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Name: Jenny Caddick
07 January 2021;Genre: Magical Realism
This is the fifth and final book in this delightful, charming series that simply bursts with joyful, colourful adventure. Since discovering the dragon-fruit tree in his Grandad's garden really DID grow dragons, Tomas and his superhero squad friends have had their very own magical, wondrous win...
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Name: Stephen Leitch
07 January 2021;Genre: Non Fiction
The Awesome Power Of Sleep is the latest book from teenage brain guru Nicola Morgan and explores the importance of sleep, the science of sleep and how to get good sleep especially focusing on teenagers. And it's excellent!This book covers lots of topics around sleep and not just ab...
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Name: Alison Kelly
05 January 2021;Genre: Poetry
Spells, dragons, witches, unicorns, an ogre (actually he's missing), dark eerie settings: all of these feature in Cookson's anthology of magical poems accompanied by Elidh Muldoon's ethereal illustrations. Benjamin Zephaniah opens the anthology in his quest for 'De Magic Poem' (p.9) fol...
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Name: Sue Wilsher
04 January 2021;Genre: Historical Fiction
Syms Covington was taken on to the Beagle as cabin boy and fiddler, but has spent the past two years acting as assistant to Mr Darwin, a young scientist, as he explores the Galapagos Islands. However, an accident during a storm leaves him shipwrecked and alone in an inhospitable place, struggl...
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When We Got Lost In Dreamland
Name: Ishaq Age 11
03 January 2021;Genre: Science Fiction
The book had loads of really good cliff hangers and when I read the synopsis, I wanted to know more. I would really recommend this book as it taught me lots of vocabulary and was an excellent read. I would read this again and rate it a 5/5 as it was so good.
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When We Got Lost in Dreamland
Name: Rory Age 11
02 January 2021;Genre: Science Fiction
When We Got Lost in Dreamland is about a boy who can control his dreams. Malcolm and his little brother find a way to share dreams and control them. But things go very wrong. It has adventure around every corner. It is really exciting and there is a plot twist at the e...
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Name: Hayley Summerfield
02 January 2021;Genre: Science Fiction
Space Detectives is the new and thrilling book by Mark Powers, with phenomenal illustrations by Dapo Adeola. This exciting detective story is jam-packed with aliens, crazy inventions, and a villain intent on destroying the world! During the six weeks holidays, Connor and Ethan are sent to Starvi...
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Name: Linda Brown
02 January 2021;Genre: Adventure
And the adventure continues... The author has come up with another amazing plot that continues the adventure of Agatha and Jamie, which will keep the reader totally engaged to the very last page. At the end of book one The Good Hawk, our two heroes returned home to Skye after rescuing their cla...
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When the World Was Ours
Name: Susan Wilsher
01 January 2021;Genre: Historical Fiction
High above Vienna on the Riesenrad (Vienna's Ferris wheel), Leo and his best friends, Max and Elsa, feel as if they are kings of the world. It is 1936 and the children are celebrating Leo's birthday. They are oblivious to the horrors on the horizon which will see them divided. Told from...
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Name: Clair Bossons
01 January 2021;Genre: Supernatural
This was such a fangtastic read! I could easily get my teeth into this book and it was difficult to put down as each chapter left me wanting to read on. Mina and the Undead has a strong plot with twists that kept me guessing to the end. This book is anything but predictable and I would certainl...
