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Make Every Week Wild
Name: Jemma Jeffrey
05 March 2026;Genre: Environment & Nature
Wow! What a fabulous activity book Make Every Week Wild is! It features 52 fun activities that promote creativity, exploration of outdoors and connection with nature, so there is something new to do every week for a whole year. We have loved making twig parachutes, goin...
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They Call Her Regret
Name: Sue Wilsher
05 March 2026;Genre: Suspense & Thrillers
Simone loves Hallowe'en and enjoys throwing the best spooky party each year. Seeking a suitably eerie location, she discovers a cabin in the woods by Yearwood Lake. Known locally as Doll's Head Lake, the area is reputedly haunted by a dark spectre called Regret. Keen to distract herself from t...
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Amari and the Night Brothers
Name: Brinley Age 8
05 March 2026;Genre: Fantasy
This is a great and mysterious book for kids.
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Cruise Ship Kid: Kidnap at Sea
Name: Sue Wilsher
05 March 2026;Genre: Mystery & Detective
Silver and her mum have moved ships and are now sailing on the Fabula, a much bigger ship than their previous home. Fortunately, The Gang, her on-board pals who are all over 80, are on the same ship, although her friend, Mo, who helped her solve the last cruise ship mystery, is stuck at school...
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Runaways: An irresistible story about finding your true home
Name: Zack Age 12
05 March 2026;Genre: Family & Home
I personally think that Runaways is a particularity interesting book. My first reason is the structure. This book does have the normal chapters but it is told from two different perspectives . My second reason is that it is intriguing because you don't know whats going to happen next.
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Nova
Name: Ruth Cornish
05 March 2026;Genre: Science Fiction
Chris Bradford's latest offering is an adventure in space. Nova manages to provoke a range of emotions from terror to happiness, curiosity to celebration. The protagonist, Max Nova, is travelling to Mercury with his trucker father when disaster strikes and Max is released in a...
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Advice from a 12-Year-Old Nobody
Name: Ruth Cornish
05 March 2026;Genre: Mental Health & Wellbeing
In Advice from a 12-Year-Old Nobody, Helen Rutter has written a heartbreakingly realistic story about the break up of a family from the main character, Vinny's, point of view. Vinny is struggling to cope with his feelings about the distance felt between him and his Mum...
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Screen Time
Name: Linda Canning
05 March 2026;Genre: Picture Books
I absolutely loved sharing Screen Time! with my three-year-old. The story gently explores the idea of putting screens down and engaging with the world around us, which feels like such an important message to introduce early on. It encourages children to think about balance wit...
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Birdie Loves Colours
Name: Sue Wilsher
05 March 2026;Genre: Baby & Toddler Books
Birdie flies along and spots many colourful creatures in this adventure. In Birdie Loves Colours, sweet illustrations introduce children to a range of animals whilst focusing on the colour of each one. Indents in the pages allow little readers to follow Birdie’s trail whilst t...
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Gone for Good
Name: Sue Wilsher
05 March 2026;Genre: Suspense & Thrillers
Taken from her home in the middle of the night, Connie finds herself at Silver Lake Academy, a high-security facility for 'troubled' teens. Although deeply upset by the loss of her mother and struggling to cope, Connie still cannot believe that her family would choose to send her to this remot...
