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BeYOUtiful: Radiate confidence, celebrate difference and express yourself
Name: Eileen Armstrong
16 June 2023;Genre: Mental Health & Wellbeing
At a time when the mental health of our young people has never been more in the news, BeYOUtiful is an important, inspiring and empowering insight into what it actually means to be beautiful and, more importantly, who gets to decide. It's absolutely not a guide to what to wear...
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Into the Storm
Name: Jane Rew
16 June 2023;Genre: Adventure
As a non-horse enthusiast, I hadn't expected to enjoy Into the Storm. But I did, and I think many KS2 children will likewise, even if the book's greatest fans will be those who have read the first two titles in the Riverdale Pony Stories series or who go horse...
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Call of the Titanic
Name: Jacqueline Harris
16 June 2023;Genre: Historical Fiction
Call of the Titanic is told from the viewpoints of two children; Clara, who is an accidental stowaway on the Carpathia, and Sid, working as a steward on the Titanic. In April 1912 they will cross paths as the story of the Titanic unfolds. Both children come from completely dif...
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The Case of the Lighthouse Intruder
Name: Jennifer Caddick
16 June 2023;Genre: Mystery & Detective
An absolutely charming, lively and fun mystery adventure set on a lush Caribbean island, introducing the reader to an engaging , feisty and likeable young character with a love of crime-busting stories. 12-year-old aspiring detective, Fayson, is unexpectedly invited to her (rich) cousin's summ...
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Inside Out and Back Again
Name: Louisa Farrow
16 June 2023;Genre: Representation & Inclusion
Inside Out & Back Again: What is it like to leave everything you know behind - including the hope that your missing father will return from war - and make a new life halfway across the world? What's it like to feel family disaster is your fault for deliberately doing somet...
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The Girl Who Fell to Earth
Name: Sam Phillips
16 June 2023;Genre: Family & Home
What if there is life on other planets, but that whoever or whatever that life is, has been taught to despise those of us on Earth for our apparent lack of emotion or care? The Girl Who Fell to Earth by Patricia Forde takes this possibility and cleverly unpicks ideas of indoct...
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Wish Upon A Star (Genie and Teeny, Book 4)
Name: Jacqueline Harris
15 June 2023;Genre: Fantasy
Grant the Genie is back in another adventure in the series. This time, Grant is in hiding with his family because the Queen has banished him from Wishaluzia for accidentally turning her into a snake. Then the genie kingdom is threatened by a huge fire-breathing cat monster and the only one who...
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Deadlock
Name: Stephen Leitch
15 June 2023;Genre: Suspense & Thrillers
Deadlock is the second action-packed adventure from author Simon Fox. "You need to get out of the house. It's not safe." is all the warning Archie Blake gets from his dad that something is wrong - when intruders enter his house! Rendezvousing with his dad, the two aim to get t...
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The Baker by the sea
Name: Amanda Shipton
14 June 2023;Genre: Family & Home
'If you keep walking over the hills and across the fields, you will come to the edge, where the land meets the sea. And on this edge lies a village. This is my home.' Paula White's wonderfully nostalgic story, The Baker by the Sea, draws inspiration from her childhood in in Lo...
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Everything You Know About Sharks Is Wrong
Name: Lucy Hopkins
12 June 2023;Genre: Animals
A great book for shark enthusiasts! Everything You Know About Sharks Is Wrong is jam packed with facts and information about sharks, including their evolution, their purpose, how they reproduce, their relationships with other animals and the reality of how dangerous they actua...
