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Baby Love
Name: Nicola Jenkin
17 March 2022;Genre: Friends and family
Set in the 1960s, before sex education in schools was the norm, a time when unmarried mothers were pitied and shamed and teen pregnancies were hidden from society - girls often left with little support from family and authorities and had no choice but to give up their babies - the story follow...
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The Infinity Guardians
Name: Beverley Somerset
15 March 2022;Genre: Science Fiction
Ash Yang is the youngest ever Guardian of the Infinity Files and is responsible for the most powerful and dangerous artefacts in the universe. They are stored in the Library, and Ash, along with her friends Ezra, Trik and Amara, are charged with visiting different planets to retrieve, protect...
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Only a Monster
Name: Linda Brown
03 March 2022;Genre: Fantasy
What a debut novel, I loved every word of Only a Monster and possibly, even though it's still early into the new year, the best read of 2022... 16-year-old Joan has led a perfectly normal life until she is sent to spend the summer in London with her late mother's quirky family...
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The Balloon Thief
Name: Morgan Harkin
01 March 2022;Genre: Fantasy
The Balloon Thief follows the story of two unlikely friends. Khadija, a Ghadaean girl, and Jacob, a hari boy and a glassmaker's apprentice, both leading separate lives until Khadija fleas from an arranged marriage and lands in Jacob's home town. The Hareef, a terrorist group,...
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Castles in their Bones
Name: Linda Brown
01 March 2022;Genre: Fantasy
This wonderful YA author, Laura Sebastian, has done it once again in this first book of her new trilogy... Castles in Their Bones is full of secrets, scheming, politics and lies. Who do the three main characters trust? Can they even trust each other? Princesses Daphne,...
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The Balloon Thief
Name: Emelia Helliwell
26 February 2022;Genre: Fantasy
The Balloon Thief is an adventure across the skies, following the friendship of two teenagers from opposing sides, the Hari and the Ghadaean. Two teenagers, Jacob and Khadija, have to navigate their way not only through the civil unrest but their unlikely friendship that began...
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The Blue Book of Nebo
Name: Julie Broadbent
22 February 2022;Genre: Family & Home
The beginning of The Blue Book of Nebo starts at The End as we are transported to a post-apocalyptic remote hilltop home above the village of Nebo in north-west Wales. From the outset, we are unsure what The End is, but we are aware that something terrible has happened. Life a...
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Kemosha of the Caribbean
Name: Ruth Cornish
10 February 2022;Genre: Historical Fiction
Kemosha of the Caribbean is an adventure spanning the period in Kemosha's life between enslavement and liberty. Alex Wheatle has created a strong female main character fighting for her family and for their freedom, along with a fascinating cast of supporting characters who hel...
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Have Pride
Name: Eileen Armstrong
04 February 2022;Genre: LBGTQ+
Never has a book lived up to its title, or been as deserving of so many accolades, as Have Pride. The 2021 Winner of the School Library Association’s Information Book Award (13-16 category) is, as its subtitle suggests, "an inspirational history of the LGBTQ+movement" but it i...
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This Woven Kingdom
Name: Linda Brown
03 February 2022;Genre: Fantasy
Alizeh is a low status servant girl who has a secret that if found out, will cost her her life... she is a Jinn, the heir to a long lost kingdom of powerful people that are feared and hunted. Alizeh is not just any Jinn, she has ice that runs through her veins. Is she the 'monster' that the cu...
