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The Light Jar
Name: Maddie Age 10
27 February 2018;Genre: Adventure
A mysterious page turner, The Light Jar is a great read for ages 10 plus. This heart warming story shows the true meaning of friendship, love and hope. Nate and his mother have run away and when mum heads off for food and doesn't return, that leaves him worrying about all sorts of things. Until...
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The Hippo at the End of the Hall
Name: Linda Brown
26 February 2018;Genre: Adventure
What a wonderful magical, mysterious adventure. Ben, our main character, receives an invitation to The Gee Museum, which has been delivered to him by some bees! It arrives with the milk early one morning. Ben opens the envelope and his magical adventure begins. Even though his mom doesn't want hi...
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Battle of the Beetles
Name: Janet Fisher
22 February 2018;Genre: Adventure
This is the third part of the trilogy following on from Beetle Boy and Beetle Queen and moves the story into a darker and more mature phase. Lucretia Cutters plans to take over the world by infesting areas with beetles doing great damage to crops, involve breeding giant beetles and to this end s...
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The Nothing To See Here Hotel
Name: Sam Phillips
16 February 2018;Genre: Adventure
This book is a real deal breaker for any reluctant reader! A real laugh out loud tale of weird and wonderful ghosts, ghouls and goblins. A delightful story told by a young boy called Frankie Bannister whose parents run The Nothing to see Here Hotel. This magical hotel stands in plain sight on th...
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Blast Off! Out of this World Poems
Name: Alison Kelly
15 February 2018;Genre: Adventure
This is Carole Bromley's first anthology for children (published by a new imprint Small Donkey Books) and a very welcome addition to the world of children's poetry it is too. It has children - their interests, their concerns, their sense of the ridiculous - firmly at its heart. The title poem, Bl...
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STEM Starters: Science / Art
Name: Sue Wilsher
12 February 2018;Genre: Adventure
Stem Starters: Science and Stem Starters: Art - Designed to encourage boys and girls from all backgrounds take an interest in the STEM subjects (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths), these two books from the series offer a range of activities to engage and inspire. The Science Activity B...
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The Travels of Ermine
Name: Emily Beale
10 February 2018;Genre: Adventure
Ermine is on a trip around the world, first stop New York City and the home of Michael Megabanks. Recently adopted by the Grand Duchess Maria Von Schnitzel, Ermine has become her protege and is fortunate to be completing her education whilst travelling and visiting the friends of the Duke and Duc...
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Begone the Raggedy Witches (The Wild Magic Trilogy, Book One)
Name: June Hughes
02 February 2018;Genre: Magical Realism
This is the first book in The Wild Magic trilogy by Celine Kiernan and the reader will be hooked from the very first sentence. Within the first chapter we learn of Mup's life with her family and we are introduced to the forces that are about to change that life dramatically.<b...
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The 1,000-year-old Boy
Name: Nicola Cleveland
01 February 2018;Genre: Friends and family
In The 1,000 Year Old Boy, Alfie wants to be like any other 11 year old, which is a bit tricky when he's actually over a thousand years old. He longs for a friend, but knows the only way he and his mother can stay where they are is to keep themselves to themselves. When Roxy...
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The Day that Aliens nearly Ate our Brains
Name: June Hughes
30 January 2018;Genre: Adventure
Freddy is desperate to watch a wrestling match but he does not have satellite TV. Fortunately, his neighbour does, and Freddy, with the aid of his friend Sal and various bits of kitchen equipment, intends to latch onto his neighbour's signal to enable him to watch the ultimate title fight. Unfort...
