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Dragon Shield
Name: Alice Hill
16 July 2014;Genre: Adventure
Charlie Fletcher - who is behind the Stoneheart books - has delivered an exciting and enthralling adventure story about a London where time stops for humans while its statues come to life. At the centre of the action are siblings Will and Jo, who have their own unresolved issues around an accide...
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Secret Agent Mummy
Name: Elizabeth Harris
16 July 2014;Genre: Adventure
This is the first in a new series for Steve Cole. The aptly named Niall Rivers gets more than he bargained for when he accompanies his mum on a house visit to collect items for the school fete. Amongst the peculiar items they collect from the house's strange owner, Niall discovers a shabtis that...
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The Cat Who Came in off the Roof
Name: June Hughes
16 July 2014;Genre: Adventure
This is another of Pushkin Childrens Books beautifully presented works of fiction for children originally written in other languages. The book was first published in Dutch in 1970 . Tibble is a reporter on a local newspaper who, rather than write about all the nasty things that go on, has taken...
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Shouty Kid - How Harry Riddles Made a Mega Amazing Zombie Movie
Name: Cosmas Age 9
14 July 2014;Genre: Friends and family
Harry wants to make a zombie movie to save his family because his dad lost his job, but he doesn't have the money to do it. So he writes to famous people including the Queen and Harry Styles to ask for money. The writing is different - the story includes text messages, emails, letters and web cha...
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The River Singers
Name: Joy Court
14 July 2014;Genre: Adventure
I must admit to a real soft spot for animal adventures, but at the same time I also have an abhorrence of anthropomorphic animals living in houses and wearing clothes! But here we have the real thing, in absolutely the very best tradition of Watership Down and Duncton Wood. Debut author Tom Moo...
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Dear Scarlett
Name: Moly Cameron
27 June 2014;Genre: Mystery & Detective
This book has an amusing characteristic to it and it's a fascinating story that is full of mystery and regret. Scarlett is a young girl who had a dad that was a thief and sadly he died and then she finds this small old rusty box that has interesting things in there. This object that she finds is...
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ShoutyKid
Name: Elizabeth Harris
28 May 2014;Genre: Friends and family
Shouty Kid by Simon Mayle is a laugh-out-loud read. 10-year-old Harry is on a mission to rescue his family from impending financial ruin, after the failure of his dads film writing career. Harry plans to write and produce his own zombie movie, Eat the Parents. Meanwhile, he is desperate to impr...
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Shadow of the Zeppelin
Name: Graham Marks
18 May 2014;Genre: Adventure
It is now a hundred years since World War 1 broke out, and this is the turbulent backdrop against which Bernard Ashley's latest novel takes place. It was a time of great change - Man had only very recently taken to the air and, with the world now at war, also a time of huge uncertainty. The story...
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The Worst Witch All At Sea
Name: zahra Age 9
30 April 2014;Genre: Young fiction
I liked the mischef and the amazing witch world and the school, plus the imagination Jill Murphy puts in your mind
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Charlie Merricks Misfits in Fouls, friends and My World Cup
Name: Melanie Chadwick
30 April 2014;Genre: Real life
Full of action, both on and off the pitch, this book is bang on target. Charlie Merrick's bunch of misfit friends love football, but they're just not very good at it. Their team, North Star Galaxy, are desperately fighting the battle against relegation in the under 12s league. Their chances do...
