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The Mermaid Call
Name: Sue Wilsher
12 July 2022;Genre: Friends and family
Lake Splendour is a seaside town built around the myth of Lake Mermaid and the 'Mermaid Girls'. Vivian lives with her grandmother at a tourist shop called Enchanted Tails, one of many businesses which benefit from the story, like those of her friends Erik and Eleni. When some children at her s...
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The Mermaid Call
Name: Sharon Porter
11 July 2022;Genre: Friends and family
Want a great summer read which will keep you turning pages, wanting to know more? Then The Mermaid Call is the book for you. It's a cracking tale of intrigue, suffrage and being true to yourself. The characters ebb and flow (pardon the watery pun!) and how the theme of reinven...
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The Extraordinary Voyage of Katy Willacott
Name: Sam Green
09 July 2022;Genre: Adventure
The Extraordinary Voyage of Katy Willacott takes us back in time to the end of the Victorian era, when the Natural History Museum first opened and voyages of exploration were still bringing new plants back to Kew Gardens to record and study. Katy Willacott's parents bo...
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Some Sunny Day
Name: Jacqueline Harris
08 July 2022;Genre: Family & Home
Cymbeline Igloo, the boy with the best name in children's literature, is back, in this his fourth outing. Some Sunny Day takes place during the pandemic, in the early days of the first lockdown. Cymbeline has online lessons and is missing his friends. His mother is completely...
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Birdsong
Name: Kelly Buxton
07 July 2022;Genre: Bereavement
Birdsong is a solemn read about a girl whose life is splintered into tiny pieces when she and her mum are involved in a car crash. The crash leaves the girl with a scarred arm, resulting in the shattering of her promising flute career. The story follows a melody of grief: for...
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Confessions of an Alleged Good Girl
Name: Clair Bossons
07 July 2022;Genre: Romance & Relationships
Monique is a preacher's daughter and her parents have high standards and expectations of her to remain 'pure'. She has been dating Dom for two years. He is a 'golden boy' in her parents' eyes and they trust him wholeheartedly. Dom wants to explore the more intimate side of their relationship a...
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The Case of the Smuggler's Curse
Name: Carol Wright
07 July 2022;Genre: Mystery & Detective
The After-school Detective Club comprises four new friends and their dog, Sherlock. Their first adventure, set in the beautiful coastal town of Southwold, Suffolk, sees them caught up in a ghost mystery. Their investigations lead them into serious trouble with the police. Written by bes...
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Her Dark Wings
Name: Linda Brown
07 July 2022;Genre: Myths & Legends
I simply loved Her Dark Wings! This author seriously knows how to keep her target audience engaged, with her believable characters and world building... Corey is 16 and has lived all of her life on a tiny island that's in between the mainland and the edge of the Underwo...
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Milo's Monster
Name: Elen Green
07 July 2022;Genre: Personal Growth
Like many other parents and teachers, I was happy to see there was another Big Bright Feelings book from Tom Percival; he seems to capture children's emotions so clearly and to find stories that will engage young children and support them in navigating those feelings. In Milo's...
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Cuckoo Summer
Name: Elen Green
07 July 2022;Genre: Historical Fiction
Cuckoo Summer is one of those books that you know is going to find a natural place alongside books like Goodnight Mr Tom (Michelle Magorian) and The Valley Of Lost Secrets (Lesley Parr); there is so much to recommend about it. Jonathan Tulloch's writing takes you straig...
