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Jelly
Name: Sharon Bolton
19 August 2019;Genre: Adventure
'Pitiful Pete was sitting right on the edge of the Jellyfish, facing out towards the far coast, and a few of us had gathered to watch.' So opens this dystopian novel set in the not so distant future. Martha, the protagonist, is amongst a group of humans trapped on a lethal Jellyfish facing a shor...
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So You Think You've Got It Bad? A Kid's Life in Ancient Rome
Name: Carol Carter
18 August 2019;Genre: Non Fiction
So You Think You've Got It Bad? A Kid's Life in Ancient Rome is the third in a series from Nosy Crow and the British Museum, with Ancient Egypt and Ancient Greece having already been covered. These books have a very Horrible Histories vibe, but the larger format and colour ill...
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Seafire
Name: Linda Brown
18 August 2019;Genre: Adventure
This high action adventure has drama on each page, and it doesn't stop until the last one; and even then it leaves you wanting more... Caledonia Styx is the Captain of the Mors Navis, she sails the seas with her all female crew with vengeance on her mind. Four years previously the ship belonged...
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This is Frog
Name: Judith Greenall
16 August 2019;Genre: Adventure
This book introduces the reader to Frog, or Tree Frog, to give him his full name, and we watch some of his everyday experiences in his natural habitat, the rainforest. But this is not a book for the passive reader; it is a fully interactive experience. We are encouraged to engage with Frog thro...
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Brain Fizzing Facts - Awesome Science Questions Answered
Name: Bryony Davies,
16 August 2019;Genre: Adventure
Reading Brain Fizzing Facts is like having every child in your class ask a difficult or random question and you having the perfect answer! Dr Emily Grossman has picked a range of wacky, random and highly interesting questions that cover all areas of science. Each section starts with a question...
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A Witch Come True
Name: Andrew Mullen
16 August 2019;Genre: Adventure
We join Arianwyn one final time as James Nicol expertly brings our time in Lull to a close. The war may be over but a witch's duties are never done it seems, even when your closest friends are enjoying themselves with all sorts of Yule traditions. Winter is setting in, dark creatures are appear...
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Ella May
Name: Louise Gahan
16 August 2019;Genre: Adventure
Ella May Does It Her Way is a tale of one girl's desire to try something new - in Ella May's case, to walk backwards, and then to keep trying to do things like reading and getting into bed, 'backwards'. Soon, everyone else wants to try things her way, too. Ella May Does It Her Way is an inspirat...
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Old Man of the Sea
Name: Louise Gahan
16 August 2019;Genre: Adventure
Old Man of the Sea is a book of poignancy and sentiment, gently lulling you into the life of a Granddad whose love and admiration for his grandson provokes feelings of sentiment and love. Every Sunday, a little boy visits his granddad and they talk or sit in silence. One day, however, the grandf...
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Oscar Seeks a Friend
Name: Louise Gahan
16 August 2019;Genre: Adventure
Oscar is a book of differences; of how a lonely individual seeks friendship and acceptance away from what is familiar. An unlikely friendship is formed between Oscar - a lonely skeleton - and a little girl, beginning when her tooth falls out. The book's striking images could provide ample opp...
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Shadow
Name: Louise Gahan
16 August 2019;Genre: Adventure
Shadow is a book about every child's fantasy - good and bad; about the power of the mind to manifest fears, anxieties and even imaginary friends. In her old house, the girl in the story feels safe but in her family's new house, she finds Shadow under the bed.... In this story, Shadow is not an...
