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Title: BLOOD PRESSURE
By: Alan Gibbons
Format: Electronic book text

List price: £6.99


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ISBN 10: 1444003976
ISBN 13: 9781444003970
Publisher: HACHETTE CHILDREN'S GROUP
Pub. date: 23 December, 2010
Edition: Digital original
Synopsis: Aidan has it all - a happy home in leafy suburbia with two cars parked on the drive, and all a boy could ask for in terms of designer labels and gadgets. He's top of the class, captain of the swimming team and has the gorgeous Emily hanging on his every word. So a trip up North with Mum to visit his dying Grandfather doesn't go down well. But it does teach Aidan a thing or two about real life - and friendships, trust, loyalty and survival. He's shattered to discover his real father is a gangland drugs dealer recently released from prison and out to regain his scrap of turf whatever it takes. He's surprised and confused to find he's falling in love with the intriguing Jade even though she's already pregnant after a fling with one of the bad lads who hangs out on the estate. He's humbled by his grandparents, how little they have, but how much wisdom and love they offer him. In a crackingly paced, hard-hitting, real life thriller that deals with drugs and crime, Alan Gibbons also describes the summer of one boy who must grow up super-fast - from hormonal to responsible - in one huge leap of faith.
Reader Age: From 9 to 11 years
Publication: UK
Imprint: Orion Children's Books (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
Returns: Non-returnable
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04 INJURY TIME
A FIGHT TO BELONG
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ACT OF LOVE (HB)
ALGORITHMIC GRAPH THEORY (HB)
ALGORITHMIC GRAPH THEORY (PB)
AN ACT OF LOVE
AN ACT OF LOVE (PB)
BEING ROONEY (PB)
BLOOD PRESSURE
BLOOD PRESSURE (HB)
BLOOD PRESSURE (PB)
BOUND FOR JAMAICA (PB)
CAUGHT IN THE CROSSFIRE
CAUGHT IN THE CROSSFIRE (PB)
CHARLES DARWIN (HB)
CHARLES DARWIN (PB)
CHICKEN
CHICKEN (HB)
CHICKEN (PB)
COMPLETE NEW TITLES SAVER PACK
COPYCAT (PB)
CYBER SHOCK (PB)
CYFRES AR BIGAU: HAF 'R GALON OER, YR (PB)
CYFRES AR BIGAU: NEWYN Y NOS (PB)
DAGGER IN THE SKY
DAGGER IN THE SKY (PB)
DARK SPACES (PB)
DEFENDER
DIVIDED WE FALL (PB)
DREAM TEAM (PB)
EDGE
EDGE (HB)
EFFICIENT PARALLEL ALGORITHMS (HB)
EFFICIENT PARALLEL ALGORITHMS (PB)
END GAME
END GAME (PB)
END GAME (PB)
EXTREME SURVIVAL (PB)
FAST CARS (PB)
FIGHT TO BELONG (PB)
FINAL COUNTDOWN (PB)
FOOTBALL SHORTS: 10 SOCCER STORIES (PB)
FREDDIE'S FEAR (PB)
GANGING UP
GANGING UP (HB)
GANGING UP (PB)
GLADIATOR (PB)
HATE
HATE (PB)
HATE (PB)
HEINEMANN ENGLISH READERS ADVANCED FICTI
HELL'S UNDERGROUND 3 RENEGADE
HELL'S UNDERGROUND 4 WITCH BREED
HELL'S UNDERGROUND: 02 THE DEMON ASSASSIN
HERE COME THE GIRLS! (PB)
HIGH IMPACT SET D FICTION: DEATHRIDERS (PB)
HODDER LITERATURE THE LOST BOYS APPRECI (HB)
HOLD ON
HOLD ON (PB)
HOLD ON (PB)
HOLE IN THE ROAD (PB)
HOME GROUND
HYBRID GRAPH THEORY AND NETWORK ANALYSIS
HYBRID GRAPH THEORY AND NETWORK ANALYSIS (HB)
HYBRID GRAPH THEORY AND NETWORK ANALYSIS (PB)
INJURY TIME (PB)
INVASION (PB)
JULIE AND ME (PB)
JULIE AND ME ... AND MICHAEL OWEN MAKES THREE (PB)
JULIE AND ME AND MICHAEL OWEN MAKES THREE
JULIE AND ME AND MICHAEL OWEN MAKES THREE (AUD)
JULIE AND ME AND MICHAEL OWEN MAKES THREE (PB)
KEEPER
KISS OF DEATH (PB)
LANG'S ESCAPE (PB)
LANG'S JUSTICE (PB)
LANG'S REVENGE (PB)
LAST MAN STANDING (PB)
LAST MAN STANDING (PB)
LECTURES IN PARALLEL COMPUTATION (PB)
LIAM (PB)
LIFELINES: CHARLES DARWIN (PB)
LLOFRUDD Y CAMERA (PB)
LONE WOLF (PB)
LOST BOYS'' APPRECIATION SOCIETY
LOST BOYS'' APPRECIATION SOCIETY
LOW POWER METHODOLOGY MANUAL (HB)
LOW POWER METHODOLOGY MANUAL (PB)
MAKING IT MOVE (PB)
MOVING ON (PB)
NEW TITLES STARTER PACK
NIGHT HUNGER (PB)
NOT YETI (PB)
ON THE RUN (PB)
PLAYING WITH FIRE
PLAYING WITH FIRE (HB)
PLAYING WITH FIRE (PB)
POINT DANGER (PB)
POWER PLAY (PB)
POWER PLAY (PB)
PROJECT X ALIEN ADVENTURES: DARK RED + BOOK BAND, OXFORD LEVEL 20: THE SCORPION LEGION (PB)
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RACE TO THE POLE (PB)
RAINING FIRE
RAINING FIRE (HB)
RAINING FIRE (PB)
RAINING FIRE (PB)
REASON IN REVOLT (PB)
RENEGADE (HB)
RENEGADE (PB)
RIB TICKLERS (PB)
RISE OF THE BLOOD MOON
RISE OF THE BLOOD MOON (PB)
ROLLERCOASTER: HATE READER (PB)
SCARED TO DEATH
SCARED TO DEATH (HB)
SCARED TO DEATH (PB)
SCARED TO DEATH (PB)
SETTING OF A CRUEL SUN
SETTING OF A CRUEL SUN (PB)
SHADOW OF THE MINOTAUR
SHADOW OF THE MINOTAUR
SHADOW OF THE MINOTAUR (AUD)
SHADOW OF THE MINOTAUR (CD)
SHADOW OF THE MINOTAUR (HB)
SHADOW OF THE MINOTAUR (PB)
SOME YOU WIN... (PB)
SPIES (PB)
STORIES FOR GIRLS (HB)
STREET CORNER DAD (PB)
STREET OF TALL PEOPLE
STREET OF TALL PEOPLE (PB)
SUPER SUB
TEACH ME TO WRITE ... FICTION (HB)
TEACH ME TO WRITE NON FICTION (PB)
TEACH ME TO WRITE POETRY (PB)
THE BEAUTIFUL GAME (PB)
THE BODY IN THE CAR PARK (PB)
THE COLD HEART OF SUMMER (PB)
THE COLD HEART OF SUMMER (PB)
THE DARK BENEATH (PB)
THE DARKNESS OF DRAGONS (PB)
THE DARKWING OMNIBUS (PB)
THE DEFENDER
THE DEFENDER (HB)
THE DEFENDER (PB)
THE DEMON ASSASSIN (HB)
THE DEMON ASSASSIN (PB)
THE DEMON ASSASSIN (PB)
THE DYING PHOTO (CD)
THE DYING PHOTO (PB)
THE EDGE (AUD)
THE EDGE (AUD)
THE EDGE (CD)
THE EDGE (CD)
THE EDGE (PB)
THE GREATEST (PB)
THE GREATEST (PB)
THE ICE MAN (PB)
THE LEGENDEER TRILOGY (PB)
THE LION ROARS (PB)
THE LOST BOYS' APPRECIATION SOCIETY (PB)
THE NAME IS KADE (PB)
THE NUMBER 7 SHIRT (CD)
THE NUMBER 7 SHIRT (PB)
THE NUMBER 7 SHIRT (PB)
THE PASSENGER (PB)
THE RETURN OF FRANKIE STINE (PB)
THE SHADOW OF THE MINOTAUR (AUD)
THE THREE HEADS OF CERBERUS (PB)
THE TRAP (PB)
THE TRAP (PB)
THE TRICK (PB)
THE TROUBLE WITH JACK (PB)
THE WINTER'S TALE (PB)
THEY SAW TOO MUCH (PB)
THIS BOY (PB)
TOTAL FOOTBALL BOOK 7 (HB)
TOTAL FOOTBALL COMPLETE COLLECTION
TOTAL FOOTBALL: 08 FINAL COUNTDOWN
TOTAL FOOTBALL: SOME YOU WIN... (HB)
TUNNEL OF TERROR (PB)
TWIN STRIKERS (PB)
UNDER PRESSURE (PB)
UNSOLVED MYSTERIES (PB)
VAMPYR LEGION (PB)
WARRIORS OF THE RAVEN (PB)
WEIRD SCHOOL DAY
WEIRD SCHOOL DAY (PB)
WEIRD SNOWY DAY (PB)
WEIRD SPOOKY DAY (PB)
WEIRD SPORTS DAY (EARLY READER)
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