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Lola and Larch Make a Winter Wish
Name: Jemma Jeffrey
04 February 2025;Genre: Magical Realism
Lola and Larch Make a Winter Wish is the perfect addition to this glorious set of books. My daughter and I love all three and can't decide which one we like the most - after a lengthy discussion, we decided it depends on what season we are in! That is one of the lovely things...
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The Cursed Tomb: A thrilling, ancient-Egyptian adventure
Name: Jacqueline Harris
03 February 2025;Genre: Adventure
In The Cursed Tomb, 11-year-old Henut lives in ancient Egypt in 1249 BCE. Odd things start to happen that appear to be linked to the gods. Henut is not sure she believes in the gods controlling everything, but then she is thrust on a quest that will make her question everythin...
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The Great Theatre Rescue
Name: Jenny CADDICK
03 February 2025;Genre: Mystery & Detective
The Great Theatre Rescue is a stunning and exciting historical adventure story that takes place in 1930's London and evokes Dickensian themes of abandoned children and workhouse-harsh schools and villains. The Wren Theatre is home to yo...
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MEGA: The Most Enormous Animals Ever
Name: Jane Rew
03 February 2025;Genre: Animals
Using a simple, repeated pattern of headings, information about different animal groups is well presented, and there's clever use of the dust jacket which doubles up as a poster, with visual comparison of extinct animals and their nearest living equivalents.</...
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Ice Apprentices
Name: Aarav Age 9
03 February 2025;Genre: Fantasy
Ice Apprentices is about Oswin who is a young boy who had been abandoned by his biological parents. Oswin thought he had made a friend named Anastasia but she thought she was better than everyone because she was born a Barkmouth. My favourite part is when Oswin and Anas...
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The Boy in the Suit
Name: Donna Ritchie
03 February 2025;Genre: Real life
The Boy in the Suit is a story about a 10-year-old boy and his mum. It may sound like this is an everyday book with an everyday story line. Well, this is not your everyday 10-year-old boy. Solo and his mum, Morag, crash funerals for food! Unfortunately, his mum is experiencing...
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Ice Apprentices
Name: Beverley Somerset
03 February 2025;Genre: Fantasy
Oswin Fields is a stray; he was saved from the Endless Expanse in the frozen world of Tundra. At the age of 14 he is summoned to Corridor, a school where he is to be trained as an ice apprentice. As a stray, Oswin is aware that he will never be considered a proper Tundran and so feels himself...
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Ice Apprentices
Name: Mizuki Age 10
30 January 2025;Genre: Fantasy
Where do I begin? Ice Apprentices didn't fully capture my attention from the start but when I got into it, it was definitely worth it! It included many twists and turns and secrets were revealed about otherwise unacknowledged characters...
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Guardians of the New Moon: The Year of the Rat
Name: Maria Faithorn
17 January 2025;Genre: Myths & Legends
The Year of the Rat is the second in the Guardians of the New Moon series and follows Rat's success at winning the Jade Emperor's race. As neither Miaow nor Ming completed the race, they did not have a lunar year named after them, but were instead awarded the...
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Oh No They Aren't: Nature
Name: Jane Rew
17 January 2025;Genre: Non Fiction
Oh No They Aren't: Nature succeeds in offering a new take on the bewildering beauty and variety of life on Earth, by challenging readers' assumptions or supposed know-how. Weren't dodos slow and simple-minded? All sharks are fearsome predators, aren't they? It's quiet beneath...
