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Agent Zaiba Investigates: The Missing Diamonds
Name: Evie Age 10
10 April 2021;Genre: Mystery & Detective
Agent Zaiba Investigates: The Missing Diamonds is about a group of friends (Zaiba, Poppy and Ali) who never give up. Their mission was to identify the VIP guest, then to track down the missing dog and diamond collar and finally to discover who took the dog and why! Zaiba, her brother (Ali, wh...
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How To Save The World With A Chicken And An Egg
Name: Donna Burkert
08 April 2021;Genre: Environment & Nature
Ivy Pink Floyd is no ordinary girl, she believes she can communicate with animals and tries her hardest to tell the good folk of Southwold what they need to do to make their pets lives better. Her foster father beseeches her not to make a rumpus so that she can continue to stay with them, and...
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Do you Love Dinosaurs?
Name: Wendy Kelly
08 April 2021;Genre: Non Fiction
Dinosaur books are usually always a winner so I had high hopes for this, and wasn't disappointed. Written by Matt Robinson, author of the award winning Do you Love Bugs?, it follows a similar style of bright, cartoony illustrations and a chatty style of writing. The text is clearly laid out an...
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Vulture: Isles of Storm and Sorrow
Name: Linda Brown
08 April 2021;Genre: Fantasy
Vulture is the concluding book of the Isles of Storm and Sorrow series and once again the author has written a breathtaking story full of twists and turns that will totally engage any reader of fantasy adventures. Marianne emerges from the captivity and...
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Starboard
Name: Beverley Somerset
07 April 2021;Genre: Friends and family
When seven-year-old Kirsten Bramble made a film to find her Dad a new girlfriend, it went viral and the Brambles are now reality TV stars. They live in a big house and have plenty of money. Starboard begins when Kirsten is 11 and her show is not doing so well; audience figures...
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Starboard
Name: Jacqueline Harris
07 April 2021;Genre: Friends and family
Starboard follows Kirsten Brambles, a child reality TV star who is apparently happy and successful with everything she could have dreamt for. Except that everything is pretty much a façade and a concoction by the TV company. On a school trip to the SS Great Britain in B...
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How To Be Me
Name: Ruth Cornish
07 April 2021;Genre: Friends and family
An emotional story which makes it the perfect empathy read for children. Lucas is a lonely boy who appears to have everything, but we read on to discover that material possessions are no substitute for a loving happy family. During the holidays, he is placed by his remote and emotionally unava...
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Invented by Animals
Name: Megan Webb
06 April 2021;Genre: Non Fiction
Invented by Animals looks at over 30 different animals in detail and how they have influenced scientists and inventors to create new technology. Ranging from sharks and their skin inspiring high-tech swimsuits which were banned after the 2000 Olympics, to eagles and their impr...
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Waiting for Murder
Name: Ruth Cornish
05 April 2021;Genre: Suspense & Thrillers
Waiting for Murder is a page-turning middle grade thriller suitable for lower secondary school students. The main characters Dan and Florence, both bored during the school holidays, meet up during one long hot summer. But boredom quickly turns to adventure when they get caught...
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The Duck Who Didn't Like Water
Name: Jessica Bunney
05 April 2021;Genre: Friendship
I knew this book was going to be an interesting one as soon as I read the title, The Duck Who Didn't Like Water - how peculiar! If I wasn't already drawn to this book, the prominent bright yellow colour when flicking through this book at first glance certainly would have succe...
