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Nate Yu's Blast from the Past: boy meets ghost in a tale of unlikely friendship
Name: Sue Wilsher
05 June 2025;Genre: Representation & Inclusion
Nate Riley is an amateur myrmecologist and has his own ant farm, ruled by Queen Elizabeth III - or Betsy as she is affectionately known. With his mums, he has recently moved to Liverpool and unlike him, the 'parentals' (as he calls them) are very keen for him to take...
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His Face is the Sun (Throne of Khetara): NYT bestselling epic Ancient Egyptian fantasy
Name: Grace Horn
04 June 2025;Genre: Fantasy
His Face is the Sun, the first Throne of Khetara book, is set in a world inspired by Ancient Egypt, and is told from the perspective of four different narrators who each influence the story in different ways. They are Sita the Princess, Neff the priestess, Rae the rebel and Ka...
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Best of All Worlds
Name: Clare Wilkins
04 June 2025;Genre: Dystopian
When Xavier Oak wakes up on his weekend away with his father and heavily pregnant step-mother he expects his usual vista; the clear water of the lake and the harbour. Instead their entire cottage seems to have been transported to a farm, replete with bleating goats demanding to be milked. Stun...
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Bee You! Believe in Yourself
Name: Jen Bevan
04 June 2025;Genre: Mental Health & Wellbeing
Bee You! Believe in Yourself encourages all its readers to 'bee themselves'. What do you love? What are you good at? Bee yourself and don't let anyone stop that. This is a good book for building self esteem and helping children feel free and confident i...
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Marching Band
Name: Louise Gahan
02 June 2025;Genre: Funny Stories
Marching Band is a whirlwind adventure through fun-filled scenes like the jungle, beach and even outer space. Get ready to stomp, clap, ROAR and march along in this joyful, action-packed adventure - brought to life by Kate Hindley's joyful illustrations and Ka...
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Choose Your Own Evolution: Go Extinct or Survive? You Decide!
Name: Jennifer CADDICK
01 June 2025;Genre: Non Fiction
Ancestors Assemble! is the very clever hook to this brilliantly unique and absorbingly interactive exploration of the history of evolution, which takes us back to the very starting point of life on earth. Fascinating facts across millions of years of evolution are made...
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Sandy Fin: Operation Splash Landing
Name: Amanda Shipton
01 June 2025;Genre: Adventure
Sandy Fin: Operation Splash Landing is the amazing first book in the new series by Martin Stewart. This story has all the ingredients of an award-winning story which is well thought through and put together in a way which will engage the reader from beginning...
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These Are My Rocks: A story about collecting
Name: Lizi Backhouse
30 May 2025;Genre: Funny Stories
These Are My Rocks is a story about collecting. It's an interactive book which directly addresses the reader and asks them to turn the light on, catch a spider, blow the cobwebs etc... which kept my little readers engaged! The illustrations are fun and captivating and the book...
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Guardians of the Source (Gargoyles, Book 1)
Name: Jacqueline Harris
27 May 2025;Genre: Magical Realism
Callen moves with his parents to his father's childhood home, an old ramshackle house that is literally falling down. On his first night there, one of the gargoyles adorning the house wakes up and it quickly becomes clear a malevolent force is also waking. The gargoyles might look scary, but t...
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Win Lose Kill Die
Name: alessandra Age 12
24 May 2025;Genre: Suspense & Thrillers
I love this book, the suspense is amazing, I am sooo happy I decided to read this book.
