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Name: Louisa Farrow
08 October 2024;

Genre: Supernatural

It's always useful to have a few creepy books to recommend around Halloween - and through the year for those who like their reading spine-tingling. The Haunting of Fortune Farm is a good title to add to old favourites. Edie and her younger brother, Pip, have been sent t...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
07 October 2024;

Genre: Fantasy

Eglantine lives in a magical house called Huswyvern, one of just three sentient houses in the land. But she needs to find her Witchspark to maintain its magic and as her family and home are threatened by the machinations of her uncle and the evil Whistlewitch, Eglantine turns to Miss H...

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Name: Amanda Shipton
07 October 2024;

Genre: Environment & Nature

Billie's Buzz is one of the most amazing picture books that I have read in a long time. Alison Brown has managed to combine the environmental issue of the reduction of bees with a captivating story about the relationship between a boy and his...

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Name: Jessica Bunney
07 October 2024;

Genre: Seasonal

Guess Who? Boo to You! is the perfect book if you’re looking to gently introduce your littlest one to all things Halloween! The structure of this book reminds me of Bill Martin and Eric Carle's 'Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?' as the children can very quickly learn t...

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Name: Jo Clarke
04 October 2024;

Genre: Supernatural

In The Haunting of Fortune Farm, Edie and her brother Pip are being looked after by their grandmother, Lolly, in her cottage in Ireland. The landscape of Silent Valley is rugged and full of atmosphere, beautifully presented by the skilful writing of Sophie Kirtley. The reader...

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Name: Clair Bossons
04 October 2024;

Genre: Dystopian

Melissa Welliver's debut novel The Undying Tower is an exhilarating start to The Undying Trilogy. From the very first page, I was thrust into a gripping narrative that sets the stage for a future world torn apart by division and conflict....

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Name: Sue Wilsher
04 October 2024;

Genre: Friends and family

Blue Monster wants to play with Rabbit, but Rabbit is fast asleep and doesn't want to play so Blue Monster swallows her. When challenged about his behaviour, he then swallows more animals in an attempt to cover up what he has done. Left with no one to play with, Blue Monster f...

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Name: Natalie J McChrystal Plimmer
04 October 2024;

Genre: Science Fiction

The Others is a fantastically gripping, suspenseful and intriguing novel which has a bizarre true snippet of history as its starting point. In 1900, a prize was introduced, intended to reward the first person to achieve extraterrestrial communication. Merrett...

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Name: Sam
03 October 2024;

Genre: Poetry

One of the most commonly posed questions in a Lower School English class must be, 'Does it have to rhyme?' Tomorrow We Begin, Matt Goodfellow's powerful insight into the trials and tribulations of teenage life, makes a superb collection of poems that not only answers that repe...

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Name: Hayley Summerfield
03 October 2024;

Genre: Mystery & Detective

Murder at Wintertide, a gripping festive thriller, takes the reader on a murder mystery adventure, gathering clues that are fringed with danger.  George is going to spend Christmas with his grandpa by the sea. He loves his grandpa and is especially looking forward to the festi...

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