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Luna
Name: Sam
27 October 2023;Genre: Science Fiction
Luna and her dad live on the moon, where they work as part of a research team collecting rocks and other mineral specimens for scientific study; life for the pair sounds good. The story is told from Luna's perspective, with just the right amount of sci-fi detail and sassy humour you would exp...
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Welcome to the Arts: Dance
Name: Sue Wilsher
26 October 2023;Genre: Non Fiction
This beautifully illustrated, large format book is an absolute delight. It explores some of the many ways people dance as well as the joy this form of expression brings. Starting with 'Entrance', a section about set design, lighting and costume design, the book then takes the reader through se...
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The Snow Girl
Name: Sue Wilsher
26 October 2023;Genre: Magical Realism
As her grandfather's health is failing, Tasha and her parents have moved in with him to help on the farm. Tasha loves the farm, but things have changed as grandfather is too weak for the long walks they used to take - and since the events of the previous year, she feels an aching emptiness, to...
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Nightshade Revenge (Alex Rider)
Name: Sue Wilsher
24 October 2023;Genre: Spy stories
With exams and skateboarding the main things on his mind, Alex Rider hopes he has left the world of MI6 behind him, apart from visits to Freddy Grey, 'Number Nine' of the organisation, Nightshade, whose activities Alex helped put an end to. However, when his best friend, Tom, is kidnapped whil...
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Sweet Skies
Name: Erin Quigley
23 October 2023;Genre: Historical Fiction
Sweet Skies is a very human tale; an evocative, edge-of-your-seat, gritty adventure story, chock-full of innocence and courage, struggle and doubt. It tells the tale of Otto Hartmann, a young German boy utterly enthralled by the American pilots who fly...
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Animal Tales from India
Name: Amanda Shipton
20 October 2023;Genre: Traditional Tales
From international poetry sensation Nikita Gill comes her highly anticipated children's book debut, Animal Tales from India - a stunning picture book reimagining of the wild and wonderful fables of the Panchatantra. First written in Sanskrit, the stories of the Panchatantra ha...
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Britannica's Encyclopedia Infographica: 1,000s of Facts & Figures
Name: Ruth Cornish
20 October 2023;Genre: Non Fiction
Britannica's Encyclopedia Infographica is a fascinating and accessible book which readers can dip into for the odd five minutes or for an afternoon, immersed in information with sufficient detail to explain the subject without being overwhelming. The book is divided int...
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Shiver Point: It Came from the Woods
Name: Donna Ritchie
20 October 2023;Genre: Horror
If you love a scare, then this is for you! Alien lovers will also devour this short book. In Shiver Point: It Came from the Woods, Alex and his mum have recently moved (again) and he doesn't see any urgency in making friends as his mum's job will soon take them to anot...
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SCRAP
Name: Donna Burkert
20 October 2023;Genre: Science Fiction
Scrap is a misfit and a loner, just how he likes it. A robot living out his existence on The Pile in Somewhere 513. He wasn't always this way; robots weren't always this way. In fact, Somewhere 513 was supposed to be the new place for humans to live. The robots had been sent in to get everythi...
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Animal Tales from India
Name: Maria
20 October 2023;Genre: Traditional Tales
Animal Tales from India is a beautiful collection of stories from the Panchatantra, written by the talented Nikita Gill and illustrated by Chaaya Prabhat. The front cover is gloriously colourful with some of the characters you will meet on your story journey. The book has 10 f...