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  • Fire Boy

    Fire Boy

    Name: Samantha Phillips
    19 March 2020;

    Genre: Funny Stories

    Right from the very start I knew I was going to enjoy reading Fire Boy, the debut novel by JM Joseph; a group of pals, sweets that give you superpowers, a cantankerous, walking stick-wielding Granny and an undoubtable baddie, who wouldn't? Add to that the possibility of our yo...

  • Skeleton Keys: The Haunting of Luna Moon

    Skeleton Keys: The Haunting of Luna Moon

    Name: Carol Carter
    16 March 2020;

    Genre: Adventure

    Skeleton Keys: The Haunting of Luna Moon is the second book in the series featuring the brilliant creation, Skeleton Keys, a 'dashing, key-fingered skeleton, with a thousand adventures under his belt and a thousand more to come!' (even if he does say so himself). Mr Keys used to be an IF (Imagina...

  • Malice in Underland

    Name: Eileen Armstrong
    11 March 2020;

    Genre: Adventure

    Malice Morbid Malign is a bit of a misfit in the Malign family - mischief is their business and they take mayhem-making very seriously. They hate books, hate bathing and especially hate being kind and helpful - all the things which Malice adores. The Malign family are from Underland - home of...

  • Shoe Wars (the laugh-out-loud, packed-with-pictures new adventure from the creator of Tom Gates)

    Name: Eileen Armstrong
    11 March 2020;

    Genre: Funny Stories

    Breaking out of the phenomenally successful Tom Gates series was never going to be easy but Liz Pichon's latest standalone adventure story, Shoe Wars, is arguably (I'd say definitely) her greatest achievement yet and forms a fabulous showcase for her very many talents. Shoe Wars brings to life...

  • Morgan Charmley: Spells and Secrets

    Name: Eileen Armstrong
    11 March 2020;

    Genre: Adventure

    Teenagers with witchy powers are a constant in popular culture - think Tabitha from Bewitched or Sabrina the Teen Witch depending on your generation. Morgan Charmley is the latest to join their ranks and is arguably the best yet. Readers were first introduced to Morgan in Teen Witch, the firs...

  • Professor Astro Cat's Deep-Sea Voyage

    Professor Astro Cat's Deep-Sea Voyage

    Name: Bryony Davies
    08 March 2020;

    Genre: Non Fiction

    Professor Astro Cat's Deep-Sea Voyage is a journey through all levels of the ocean from the surface to the deepest trenches. Clearly organised into interesting double page spreads that follow on from each other, this is a highly factual and informative book with superb graphics. Each spread, fr...

  • I Ate Sunshine for Breakfast

    I Ate Sunshine for Breakfast

    Name: Bryony Davies
    08 March 2020;

    Genre: Environment & Nature

    I Ate Sunshine For Breakfast: A Celebration of Plants Around the World certainly lives up to its name. This entire book feels like sunshine and full of pure joy from page one.Visually, this book is stunning and joyous. It is a true celebration of plants and nature....

  • Bloom: The Surprising Seeds of Sorrel Fallowfield

    Bloom

    Name: June Hughes
    05 March 2020;

    Genre: Environment & Nature

    Sorrel tries really, really hard to be 'good'. She desperately wants to win the holiday promised by the headmaster, Mr Grittysnit, to the pupil who gains the most 'Obedience Points', but her life and eventually the lives of everyone around her are thrown up in the air by Sorrell's discovery of...

  • Anisha, Accidental Detective

    Anisha, Accidental Detective

    Name: Donna Ritchie
    05 March 2020;

    Genre: Mystery & Detective

    Follow Anisha and her best friend Milo as they try to unravel the mystery of the disappearance of Uncle Tony. The 'wedding of the year' seems to be in serious doubt when Anisha reads a ransom note that has been pushed through the letter box. Who has kidnapped Uncle Tony? And why?Th...

  • Anisha, Accidental Detective

    Anisha, Accidental Detective

    Name: Donna Burkert
    05 March 2020;

    Genre: Mystery & Detective

    Anisha Mistry is not your usual detective. In fact she isn't a detective at all. But when she picks up a ransom note on the eve of her Auntie Bindi's wedding, about the groom-to-be, she knows that she is the only one who can unravel the mystery. While all around her are losing their heads over...