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Name: Carol Carter
20 February 2020;Genre: Adventure
The City, a spear-topped island rising from the sea, is the only land remaining since the world was submerged by rising waters long ago. When a whale is beached on a church roof, singing mournfully, and a hand and then a mysterious blue-eyed boy emerges from its belly, the question is, who is...
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The Undefeated
Name: Susan Wilsher
20 February 2020;Genre: Representation & Inclusion
This beautiful picture book is an emotional tribute to the history and experiences of African Americans, both past and present. Kwame Alexander's poetry takes the reader on a journey through the little known - the left-out history of those who are unforgettable, unflappable, undeniable and una...
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BOOT: The Rusty Rescue: Book 2
Name: Samantha Phillips
20 February 2020;Genre: Adventure
Boot and his new friends have found a home, where he finally feels like he belongs: Dr Twitchy's Emporium of Amusements. So when one of his friends loses his nose, Boot takes it upon himself to help find it. His search leads him to the Testing Lab where he discovers Rusty.Rusty is...
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Orphans of the Tide
Name: Kelly Buxton
20 February 2020;Genre: Adventure
Orphans of the Tide is a gripping adventure-filled story. An epic-adventure trilogy like no other. A city underwater. A beached whale. A girl with a heavy secret. The enemy has risen again and threatens the city - a story of good vs evil. Ellie, the Inventor's daughter,...
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The Proudest Blue
Name: Louisa Farrow
19 February 2020;Genre: Representation & Inclusion
The Proudest Blue is the simple story of a girl choosing her first hijab and wearing it to school for the first time, accompanied by her adoring little sister. There might not be a story at all, were it not for the ugly truth of Islamophobic bullying that wearing hijab can unl...
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Trail Blazers - Jane Goodall
Name: Carol Carter
17 February 2020;Genre: Adventure
Trail Blazers - Jane Goodall is the most recent in the useful new middle-grade biography series, focusing on some of history's greatest game changers. The book follows the life of Jane Goodall, from a child with a love of animal stories and a stuffed chimpanzee called Jubilee as her favourite to...
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This Book is Anti-Racist
Name: Joanna Hewish
16 February 2020;Genre: Representation & Inclusion
This Book is Anti-Racist is an inspirational book with a striking message. In today's modern world it is not enough to be non-racist, we must be anti-racist. Through 20 chapters, this book highlights the importance of learning who we are, where our identity comes from and how...
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Fergus the Furball
Name: Samantha Phillips
15 February 2020;Genre: Adventure
I am sure that each and every person with a brother or sister has, at some time in their life, wished they were an only child, or at best, that something unpleasant were to befall their sibling. That's exactly the case with Daniel in Fergus the Furball by Emily Snape. Daniel's parents have gone...
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The Magic of Mums
Name: Alison Kelly
14 February 2020;Genre: Adventure
In the early pages of this lovely new collection of poems by Justin Coe, there's a simple diamond shape poem which holds a lens to the themes and sentiments of the poems: MUM / I COULD / DIG DEEP DOWN / TO THE EARTH'S CORE / AND NEVER FIND A / DIAMOND AS / BEAUTIFUL / AS YOU / ARE //. The book...
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Trail Blazers - Harriet Tubman
Name: Carol Carter
13 February 2020;Genre: Adventure
Trail Blazers: Harriet Tubman retells the well-known story of the brave slave who escaped on the Underground Railroad then returned many times to help other slaves follow in her footsteps. The book follows Harriet (born Araminta Ross) from her birth on a Maryland plantation, through childhood a...
