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Noah's Gold
Name: Donna Burkert
18 June 2021;Genre: Adventure
It is a well-known fact (in his family) that Noah breaks everything he touches. But, when he stows away in the back of the school mini-bus on his sister's geography field trip to Wonder Warehouse, his 'skill' has mammoth repercussions that have an effect on more than just him and his family. F...
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Earth’s Aquarium
Name: Sharon Porter
10 June 2021;Genre: Environment & Nature
This dazzling picture book has 15 watery environments for the reader to explore, each with a double page spread with an introduction describing the habitat, followed by another double page spread of the creatures which live there. We didn't realise there were so many different water hab...
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Escape the Rooms
Name: Nicola Mansfield Niemi
10 June 2021;Genre: Funny Stories
Escape the Rooms is a laugh-out-loud, surrealist tale that leads our two main characters through a journey that is so much more than it seems. It starts when we meet Jack at the fair, doing anything he can to just get through the day, when he suddenly finds himself in a 'Room'. Here he meets C...
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The Girl in Wooden Armour
Name: Jo Clarke
10 June 2021;Genre: Fantasy
The Girl in Wooden Armour is a vividly written fantasy story, jam-packed with exhilarating action. The pace and suspense created by Conrad Mason will have readers gasping for breath as they follow Hattie Amiri-Gavell on her unplanned adventures in the seemingly quiet village o...
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Skyborn
Name: Kelly Buxton
10 June 2021;Genre: Magical Realism
Skyborn is a tumbling, twisting and turbulent adventure akin to that of Peter Bunzl's Cogheart series. Alice, who has a 'firemark' on her cheek, has turned her back on her privileged life. She is on the run from her grandfather, Lord Pattern, longing for a life of acceptance for who she is. Wh...
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Otherland
Name: Nathan Cox
09 June 2021;Genre: Fantasy
Otherland by Louie Stowell is an excellent adventure, fantasy story that opens up a whole new realm of magical fairies, gods and creatures where things aren't always as they appear. This story has something for every reader and is very hard to put down. Myra and Rohan are lifelong friends with...
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How I Saved the World
Name: Louisa Farrow
08 June 2021;Genre: Adventure
According Billy’s mum, the rules of survival matter more than anything Billy can learn in class - so he's more often then on 'adventures' with her than in school. Billy adores his mum, although she's different from everyone else's, but after she lights a fire in their living room, he is sent t...
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Troofriend
Name: Carol Wright
07 June 2021;Genre: Friendship
Sarah’s parents, like many others, buy their daughter a 560 mark IV Troofriend as an AI friend. Sarah names her AI friend Ivy. At first, Sarah is not really interested in the new friend her parents have bought her, until she realises this may be a way to make real friends at school. Meanwhile,...
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Skyborn
Name: Jennifer Caddick
07 June 2021;Genre: Magical Realism
Young Bastjan is following in his late mother's footsteps, working in a circus troupe, under the instruction of his unpleasant, cruel stepfather and ringmaster, Cyrus Quinn. Forced to face his biggest fears to become a death defying aerialist as his mother was, Bastjan is desperate to gain acc...
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100 Endangered Species
Name: Louisa Farrow
05 June 2021;Genre: Non Fiction
100 Endangered Species has the cute appeal of a gift book but an admirably serious purpose. Focusing on a hundred species that appear on the IUCN Red List, it aims to highlight their uniqueness, their plight and the efforts that are being made to conserve them. The grap...
