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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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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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Girl on the Fly
Name: Beverley Somerset
10 April 2024;Genre: Personal Growth
13-year-old Kamaria Kessy lives in Philadelphia with her Momma and Baba (father), who are originally from Tanzania. Kamaria loves running and rhythm; she does not handle change well and needs time to come to terms with any changes in her life. So, when she learns that her father's sister, Aunt...
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The Kingdom Over the Sea
Name: Beverley Somerset
09 April 2024;Genre: Fantasy
12-year-old Yara Sulimayah lives in Bournemouth. When she loses her mother in a tragic accident, she is left alone and is about to go into care. Things change, however, when she finds a letter left by her mother. It contains a strange set of instructions and, when Yara follows them, she finds...
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Sister Spirit
Name: Ruth Cornish
08 April 2024;Genre: Supernatural
Sister Spirit is a beautifully written, emotional story about a teen girl searching for her identity and, along the way, discovering the reasons behind the vivid images that haunt her dreams. This book weaves cultural and mystical themes through a more real-life narrative of d...
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Black Hole Cinema Club
Name: Sue Wilsher
05 April 2024;Genre: Science Fiction
Lucas and his friends, Finn and Ash, are heading for their local cinema, known as 'The Black Hole', for a state-of-the-art experience movie marathon experience in 4Di- cinema, with another dimension! Armed with plenty of snacks (First rule: bring enough supplies), the boys join their friends,...
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Bringing Back Kay-Kay
Name: Hannah Keohane
03 April 2024;Genre: Mystery & Detective
Bringing Back Kay-Kay is gripping from the start. The protagonist is 12-year-old Lena whose older brother, Kay-Kay, has gone missing after a summer camp. After the police seem to give up on finding him, Lena decides to take matters into her own hands and goes in search of Kay-...
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Twice Upon a Time
Name: Beverley Somerset
02 April 2024;Genre: Mystery & Detective
The Morrow twins, Merry and Spike, were born on either side of the start of the New Year. Consequently, they were born in different months and years, and both of the clocks in their house stopped at the exact times of their births. Now clocks behave oddly around them and they have discovered t...
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When the Wild Calls
Name: Jennifer Caddick
01 April 2024;Genre: Dystopian
A completely captivating, absorbing and highly emotive dystopian adventure that grips the reader from start to finish. This was a book that I simply could not put down. When the Wild Calls is the sequel to the brilliant <a href="/books/where-the-world-turns-wi...
