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Circus Maximus: Rivals on the Track
Name: Hayley Summerfield
01 February 2022;Genre: Historical Fiction
Circus Maximus: Rivals on the Track is the sequel to Race to the Death. This book is a thrilling adventure rooted in history and ancient chariot racing. Dido is the main character in the book; she is brave...
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Dead or Alive (Skulduggery Pleasant, Book 14)
Name: Lois Age 11
18 January 2022;Genre: Magical Realism
Loved it, amazing!
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When Shadows Fall
Name: Stephen Leitch
16 January 2022;Genre: Mental Health & Wellbeing
When Shadows Fall by Sita Brahmachari follows Kai who grows up in a city flat opposite a patch of wilderness called the Greenlands, which Kai and his dad have taken to looking after. It's here that Kai and his friends Orla and Zak often play and grow up together. Though there...
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Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
Name: Stephen Leitch
16 January 2022;Genre: Romance & Relationships
Friendship, family, secrets, love, and identity all come together in this brilliantly written novel by Benjamin Alire Saenz, Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe, set in the heat of New Mexico. Ari (Aristotle) is a loner, preferring his own company and is h...
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The City of Lost Dreamers
Name: Donna Ritchie
07 January 2022;Genre: Fantasy
A girl without magic, who lives in a city where almost everyone else has. A father who works at the Mappers' Guild; the same building where the girl works as a clerk in training. A map ripped into three pieces by the witch Baba Yaga - so their city will never be complete again! I knew <...
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When the War came home
Name: Jacqueline Harris
06 January 2022;Genre: Historical Fiction
Natty is forced to leave her home and go with her mother to stay at her cousin's farm in another Welsh village. There she gets to know her wider family, including Nery's who is around her age and Nery's older brother Huw. Huw, only seventeen, has come back from the trenches a changed person, h...
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The Secrets Act
Name: Jacqueline Harris
06 January 2022;Genre: Historical Fiction
In The Secrets Act, Ellen starts working at Bletchley during World War II. The atmosphere is tense, and she is part of a vital war effort. On her first day she meets Pearl, already working at Bletchley and the two strike up a nervous friendship. Everything has to be kept secre...
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Win Lose Kill Die
Name: Beverley Somerset
06 January 2022;Genre: Suspense & Thrillers
Morton Academy is a school for specially selected, high-achieving students. Being chosen as Head Girl is an incredible honour, and everyone wants to be the successful candidate. But when Head Girls start dying in unusual and violent ways, it becomes obvious that there is a serial killer loose...
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The Ivory Key
Name: Ruth Cornish
04 January 2022;Genre: Fantasy
The Ivory Key is the first novel in a two part book series by Akshaya Raman. It is a fantasy adventure set in the magical land of Ashoka. But the future of the kingdom is in jeopardy, as their source of the magic that protects and sustains the kingdom is running low. Four sepa...
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When the World Was Ours
Name: Catherine Purcell
01 January 2022;Genre: Historical Fiction
Tom Palmer's After the War; Michael Rosen's The Missing; Karen Levine's Hana's Suitcase; Morris Gleitzman's Once; Judith Kerr's When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit; and now, Liz Kessler's When the World Was Ours. Vienna. 1936. Three friends spend a joy-filled day together cel...
