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Name: Donna Age 9
18 September 2020;Genre: Adventure
The Tigers in the Tower follows Sahira, an orphan. This unfortunate turn of events happens on the journey from India to England with the two tigers that her father is supplying to the menagerie at the Tower of London. During the journey, both parents succumb to an illness and...
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Name: Kelly Buxton
18 September 2020;Genre: Historical Fiction
Elsetime is a great book for time travelling adventure fans. Set in London in 1928, it was inspired by The Great Flood of London when sadly 14 people lost their lives.Needle, a time travelling, treasure seeking 12-year-old; Glory, an orphan with one hand; and their...
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Name: Sue Wilsher
17 September 2020;Genre: Representation & Inclusion
Frank is 10 years old and loves playing football and cracking codes. His brother, Max, is five and is autistic, often melting down...down...down when things change. Their mother works hard to help Max manage the world around him; Frank often wishes that she had more time to paint like she did...
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Name: Carol Carter
17 September 2020;Genre: Fantasy
Tilly and the Map of Stories is the third instalment of the Pages & Co series, about a young bookworm, Tilly, who, along with her best friend, Oskar, can 'bookwander' - travel into the books she reads, meet the characters, and, of course, have wonderful adventures.<b...
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Name: Julie Broadbent
17 September 2020;Genre: Friends and family
Set at the end of World War II, brother and sister Tom and Gem find themselves orphaned and on the run. They have been moving from town to town, having had to escape from their cruel and wicked uncle. They are now doing whatever they can to survive.Whilst on the run they find thems...
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Name: Bryony Davies
17 September 2020;Genre: Young fiction
Furry Purry Beancat seems like any other cat. She loves to nap. Anywhere, anytime. However, when she wakes up, she finds herself on a new adventure. Furry Purry Beancat lives nine lives!In The Railway Cat, Beancat is woken by the sound of a steam w...
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Name: Nicki Cleveland
17 September 2020;Genre: Animals
Having made a 'tranimalator', Andy Seed has scoured the planet to conduct some amazing interviews with ten spectacular clawed creatures, including a tiger, wolf, and my personal favourite, a snow leopard.Each interview in Interview with a Tiger: and Other Clawed Beasts Too<...
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Name: Jacqueline Harris
17 September 2020;Genre: Friends and family
Tin, Padraig Kenny's first book for children, ranks as one of my all-time favourites, so with each subsequent book by him I've been on tenterhooks to see if I like it as much. He does not disappoint with this one.Brother and sister Tom and Jem stumble across a strange house in the...
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Name: Elen Green
17 September 2020;Genre: Young fiction
One of the first in a new series by Philip Ardagh - and with great illustrations by Rob Biddulph - The Pirate Captain's Cat stars Furry Purry Beancat, a loveable cat who finds a new adventure every time he wakes up. This really is a cat with nine lives - each of them an amazing new adventure!<...
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Name: Susan Wilsher
17 September 2020;Genre: Fantasy
Wish, Xar and Bodkin are still in great danger as they near the end of their quest to save the Wildwoods. They need to find the Cup of Second Chances to mix the spell to get rid of witches in which means breaking into the Mine of Happiness - a place full of unhappiness and the ever hungry Tatz...
