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The Maker of Monsters
Name: Lola Age 11
30 June 2019;Genre: Adventure
A boy in isolation has chosen a career in slavery for a man driven crazy by his own grief for his kidnapped daughter. The boy's job is to feed the beasts but as they get more and more nightmarish, he realises he has helped put the human race into grave danger. With no plan, skills or knowledge...
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Check Mates
Name: Gwyn Hubball
30 June 2019;Genre: Friends and family
Felix is struggling at school, he has ADHD and cannot concentrate on anything. Consequently, he spends a lot of time in isolation and feels like he useless at everything; Felix's confidence is at an all-time low. He doesn't see much of his parents as they are working all hours following the de...
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Pages & Co.: Tilly and the Bookwanderers (Pages & Co., Book 1)
Name: Lucy Russell
27 June 2019;Genre: Fantasy
Since her mother mysteriously disappeared when she was a baby, Tilly has been raised by her grandparents in their homely rambling bookshop, Pages and Co. Tilly can often be found curled up with a book and counts Anne Shirley and Alice as dear friends. One wet half term, strange things start t...
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Kid Normal and the Shadow Machine
Name: Leanne Woolcock
26 June 2019;Genre: Adventure
From the bestselling award-winning authors, Greg James and Chris Smith, comes the latest, highly-anticipated third installment in the Kid Normal series which many of my class are claiming to be the best one yet! Murph Cooper, who still has no official superhero power, is now facing his most dan...
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Kid Normal and the Rogue Heroes
Name: Leanne Woolcock
26 June 2019;Genre: Adventure
This is the second equally funny book in the Kid Normal series from Radio 1's Greg James and Newsbeat presenter Chris Smith. After his victory in the first Kid Normal book, Murph and his superhero zeros find themselves busily saving the world, one top-secret adventure at a time, which is easier...
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Kid Normal
Name: Leanne Woolcock
25 June 2019;Genre: Adventure
This is the first book in a series by Radio 1 presenter Greg James and award-winning journalist Chris Smith. Murph Cooper is new in town and is in need of a new school; luckily for him, he is offered a place at 'The School' after his mum tells the strange teacher that, with his help, Murph could...
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When We Became Humans
Name: Bryony Davies
19 June 2019;Genre: Adventure
When We Became Humans by Michael Bright is a large format illustrated non fiction text covering the development of the human species from prehistory to modern times. The text clearly introduces the species related to Homo Sapiens and shows how different groups have been classified. Bright's cle...
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The Usborne Book of the Moon
Name: Kyle Matravers
16 June 2019;Genre: Adventure
The Usborne book of the Moon has been published with the 50th anniversary of the moon landing in mind. Aimed at primary aged children, this text (written by Laura Cowan) helps children develop a better understand of the moon. The book starts in a more traditional fiction text way, but then mo...
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The Usborne Book of the Moon
Name: Jayne Gould
14 June 2019;Genre: Adventure
A full moon, framed by the silhouettes of trees, shines out from the cover of this book, inviting the reader to pick it up and discover more. From the endpapers showing the phases of the moon to speculation about a lunar colony, it contains a wealth of information. Mankind has always been fasci...
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The Switch Up
Name: Beverley Somerset
13 June 2019;Genre: Friends and family
Teenagers Willa and Alice meet by chance in the departure lounge in LAX airport, and immediately realise that they look so alike they could be mistaken for twins. Both girls are on their way to London; Alice is due to spend the summer with her father's new girlfriend, Mabel, whom she has never...
