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The Storm Child
Name: Clair Bossons
05 May 2023;Genre: Fantasy
The Storm Child is the eagerly awaited sequel to The Wind Child. It follows Mara and her friend Torniv the bear shape-shifter who are on the run from Koschei - who is trying to kill them. I love the world that the author, Gabriela Ho...
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Last Girl In
Name: Hayley Summerfield
04 May 2023;Genre: Representation & Inclusion
Last Girl In is an exciting new sports adventure from Cheryl Diane Parkinson. This book is a celebration of Black British history and women's sport. We are first introduced to the main character - Kerry-Ann - as she is secretly escaping from her bedroom window to meet her best...
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Away With Words
Name: Ruth Cornish
03 May 2023;Genre: Friends and family
This is an excellent book examining a number of themes in an accessible way for readers of middle grade fiction. Away With Words features a main character who has been forced to relocate from Cadaques in North-East Spain to Fortrose in Scotland after her Papa, Jordi, fell in l...
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Time to Shine at the River School
Name: Sue Wilsher
02 May 2023;Genre: School Stories
It's a new term at River School and Jummy is happy to be reunited with her friends in Nile House, but they are horrified by the smell coming from the Shine Shine River. They are excited to be told that there will be a corn growing competition with a trophy for the best produce, but worried tha...
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Skandar and the Phantom Rider
Name: Sue Wilsher
01 May 2023;Genre: Fantasy
Having achieved his dream to become a unicorn rider, Skandar Smith is now in his second year at the Eyrie. However, tensions mount as wild unicorns - immortal creatures - are being killed and the words of a truesong, sung at the Saddle Ceremony, seems to cast suspicious eyes in Skandar's direc...
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The Butterfly Club: The Mona Lisa Mystery
Name: Sue Wilsher
01 May 2023;Genre: Mystery & Detective
Working for the Butterfly Club, time-travelling thieves Aidan, Luna and Konstantin have already been on two missions into the future and now it is time for their third. In The Mona Lisa Mystery, they are asked to steal a little-known painting called the Mona Lisa from the Louv...
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The Light in Everything
Name: Eleni Age 14
26 April 2023;Genre: Family & Home
The Light in Everything was interesting, as the two main characters despised each other, and had very different personalities, yet the author did not seem to prefer one over the other, and both had understandable reasons to dislike one another. The two points of view me...
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Alex Neptune, Pirate Hunter
Name: Nathan Cox
25 April 2023;Genre: Adventure
After reading the first Alex Neptune book, Dragon Thief, I couldn't wait to read the next in the series from David Owen and I was far from disappointed, definitely worth the wait! Alex Neptune, Pirate Hunter by Davi...
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The Lonely Book
Name: Sue Wilsher
24 April 2023;Genre: LBGTQ+
Annie lives in a bookshop with her two mums and her sister, Charlotte. The bookshop is a special place where each morning, a pile of books mysteriously appears on the counter and by the end of every day, each book has found its perfect reader. However, one day, there is a book left over - one...
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Skandar and the Phantom Rider
Name: Jennifer Caddick
17 April 2023;Genre: Fantasy
Skandar and the Phantom Rider is the stunning sequel to the first Skandar adventure (Skandar and the Unicorn Thief) and is another thrilling, exciting and epic tale set in a world where becoming a Unicorn Rider is the ultimat...
