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Remarkable Women: Fascinating Facts You Never Knew About Amazing Women!
Name: Jane Rew
10 January 2025;Genre: Biographies & Autobiographies
Remarkable Women: Fascinating Facts You Never Knew About Amazing Women! succeeds in engaging readers by asking questions that challenge our assumptions (Pocahontas was a princess, wasn't she? Marie Antoinette said 'Let them eat cake!', didn't she?) and extend...
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Ice Apprentices: Volume 1
Name: Jenny Caddick
03 January 2025;Genre: Fantasy
Prepare to be whisked away this Winter to the bitterly cold Tundra and the harshest winds, ice and snow. Surviving life is tough and requires the inhabitants of the settlements there to stand together, using skills, stamina and (more importantly) ice magic, to make it through the big Freeze.</...
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WildLives: 50 Extraordinary Animals that Made History
Name: Sue Wilsher
01 January 2025;Genre: Animals
Now in paperback, WildLives: 50 Extraordinary Animals that Made History is a wonderful book which celebrates 50 remarkable animals from around the world, telling their exceptional stories. Each is a powerful tale, many full of courage and love, and each a joy...
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Hunt for the Golden Scarab (Time Keys, book 1)
Name: Hayley Summerfield
30 December 2024;Genre: Adventure
M.G Leonard’s new epic series Time Keys starts with Hunt for the Golden Scarab. This time-travelling adventure is full to the brim with mystery, sinister characters and a gripping storyline that will captivate the readers imagination. ...
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The Maze Runner
Name: Daniel Age 10
18 December 2024;Genre: Adventure
I love the book and it has a lot of detail. I would love it if you could do another book that is like the same.
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The Boy to Beat the Gods
Name: Donna Ritchie
12 December 2024;Genre: Myths & Legends
The Boy to Beat the Gods is a brilliant first book from Ashley Thorpe. It follows Kayode on his quest to get his sister, Temi, back from the Orishas. It begins with Kayode living in his village awaiting the return of the Orishas - the gods - when they come to take the fruit of...
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The Others
Name: Jacqueline Harris
02 December 2024;Genre: Science Fiction
Reuben lives in the observatory with his astronomer grandmother. He has never left the observatory grounds and watches others from the village as they go about their daily lives. Then one night, a spaceship crash lands near by and grandmother goes out to investigate but doesn’t return. Rueben...
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Oliver's Great Big Universe: Volcanoes are Hot!
Name: Natalie J McChrystal Plimmer
21 November 2024;Genre: Funny Stories
Oliver's Great Big Universe: Volcanoes are Hot! is the second title in Oliver’s Great Big Universe series. As with the first title, this cartoon-style illustrated diary of 11-year-old Oliver is not only very funny but also extr...
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At Home in a Book
Name: Sue Wilsher
15 November 2024;Genre: Adventure
In At Home in a Book, Lauren O'Hara introduces readers to nine classic tales through a combination of illustration and extracts. This is the sort of book which I would have loved as a child - one which can be explored in different ways, lingered over and enjoyed again and agai...
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Jed Greenleaf
Name: Sue Wilsher
14 November 2024;Genre: Fantasy
It is the reign of Queen Jane III and the Guild of Iron, led by Cromwell, helps her rule the kingdom of Albion. Although the six magickal guilds compete for this role every year, it has been a long time since any guild other than Fire or Iron has been in charge. When orphan Jed finds hi...
