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Everything You Know About Sharks is Wrong!
Name: Jemma Jeffrey
18 June 2023;Genre: Animals
All sharks are huge, ancient, solitary, killing machines who hunt their prey near tropical beaches…right? Wrong! There are pygmy sharks smaller than a classroom ruler, white tip reef sharks work together to hunt, sharks that live in the ocean depths, and new species of shark were found as rece...
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Bridget Vanderpuff and the Baked Escape
Name: Sue Wilsher
16 June 2023;Genre: Mystery & Detective
Bridget Baxter lives at the Orphanage for Errant Childs, an institution run by the evil Miss Acrid, who does everything she can to make Bridget's life a misery. Although Bridget is more than a match for her, she is delighted when the village baker, Mr Vanderpuff, arrives at the orphanage, look...
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Lenny Lemon and the Invincible Rat
Name: Lauren Maidman
16 June 2023;Genre: Funny Stories
Lenny Lemon and the Invincible Rat is the hilarious story of Lenny and his history project gone wrong! When Lenny wants to beat the other year 5 class to the mystery prize for the best 'Olden Days School Day', he thinks bringing a rat into the classroom would be very historica...
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The Greatest Kingdom (A Clock of Stars, Book 3)
Name: Sue Wilsher
16 June 2023;Genre: Fantasy
In this final part of the A Clock of Stars trilogy, Imogen and Marie face their greatest challenges to date as they once again journey through the door in the tree. Anneshka's search for 'the greatest kingdom' has brought her into the worl...
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BeYOUtiful: Radiate confidence, celebrate difference and express yourself
Name: Eileen Armstrong
16 June 2023;Genre: Mental Health & Wellbeing
At a time when the mental health of our young people has never been more in the news, BeYOUtiful is an important, inspiring and empowering insight into what it actually means to be beautiful and, more importantly, who gets to decide. It's absolutely not a guide to what to wear...
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Into the Storm
Name: Jane Rew
16 June 2023;Genre: Adventure
As a non-horse enthusiast, I hadn't expected to enjoy Into the Storm. But I did, and I think many KS2 children will likewise, even if the book's greatest fans will be those who have read the first two titles in the Riverdale Pony Stories series or who go horse...
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Call of the Titanic
Name: Jacqueline Harris
16 June 2023;Genre: Historical Fiction
Call of the Titanic is told from the viewpoints of two children; Clara, who is an accidental stowaway on the Carpathia, and Sid, working as a steward on the Titanic. In April 1912 they will cross paths as the story of the Titanic unfolds. Both children come from completely dif...
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The Case of the Lighthouse Intruder
Name: Jennifer Caddick
16 June 2023;Genre: Mystery & Detective
An absolutely charming, lively and fun mystery adventure set on a lush Caribbean island, introducing the reader to an engaging , feisty and likeable young character with a love of crime-busting stories. 12-year-old aspiring detective, Fayson, is unexpectedly invited to her (rich) cousin's summ...
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Inside Out and Back Again
Name: Louisa Farrow
16 June 2023;Genre: Representation & Inclusion
Inside Out & Back Again: What is it like to leave everything you know behind - including the hope that your missing father will return from war - and make a new life halfway across the world? What's it like to feel family disaster is your fault for deliberately doing somet...
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The Girl Who Fell to Earth
Name: Sam Phillips
16 June 2023;Genre: Family & Home
What if there is life on other planets, but that whoever or whatever that life is, has been taught to despise those of us on Earth for our apparent lack of emotion or care? The Girl Who Fell to Earth by Patricia Forde takes this possibility and cleverly unpicks ideas of indoct...
