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Tomorrow We Begin: Poems to find yourself in
Name: Sam
03 October 2024;Genre: Poetry
One of the most commonly posed questions in a Lower School English class must be, 'Does it have to rhyme?' Tomorrow We Begin, Matt Goodfellow's powerful insight into the trials and tribulations of teenage life, makes a superb collection of poems that not only answers that repe...
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Murder at Wintertide
Name: Hayley Summerfield
03 October 2024;Genre: Mystery & Detective
Murder at Wintertide, a gripping festive thriller, takes the reader on a murder mystery adventure, gathering clues that are fringed with danger. George is going to spend Christmas with his grandpa by the sea. He loves his grandpa and is especially looking forward to the festi...
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Bothered by Bugs
Name: Sue Wilsher
03 October 2024;Genre: Environment & Nature
Pete the badger is happily sharing a recipe book with the other woodland creatures when a pesky fly ruins everything. Soon all the animals are busy catching every fly they can find and putting them in jars. Then they notice that there are bugs everywhere and quickly scoop them up too. At last,...
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The Secret Ocean
Name: Joanne Thomas
03 October 2024;Genre: Environment & Nature
The Secret Ocean is a gorgeous ocean themed book, taking the reader on a journey through and around the different seas and oceans of the world. The book starts during the morning in the Arctic with the animals on the shore looking for breakfast, challenging th...
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Murder at Wintertide
Name: Louisa Farrow
02 October 2024;Genre: Mystery & Detective
This gripping crime thriller set against a seasonally snowy backdrop is just the ticket for a page-turning Christmas read. In Murder at Wintertide, George is excited about a cosy, wintry, family holiday by the sea - especially spending time with his dad and gr...
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Desert Echoes
Name: Clare Wilkins
02 October 2024;Genre: LBGTQ+
Desert Echoes is a tender, thoughtful story full of flawed and fragile individuals grappling with the confusion and complexity of grief and growing-up. Kam's boyfriend Ash has disappeared, presumed dead, after a trip goes disastrously and heart-breakingly wrong. Floored by gri...
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Be Normal
Name: Louise Gahan
02 October 2024;Genre: Friends and family
Be Normal by Ged Adamson is a lovely tale of acceptance. Theo is so excited about getting his very own dog. But when Geoff arrives Theo is somewhat confused as Geoff does none of the things normal dogs do. Geoff likes to paint, chat to the next doors cat and e...
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Not Fair, Bear
Name: Jo Thomas
02 October 2024;Genre: Friends and family
Not Fair, Bear is a tale of two unlikely friends and their playful antics! Bear and squirrel are best friends and love to play, however, bear always wants to play their way and poor squirrel gets fed up! Squirrel decides it’s their turn to decide what they play, but bear is no...
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Shadow Creatures
Name: Jacqueline Harris
01 October 2024;Genre: Historical Fiction
Georgy listens to her grandmother Tove and great aunt Liva recount what happened to them during the war in Norway. They were only children when the Germans invaded and they witnessed brutal occupation, seeing enormous suffering. Based on the true story of Chris Vick's family, this is <s...
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Flow with the Snow
Name: Lizi Backhouse
01 October 2024;Genre: Environment & Nature
Flow with the Snow is a brilliant rhyming book that personifies the snow and follows their journey through the water cycle. The language in the book is poetic and descriptive enough to be interesting but without blurring the sense for readers. It's a great example of using pow...
