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Name: Alison Kelly
01 October 2017;Genre: Poetry
This is Hip Hop artist and poet, Karl Nova's first collection of poetry for young people. Aptly titled Rhythm and Poetry, it offers insights into Nova's life, recounted energetically in rap (hence the acronym from the title). Almost as important as the raps themselves, are the...
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28 September 2017;Genre: Bullying
"Some experiences - like walking into an exam hall or moving to a new school - never leave you and for Rosalind, transitioning to secondary school is made even more complicated by a terminally ill brother and her selective mutism. Unable to speak to anyone outside her immediate family except f...
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Witch for a Week
Name: June Hughes
27 September 2017;Genre: Adventure
Elsie helps out in her family's shop, the grandly named Pickles Emporium. Unfortunately, the grandest thing about it is its name and it struggles to win customers and sell its wares. On one run-of-the-mill afternoon, however, the shop is visited by Magenta Sharp, a local witch looking for a caret...
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National Trust: The Secret Diary of Jane Pinny, a Victorian House Maid
Name: Ellen King
25 September 2017;Genre: Adventure
The Secret Diary series from Nosy Crow delves into specific periods in history to show what life would have been like at the time for young people honing their crafts and skills, whether as a young page learning to be a knight in The Secret Diary of John Drawbridge: Medieval Knight in Training, o...
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The Wizards of Once: Book 1
Name: Susan Wilsher
19 September 2017;Genre: Fantasy
Once there was a boy who had been brought up as a Wizard, believing that all Warriors are bad. However, Xar (the wizard) had no magic - and would do anything to get some.Once there was a girl who was a warrior - people who believed that ALL magic was bad and should be destroyed. Ho...
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Class Six and the Eel of Fortune
Name: Stephen Leitch
13 September 2017;Genre: Adventure
More magic and mayhem in this second instalment of Class Six from Sally Prue. After a failed attempt to hide their magic from the snooping Mrs Knowall (would be new Chair of the school governors with super sensitive nostrils), and their teacher Miss Broom swept away back to training college, clas...
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Man on the Moon (a day in the life of Bob)
Name: Nikki Stiles
11 September 2017;Genre: Adventure
This colourful story quickly became an absolute favourite in our house! Requested over and over again by my three and six-year-old daughters. The superb illustrations giving them both so much to see and find. Bob has the best job! Bob is the man on the moon, keeping the moon in ship shape and en...
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Overheard in a Tower Block
Name: Alison Kelly
11 September 2017;Genre: Poetry
This powerful collection of poems was published before the catastrophic Grenfell Tower fire and my first reaction to the title and front cover of this book was dismay at the untimely depiction of a black tower block with its illuminated windows. Kate Milner is a talented illustrator but the image...
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All the Things That Could Go Wrong
Name: Clare Wilkins
05 September 2017;Genre: Adventure
Stewart Foster's follow-up to his poignant children's debut, The Bubble Boy is another powerful and emotional read. It focuses on bullying, friendship and family and cleverly uses a dual narrative to give the perspective of the bully and the victim. Alex has OCD and spends his life endlessly co...
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Pirate Blunderbeard - Worst. Pirate. Ever. & Worst. Holiday. Ever.
Name: Jacqueline Harris
02 September 2017;Genre: Adventure
These books, written for around seven years, are such fun even adults will find themselves chuckling at the jokes and the word play. Written in the form of a diary, these books chart the adventures and misadventures of Pirate Blunderbeard and his pirate family. Blunderbeard is the youngest of tw...
