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Name: Jenny Caddick
01 April 2020;Genre: Friendship
Troofriend - a great science fiction themed, smart and thought provoking story. Sarah's relationship with her new Artificial Intelligence android, Troofriend, is cleverly written with a sense of enthralling tension throughout. It very quickly raises lots of questions in the re...
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Fire Boy
Name: Samantha Phillips
19 March 2020;Genre: Funny Stories
Right from the very start I knew I was going to enjoy reading Fire Boy, the debut novel by JM Joseph; a group of pals, sweets that give you superpowers, a cantankerous, walking stick-wielding Granny and an undoubtable baddie, who wouldn't? Add to that the possibility of our yo...
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Name: Alison Kelly
18 March 2020;Genre: Poetry
Poet Dom Conlon and illustrator Viviane Schwarz have collaborated to bring us 50 poems about the moon: This Rock, That Rock, Poems Between You Me and the Moon. What makes this book stand out is the design: text and illustration work so well together with each poem being...
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Name: Eileen Armstrong
11 March 2020;Genre: Adventure
Malice Morbid Malign is a bit of a misfit in the Malign family - mischief is their business and they take mayhem-making very seriously. They hate books, hate bathing and especially hate being kind and helpful - all the things which Malice adores. The Malign family are from Underland - home of...
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Name: Eileen Armstrong
11 March 2020;Genre: Funny Stories
Breaking out of the phenomenally successful Tom Gates series was never going to be easy but Liz Pichon's latest standalone adventure story, Shoe Wars, is arguably (I'd say definitely) her greatest achievement yet and forms a fabulous showcase for her very many talents. Shoe Wars brings to life...
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Name: Eileen Armstrong
11 March 2020;Genre: Adventure
Teenagers with witchy powers are a constant in popular culture - think Tabitha from Bewitched or Sabrina the Teen Witch depending on your generation. Morgan Charmley is the latest to join their ranks and is arguably the best yet. Readers were first introduced to Morgan in Teen Witch, the firs...
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Anisha, Accidental Detective
Name: Donna Ritchie
05 March 2020;Genre: Mystery & Detective
Follow Anisha and her best friend Milo as they try to unravel the mystery of the disappearance of Uncle Tony. The 'wedding of the year' seems to be in serious doubt when Anisha reads a ransom note that has been pushed through the letter box. Who has kidnapped Uncle Tony? And why?Th...
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Anisha, Accidental Detective
Name: Donna Burkert
05 March 2020;Genre: Mystery & Detective
Anisha Mistry is not your usual detective. In fact she isn't a detective at all. But when she picks up a ransom note on the eve of her Auntie Bindi's wedding, about the groom-to-be, she knows that she is the only one who can unravel the mystery. While all around her are losing their heads over...
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Talking to the Moon
Name: Sue Wilsher
05 March 2020;Genre: Family & Home
Iris is living with her grandmother, Mimi, to escape the chaos of life at home, the damp and black mould creeping across her bedroom walls and the antics of the two-year-old twins. Mimi's house is not far from her own home, but life there is completely different from home.Mimi used...
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The Crossover: Graphic Novel
Name: Dan Katz
05 March 2020;Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
Josh and his twin brother Jordan are the school's star basketball players. They are close, but other than their love of basketball, they don't have a lot in common - as Josh says, 'If we didn't love each other, we'd hate each other'. As the biggest game of the year approaches, tension between...
