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The Ship of Shadows
Name: Carol Carter
30 July 2021;Genre: Adventure
Ajela is hungry for adventure. While life at home is Seville, helping in the family taverna and trying to escape from her loving family's ladylike expectations of her, the city can provide some excitement, such as sneaking out at night and clambering of the city's rooftops. But really Ajela is...
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The Ship of Shadows: Secrets of the Stars
Name: Beverley Somerset
30 July 2021;Genre: Adventure
The Ship of Shadows sets sail on another fantastic adventure in Secrets of the Stars! Aleja and her pirate crewmates are searching for the second part of a magical map hidden by legendary explorer Thomas James. Their search takes them from Croatia to China as they attempt to o...
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A Hundred and One Daffodils
Name: Lucy Newton
30 July 2021;Genre: Early Readers & Young Fiction
A Hundred and One Daffodils is a great book for early readers who are just starting to build their fluency and reading stamina. The bright front cover is enticing with pictures of cute animals and the book has a short blurb on the back to give hints of the story. There are als...
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The House on the Edge
Name: Sam Phillips
30 July 2021;Genre: Friends and family
Faith and her young brother Noah live with their mother in The Lookout; a crumbling house, teetering on the edge of a Dorset cliff top. Faith's father has disappeared, her uncle is adamant the house should be his, and Faith alone is left to look after her brother, who appears obsessed by sea g...
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Life Skills
Name: Sam Phillips
30 July 2021;Genre: Non Fiction
Life Skills by Keilly Swift is a brilliant guide, teaching children essential life skills that they will undoubtedly need as they grow up. Helping children and young adults to deal with difficult situations, make good decisions and gain confidence. This is an absolutely...
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Let's Play, Daddy Bear!
Name: Lizi Backhouse
30 July 2021;Genre: Early Readers & Young Fiction
Part of the 'Bloomsbury Young Readers' story, Let's Play, Daddy Bear! is a beginners chapter book that early readers will enjoy. Little Bear lives with Daddy Bear on the weekends - a little detail that I enjoyed seeing in an early readers book as this will be normal for so man...
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Once Upon Our Planet
Name: Bryony Davies
30 July 2021;Genre: Environment & Nature
Once Upon Our Planet: Rewild Bedtime with 12 stories is a beautifully presented hardback compilation. Vita Murrow has skilfully woven mythology with traditional story telling to create these short stories that take the reader all over the globe (and under the sea) This book co...
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Do Not Mess With The Mermaids
Name: Megan Webb
30 July 2021;Genre: Magical Realism
Do Not Mess With The Mermaids is the second book in a magic-packed series. This story takes place eight years after Princess Grace and her sister Princess Portia win the troll-o tournament. Over the past eight years, the Kingdom of Wondermere has changed a lot and rules are no...
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Bad Panda
Name: Amanda Shipton
30 July 2021;Genre: Funny Stories
Nobody, absolutely nobody, calls Lin a fluffy-wuffy bear! Lin is the world's fuffiest panda and the main attraction at the zoo but it is the last thing that she wants. 'Being good is boring!' she complains. The one thing that she want more than anything is to play with her brother Face-Like-A-...
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Theodora Hendrix and the Curious Case of the Cursed Beetle
Name: Jenny Caddick
30 July 2021;Genre: Adventure
Get ready for a second adventure with the MLM (Monstrous League of Monsters) and their only (and highly against the MLM rules) human family member, 10 year old Theodora Hendrix in Theodora Hendrix and the Curious Case of the Cursed Beetle. Abandoned at birth and adopted by the...
