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Name: Noel Age 10
12 November 2020;Genre: Myths & Legends
This book is an amazing book about Vikings, Gods and lots more. It is about a boy called Whetstone and a companion (a trainee Valkyrie called Lotta). They embark on an adventure through different worlds. I would recommend this to people age 8 or over, who are fans of How to Train Your Dragon. Thi...
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Name: Hayley Summerfield
05 November 2020;Genre: Representation & Inclusion
Benjamin Zephaniah's Windrush Child depicts the monumental journey that many commonwealth British citizens endeavoured to take in order to help rebuild Britain after World War II. This book portrays a truth that can only be told by a person who has experienced racism in its de...
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Name: Sue Wilsher
05 November 2020;Genre: Historical Fiction
Two summers have passed and Torak and Renn are now living together in the Forest with Wolf, his mate, Darkfur, and the cubs. But their pack is torn apart when Renn, fearing she is a danger to Torak, leaves. Desperate to find her, Torak and Wolf follow, leaving the Forest they love, and heading...
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Name: Joanna Hewish
31 October 2020;Genre: Social Issues
Unique and interesting to share with young people. This book is a great starting point for teaching a wealth of themes such as poverty, mining and inequality.'Diamonds' is an original style of picture book that relies heavily upon the artistry to tell the narrative. Due to the orig...
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Name: Louisa Farrow
29 October 2020;Genre: Mental Health & Wellbeing
Luke's summer holiday is in tatters. His father has left for a new family and his mother, wrestling with depression, has decided that a summer holiday on a remote Scottish island will be good for them both. Luke is torn between a sense of responsibility for his Mum and his own feelings of loss...
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Name: Hayley Summerfield
29 October 2020;Genre: Magical Realism
Tinsel by Sibeal Pounder is a brilliant new Christmas book with a twist. The story is seeped with powerful themes of friendship, feisty girls, gender roles and adventure. This refreshingly original story on the origins of Santa is hilarious and heart-warming and crammed full o...
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Name: Donna Burkert
29 October 2020;Genre: Magical Realism
Many moons ago, Christmas wasn't the magical time of year that it is today. There was no one to deliver presents, no one for children to write to, no tinsel, no reindeers, no magic. Until of course, a young girl called Blanche, who lived all alone under a bridge, met a mystical old lady, who g...
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Name: Hayley Summerfield
29 October 2020;Genre: Magical Realism
The Greatest Inventor by Ben Brooks is a magical new adventure story that takes the reader on a journey through numerous villages to rescue people who have become lost within themselves. The story starts when a writer wanders into an unknown wood and comes across a rather unus...
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Name: Jacqueline Harris
26 October 2020;Genre: Historical Fiction
Robin Scott -Elliot's first book The Tzar's Curious Runaways is an historical novel, and this is too, though set at an entirely different time and place. It is India in 1857 and the British rulers are at war with the Indian nationals. The entir...
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Name: Sam Phillips
20 October 2020;Genre: Magical Realism
The Midnight Swan is the third book in Catherine Fisher's Clockwork Crow trilogy and, while this was a great, magical adventure as a 'standalone' read, I am sure that it would have been even better if I had read the first two Seren and Crow stories beforehand. I have no doubt that The Midnight...
