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Name: Sue Wilsher
02 September 2022;

Genre: Adventure

Alice Éclair might only be thirteen, but she is also an expert pâtissière and France's youngest, keenest spy. For the past year, she has been receiving cryptic messages and puzzles to solve and, although she does not know who they are from, she has her suspicions - which are realised when a fi...

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Name: Linda Canning
01 September 2022;

Genre: Adventure

Spooked: The Theatre Ghosts is a thoroughly enjoyable read from Steven Butler. When ten year old Ella Griffin is forced to move away from her happy life in London to the dull and miserable seaside town of Cod's Bottom, she fears her life might as well be over. That is until sh...

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Name: Emma Nelson
01 September 2022;

Genre: Early Readers & Young Fiction

Midnight Magic - Witch Trap is the third adventurous tale of Midnight and her human friend, Trixie. It is October half term and Trixie and Midnight are playing in the garden - building a den. Nan is planting bulbs and dad is sweeping up the leaves. Midnight is a black c...

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Name: Emma Nelson
01 September 2022;

Genre: Early Readers & Young Fiction

Midnight Magic - Mirror Mischief is the second book in the series by Michelle Harrison and Elissa Elwick. Midnight, a black cat, was adopted by a young girl named Trixie, her dad, and her nan. Midnight was born with magical powers and it's those powers that create mayhem on th...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
31 August 2022;

Genre: Poetry

Nosy Crow have set a real precedent for beautifully presented poetry anthologies and this is no exception. The striking cloth bound cover with its stunning illustration is both tactile and tempting. The collection contains a wealth of poems from well-loved, familiar voices to newer poets whose...

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Name: Donna Burkert
30 August 2022;

Genre: Adventure

When Jack finds himself washed up on a seemingly deserted island, he fears that all is lost. Discovering a skull on the beach doesn't help and then to be loomed over by an oversized reptilian monster, he thinks his days are numbered. And then he meets a man, a man who has been surviving on thi...

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Name: Donna Ritchie
30 August 2022;

Genre: Fantasy

Fans of any book which has students learning magic will find Witchlings extremely enjoyable. When witches reach a certain age they are put into a coven at a ritual lead by the Gran. Each witchling has an amulet that glows the colour of the House which they are put in. The Hous...

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Name: Lucy Newton
30 August 2022;

Genre: Magical Realism

Another brilliant story about Luma! Luma and the Hiccupping Dragon includes two short stories, the first being about Luma and her hiccupping dragon. One night whilst staying over at Nani's, Luma discovers her pet Timir (who is sometimes a dog and sometimes a dragon depending o...

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Name: Maria faithorn
28 August 2022;

Genre: Picture Books

This simple tale opens the reader to many hidden messages; Reminding us that as big as the world is, we are all connected and share it together. That material objects are not the most important in life. The world is full of awe and wonder. Is the beautiful moon in Kyiv the same as the b...

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Name: Linda Canning
16 August 2022;

Genre: Funny Stories

If I were to write down a list of my class's favourite things to find in a book, the latest installment in the Loki series would hit them all. Utterly madcap? Check. Hilariously funny? Check. Completely random? Check. Filled with glorious illustrations? Check The list could go on! Louie...

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