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Leo's Map of Monsters: The Armoured Goretusk
Name: Donna Burkert
06 August 2020;Genre: Adventure
'Working in the Records Office' is what Leo fully expects to hear on his 9th birthday, the day that he is assigned his job for the next two years. But Leo doesn't expect what he gets given. It's 'Top Secret' and involves him venturing out beyond the wall. Beyond the wall that he has been told...
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Dear Ugly Sisters: and other poems
Name: Alison Kelly
06 August 2020;Genre: Poetry
Laura Mucha is a well-established, prize-winning poet so this debut collection for children is long overdue. Thanks to the great Otter-Barry imprint for bringing it to us! With the accompaniments of Tania Rex's bold illustrations, this is a really lovely addition to a class poetry collection.<...
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The Island That Didn't Exist
Name: Kelly Buxton
06 August 2020;Genre: Adventure
Reading a book to travel to another world full of magic and surprise is exactly what The Island that didn't Exist was written for. This story is perfect for adventure seekers looking to set sail.When 12-year-old Rixon's great uncle, who he has never met, dies, he l...
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The Children of Swallow Fell
Name: Kelly Buxton
06 August 2020;Genre: Environment & Nature
Everything changes, it's the one thing you can be sure of. Julia Green writes with intensity about the relationship between children and nature, of loss, devastation, friendship, family, love and belonging. Of survival, strength and beauty.The Children of Swallow Fell</stro...
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The Soup Movement
Name: Kelly Buxton
06 August 2020;Genre: Personal Growth
When I finished this book I needed to just sit and reflect on the journey I had just been taken on, collect my thoughts before writing this review so I could do it justice.The Soup Movement is a powerful and evocative story told through the eyes of 12 year-old Jord...
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Turtle Boy
Name: Donna Ritchie
06 August 2020;Genre: Personal Growth
Turtle Boy is a must read for fans of Goldfish Boy and Wonder. It follows 12 year old Will Levine as his Bar Mitzvah approaches. As part of his community service project, he meets RJ who is very ill in hospital.Will Levine's life has been hard; he is picked on at s...
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Across the Risen Sea
Name: Clair Bossons
06 August 2020;Genre: Dystopian
Across the Risen Sea, Bren MacDibble's (The Dog Runner) latest environmentally-themed children's novel, is set in a post climate change world. Sea levels have risen and flooded most of the land, leaving whole cities underwater. Neoma's smaller community now tries to live a gen...
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After the War: From Auschwitz to Ambleside
Name: Donna Ritchie
06 August 2020;Genre: Historical Fiction
What a thoughtfully written story, based on real-life events after WW2. It is set in the summer of 1945 and is about a group of boys who are taken to Windermere to recuperate after being liberated from the concentration camp. They have encountered horrors beyond comprehension and struggle with...
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After the War: From Auschwitz to Ambleside
Name: Donna Burkert
06 August 2020;Genre: Historical Fiction
Yossi, Leo and Mordecai: three boys bonded together through extreme experiences. Their very survival a miracle and yet here they are, on a plane together to a safe haven, they hope. Hope is really the only thing that has kept them going for so long.The boys are fearful and distrust...
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The Great Revolt
Name: Bryony Davies
06 August 2020;Genre: Historical Fiction
The Great Revolt by Paul Dowswell is a historical novel covering the peasant rebellion of 1381 over the unpopular poll tax. Covering a non-statutory element of the Key Stage 3 history curriculum, this text sits firmly on secondary school bookshelves.Tilda Rolfe and...
