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All the Wonderful Ways to Read
Name: Sharon Porter
12 April 2024;Genre: Picture Books
All the Wonderful Ways to Read by Laura Baker and illustrated by Sandra de la Prada is a journey through all the different ways one can read a book, with vibrant illustrations sharing a love of reading. It took a while for Class 11 to realise that the text was so intricately t...
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The Reappearance of Rachel Price
Name: Ruth Cornish
11 April 2024;Genre: Suspense & Thrillers
Despite the clue in the title, the reappearance of the focus of this brilliant new YA novel from Holly Jackson still surprised me! I was so deeply immersed in the disappearance of the main character, Bel's mum Rachel, that her unexpected return to the Price family left me, the reader, as unset...
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Mission: Microraptor
Name: Donna Burkert
11 April 2024;Genre: Adventure
Finn doesn't want to be in the Alps on a school residential. He wants to be on his sofa, gaming and eating pizza. Instead, he is walking! And to top it all he's been paired with Milo - or The Professor - as Finn calls him. The brainbox full of useless information. Two misfits thrown together....
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The Kill Game
Name: Stephen Leitch
11 April 2024;Genre: Dystopian
From the author of The Loop series comes a shocking yet compulsive novel of survival, determination, social media and reality TV called 'The Kill Factor'. "Retribution Island exists to reform criminals, and that is what you are." Teenager Emerson Ness has just b...
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Keisha Jones is a Force of Nature!
Name: Lauren Maidman
10 April 2024;Genre: Environment
Keisha Jones is a Force of Nature is the second book in the Keisha Jones series by Natalie Denny. Keisha Jones is an 8-year-old activist, with a passion for looking after and saving the planet. After learning about her Grea...
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The Reappearance of Rachel Price
Name: Aman Age 13
10 April 2024;Genre: Suspense & Thrillers
Great book, compelling and jaw-dropping! Some swearing so I would say anyone over 13 should read it.
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Bud: The story of how a plant grows ... up!
Name: Wendy Kelly
10 April 2024;Genre: Environment
The tag-line for this book is 'the story of how a plant grows...up!' so you know exactly what you're getting if you pick up this charming book, Bud. It's really an information text disguised as a story, which explains how a tiny bud, safe in his red plant pot in the greenhouse...
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Girl on the Fly
Name: Beverley Somerset
10 April 2024;Genre: Personal Growth
13-year-old Kamaria Kessy lives in Philadelphia with her Momma and Baba (father), who are originally from Tanzania. Kamaria loves running and rhythm; she does not handle change well and needs time to come to terms with any changes in her life. So, when she learns that her father's sister, Aunt...
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The Kingdom Over the Sea
Name: Beverley Somerset
09 April 2024;Genre: Fantasy
12-year-old Yara Sulimayah lives in Bournemouth. When she loses her mother in a tragic accident, she is left alone and is about to go into care. Things change, however, when she finds a letter left by her mother. It contains a strange set of instructions and, when Yara follows them, she finds...
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Tree
Name: Jacqueline Harris
09 April 2024;Genre: Environment
Tree is the story of a 300-year-old mountain ash in Australia and all the creatures that live on or around that tree. Written by the team that created the award-winning Iceberg, this is a combination of picture book and fact, told in a lyrical voi...
