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Torn Apart - the Partition of India
Name: Jennifer Caddick
07 September 2021;Genre: Historical Fiction
Torn Apart - the Partition of India is a powerful and absorbing dual narrative story focusing on the fates of two young boys - one a wealthy Muslim and the other a poor Hindu street orphan - brought together by the horrendous violence, fear and division created by the 1947 par...
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A Winter Treasury of Recipes, Crafts and Wisdom
Name: Lucy Newton
07 September 2021;Genre: Non Fiction
Little Country Cottage: A Winter Treasury of Recipes, Crafts and Wisdom is a lovely book to delve into the delights of winter with! This book sets the wintery scene for its reader with information about life in this typically cold season. It starts with an introduction to the...
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The Raven Heir
Name: Nicki Cleveland
05 September 2021;Genre: Fantasy
Safe in the forest, Cordelia, Giles and Rosalind are shielded from the fighting that has ravaged the kingdom of Corvenne for generations. When two Dukes bring the war to their door, they are forced to flee before the crown can be placed upon one of them. With their mother captured and destiny...
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The Haunting of Aveline Jones
Name: Jacqueline Harris
04 September 2021;Genre: Supernatural
Aveline Jones gets sent to stay with her aunt in the Cornish town of Malmouth. Aveline loves ghost stories, so the first thing she does is visit the local bookshop and buys a book of ghost stories. But something strange is happening. The book belonged to a girl who disappeared more than 30 yea...
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Fireborn: Twelve and the Frozen Forest
Name: Rhiannon Cook
03 September 2021;Genre: Fantasy
Twelve is a huntling who has pledged her loyalty to the Lodge and given up everything she has, including her name, to protect the seven clans. However, Twelve is driven by a dark purpose, darker even than she realises. Before she can complete her training, the Hunting Lodge is attacked and Twe...
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Name: Hayley Summerfield
03 September 2021;Genre: Mental Health & Wellbeing
Dare To Be You is the new book by the bestselling author Matthew Syed. This book enables you to discover the power of diverse thinking to defy self-doubt and develop confidence to be happy with yourself. It helps you to become practical about dealing with the overwhelming sens...
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The Week At World's End
Name: Nicola Cleveland
02 September 2021;Genre: Historical Fiction
Friendship, family and fear for the future are woven together in The Week At World's End to create a gripping story. Tension grows steadily as we adventure with Stevie and Ray through the week that was the Cuban Missile Crisis. A week where the world was on the brink of a war...
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Fireborn
Name: Louisa Farrow
02 September 2021;Genre: Fantasy
Twelve has given up her name and her previous life to take an oath of allegiance to the Hunting Lodge. She has sworn she will, "never lower her weapons in the face of darkness nor allow tyranny to rise". Now she is learning to hunt dark creatures so she can earn a new name and graduate from hu...
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Name: Hayley Summerfield
02 September 2021;Genre: Historical Fiction
Circus Maximus: Race to the Death is a thrilling new historical adventure story by debut children's author Annelise Gray. This powerful story is immersed with revenge, redemption, survival, and hope. It is set in the Ancient sporting world of Rome, which is a world dominated b...
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Cookie and the Most Mysterious Mystery in the World
Name: Hayley Summerfield
02 September 2021;Genre: Humour
Cookie and the Most Mysterious Mystery in the World is the third instalment of the hilarious series by Konnie Huq. This book is full of mysteries waiting to be solved by Cookie and her friends, who seem to be connected to all of them. Through the character of Cookie, Konnie Hu...
