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The Midnight Thief
Name: Jane Rew
04 October 2021;Genre: Mystery & Detective
Freya wouldn't be at Throgmorton's School for Girls if her father hadn't found the 7 Elrida Dragons of Anglo-Saxon legend. She wouldn't be there if she'd had the choice. But her father loved her and wanted her to have a good education. He also wanted her to have his keys so she could hand them...
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Wave Riders
Name: Donna Burkert
04 October 2021;Genre: Adventure
Jess and Jude, twins, are on the trip of a lifetime with their guardian, Gabe. Plucked from their school they set off on a year at sea, sailing from island to island. Neither of the twins thought to question their speedy departure from Florida that night until the day that Jess wakes up on the...
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Zara Hossain Is Here
Name: Stephen Leitch
04 October 2021;Genre: Representation & Inclusion
'So...where do I belong?' says Zara in this new novel by author Sabina Khan. 17 year Zara Hussain has a lot to think about. She's the only Pakistani Muslim in a conservative high school in Texas, dealing with racist bullying at school from Tyler, isn't an America citizen (despite living in the...
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Blossom
Name: Beverley Somerset
04 October 2021;Genre: Friends and family
Ten-year-old Blossom lives with her parents in a house where every room, including the bathroom, is full of plants - Blossom 'can't even do a wee in peace!'. Blossom is going through a lot of upheaval in her life; she has recently lost both of her beloved grandparents, Tutu an...
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Tripwrecked: Tempest Terror
Name: Beverley Somerset
04 October 2021;Genre: Funny Stories
Frank and his drama club are on the way to Italy to perform Shakespeare's play The Tempest in a festival. Only an hour after their ferry sets sail, they encounter a tremendous storm and have to take to the life rafts. They are hit by a huge wave and find themselves marooned on a desert island....
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Three Bullets
Name: HELEN STURCBECHER
04 October 2021;Genre: Representation & Inclusion
Three Bullets certainly has a lot going on. The main focus is war. The bloods (white supremacists) are trying to take over Britain. They will either kill anyone that they consider to be abnormal, or they will brain washing them into thinking that they are worthless and white's...
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Ping and the Missing Ring
Name: Sam Phillips
04 October 2021;Genre: Mystery & Detective
This is a great early mystery story, ideal for a young reader who still lacks the confidence to 'go-it-alone' with their book selection. Ping and the Missing Ring by Emma Shevah is a colour banded (Dark Red) chapter book by Bloomsbury Education. Aimed at Year 6 expected level...
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Nursery? Not Today!
Name: Lizi Backhouse
04 October 2021;Genre: School Stories
Rosa goes to Nursery on Monday and has a very grown up day! She is Miss Lewis' star and has an action packed time, so action packed that when Dad says it's nursery again on Tuesday, Rosa can't possibly do it again! Nursery? Not Today! is a funny book, written in much th...
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Who Are You?
Name: Lizi Backhouse
04 October 2021;Genre: Family & Home
How do you do? Have you come far? Who do you actually think that you are? Who Are You? explores the idea of identity for younger readers; written in rhyme, it encourages children to think about how they look, their families, what they like, what they eat and how to appreciate...
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The ABC Factor
Name: Lizi Backhouse
04 October 2021;Genre: Early Skills
An alphabet book with a twist! Tired of the normal animal alphabets, Cat is writing her own alphabet of unusual animals and is holding an audition, with the help of fellow judges Lion and Pony, to fill each letter. Stick Insect is tired of pretending to be a stick so when he sees the po...
