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While the Storm Rages
Name: Jacqueline Harris
01 June 2022;Genre: Historical Fiction
Last year, Phil Earle's debut, When the Sky Falls, garnered huge praise and was one of my favourite books of the year. This always makes me a little nervous reading a second book, in case I don't like it as much, but I need not have worried. In <...
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Looking for Emily
Name: Hayley Summerfield
01 June 2022;Genre: Mystery & Detective
Lily is the main character in Looking for Emily, and the story starts when she has just relocated from the bustling city to the very quaint seaside town of Edge with her mom. Lily truly believes that nothing exciting is ever going to happen to her again because the town of Edg...
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While the Storm Rages
Name: Louisa Farrow
01 June 2022;Genre: Historical Fiction
In the summer of 1939, Noah's dad leaves to join the army and makes Noah promise to look after his dog, Winn. Noah takes the responsibility to heart, believing that keeping the dog safe will keep his father safe, too. Then war is declared and the government advises people to have their pets pu...
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Supernan's Day Out
Name: Donna Burkert
01 June 2022;Genre: Friends and family
In Supernan's Day Out, Stanley cannot believe it; his mum has forced him to take a day off from saving the world and if that isn't bad enough, he's got to spend the day with his nan! Stanley loves his nan, but the idea of spending a day with her and her cronies, in a home that...
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Kitchen Science 30 Awesome STEM Experiments to try at home.
Name: Jennifer Caddick
31 May 2022;Genre: Non Fiction
I am already a fan of these two particular authors and their fresh and appealing style of non-fiction, after reading Science School. Kitchen Science is another bright, bold and exciting book packed...
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The Boy Who Grew A Tree
Name: Lauren Maidman
31 May 2022;Genre: Early Readers & Young Fiction
The Boy Who Grew A Tree is a heart-warming and sweet story of Timi who tells the story of his childhood to his Granddaughter. When Timi was a little boy, he spent a lot of time at after school club and at his Aunties; he was about to be a big brother. Whilst at club, he met a...
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The Consequence Girl
Name: Hayley Summerfield
30 May 2022;Genre: Science Fiction
Alastair Chisholm is an award-winning author and his new book The Consequence Girl is a thrilling science fiction adventure, full of futuristic lands, gadgets and courageous characters. We are introduced to Lilith in the prologue; she is a mercenary on a mission to rescue a ch...
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The Consequence Girl
Name: Sue Wilsher
30 May 2022;Genre: Science Fiction
Cora and Seleen live in a cabin in the woods. Constantly vigilant, they live far away from others, although Cora is not sure who or what they are hiding from. When she breaks the rules they live by and rescues an injured boy, Kai, Cora's life changes for ever. Possessed of an incredible abili...
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Absolutely Everything - a history of Earth, Dinosaurs, Rulers, Robots and other things too numerous to mention
Name: Joanna Hewish
28 May 2022;Genre: Adventure
If you have a child who loves Non-fiction as much as mine, this book will make the best Birthday or Christmas Present! This book is weighty. Absolutely crammed full of information, but presented in such a way to make is completely accessible. Absolutely everything – a history of Earth,...
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Keep Dancing, Lizzie Chu
Name: Jennifer Caddick
27 May 2022;Genre: Friends and family
Keep dancing, Lizzie Chu is the wonderfully uplifting, charming and tender story of 12-year-old Lizzie Chu, who as the only relative (and now, increasingly it seems, the carer) of her Grandad Wai Gong, who she has lived with all her life. After the loss of her Grandma Kam, Liz...
