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After the War: From Auschwitz to Ambleside
Name: Donna Ritchie
06 August 2020;Genre: Historical Fiction
What a thoughtfully written story, based on real-life events after WW2. It is set in the summer of 1945 and is about a group of boys who are taken to Windermere to recuperate after being liberated from the concentration camp. They have encountered horrors beyond comprehension and struggle with...
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After the War: From Auschwitz to Ambleside
Name: Donna Burkert
06 August 2020;Genre: Historical Fiction
Yossi, Leo and Mordecai: three boys bonded together through extreme experiences. Their very survival a miracle and yet here they are, on a plane together to a safe haven, they hope. Hope is really the only thing that has kept them going for so long.The boys are fearful and distrust...
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Name: Hayley Summerfield
01 August 2020;Genre: Historical Fiction
Children of the Benin Kingdom is the debut novel by Dinah Orji, a British author of Nigerian heritage. This beautifully written story is immersed in accurate historical knowledge that takes the reader on a fast-paced adventure based around an ancient West African civilisation....
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Ways to Make Sunshine
Name: Jo Clarke
23 July 2020;Genre: Friends and family
We all know the saying, 'When life gives you lemons, make lemonade', well, Ryan Hart is a girl who finds ways to make sunshine when life brings rainclouds.With subtle echoes of Bill's New Frock, Ways to Make Sunshine will inspire and delight. Ryan's name means 'lea...
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44 Tiny Secrets
Name: Lauren Maidman
23 July 2020;Genre: Family & Home
Betsy Bow-Linnet is the daughter of famous concert pianists Bella and Bertrum Bow-Linnet. Her grandfather, too, is a concert pianist, however Betsy is not. No matter how hard she tries she just can't get the hang of it. After hearing her mother call her 'a disappointment', Betsy is determined...
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The Unadoptables: Five fantastic children on the adventure of a lifetime
Name: Janet Fisher
23 July 2020;Genre: Adventure
The Unadoptables is a truly magical story of orphans, adventure, and of longing for something that seems so out of reach; belonging to a family. The Little Tulip Orphanage in 1880 Amsterdam is, as you would expect in a story about orphans, cold, miserable and run by a truly ho...
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The Fowl Twins (Paperback)
Name: Carol Carter
23 July 2020;Genre: Magical Realism
The Fowl Twins is the 'first book of the second cycle of Fowl Adventures', meaning we are back in the world of Artemis Fowl, Eoin Colfer's long-running MG series about a child criminal genius and his adventures with the fairy realm, but this new series focuses on the exploits...
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Urban Forest School: Outdoor adventures and skills for city kids
Name: Nicky Stiles
21 July 2020;Genre: Environment
Urban Forest School, published by the Guild of Master Craftsman Publications, is a great non-fiction text resource for teachers and school staff as well as parents, especially during this difficult time when we are all doing our best to home school and keep little ones enterta...
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The Ship of Shadows
Name: Beverley Somerset
16 July 2020;Genre: Adventure
Pirates of the Caribbean meets Indiana Jones in this rollicking tale of adventure! Aleja lives in Seville with her father, grandmother and two brothers, helping to run the family taverna. She spends her free time reading about explorers and dreams of following in their footsteps, especially th...
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My First Book of the Cosmos
Name: Jenny Caddick
11 July 2020;Genre: Non Fiction
A mind expanding and utterly fascinating book, My First Book of the Cosmos takes the reader beyond space into the entire universe in a brilliantly accessible way. A perfect book for adults and children to explore together as information and facts astound you. The book h...
