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Name: Jacqueline Harris
03 September 2020;Genre: Adventure
Shoestring, the Boy Who Walks on Air is the follow up novel to the graphic novel Kidglovz. It tells the story of what happens next to the characters from the graphic novel and even includes the book of Kidglovz as part of the story.Shoestring, previously a thief, i...
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Name: Kimberley Lawson
03 September 2020;Genre: Historical Fiction
I, Ada is a fascinating fictionalised biography about a remarkable woman whose achievements are only in recent years becoming recognised, nearly 170 years after her death.Ada narrates her own story, from the ages of 5 to 21. In many ways, her story echoes the frust...
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Name: Ruth Cornish
03 September 2020;Genre: Historical Fiction
A part fictionalised, part factual account of the childhood and teenage years of the daughter of Lord and Lady Byron, Ada (later Lady Lovelace who became the first computer programmer in the 1800's).Ada has a very strict upbringing yet is very privileged. She is a fascinating girl,...
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The Pharaoh's Curse (Museum Kittens)
Name: Lucy Newton
03 September 2020;Genre: Animals
As the follow up to Museum Kittens: The Midnight Visitor, this story continues the adventures of kittens Tasha and Peter, along with the other museum cats.The Pharaoh's Curse begins with the cats observing a...
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Why Do Things Die? (First Questions and Answers)
Name: Amanda Shipton
03 September 2020;Genre: Bereavement
Young children are experts at asking those awkward questions. This Usborne book, Why Do Things Die?, is filled with little nuggets of information and starting points for discussions. Lift the flap option ensures that the speed that a child accesses the information can b...
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Stickypines: The Bigwoof Conspiracy
Name: Samantha Phillips
03 September 2020;Genre: Science Fiction
Sticky Pines, where things get weird...! Lucy Sladan is obsessed by UFO's so, when she hears that something strange is happening to people from her own town, she can't wait to find out what's happening, and sneaks out to investigate for herself. Lost in the woods during a thunderstorm, Lucy s...
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Sticky Pines: The Thing At Black Hole Lake
Name: Samantha Phillips
03 September 2020;Genre: Science Fiction
The Thing at Black Hole Lake is the second book in the Sticky Pines - Where Things Get Weird series, and having read book 1, I seriously didn't think things could get any weirder, but they do! The sequel to the 'Bigwoof Conspiracy' by Dashe Roberts is just fa...
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Voyage of the Sparrowhawk
Name: Kelly Buxton
03 September 2020;Genre: Adventure
I absolutely loved this book. It is one of those books that I simply couldn't put down. I felt I was on the adventure with Lotti, a feisty, determined and headstrong girl with a head of wild, red curls, who had lost her parents and was at the peril of her scandalous and wicked Uncle and Aunt;...
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Name: James Hewish
01 September 2020;Genre: Biographies & Autobiographies
The 'Little People, Big Dreams' collection is a fantastic, original collection of books that are fascinating and insightful. Ernest Shackleton is no exception, teaching both parent and child about this incredible man in history.Ernest Shackleton recounts the histor...
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Name: Lucy Georgeson
01 September 2020;Genre: Representation & Inclusion
One fateful night, an altercation in a gentrifying neighbourhood escalates into tragedy. 'Boys just being boys' turns out to be true only when those boys are white. Suddenly, at just 16 years old, Amal Shahid's bright future is upended: he is convicted of a crime he didn't commit and sent to...
