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Flame Chasers
Name: Sue Wilsher
26 August 2024;Genre: Adventure
Every year, Ember yearns to fly with the golden flamebirds who pause in their flight at Bright Beacon before heading on to their home. Those known as 'flame chasers' wait in the harbour, ready to follow the birds in the hope of finding one of their wish-giving tail feathers. But when her Pa go...
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Peng and Spanners: When Pigs Go Bad!
Name: Jenny Caddick
26 August 2024;Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
The second superhero graphic novel featuring a new delightful duo who are determined to defeat crime - sarcastic penguin Peng and gadget-genius cat sidekick, Spanner. This duo bicker, banter and bumble their way through another chaotic crime busting adventure in a gloriously vibrant co...
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The Bridges
Name: Wendy Kelly
23 August 2024;Genre: Picture Books
The Bridges is an incredibly important book. Mia is a lonely girl, ignored by her busy parents and bored of her grey life. In her imagination she sits on a small rocky island in the middle of a stormy sea but the island is empty and isolated because she doesn't have any imagin...
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Journey to Poo-topia (Poo Crew Adventures)
Name: Jane Rew
23 August 2024;Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
I made the mistake of thinking Journey to Poo-topia (Poo Crew Adventures) was a graphic novel, i.e. a comic strip story. I now know to catalogue, shelve and recommend it as non-fiction, related to human anatomy, digestion and even technology. In a wacky but accurate way, it wi...
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Roots of Love: Families Change, Love Remains
Name: Joanne Thomas
23 August 2024;Genre: Family & Home
A beautifully illustrated book about different family set ups. The Roots of Love explores the difficult subject of family separation and helps children realise that not everyone lives with their mum and dad. Tia's mum and dad tell her that they are separating and her da...
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Wisteria: the gorgeous new gothic fantasy romance from the bestselling author of Belladonna and Foxglove
Name: Linda Brown
23 August 2024;Genre: Fantasy
Wisteria is the sensational conclusion to the brilliant dark gothic romance series, Belladonna. Once again this bestselling YA author has delivered a world that is full of illusion and magic, which I thoroughl...
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Bertha and Blink: Rumble in the Jungle
Name: Lauren Maidman
22 August 2024;Genre: Adventure
Bertha and Blink: Rumble in the Jungle is a new adventure series all about Bertha the inventing bear. Bertha is a world renowned inventor who lives her life in the city with her inventing friends and winning awards. It all comes crashing down when an unsuspecting friend betray...
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The Twirly Wiggly Dance
Name: Amanda Shipton
21 August 2024;Genre: Friends and family
Little Intisar has a big job at her Aunty Mahira's wedding but she has been asked to do something that she cannot do. This wonderful story links relatable feelings of anxiety about disappointing a loved one and failure through not being able to do something you were asked to do, but ends in th...
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Griselda Snook's Spectacular Books
Name: Jen Bevan
21 August 2024;Genre: Magical Realism
'What a bright and brilliant Tuesday' for Henry. It all began when he picked up a key that a lady had dropped. This key led him on an adventure into the world of books in Griselda Snook's Spectacular Bookshop. Henry had never been into books, but Griselda told him he just hadn't found the righ...
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Wintour's Game
Name: Sam
21 August 2024;Genre: Science Fiction
Wintour's Game is one of the best Young Adult books I have read in a while! This fast-paced, all-action read is certainly one to get young readers hooked. An excellent tale of friendship, loss and resilience. Alex Wintour is an orphan and a thief. She's survived this lo...
