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Name: Jacqueline Harris
05 October 2020;Genre: Friends and family
Clara lives in Sycamore, a village where nothing much happens. She loves eating mangoes and playing with her best friend Gaynah. The only dark cloud in her life is that she cannot remember what happened last summer.One day a new girl, Rudy, arrives from England with her mother. Cla...
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Name: Sue Wilsher
03 October 2020;Genre: Friends and family
Sofia lives with her mother and little brother, Ermin, and their pet crow, Corvith, on the outskirts of Sienna. Their home, set in the grounds of a ruined monastery, is a charnel house made of bones, and her mother is a bone-binder, famed throughout the city for her work. Smallpox has ravaged...
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Name: Jane Rew
01 October 2020;Genre: Supernatural
I cannot recommend this book too highly. It has so many elements of a good story: rich and believable characters, atmospheric setting and an intricate, cleverly woven plot. The pace is brisk, but with moments to draw breath and reflect; the mystery of Aggie's family history is tantalisingly re...
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Name: Beverley Somerset
01 October 2020;Genre: Adventure
Another of Barrington Stokes' series of books for dyslexic and reluctant readers, The Griffin Gate is an outright winner! Adventure, fantasy and a little bit of steampunk all combine to make up a real page turner.Grace Griffin lives in Copperport, in the country of...
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Name: Beverley Somerset
01 October 2020;Genre: Environment & Nature
World Burn Down is a thrilling adventure story with a strong environmental message. Carlos Feliz lives with his mother in Manaus, Brazil. She is a soldier working for the Special Forces Group of IBAMA - the environment agency, and her job is to protect the Amazon rainforest fr...
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Name: Sue Wilsher
01 October 2020;Genre: Fairy Tales & Folk Tales
Olia loves Castle Mila, the ancestral home of her family, a place full of secrets and magic. Although they no longer live in the grandeur of the past, the domed castle offers them shelter and the rest of the village space to celebrate and work. But strange storms are rising and Olia's Babusya...
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Name: Beverley Somerset
01 October 2020;Genre: Fairy Tales & Folk Tales
13-year-old Olia lives with her parents, grandmother Babusya and baby sister Rosa, whom she adores. The family are descended from royalty and their home is the huge Castle Mila. The castle is 500 years old and with its 33 turrets and domes is full of secrets. Olia loves to explore it, searchin...
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Name: Sue Wilsher
01 October 2020;Genre: Environment & Nature
Elsie is used to being forgotten and so when her mother gets her holiday dates wrong and Elsie has to go and stay with Great Uncle John, she tries to make the best of it. After all, nothing exciting ever happens to her unlike Kelsie Corvette, the heroine of the stories Elise writes. However, s...
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Name: Bryony Davies
01 October 2020;Genre: Fantasy
A Clock of Stars: The Shadow Moth is by debut author Francesca Gibbons. The first in a planned triology, this book is a magical fantasy adventure full of heart, hope and humour.We are introduced to Imogen and her younger sister, Marie. Their mum has a new boyfriend...
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Name: Rhiannon Cook
01 October 2020;Genre: Fantasy
A Narnia for the modern age, A Clock of Stars is a magical adventure following two sisters that don't always get along. Imogen and Marie find themselves in a fantasy world after following a mysterious moth through a door in a tree but once on the other side, the door disappear...
