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I Know You Did It
Name: Stephen Leitch
01 September 2021;Genre: Suspense & Thrillers
Murder, secrets, school, friendship and lies all come together in this gripping page turning novel by Sue Wellman. For 17-year-old Ruby, starting a new school should be the fresh start she needs for focus on her exam year and leave the past behind her. But when she finds a note stuck to her lo...
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Perfectly Preventable Deaths
Name: Linda Brown
01 September 2021;Genre: Suspense & Thrillers
Perfectly Preventable Deaths is a slow paced but totally engaging book. It has got it all; relatable main characters, witchcraft, mystery, suspense with a dash of romance. The author clearly knows her craft as she is fantastic at building an atmosphere that compels the reader...
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I Can Be A Dog Detective
Name: Lauren Maidman
01 September 2021;Genre: Picture Books
I can be a Dog Detective is a picture book for children to teach them about dog behaviours and learn about dogs. The story is about a boy called Jack who meets lots of different dogs to learn about their different behaviours. He meets a range of different dogs - breeds and siz...
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The Raven Heir
Name: Andrew Mullen
31 August 2021;Genre: Fantasy
The Raven Heir is a wonderful opening book to what I hope will be a popular series amongst MG readers. Cordelia and her triplet siblings live in a castle with their mother and older brother, in the middle of a forest protected by the spells their mother has woven around it. Th...
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All American Boys
Name: Shirley Munn
29 August 2021;Genre: Representation & Inclusion
All American Boys is written from the perspective of two different boys interlinked by circumstances yet divided by completely different cultures. Rashad, a black 17 year old who is attacked by a white policeman, when a woman trips and falls in front of him and the policeman a...
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The Ash House
Name: Louisa Farrow
28 August 2021;Genre: Friends and family
A new boy arrives at Ash House, thinking he's going to be cured of his agonising back pains. Soon he can't even remember his name and he's given a new one, Solitude, Sol for short. Then he battles to find his place in a strange community of children all called after 'Nicenesses' and apparently...
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Crowfall
Name: Kelly Buxton
27 August 2021;Genre: Adventure
Vashti Hardy has a way with words that draws the reader in from beginning to end. Hardy's latest novel: Crowfall is an epic adventure that delves into the complicated relationship between nature and humans, illuminating the need for harmony and a reciprocal approach. Or...
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Wayward Son
Name: Linda Brown
27 August 2021;Genre: Adventure
Wayward Son is the second title in the Simon Snow series. This is where the main characters get their 'happy ever after' after the traumatic events at the end of book one, but life, of course, is not that simple... Simon has changed, he seems to have not only lost his magic bu...
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Greek Myths: Meet the Heroes, Gods and Monsters of ancient Greece
Name: Sue Wilsher
27 August 2021;Genre: Myths & Legends
Greek Myths: Meet the Heroes, Gods and Monsters of ancient Greece offers an excellent introduction to the world of Greek Myths. Starting with explaining the importance of the gods to the ancient Greeks, the book then sets the scene of that world before a section entitled The B...
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Wishyouwas
Name: Nicola Mansfield Niemi
27 August 2021;Genre: Adventure
There are few books you pick up and you feel the words rather than just read them and when this happens, you know you are reading something special: Wishyouwas is going to be a classic. Wishyouwas is set in smog-filled London in 1952, it is just before Christmas and Pen...