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Name: Jane Rew
01 October 2020;Genre: Supernatural
I cannot recommend this book too highly. It has so many elements of a good story: rich and believable characters, atmospheric setting and an intricate, cleverly woven plot. The pace is brisk, but with moments to draw breath and reflect; the mystery of Aggie's family history is tantalisingly re...
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Name: Carol Carter
01 October 2020;Genre: Environment & Nature
Tales from the Forest is a collection of 20 brand-new nature stories, five for each season of the year. In Spring, caterpillars transform, adders shed their skin and woodpeckers lay their eggs. In Summer, bees collect pollen, fireflies flit and tadpoles grow legs. In Autumn, m...
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Name: James Hewish
01 October 2020;Genre: Animals
Wild City: Meet the Animals who Share our City Spaces takes the reader on a wonderful journey through various urban environments from around the world. From Foxes to Flamingos and mice to monkeys this book provides a plethora of information in an unintimidating and easily acce...
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Name: Louisa Farrow
01 October 2020;Genre: Historical Fiction
A Christmas in Time picks up the story of Alex and Ruby and the mysterious mirror in their great aunt's house. They have fallen through it for the second time and found themselves in the middle of a typical Victorian Christmas, complete with skating on the local lake and exped...
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Name: Carol Carter
01 October 2020;Genre: Non Fiction
From the moment you pick it up, The Egyptians feels like a treasure, weighty and vivid. The thick board pages and over 80 lift-up flaps feel as indestructible as a pyramid, perfect for young history lovers who will pore over it until every scrap of information has been ingeste...
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Name: Beverley Somerset
01 October 2020;Genre: Adventure
Another of Barrington Stokes' series of books for dyslexic and reluctant readers, The Griffin Gate is an outright winner! Adventure, fantasy and a little bit of steampunk all combine to make up a real page turner.Grace Griffin lives in Copperport, in the country of...
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Name: Beverley Somerset
01 October 2020;Genre: Environment & Nature
World Burn Down is a thrilling adventure story with a strong environmental message. Carlos Feliz lives with his mother in Manaus, Brazil. She is a soldier working for the Special Forces Group of IBAMA - the environment agency, and her job is to protect the Amazon rainforest fr...
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Name: Sue Wilsher
01 October 2020;Genre: Fairy Tales & Folk Tales
Olia loves Castle Mila, the ancestral home of her family, a place full of secrets and magic. Although they no longer live in the grandeur of the past, the domed castle offers them shelter and the rest of the village space to celebrate and work. But strange storms are rising and Olia's Babusya...
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Name: Beverley Somerset
01 October 2020;Genre: Fairy Tales & Folk Tales
13-year-old Olia lives with her parents, grandmother Babusya and baby sister Rosa, whom she adores. The family are descended from royalty and their home is the huge Castle Mila. The castle is 500 years old and with its 33 turrets and domes is full of secrets. Olia loves to explore it, searchin...
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Name: Sue Wilsher
01 October 2020;Genre: Environment & Nature
Elsie is used to being forgotten and so when her mother gets her holiday dates wrong and Elsie has to go and stay with Great Uncle John, she tries to make the best of it. After all, nothing exciting ever happens to her unlike Kelsie Corvette, the heroine of the stories Elise writes. However, s...
