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Furthermoor
Name: Clair Bossons
18 March 2022;Genre: Bereavement
Furthermoor is a wonderful blend of real life and an imaginary world. 12-year-old Bren has been escaping to Furthermoor, his imaginary safe space with mechanised trees and clockwork animals, ever since his sister died in an accident. In real life he holds on to her watch and i...
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Agent Zaiba Investigates: The Smuggler's Secret
Name: Ayona Age 10
17 March 2022;Genre: Mystery & Detective
This book is very adventurous and mysterious because it is about an artefact being lost/missing but this girl (Zaiba) and her team set out to find the artefact and the people who hid it. My favourite character was Ali (Zaiba's brother) because when Zaiba said something about Poppy and Mariam,...
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Hedgewitch
Name: Sue Wilsher
14 March 2022;Genre: Magical Realism
Cassie Morgan has been waiting for her mother to return for her for seven long years. Now her mother has been declared legally dead and she is faced with going to the orphanage, Cassie decides to run away from Fowell House, the awful boarding school she has been attending, whatever the danger....
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Swift and Hawk: Cyberspies
Name: Clair Bossons
12 March 2022;Genre: Adventure
Swift and Hawk: Cyberspies is the first in a new spy series written by Logan Macx, which is a pseudonym for two writers, Edward Docx and Matthew Plampin. Swift and Hawk is fast paced, action packed and filled with cutting edge technology. It will definitely appeal to fans of R...
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Swift and Hawk: Cyberspies
Name: Louisa Farrow
11 March 2022;Genre: Adventure
"Caleb Quinn had never expected to use the emergency exit plan." A classic opening line plunges the reader straight into a breakneck adventure. Caleb and his best friend Zenobia become Swift and Hawk, cyber-spies in the top-secret Mobius programme. Their mission begins with personal goals: to...
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Fantastically Great Women Artists and their Stories.
Name: Lizi Backhouse
09 March 2022;Genre: Biographies & Autobiographies
Fantastically Great Women Artists and their Stories is another solid addition to Kate Pankhurt's series of 'Fantastically Great Women' books; this one covers eight different women who have shaken the art world - from Frida Kahlo to Peggy Guggenheim. Thi...
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The Lost Whale
Name: Donna Burkert
09 March 2022;Genre: Environment & Nature
Rio's mum has sent him to stay with his grandma in California. But for Rio, who has spent his life being the one to help his mum, this trip feels all wrong. He can't feel her, and he's lost himself. When his grandma gives him a box of 'keepsakes' of his mum’s, he finds the sketch pad filled wi...
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The Secret of Splint Hall
Name: Kelly Buxton
07 March 2022;Genre: Historical Fiction
The Secret of Splint Hall is a fascinating historical mystery where ancient myths converge with devastation in the aftermath of war. A story about the secrets hidden in the depths underground and the strength, bravery and determination of two sisters who are about to have the...
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The Secret of Splint Hall
Name: Jacqueline Harris
05 March 2022;Genre: Historical Fiction
The War may have ended but its effects are still being felt. Isobel and Flora, for example, have lost their father and their home during the war. So, now they are going with their mother to live at their mother's childhood home with their Aunt Bea and her husband. Almost immediately the...
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Escape Room
Name: Tracy Parvin
05 March 2022;Genre: Science Fiction
If you are someone who enjoys problem solving and computer games, you will love Escape Room. If you enjoy reading science fiction, you will love this book. If you enjoy adventure stories, you will love this book. If you are someone who enjoys stories with a strong female chara...
