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The Dark Portal (no.1 in the Deptford Mice trilogy)
Name: Jane Rew
07 March 2024;Genre: Fantasy
The Dark Portal (book one of The Deptford Mice series) may be a classic, but very many young readers will not have heard of it, let alone read it. Indeed, with its new illustrations both inside and on the cover, it could surely pass as a brand new title and is sure to ignite t...
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The Magician Next Door
Name: Amanda Shipton
06 March 2024;Genre: Magical Realism
Who doesn't love a beautiful story, brimming with magic? The author of The Wishkeeper's Apprentice, Rachel Chivers Khoo, has done it again. The Magician Next Door is a beautifully written story with gorgeous black-and-white ill...
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Defend the Dawn
Name: Linda Brown
06 March 2024;Genre: Fantasy
Defend the Dawn is the second book to the amazing Defy the Night series and once again this wonderful author has produced another rollercoaster adventure... The embers of revolution continue to simmer in Kandala. The country is still...
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Feather (The Twitchers)
Name: Jacqueline Harris
05 March 2024;Genre: Mystery & Detective
The Twitchers are back in the final part of their adventures. This time, Ava takes centre stage as she is present during the robbery of rare bird feathers at a museum. The Twitchers join forces to try and get back the feathers before the skins are broken up and sold. At the scene of the crime,...
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Once Upon a Big Idea: The Story of Inventions
Name: Jemma Jeffrey
04 March 2024;Genre: Poetry
Once Upon a Big Idea: The Story of Inventions is a bold and beautiful book! The reader is taken on a journey through time and inventions are introduced, from the pyramids and plastic, to wool and the wheel. More modern inventions are highlighted including medicine and mobile p...
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Once Upon a Big Idea
Name: Wendy Kelly
04 March 2024;Genre: Poetry
Once Upon a Big Idea is a brightly coloured and fun guide to the wonderful inventions humans have made since the Stone Age, right up to the present day. The text rhymes and is a large, easy to read font; the illustrations are inclusive and eye catching. This book is not...
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Diary of a Big Bad Wolf
Name: Maria Faithorn
04 March 2024;Genre: Fairy Tales & Folk Tales
Just read the first chapter of Diary of a Big Bad Wolf and you will be HOOKED! Join Wolf as he prepares for the start of Spring - a time where he plans to eat as much meat and fairytale characters as he can imagine. There’s just one thing.. It doesn’t go quite to plan and time...
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Lola and Larch Fix a Fairy Forest
Name: Jemma Jeffrey
04 March 2024;Genre: Fairies
Lola and Larch Fix A Fairy Forest is absolutely magical! My daughter and I both loved it. The story follows Lola, a young girl, who rescues a rabbit during a storm. But this is no ordinary rabbit, it is a fairy in disguise, called Larch. Larch is feisty and rebellious, a refre...
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One Last Breath
Name: Morgan Harkin
04 March 2024;Genre: Suspense & Thrillers
Two teenage girls. A new town. And a pair of 20-year-old cold case murders. Tru, an 18 year old high school graduate, plans on spending her summer with her boyfriend, East. Yet the arrival of the new girl in town, Rio, who shares a diving passion with Tru, causes immediate spark between the tw...
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Shadow of the Wolf (The Blind Bowman 1)
Name: Lorraine Ansell
04 March 2024;Genre: Myths & Legends
Robin is seven years old, alone and frightened, abandoned by his father one night in the feared Sherwood Forest. Angry, lonely, and surviving on his wits, one day a young girl rushes across his path and their lives are entwined forever. Largely left to live as they please, they fill their days...
