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The Secret Sunshine Project
Name: Sue Wilsher
23 April 2022;Genre: LBGTQ+
Shortly after the death of their father, Bea, Riley and their mum leave their home in London to stay with their Gran in the country. Last summer, after Riley had come out as gay, the family had had the best day ever at London Pride and memories of this special, colourful day make their current...
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The Girl Who Lost a Leopard
Name: Carol Wright
23 April 2022;Genre: Adventure
Set on the island of Serendib, a young school girl by the name of Selvi loves to run wild with nature. She lives with her mother in humble surroundings. Her Uncle, Kandaraja, is rather judgemental of how her mother raises her daughter. Selvi has a connection with a leopard she has named...
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Every Cloud
Name: Elen Green
23 April 2022;Genre: Friends and family
Every Cloud explores the challenges that children might face when experiencing changes in their lives - in this case, the transition from primary to secondary school and especially how this impacts on friendships. Through the story, author Ros Roberts also explores other famil...
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The Thief Who Sang Storms
Name: Sue Wilsher
22 April 2022;Genre: Fairy Tales & Folk Tales
The island of Morovia is shaped like a broken heart. It is home to Linnet, an alkonost, one of the bird-like people with magical songs who inhabit the island. Three years previously, alkonosts and humans had lived peacefully together on the island, but a tragic event which killed the queens of...
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Who will you meet on Dinosaur Street?
Name: Amanda Shipton
22 April 2022;Genre: Funny Stories
This beautifully illustrated, colourful book is bound to draw even the youngest child in. The front cover demonstrates the fun and creativity within through the bold colours and expressions on the characters faces. This is a story that children will be joining in with and asking for again and...
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The Great Fox Illusion
Name: Jacqueline Harris
22 April 2022;Genre: Adventure
Flick Lions enters a competition to win a television contract for a magic show as the Great Fox's successor. The Great Fox, a world-famous illusionist has died and left a series of complicated puzzles to be solved. But no-on is quite what they seem, and Flick and the other contestants are all...
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Stick Boy and the Rise of the Robots
Name: Hayley Summerfield
22 April 2022;Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
Sticky Boy and the Rise of the Robots is the sequel to Stick Boy by Paul Coomey. This eye-catching book once again is filled with fantastic illustrations and a plot seeking to find an end to an evil plan. Stick Boy returns with his 'Myste...
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Skandar and the Unicorn Thief
Name: Jennifer Caddick
20 April 2022;Genre: Fantasy
Skandar and the Unicorn Thief is a stunning, highly dramatic and exciting story that takes a totally new look at unicorns and every other story I've ever read about with them. My review copy arrived with an unexpected seal around it that I had to break open to discover which '...
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Eternity Engine (Orphans of the Tide)
Name: Kelly Buxton
17 April 2022;Genre: Fantasy
An epic climax to the Orphans of the Tide trilogy! Out of the blue, the seas have parted, revealing the remains of humanity's lost empire, unearthing a path from Shipwreck Island to the Enemy's City. Now, only Ellie Lancaster and her orphan friends can...
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Rumaysa: Ever After
Name: Elen Green
16 April 2022;Genre: Fairy Tales & Folk Tales
In this hugely entertaining follow-up to Radiya Hafiza's Rumaysa: A Fairytale, Rumaysa is seeking her own 'happily ever after' in the hunt for her parents, who she was stolen from as a baby. While all she wants to do is to find her home, during her travels, Rumaysa's help is sought from a vari...
