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Borgon the Axeboy and the Prince's Shadow
Name: Lizi Coombs
21 July 2015;Genre: Adventure
'Soap - it smells like a flower threw up on you ...' I can think of many, many children I know who will enjoy this book! A sort of barbaric 'Goblet of Fire' for younger readers..., this book is action packed, humourous and easy to access. The historic setting makes it different from many books o...
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The Last Ever After (The School for Good and Evil, Book 3)
Name: Linda Brown
21 July 2015;Genre: Fantasy
I will never look at a fairy tale the same way ever again! The Last Ever After is the third book in the wonderful The School For Good and Evil series. It's darker and a little more menacing...
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Stitch Head: The Beast of Grubbers Nubbin
Name: June Hughes
27 June 2015;Genre: Horror
This book is the fifth in the Stitch Head series by Guy Bass and will therefore find a ready audience in children already familiar with Stitch Head, Arabella and Professor Erasmus. Those children who have not yet been introduced to the monstrous world of Castle Groteskew will, however, not be at...
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How to Draw Wonderwoman
Name: Jennifer Hambleton
26 June 2015;Genre: Adventure
This is one title from the series How to Draw DC Comics Superheroes. Each double page spread has a background biography of the superhero with a coloured drawing and 5 black and white illustrations. Each illustration shows progression from a stickman outline to a fully formed cartoon superhero....
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Knight in Training: Dragons Can't Swim
Name: June Hughes
26 June 2015;Genre: Young fiction
Sam J. Butterbiggins has been sent to live with his Aunt Eglantine, Uncle Archibald and Cousin Prunella in Mothsdale Castle while his parents are away on important business. Sam has a secret ambition - he wants to be a knight and do all kinds of daring deeds but, unfortunately, he does not know h...
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Mad About Monkeys
Name: Pat Chandler
24 June 2015;Genre: Adventure
Mad About Monkeys is a glorious celebration of these intriguing primates accompanied by wonderful illustrations. The book contains a contents page which leads logically through the chapters, which deal with what monkeys are, food and habitats, evolution, social life and identity, hierarchy, notab...
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Adventures of the Steampunk Pirates: Attack of the Giant Sea Spiders
Name: Hayley Nicholson
12 June 2015;Genre: Adventure
Ahoy, shipmates! Once again we set sail with those swashbuckling steam-power ragamuffins. All aboard for another rip-roaring adventure! The Steampunk Pirates once again live up to their names and their chosen profession. Pirates by their definition are not the most well-behaved group, and the Ste...
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The Jolley-Rogers and the Cave of Doom
Name: Emma Small
05 June 2015;Genre: Adventure
Piratical fun in huge amounts for all land-lubbers out there! The story starts with the Jolley-Rogers deciding to swap a day on their pirate ship for a day at the beach. It's soon clear that this will not be a day of sandcastles and ice creams, but instead a high adventure filled with gold treas...
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Circus Mirandus
Name: Lynn Roulstone
02 June 2015;Genre: Adventure
As a young man Micah's grandfather Ephraim visited the magical Circus Mirandus where he met the Lightbender, who promised him a miracle. Ephrain decided to keep his miracle for a later date and now he is dying, wants to use it to help Micah. The story moves between Ephraim's story in the past, an...
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Circus of Thieves and the Raffle of Doom
Name: Lizi Coombs
08 May 2015;Genre: Adventure
Firstly; what a fantastic name (and idea!) for a book! I've not read any books like it, especially not ones that combine circus and civilians so easily! Within the first few pages, I'd realised this was a book that wants the reader to laugh. Although this was endearing at first, it wore thin. Ma...
