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Sports Legends: 50 Inspiring People
Name: Sam Phillips
03 June 2021;Genre: Personal Growth
What an absolutely fantastic book! Sports Legends, 50 Inspiring People includes a selection of tales from well known athletes who at different stages in their lives have overcome a variety of challenges and issues in order to achieve their goal and ultimate sporting fame. Negative body image,...
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Where the Wilderness Lives
Name: Azmeh Age 9
01 June 2021;Genre: Environment & Nature
I really liked this book because there are so many twists and turns. It is action packed and adventurous. I would recommend this book
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Melt
Name: Jo Clarke
01 June 2021;Genre: Environment & Nature
In Melt, two lives seemingly poles apart are thrown together in a quest to seek answers and, most importantly to survive. Bea is always the new girl. Her Dad's job means that she is forever moving home, moving schools, losing friends and trying to fit in. Yutu lives a t...
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Jane Austen Investigates: The Abbey Mystery
Name: Hamizah Aziz
01 June 2021;Genre: Mystery & Detective
A book for young readers but as a 30 something, I enjoyed reading it! The book has everything; adventure, humor, sibling love, and friendship. Jane Austen Investigates - The Abbey Mystery by Julia Golding tells the story of young Jane Austen as a young detective. When an accident in the family...
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The Incredible Record Smashers
Name: Jennifer Caddick
01 June 2021;Genre: Friends and family
The Incredible Record Smashers is an absolutely cracking story from Jenny Pearson, author of the brilliant The Super Miraculous Journey of Freddie Yates (a whole class read with my Year 6 class that they loved!) It is another perfect blend of humour and heart. The author tackl...
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Science School
Name: Jennifer Caddick
01 June 2021;Genre: Non Fiction
This is a brilliantly appealing book of exciting STEM experiments using a range of easily sourced, inexpensive items. The book itself is a whopping A4 size and looks and feels glossy and quite luxurious! Each experiment is clearly explained with numbered and captioned instructions and great vi...
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Rainbow Magic: Rihanna the Seahorse Fairy: The Magical Animal Fairies Book 4
Name: Emily Age 9
01 June 2021;Genre: Fairy Tales & Folk Tales
I don't like this book, I love it. There are so many things you can imagine with it, that's why I love the book
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Otherland
Name: Jennifer Caddick
01 June 2021;Genre: Fantasy
A fantastical fantasy quest through a portal into another world. Two ( reluctant) young friends, Rohan and Myra, must challenge the darkly mischievous Fairy Queen for the return of Rohan's baby sister, who the Queen has stolen to be her latest changeling. Otherland is inventive, creativ...
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The Exploding Life of Scarlett Fife
Name: Jennifer Caddick
01 June 2021;Genre: Funny Stories
An Engaging and exciting story which is full of hilarious humour and heart whilst tackling important wellbeing issues, such how to manage and harness (perfectly normal) feelings of anger without tempers (or smoothies and paint) exploding! Nine year old Scarlett is touchy, feisty and bol...
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The Secret Detectives
Name: Linda Canning
01 June 2021;Genre: Mystery & Detective
The Secret Detectives is a historical mystery, set on a ship sailing from India. When orphan Isobel sets sail on the S.S. Marianna, the last thing she expects is to make new friends... or to solve a murder! Thrust into a world she doesn't understand, Isobel must catch the murd...
