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Auntie Medusa and Me
Name: Emily Age 10
12 September 2024;Genre: Myths & Legends
Auntie Medusa and Me is filled with Ancient Roman gods, adventure and a mixed-up family of gods who live beside Hadrian's Wall! It's very funny and full of surprises, I loved reading it.
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Fia and the Last Snow Deer
Name: Lorraine Ansell
10 September 2024;Genre: Historical Fiction
Fia's village is starving after unending winters and their hope lies with the hunters, due to return before the next solstice. As the hunters return empty handed and the village gathers to decide the fate of Fia's snow deer, she plots with her grandmother to seek out the Deer Mother and save...
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Everybody Travels: Every One A Different Journey
Name: Maria
09 September 2024;Genre: Representation & Inclusion
Everybody Travels needs to be in the hands of every child because it is AMAZING! This book explores the journeys of people around the world and delves into how we are all unique and different through the text... "Eleven people in a shoe shop. One will experience one of...
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The Horse who Danced
Name: Hayley Summerfield
09 September 2024;Genre: Adventure
We all have dreams and sometimes these dreams come at a cost. . . The Horse who Danced is a beautifully written story by Olivia Tuffin about a young girls dream to be a dressage star. Iona lives on the Kestrel Estate and helps her mom to run the trekk...
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Bigg School: Secret Crush
Name: Beverley Somerset
09 September 2024;Genre: School Stories
Astrid is a different from the rest of the girls in her Y7 class, and she likes it that way. She loves to read and is a keen member of the Scribble Society, where she enjoys creative writing. She is best friends with Lola and is happy with her life. When new boy Teddy joins the school, Astr...
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Colin’s Castle
Name: Louise Gahan
09 September 2024;Genre: Friends and family
Colin's dream has come true. Something that every vampire wants and that's a castle of his own. There is just one problem. A duck! Colin's Castle is a simple but funny story about two very different characters who in time, with tolerance and acceptance, learn to live...
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Drown Me With Dreams: the darkly enchanting young adult fantasy
Name: Linda Brown
09 September 2024;Genre: Fantasy
Drown me with Dreams is the concluding book to the dark and seductive Sing Me to Sleep. With the characters more fleshed out and a plot full of dramatic twists and turns, you are in for a ro...
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Unicorn Academy: The Magical Guide (A Netflix series): An official guide
Name: Natalie J McChrystal Plimmer
06 September 2024;Genre: Fantasy
This guide to the Netflix animated series Unicorn Academy will appeal to any fan of the series. Focused on characters, not episodes or the world as a whole, it includes outlines of each main character and their unicorns, as well as the teachers, the villains, and the magical c...
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Croaky: Quest for the Legendary Berry
Name: Amanda Shipton
06 September 2024;Genre: Adventure
In Croaky: Quest for the Legendary Berry, Croaky Hopper and the Woggle Scouts are heading to Giant Fruit Island in search of a legendary berry! The mysterious fruit promises everlasting youth. To reach it they must brave a perilous jungle, dodge mischievous lemurs, and tackle...
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Reggie Rabbit: The Great Carrot Heist
Name: Jen Bevan
06 September 2024;Genre: Mystery & Detective
Reggie Rabbit is an aspiring detective with the hat and jacket to match. He longs to follow in the footsteps of his hero Detective Fox but in Little Critter, where he lives, there is not much for him to do. He also needs a sidekick. In flaps Pipsquark to his school one day. Th...
