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Antarctica: The Melting Continent
Name: Sharon Porter
01 July 2022;Genre: Environment & Nature
Well I have to admit, Antarctica: The Melting Continent was a bit of a surprise. I was expecting to open it to find a non-fiction book, however, the author Karen Romana Young has very cleverly woven a multitude of facts in amongst her interviews and experiences on the icy cont...
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Song of the River
Name: Donna Burkert
30 June 2022;Genre: Environment & Nature
In Song of the River, we learn that Cari's father is dead. Her mum has moved them to another place, a place that Cari never wanted to go, and all she has left to remind her of him is his warm red jumper and his camera. And now her mum's dreams of starting afresh have been ruin...
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The Midnighters
Name: Hayley Summerfield
30 June 2022;Genre: Mystery & Detective
The Midnighters is a ghostly tale of two friends and one murder mystery set in the gothic city of Prague. We are first introduced to the character of Ema Vašková when she is born. Her birth marks the end of her grandma's life - Liliana - and the beginning of hers, which is str...
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The Monster Who Was Scared of Soap
Name: Lizi Backhouse
30 June 2022;Genre: Early Readers & Young Fiction
As young readers books go, this is a great one! Part of the 'Bloomsbury Young Readers' series, The Monster Who Was Scared of Soap is split into chapters, has fab pictures on every page and is written in a good sized font for readers who are gaining skills and confidence. <...
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Hurly Burly: Macbeth Mayhem!
Name: Donna Burkert
30 June 2022;Genre: School Stories
Beth is the best-behaved pupil at her school. She knows this as she has won the coveted prize for the last two years running. She works hard to tidy up and do exactly as she is asked, always offering to help and complete tasks for her busy teachers. So, this year, she is looking forward to set...
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Hetty and the Battle of the Books
Name: Beverley Somerset
30 June 2022;Genre: Friends and family
Hetty, Mei, Rocket and Ali met on their first day in Reception class. Known as 'The Ladybirds', they've been firm friends ever since. Now in their first year at Secondary school, however, things have changed. After a misunderstanding over her birthday party, Hetty has cut herself off from her...
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The Midnighters
Name: Janet Fisher
28 June 2022;Genre: Mystery & Detective
The Midnighters follows the story of Ema who lives in Prague in an unspecified time, the youngest of a very scientific family, all of whom specialise in something different. Ema knows that the number 12 means something to her, that she seems to know things will happen before t...
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Do You Want a Hug?
Name: Wendy Kelly
26 June 2022;Genre: Animals
This is a sweet little book that takes the first steps into conversations about consent. It asks the same question, 'Do You Want a Hug?' to a variety of animals. Some say 'yes' and some say 'no' and others show there are lots of different ways to show affection, if you choose...
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Marvellous Bodies
Name: Sharon Porter
23 June 2022;Genre: Non Fiction
Marvellous Bodies isn't just a run-of-the-mill non-fiction book about the body, oh no, it has a 'magical' element to it, too. Well, when we say magical, we really mean scientifically explainable… the red filtered hand lens allows us to look inside the bodies/images on each pag...
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Small!
Name: Louisa Farrow
16 June 2022;Genre: Funny Stories
Small! has been hoping for a new pair of football boots on his tenth birthday. Instead his mum gives him a pair of stilts, sludge brown dungarees and a green velvet top hat. There's barely time for poor bemused Harvey to ask questions (or learn to walk on stilts) before he's p...
