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Meesh the Bad Demon
Name: Jennifer Caddick
01 August 2023;Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
Meesh the Bad Demon is a totally fantastic fantasy graphic novel featuring 12-year-old schoolgirl demon Meesh. Although a demon, Meesh is a huge fan of all things fairy like - especially TV fairy Princess Nouna and her life in Plumeria City. This is not the usual habit for an...
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Rosie Raja: Mission to Cairo
Name: Hayley Summerfield
01 August 2023;Genre: Historical Fiction
Sufiya Ahmed has delighted us with another thrill-seeking spy adventure, Rosie Raja: Mission to Cairo. This story is filled with adventure, culture and history. It enables the reader to read about war in a different way - through the eyes of a child spy. When Rosie and...
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Mysteries at Sea: Peril on the Atlantic
Name: Donna Chadwick
01 August 2023;Genre: Mystery & Detective
Mysteries at Sea: Peril on the Atlantic is a nautical adventure full of twists, turns and surprises. When Alice travels across the Atlantic from Southampton to New York on a with her father, she thinks it is going to be boring but little does she know that this is not going to...
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The After School Crime Club
Name: Jo Clarke
01 August 2023;Genre: Friends and family
"Why do we do it? To be more acceptable? I don't want to be acceptable. I want to be me." The After School Crime Club is an honest, intriguing tale of pre-teen angsts and grief. It tackles the complexities of friendship, fitting in and the need to be true to ourselves. Moral d...
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Nowhere Island
Name: Louisa Farrow
01 August 2023;Genre: Family & Home
"Gil escaped just after his twelfth birthday in the middle of the afternoon." I was gripped from the opening line of this original and compelling story - who wouldn't need to read on? Not to spoil the story, soon Gil slips into a forgotten space, an island of trees and a meadow encircled by mo...
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Safiyyah's War
Name: Julie Broadbent
01 August 2023;Genre: Historical Fiction
Set in Paris at the beginning of WWII, we are introduced to our protagonist and narrator, Safiyyah. Tensions are rising across the city as people are nervous and worried about the imminent invasion of France by Nazi Germany. Saffiyah is a bright, happy girl who enjoys playing with her friends...
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Nowhere Island
Name: Donna Chadwick
31 July 2023;Genre: Family & Home
Nowhere Island is a fast-paced story which focuses on how to survive in the wilderness. It follows four unlikely friends and a trusty dog from different backgrounds through a variety of situations. The story begins when Gil tries to evade another Foster home and ends up living...
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Old Gods New Tricks
Name: Hayley Summerfield
27 July 2023;Genre: Myths & Legends
Old Gods New Tricks by Thiago De Moraes is a feast of a mythological adventure that enlightens the reader on epic myths from cultures across the world. We are first introduced to Trixie when the world is plunged into darkness; she has been called into the head...
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The Deadlands Hunted
Name: Nathan Cox
24 July 2023;Genre: Adventure
The Deadlands: Hunted by Skye Melki-Wegner is a brilliant fantasy adventure story, perfect for upper primary aged readers and, of course, dinosaur lovers. The story is packed full of adventure, action, drama and survival that will hook its audience in seconds! The first one in...
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Yomi and the Fury of Ninki Nanka
Name: Emma Nelson
17 July 2023;Genre: Myths & Legends
Yomi and the Fury of Ninki Nanka opens with Yumi and her brother Kayode preparing to go to bed. Outside a furious storm rages in the sky, just as their uncle appears in the room to read them a bedtime story. The two main characters are visiting The Gambia and they are fascinat...
