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Secrets of the Stars
Name: Bryony Davies
20 August 2021;Genre: Adventure
The sequel to last year's year excellent debut, A Ship of Star, Secrets of the Stars is a gripping adventure over the high seas featuring an all-female crew of pirates. Maria Kuzniar brings the reader back to Aleja's story right away and reintroduces the crew. Reading the firs...
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Happy, Healthy Minds: A Children's Guide to Emotional Wellbeing
Name: Jo Clarke
20 August 2021;Genre: Mental Health & Wellbeing
Happy, Healthy Minds: A Children's Guide to Emotional Wellbeing is a must-have - a must-have for schools, parents and, most importantly, for children. It's a manual for how to deal with all the stuff that life throws at us and we sometimes don't know how to deal with. It is wr...
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Ruby Ali’s Mission Break Up
Name: Kristen Hopwood
19 August 2021;Genre: Family & Home
Ruby and her sister Alisha have been fostered by many families over the years but they have always been together. Now, however, Alisha is 18 and not allowed to stay in care any more, which means that Ruby will be fostered on her own. And she's not happy about it! Before she even meets her new...
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The Wild Before
Name: Sue Wilsher
18 August 2021;Genre: Environment
The Wild Before is a prequel to The Last Wild trilogy, which rank amongst some of my favourite books of all time. One night, the legendary Mooncalf, a pure white calf, was born, witnessed by Little Hare. The Mooncalf's coming has been foretold by animals for g...
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How to be Brave
Name: Jo Clarke
18 August 2021;Genre: Friends and family
How to be Brave is a really quirky story of independence, determination and resourcefulness. And there are ducks and cakes! This story of action, adventure, love and loyalty is as rich and as spicy as gingerbread. Calla lives with her duck-obsessed mum and they have a l...
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The Wild Before
Name: Kelly Buxton
17 August 2021;Genre: Environment
What an absolutely brilliantly written and well-timed story! Piers Torday wrote The Wild Before during lockdown. It is the prequel to The Last Wild series but you do not lose anything by reading them out of order. Torday manages to tie in a multitude of topics that are...
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How to be a Human
Name: Sam Phillips
16 August 2021;Genre: Friendship
How to be Human by Karen McCombie is a heartwarming story of family and friendship. A brilliant Key Stage 2 fantasy/sci-fi book about 3 rather unlikely friends. Star boy's (Stan) space pod has crashed onto the grounds of Fairfield Academy and he takes shelter in the school's b...
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Adam-2
Name: Sharon Porter
16 August 2021;Genre: Science Fiction
I have to be honest, this type of futuristic story isn't my usual read and I was a little reluctant to start reading this book. However, once I started reading reading, it kind of drew me in with the emotional rollercoaster that the characters go through. Adam-2 is set...
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Bamba Beach
Name: Kristen Hopwood
16 August 2021;Genre: Friends and family
Bamba Beach is the story of eleven-year old Hari who wants to help his family however he can when he overhears his parents talking about struggling to pay the bills. Lots of the families in the village are fisherfolk but they don't talk to each other because of relatives argui...
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Name: Kelly Buxton
16 August 2021;Genre: Historical Fiction
Utterly brilliant, funny and immersive to say the least! I absolutely loved reading Another Twist in the Tale.Catherine Bruton writes with a flair that immerses you in the heart of the story and what an adventure I feel I have been on. Another Twist in the Tale fol...
