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The Winter Wish
Name: Kyle Matravers
01 December 2022;Genre: Family & Home
The Winter Wish is a beautiful and charming festive tale that really highlights the magic and wonder of Christmas. The story is set around William and his family. They live in a flat above the book shop they own. Because of this, William has grown up in a world of words...some...
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Love in Winter Wonderland
Name: Morgan Harkin
01 December 2022;Genre: Romance & Relationships
Love in Winter Wonderland is a heart felt read, following the story of two main characters, Trey and Ariel. A family owned bookshop is where this unlikely pair meet. Both disliking each other until the impending closure of Wonderland, the bookshop, slowly their love for one an...
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Glowrushes
Name: Linda Brown
01 December 2022;Genre: Friends and family
Glowrushes has been considered to be an Italian masterpiece by this author and for the very first time has been translated into English. I'm so pleased that this has been done. This is a book that will stay with you long after you have put it down. It will put your emotions on...
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The Little Match Girl Strikes Back
Name: Louisa Farrow
30 November 2022;Genre: Historical Fiction
Meet Bridie Sweeney. She's a little match girl, working hard on the streets of Victorian London to help feed her family; she's poor, hungry and cold - but there ends the resemblance to the famous fairy tale character. As she says, match girls weren't all pretty things with with fair curls and...
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The Ghost Locket
Name: Janet Fisher
30 November 2022;Genre: Supernatural
Lolli is in England with Freya and they have come back to help with the opening of the family house in Spitalfields. But Lolli does not want to go into the house as she knows it is haunted by a malevolent spirit. Her strange behaviour and her inability to tell anyone what is happening to her...
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Princess Minna: The Big Bad Snowy Day
Name: Lucy Newton
29 November 2022;Genre: Young fiction
Another adventure with Princess Minna. In Princess Minna: The Big Bad Snowy Day, Minna wakes up and sees snow everywhere. She has a snowball fight and builds some dragons but she notices a problem. Her poor grandma can't get out of her house because there is so much snow, so s...
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Together With You
Name: Jennifer Bevan
28 November 2022;Genre: Family & Home
This book is about spending time with Grandma in every season. The young child in the story looks excited to go into Grandma's house, just as my own children are when they go to there Grandparents' home. I liked the illustrations and the fun the child and Grandma are having each day. A nice bo...
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The Christmas Doll
Name: Jennifer Bevan
27 November 2022;Genre: Family & Home
A lovely book telling the story of why an old toy is so special. The Christmas Doll describes how an old toy is taken to The Repair Shop to be fixed. The lady in the story then goes on to explain how she got the doll and why it is so important to her. My daughter and I...
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Into the Sideways World
Name: Ellora Age 11
27 November 2022;Genre: Science Fiction
Ross Welford is an exceptionally brilliant author with his mind blowing time books and Into The Sideways World is no exception. I read this book in one sitting, so mesmerised with the way he writes. I love how he involved the future and a different world into this book it's am...
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It's Behind You
Name: Abi Age 11
27 November 2022;Genre: Suspense & Thrillers
It was amazing, perfect for best friends to read at a sleepover at 3am!
