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Feast of Ashes
Name: Lorraine Ansell
13 October 2023;Genre: Dystopian
Adina lives in Eden Five, a sealed man-made environment following an environmental catastrophe. With only garden levels above ground, she spends her days as an apprentice techie, mending the systems that keep everyone alive. Free time with her family, in their small unit, is claustrophobic and...
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Girls Rule: 50 Women Who Changed the World
Name: Jennifer Caddick
13 October 2023;Genre: Non Fiction
Girls Rule is a fantastic non-fiction book that celebrates female achievements throughout hundreds of years of history and is written by an inspirational role model herself, double Paralympic gold medalist and five times World Champion Archery sports star, Danielle Brown. This...
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The Soul Survivor
Name: Bethany Age 13
13 October 2023;Genre: Adventure
The Soul Survivor is the third book of a trilogy following the protagonist Genna, who is a First Ascendant. After Genna and Phoenix finally find Haven, where all the other First Ascendant's are hiding, Tanas locates them, forcing everyone to flee to different parts of the worl...
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The Tree Next Door
Name: Jemma Jeffrey
13 October 2023;Genre: Friends and family
This beautiful hard-back book captured our hearts as me and my daughter read it together, snuggled up on the sofa on a typical October day. The Tree Next Door shows how a wonderful tree brings a community together. We see the changes in seasons across the year and the joy this...
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And Don't Look Back
Name: Emelia Helliwell
13 October 2023;Genre: Suspense & Thrillers
To start with in And Don't Look Back I found that, although the author had written the story well, I took time to get truly invested. However, once I did, it was an amazing read that kept me guessing the entire time. I had to keep reading just to find out how it was going to e...
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Toxic
Name: Clair Bossons
13 October 2023;Genre: Mental Health & Wellbeing
I really enjoy contemporary fiction where there is a dilemma or issue to resolve. Toxic is the first book that I have read about a toxic friendship, rather than a relationship, and it was a really interesting read. There is a trigger warning from the author at the beginning du...
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The Final Year
Name: Rachel Bolton
13 October 2023;Genre: Poetry
Nate is 10. He lives with his loud, bingo playing, chaotic mum and his two younger brothers who he spends a lot of time caring for. At school he is a bit of an outsider, especially once he moves into Y6 and his best friend forms other friendships. Sometimes, when things get too much, "The beas...
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The Taming of the Cat
Name: Jennifer Caddick
13 October 2023;Genre: Adventure
The Taming of the Cat is a charming (and cheese-filled) classic tale-within-a-tale story that enchants the reader completely. A nightly story is told by little mouse Brie, inside the cheese shop in which he lives, to fierce feline and enemy, Gorgonzola the cat. The minute mous...
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Julius Zebra: Grapple with the Greeks!
Name: Cecil Mgo
13 October 2023;Genre: Funny Stories
Julius Zebra: Grapple with the Greeks! is a really, very entertaining read. Loads of 'laugh out loud' moments! We particularly loved the humour in the Charon / Hades chapters. Crazily illustrated perfectly throughout. This is a fab way to engage with history. It accompanied my...
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Solve Your Own Mystery: The Transylvanian Express
Name: Jennifer Caddick
13 October 2023;Genre: Mystery & Detective
The Solve Your Own Mystery series is such a great, fun, interactive detective genre set of books for younger, independent readers. The latest in the series, The Transylvanian Express, is a lively, quick-moving and extremely fun adventure. You, the reader, alon...
