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Finally Seen
Name: Louisa Farrow
16 August 2023;Genre: Family & Home
Lina’s family went to America five years ago, but she stayed behind with her grandmother - until now! At last she’s going to join them! When she arrives, life in America is quite different from the way she imagined it (from watching The Simpsons and from her mother’s letters). At school, it’s...
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River Rescue: A Peanut, Butter & Crackers Story
Name: Amanda Shipton
14 August 2023;Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
In Peanut, Butter & Crackers: River Rescue, the pets are off to the great outdoors in their human's camper van. Everything is going fine until Butter, the indoor cat, realises that their human has not brought a litter tray! There must be one in the forest, right, how else...
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The Light Thieves
Name: Jenny Caddick
11 August 2023;Genre: Adventure
A clever adventure fantasy with a strange dystopian future at its heart. It is a story so relevant to our current time; themes of climate change and powerful, society controlling technology make the events seem all the more relatable, thought-provoking and easily imagined. The world has...
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Stand Up and Speak Out Against Racism
Name: Louisa Farrow
10 August 2023;Genre: Representation & Inclusion
Stand Up and Speak Out Against Racism is an ambitious book: it sets out to help make the world a fairer place for everyone by investigating racism. Words from Yasmin Abdul-Magied and pictures from Aleesha Nandra work effectively together to explore three key questions: why rac...
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The Treasure Hunters
Name: Janet Fisher
10 August 2023;Genre: Mystery & Detective
Poor Vincent skulks around at school trying not to be noticed or have anyone notice he is alone. But teachers have noticed he seems to have no friends and put him forward for an adventuring weekend away, involving tents and lots of walking! He is joined by Lena who has an ulterior motive for j...
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Grimwood: Attack of the Stink Monster!
Name: Amanda Shipton
04 August 2023;Genre: Funny Stories
A Bigfoot is on the loose! A squirrel wedding! Silent disco party time! Just another day in Grimwood really! Ted, Nancy, Willow and the rest of the Grimwood gang must embark on their greatest adventure yet to save their home from a nasty, thieving stink monster. Grimwood: Attack...
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How To Spaghettify Your Dog: and other science secrets of the universe
Name: Jane Rew
04 August 2023;Genre: Non Fiction
It’s not only geeks and science teachers who will enjoy How To Spaghettify Your Dog, although they surely will. Any child (or adult) who has wondered at the weirdness of the world and puzzled over why things do what they do, or look the way they look, will get sucked in. <...
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Questions and Answers about Refugees
Name: Sharon Age 11
04 August 2023;Genre: Representation & Inclusion
In Questions and Answers about Refugees, every single page has lots of questions with the answers underneath the flap. I learned so much just from the first six pages! We have been studying journeys in our geography lessons this term. I'd highly recommend this for anyone aged...
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My Name is Sunshine Simpson
Name: Donna Burkert
04 August 2023;Genre: Family & Home
Sunshine Simpson was born in a taxi; she knew this because there was a photo of her with the taxi driver and mum. Important things in her life are, The Twinzies, mum and dad, but especially her Grandad Bobby. He is 'as strong as an ox', that's what everybody says. He is always telling stories...
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How To Spaghettify Your Dog: and other science secrets of the universe
Name: Sue Wilsher
04 August 2023;Genre: Non Fiction
Written by a former physics teacher, How To Spaghettify Your Dog is an engrossing read, full of fascinating facts about the universe. The Contents page directs the reader to pages dedicated to all areas of physics, some with clear titles like States of Matter, some with more i...
