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Sky Pirates: The Dragon's Gold
Name: Sue Wilsher
11 September 2021;Genre: Adventure
Having joined the Black Sky Wolves, Echo is determined to prove herself as a Sky Pirate. She loves her new life aboard the Scarlet Margaret, digging for treasure, wearing breeches and being part of the crew. However, when her mother, Captain Indigo Lil, is summoned to a meeting of the Seven Sk...
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We Have a Dream
Name: Jane Rew
10 September 2021;Genre: Environment & Nature
Each one of the 30 young people featured in We Have a Dream is an activist in one or more environmental spheres - politics, education, inclusivity and diversity, cultural recognition, climate activism, habitat loss, resource depletion. In a word, all are concerned with justice...
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Bird's Eye View
Name: Wendy Kelly
10 September 2021;Genre: Animals
Bird's Eye View is the story of a little bird who literally 'flies the nest' and goes out into the world to find out more about humans. She observes many people from her vantage point high above them and sees kindness, happiness, anger, sadness, tiredness and many other human...
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The Boys
Name: Wendy Kelly
10 September 2021;Genre: Friends and family
The Boys is a very unusual book by the same authors as the prize-winning story The Girls. A group of boys who have known each other since birth and who were always best friends find themselves growing apart as they grow into their teenage years. They realise that the distance...
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Yapping Away: Poems to Fill the World with Laughter
Name: Sue Wilsher
08 September 2021;Genre: Poetry
Joshua Seigal is well known for his humorous and inspiring poems and this new collection, Yapping Away, is every bit as wonderful as his other books. Full of excellent poems, it is perfect for sharing at home or school or for curling up with on your own. The poems are playful,...
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Torn Apart - the Partition of India
Name: Jennifer Caddick
07 September 2021;Genre: Historical Fiction
Torn Apart - the Partition of India is a powerful and absorbing dual narrative story focusing on the fates of two young boys - one a wealthy Muslim and the other a poor Hindu street orphan - brought together by the horrendous violence, fear and division created by the 1947 par...
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A Winter Treasury of Recipes, Crafts and Wisdom
Name: Lucy Newton
07 September 2021;Genre: Non Fiction
Little Country Cottage: A Winter Treasury of Recipes, Crafts and Wisdom is a lovely book to delve into the delights of winter with! This book sets the wintery scene for its reader with information about life in this typically cold season. It starts with an introduction to the...
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The Raven Heir
Name: Nicki Cleveland
05 September 2021;Genre: Fantasy
Safe in the forest, Cordelia, Giles and Rosalind are shielded from the fighting that has ravaged the kingdom of Corvenne for generations. When two Dukes bring the war to their door, they are forced to flee before the crown can be placed upon one of them. With their mother captured and destiny...
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The Haunting of Aveline Jones
Name: Jacqueline Harris
04 September 2021;Genre: Supernatural
Aveline Jones gets sent to stay with her aunt in the Cornish town of Malmouth. Aveline loves ghost stories, so the first thing she does is visit the local bookshop and buys a book of ghost stories. But something strange is happening. The book belonged to a girl who disappeared more than 30 yea...
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Fireborn: Twelve and the Frozen Forest
Name: Rhiannon Cook
03 September 2021;Genre: Fantasy
Twelve is a huntling who has pledged her loyalty to the Lodge and given up everything she has, including her name, to protect the seven clans. However, Twelve is driven by a dark purpose, darker even than she realises. Before she can complete her training, the Hunting Lodge is attacked and Twe...
