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The House Trap
Name: Jo Clarke
23 August 2023;Genre: Mystery & Detective
If you go down to the woods today…. you'd better have nerves of steel and a razor sharp mind! When Amity wanders into the forbidden forest, her friends Claude, Sam and Deliah set off to find her but end up with far more than they bargained for. Discovering a dilapidated house, the children ven...
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The Magic of Forests: A Fascinating Guide to Forests Around the World
Name: Sue Wilsher
23 August 2023;Genre: Environment & Nature
Join Mimi cat as she leads the reader into the fascinating world of forests, learning about their secrets and their treasure. Starting by defining what a forest is and looking at the differences between woodlands, forests and jungles, the author then introduces the reader to the different type...
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Sticky Pines: The Wrath of the Blob
Name: Sam Phillips
22 August 2023;Genre: Science Fiction
Sticky Pines: The Wrath of the Blob is another brilliant adventure by Dashe Roberts. Although the long-awaited conclusion of the Sticky Pines series, The Wrath of the Blob is a great standalone read. However, this 'toe...
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Once Upon a Hillside
Name: Sue Wilsher
21 August 2023;Genre: Environment & Nature
In Once Upon a Hillside, Angela McAllister skilfully combines seven different, yet linked, stories following the changing landscape of a hillside over the course of six thousand years. It celebrates the healing power of nature, the beauty and joy to be found in the outdoors an...
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Huxley and Flapjack Race to the Rescue
Name: Sue Wilsher
21 August 2023;Genre: Adventure
In Huxley and Flapjack Race to the Rescue, Huxley is a little koala filled with energy and zest for life. Flapjack, his penguin friend, is far more anxious and cautious, but together they make the perfect team. They live in a treehouse just outside the town and, when a new sto...
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We are All Astronauts
Name: Jane Rew
21 August 2023;Genre: Non Fiction
I liked the idea of collecting all 13 astronaut badges in We are All Astronauts as the reader progresses through the book (a unique badge is assigned to each space mission); the message that space exploration, whether IN space or from Earth, is barred to no-one, least of all t...
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Norah's Ark
Name: Sue Wilsher
18 August 2023;Genre: Family & Home
Adam Sinclair lives in a lovely house. He has a huge treehouse to himself, a private tutor, plenty to eat and loving parents who dote on him. However, since his recovery from Leukaemia, his overprotective mother wants to keep him safely at home so he is not able to make friends or return to th...
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Her Majesty's League of Remarkable Young Ladies
Name: Jacqueline Harris
18 August 2023;Genre: Historical Fiction
Winifred Weatherby is a not so ordinary school girl who suddenly finds herself catapulted into the world of spies. These spies are all young ladies, set up to provide support for Queen Victoria. A mysterious person called The Magpie is causing mischief and possibly putting royal lives in dange...
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Stand Up and Speak Out Against Racism
Name: Julie Broadbent
17 August 2023;Genre: Representation & Inclusion
Yassmin Abdel-Magied is an author, a social activist, an engineer and a broadcaster. After visiting young people in schools, she asked them what they wanted to know about racism and social injustice. Stand Up and Speak Out Against Racism is the result of the conversations that...
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The Stolen Songbird
Name: Donna Ritchie
17 August 2023;Genre: Historical Fiction
1940 is where the prologue to The Stolen Songbird begins, where we meet a boy and a girl (no names mentioned - which made it a mysterious beginning). Then a jump to 1959, where we meet a rabbit. The way the author describes this rabbit led me to believe that he had a very impo...
