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  • The Ship of Doom

    The Ship of Doom

    Name: Mia Davidson
    03 November 2022;

    Genre: Historical Fiction

    This book is amazing! I love the way M. A. Bennett talked about the past and the future. The idea is a great one!  I suggest everyone to read this book.

  • Resist: One Girl's Fight Back Against the Nazis

    Resist

    Name: Joanna Hewish
    03 November 2022;

    Genre: Historical Fiction

    Resist is a brilliant story to teach children and young adults about the severity of World War II without frightening them with all the gory details; the imagined story of young Audrey Hepburn. Little is known about her younger years, but Tom Palmer (author) has pieced togethe...

  • Adam Wins the Internet

    Adam Wins the Internet

    Name: Lisa Watkins
    02 November 2022;

    Genre: Personal Growth

    Adam Wins the Internet is a really relevant 'hopes and aspirations' book for children in 2022. The days of wishing to become a popstar are over and so many children in the classroom these days dream of becoming the next You Tube sensation. However, this comes with a good dose...

  • The Mystery of Raspberry Hill

    The Mystery of Raspberry Hill

    Name: Sue Wilsher
    01 November 2022;

    Genre: Suspense & Thrillers

    Stina is very ill. Her consumptive lungs are getting worse and she can see in the eyes of the adults around her that they think she will die soon. When she is offered a place at Raspberry Hill Sanatorium for treatment, she can't believe her luck. Not only does she get to ride in a luxurious ca...

  • The Miraculous Sweetmakers: The Frost Fair

    The Miraculous Sweetmakers - The Frost Fair

    Name: Hayley Summerfield
    01 November 2022;

    Genre: Magical Realism

    The Frost Fair by Natasha Hastings is a beautifully well-written story of magic and fantasy set in 17th century London, at the time of the Great Frost. The story tackles issues of disability and mental health and draws us into a child's journey of grief upon losing a twin brot...

  • Rules for Vampires: Ghosts Bite Back

    Rules for Vampires: Ghosts Bite Back

    Name: Hayley Summerfield
    31 October 2022;

    Genre: Supernatural

    Alex Foulkes’s second book in the Rules for Vampires: Ghosts Bite Back, is yet another spookily funny adventure story. The story begins with Leo's eight vampiric laws and how vampires have always been sworn enemies of ghosts. Well, that was until Leo stalked the town of Otto's...

  • Children of the Stone City

    Children of the Stone City

    Name: Louisa Farrow
    20 October 2022;

    Genre: Dystopian

    Can you imagine a city where, if you’re a Non, your needs and your safety are less important than the whims of the Permitteds? Can you imagine a place where, if you're a Non, your house can be taken when a Permitted takes a fancy to it, or where a mother could be separated from her husband and...

  • S.T.E.A.L.T.H.: Ice Breaker: Book 2

    S.T.E.A.L.T.H : Ice Breaker

    Name: Beverley Somerset
    18 October 2022;

    Genre: Adventure

    In STEALTH: Access Denied, the first book in this exciting adventure series, we met Donna, Arun and Sam, schoolchildren who have been recruited by British Intelligence to become the S.T.E.A.L.T.H team. In their latest escapade, S...

  • The Girl Who Walked On Air

    The Girl Who Walked On Air

    Name: Beverley Somerset
    11 October 2022;

    Genre: Historical Fiction

    Louie Reynolds was abandoned at Chipchase's Travelling Circus as a tiny baby. Now she works behind the scenes, selling tickets and sewing costumes, but she has a dream. She longs to be a tightrope walker, and has been secretly practising to perfect her skills. She wants to perform and to be a...

  • Festergrimm

    Festergrimm

    Name: Stephen Leitch
    10 October 2022;

    Genre: Adventure

    Festergrimm is the latest in the Eerie on Sea mystery series and is sure to delight fans of previous books and those coming to explore the strange goings on at Eerie-On-Sea for the first time! It's a book of mystery, adventure and friendship; I highly recommend this book....