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The Voyage of Sam Singh
Name: Jenny Caddick
15 July 2024;Genre: Adventure
The Voyage of Sam Singh is the second stunning and enchanting tale from Gita Ralleigh's alternative colonial India. The first in the series, The Destiny of Minou Moonshine, is a vividly lush and adventurous tale of bravery a...
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Gloria Goes for Gold
Name: Louise Gahan
15 July 2024;Genre: Friends and family
Gloria and her family are synchronised swimmers and have always won Gold at the Championships. Gloria loves her family but strives to win something all for herself; something she doesn't have to share. Marina Firth's playful text follows Gloria's encounter with different animals and their chos...
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Dig, Dig, Dinosaur
Name: Lizi Backhouse
15 July 2024;Genre: Early Skills
In Dig Dig Dinosaur, we join three little explorers as they search for dinosaurs, hoping to find something really big! The illustrations are bright and engaging, with only a small amount of text on each page. I really enjoyed the peekaboo-style holes which show the din...
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Fergal is Fretting!
Name: Sue Wilsher
15 July 2024;Genre: Mental Health & Wellbeing
Fergal is so excited when Dad tells him that his friend, Elspeth, is coming for a visit. But then he starts to worry. It's been such a long time since he last saw her that things might not be the same. His parents notice that something is wrong and together, they find ways to make his fretting...
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Taylor Blake is a Legend
Name: Beverley Somerset
15 July 2024;Genre: Romance & Relationships
14-year-old Taylor Blake has never been kissed, and is obsessed with trying to resolve this dilemma. Now that she is in Year 9, she is part of a French exchange programme, and is going to host one of the French students. When she is accidentally paired up with a boy instead of a girl, it seems...
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Amir and the Jinn Princess
Name: Beverley Somerset
15 July 2024;Genre: Fantasy
12-year-old Amir lives a privileged life; his father runs a prestigious brick-making company in Lahore, Pakistan. The youngest of three siblings, Amir has no desire to inherit the company. His mother mysteriously disappeared a year ago and since then, Amir's behaviour has deteriorated. When he...
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Love, the Earth
Name: Jessica Bunney
15 July 2024;Genre: Environment
Love, the Earth is such an emotive and thought-proving book in the best way possible. It is suitable for the littlest of toddlers right up to late childhood and beyond! The earth is personified in this story and as it takes us on an artistic, poetic journey around the w...
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A History of My Weird
Name: Jo Clarke
15 July 2024;Genre: Representation & Inclusion
A History of My Weird is an honest and insightful portrayal of life with autism. Our main character, Mo, opens the reader's eyes to the reality of being neurodiverse. We see life through Mo's eyes: her struggles to understand social nuances, her need to have idioms explained,...
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Huxley and Flapjack: Trouble at Sea
Name: Sue Wilsher
14 July 2024;Genre: Adventure
One hot day, when Flapjack is keeping cool, reading his book in the bath, Huxley has one of his bright ideas and decides that they should go to the seaside. Once there, they meet Winston, Wizz to his friends, who invites them aboard his submarine to search for a shipwreck called the Isabella....
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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...
