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  • Escape Room

    Escape Room

    Name: Susan Wilsher
    06 February 2022;

    Genre: Science Fiction

    When Ami arrives at the Escape, she thinks her dad has arranged a treat for her - the ultimate escape room challenge. Along with team mates Adjoa, Ibrahim, Oscar and Min, Ami learns that their challenge is to save the world, working together to find the Answer. However, from the first challeng...

  • A Storm of Sisters

    A Storm of Sisters

    Name: Beverley Somerset
    06 February 2022;

    Genre: Magical Realism

    In A Storm of Sisters, Fliss, Betty and Charlie Widdershins are called away from the sleepy village of Penderwick when their father's cousin Clarissa breaks her ankle and needs their help. Along with Granny Widdershins, they journey to the far North to Wilderness, a remote, co...

  • Escape Room

    Escape Room

    Name: Louisa Farrow
    05 February 2022;

    Genre: Science Fiction

    Ami's reward for working hard is an evening at The Escape. It's meant to be the ultimate locked-room adventure, perfect for someone like her who likes solving puzzles. But, as the Host locks Ami and four team mates in the first room, it becomes clear that this is far from an ordinary game....

  • Into the Sideways World

    Into the Sideways World

    Name: Tracy Parvin
    03 February 2022;

    Genre: Science Fiction

    I am a big fan of Ross Welford's stories. They are imaginative, inventive, beautifully crafted, filled with believable characters, thought provoking, yet very funny. By weaving philosophical questions and scientific concepts through his works, Welford ensures that his readers are informed and...

  • A Street Dog Named Pup

    A Street Dog Named Pup

    Name: Jo Clarke
    03 February 2022;

    Genre: Animals

    In A Street Dog Named Pup, Pup is cruelly dumped by the roadside as a result of his barking. He is lost, separated from his beloved Boy and he is confused. The rules of street living are unknown to the innocent Pup and fending for himself is a struggle. Luckily, he happens upo...

  • Mort the Meek and the Monstrous Quest

    Mort the Meek and the Monstrous Quest

    Name: Lillie Age 10
    03 February 2022;

    Genre: Funny Stories

    I think it's really funny and weird because in Brutalia everybody except Mort and Weed are mean to one another. My favourite character is Punky because at the start she wasn't very nice and she wanted to be a rock crusher, but at the end she became friends with Mort and Weed.

  • Mort the Meek and the Monstrous Quest

    Mort the Meek and the Monstrous Quest

    Name: Oliver Age 10
    03 February 2022;

    Genre: Funny Stories

    The book was very funny and creative. I love the part where the fishermen worshipped Mort when he changed the storm into a light breeze.

  • Mort the Meek and the Monstrous Quest

    Mort the Meek and the Monstrous Quest

    Name: Daisy Age 9
    03 February 2022;

    Genre: Funny Stories

    This story is about a young boy named Mort, who went on a monstrous quest with a person he does not like. The quest is to try to get a jewel for their queen. If they succeed, they can be crowned demi-gods because the queen thinks she is a god. Also when he was younger, his dad went missing and...

  • Spark

    Spark

    Name: Donna Ritchie
    03 February 2022;

    Genre: Dystopian

    Spark is a very cleverly written dystopian story! Ash knows what it is like to be an outcast - his father left, never to return, and because of this he is shammed and misunderstood by the other villagers. The village Priestess took Ash in and provides some safeness from the cr...

  • Circus Maximus: Rivals on the Track

    Circus Maximus: Rivals on the Track

    Name: Hayley Summerfield
    01 February 2022;

    Genre: Historical Fiction

    Circus Maximus: Rivals on the Track is the sequel to Race to the Death. This book is a thrilling adventure rooted in history and ancient chariot racing. Dido is the main character in the book; she is brave...