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The First Year
Name: Sue Wilsher
14 April 2025;Genre: Real life
Nate is about to start secondary school. After a challenging final year at Primary, things seem to have settled for him and he is ready for a fun-filled summer before a fresh start in September. However, a new school brings new challenges - and some old. Avoiding Turner, conforming to endless...
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I Am Raven
Name: Beverley Somerset
14 April 2025;Genre: Science Fiction
Following the destruction of the Raven construct by the fearsome Dragon, Brann has teamed up with Coll, Fillan and Rieka. They are travelling on Cub, the Construct they built together. Brann is determined to find out what happened to the missing Raven crew, so Cub heads north to try and discov...
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Six Queens: An illustrated guide to the iconic queens of Henry VIII
Name: Jane Rew
14 April 2025;Genre: Biographies & Autobiographies
When introducing Six Queens to children, the school librarian or teacher might best begin at the end, by reading aloud the Author's Note. Then, tantalising bites of some gorgeously presented, carefully chosen facts, are guaranteed to generate interest, especially from those wh...
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Bigfoot and the Wild Boys
Name: Ruth Cornish
11 April 2025;Genre: Funny Stories
Jenny Pearson has written another smasher for Barrington Stoke with her latest adventure Bigfoot and the Wild Boys. The main protagonists, Joe, and best friend Tiago, are inspired by celebrity 'Wildman Mike' to become adventurers themselves. T...
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Cafe Chaos: My Family Is Not a Piece of Cake
Name: Sam
10 April 2025;Genre: Funny Stories
Café Chaos by Catherine Wilkins is a heart-warming story, served up with a large dollop of humour and decorated throughout with Kate Abey’s fab illustrations. This appealing presentation, with a variety of font styles and page decorations - rather like a school notebook or dia...
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Serial Chillers: The Witch in the Woods (Serial Chillers, Book 1)
Name: Sue Wilsher
04 April 2025;Genre: Horror
Having lived in Hazard all his life, Travis is not thrilled to be going on yet another trip to the local museum. His day gets worse, however, when, with his friend, Zayd, he finds himself in a project group with his ex-friend, Danielle, and the 'shiniest' popular girl, Seline. The group - or r...
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Clem Fatale has Been Betrayed
Name: Rachel Bolton
02 April 2025;Genre: Mystery & Detective
Clem Fatale has Been Betrayed is a fabulous new read packed with humour and dastardly adventure. I loved it! Set in London in 1951 we are introduced to Clem Fatale, youngest member of the Spider gang and daughter of one of the most notorious crooks in the city...
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Cafe Chaos: My Family Is Not a Piece of Cake
Name: Jenny CADDICK
02 April 2025;Genre: Funny Stories
Cafe Chaos: My Family Is Not a Piece of Cake is the charmingly warm and downright funny new book, featuring main character, Hope Crumble, her fabulously engaging family members, and their trials and tribulations running the struggling family business Café Crumble. The "quiet"...
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After
Name: Jo Clarke
01 April 2025;Genre: Dystopian
Set in a futuristic world of man versus automaton, After is another Padraig Kenny masterpiece. Main characters Jen and Father are travelling to Tranquility Lake in a time where technology has seen to the demise of the world as we know it. Father is a 'mek'; he looks human, he...
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Owning It: Our disabled childhoods in our own words
Name: Louisa Farrow
01 April 2025;Genre: Representation & Inclusion
This well-written and refreshing anthology of true stories is a journey through classic childhood experiences, reported by writers from a range of countries and with a variety of different disabilities. We see firsthand their struggle against the pressure of societal norms: as...
