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Name: Sue Wilsher
24 March 2021;Genre: Magical Realism
When magical children are allowed to attend school for the first time in Starfell: Willow Moss and the Vanished Kingdom, Willow is suspicious. Strange things have been happening, a priceless scroll has been stolen and 'The Grimoire Gazette' has been dismissing or ridiculing th...
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The Highland Falcon Thief
Name: Courtney Age 7
22 March 2021;Genre: Mystery & Detective
The story is adventurous because the boys are going to Scotland and the younger boy is feeding the men bread. The girl is wandering around the table and the men get suspicious and go under the table whilst one of them distracts and when it is all gone the men leave, not knowing they left the l...
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Name: Hayley Summerfield
18 March 2021;Genre: Magical Realism
The House at the Edge of Magic, the new book by Amy Sparks, could be described as 'Oliver Twist meets Harry Potter'. This mystical adventure takes us on a rollercoaster of magical mayhem, friendship and family.In the opening chapters, we are introduced to Nine - an...
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Name: Kelly Buxton
18 March 2021;Genre: Funny Stories
If you are looking for a book that is side-splitting funny then look no further than Vi Spy by Maz Evans.Valentine (Vi) Day is caught between the paranoid mother she has always known, super-spy Easter Day, and her super-villain father, Robert, who she never knew existed. They say o...
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Just Like Me
Name: Linda Canning
11 March 2021;Genre: Representation & Inclusion
Just Like Me is a wonderfully inspiring book, which celebrates the beauty of diversity and difference. It is filled with tales of the challenges and adversity faced by successful people in all walks of life, from scientists to musicians, artists to authors and everything in be...
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Name: Solianna Age 10
08 March 2021;Genre: Fantasy
I would rate this book five stars because I like how it is full of magic, danger and mystery; I also like that the genre is fantasy adventure. The thing I did not like about the book is that it was full of cliff-hangers - that made me really impatient! Other than that, Vega Jane is an amazing...
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Name: Linda Canning
07 March 2021;Genre: Mystery & Detective
I've got to be honest - when this book dropped through my letterbox, I wasn't entirely overjoyed. One look at it told me it was not the sort of book I would normally go for. I cracked it open and prepared myself to do battle with some elaborate prose and flowery language and was delighted to f...
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Circus Maximus: Race to the Death
Name: Jacqueline Harris
04 March 2021;Genre: Historical Fiction
Dido is the young daughter of the trainer Antonius. Antonius trains horses and charioteers for Rome's Circus Maximus; the greatest of all the chariot races. Dido dreams of becoming a charioteer herself, but that is impossible as girls in Ancient Rome do not take part in sport of any sort, part...
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The Girl with her Head in the Clouds: The Amazing Life of Dolly Shepherd
Name: Eileen Armstrong
04 March 2021;Genre: Historical Fiction
In The Girl with her Head in the Clouds: The Amazing Life of Dolly Shepherd, 16 year old Dolly Shepherd has no second thoughts when she steps up to be the human target in an apple shooting stunt starring a showman wearing a blindfold. It proves to be just the start of her sens...
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The Dog that Saved the World (Cup)
Name: Eileen Armstrong
04 March 2021;Genre: Animals
Truth is stranger than fiction, so the saying goes, and in The Dog that Saved the World (Cup), Phil Earle cleverly draws on not just one but two of the real world stories which surround us, one from over 50 years ago and one much more recent, to create an incredible, emotional...
