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Do Not Mess With The Mermaids
Name: Megan Webb
30 July 2021;Genre: Magical Realism
Do Not Mess With The Mermaids is the second book in a magic-packed series. This story takes place eight years after Princess Grace and her sister Princess Portia win the troll-o tournament. Over the past eight years, the Kingdom of Wondermere has changed a lot and rules are no...
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Bad Panda
Name: Amanda Shipton
30 July 2021;Genre: Funny Stories
Nobody, absolutely nobody, calls Lin a fluffy-wuffy bear! Lin is the world's fuffiest panda and the main attraction at the zoo but it is the last thing that she wants. 'Being good is boring!' she complains. The one thing that she want more than anything is to play with her brother Face-Like-A-...
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Theodora Hendrix and the Curious Case of the Cursed Beetle
Name: Jenny Caddick
30 July 2021;Genre: Adventure
Get ready for a second adventure with the MLM (Monstrous League of Monsters) and their only (and highly against the MLM rules) human family member, 10 year old Theodora Hendrix in Theodora Hendrix and the Curious Case of the Cursed Beetle. Abandoned at birth and adopted by the...
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Unicorn Magic
Name: Zhi Xin Age 9
28 July 2021;Genre: Magical Realism
It is very magical it has two girls trying to help get the unicorns locket and I love it
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The Great Food Bank Heist
Name: Jennifer Caddick
24 July 2021;Genre: Real life
A thoughtful, warm adventure story with an inspiring and meaningful message within. The Great Food Bank Heist takes the very relevant and often uncomfortable issues of food banks and child poverty and highlights then through the fictional family of Nelson, Ashley and their mum...
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The Mysterious Life of Dr Barry: A Surgeon Unlike Any Other
Name: Jane Rew
21 July 2021;Genre: Biographies & Autobiographies
The author's own background (which we read on one of the preliminary pages of The Mysterious Life of Dr Barry: A Surgeon Unlike Any Other) makes her ideally suited to tell the story of this remarkable 19th Century figure. Irish-born Margaret Bulkley, like most women of...
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Name: Daniel Katz
21 July 2021;Genre: Fantasy
It is the time of The Choosing, the rite of passage ceremony when all of the island's 13 year olds are chosen by one of the four Elementals - Earth, Air, Fire and Water. Most people are chosen by one Elemental, but Storm is afraid that she may not be chosen at all.Storm has always...
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The Mystery of the Night Watchers
Name: Emelia Helliwell
21 July 2021;Genre: Mystery & Detective
The Mystery of the Night Watchers is such a lovely read. As Haley's comet is drawing ever closer to earth a mother uproots her daughters and takes them to meet their grandfather they knew existed. The story begins one morning that many of us will have encountered. Children get...
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Danny Chung does not do maths
Name: Lisa Watkins
16 July 2021;Genre: Friends and family
This is a must read story in my opinion! A heart warming story of Danny Chung who loves drawing but hates maths…until Nai Nai arrives. Nai Nai is his little gran from China who has come to stay with him, his Ba and Ma in their small flat and she doesn't speak a word of English! Danny is tasked...
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An Alien in the Jam Factory
Name: Sharon Porter
16 July 2021;Genre: Representation & Inclusion
With a jam factory, a jealous neighbour and Fizzbee the alien, what's not to like about this book? There's enough humour in An Alien in the Jam Factory to keep me as an adult entertained and the laughs kept the children happy. The illustrations by Jenny Taylor really helped to...
