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  • Head Kid

    Head Kid

    Name: Dominion Age 8
    12 April 2024;

    Genre: School Stories

    It's a very good book but it's so long

  • Rex: Dinosaur in Disguise

    Rex: Dinosaur in Disguise

    Name: Levelle Age 11
    12 April 2024;

    Genre: Funny Stories

    This book is amazing, each chapter feels like an entire book but condensed down into a chapter that helps progress the plot. Rex is my favourite character because he's so funny. He makes me feel like I'm watching a cartoon progress as the main character learns lessons. I also like Rex's...

  • Mission: Microraptor

    Mission: Microraptor

    Name: Donna Burkert
    11 April 2024;

    Genre: Adventure

    Finn doesn't want to be in the Alps on a school residential. He wants to be on his sofa, gaming and eating pizza. Instead, he is walking! And to top it all he's been paired with Milo - or The Professor - as Finn calls him. The brainbox full of useless information. Two misfits thrown together....

  • Me and Aaron Ramsey

    Me and Aaron Ramsey

    Name: Linda Brown
    11 April 2024;

    Genre: Family & Home

    Football is everything for Sam and his dad, they live and breath it. At the weekends his dad supports him as he plays; he never misses a game. However, dad sometimes forgets and gets carried away, celebrates Sam's achievements and then real life kicks in. Money... it's always the same, dad pro...

  • Keisha Jones is a Force of Nature!

    Keisha Jones is a Force of Nature!

    Name: Lauren Maidman
    10 April 2024;

    Genre: Environment & Nature

    Keisha Jones is a Force of Nature is the second book in the Keisha Jones series by Natalie Denny. Keisha Jones is an 8-year-old activist, with a passion for looking after and saving the planet. After learning about her Grea...

  • Girl on the Fly

    Girl on the Fly

    Name: Beverley Somerset
    10 April 2024;

    Genre: Personal Growth

    13-year-old Kamaria Kessy lives in Philadelphia with her Momma and Baba (father), who are originally from Tanzania. Kamaria loves running and rhythm; she does not handle change well and needs time to come to terms with any changes in her life. So, when she learns that her father's sister, Aunt...

  • The Kingdom Over the Sea: The perfect spellbinding fantasy adventure for holiday reading

    The Kingdom Over the Sea

    Name: Beverley Somerset
    09 April 2024;

    Genre: Fantasy

    12-year-old Yara Sulimayah lives in Bournemouth. When she loses her mother in a tragic accident, she is left alone and is about to go into care. Things change, however, when she finds a letter left by her mother. It contains a strange set of instructions and, when Yara follows them, she finds...

  • Tree

    Tree

    Name: Jacqueline Harris
    09 April 2024;

    Genre: Environment & Nature

    Tree is the story of a 300-year-old mountain ash in Australia and all the creatures that live on or around that tree. Written by the team that created the award-winning Iceberg, this is a combination of picture book and fact, told in a lyrical voi...

  • Impossible Creatures

    Impossible Creatures

    Name: Reviewer, 13 Age 13
    08 April 2024;

    Genre: Fantasy

    By the Immortal! Can I just say a huge congratulations to Katherine Rundell for this sublime book! This is definitely the best so far! I can not *wait* for more from her! Impossible Creatures is full of twists and turns, and the characters are exquisitely described. With small...

  • Totally Chaotic History: Ancient Egypt Gets Unruly!

    Totally Chaotic History: Ancient Egypt Gets Unruly!

    Name: Jenny Caddick
    08 April 2024;

    Genre: Non Fiction

    Totally Chaotic History: Ancient Egypt Gets Unruly! is the start of a fresh, fun, new series and a lively, laugh-out-loud way to explore history that will appeal to readers of all ages. Author Greg Jenner has a brilliant cast alongside him: Dr Campbell Price, who is the Egypto...