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Lottery Boy
Name: Hayley Nicholson
12 June 2015;Genre: Real life
London is as much a character in this book as Bully and Jack the dog. The city is clearly well-known and well-loved by the author and the level of detail adds a poignant quality to this already moving story. The story itself has a simple basis - a homeless, underage boy has a winning lottery tic...
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Adventures of the Steampunk Pirates: Attack of the Giant Sea Spiders
Name: Hayley Nicholson
12 June 2015;Genre: Adventure
Ahoy, shipmates! Once again we set sail with those swashbuckling steam-power ragamuffins. All aboard for another rip-roaring adventure! The Steampunk Pirates once again live up to their names and their chosen profession. Pirates by their definition are not the most well-behaved group, and the Ste...
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The Jolley-Rogers and the Cave of Doom
Name: Emma Small
05 June 2015;Genre: Adventure
Piratical fun in huge amounts for all land-lubbers out there! The story starts with the Jolley-Rogers deciding to swap a day on their pirate ship for a day at the beach. It's soon clear that this will not be a day of sandcastles and ice creams, but instead a high adventure filled with gold treas...
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Circus Mirandus
Name: Lynn Roulstone
02 June 2015;Genre: Adventure
As a young man Micah's grandfather Ephraim visited the magical Circus Mirandus where he met the Lightbender, who promised him a miracle. Ephrain decided to keep his miracle for a later date and now he is dying, wants to use it to help Micah. The story moves between Ephraim's story in the past, an...
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Those Pesky Rabbits
Name: Rachel Esling
31 May 2015;Genre: Adventure
This delightful book will ease any youngster out of a grump! Bear has enjoyed his solitary life for so long he has become used to peace and quiet and having things just the way he wants them. So it comes as a shock when, 'those pesky rabbits' move in close by and Bear suddenly has to come to term...
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Whoops!
Name: Rachel Esling
31 May 2015;Genre: Humour
Any little person will hardly be able to stop themselves from joining in and helping to tell the story of how a little old lady tried to give back the right voices to a dog, a cat and a mouse. Rhyme, repetition and humour will cement this story into their memory and before you know it, they'll be...
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Uncle Gobb and the Dread Shed
Name: Jayne Gould
25 May 2015;Genre: Adventure
Malcolm is an ordinary ten year old boy who lives with his mum and her brother, Uncle Gobb. Uncle Gobb has been a very important person for many years, and as a consequence is extremely bossy, as well as being very fond of worksheets, asking questions, correct answers and telling Malcolm do more...
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Herculfleas
Name: Jayne Gould
25 May 2015;Genre: Adventure
Every month a monstrous giant called Yuk comes to the town of Tumber and eats its people. The first he munched were the parents of a girl called Greta, who is on a mission to save what is left of her town. Heroes have come to try and defeat the giant but all have met their own death. Greta takes...
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Delete
Name: Melanie Chadwick
20 May 2015;Genre: Adventure
Delete manages to maintain the momentum, excitement and all out action of Shift, the first book in the series without falling short of sensible storyline. A group of teenagers were in detention when a flash of light shifts them to an alternate version of the world where they and their evil copies...
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The Last Summer Of Us
Name: Catherine
20 May 2015;Genre: Friends and family
This book came at the perfect time for me, I'd read a couple of books that had road trips in but they were either journeying away from suicide or toward them and there was a predictable amount of self discovery to be had along the way. Then The Last Summer of Us landed on my doorstep and I'm real...
