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Straight Outta Crongton
Name: Carol Williams
24 July 2018;Genre: Social Issues
The third novel in Alex Wheatle's Crongton series turns its attention to 15 year old Mo, at odds with her mother and Mum's boyfriend Lloyd. Mo's dinner money is taken from her by Lloyd, and their escalating friction has led to him hitting her hard enough to knock her on the floor. She is determin...
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Octopants
Name: Nikki Stiles
19 July 2018;Genre: Funny Stories
Octopus needs pants! He's all too bare, down there. The problem is nowhere sells pants for someone with eight legs, not even the 'Under-Sea Emporium', and shopping online is a waste of time... Octopus gets quite upset and doesn't understand why everyone else has a pair to suit them but he stil...
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If All The World Were
Name: Nikki Stiles
19 July 2018;Genre: Bereavement
If All The World Were... Not to be read without tissues to hand! This heart-warming picture book, so poetically written, is a must to share with any young reader and in particular those coping with the loss of a grandparent or someone close. You can't help but be touched by th...
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If All the World Were
Name: Sue Chamber
18 July 2018;Genre: Bereavement
If All The World Were is a beautiful picture book for talking about children's relationships with grandparents or an older person in their lives, and the subject of death. It's no surprise to learn that Joseph Coelho is a poet when you read the lyrical, evocative text as the r...
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Splash
Name: Chloe W
15 July 2018;Genre: Adventure
Splash is a touching story about a young girl, Molly, whose mum abandoned her as a toddler with her Nan and Granddad. Molly is an amazingly strong swimmer, but is embarrassed to wear a swimming costume, after her supposed best friend, Chloe, made fun of her in front of the entire gang of horri...
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The Storm Keeper's Island: Storm Keeper Trilogy 1
Name: Linda Brown
14 July 2018;Genre: Magical Realism
This enchanting story is set on the real Arranmore island in Ireland, which must be a truly wonderous place to have inspired the imagination of the author in creating such a magical, fantasy adventure. From the moment that you step on the island with Fionn you are swept away on a wonderful jou...
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Across the Divide
Name: Salliann Coleman
12 July 2018;Genre: Friends and family
In this book the narrator is a young girl called Olivia who lives with her Mum and her paternal grandparents in a military town in England and attends a school where she has close friends from a range of social, ethnic and cultural backgrounds, with different beliefs and opinions, which immediate...
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The Truth About Lies
Name: Clair Bossons
10 July 2018;Genre: Adventure
Jess has a remarkable memory. She has hyperthymesia. This is like having a library in her mind where she can take out a book and remember every single detail of that day. Even if that day was years ago. On the surface this sounds wonderful. However it is both a blessing and a curse. Imagine no...
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Dark Sky Park
Name: Alison Kelly
08 July 2018;Genre: Adventure
Philip Gross has chosen to celebrate some of the most unusual and unknown aspects of the natural world in this mesmerising anthology which had me wondering, learning, looking and so much more. Quite apart from being captivated by his poetic voice, I came away all the richer for what I learnt abou...
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The Embassy of the Dead
Name: Lola Age 10
02 July 2018;Genre: Adventure
An innocent, clueless boy is accidentally given a severed finger when he is mistaken for a phantom named Goodmourning. This leads him to a trophy (I meant to say trophy!) of trouble and he almost gets killed 4 times! This book makes ghosts more familiar to people. I recommend this book to people...
