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Billie Swift Takes Flight
Name: Jacqueline Harris
11 October 2021;Genre: Historical Fiction
Billie is 12 years old. She loves planes and hates school. She lives near an airfield and the date is 1942. Britain is at war. One day she sees a pilot in a spitfire crash in a field near her home. In order to find out what happened to the pilot, Billie visits the airfield and, through a quirk...
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Billie Swift Takes Flight
Name: Hayley Summerfield
10 October 2021;Genre: Historical Fiction
Iszi Lawrence has managed to capture an unfamiliar tale of WWII in Billie Swift Takes Flight. This brilliant story highlights the history and bravery of the Air Transport Auxiliary (ATA) women, who were courageous enough to battle against all odds to get the air forces planes...
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The Haunting of Aveline Jones
Name: Linda Canning
10 October 2021;Genre: Supernatural
The Haunting of Aveline Jones is a deliciously dark, hauntingly-good ghost story, filled to the brim with menace, malevolence and mystery. It is a truly frightening tale and is not for the feint of heart! When Aveline is sent to stay with her aunt in a small, sea-side v...
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The Bewitching of Aveline Jones
Name: Linda Canning
10 October 2021;Genre: Supernatural
I was absolutely bewitched by this story - Phil Hickes is genuine talent in the world of children's fiction. His ghost stories strike the perfect balance for any young horror fans: they are truly scary, whilst still maintaining readable and engaging storylines. I particularly like that he avoi...
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Monster Hunting For Beginners
Name: Louisa Farrow
10 October 2021;Genre: Funny Stories
Jack is a child. He is small for his age, clumsy and wears glasses. He is also an apprentice monster hunter - after all, his name is Jack. At the start of the story, his over-protective dad mysteriously disappears and Jack is tricked into becoming apprentice to an elderly monster-hunter called...
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The False Rose
Name: Jo Clarke
07 October 2021;Genre: Adventure
The False Rose, Sally Jones has returned to tell a tale of theft, deception, gang warfare and vengeance. From the first page the reader is swept along by action and intrigue, all beautifully told from the perspective of a wise ape. Sally Jones is an ape - no ordinary ape, but...
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Cat Eyes and Dog Whistles
Name: Lizi Backhouse
07 October 2021;Genre: Animals
Cat Eyes and Dog Whistles is all about senses! This non-fiction book covers, in great detail, the seven senses of humans and other animals...yes you read that right! The illustrations are great and help to convey meaning; the text is generally split into different text bubbles and boxes on eac...
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By Rowan And Yew
Name: Kelly Buxton
07 October 2021;Genre: Environment & Nature
Prepare to enter the magical world of the hidden folk we met in By Ash, Oak and Thorn once more in the sequel: By Rowan and Yew, from Costa Award-shortlisted novelist and nature writer Melissa Harrison. Accompany loveable characters Moss, Burnet and S...
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The Secret Animal Society
Name: Donna Ritchie
07 October 2021;Genre: Animals
Two things jumped out at me before reading this book – Himalayas and Yeti! After reading the two books in the series The International Yeti Collective by Paul Mason, I have loved the idea that Yetis have mysterious jobs in the world. Ther...
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The Caravan at the Edge of Doom
Name: Jacqueline Harris
04 October 2021;Genre: Adventure
Harley is staying with her grandparents in their caravan when they all go into the toilet and explode. It turns out that the caravan is the portal to the land of the dead and her grandparents were the portal keepers, ushering the dead on to the next world. Unfortunately, one Grandparent accide...
