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Best Friends Forever
Name: Sam
18 October 2023;Genre: Friends and family
Best Friends Forever is the first book in the Bigg School series by Lisa Williamson, and is a great read for anyone approaching the end of their primary school. Printed in a super clear font, with some highly amusing black and white illustrations by Jess Bradl...
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The Deadlands: Trapped
Name: Jane Rew
15 October 2023;Genre: Adventure
I enjoyed this sequel as much as, if not more than, the first book Deadlands: Hunted. In The Deadlands: Trapped, the author skilfully develops the characters and the plot, forever adding new and surprising fea...
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Bright Stars of British Black History
Name: Donna Burkert
14 October 2023;Genre: Representation & Inclusion
Bright Stars of Black British History by J T Williams is a wonderfully informative book for children and adults. The book is beautifully presented with a focus on some of the many key influencers on black British history. It starts with a brief history of African presence in B...
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Dread Wood: Deadly Deep
Name: Linda Canning
13 October 2023;Genre: Horror
Deadly Deep by Jennifer Killick is the latest captivating and frighteningly funny novel in the Dread Wood series. Living up to the author's reputation as the queen of comedy horror, Killick delivers yet another hilariously gripping story that is perfect for brave readers in Ye...
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The Final Year
Name: Rachel Bolton
13 October 2023;Genre: Poetry
Nate is 10. He lives with his loud, bingo playing, chaotic mum and his two younger brothers who he spends a lot of time caring for. At school he is a bit of an outsider, especially once he moves into Y6 and his best friend forms other friendships. Sometimes, when things get too much, "The beas...
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Julius Zebra: Grapple with the Greeks!
Name: Cecil Mgo
13 October 2023;Genre: Funny Stories
Julius Zebra: Grapple with the Greeks! is a really, very entertaining read. Loads of 'laugh out loud' moments! We particularly loved the humour in the Charon / Hades chapters. Crazily illustrated perfectly throughout. This is a fab way to engage with history. It accompanied my...
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The Witchstone Ghosts
Name: Beverley Somerset
12 October 2023;Genre: Friends and family
Twelve-year-old Autumn Albert just wishes she could be like everyone else. But Autumn can see, and talk to, ghosts. Living in London, she sees lots of them, and sometimes it all gets a bit too much to cope with. When Autumn’s father dies in very strange circumstances, her whole life changes. D...
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Scareground
Name: Louisa Farrow
11 October 2023;Genre: Suspense & Thrillers
Nancy isn’t especially privileged but she has a happy and comfortable life in with expert bakers Ma and Pa Crumpet. Even so, there are things about her that are different. She is never happier than when leaping over rooftops and she seems to be able to communicate with the sky (which is a bett...
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Rosie Frost & the Falcon Queen
Name: Donna Burkert
10 October 2023;Genre: Adventure
When Rosie is plucked from the life she knows and thrown into the strange world of Heverbridge School on Bloodstone Island, she doesn't know who she can trust. Nobody will tell her what happened to her mum, and how she died, and the one piece of the puzzle that could tell her has been taken fr...
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Foxlight
Name: Beverley Somerset
10 October 2023;Genre: Family & Home
Twin sisters Fen and Rey were found as babies at the edge of the wildlands, curled up with foxes. They were found at foxlight - "the moment when the twilight meets the dawn, and the sun and the moon and the stars weave their light together". Inside the blankets that covered them was a charcoal...
