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The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
Name: Clare Wilkins
03 June 2020;Genre: Dystopian
In The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, the Capitol is still living with the ravages of war when 18-year-old Coriolanus Snow is selected as a mentor for the barely-watched and unpopular Hunger Games. Still a student at the Academy and desperate to gain a scholarship to enable h...
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You Can't Call an Elephant in an Emergency
Name: Lucy Newton
03 June 2020;Genre: Funny Stories
This is a fun, rhyming book for children to enjoy! It includes a range of animals doing silly things which will make children laugh and rhyming books are always a winner in my opinion.Each page is beautifully illustrated with pictures of animals doing funny things while small disas...
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Dragon Detective - School's Out
Name: Samantha Phillips
03 June 2020;Genre: Mystery & Detective
I really enjoyed the first of the Dragon Detective books and was sure it would be a firm favourite for many LKS2 readers; an amusing tale of the unlikely friendship of a young girl and a 1,266 year old red-backed, green bellied, urban-based Mountain Dragon called Dirk. So when...
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Shark Super Powers
Name: Carol Carter
02 June 2020;Genre: Non Fiction
Shark Super Powers is an engaging and informative introduction to the world of sharks. Each double-page spread covers a different species of shark, including the most well-know (hammerhead, great white etc.) as well as more obscure examples (swell shark, goblin shark).<b...
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Jesse Owens
Name: Lizi Backhouse
02 June 2020;Genre: Biographies & Autobiographies
The Little People Big Dreams books are a great series full of inspiring stories of people who found success and changed the world in the process.This book shares the life story of athlete Jesse Owens, who challenged racism at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, and is a good...
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Saving Winslow
Name: Dawn Woods
31 May 2020;Genre: Animals
It was the midst of Winter, when night, like an unwelcome guest, came too early and stayed too long'. So starts Saving Winslow. Poetic as usual, Sharon Creech gives us a tale of a young boy becoming attached to a new pet - in this case, a mini donkey. Winslow's mother was so s...
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A House Without Walls
Name: fabiola
30 May 2020;Genre: Real life
The first three chapter are kind of written as a diary and is explaining everything in the main character's view. She is a very strong and independent girl who wants everyone to be treated fairly and with respect. She also speak Arabic and has a friend called Farah.
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Nature Guide: Birds
Name: Bryony Davies
27 May 2020;Genre: Non Fiction
Nature Guide: Birds, supported by the RSPB, is a handy guide to the birds that live in Britain. Author Catherine Brereton takes the reader though the necessities for birdwatching before introducing over 135 different birds.The how-to section covers...
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Hideous Beauty
Name: Sharon Bolton
27 May 2020;Genre: LBGTQ+
When Dylan met Ellis, so much about his own life started to make sense. He felt he was on course for true happiness and feeling comfortable being gay. All of this changed, however, when Ellis died in a tragic accident. Is Dylan suffering from survivor's guilt, or is his recollection of someone...
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Shark Super Powers
Name: Bryony Davies
24 May 2020;Genre: Non Fiction
Shark Super Powers is a fun and engaging look into the many different types of shark that live in our oceans. This book introduces each shark over a double page spread filled with fun facts and information that are sure to draw in the keenest shark fans.Introduced...
