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The Door of No Return
Name: Stephen Leitch
22 February 2023;Genre: Historical Fiction
The Door of No Return by Kwame Alexander is a powerful and stunning verse novel set in the heart of the Ashanti Kingdom in Africa in 1860. The story follows Kofi Offin, an 11-year-old boy who has an affinity with water, and especially swimming in the Offin River - his friend...
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Woodwitch
Name: Hayley Summerfield
22 February 2023;Genre: Fantasy
Skye McKenna’s acclaimed Hedgewitch adventure continues with her second book, Woodwitch. This brilliant story takes us back to the magical world of Hedgely where the land of Faerie lies just beyond the enchanted village. Cassie and the Oak Patr...
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You're My Little Sunshine
Name: Jessica Bunney
22 February 2023;Genre: Baby & Toddler Books
You're My Little Sunshine is a book to enjoy together with the little rays of light in your life. It is the newest addition to the best-selling 'You're My Little...' series, which are board books made to nourish the relationship between parent and child. In this book, as with...
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The Repair Shop Stories: The Toy Bus
Name: Jenny Bevan
22 February 2023;Genre: Picture Books
Amy writes another fantastic book based on a story from The Repair Shop. My daughter and I read the earlier Repair Shop story, The Christmas Doll, and loved it. When we got The Toy Bus we were excited to read it....
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Influential
Name: Ruth Cornish
21 February 2023;Genre: Mental Health & Wellbeing
Influential is a fantastically on-trend story featuring @thereal_almondbrown, a teenage girl who lives out her apparently perfect life in a carefully stage managed way. This book will appeal to all social media savvy students whose own lives inhabit the world of TikTok, Insta,...
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What the World Doesn't See
Name: Clare Wilkins
21 February 2023;Genre: Representation & Inclusion
This poignant, sensitive read is a story of familial love tested to its limits. Maudie and Jake have been left devastated by their father's recent death; their mother, sinking into depression and barely able to fulfil parental responsibilities. As a family already living with the complications...
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My Momma Zo
Name: Jemma Jeffrey
21 February 2023;Genre: LBGTQ+
This gloriously wonderful book My Momma Zo shows how loving families come in all shapes and sizes. In it we meet Molly, her brother George, her two mums Zo and Kel, and her dog Ziggy. Initially we find out what each family member likes and dislikes, then we go on to discover t...
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Mums Are Magnificent
Name: Jenny Bevan
21 February 2023;Genre: Family & Home
I loved reading this book. I am a mum to a six-year-old and one-year-old. I. Hope they can see me in some of the Mums described. I could certainly see my own Mum. I love the way so many types of mums are celebrated throughout the pages. A lovely family book to treasure. Picture book / R...
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Name: Ellen
21 February 2023;Genre: Funny Stories
Don't Be Silly is a joyful book filled with being silly, and fun - reminding us that children delight in those things - and that sometimes so should the grown-ups! Two siblings wonder why grown-ups can't have fun; they are so serious all the time! When told not to be silly, t...
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Glow up, Lara Bloom
Name: Linda Brown
20 February 2023;Genre: Friends and family
Lara Bloom is a teenager that shares her innermost secrets with her diary, that is until her older brother gets a good read of it and threatens to air her secrets if she doesn't do his chores! However, her best friends find an online journal for her to use, which she finds amazing. Lara is the...
