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The Last Tree
Name: Sharon Porter
02 November 2021;Genre: Environment & Nature
My children initially thought that because The Last Tree was a picture book, that it would be a simple book. They were very surprised. The main theme of the book is about the earth only having a limited amount of resources and once they're all gone, that's it. The fact...
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The Midnight Guardians
Name: Louisa Farrow
01 November 2021;Genre: Historical Fiction
Col is an evacuee. After the death of his father he has been sent to Buxton to live with his aunt and he is desperate to spend Christmas with his sister, Rose. He thought he had left behind the imaginary friends of his childhood but, unexpectedly, they come to life, bringing bewildering news....
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By Rowan and Yew
Name: Bryony Davies
01 November 2021;Genre: Environment & Nature
By Rowan and Yew is written by Melissa Harrison. A follow up to last year’s By Ash, Oak and Thorn, this is a beautiful book and excellent sequel (although you don't need to have read the first book). This book picks up on Moss,...
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A Secret in Time
Name: Ellen Green
01 November 2021;Genre: Historical Fiction
A Secret in Time is a high-stakes, wintry story that takes us back in time to 1947 and an intriguing glimpse into life at that time, as well as a high stakes adventure for siblings Alex and Ruby, with life-threatening dangers and a reputation to save. When Alex and Ruby...
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Fledgling
Name: Louisa Farrow
01 November 2021;Genre: Magical Realism
Cassie Engel's home life is unusual. Her mother is an eccentric opera singer who spends most of her day singing and her father, broken by the war, takes refuge in drink and taxidermy. They live in a tall house built by her great grandfather on top of a tall rock, reached by a helter skelter ro...
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Shadow Town
Name: Ruth Cornish
01 November 2021;Genre: Magical Realism
Shadow Town is primarily an adventure filled with fantasy and mystery. It is also a powerful thriller with psychological layers which become apparent towards the end of the book, enabling the reader to make connections between the protagonist's real life and the imaginary worl...
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The Boy Who Got Accidentally Famous
Name: Samantha Phillips
01 November 2021;Genre: Funny Stories
Billy is an ordinary eleven year old school boy, who lives with his perfectly ordinary parents and his ten-month-old sister, Lisa, who is also ordinary. Everything about Billy was ordinary; at school he wasn't top of his class, or bottom. He wasn't good at sport, or bad either. He was neither...
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A Secret in Time
Name: Natalie J. McChrystal Plimmer
01 November 2021;Genre: Historical Fiction
A Secret in Time is the fourth title in Nicholls' chapter-book series about a time-travelling brother and sister who are able to jump into the antique mirror in their aunt's grand home of Applecott House and transport to other existences of their family's residence throughout...
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A Secret in Time
Name: Lucy Newton
31 October 2021;Genre: Historical Fiction
A Secret in Time is a nice book for early readers who are gaining their stamina with reading! This story follows the adventures of Alex and Ruby as they begin an epic adventure after looking through their aunt's mirror. Suddenly they find themselves back in 1947, fighting thro...
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Cardboard Cowboys
Name: Jan Blagden
31 October 2021;Genre: Friends and family
It was refreshing to read Brian Conaghan's Cardboard Cowboys because it tackles the issue of negative body image from a boy's point of view. We are inside the head of Lenny, who is a loner, not necessarily from choice. All the angst and anxiety that he feels is expressed in a...
