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The Great Theatre Rescue
Name: Beverley Somerset
20 February 2025;Genre: Mystery & Detective
12-year-old Charley lives with her father in 1930s London, where he runs The Wren, the smallest theatre in Soho. Charley is about to make her stage debut, but crippling stage fright leaves her wondering if her dream to be a famous tap dancer will ever come true. When her father goes to visit h...
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Wrong Tracks
Name: Sara Sumner
17 February 2025;Genre: Historical Fiction
I read Wrong Tracks with my 10-year-old son and boy did we both love it! For us it had the perfect mix of trains, history and adventure! Wrong Tracks follows the story of young Edward Entwhistle as his paths cross with the Stephenson family as they are...
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The Great Theatre Rescue
Name: Sue Wilsher
14 February 2025;Genre: Mystery & Detective
Charley's childhood has been unconventional and full of excitement. Her life revolves around The Wren theatre, where, at last, she has a chance to be on the stage, not just behind the curtains. However, when disaster strikes, Charley finds herself bundled off to St Mary-at-Cliffe School for gi...
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Ice Apprentices: Volume 1
Name: Hayley Summerfield
10 February 2025;Genre: Fantasy
Ice Apprentices by Jacon North is an epic magical debut set in the fantasy world of Tundra. This enchanted place with is memorable hero will ignite many children's passion for reading. We are first introduced to Tundra - the world of I...
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It's a Brave Young World
Name: Lorraine ansell
05 February 2025;Genre: Personal Growth
It's a Brave Young World is the book I wish someone had written when I was growing up. Jam packed full of advice on everything from friendship, faith, identity and relationships to mental health and online wellbeing, it is a handy guide that young peop...
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The Cursed Tomb: A thrilling, ancient-Egyptian adventure
Name: Jacqueline Harris
03 February 2025;Genre: Adventure
In The Cursed Tomb, 11-year-old Henut lives in ancient Egypt in 1249 BCE. Odd things start to happen that appear to be linked to the gods. Henut is not sure she believes in the gods controlling everything, but then she is thrust on a quest that will make her question everythin...
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Ice Apprentices
Name: Aarav Age 9
03 February 2025;Genre: Fantasy
Ice Apprentices is about Oswin who is a young boy who had been abandoned by his biological parents. Oswin thought he had made a friend named Anastasia but she thought she was better than everyone because she was born a Barkmouth. My favourite part is when Oswin and Anas...
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The Boy in the Suit
Name: Donna Ritchie
03 February 2025;Genre: Real life
The Boy in the Suit is a story about a 10-year-old boy and his mum. It may sound like this is an everyday book with an everyday story line. Well, this is not your everyday 10-year-old boy. Solo and his mum, Morag, crash funerals for food! Unfortunately, his mum is experiencing...
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Ice Apprentices
Name: Beverley Somerset
03 February 2025;Genre: Fantasy
Oswin Fields is a stray; he was saved from the Endless Expanse in the frozen world of Tundra. At the age of 14 he is summoned to Corridor, a school where he is to be trained as an ice apprentice. As a stray, Oswin is aware that he will never be considered a proper Tundran and so feels himself...
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Ice Apprentices
Name: Mizuki Age 10
30 January 2025;Genre: Fantasy
Where do I begin? Ice Apprentices didn't fully capture my attention from the start but when I got into it, it was definitely worth it! It included many twists and turns and secrets were revealed about otherwise unacknowledged characters...
