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Edie and the Box of Flits
Name: Jennifer Caddick
01 July 2021;Genre: Magical Realism
I absolutely fell in love with this modern but classic feeling magical, fantastical adventure. 11 year old Edie Winter helps out with Dad's job at the London Underground's Lost Property Office. Of all the random things she finds, she never expected it to be a curious wooden box containing a mi...
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There is No Big Bad Wolf in This Story
Name: Maria Aldred
01 July 2021;Genre: Picture Books
This front cover entices you in by the familiar characters who all look slightly flummoxed and perhaps a little grumpy so the children in my class were eager to find out more and why there is no big bad wolf in this story! There is No Big Bad Wolf in This Story begins w...
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SkyWake: Invasion
Name: Stephen Leitch
01 July 2021;Genre: Adventure
Ever wondered what it would be like to be inside your favourite computer game? In SkyWake Invasion - the new sci-fi adventure novel from Jamie Russell - the worlds of the gamer and game are about to become uncomfortably close! It's just an ordinary day for teenage gamer Casey and her yo...
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You're So Dead
Name: Clair Bossons
01 July 2021;Genre: Suspense & Thrillers
This book with its eye catching cover already has students talking about it. They loved the concept of influencers being lured to an uninhabited island to be picked off and murdered one by one. The main character, Plum Winter, intercepts an invite to an exclusive, high-end festival for...
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The Cat and the Rat and the Hat
Name: Maria Faithorn
01 July 2021;Genre: Picture Books
This is the perfect new addition to any young child’s bookcase or classroom reading area. It had a room of 30 children in stitches... as well as the adults! This story not only supports a focus on rhyme and phonics, but of comprehension too. It is very cleverly written with these focuses in mi...
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Howard the Average Gecko
Name: Maria Faithorn
01 July 2021;Genre: Animals
Howard the Average Gecko is an engaging story with beautiful illustrations that all young children can relate to as they learn to develop their social and emotional understanding. Howard believes he is the only creature in the rainforest that can camouflage. Because of this un...
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My Big Mouth
Name: Jennifer Caddick
01 July 2021;Genre: Friends and family
The funny and poignant story is about 10 year old Jay, trying to deal with the emotional turmoil created by the unexpected and unexplained event of his dad leaving the family home. Jay is confused and feeling helpless and abandoned when (on making up an excuse for not doing his homework) it se...
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Girl (in real life)
Name: Beverley Somerset
01 July 2021;Genre: Friends and family
Eva Andersen has been famous since before she was born. She is the star of her parents’ YouTube channel 'All About Eva' which has been documenting her life since she was a baby. On the face of it, she seems to have a great life. Sponsors send the family countless freebies - clothes, food, elec...
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The House on the Edge
Name: Jacqueline Harris
01 July 2021;Genre: Friends and family
Faith lives in a house on the edge of the cliff. There are cracks in the house and cracks in the family. Her father has left, and her mother is no longer functioning properly, clearly deep in depression. Faith looks after her mother, her brother Noah, and the house. She is not managing very we...
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The Incredible Talking Machine
Name: Linda Canning
01 July 2021;Genre: Magical Realism
The Incredible Talking Machine has all the elements of a truly fantastic children's book: it has great characters (protagonists to root for and villains to detest), it's entirely unpredictable, it's the perfect level of creepy and it has the undercurrent of an unsolved mystery. I thoroughly en...
