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Spellstone
Name: Jacqueline Harris
09 April 2023;Genre: Fantasy
Evie is an ordinary twelve-year-old girl. Sher feels invisible much of the time and that no-one seems to notice her much. One day she meets a strange man who tells her she has magical abilities and is part of the ancient Order of the Stone. Together with the other members of the Order, she mus...
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Spellstone
Name: Louisa Farrow
08 April 2023;Genre: Fantasy
Spellstone is a gripping piece of storytelling for lovers of fantasy fiction. The bones of the plot are familiar: a renegade wizard turned evil who is hunting down the good wizards; a mysterious Spellstone which will make him unstoppable; and a 12-year-old sorceress - courageo...
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Faruq and the Wiri Wiri
Name: Maria
07 April 2023;Genre: Family & Home
Faruq and the Wiri Wiri will definitely make you hungry! The opening line takes you on a cooking journey with Faruq, his Grandma Ajee and Mrs Joseph. "There's no better smell in the world than Ajee's Cook up rice." Faruq loves cooking with his Grandma and using all the fresh i...
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Interview with Blackbeard and Other Vicious Villains - Ten talks between time-travelling author Andy Seed and some of history’s most fiendish villains.
Name: Jane Rew
07 April 2023;Genre: Non Fiction
In Interview with Blackbeard and Other Vicious Villains, you will find the usual suspects - Nero, Ivan the Terrible, Bonnie & Clyde - but there is also a spattering of more obscure names, like Zheng Yi Sao and Victor Lustig. We learn (e.g. that Blackbeard's real name was E...
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Royal Animals: An Illustrated History
Name: Wendy Kelly
07 April 2023;Genre: Animals
Royal Animals: An Illustrated History is a very timely addition for any school projects this summer regarding royalty. Most children are animal lovers and this book may well spark the interest of a child who hasn't quite taken to the humans being discussed! It's a glori...
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There's Nothing Faster than a Cheetah
Name: Wendy Kelly
07 April 2023;Genre: Funny Stories
We've all had that conversation with a child who has an answer for everything. We've all had that conversation where the suggestions get sillier and sillier. Well this book is THAT conversation. 'There is nothing faster than a cheetah...' is how it starts and the bright and cartoony ill...
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Alex Neptune, Pirate Hunter: Book 2
Name: Donna Chadwick
07 April 2023;Genre: Adventure
Alex Neptune, Pirate Hunter is a great sequel in the Alex Neptune series, which explores Alex's new-found powers to control the ocean. The story is full of twists and turns as Alex tries to counteract pollution and pirates to find a missing dragon egg to help clean the oceans....
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Snakes on the Job
Name: Samantha Hughes
07 April 2023;Genre: Animals
The snakes are back and this time they are at work and operating a variety of construction vehicles - bulldozers, diggers, dump trucks and more. This story gives the readers a quick look into the world of construction whilst introducing them to a range of new vocabulary. The children en...
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City of Secrets: The Wildsmith #2
Name: Beverley Somerset
07 April 2023;Genre: Fantasy
War is still raging in Rowan's home town of Holderby, and she and her mum are living safely by the Wild Forest with Grandpa. Rowan is happily learning to be a wildsmith like him; she can talk to and understand the magical creatures who inhabit the forest. Everything changes when Rowan's dad ar...
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The King's Hats
Name: Maria Age 6
06 April 2023;Genre: Friends and family
This delightful book, told in rhyme, tells the story of the dilemma of new King Charles III fulfilling all his new roles and the many hats he will need to wear as our new king. At the beginning of The King's Hats we meet a worried King Charles who is finding his crown h...
