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Name: Jacqueline Harris
27 May 2021;Genre: Adventure
Myles and Beckett are the younger twin brothers of the more famous Artemis Fowl. In The Fowl Twins - Deny All Charges, the second of their adventures, having stolen a jet plane and then destroyed it (obviously not intentionally), the brothers are put under house a...
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Raising Hell
Name: Clair Bossons
26 May 2021;Genre: Horror
Raising Hell is an action packed fantasy adventure. A very compelling read suited to fans of Charlie Higson, Darren Shan, The Red Eye Series and Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Ivy Elizabeth Mann is a strong lead character. She blames herself for opening a rift that has let d...
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Name: Sue Wilsher
22 May 2021;Genre: Representation & Inclusion
When a new girl starts a new school in a new town, she is faced with hostility and suspicion. Focusing on her differences, the other children in her class taunt and mock her. However, the appearance of a beautiful origami flower left on the teacher's desk ignites their curiosity, which leads t...
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Crater Lake 2: Evolution
Name: Jennifer Caddick
20 May 2021;Genre: Horror
Sensational, stunning, scary - well worth the wait and anticipation! Crater Lake: Evolution takes place five months after we last saw Lance and the gang surviving their Y6 residential trip with its alien spore invasion of the "bug eyes". All appears to be settling down, high s...
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Crater Lake 2: Evolution
Name: Clare Wilkins
20 May 2021;Genre: Horror
The first book in this thrilling, high energy series managed to be both horrifying and funny and the sequel, Crater Lake: Evolution, likewise mixes the macabre and the mirthful. Picking up six months after the horrors of a Year 6 field trip that went disastrously wrong (bug-ey...
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Name: Lucy Georgeson
19 May 2021;Genre: Friends and family
In We Were Wolves, Boy lives in a caravan on his own in the woods. His dad, John, is in prison and promises to get out soon. All the boy needs to do is survive alone for a little while longer. But dark forces are circling ... like the dangerous man in the Range Rover, w...
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We Were Wolves
Name: Lorraine Ansell
18 May 2021;Genre: Friends and family
A boy lives in a caravan on his own waiting for his father to return from a short stay in prison. The beasts and wild animals of the past keep him company while he forages and learns the ways of nature. Lying to his mother in the home of his old life and finding love for a dog that adopts him,...
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When the Sky Falls
Name: Catherine Purcell
18 May 2021;Genre: Historical Fiction
Can we take a moment here to look at that fabulous cover illustration for When the Sky Falls? The magnificence of the silverback gorilla, Adonis, sat on his haunches, standing sentry. In amidst fire and brimstone, flames and destruction; searchlights picking out Hitler's bombe...
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What is a Virus?
Name: Catherine Kus
17 May 2021;Genre: Non Fiction
This book is extremely topical at present as all children have questions and concerns about the Coronovirus. This book covers everything you need to know about viruses in a non- frightening and reassuring way. What is a Virus is full of simple questions which are answered by l...
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Beauty and the Bin
Name: Beverley Somerset
17 May 2021;Genre: Environment
Laurie Larksie is 12 and lives with her mum, dad and younger sister Fern. The whole family are keen environmentalists, and want to save the planet. Laurie and Fern enjoy making their own eco-friendly beauty products from the foods their parents grow at home. The family even go so far as to loo...
