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Across the Risen Sea
Name: Clair Bossons
06 August 2020;Genre: Dystopian
Across the Risen Sea, Bren MacDibble's (The Dog Runner) latest environmentally-themed children's novel, is set in a post climate change world. Sea levels have risen and flooded most of the land, leaving whole cities underwater. Neoma's smaller community now tries to live a gen...
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After the War: From Auschwitz to Ambleside
Name: Donna Ritchie
06 August 2020;Genre: Historical Fiction
What a thoughtfully written story, based on real-life events after WW2. It is set in the summer of 1945 and is about a group of boys who are taken to Windermere to recuperate after being liberated from the concentration camp. They have encountered horrors beyond comprehension and struggle with...
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After the War: From Auschwitz to Ambleside
Name: Donna Burkert
06 August 2020;Genre: Historical Fiction
Yossi, Leo and Mordecai: three boys bonded together through extreme experiences. Their very survival a miracle and yet here they are, on a plane together to a safe haven, they hope. Hope is really the only thing that has kept them going for so long.The boys are fearful and distrust...
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Name: Hayley Summerfield
01 August 2020;Genre: Historical Fiction
Children of the Benin Kingdom is the debut novel by Dinah Orji, a British author of Nigerian heritage. This beautifully written story is immersed in accurate historical knowledge that takes the reader on a fast-paced adventure based around an ancient West African civilisation....
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The Unadoptables: Five fantastic children on the adventure of a lifetime
Name: Janet Fisher
23 July 2020;Genre: Adventure
The Unadoptables is a truly magical story of orphans, adventure, and of longing for something that seems so out of reach; belonging to a family. The Little Tulip Orphanage in 1880 Amsterdam is, as you would expect in a story about orphans, cold, miserable and run by a truly ho...
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The Fowl Twins (Paperback)
Name: Carol Carter
23 July 2020;Genre: Magical Realism
The Fowl Twins is the 'first book of the second cycle of Fowl Adventures', meaning we are back in the world of Artemis Fowl, Eoin Colfer's long-running MG series about a child criminal genius and his adventures with the fairy realm, but this new series focuses on the exploits...
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Urban Forest School: Outdoor adventures and skills for city kids
Name: Nicky Stiles
21 July 2020;Genre: Environment & Nature
Urban Forest School, published by the Guild of Master Craftsman Publications, is a great non-fiction text resource for teachers and school staff as well as parents, especially during this difficult time when we are all doing our best to home school and keep little ones enterta...
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To Liberty! The Adventures of Thomas-Alexandre Dumas
Name: Samantha Phillips
09 July 2020;Genre: Historical Fiction
Although I am not one for regularly reading colour-banded books, this historical novel makes a great short read for anyone, reluctant young reader or adult alike. To Liberty! The Adventures of Thomas- Alexandre Dumas by Catherine Johnson, tells the life story of General Thomas...
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I Am Not a Label: 34 disabled artists, thinkers, athletes and activists from past and present
Name: Bryony Davies
07 July 2020;Genre: Biographies & Autobiographies
In I Am Not A Label, author Cerrie Burnell introduces us to 34 disabled role models from around the world. The book also features historical figures. Writing in a positive way, this fantastic book shows us that living with a disability or chronic illness does not have to defin...
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Name: Carol Carter
02 July 2020;Genre: Adventure
Charlie Merriam is having a tough time. He's wished for a baby brother for years, but when baby Dara finally arrives, it's on Charlie's birthday and Dara is not what Charlie expected -he's tiny, screaming, and very poorly. It's all just too much and the only thing Charlie can think of to do is...
