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The Race
Name: Sue Wilsher
16 July 2021;Genre: Personal Growth
Born in China, Lili was adopted when 18 months by her English father and Scottish mother. Together with her little sister, Alice, who they adopted from Kazakhstan. Her gran says they are a real League of Nations, leading them to support many different countries in the Olympics. Lili lov...
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Once Upon Our Planet
Name: Kristen Hopwood
16 July 2021;Genre: Environment
Once Upon Our Planet is a collection of twelve myths set in various locations around the world, from mountains to forests and coral reefs. They incorporate existing myth ideas and whilst parts are familiar, they feel refreshingly new at the same time. Each story is only a few...
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What's That in Dog Years?
Name: Rydurn Age 12
10 July 2021;Genre: Adventure
A beautifully told story about a boy, George, and his relationship with his pet, Gizmo, the dog. Gizmo has been in George's life since he was born and the story starts when George realises, after a trip to the vet, that Gizmo may not be around for much longer in his life.
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Shadow Chaser
Name: Kristen Hopwood
10 July 2021;Genre: Adventure
Shadow Chaser starts with an introduction to the story and then instructions for how to play. There is a 'log book' that you need to fill in each time you play to keep track of items, life points and items you have collected. You can download copies from the Usborne website, w...
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A Glasshouse of Stars
Name: Louisa Farrow
09 July 2021;Genre: Representation & Inclusion
A Glasshouse of Stars is the story of Meixing arriving in the New Land with her family to begin a New Life. Everything is different and scary: their new house, school and even her parents' behaviour. When disaster strikes, life becomes scarier still and yet Meixing finds frien...
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Mystery of the Night Watchers
Name: Beverley Somerset
08 July 2021;Genre: Mystery & Detective
It is 1910, and the forthcoming arrival of Halley's Comet is causing excitement and fear around the world. 12-year-old Nancy and her younger sister Violet have their lives suddenly turned upside down when their mother takes them off to Suffolk to visit a grandfather they had always thought was...
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Between Sea and Sky
Name: Sharon Porter
08 July 2021;Genre: Environment
This is the first Nicola Penfold book I've read and I have to say I will be looking for more. This story is beautifully written, giving the reader a real feeling of knowing the characters. There are so many themes threaded throughout this story; sibling love, grief, family secrets, present/fut...
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Me and the Robbersons
Name: Kelly Buxton
08 July 2021;Genre: Funny Stories
An absolute riot of a book that will make you laugh from cover to cover! 12-year-old Maisie is locked in the car with her annoying older sister, Primrose, on the way to Grandma's. It's the summer holidays and it seems set to drag on and on. Maisie longs for adventure and never suspects that sh...
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Name: Kelly Buxton
08 July 2021;Genre: Environment
Imagine starting into a flower that only flowers once in its lifetime one moment and stumbling back in time before you were even born the next. Well for Elsie that is exactly what happens while she is visiting her Uncle John, who she has never met, to while away the long summer holidays....
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Name: Jacqueline Harris
08 July 2021;Genre: Environment
Elsie has to stay with her Great Uncle John, who lived in India when he was younger. He talks about the terrible thing he regrets doing when he was still a child. Elsie is catapulted back through time to India in the 1940s; can she put that mistake right? Or is it wrong to try and change time?...
