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Licence to Rock: Jawsome 2
Name: Jacqueline Harris
06 May 2024;Genre: Funny Stories
Finley, Hunter, Gilleon and Gnash are ordinary school sharks by day, but at night they take up their other identities as the worldwide sensation rock band Jawsome. Strange things are happening, however, as first they must face the evil A.B.B.A (Alliance of Brutally Bad Angler Fish) agents and...
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Your Time Is Up
Name: Clare Wilkins
04 May 2024;Genre: Suspense & Thrillers
This slick, sparky read from Sarah Naughton is full of recognisable characters and familiar teen angst scenarios. Flitting between a real-time exam and the preceding weeks, the tension steadily builds as falling outs, secrets and exam anxiety threaten to overwhelm the cohort of Franklin Academ...
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Bad United: Just For Kicks
Name: Amanda Shipton
03 May 2024;Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
Bad United: Just For Kicks, Lousie Forshaw's newest creation, is packed full of silliness and fun, making it a page-turner for early readers. The carefully planned illustrations ensure that the story is easy to follow with enough text to ensure that the reader can fully apprec...
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Marv and the Humongous Hamster
Name: Amanda Shipton
03 May 2024;Genre: Adventure
Marv and his super-suit are back in this, his 6th , adventure, Marv and the Humongous Hamster. Who doesn't need a super-suit and one that is powered by kindness and imagination, no less? This story starts from a very relatable problem for any young reader; the need to p...
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The Best Bad Day Ever
Name: Jessica Bunney
03 May 2024;Genre: Friends and family
Marianna Coppo's books are extremely creative and quite frankly different from any other author I've ever encountered, so I couldn't wait to get stuck into her newest title, The Best Bad Day Ever. This book is about the power of mindset and perceptions and The Best Bad Day Eve...
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The House at the End of the Sea
Name: Jenny Caddick
03 May 2024;Genre: Magical Realism
An eerie and creepily sinister fantasy adventure that roots its story in fairy folklore and tales of magical dark deeds, and their consequences. In a heart-wrenching storyline, a family try to come to terms with devastating grief and loss and take the first steps to construct a new but broken...
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The Midnight Game
Name: Ayva Age 14
03 May 2024;Genre: Suspense & Thrillers
Best book ever!!!
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Explodapedia: Rewild - Can Nature heal Our World?
Name: Sue Wilsher
02 May 2024;Genre: Environment
The latest in the excellent 'Explodapedia' series, Rewild: Can Nature heal Our World? is a very engaging and accessible read. Guided by cartoons of chatty and cheeky fungi, the book carefully explains the idea behind rewilding as well as why is it so important in a humorous an...
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Time Travel Twins: The Stone Age Clash
Name: Jane Rew
02 May 2024;Genre: Adventure
If you're familiar with this Time Travel Twins series, you’ll know that Scarlett and Thomas are in for some fun, if hairy, encounters. In The Stone Age Clash they travel 4,000 years into the past to meet Minnow, a very...
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Dead Happy
Name: Ruth Cornish
02 May 2024;Genre: Dystopian
The much anticipated follow up to Happy Head does not disappoint! I was delighted to review Dead Happy, which continues the story of Sebastian and the other youngsters trapped in a wellbeing facility. We rejoin Manning, the maniacal director of...
