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Giant
Name: Caroline Gosden
21 April 2017;Genre: Adventure
Eleven year old Anzo has a problem; he is short, very short, which makes it difficult to be noticed in an extraordinary, noisy family who are all unusually tall. At school he is teased and even the teacher thinks it is a good idea to cast Anzo as all of the seven dwarves in the school play. If on...
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Contagion
Name: Linda brown
21 April 2017;Genre: Adventure
Another award winner from Teri Terry! I really enjoyed this conspiracy/SF/fantasy/thriller! It has elements of all these woven together into a complex and interesting plot that keeps the reader on the edge of their seat. Callie, a girl who has 'gone missing' and been subjected to experimentation...
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The Island at the End of Everything
Name: Janet Fisher
20 April 2017;Genre: Adventure
Butterflies flutter through the pages of this story set in the Philippines in 1906. The island of Culion is a leper colony but there are children like Amihan born without the disease. She lives with her mother who is very frail and whose nose has almost disappeared because of the leprosy. Along...
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The Lumberjack's Beard
Name: Maria Faithorn
20 April 2017;Genre: Adventure
Jim is a lumberjack who lives in a forest. Each day after exercising and breakfast he sets off to the forest to chop down trees. After each busy day, different animals come to his cabin and angrily express their situation... they are homeless because Jim has destroyed their homes. Jim takes on...
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Lazy Cat
Name: Maria Faithorn
20 April 2017;Genre: Adventure
Doodle Dog tries really hard to be a good friend to Lazy Cat, he plays with him, shares with him and helps him. However, Lazy Cat takes full advantage of Doodle Dog's friendly nature and makes life very hard for Dog. Until one day when Doodle Dog takes full advantage of Cat's laziness and gets re...
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Perfect
Name: Linda Brown
16 April 2017;Genre: Adventure
Love this author, so I'm very pleased she has now written two superb YA stories. Perfect is the sequel to the author's debut YA novel, Flawed. If you have not already read this book, go and get it now, you will not be disappointed. Perfect picks up a few days after book one ends. The last time we...
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The Secret Keepers
Name: June Hughes
10 April 2017;Genre: Adventure
Reuben lives with his mother in New Umbra, a place ruled by the unseen menace known as The Smoke, and his very much seen henchmen, The Directions, who always travel in groups of four and watch everything and everyone. The townspeople live in fear of coming to the attention of The Smoke and know t...
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Revenge of the Evil Librarian
Name: Alison Urquhart
08 April 2017;Genre: Adventure
This wittily written book - the follow-up to The Evil Librarian - took me right back to my days of watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! Having not read the previous book, I was pleased that it started with a quick recap to set the scene but did not labour the point. I was quickly drawn to the char...
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A Busy Day for Birds
Name: Joanna Hewish
06 April 2017;Genre: Adventure
What a wonderful story to read with little ones. Both of my children were immediately excited when I brought this story home, the colours and smiling faces on the front cover caught their attention straight away, and we were not disappointed by the story. I wish I had filmed my son's reaction to...
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King Flashypants and the Evil Emperor
Name: Lauren Maidman
06 April 2017;Genre: Adventure
King Edwin is the King of Edwinland and loves his people very much. So much so, that he buys them chocolate and sweets every day! King Edwin has an enemy Emperor Nurbison of Nurbisonia who doesn't particularly like King Edwin or his chocolate-loving kingdom. When Empreror Nurbison takes over it i...
