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  • Frost

    Frost

    Name: Samantha Phillips
    01 October 2020;

    Genre: Adventure

    Part of the winter animals series by best selling children's author Holly Webb, Frost is an absolutely delightful tale of friendship between a young girl called Cassie and a fox cub she calls Frost.While her Mum is busy at work, Cassie is left in the care of her ol...

  • Midnight Magic

    Name: Bryony Davies
    30 September 2020;

    Genre: Early Readers & Young Fiction

    Midnight Magic by Michelle Harrison and illustrated by Elissa Elwick is the first in a new series of young fiction. Written in rhyming verse, the text is accessible to younger readers in Key Stage One.Midnight is a black cat who is born with magical powers. She is looking for a pla...

  • The Hungry Ghost

    Name: Jacqueline Harris
    24 September 2020;

    Genre: Friends and family

    In The Hungry Ghost, Freja arrives in Singapore, sent from Denmark while her mother recovers from a hinted at depression. Staying with her father and his new wife and twin sons, Freja finds Singapore a vastly different world from the one she has left. She struggles with the ne...

  • October, October

    Name: Hayley Summerfield
    20 September 2020;

    Genre: Family & Home

    October, October by Katya Balen is truly a feast for all the senses. The words are so beautifully written that the book makes you feel part of the natural beauty that October lives and breathes every day, as well as a part of the wild whirling chaos of the world beyond the woo...

  • The Tigers in the Tower

    Name: Donna Age 9
    18 September 2020;

    Genre: Adventure

    The Tigers in the Tower follows Sahira, an orphan. This unfortunate turn of events happens on the journey from India to England with the two tigers that her father is supplying to the menagerie at the Tower of London. During the journey, both parents succumb to an illness and...

  • Elsetime

    Name: Kelly Buxton
    18 September 2020;

    Genre: Historical Fiction

    Elsetime is a great book for time travelling adventure fans. Set in London in 1928, it was inspired by The Great Flood of London when sadly 14 people lost their lives.Needle, a time travelling, treasure seeking 12-year-old; Glory, an orphan with one hand; and their...

  • The Space We're In

    Name: Sue Wilsher
    17 September 2020;

    Genre: Representation & Inclusion

    Frank is 10 years old and loves playing football and cracking codes. His brother, Max, is five and is autistic, often melting down...down...down when things change. Their mother works hard to help Max manage the world around him; Frank often wishes that she had more time to paint like she did...

  • Pages & Co.: Tilly and the Map of Stories (Pages & Co., Book 3)

    Name: Carol Carter
    17 September 2020;

    Genre: Fantasy

    Tilly and the Map of Stories is the third instalment of the Pages &amp; Co series, about a young bookworm, Tilly, who, along with her best friend, Oskar, can 'bookwander' - travel into the books she reads, meet the characters, and, of course, have wonderful adventures.<b...

  • The Monsters of Rookhaven

    Name: Julie Broadbent
    17 September 2020;

    Genre: Friends and family

    Set at the end of World War II, brother and sister Tom and Gem find themselves orphaned and on the run. They have been moving from town to town, having had to escape from their cruel and wicked uncle. They are now doing whatever they can to survive.Whilst on the run they find thems...

  • The Railway Cat

    Name: Bryony Davies
    17 September 2020;

    Genre: Young fiction

    Furry Purry Beancat seems like any other cat. She loves to nap. Anywhere, anytime. However, when she wakes up, she finds herself on a new adventure. Furry Purry Beancat lives nine lives!In The Railway Cat, Beancat is woken by the sound of a steam w...