Jim Eldridge es un autor prolífico, nacido en el área de Euston en Londres en 1944. Creció en un tiempo convulso, sobreviviendo a los ataques de cohetes V1 y V2 durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Eldridge dejó la escuela a los 16 años y desempeñó varios trabajos antes de emprender una carrera como maestro. Enseñó en áreas desfavorecidas de Luton mientras construía simultáneamente su carrera como guionista y autor de libros para niños.
La carrera de escritura de Eldridge es extensa y variada. Ha escrito más de 250 guiones de televisión para programas infantiles y adolescentes, tanto en el Reino Unido como internacionalmente, y también es el creador y escritor de la serie de comedia-drama de Radio 4, King Street Junior. Además de su trabajo en televisión y radio, Eldridge ha escrito numerosos libros para niños, incluidos títulos de la serie Mi Historia, los libros Warpath y Cómo manejar a los adultos.
A principios de la década de 2000, Eldridge cambió su enfoque desde los libros para niños y la televisión a la escritura de novelas históricas de crimen para adultos. A lo largo de sus 40 años de carrera como guionista, se transmitieron 250 guiones de televisión en el Reino Unido e internacionalmente, incluidos guiones para la televisión estadounidense, y 250 guiones de radio se transmitieron por la BBC. Sus libros para niños incluyen éxitos de ventas como "Trincheras" y "Invasión romana" en la serie "my Story" de Scholastic.
Las novelas de misterio de Eldridge para adultos exitosas incluyen la serie de museos para Allison & Busby, ambientada en la Inglaterra victoriana y con Daniel Wilson y Abigail Fenton como protagonistas. También ha escrito una serie ambientada en Londres durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial, con DCI Edgar Saxe-Coburg como protagonista. Después de vivir durante muchos años en Irlanda rural y Cumbria, Eldridge y su esposa, Lynne, ahora residen en Kent.
Black Ops Books
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Jungle Kill
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Death in the Desert
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Urban Assassin
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Cathedral Mysteries Books
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Murder at St Paul's Cathedral
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DCI Paul Stark Books
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Assassins
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Shadows of the Dead
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Disgusting Dave Books
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Disgusting Dave And The Farting Dog
2009
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Disgusting Dave And The Flesh Eating Maggots
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Disgusting Dave and the Bucketful of Vomit
2011
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Death In The Jungle
1995
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Killer In The City
1995
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White Death
1995
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Plague Ship
1995
Hotel Mysteries Books
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Murder at the Ritz
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Murder at the Savoy
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Murder at Claridge's
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London Underground Station Mysteries Books
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Murder at Aldwych Station
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Murder at Down Street Station
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Murder at Lord's Station
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Murder at Whitechapel Road Station
2024
The Malichea Quest Books
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The Invisible Assassin
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The Deadly Game
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The Lethal Target
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The Last Enemy
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Museum Mysteries Books
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Murder at the Fitzwilliam
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Murder at the British Museum
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Murder at the Ashmolean
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Murder at the Manchester Museum
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Murder at the Natural History Museum
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Murder at Madame Tussauds
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Murder at the National Gallery
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Murder at the Victoria and Albert Museum
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Murder at the Tower of London
2023
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Murder at the Louvre
2023
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Murder at the Colosseum
2025
SAS Books
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Hostile Terrain
2003
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London Siege
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Secret Assault
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Secret Assault: SAS
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Jungle War: Sas
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Jungle War
2004
Survivor Books (with Stephen Davies)
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Survivor: Escape from Pompeii
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Survivor: Titanic (By: Stephen Davies)
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Escape from Pompeii
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Warpath Books (as J. Eldridge)
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Tank Attack
1999
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Deadly Skies
1999
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Behind Enemy Lines
1999
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Depth Charge Danger
1999
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Night Bomber
2000
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Island of Fear
2000
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Big Rock and the Masked Avenger
2014
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Hunk and Thud
2014
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The Giant Rumble
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Thud in Trouble
2015
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Jack Versus Veto
2015
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The Final Showdown
2015
Novelas independientes
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Down Payment On Death
1972
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Bad Boyes (With: Duncan Eldridge)
1987
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Bad Boyes
1987
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King Street Junior
1988
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Bad Boyes and the Gangsters
1988
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Monsterman (With: Duncan Eldridge)
1988
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Monsterman
1988
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Uncle Jack and Operation Green
1990
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The Double Life of E.W.Potts, Schoolboy
1991
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Time Riders
1991
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Uncle Jack and the Loch Ness Monster
1991
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The Legend of the Lost Keys
1998
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Desert Duel
2004
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Dunkirk Escape
2009
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4.3.2.1
2010
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Sink the Tirpitz
2010
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Bomb!
2011
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Blood on the Wall
2013
Chapter Books
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Under Attack
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Gunpoint
2016
Libros de imágenes
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Tractor and Digger Save the Day
1997
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Tractor And Digger
1999
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Wayfarers
2017
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The Refugee Camp
2017
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Captain Hawk And The Stone Of Destiny
1997
Colecciones
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Monster Summer Reading Pack
1995
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Spies And Special Forces!
2002
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Second World War Stories for Boys
2012
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Daring World War Two Stories for Boys
2013
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Courageous First World War Stories
2014
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The Funniest Joke Book
1983
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The funniest joke book
1983
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Bogeys, Boils And Bellybuttons
1986
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Bogeys, Boils And Bellybuttons (With: Duncan Eldridge)
1986
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Save Our Planet
1987
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Holidays Survival Guide
1989
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The Complete How to Handle Grown-ups (With: Duncan Eldridge)
1991
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The Complete How to Handle Grown-ups
1991
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Completely Misleading Guide to School
1994
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What Grown-Ups Say and What They Really Mean
1994
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Even More Ways to Handle Grown-ups (With: Duncan Eldridge)
1996
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Even More Ways to Handle Grown-ups
1996
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Warriors! True Stories Of Combat, Skill And Courage
2001
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A Canny History of Carlisle
2006
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Standing Alone
2011
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London Stories
2012
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Charles Dickens
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Alan Turing
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1066
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Stories of the First World War
2014
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Independence. War in Ireland
2017
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50 Things You Should Know About The Tudors
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50 Things You Should Know About The Tudors (By: Rupert Matthews)
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50 Things You Should Know about Fierce Creatures (By: Steve Parker)
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50 Things You Should Know about Fierce Creatures
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50 Things You Should Know About The First World War
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50 Things You Should Know About the Second World War (By: Simon Pratt-Adams)
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50 Things You Should Know About the Second World War
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50 Things You Should Know About The Human Body
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50 Things You Should Know About The Human Body (By: Angela Royston)
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50 Things You Should Know About the Environment (By: Jen Green)
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50 Things You Should Know About the Environment
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Bug Boy - Spider Camp! (By: Jeanne Willis)
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Bug Club Pro Guided Year 6 The Road to Freedom
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Step Inside a Story
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The Moon Monsters Get Lost (By: Jeanne Willis)
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Sid Did it (By: Jeanne Willis)
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Rat and Cat - The Dance (By: Jeanne Willis)
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Slug Picnic (By: Jeanne Willis)
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The Dragon's Tale and Other Beastly Stories
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Missing Milly
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Get a Parrot (By: Jeanne Willis)
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Goha and the Shoes
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A Little Green Monster (By: Jeanne Willis)
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The Best Bet
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Keeping a Pet (By: Jeanne Willis)
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Giant George & the Robin (By: Jeanne Willis)
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Frog Fight
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The Noises Next Door
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Boring, Boring (By: Jeanne Willis)
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Don't Call Me Mum!
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Babysitting Barney (By: Jeanne Willis)
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The Trout Fishing Song (By: Jeanne Willis)
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Big Giant, Little Bear
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Rat and Cat - The Hat! (By: Jeanne Willis)
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Dig Sid Dig (By: Jeanne Willis)
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Beetle Cookies (By: Jeanne Willis)
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One-Way Ticket to Mars (By: Jeanne Willis)
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Little Red Riding Hoody (By: Jeanne Willis)
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Spider Camp (By: Jeanne Willis)
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The Not-So-Merry-Go-Round (By: Maureen Haselhurst)
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The Bop (By: Jeanne Willis)
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A Rat and Cat in the Hat Trick (By: Jeanne Willis)
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The Quiz Went Fizz! (By: Jeanne Willis)
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Let's Rock (By: Jeanne Willis)
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Sid and the Boxer Pup (By: Jeanne Willis)
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Butterfly Pie (By: Jeanne Willis)
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Sea Fishing (By: Jeanne Willis)
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The Runaway T (By: Jeanne Willis)
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Step Inside a Story (By: Julia Donaldson)
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Tyrannosaurus Drip (By: Julia Donaldson)
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Plays to Act Tiddler (By: Julia Donaldson)
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Flash the Dog Dives In!
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Changing Places (By: Nette Hilton)
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The Dragon's Tale and Other Beastly Stories (By: Anthony Horowitz, Simone Massoni)
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Machines on the Move (By: Clive Gifford)
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Swoop Flies South (By: Smriti Prasadam-Halls)
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Rat and Cat - Let's Jump (By: Jeanne Willis)
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Missing Milly (By: Julia Donaldson)
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Goha and the Shoes (By: Julia Donaldson)
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The Best Bet (By: Julia Donaldson, Charlie Alder)
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Frog Fight (By: Julia Donaldson)
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The Noises Next Door (By: Julia Donaldson)
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Don't Call Me Mum! (By: Julia Donaldson)
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Rap-unzel (By: Jeanne Willis)
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Flash the Dog Bounces In!
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Big Giant, Little Bear (By: Rosalind Kerven)
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Goldilocks and The Clever Plan (By: Smriti Prasadam-Halls)
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Goldilocks and the Big Mess (By: Smriti Prasadam-Halls)
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Goldilocks and the Porridge Problem (By: Smriti Prasadam-Halls)
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The Road to Freedom (By: Lesa Cline-Ransome)
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The Tree (By: Smriti Prasadam-Halls)
2017
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The Trenches: Billy Stevens, The Western Front, 1914-1918
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Battle of Britain: Harry Woods, England, 1939-1941
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Trafalgar: James Grant, HMS Norseman, 1799-1806
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Armada: Thomas Hobbs, England, 1587-1588
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Agincourt : Jenkin Lloyd, France, 1415
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Waterloo: Bob Jenkins, Royal Horse Artillery, 1814-1817
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Flying Ace: Jack Fairfax, Royal Flying Corps, 1915-1918
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D-Day: Lieutenant Andy Pope, Normandy, 1944
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Crimea: Michael Pope, 110th Regiment, 1853-1857
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Spy Smuggler: Paul Lelaud, France, 1942-1944
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Desert Danger: Tim Jackson, North Africa WWII
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U-boat Hunter: Peter Rogers, HMS Arum, 1939-1945
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Roman Invasion: A British Boy, AD 84
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Viking Blood: A Viking Warrior, 1008 AD
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The Sweep's Boy: A Victorian Boy, London, 1870
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Pyramid of Secrets
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Dodger: The Story of a Victorian Pickpocket
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I Was There… Alone In The Trenches (By: Vince Cross)
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Richard III (By: Stuart Hill)
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I Was There Boudica's Army (By: Hilary McKay)
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I Was There Tutankhamun's Tomb (By: Sue Reid)
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1066
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I Was There Viking Invasion (By: Stuart Hill)
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I Was There...: Ira Aldridge (By: Judy Hepburn)
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On Board the Titanic (By: Margi McAllister)
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The Titanic
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The Titanic (By: Ellen Emerson White)
1992
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My Story The Trenches
1999
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The Hunger
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My Story (By: Vince Cross)
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The Hunger ( By: Carol Drinkwater)
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Twentieth Century Girl
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Twentieth Century Girl ( By: Carol Drinkwater)
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The Great Plague: A London Girl's Diary, 1665-1666
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Battle of Britain: Harry Woods, England, 1939-1941
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The Crystal Palace (By: Frances Mary Hendry)
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Suffragette
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The Great Plague (By: Pamela Oldfield)
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The '45 Rising (By: Frances Mary Hendry)
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Sophie's Secret War
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Cadogan Square
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Battle of Britain (By: Chris Priestley)
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Nowhere to Run
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Suffragette ( By: Carol Drinkwater)
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Victorian Workhouse (By: Pamela Oldfield)
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Road to War (By: Valerie Wilding)
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Victoria
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Sophie's Secret War (By: Jill Atkins)
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Cadogan Square ( By: Carol Drinkwater)
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Factory Girl (By: Pamela Oldfield)
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Noor-un-Nissa Inayat Khan
2020
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Nowhere to Run ( By: Carol Drinkwater)
2012
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Mayflower
2020
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War Spy
2013
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Princess Sophia Duleep Singh
2022
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Victoria (By: Anna Kirwan)
2014
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Mary Prince
2022
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Codename Céline
2015
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Coming Home
2018
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Noor-un-Nissa Inayat Khan (By: Sufiya Ahmed)
2020
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Mayflower (By: Kathryn Lasky)
2020
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Princess Sophia Duleep Singh (By: Sufiya Ahmed)
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Mary Prince (By: E.L. Norry)
2022
My Story: Boys Books (with Michael Cox, with Chris Priestley, with Bryan Perrett)
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The Trenches: Billy Stevens, The Western Front, 1914-1918
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Battle of Britain (By: Chris Priestley)
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Trafalgar: James Grant, HMS Norseman, 1799-1806 (By: Bryan Perrett)
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Armada: Thomas Hobbs, England, 1587-1588
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Agincourt : Jenkin Lloyd, France, 1415 (By: Michael Cox)
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Waterloo: Bob Jenkins, Royal Horse Artillery, 1814-1817 (By: Bryan Perrett)
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Flying Ace: Jack Fairfax, Royal Flying Corps, 1915-1918
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D-Day: Lieutenant Andy Pope, Normandy, 1944 (By: Bryan Perrett)
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Crimea: Michael Pope, 110th Regiment, 1853-1857 (By: Bryan Perrett)
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Spy Smuggler: Paul Lelaud, France, 1942-1944
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Desert Danger: Tim Jackson, North Africa WWII
2005
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U-boat Hunter: Peter Rogers, HMS Arum, 1939-1945 (By: Bryan Perrett)