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Rory Branagan Detective, The Deadly Dinner Lady
Name: Sam Phillips
26 February 2019;Genre: Mystery & Detective
Following on from Rory Branagan Detective, The Dog Squad and The Big Cash Robbery, this is the fourth book in the Rory Branagan series by Andrew Clover and Ralph Lazar. As with the previous titles, The Deadly Dinner Lady is everything a new or reluctant reader looks for in a book; large clear pri...
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How to Rob a Bank
Name: Jenni Prestwood
26 February 2019;Genre: Adventure
Poor Dylan burns down the house of the girl he is trying to impress. The Nepalese scented candle turns out to not be the best gift after all. Inspired by his film-loving Dad's showing of Dog Day Afternoon, Dylan believes he can solve his (and his Emma Stone look-alike would be girlfriends) prob...
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Rory Branagan, Detective
Name: Sam Phillips
26 February 2019;Genre: Mystery & Detective
Rory lives with his mum and older brother, and his best friend is Wilkins, his next-door neighbour's sausage dog! Now while some might think Rory would be lonely, he's not, he thinks his life is amazing. Rory is perfectly happy with the exception of just one thing, one thing that makes him worry...
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Watch Us Rise
Name: Lucy Georgeson
26 February 2019;Genre: Adventure
Watch Us Rise is the story of Chelsea and Jasmine, two students at a progressive high school in New York, and their close friends Isaac and Nadine. As part of the progressive ethos of the school, the students must take part in after school clubs; Jasmine is involved in the drama ensemble and Chel...
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Let's Talk About When Someone Dies
Name: Nikki Stiles
25 February 2019;Genre: Bereavement
In Let's Talk About When Someone Dies, Molly Potter and Sarah Jennings bravely and boldly take on a subject that we would all feel apprehensive about reading to young children. This is a picture book written in a non-fiction style on starting conversations with children about...
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Dinosaur Farm
Name: Lizi Backhouse
24 February 2019;Genre: Adventure
Dinosaur Farm - as the title suggests - features 'farmer dinosaurs' doing various jobs around their farm. The inside front cover informs the reader of the names of the different dinosaurs featured, and the rear inside cover features the different machinery used on the farm - both great educationa...
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When We Were Warriors
Name: Janet Fisher
24 February 2019;Genre: Adventure
When We Were Warriors, a collection of three interlinked stories set in World War Two, is Emma Carroll's ninth book. The first story tells of Stanley, evacuated to Frost Hollow Hall (the setting of Carroll's first book), together with his sisters, June and Maggie; the reader w...
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Watch Us Rise
Name: Emily Marcuccilli
23 February 2019;Genre: Adventure
Jasmine and Chelsea, along with their wider circle of friends, are students at a seemingly progressive New York high school. In common with all other students, they each attend an extra-curricular social justice club and equality is held up to be a guiding principle of the school. Yet despite t...
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Against All Gods
Name: Nicki Cleveland
22 February 2019;Genre: Adventure
To be honest, when this landed in the post, I still hadnt quite forgiven Maz for the tears and torment caused by book 3, the brilliant Beyond The Odyssey. So, I did the only thing I could. I locked myself in my bedroom with a loo roll to hand (Id run out of tissues), tried to banish the title ind...
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Voices of the Future
Name: Lauren Maidman
21 February 2019;Genre: Adventure
Voices of the Future is an anthology of stories written by children from all over the globe. They have been written as part of UNESCO's Voices of the Future Generations project. This is to help children make sure they are given the right of education and literacy globally. The book is a collect...
