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Name: Lucy Georgeson
15 April 2021;Genre: Friends and family
Cardboard Cowboys is the first middle grade book from author Brian Conaghan and it absolutely does not disappoint. Lenny blames his size for everything. He thinks his mum and dad don't love him anymore and that they blame him for what happened to his older brother, Frankie. He...
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Strangeworlds Travel Agency: Edge of the Ocean
Name: Kelly Buxton
15 April 2021;Genre: Magical Realism
Another triumph for L.D Lapinski in book 2 of The Strangeworlds Travel Agency: Edge of the Ocean. Born out of the pandemic, what better stories to lose yourself in, in times of despair, lockdowns and the unknown? A portal story, that takes Flick, Jonathon and cousin Avery on a...
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The Story of Climate Change
Name: Nicola Mansfield
15 April 2021;Genre: Environment & Nature
This beautiful book portrays itself as 'a first book about how we can help save our planet' but I would say it goes far beyond being the first stop on a journey of understanding climate change and is one that can be read and referred to over and over again. As well as being beautifully...
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Agent Zaiba Investigates: The Haunted House
Name: Evie Age 10
15 April 2021;Genre: Mystery & Detective
Agent Zaiba, Agent Poppy and Agent Ali add some new recruits to the Snow Leopard Detective Agency (UK Branch) to investigate the Haunted House. Olivia and Flora's mom and dad (Courtney and Jack) throw a house-warming party. Meanwhile, Zaiba investigates the supernatural things, like a shiny ne...
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Fourteen Wolves
Name: Megan Webb
15 April 2021;Genre: Environment & Nature
Wolves are often considered as horrible scary creatures, however, they have a lot to offer. Fourteen Wolves tells the story of the reintroduction of wolves in Yellowstone Park, USA, in 1995. Prior to 1995 wolves had disappeared from Yellowstone Park, which caused the ecosystem...
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Monster Doughnuts
Name: Lisa Watkins
10 April 2021;Genre: Funny Stories
A completely wacky and hilarious story about a 10-year-old girl who is a monster hunter! But Grace isn’t any normal monster hunter, she has discovered that monsters LOVE a sweet treat and uses this to her advantage, filling doughnuts with secret exploding baking powder to defeat her enemies! G...
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Agent Zaiba Investigates: The Missing Diamonds
Name: Evie Age 10
10 April 2021;Genre: Mystery & Detective
Agent Zaiba Investigates: The Missing Diamonds is about a group of friends (Zaiba, Poppy and Ali) who never give up. Their mission was to identify the VIP guest, then to track down the missing dog and diamond collar and finally to discover who took the dog and why! Zaiba, her brother (Ali, wh...
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How To Save The World With A Chicken And An Egg
Name: Donna Burkert
08 April 2021;Genre: Environment & Nature
Ivy Pink Floyd is no ordinary girl, she believes she can communicate with animals and tries her hardest to tell the good folk of Southwold what they need to do to make their pets lives better. Her foster father beseeches her not to make a rumpus so that she can continue to stay with them, and...
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Do you Love Dinosaurs?
Name: Wendy Kelly
08 April 2021;Genre: Non Fiction
Dinosaur books are usually always a winner so I had high hopes for this, and wasn't disappointed. Written by Matt Robinson, author of the award winning Do you Love Bugs?, it follows a similar style of bright, cartoony illustrations and a chatty style of writing. The text is clearly laid out an...
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Starboard
Name: Beverley Somerset
07 April 2021;Genre: Friends and family
When seven-year-old Kirsten Bramble made a film to find her Dad a new girlfriend, it went viral and the Brambles are now reality TV stars. They live in a big house and have plenty of money. Starboard begins when Kirsten is 11 and her show is not doing so well; audience figures...
