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Runaways: An irresistible story about finding your true home
Name: Sue Wilsher
04 July 2025;Genre: Family & Home
Jamie and July are both 11 and both live in London, but their lives are very different. Both are desperate to get away from home - Jamie to escape something he has done and July to find help for her mother. Each is wary and suspicious of others, but somehow the two form a partnership as they h...
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Supersized Squirrel: Attack of the Zombears
Name: Amanda Shipton
03 July 2025;Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
What's not to love? The very first thing that you are greeted by is the heroes page and the FART (villains) page! Well if children were in any doubt that they wanted to read on, they are clear at this point that this is the book for them! The giggles that you hear the moment that child...
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Running My Own Race
Name: Rachel Bolton
02 July 2025;Genre: Representation & Inclusion
There is so much to unpick in this novel: it's about running, which makes a change from football; it's about family relationships that aren't often written about (a pushy but adoring mother), and it's about fitting into a new school where racism rears its ugly head. It's edgy and at times make...
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Wigglesbottom Primary: The Popcorn Puppy
Name: Amanda Shipton
02 July 2025;Genre: Funny Stories
The latest creation from the Blue Peter Best Story Award writers does not disappoint. Wigglesbottom Primary is clearly the school that every young chapter book reader will want to go to! There is never a dull day, literally anything can happen. Wigglesbottom Pr...
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Rosa by Starlight
Name: Lorraine ansell
01 July 2025;Genre: Magical Realism
Rosa's life is turned upside down when her parents are lost in an accident. A strange aunt and uncle arrive and take over her home and her life. As she grows, Rosa struggles to remember her real parents and a life full of love and laughter. With only a magical cat named Balthazar to keep her c...
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The Girl with Gills
Name: Jacqueline Harris
01 July 2025;Genre: Fantasy
Effra is a Larker, people who live on the river and have gills. For obvious reasons they keep away from people who live on land, who they call Lubbers. One day, the Rivermun snatches Effra's little brother and, to keep him safe, she is forced into a terrifying series of encounters to save not...
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Shoot For The Stars
Name: Emma Urbonas
01 July 2025;Genre: Personal Growth
"A kickass guide to finding confidence in sport", indeed!! Shoot for the Stars is as creative as it is inspiring and I love how it contains biographies of real athletes and stories of them overcoming challenges to achieve their dreams. This book is a lesson in resilien...
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The Invisibles
Name: Jacqueline Harris
01 July 2025;Genre: Fantasy
Four children live on a magical island. They have everything they need and only one rule; never go to the Island of Darkness. But one child breaks the rule and catapults his friends into a world called Wasteland, where there are no children and it is unbearably bleak. Grace wakes up with no me...
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Running My Own Race
Name: Beverley Somerset
24 June 2025;Genre: Representation & Inclusion
Kofi's talent for running has helped him win a scholarship to a prominent private school. When he is selected for the athletics team, he begins to believe that his dream of one day becoming a professional athlete may actually come true. However, as the only Black pupil in his year, he soon rea...
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Riverskin: A pacy and atmospheric tale
Name: Sue Wilsher
23 June 2025;Genre: Myths & Legends
Tess lives with her Aunt Peg in the turns under the River Tees, their home furnished with the waste discarded by the dry-folk who live out of the water. Chained in a pit is Unkle Darkwater, a malevolent and dangerous presence, a constant threat to their safety. When Unkle breaks free and it se...