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Horror Heights: The Slime (Book 1)
Name: Samantha Phillips
30 September 2021;Genre: Horror
In Horror Heights: The Slime, 11 year old Connie has yet to find her niche at Secondary School, and while some children are known for their academic or sporting ability, just like many young girls, Connie still feels unrecognised by her peers! Connie is so keen to be known, th...
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When Fishes Flew: The Story of Elena's War
Name: Donna Burkert
30 September 2021;Genre: Historical Fiction
Nandi has always had a special relationship with her Great Aunt Ellie. She has loved her stories and the very essence that makes her so special. When Ellie becomes too old to travel from her home in Ithaca to visit Nandi in Australia, Nandi vows to work hard and save the money to do the journe...
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Precious Catastrophe
Name: Katrina Waldron
30 September 2021;Genre: Supernatural
Precious Catastrophe is an amazingly spellbinding book containing many dark secrets and happenings. Following on from Perfectly Preventable Deaths (the first novel in the series), we see events pick up a year on from the last time we saw Maddy and Catlin. Told from the dual pe...
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Locked Out Lily
Name: Jennifer Caddick
30 September 2021;Genre: Mental Health & Wellbeing
Locked Out Lily is an eerie, atmospheric, intriguing and totally compelling thrill of a story. I absolutely loved this book. Lily is battling a serious illness but her parents will soon need to divide their attention between her and a new baby - a sibling that Lily does not wa...
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How Was That Built?
Name: Kelly Buxton
29 September 2021;Genre: Non Fiction
How Was That Built? is fascinating non-fiction in picture book disguise, with story-type narratives that flow throughout like a river ebbing through a city. For budding engineers and those interested in the intricacies of how some of the world's most awe-inspiring buildings, t...
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The Hound of Ulster
Name: Sue Wilsher
28 September 2021;Genre: Myths & Legends
Setanta dreams of becoming a champion warrior, but his parents think he is too young and too small - and not born to the nobility. Undeterred, Setanta is determined to join the king's young warriors, but they are equally determined to keep this shepherd's son in his place. But although he migh...
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The Edelweiss Pirates
Name: Kimberley Lawson
28 September 2021;Genre: Historical Fiction
On his regular visits to his grandfather’s grave, Daniel notices an old man watching him from a nearby monument. One day, Daniel plucks up the courage to speak to the man; they begin to talk and the man tells Daniel his name is Josef Gerlach and the grave he has been visiting belongs to his br...
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Burn
Name: Eileen Armstrong
28 September 2021;Genre: Fantasy
Patrick Ness is a writer who refuses to be pigeonholed and this mind-bending, genre-defying, completely gripping work of genius re-imagines the Cold War - but with dragons! In Burn, Sarah Dewhurst's father hires a dragon to help on their farm and thus save the family fr...
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Danger at Dead Man's Pass (Adventures on Trains)
Name: Sue Wilsher
28 September 2021;Genre: Adventure
Hal is delighted when his Uncle Nat appears at the start of the Easter holidays. Having received a mysterious letter from an old friend asking for their help, the two train detectives set off to investigate a suspicious death and a family curse. Going undercover as members of the family, they...
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Storm in a Jar
Name: Sharon Porter
27 September 2021;Genre: Mental Health & Wellbeing
I read Storm in a Jar to my class and asked for their comments, this one was the most poignant from an articulate nine year old, and it shows what a great impact a well written story can have; providing a way in for children to talk freely about their feelings: 'This bo...
