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The Last Firefox
Name: Jane Rew
09 May 2022;Genre: Personal Growth
Charlie has two good friends, Lippy and Roo, and two arch enemies, Will and Zack, his primary school bullies. At least, thanks to Dad and Pa, home is stress-free... until they talk of adopting a little sister or brother for Charlie. If he can't stand up to the bullies, he'll never be able to p...
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It's the End of the World and I'm in my Bathing Suit
Name: Sue Wilsher
09 May 2022;Genre: Adventure
When Eddie's genius plan to avoid doing his laundry goes terribly wrong, he finds himself grounded whilst his family heads for the big Beach Bash he has been looking forward to all summer. Left behind to tackle a mountain of stinking clothes, suddenly all the power goes off and Eddie finds him...
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S.T.E.A.L.T.H.: Access Denied
Name: Aahil Age 12
06 May 2022;Genre: Adventure
This is a wonderful book with an intriguing plot. With this book, I found myself speechless (for the first time ever!) One of my favourite things about this book is the unbelievable things that happen - for example, who manages to sneak out of school?! No one I know! But the characters are sti...
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Great Elizabethans: HM Queen Elizabeth II and 25 Amazing Britons from Her Reign
Name: Beverley Somerset
05 May 2022;Genre: Biographies & Autobiographies
This lovely and informative non-fiction book introduces the reader to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and 25 other famous peoples who have come to prominence over the remarkable 70 years of her reign. The book includes a wide range of people, from Aneurin Bevan and the foundation of the NHS, th...
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Indiana Bones
Name: Lia Age 9
05 May 2022;Genre: Adventure
So far I have read 6 chapters of the book Indiana Bones and I quite like it because the two main characters (Aisha and Indiana Bones ) are about to go to Egypt to find treasure! Unfortunately, a man called Ringo is following them… I have been reading on to chapter 7 and this...
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A Robot Squashed My Teacher
Name: Samantha Phillips
05 May 2022;Genre: Funny Stories
A Robot Squashed My Teacher is the highly anticipated sequel to the Marcus Rashford Book Club Selection, A Dinosaur Ate My Sister by Pooja Puri, illustrated brilliantly throughout by Allen Fati...
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Princess Minna: The Unicorn Mix-Up
Name: Lauren Maidman
05 May 2022;Genre: Fairy Tales & Folk Tales
Princess Minna and The Unicorn Mix-Up is another story in The Princess Minna series. It tell the story of Princess Minna, who loves to do Princess things, like save the day, kiss a frog, tame a Unicorn and of course eat cake! However, on this day Princess Minna has not slept w...
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Princess Minna: The Enchanted Forest
Name: Lauren Maidman
05 May 2022;Genre: Fairy Tales & Folk Tales
Princess Minna and The Enchanted Forest is another story in The Princess Minna series. Princess Minna loves to save the day and when she wakes up, there is more chaos in the Kingdom. Prince Welling-Tunboot is turning 10. However, a rather horrible curse has been placed on his...
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The Map of Leaves
Name: Nathan Cox
05 May 2022;Genre: Environment & Nature
Yarrow Townsend's debut The Map of Leaves is an ingeniously relatable and thrilling adventure story intertwined with a wealth of natural facts. Children battling against the odds to find the cure nature so desperately needs provides the perfect hook for an important, unique ad...
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Seed
Name: Sharon Porter
05 May 2022;Genre: Friends and family
'This was the first book in ages that I read from cover to cover in only a few days. I really couldn't put it down. I really liked the main character, Marty, because he is unsure of quite a few things - just like me! I wished things were different for Marty and his dad, but Marty seems happy e...
