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October, October
Name: Jo Clarke
24 September 2020;Genre: Family & Home
October, October is an emotionally charged, wholly engaging story that will leave the reader in need of a tissue! It is a compelling tale of relationships, nature love and loss. It is written absolutely beautifully from the point of view of October, an 11-year-old girl who liv...
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Name: Jacqueline Harris
24 September 2020;Genre: Friends and family
In The Hungry Ghost, Freja arrives in Singapore, sent from Denmark while her mother recovers from a hinted at depression. Staying with her father and his new wife and twin sons, Freja finds Singapore a vastly different world from the one she has left. She struggles with the ne...
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Name: Hayley Summerfield
20 September 2020;Genre: Family & Home
October, October by Katya Balen is truly a feast for all the senses. The words are so beautifully written that the book makes you feel part of the natural beauty that October lives and breathes every day, as well as a part of the wild whirling chaos of the world beyond the woo...
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Name: Donna Age 9
18 September 2020;Genre: Adventure
The Tigers in the Tower follows Sahira, an orphan. This unfortunate turn of events happens on the journey from India to England with the two tigers that her father is supplying to the menagerie at the Tower of London. During the journey, both parents succumb to an illness and...
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Name: Kelly Buxton
18 September 2020;Genre: Historical Fiction
Elsetime is a great book for time travelling adventure fans. Set in London in 1928, it was inspired by The Great Flood of London when sadly 14 people lost their lives.Needle, a time travelling, treasure seeking 12-year-old; Glory, an orphan with one hand; and their...
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Name: Carol Carter
17 September 2020;Genre: Fantasy
Tilly and the Map of Stories is the third instalment of the Pages & Co series, about a young bookworm, Tilly, who, along with her best friend, Oskar, can 'bookwander' - travel into the books she reads, meet the characters, and, of course, have wonderful adventures.<b...
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Name: Julie Broadbent
17 September 2020;Genre: Friends and family
Set at the end of World War II, brother and sister Tom and Gem find themselves orphaned and on the run. They have been moving from town to town, having had to escape from their cruel and wicked uncle. They are now doing whatever they can to survive.Whilst on the run they find thems...
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Name: Jacqueline Harris
17 September 2020;Genre: Friends and family
Tin, Padraig Kenny's first book for children, ranks as one of my all-time favourites, so with each subsequent book by him I've been on tenterhooks to see if I like it as much. He does not disappoint with this one.Brother and sister Tom and Jem stumble across a strange house in the...
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Name: Kelly Buxton
17 September 2020;Genre: Mystery & Detective
I must admit this is a case where you shouldn't judge a book by it cover, it doesn't conform to the shiny, intricately illustrated modern books, which adorn the shelves of bookstores ad libraries, with one aim, to grab the reader's interest - but it does stand out.The Key t...
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Name: Beverley Somerset
15 September 2020;Genre: Supernatural
Aveline Jones loves reading creepy ghost stories. When her mother is called away to help a sick relative, Aveline is sent to stay with her Aunt Lilian in the seaside town of Malmouth on the Cornish coast. Aveline and her aunt are not close, Lilian is described as being "nice but cold, like ice...
