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Name: Susan Wilsher
03 September 2020;Genre: Adventure
Hal's off again with Uncle Nat, this time aboard the California Comet for a trip across America from Chicago to San Francisco. Uncle Nat has been asked to report on a special announcement being made by August Reza, millionaire and train enthusiast, whilst Hal is looking forward to enjoying the...
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Butterfly Brain
Name: Jennifer Caddick
03 September 2020;Genre: Bereavement
Butterfly Brain is a unique and compelling rhythmically told story of defiant and angry young Gus - a boy who NEVER ever listens, especially when told not to lean back on his chair!When Gus falls backwards and cracks his head, out come all his dreams, memories and...
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Name: June Hughes
03 September 2020;Genre: Adventure
In The Good Thieves, Vita and her mother travel to America to collect her grandfather, Jack, who has fallen on hard times. It turns out that Jack has been swindled out of his home (a castle, no less) by a shady character and Vita is determined to right this wrong. Jack tells h...
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Tamarind & the Star of Ishta
Name: Janet Fisher
03 September 2020;Genre: Family & Home
Searching for memories or details about a mother who died at birth or disappeared is a staple of children's books nowadays, something which must give nervous children a moment of qualm. However, this book has the exotic background of the Himalayas where Tamarind is taken by her father and his...
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Tamarind & the Star of Ishta
Name: Susan Wilsher
03 September 2020;Genre: Family & Home
Tamarind is going to spend time in India with her mother's family at their huge mansion in the Himalayas. She never knew her mother who died when Tamarind was a baby and although she has many questions, she is nervous about meeting her extended family. But no one seems keen to give her answers...
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Name: Susan Wilsher
03 September 2020;Genre: Non Fiction
Covering 15 civilisations, The History Atlas takes you on a light-hearted but fact-packed tour of the world. Visually stunning, it is instantly engaging, sure to delight even the most hardened history hater.The author's introduction sets a chatty tone, reminding the reader to have...
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Name: Jacqueline Harris
03 September 2020;Genre: Adventure
Shoestring, the Boy Who Walks on Air is the follow up novel to the graphic novel Kidglovz. It tells the story of what happens next to the characters from the graphic novel and even includes the book of Kidglovz as part of the story.Shoestring, previously a thief, i...
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The Pharaoh's Curse (Museum Kittens)
Name: Lucy Newton
03 September 2020;Genre: Animals
As the follow up to Museum Kittens: The Midnight Visitor, this story continues the adventures of kittens Tasha and Peter, along with the other museum cats.The Pharaoh's Curse begins with the cats observing a...
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Stickypines: The Bigwoof Conspiracy
Name: Samantha Phillips
03 September 2020;Genre: Science Fiction
Sticky Pines, where things get weird...! Lucy Sladan is obsessed by UFO's so, when she hears that something strange is happening to people from her own town, she can't wait to find out what's happening, and sneaks out to investigate for herself. Lost in the woods during a thunderstorm, Lucy s...
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Sticky Pines: The Thing At Black Hole Lake
Name: Samantha Phillips
03 September 2020;Genre: Science Fiction
The Thing at Black Hole Lake is the second book in the Sticky Pines - Where Things Get Weird series, and having read book 1, I seriously didn't think things could get any weirder, but they do! The sequel to the 'Bigwoof Conspiracy' by Dashe Roberts is just fa...
