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The Light That Blinds Us
Name: Linda Brown
28 April 2025;Genre: Fantasy
The Light That Blinds Us is full of action. It's totally immersive with likeable characters whose dialogue bounce off one another with humour, respect and love. I have enjoyed every line of this fantasy adventure. Alexis has been haunted throughout his childhood by dist...
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If My Words Had Wings
Name: Clare Wilkins
25 April 2025;Genre: Personal Growth
Ty Forrester's involvement in a high profile armed robbery results in an 18 month sentence in a Young Offenders' institution. Falling in with a crowd his close friends and family had warned him about has left him in Ryecroft and at the mercy of a chaotic system and an inmate hierarchy where an...
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Owning It: Our disabled childhoods in our own words
Name: Jenny CADDICK
24 April 2025;Genre: Representation & Inclusion
This fantastic non-fiction collection features 22 fascinating, inspirational and incredibly honest and open true stories from a huge variety of disabled writers. Sharing their experiences of being young and growing up, of the challenges, achievements, stereotypes and expectati...
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The Bear and the Hare and the Fair
Name: Amanda Shipton
24 April 2025;Genre: Funny Stories
If you are looking for a fun tongue twister, look no further that The Bear and the Hare and the Fair. This rhyming story is full of fun, humour and fast-paced adventure. The brightly coloured illustrations will appeal to the younger reader, the characte...
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Ember Spark and the Unicorn's Secret
Name: Beverley Somerset
24 April 2025;Genre: Fantasy
Ember Spark and her best friend, Arno Whisper, are apprentice vets to magical beasts. When Ember's pet nibblesqueak, Forty Winks, begins to behave oddly, Ember and Arno investigate and find themselves whisked off to the Amazon rainforest. The villainous Tabitha Bone is using magical beasts in...
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Frog can Float
Name: Louise Gahan
23 April 2025;Genre: Early Skills
What would you do if you saw ice cream on the other side of the river? Well Frog and his friends have exactly that problem to solve. Together they must find a way to float across. Frog Can Float is a brilliant book which introduces early readers to the concept of floati...
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Odd Girl Out
Name: Clare Wilkins
23 April 2025;Genre: Representation & Inclusion
15-year-old Maaryah is a fish out of water, plucked from a life of wealth and luxury in Dubai and thrown into a state secondary in Essex. Already reeling from the unfathomable breakdown of her parents' marriage and the lifestyle shift it has necessitated, she is soon navigating a new school, f...
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The Rabbit, the Cloud and the Rainy Day
Name: Jessica Bunney
23 April 2025;Genre: Environment & Nature
The Rabbit, The Cloud and the Rainy Day is brought to us by the creator of the VERY well-known The Rabbit, The Dark and the Biscuit Tin. It's great to re-encounter the well-loved rabbit again! Rabbit has plan...
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Not That Kind of Hero
Name: Sam
21 April 2025;Genre: Romance & Relationships
If you know a young YA romantic, then this is the book for them this summer. Not That Kind of Hero by Alexia Casale is a lovely read. The story has a dual perspective for Orla, the story's main protagonist, as part of a blended family, alongside her internal s...
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Wolf Mountain
Name: Jacqueline Frances Harris
21 April 2025;Genre: Historical Fiction
Tuuli is travelling with her wolf, Lupa, to try and find Andar's people. Before he was killed, Andar gave the impression that his people were in danger, so Tuuli has set off to find them and may be help. The journey is fraught with dangers for a lone traveller and the weather is strange, with...
