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SATs Like a Ninja: Key facts and revision tips to supercharge your SATs
Name: Donna Ritchie
07 June 2024;Genre: Non Fiction
If you are coming to the end of Year 5 and getting ready to start your last year in primary school, you need SATs Like a Ninja. It is brilliant, not only for children but for parents too, to help with homework and KS2 revision for SATs preparation. I love the ninja tips, examp...
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The Wanderdays: Journey To Fantome Island
Name: Linda Brown
07 June 2024;Genre: Environment & Nature
The Wanderdays: Journey To Fantome Island is a new adventure series from the popular middle grade author Clare Povey. Will you be brave enough to join them in their first underwater adventure as they search for their missing Mum and discover what is really happening on the sec...
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Alice Eclair, Spy Extraordinaire! A Dash of Daring
Name: Sue Wilsher
06 June 2024;Genre: Mystery & Detective
When an ingenious cipher machine, capable of converting messages into unreadable code in seconds, and its creator go missing, Alice Éclair finds herself once more in the thick of the action, this time at the Olympic training camp, where the daughter of the missing machine maker is getting read...
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Transcendent: Book 1
Name: Louisa Farrow
03 June 2024;Genre: Science Fiction
Jacob and Kira are twin geniuses from Mbale, Uganda. Jacob is quieter and more circumspect, Kira is bolder and inclined to take risks, but both are spectacularly intelligent. They designed a wireless hacking device when they were only nine years old, while their latest invention is an atmosphe...
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The Final Year
Name: Isabella Age 9
01 June 2024;Genre: Poetry
I love it sooooo much - my teacher read The Final Year to my class and we love it.
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Freya's Gold
Name: Hayley Summerfield
30 May 2024;Genre: Adventure
Fiona Longmuir's new book 'Freya’s Gold' is an exciting new adventure full of twists and turns that keep you thoroughly entertained. Edge is no ordinary seaside town, and Freya loves living there because it feels like something strange could happen at any moment. Freya lives w...
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Which Way to Anywhere
Name: Olivia Age 11
28 May 2024;Genre: Fantasy
I absolutely love Which Way to Anywhere! It's full of adventure and fun and is a really good read. Cressida always comes up with good names that people don't usually get called. I have read every single book in the How to Train Your Dragon and <a href="/books/the-wizards-of-on...
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Code Name Kingfisher
Name: Jane Rew
27 May 2024;Genre: Historical Fiction
Code Name Kingfisher is a powerful tale with, sadly, much relevance to the present day. In 1940s Holland, there were those who complied with the Nazi occupying forces, those who were complicit in their crimes and even betrayed fellow citizens, and those who re...
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Nush and the Stolen Emerald
Name: Beverley Somerset
27 May 2024;Genre: Historical Fiction
11-year-old Nush lives with her identical twin brother Arian and their father, the Maharajah, in the kingdom of Jaisalmer, India. Arian may be the eldest by a few minutes, but Nush is the more outspoken and confident. She loves to ride and climb, and is an expert at picking locks. The British...
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The Island at the Edge of Night
Name: Beverley Somerset
24 May 2024;Genre: Mystery & Detective
12-year-old Faye Fitzgerald has been sent away to school on the bleak and remote Auk Island in Scotland. She knows that something terrible happened at home involving her Aunt Christina and an ancient yew tree, but she cannot remember exactly what occurred. When Faye arrives at the schoo...
