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Hardit Singh Malik: World War One Flying Ace
Name: Rachel Bolton
01 August 2024;Genre: Historical Fiction
Hardit Singh Malik: World War One Flying Ace is the latest in the excellent series 'Voices' which focuses upon important but less well-known people in the past. It tells the story of Hardit Singh Malik, World War One's first Indian pilot. This is an excellent book on ma...
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My family and other Romans
Name: Jenny Caddick
30 July 2024;Genre: Myths & Legends
A fun and fast paced historical comedy read featuring time-travelling Roman role play fanatics and a version of Ancient Rome. My family and other Romans is a lively, light-hearted and entertaining read. Schoolgirl Silvia Fortuna Juno De Luca lives pract...
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How to Launch a Tech Start-Up: Robotics, Gaming and Other Tech Jobs
Name: Jenny Caddick
14 July 2024;Genre: Non Fiction
Nosy Crow has produced a glossy, vibrant and absolutely up-to-date look at all things technological with this stunning information book, How to Launch a Tech Start-Up (Robotics ,Gaming and other Tech Jobs). It is a fun, lively delve into the history of technological advances...
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Lola and Larch Save the Sunshine Spell
Name: Jemma Jeffrey
14 July 2024;Genre: Magical Realism
This book is exactly the type that would catch my daughter's eye on a shelf in the bookshop, with its beautiful front cover depicting Lola (the human) and Larch (the cheeky green fairy) and pink foil highlights. Having hugely enjoyed the first book in this series, my we have been waiting eager...
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Wigglesbottom Primary: The Pirate Cat
Name: Jane Rew
11 July 2024;Genre: School Stories
It's no wonder children love these books: they are so funny, so imaginative, so 'just right'. They may well know an Irfan or Sunita, a Joel Jack or Miss Riley... after all, aren't there similar characters in every school... the ones who see the unbelievable and come up with cr...
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This book will self destruct
Name: Maria Faithorn
10 July 2024;Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
This Book Will Self-Destruct is a vibrant, engaging graphic novel which will be a huge hit with independent readers. The illustrations throughout the book use only the bold colours of black, red and white, which are a huge hook and draw the reader into the sto...
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Oddney's Otherland: Chronicles from Beneath the Shed
Name: Elen Green
09 July 2024;Genre: Fantasy
Oddney's Otherland: Chronicles from Beneath the Shed takes us into the fantastical landscapes of Otherland, a world that Professor Oddney has discovered via a secret tunnel beneath his shed. Together with his trusty sidekick, Magnus the talking magpie, Oddney sets out to explo...
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The Great Crisp Robbery
Name: Jane Rew
08 July 2024;Genre: Funny Stories
I'm sure this is going to be another hit for creative duo Pamela Butchart and Thomas Flintham, because children were asking to be first to read it even before the book was catalogued. The Great Crisp Robbery has the characteristic ingredients of their previous titles: m...
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Oddney's Motherland - chronicles form beneath the shed: in search of the two-headed firedrake
Name: Lorraine Ansell
08 July 2024;Genre: Fantasy
One day Professor Oddney and his friendly pet magpie, uncover a secret passageway to another world. Intrigued, and remembering a journal of his uncle's that he had thought to be fanciful ramblings, Oddney and Magnus, the magpie, set off on an adventure, in search of the two-headed firedrake. W...
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Puppet
Name: Louisa Farrow
07 July 2024;Genre: Magical Realism
Poignant, reflective and, ultimately, hopeful, David Almond's Puppet is, like his other books, a one-off original. As the story begins, it's impossible not to think of Pinocchio; it reads like a simply told traditional tale. Late one night, Silvester, a weary old puppet master...
