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There's a Beast in the Basement
Name: Sam Phillips
20 January 2023;Genre: Funny Stories
There's a Beast in the Basement is another fab laugh-out-loud book by Pamela Butchart. Once again Izzy and her friends are on the road to adventure after overhearing their Headteacher, Mr Graves, talking about 'missing treasure'. Mr Graves is certainly behaving strangely and t...
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The Beast in the Basement
Name: Jenny Caddick
12 January 2023;Genre: Funny Stories
There are huge laughs once again in There's a Beast in the Basement!, the latest adventure with Izzy and the gang. When the school day starts with the head teacher to be found crawling along corridors on his hands and knees and silently sobbing whilst leading the assembly, the...
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Alice Eclair, Spy Extraordinaire! A Spoonful of Spying
Name: Erin M. Watson
12 January 2023;Genre: Mystery & Detective
13-year-old Alice Éclair, cake maker supreme by day and spy for the French government by night, is off on a mission. And it's not to buy fresh eggs for her mother's famed pâtisserie, Vive Comme L'Éclair. In A Spoonful of Spying, we join her in an action-packed scene aboard Le...
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Bob vs the Selfie Zombies
Name: Donna Burkert
03 January 2023;Genre: Funny Stories
Robert Trebor, known as Bob, is 12 years old and has recently discovered that he can time travel. One moment he was wallowing in hot bubbly water, and the next minute there were two of him, the bath was cool, and they were both shocked to see each other. Robert has travelled into the future.....
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Alice Eclair, Spy Extraordinaire! A Recipe for Trouble
Name: Jenny Caddick
03 January 2023;Genre: Adventure
Alice Eclair, Spy Extraordinaire! is a fantastic spy mystery for young independent readers who have discovered the thrills of the detective genre in their reading choices. Alice Éclair is a 13 year old Parisian baker with a special talent for intricate detailed icing. This att...
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Alice Eclair Spy Extraordinaire A Spoonful of Spying
Name: Jenny Caddick
03 January 2023;Genre: Mystery & Detective
Alice Eclair, Spy Extraordinaire! A Spoonful of Spying is the second fantastic adventure following young and talented Parisian baking spy, Alice Éclair. This is a delightful detective story, full of intrigue and excitement. As with the first book in the series, the reader take...
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The Spectaculars
Name: Jenny Caddick
02 January 2023;Genre: Magical Realism
The Spectaculars is a wonderfully entertaining and excitingly magical story. Harper Woolfe remembers very little of the first few years of her life but is astounded and delighted when, at the age of 11, she discovers that she is actually a "spectacular" - a gifted, extraordina...
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Dragon Storm: Erin and Rockhammer
Name: Sam Phillips
01 January 2023;Genre: Fantasy
Dragon Storm: Erin and Rockhammer, is the sixth book in the Dragon Storm series by Alastair Chisholm, and just like others in this series it makes for an exciting read, ideal for any newly independent reader. This short story wastes no time with 'pleasantries'...
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The Treekeepers
Name: Rhiannon Cook
30 December 2022;Genre: Fantasy
A dark plot is afoot in the magical city of Arborven. The shadow tree Bitterblight has extended its murky tendrils towards its light counterpart, the Undrentree, in the centre of the city and a war, years in the making, is suddenly and unexpectedly at the city's door. The best hope of survival...
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Dragon Storm - Tomas and Ironskin
Name: Sam Phillips
28 December 2022;Genre: Fantasy
Dragon Storm - Tomas and Ironskin is the first book in this fab Dragon Storm series. The story starts when Tomas, an 11 year old, son of a blacksmith, is summoned to go to a special school where he can learn to be a Dragonseer! Along with his friends, teachers and his very own...
