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Name: Jo Clarke
05 September 2024;

Genre: Family & Home

Katya Balen does more than write stories: she orchestrates them. Her words have rhythm; they ebb and flow like the waters around the island on which this spectacular story is set.  Ghostlines begins gently with an introduction to life on the remote, small isla...

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Name: Hayley Summerfield
05 September 2024;

Genre: Supernatural

Gabriel Dylan has brought us another spine-chilling adventure from the Shiver Point squad in Shiver Point: Under A Howling Moon.  Its Oli's birthday and he wants nothing more than to spend the weekend camping, exploring and telling spooky stories round the campfire with his be...

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Name: Joanne Thomas
05 September 2024;

Genre: Fairy Tales & Folk Tales

The Underhills: A Tooth Fairy Story is a cute story about tooth fairy sisters Esme and April and their adventure on a tooth collection mission. The sisters are having a sleepover at Grandma and Grandad's, when a call comes in about a baby tooth that needs collecting and...

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Name: Amanda Shipton
05 September 2024;

Genre: Family & Home

Most of us marvel at the different colours that the sky turns throughout the day and the seasons. We wonder how it is possible, and why. Most children want to touch everything that they can see and the sky, with its beautiful colours, is no different. This story depicts this longing along with...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
05 September 2024;

Genre: Seasonal

Presented through the eyes of a young girl named Sonali and her little brother, Jay, Celebrations and Festivals: Diwali is a bright and engaging book which captures the joy and excitement of this festival. The story follows Sonali and her family as they eagerly make pre...

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Name: Amanda Shipton
04 September 2024;

Genre: Adventure

Show me a child who does not dream of being a super hero or at least of having super powers... Kitty is a fantastic character who likes to use her super powers to solve mysteries. This autumnal story is filled with delightful animal characters and a puzzle which needs to be solved before the f...

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Name: Eileen Armstrong
04 September 2024;

Genre: Dystopian

Novels which use the future to explore the present are not a new invention but in Songlight, Buffini puts her own unique spin on the post-apocalyptic dystopian story, sitting comfortably alongside greats such as Wyndham, Orwell, Le Guin and Atwood. The...

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Name: Jane Rew
04 September 2024;

Genre: Non Fiction

From the bright, stylish cover and end papers to the informative content within, this is an attractive hardback. Playful illustrations, combining clarity and realism with humorous captions, add extra appeal. Author Fran is a scientist, but clearly a great team is behind...

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Name: Elen Green
04 September 2024;

Genre: Family & Home

A perceptive, engaging story about the emotions a young boy goes through when his father leaves home. Shingai's struggle with his sadness and loss leads to upheaval at home as both he and his mother try to reshape their lives around the father's absence. This poignant narrative is brill...

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Name: Eileen Armstrong
03 September 2024;

Genre: Friends and family

Exactly one year after her mum's death and the night before she goes back to school, Suzy Button makes three wishes in the light of the supermoon in her garden at midnight, desperate for things to change, but not at all believing that they can or will. What Suzy definitely hadn'’t bargained fo...

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