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The Hundred Decker Rocket
Name: Joanna Hewish
30 July 2021;If there is one thing I know about children and picture books, is that you cannot go wrong with a picture book with flaps or pull-out pages and this one has the biggest pull-out page I've ever seen in a picture book! 'The Hundred Decker Rocket' tells the delightful story of little Ivy w...
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Theodora Hendrix and the Curious Case of the Cursed Beetle
Name: Jenny Caddick
30 July 2021;Genre: Adventure
Get ready for a second adventure with the MLM (Monstrous League of Monsters) and their only (and highly against the MLM rules) human family member, 10 year old Theodora Hendrix in Theodora Hendrix and the Curious Case of the Cursed Beetle. Abandoned at birth and adopted by the...
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The Outrage
Name: Tanja Jennings
28 July 2021;Genre: LBGTQ+
Hussey’s thought provoking dystopian YA novel The Outrage shines a spotlight on the injustice of man's inhumanity to man. Sadly, his chilling portrait of a fragmented country, whose government resolves to stamp out what it perceives as difference, is not so improbable with the...
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Unicorn Magic
Name: Zhi Xin Age 9
28 July 2021;Genre: Magical Realism
It is very magical it has two girls trying to help get the unicorns locket and I love it
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The Great Food Bank Heist
Name: Jennifer Caddick
24 July 2021;Genre: Real life
A thoughtful, warm adventure story with an inspiring and meaningful message within. The Great Food Bank Heist takes the very relevant and often uncomfortable issues of food banks and child poverty and highlights then through the fictional family of Nelson, Ashley and their mum...
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The Forevers
Name: Clare Wilkins
21 July 2021;Genre: Suspense & Thrillers
Gripping from the outset, Chris Whittaker's first book for young adults is a compulsive dystopian page-turner that charts the devastation, fear and disillusionment of a generation doomed to die by their 18th birthdays. When seven-year old Mae hears a news report of an asteroid destined...
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The Mysterious Life of Dr Barry: A Surgeon Unlike Any Other
Name: Jane Rew
21 July 2021;Genre: Biographies & Autobiographies
The author's own background (which we read on one of the preliminary pages of The Mysterious Life of Dr Barry: A Surgeon Unlike Any Other) makes her ideally suited to tell the story of this remarkable 19th Century figure. Irish-born Margaret Bulkley, like most women of...
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Name: Daniel Katz
21 July 2021;Genre: Fantasy
It is the time of The Choosing, the rite of passage ceremony when all of the island's 13 year olds are chosen by one of the four Elementals - Earth, Air, Fire and Water. Most people are chosen by one Elemental, but Storm is afraid that she may not be chosen at all.Storm has always...
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Raising Hell
Name: Kerenza Age 14
21 July 2021;Genre: Horror
I really enjoyed Raising Hell because I liked the theme of black magic. This book helps to imagine what would happen if magic was actually real and people were able to summon and control it, especially teenagers. I enjoyed how the plot deepened and you discovered more and more...
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The Mystery of the Night Watchers
Name: Emelia Helliwell
21 July 2021;Genre: Mystery & Detective
The Mystery of the Night Watchers is such a lovely read. As Haley's comet is drawing ever closer to earth a mother uproots her daughters and takes them to meet their grandfather they knew existed. The story begins one morning that many of us will have encountered. Children get...
