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  • Dark Matter: Evolution: Book 3

    Evolution

    Name: Linda brown
    19 August 2018;

    Genre: Adventure

    Teri Terry has done it once again. What a great finale to the Dark Matter series. Evolution (along with the two other titles in the series Contagion and Deception) is so full of unexpected twists and turns that it will keep even the most reluctant reader engrossed. Our two main characters have...

  • The Cradle of All Worlds: The Jane Doe Chronicles

    The Cradle of All Worlds

    Name: Sue Wilsher
    19 August 2018;

    Genre: Adventure

    On the night Jane and her father arrive on the steps of the Manor in Bluehaven, the earthquakes began. Seen by the town as the cause of their misfortunes, they have lived as outcasts ever since. Preoccupied with caring for her silent, disturbed father, Jane does the best she can to look after the...

  • In Your Light

    In Your Light

    Name: Beverley Somerset,
    18 August 2018;

    Genre: Adventure

    Lil's sister, Mella, disappeared after a family argument. Four months on there has been no word from her and Lil and her mother are struggling to cope. Then Lil meets Alice, who has run away from a community called The Sisterhood of the Light. They seem to be a peaceful group - but then why is Al...

  • Jinxed

    Jinxed

    Name: Rhiannon Cook
    17 August 2018;

    Genre: Adventure

    The first in a new series by Amy McCulloch (aka Amy Alward of Potion Diaries fame), Jinxed is an exciting sci-fi novel that is set in a future that may be closer than we think. Lacey Chu is a talented and ambitious engineer with an otherwise ordinary life. Too ordinary. Her dream of attending th...

  • Laura Marlin Mysteries: The Secret of Supernatural Creek: Book 5

    Name:
    17 August 2018;

    Genre: Adventure

    Believing her number one enemy, Mr A, to be behind bars, Laura Marlin is thrilled to be setting off on a school trip to Australia in the latest of the Laura Marlin Mysteries: The Secret of Supernatural Creek. However, bizarre happenings down under and strange coincidences make...

  • The Weight of a Thousand Feathers

    The Weight of a Thousand Feathers

    Name: Lucy Georgeson
    13 August 2018;

    Genre: Friends and family

    How far would you go for someone you love? What would you do if they asked? When Bobby Seed's mum asks him the Impossible Question, how will he answer? From the beautiful front cover to the very last word, this bold, irreverent and tender novel explores the struggles of Bobby Seed, youn...

  • If All the World Were...

    If all the world were...

    Name: Kyle Matravers
    12 August 2018;

    Genre: Bereavement

    Death is topic that you would not expect to come face to face with when reading a children's book and is certainly an area that needs to be addressed and delivered in the correct way. Joseph Coelho has done this in a sensitive and beautiful way through If All the World Were......

  • Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam: The Missing Masterpiece

    Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam: The Missing Masterpiece

    Name: Kyle Matravers
    12 August 2018;

    Genre: Adventure

    Having met Tracey Corderoy and Steve Lenton a couple of years ago during a school visit, I was very excited to receive the latest adventure in the Shifty series. This time, the detective dog duo have packed up their pans and are in Paris to bake a huge gingerbread tower for a fancy art gallery...

  • How to be a Lion

    How to be a Lion

    Name: Kyle Matravers
    07 August 2018;

    Genre: Adventure

    Although not a thrilling and exciting story, How to be a Lion still delivers an important message to children about always being yourself, despite what others say. It encourages following your own path and not the path that others believe you should take. I feel that this is a very important mes...

  • Something Fishy

    Something Fishy

    Name: Kyle Matravers
    07 August 2018;

    Genre: Adventure

    Polly Dunbar has created a funny and charming take on the arrival of a new sibling into a family. The story centres around a couple and their pet cat. The text is written from the point of view of the cat and his love of fish. He introduces his family and declares that they give him lots of f...