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Iguana Boy saves the world with a triple cheese pizza
Name: Leia Sands
06 August 2018;Genre: Adventure
This is the story of Dylan, a boy who dreams of being a superhero just like his brother Arctic Thunder and his sister Millie Monday. However, on discovering his slightly disappointing superpower - the ability to talk to iguanas - Dylan feels rather inadequate. The evil Super Villain Platypus Kid...
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The Eye of the North
Name: Matt Davies
02 August 2018;Genre: Adventure
What an adventure! This book centres around Emmeline, whose parents mysteriously vanish. Before long, she is on a ship to France where she encounters her side-kick-to-be, Thing. Everything takes a turn for the worse when Emmeline is kidnapped and taken to the North. From here on in, we have sc...
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Name: Sam Holmes
02 August 2018;Genre: Adventure
Emmeline is trying to find her parents and is desperate to know why they can't be contacted. She receives a ship ticket and instructions to meet her new guardian in Paris. However, things don't go to plan and, despite befriending a stowaway named 'Thing', Emmeline is kidnapped by the evil Dr....
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Name: Susan Wilsher
02 August 2018;Genre: Adventure
Living high in the mountains of the Philippines in 1899, Samkad's world is his tribe, his village. Now he is about the have the Cut and become a man. He is desperate to play his part in keeping the tribe safe from their enemy, the head-hunting Mangili, even if it means he will no longer be abl...
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A Kid in My Class: Poems
Name: Alison Kelly
02 August 2018;Genre: Poetry
What a lovely collaboration between two acclaimed figures in the field of children's literature this is! CLIPPA prize-winner, Rachel Rooney, brings a whole school classroom to life (and I don't just mean its pupils), beautifully complemented by former Children's Laureate, Chris Riddell...
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Bad Nana: Older not Wiser
Name: Kristen Hopwood
01 August 2018;Genre: Adventure
Bad Nana: Older not wiser is a brightly illustrated delight for children beginning to read chapter books as it is split into three sections. The whole book is told from the point of view of Jeanie, the 7 3/4 year old granddaughter of Bad Nana. The first section is an introduction to the charact...
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Iguana Boy Saves the World with a Triple Cheese Pizza
Name: Annie Everall
24 July 2018;Genre: Adventure
Nine-year-old Dylan Spencer desperately wants to be a Superhero with a cool superpower. His brother Sam. aka Arctic Thunder, can control the weather and his sister Millie, aka Millie Monday, has laser eyes and can roast a chicken in 30 seconds (but only on a Monday). Dylan is the butt of his sibl...
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The Storm Keeper's Island: Storm Keeper Trilogy 1
Name: Linda Brown
14 July 2018;Genre: Magical Realism
This enchanting story is set on the real Arranmore island in Ireland, which must be a truly wonderous place to have inspired the imagination of the author in creating such a magical, fantasy adventure. From the moment that you step on the island with Fionn you are swept away on a wonderful jou...
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Dark Sky Park
Name: Alison Kelly
08 July 2018;Genre: Adventure
Philip Gross has chosen to celebrate some of the most unusual and unknown aspects of the natural world in this mesmerising anthology which had me wondering, learning, looking and so much more. Quite apart from being captivated by his poetic voice, I came away all the richer for what I learnt abou...
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The Embassy of the Dead
Name: Lola Age 10
02 July 2018;Genre: Adventure
An innocent, clueless boy is accidentally given a severed finger when he is mistaken for a phantom named Goodmourning. This leads him to a trophy (I meant to say trophy!) of trouble and he almost gets killed 4 times! This book makes ghosts more familiar to people. I recommend this book to people...
