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The Search for Carmella
Name: Elen
01 November 2024;Genre: Mental Health & Wellbeing
The Search for Carmella is an exquisite picture book that takes us deep into the ocean on a search for the mythical Carmella. However, we also learn that marine biologist Dr Rose is so committed to the search that she fails to notice all the other beauty around her, until fell...
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The Arctic Fox
Name: Laura
01 November 2024;Genre: Animals
Ellie and her family are about to travel to Lapland for their Christmas holidays, and Ellie is excited for the special family holiday. On a school visit to a museum before the end of term, Ellie becomes intrigued by the idea of arctic foxes and after some research finds that they are still rar...
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Oliver's Great Big Universe
Name: Natalie J McChrystal Plimmer
01 November 2024;Genre: Funny Stories
Oliver's Great Big Universe is the first title in the series about 11-year-old Oliver. The series follows in the footsteps of characters such as the Wimpy Kid and Tom Gates with its first-person, heavily illustrated, humorous diary-style format. This book tells the stor...
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Space: From Sputnik to the International Space Station
Name: Sue Wilsher
01 November 2024;Genre: Non Fiction
Space: From Sputnik to the International Space Station starts by looking at rockets with labelled diagrams, supporting readers in identifying their components. It then follows the development of space exploration from Sputnik, the first satellite in in space to manned pace fli...
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Podkin and the Tentacled Terror
Name: Jenny CADDICK
01 November 2024;Genre: Fantasy
A return to the World of Podkin One-Ear is always an absolute joy and offers a totally immersive reading experience, taking you into an amazing fantasy world. Podkin and the Tentacled Terror is the eighth in this thrilling, adventurous and heart warming quest by Podkin to def...
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Old Wounds
Name: Stephen Leitch
30 October 2024;Genre: LBGTQ+
Set in small-town America, Old Wounds is a creepy, thrilling and thought-provoking novel following trans teens Erin and Max who are trying to get to California. Erin isn't quite sure why she's here as she's not spoken to Max in the two years since they broke up, but Max needs...
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How to Survive a Horror Movie
Name: Lorraine ansell
29 October 2024;Genre: Horror
Charley is starting over in a new boarding school on a remote island. Luckily her roommate shares her love of horror movies, and they bond over Slasher Saturday movie nights. Tormented by the popular and rich girls, and trying to reinvent her shady past, things take a rapid turn for the worse...
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The Ghost of Us
Name: Eileen Armstrong
28 October 2024;Genre: LBGTQ+
Haunted by her own cyberbullying incident years ago, aspiring ghosthunter Cara is determined to throw off her social outcast status by proving ghosts exist via her YouTube channel, Caranormal Activity. Stumbling across the spirit of Aiden, a popular student who lost his life a year ago, she s...
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Let's Split Up
Name: Clare Wilkins
28 October 2024;Genre: Suspense & Thrillers
Let's Split Up is a fun (and frightening!) teen slasher story with a knowing nod to classic eighties and nineties horror. Think Goosebumps and Scream with a bit of Mike Myers thrown in! Shelley and Brad are the poster couple at school – the cheerleader and Jock about to...
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Mermaid Academy: Harper and Splash
Name: Natalie J McChrystal Plimmer
28 October 2024;Genre: Fantasy
Mermaid Academy: Harper and Splash is the sixth installment in the Mermaid Academy series created by those behind Unicorn Academy. These standalone books focus on one particular merm...
