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My Name is River
Name: Kelly Buxton
08 June 2020;Genre: Adventure
I just could not help falling in love with the characters in My Name is River - a beautifully told story about friendship, courage adventure and family.Dylan has always wanted to live and work on his family farm in Wales, which had been passed down through many gen...
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Wilde
Name: Jenny Caddick
04 June 2020;Genre: Magical Realism
Wilde knows she is not a 'normal' girl; strange things happen around her ... When she moves in with her aunt, in her mother's old home town Winter, she just wants to be a regular kid and to fit in. Yet Winter itself doesn't appear to be a normal town. In an unusually oppressive heatwave, Year...
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The Promise Witch (The Wild Magic Trilogy, Book Three)
Name: Jennifer Caddick
04 June 2020;Genre: Magical Realism
A thrilling and tense story from start to finish, the return to Witches Borough and to Mup and Crow is an epic, heart-in-the-mouth finale to the tale of the raggedy witches. The dark power they unleash again battles with the strength and purity of Mup's own magic.In The Pro...
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Amazing Islands: 100+ Places That Will Boggle Your Mind
Name: Bryony Davies
04 June 2020;Genre: Non Fiction
Amazing Island: 100+ Places That Will Boggle Your Mind is a celebration of all the islands around the world covering the extremes, the animals and the environment of these unique places. A stunning non fiction text, this book would sit nicely on any Key Stage 2 bookshelf.<br /...
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The Switch-Up: LA exchange.
Name: Emily Age 12
21 May 2020;Genre: Friends and family
I liked that this could happen in real life, it's really action-packed and I would recommend this to children ages 10+
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Mango Delight
Name: Susan Wilsher
07 May 2020;Genre: Friends and family
Mango Delight Fuller enjoys running and being with her best friend, Brooklyn. She is not so keen on the Cell-belles, a super-clique of girls at her school who have cell phones. As she and Brook are not allowed to have phones until they are 13, they make a happy team of two. Ho...
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Summer in the City
Name: Susan Wilsher
07 May 2020;Genre: Friends and family
Mango Delight Fuller is off to New York to make her off-Broadway debut! The school production of 'Yo, Romeo!' is being staged in New York and Mango has been asked to play Juliet. After overcoming a major misunderstanding, her family's worries and her mother's list of rules, Mango goes to stay...
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Gargantis
Name: Jacqueline Harris
07 May 2020;Genre: Adventure
This is the eagerly anticipated sequel to Malamander, last year's debut children's book by Thomas Taylor. Like Malamander, Gargantis is set in Eerie-on Sea and features Herbie Lemon, the Lost and Founder of the Nautilus Hotel, as well as Herbie Lemon and his friend Violet Parm...
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The Big Book of Football by Mundial
Name: Kyle Matravers
05 May 2020;Genre: Non Fiction
In The Big Book of Football, Mundial have compiled a book that truly allows you to dive into football. This expertly written text introduces readers to every aspect of the beautiful game, from the basic rules to unknown facts and everything possible in between.Mund...
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The Super Miraculous Journey of Freddie Yates
Name: Samantha Phillips
30 April 2020;Genre: Funny Stories
The Super Miraculous Journey of Freddie Yates, the first children's fiction book written by teacher Jenny Pearson, is a fabulous story of family and friendship.The Super Miraculous Journey of Freddie Yates is a truly heart warming and hilarious story of three boys...
