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Great Britons
Name: Carol Wright
15 November 2021;Genre: Non Fiction
This non-fiction book is packed with information about 50 Great Britons, who have been born in the UK or have made the UK their home. I particularly like the fact that it is so diverse and just right for children to learn about how these amazing people. Their stories share how people can overc...
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The Book of Stolen Dreams
Name: Julie Broadbent
12 November 2021;Genre: Adventure
The Book of Stolen Dreams is a fantastical, rip-roaring adventure from master storyteller David Farr. This is his first time writing for children and he has created a wonderful, magical story that keeps the reader on the edge of their seat. Set in the land of Krasnia we...
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The Book of Stolen Dreams
Name: Beverley Somerset
12 November 2021;Genre: Adventure
Rachel lives with her older brother, Robert and their parents in the city of Brava in the land of Krasnia. Her father is a librarian and works in the North Brava Public Lending Library. When Rachel was just a baby, the Krasnia was taken over by the evil dictator Charles Malstain. He hated chil...
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The Chime Seekers
Name: Hayley Summerfield
10 November 2021;Genre: Fantasy
The Chime Seekers is an enchanting new adventure story from Ross Montgomery. This haunting masterpiece is brimming with magic, quests, acceptance and friendship. The story allows us to step into a world of faerie tricks and hidden danger, a world of peril and adventure. <p...
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How Was That Built? The Stories Behind Amazing Structures
Name: Nicki Cleveland
04 November 2021;Genre: Non Fiction
Have you every wondered how they built the Shard, the Pantheon or the Katse Dam? Or how structures are built underwater? Or why there are so many different types of bridges? Or how building will change in the future? Well, this book will answer all of those questions and more whilst introducin...
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Fledgling
Name: Jo Clarke
02 November 2021;Genre: Magical Realism
Wow! Fledgling arrived at my door and I was unable to release it from my grasp! It is moving and mesmerising, weaving a hypnotic spell with eerie elements of gothic horror and steampunk inventiveness with celestial beauty. Set within the Bavarian forest, Fledgling has e...
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The Midnight Guardians
Name: Louisa Farrow
01 November 2021;Genre: Historical Fiction
Col is an evacuee. After the death of his father he has been sent to Buxton to live with his aunt and he is desperate to spend Christmas with his sister, Rose. He thought he had left behind the imaginary friends of his childhood but, unexpectedly, they come to life, bringing bewildering news....
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Fledgling
Name: Louisa Farrow
01 November 2021;Genre: Magical Realism
Cassie Engel's home life is unusual. Her mother is an eccentric opera singer who spends most of her day singing and her father, broken by the war, takes refuge in drink and taxidermy. They live in a tall house built by her great grandfather on top of a tall rock, reached by a helter skelter ro...
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Beyond the Mountains (A Clock of Stars, Book 2)
Name: Jacqueline Harris
31 October 2021;Genre: Fantasy
In Beyond the Mountains, the second book in A Clock of Stars fantasy, Imogen and Marie have returned from the magical land through the door in the tree. The trouble is, that no-one believes them, least of all their Mum and...
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Tinsel: The Girls Who Invented Christmas
Name: Donna Burkert
29 October 2021;Genre: Magical Realism
Many moons ago, Christmas wasn't the magical time of year that it is today. There was no one to deliver presents, no one for children to write to, no tinsel, no reindeers, no magic. Until of course, a young girl called Blanche, who lived all alone under a bridge, met a mystical old lady, who g...
