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  • The Adventures of Captain Underpants

    Captain Underpants

    Name: Edie Age 8
    29 August 2018;

    Genre: Humour

    I liked this book because George and Harold had a mean old principle. This book is about two, silly, smart, funny boys named George and Harold. They make funny comics and do weird, funny, crazy pranks. One day one of their teachers quit and they needed a new teacher.

  • The Cook and the King

    The Cook and The King

    Name: Sam Phillips
    27 August 2018;

    Genre: Adventure

    Written in Julia Donaldson's familiar rhyming style, The Cook and the King is a lovely story of a hungry King's search for a new cook. Wobbly Bob is keen to please the King, in his new chef's whites, but afraid of everything. Poor Bob gets the King to name his favourite dish knowing that if he...

  • Older Not Wiser (Bad Nana, Book 1)

    Bad Nana, Older not Wiser

    Name: Sam Phillips
    27 August 2018;

    Genre: Adventure

    Bad Nana, Older Not Wiser, tells the tale of seven year old Jeanie's rather unusual Grandmother. As a primary school teacher, I often find myself biting my lip trying hard not to laugh at something a child might have said or done. However, Bad Nana doesn't seem to have the same 'limit switch' mos...

  • The Lost Witch

    The Lost Witch

    Name: Lorraine Ansell
    26 August 2018;

    Genre: Fantasy

    Bea is an ordinary teenager travelling home with her family when they are caught up in the middle of a hunt between quad bikes, cars, people, dogs and three hares. Surprised to find she can hear the thoughts of a hare that has sought sanctuary in the car, she starts seeing people in the clouds...

  • The Boneless Mercies

    The Boneless Mercies

    Name: Lorraine Ansell
    26 August 2018;

    Genre: Adventure

    The Bonesless Mercies: young girls brought together by circumstance and kept together by solidarity and purpose. Their job? To help those who no longer wish to live, or are dying, by aiding their departure into the next world. Exhausted by their grim existence and without a home ever to call thei...

  • The Lost Magician

    The Lost Magician

    Name: Leanne Woolcock
    26 August 2018;

    Genre: Adventure

    'If you can imagine it, it must exist somewhere'. The latest book from Piers Torday is a story which, even within the first chapter, seems oddly familiar to a timeless classic... four children (two girls and two boys), good magic battling the darker realms of sinister characters who wish to de...

  • Are We All Lemmings and Snowflakes?

    Are We All Lemmings and Snowflakes

    Name: Linda brown
    26 August 2018;

    Genre: Mental Health & Wellbeing

    Holly Bourne has done it once again. This author is the Queen of tackling mental health issues for YA readers. Are We All Lemmings and Snowflakes is a work of fiction but she handles various mental health issues in an informative and humorous way. The story revolves aro...

  • Cock-a-doodle-poo!

    Cock-a-doodle-poo!

    Name: Nikki Stiles
    23 August 2018;

    Genre: Adventure

    Laugh out loud funny! Even had daddy giggling his head off. I am not normally a fan of all the new books including 'poo humour' and that seems to be all the rage, but I did really find myself enjoying this one, much to my surprise. Rooster is down on the farm 'dodging bits of doo-doo flying all...

  • The Sand Dog

    The Sand Dog

    Name: Rhiannon Cook
    23 August 2018;

    Genre: Friends and family

    At first glance, The Sand Dog is a charming animal tale about a lost dog, but delve deeper and you will find a beautifully written and poignant story of belonging, friendship, family and home. Azi has been waiting patiently for two years for the return of his Grandfather to their small Mediterra...

  • The Lost Witch

    The Lost Witch

    Name: Tanja Jennings
    23 August 2018;

    Genre: Fantasy

    In an interview for the Northern YA literary festival Melvin Burgess was asked to describe his new novel in five words. He decided upon 'adventures in the spirit world' but The Lost Witch has fathomless depths. Burgess is an extraordinarily sensory writer. Reading this book is like a mindfulness...