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The Royal Rebel
Name: Jennifer Caddick
31 July 2021;Genre: Biographies & Autobiographies
The Royal Rebel is the amazing, intriguing and true history of Princess Sophia Duleep Singh - a daughter of the last Sikh ruler of Punjab and also a god daughter of Queen Victoria - and the her story that led her to becoming part of the suffragette movement in England in the e...
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The Ship of Shadows: Secrets of the Stars
Name: Beverley Somerset
30 July 2021;Genre: Adventure
The Ship of Shadows sets sail on another fantastic adventure in Secrets of the Stars! Aleja and her pirate crewmates are searching for the second part of a magical map hidden by legendary explorer Thomas James. Their search takes them from Croatia to China as they attempt to o...
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The House on the Edge
Name: Sam Phillips
30 July 2021;Genre: Friends and family
Faith and her young brother Noah live with their mother in The Lookout; a crumbling house, teetering on the edge of a Dorset cliff top. Faith's father has disappeared, her uncle is adamant the house should be his, and Faith alone is left to look after her brother, who appears obsessed by sea g...
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Life Skills
Name: Sam Phillips
30 July 2021;Genre: Non Fiction
Life Skills by Keilly Swift is a brilliant guide, teaching children essential life skills that they will undoubtedly need as they grow up. Helping children and young adults to deal with difficult situations, make good decisions and gain confidence. This is an absolutely...
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The Mysterious Life of Dr Barry: A Surgeon Unlike Any Other
Name: Jane Rew
21 July 2021;Genre: Biographies & Autobiographies
The author's own background (which we read on one of the preliminary pages of The Mysterious Life of Dr Barry: A Surgeon Unlike Any Other) makes her ideally suited to tell the story of this remarkable 19th Century figure. Irish-born Margaret Bulkley, like most women of...
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The Race
Name: Sue Wilsher
16 July 2021;Genre: Personal Growth
Born in China, Lili was adopted when 18 months by her English father and Scottish mother. Together with her little sister, Alice, who they adopted from Kazakhstan. Her gran says they are a real League of Nations, leading them to support many different countries in the Olympics. Lili lov...
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Once Upon Our Planet
Name: Kristen Hopwood
16 July 2021;Genre: Environment & Nature
Once Upon Our Planet is a collection of twelve myths set in various locations around the world, from mountains to forests and coral reefs. They incorporate existing myth ideas and whilst parts are familiar, they feel refreshingly new at the same time. Each story is only a few...
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Shadow Chaser
Name: Kristen Hopwood
10 July 2021;Genre: Adventure
Shadow Chaser starts with an introduction to the story and then instructions for how to play. There is a 'log book' that you need to fill in each time you play to keep track of items, life points and items you have collected. You can download copies from the Usborne website, w...
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A Glasshouse of Stars
Name: Louisa Farrow
09 July 2021;Genre: Representation & Inclusion
A Glasshouse of Stars is the story of Meixing arriving in the New Land with her family to begin a New Life. Everything is different and scary: their new house, school and even her parents' behaviour. When disaster strikes, life becomes scarier still and yet Meixing finds frien...
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Mystery of the Night Watchers
Name: Beverley Somerset
08 July 2021;Genre: Mystery & Detective
It is 1910, and the forthcoming arrival of Halley's Comet is causing excitement and fear around the world. 12-year-old Nancy and her younger sister Violet have their lives suddenly turned upside down when their mother takes them off to Suffolk to visit a grandfather they had always thought was...
