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Name: Caroline Gosden
10 August 2017;Genre: Adventure
Laura Marlin has yet another daunting mystery to solve in this the fifth book in the series. Our super sleuth has successfully helped to put the notorious leader of the Straight A gang behind bars and is looking forward to a school trip with her friends to Australia. But troub...
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Simply The Quest
Name: Samantha Phillips
08 August 2017;Genre: Adventure
After reading Who Let the Gods Out? earlier this year I thought it was easily the funniest book I had read in a long time. I eagerly awaited the release of Simply the Quest hoping that 'writer of the Gods' Maz Evans could live up to her previous 'celestial tome', and BOSH. What a read! As funny,...
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Coyote Summer
Name: Jane Welby
07 August 2017;Genre: Adventure
Jules' life has been spiralling out of control ever since she failed a ballet audition. When she is expelled from school, for her part in an accident in which someone nearly died, her mother - hugely successful and largely absent -sends her to live with her aunt and uncle on a farm in Kansas whic...
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Moon Juice
Name: Alison Kelly
06 August 2017;Genre: Adventure
The Emma Press The charming front cover of this debut collection shows a little girl in search of moon juice. Blender in hand, her hopeful profile meets that of the quizzical moon. It's a gentle invitation into Kate Wakeling's debut collection, winner of the 2017 Centre for Literacy in Primary P...
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Dotty Detective The Lost Puppy
Name: Lauren Maidman
06 August 2017;Genre: Mystery & Detective
This is the fourth book from the Dotty Detective series, in which Dot leads the case in finding Chipolata, the missing puppy. Dot, her dog McClusky and her best friend Beans have their own detective agency, Join the Dots Detectives, and it is their job to work out where their friend Joe's puppy h...
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Toto - The Dog-gone Amazing Story of the Wizard of Oz
Name: Debbie Liddle
06 August 2017;Genre: Adventure
This is a wonderful twist (or should that be twister!) on the story of Dorothy and her adventures in Oz. The tale comes from Toto's perspective and his version of meeting Scarecrow, Tin Woodman and Cowardly Lion. Toto tells the story to his pups to get them to sleep but one cheeky scamp stays awa...
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S.T.A.G.S.
Name: Lorraine Ansell
05 August 2017;Genre: Suspense & Thrillers
Greer MacDonald has won a scholarship to the exclusive STAGS but soon realises that the school is run not by the Friars but by the Medievals, a group of six beautiful but deadly sixth formers. With no friends and shunned by even her room mate, Greer makes the mistake of accepting 'The Invitation'...
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Little People, Big Dreams: Rosa Parks
Name: Emily Marcuccilli
03 August 2017;Genre: Adventure
This beautiful series of information books caught my eye on display at the bookshop a little while ago. Rosa Parks by Lisbeth Kaiser and illustrated by Marta Antelo is one of three new titles in the series that will be published in September 2017. In common with others in this series, it is vi...
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Old Hat
Name: Torie Walton
03 August 2017;Genre: Adventure
In today's world where materialism, consumerism and the pressure to be keep up with change can be overwhelming, especially for children, this story carries and important message. Its clarity and simplicity make it accessible for even young children. Herbert had a hat. It was special because it...
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Tidy
Name: Torie Walton
02 August 2017;Genre: Adventure
Deep in the forest, Pete, a badger with a fondness for keeping things, clean, tidy and just so, is on a mission - to rid the forest of mess. It all begins quiet innocently 'tidying' the flowers by snipping off petals that do no match; 'tidying' fox by untangling the knots in his fur, one by one;...
