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Adventuremice: Mice on the Moon
Name: Amanda Shipton
17 April 2024;Genre: Animals
If you haven't already fallen in love with little Pedro and the Adventure Mice, then you are in for an absolute treat. True to form this newest adventure is carefully written with carefully pitched language to provide the perfect level of challenge to the early chapter book reader. The...
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Bringing Back Kay-Kay
Name: Jane Rew
16 April 2024;Genre: Mystery & Detective
Dev Kothari is a masterful storyteller. This mystery (to assign it a genre for library shelving) is gripping and, in places, quite lyrical. Its realism and drama will appeal to children who want a bit of truth and grit in their fiction. They will 'get' the intense emotions Lena feels about her...
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Everyday Action, Everyday Change
Name: Giselle Age 11
16 April 2024;Genre: Representation & Inclusion
I like this book because it is very informative and spreads awareness about important things in life like racism and disabilities, which are very crucial things that needs to be known more about. I also need to bring up the character illustrations because they are AMAZING! Overall i give this...
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The Time Machine Next Door Rebellions and Super Boots
Name: Jane Rew
16 April 2024;Genre: Science Fiction
Some readers will already be familiar with other titles in this series, but the books don't need to be read in order. We're told all we need to know at the outset: that young Sunil has an eccentric neighbour, Alex, who has invented a time machine, and who has a pet kiwi called Wiki. They are t...
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Where the Heart Should Be
Name: Eileen Armstrong
16 April 2024;Genre: Historical Fiction
"It is hard to tell a love story and also the story of a people being torn apart" but Crossan achieves this magnificently in her latest and best verse novel, Where the Heart Should Be. Set in 1840s Ireland at the time of the Great Hunger, it tells the story of 16-year-old Nell...
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Martha Maps it out in Time
Name: Tracy Parvin
15 April 2024;Genre: Non Fiction
Who doesn't love a book with a map? Well… I (and my three-year-old grandson, Archie) love a fictional map! A map has that capacity to bring a book alive and to allow the reader to immerse themselves in the pages. It is possible to become lost for hours in the pages of a book with a map. <p...
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Dragon Force: Infinity's Secret
Name: Kayden Age 11
15 April 2024;Genre: Fantasy
I love Dragon Force: Infinity's Secret because it has a lot of commotion. I loved it when the swan tries to trick Arthur to make the Dragon Force Defences weaker.
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The Crooked Oak Mysteries (5) - The Creatures of Killburn Mine
Name: Rachael Cooper-Evans
15 April 2024;Genre: Horror
The Creatures of Killburn Mine is the fifth installment in the spooky Crooked Oak series. School friends Pete, Nancy and Krish are excited when a meteor apparently crashes to Earth on a moor just outside Crooked Oak. But when t...
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The Doll Twin
Name: Sue Wilsher
15 April 2024;Genre: Supernatural
Since the death of her parents, Una has been living in a children's home. Missing her lighthouse home and the moods of the sea, she find life here hard, her ways infuriating Matron who calls her 'Una the Unwanted' and 'Una the Unstable'. When the Smiths arrive and decide that they want to adop...
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Oh Mummy Mia!
Name: Jo Clarke
15 April 2024;Genre: Myths & Legends
Fans of Maz Evans will be thrilled to see the return of Elliot Hooper as he embarks on another madcap adventure - this time in Ancient Egypt as his adventures continue from the previous book, Oh Maya Gods. This volume, Oh Mummy Mia!, will sit...
