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Deadly Deep

Dread Wood: Deadly Deep

It’s summer term and time for a school trip with a difference! Year 8 are on a boat off the coast of France, learning about ocean life. But things are about to get WEIRD . . . Who is the creepy man on board the ship? And what IS the vast, ...
  • ATOS Book Level : 4.9
  • Points Value : 6.0
  • Book Cover : Paperback
Original price was: £7.99.Current price is: £3.99.
12
Noor-Un-Nissa

Noor-Un-Nissa Inayat Khan

It's 1940 and hundreds of families are being forced to flee Nazi-occupied France. Noor refuses to stand by while Nazi forces invade her home and terrorise her people, so she travels to England and signs up to join the war efforts, despite her ...
  • ATOS Book Level : 5.2
  • Points Value : 6.0
  • Book Cover : Paperback
Original price was: £7.99.Current price is: £3.99.
13
Fing

Fing

Myrtle Meek has everything she could possibly want. But everything isn’t enough. She wants more, more, MORE! When Myrtle declares she wants a FING, there’s only one problem… What is a FING? Mr and Mrs Meek will do anything to keep their...
  • ATOS Book Level : 4.2
  • Points Value : 3.0
  • Book Cover : Softback
Original price was: £7.99.Current price is: £3.99.
14
The List

The List

Can friendships survive as Denny relives the good times and rewrites the bad? A comic and compelling tale from award-winning author Keith Gray. It’s the end of the summer and Denny is having to move away with his mum now that she’s found a ...
  • ATOS Book Level : 4.3
  • Points Value : 3.0
  • Book Cover : Paperback

This title contains content which may be considered inappropriate for primary aged children

Original price was: £7.99.Current price is: £3.99.
15
Finding My Voice

Finding My Voice

How do you find your voice when everyone around you is telling you to be quiet? Frankie is different, and so is her best-friend, Sam. So when they both start secondary school, it's tough. Particularly when there are so many rules to follow, like: ...
  • ATOS Book Level : 2.6
  • Points Value : 1.0
  • Book Cover : Paperback
Original price was: £8.99.Current price is: £4.50.
16
Secrets Of A Sun King

Secrets Of A Sun King

London, 1922. A discovery from ancient Egypt . . . A cursed package . . . The untold story of a young pharaoh . . . When Lilian Kaye finds a parcel on her grandad's doorstep, she is shocked to see who sent it: a famous Egyptologist, found ...
  • ATOS Book Level : 5.0
  • Points Value : 8.0
  • Book Cover : Paperback
Original price was: £7.99.Current price is: £3.99.
17
The Iron Man

The Iron Man

The Iron Man came to the top of the cliff. Where had he come from? Nobody knows. How was he made? Nobody knows. Mankind must put a stop to the dreadful destruction by the Iron Man and set a trap for him, but he cannot be kept down. Then, when a ...
  • ATOS Book Level : 4.7
  • Points Value : 1.0
  • Book Cover : Paperback
Original price was: £6.99.Current price is: £3.50.
18
The Girl & The Galdurian

Lightfall Book 1: The Girl & The Galdurian

Deep in the heart of the planet Irpa stands the Salty Pig’s House of Tonics & Tinctures, home of the wise Pig Wizard and his adopted granddaughter, Bea. As keepers of the Endless Flame, they live a quiet and peaceful life, crafting medicines ...
  • ATOS Book Level : 2.5
  • Points Value : 1.0
  • Book Cover : Paperback
Original price was: £10.99.Current price is: £5.50.
19
Big Shot

Diary Of A Wimpy Kid: Big Shot – Book 16

GREG HEFFLEY AND SPORTS JUST DON'T MIX. After a disastrous competition at school, Greg decides that he's officially retired from ANY kind of sport! That is, until his mom persuades him to give it one more go and makes Greg reluctantly agree to sign ...
  • ATOS Book Level : 5.6
  • Points Value : 3.0
  • Book Cover : Paperback
Original price was: £7.99.Current price is: £3.99.
20
The Destruction Of Pompeii

I Survived: The Destruction Of Pompeii, AD 79

The beast beneath the mountain is restless... No one in the bustling city of Pompeii worries when the ground trembles beneath their feet. The beast under the mountain Vesuvius, high above the city, wakes up angry sometimes – and always goes back...
  • ATOS Book Level : 3.0
  • Points Value : 1.0
  • Book Cover : Paperback
Original price was: £9.99.Current price is: £4.99.
21
Diary Of A Wimpy Kid Collection | 15 Books

Diary Of A Wimpy Kid Collection | 15 Books

This pack of best selling Diary Of A Wimpy Kid titles includes No's 1-15, All of the titles are tested for Accelerated Reader and include all the quiz information you will need on a handy label inside the front cover. All of the titles are ...
  • ATOS Book Level : 5
  • Book Cover : Paperback
Original price was: £119.85.Current price is: £59.93.
22
Hurricane Child

Hurricane Child

Caroline Murphy is a Hurricane Child. Being born during a hurricane is unlucky, and 12-year-old Caroline has had her share of bad luck lately. She's hated and bullied by everyone in her small school on St. Thomas of the US Virgin Islands, a ...
  • ATOS Book Level : 5.3
  • Points Value : 6.0
  • Book Cover : Paperback
Original price was: £6.99.Current price is: £3.50.
23
Everest

Everest: Reaching The Roof Of The World

Everest is the world’s highest mountain, towering like an icy giant over the Himalayas. For the millions of people living nearby, it has always been a magical place, known as “Goddess Mother of the World” or the “Peak of Heaven”. To ...
  • ATOS Book Level : 6.6
  • Points Value : 1.0
  • Book Cover : Paperback
Original price was: £7.99.Current price is: £3.99.
24
The Climbers

The Climbers

In this compelling story of teenage rivalry and friendship, award-winning author Keith Gray captures the subtle agonies and reality of life growing up in a small town.  Sully is the best climber in the village. He can scale the Twisted Sister’s ...
  • ATOS Book Level : 4.3
  • Points Value : 2
  • Book Cover : Paperback

This title contains content which may be considered inappropriate for primary aged children

Original price was: £7.99.Current price is: £3.99.
25
Currency Control

The Gamer: Currency Control

Evil Cynthia Cyber is robbing banks with her latest creation, a villain named Currency. The stolen money will go toward building a machine that can capture people in a simulation program. There she could control every victim's life. It's up to the ...
  • ATOS Book Level : 3.4
  • Points Value : 0.5
  • Book Cover : Paperback
Original price was: £6.99.Current price is: £3.50.
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Drowning In My Bedroom

Drowning In My Bedroom

The terrifying impact of global warming on vulnerable lives is laid bare in this gripping tale of survival from internationally bestselling author Steve Cole. Gayla is trapped when floodwater pours into her bedroom in a residential centre for kids...
  • ATOS Book Level : 4.1
  • Points Value : 2.0
  • Book Cover : Paperback
Original price was: £7.99.Current price is: £3.99.
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Five Survive

Five Survive

Eighteen year old Red and her friends are on a road trip in an RV, heading to the beach for Spring Break. Spirits are high. Until the RV breaks down in the middle of nowhere. And as the wheels are shot out, one by one, the friends realise that ...
  • ATOS Book Level : 4.7
  • Points Value : 14.0
  • Book Cover : Paperback

This title contains content which may be considered inappropriate for primary aged children

Original price was: £8.99.Current price is: £4.50.
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Run Wild

Run Wild

Izzy and Asha need a space to call their own, away from difficult families, the Skull brothers and the trouble they bring. But the derelict building site where they stake their claim already belongs to something else, a wilderness they never expected...
  • ATOS Book Level : 3.5
  • Points Value : 2.0
  • Book Cover : Paperback
Original price was: £7.99.Current price is: £3.99.
29
Echostar

Echostar

Ruby Brookes and her best friend Deva have won free places at the Ash Tree Foundation Performing Arts Camp over the summer, but only if their school grades seriously improve. So when Deva suddenly starts getting high marks in all their subjects, ...
  • ATOS Book Level : 4.5
  • Points Value : 3.0
  • Book Cover : Paperback

This title contains content which may be considered inappropriate for primary aged children

Original price was: £7.99.Current price is: £3.99.
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The Magic Faraway Tree

The Magic Faraway Tree

Milo, Mia and Birdy are on a countryside holiday when they wander into an Enchanted Wood. Among the whispering leaves, there is a beautiful tree that stands high above the rest. The Magic Faraway Tree is home to many remarkable creatures including a ...
  • ATOS Book Level : 5.3
  • Points Value : 7.0
  • Book Cover : Paperback
Original price was: £7.99.Current price is: £3.99.
31
The Thames & Tide Club

The Thames And Tide Club

Clem and her friends Ash and Zara are members of the Thames and Tide Club! Every weekend they go mudlarking by the river, searching for treasures that have washed up on the shore. Clem has found old things, new things and a whole heap of rubbish. But...
  • ATOS Book Level : 5.1
  • Points Value : 2.0
  • Book Cover : Paperback
Original price was: £6.99.Current price is: £3.50.
32
The Foundation

The Foundation

When keen gamer Ivy Finch is sent to the Ash Tree Foundation after an online encounter turns dangerous, all she can think about is getting through the internet-safety course her parents have signed her up for and going back to her life. Until she ...
  • ATOS Book Level : 4.6
  • Points Value : 3.0
  • Book Cover : Paperback

This title contains content which may be considered inappropriate for primary aged children

Original price was: £7.99.Current price is: £3.99.
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The Nine Night Mystery

The Nine Night Mystery

Last night Wesley and his friends Josephine and Margot threw their neighbour Rachel a surprise birthday party. This morning, Rachel is dead. And Wesley is the one who finds her body. Rachel's friends throw a traditional Caribbean Nine Night ...
  • ATOS Book Level : 3.6
  • Points Value : 10.0
  • Book Cover : Paperback
Original price was: £7.99.Current price is: £3.99.
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Amulet Graphic Novels Collection | 9 Books

Amulet Graphic Novels Collection | 9 Books

This Amulet 9 book graphic novel collection includes the following titles at 50% discount. All of the titles are tested for Accelerated Reader and include all the quiz information you will need on a handy label inside the front cover. All of ...
  • ATOS Book Level : 2.0
  • Book Cover : Paperback
Original price was: £85.91.Current price is: £42.96.
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The Headless Ghost

The Headless Ghost

THEY'VE GOT A REAL HEAD START. Everyone knows about Hill House. It's the biggest tourist attraction in town. That's because it's haunted. Haunted by the ghost of a thirteen-year-old boy. A boy with no head! Duane and Stephanie love Hill House. It's ...
  • ATOS Book Level : 3.2
  • Points Value : 2.0
  • Book Cover : Paperback
Original price was: £5.99.Current price is: £2.99.
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Grandpa's Great Escape

Grandpa’s Great Escape

Jack’s Grandpa. *wears his slippers to the supermarket *serves up Spam à la Custard for dinner *and often doesn’t remember Jack’s name But he can still take to the skies in a speeding Spitfire and save the day. An exquisite ...
  • ATOS Book Level : 5.2
  • Points Value : 7.0
  • Book Cover : Paperback
Original price was: £7.99.Current price is: £3.99.
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Catch Your Death

Catch Your Death

When three girls are stranded at the grand Bramble Estate in the middle of a snowstorm, they stumble into a murder plot. Someone has poisoned wealthy Emily Vanforte in the middle of a family dinner - which means Devi, Lizzie and Jayne are trapped in ...
  • ATOS Book Level : 5.8
  • Points Value : 16.0
  • Book Cover : Paperback

This title contains content which may be considered inappropriate for primary aged children

Original price was: £8.99.Current price is: £4.50.
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Northern Soul

Northern Soul

Marv’s fourteen and his life is simple. There’s football. And his best mate, Jimmy. Perfect. Nothing else matters until a new girl at school called Carly crashes into his life. For Marv, it’s love at first sight, his emotions flipped upside ...
  • ATOS Book Level : 4.1
  • Points Value : 2.0
  • Book Cover : Paperback
Original price was: £7.99.Current price is: £3.99.
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Adelaide

AdelAIDE

Freya desperately wants to be a famous influencer, like her former best friend, Hye-jin, but no matter what she does, her posts flop. Until Freya’s stepdad arrives home with AdelAIDE, a home-assistant robot. It quickly becomes clear that ...
  • ATOS Book Level : 5.1
  • Points Value : 3.0
  • Book Cover : Paperback

This title contains content which may be considered inappropriate for primary aged children

Original price was: £7.99.Current price is: £3.99.
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Flock Horror

Dread Wood: Flock Horror

Angelo and his friends know that together they can handle any pretty much anything – including giant mutant spiders or snake-like parasites that burrow into your brain. But when a terrifying new enemy attacks from above it seems they have met their...
  • ATOS Book Level : 4.8
  • Points Value : 8.0
  • Book Cover : Paperback
Original price was: £7.99.Current price is: £3.99.
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