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Danny McGee Drinks the Sea
Name: Marie Berry
29 October 2016;Genre: Adventure
Andy Stanton has written an interesting and engaging story about Danny McGee's adventure eating the world around him. The story is written in attractive rhyming couplets which help create a fun and responding rhythm to the story. This kind of story is really fun to read with younger children as...
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The Invincibles: The Hamster Rescue
Name: Kyle Matravers
29 October 2016;Genre: Adventure
The Invincibles: The Hamster Rescue is the latest instalment in the adventures of Nell and Freddie. The two best friends are always looking for adventure and good times but in this instalment there is an unlikely hero. The day has come for Freddie to celebrate his birthday and like any best fri...
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Paws McDraw: The Fastest Doodler in the West
Name: Torie Walton
28 October 2016;Genre: Adventure
Introducing Paws McDraw, the fastest doodler in the west! He can doodle his way out of any danger. He always saves the day. When the bunnies get into trouble - which it seems they do a lot - they turn to Paws McDraw for help. After his heroic rescue of Little Timmy, who had fallen down a well,...
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Name: Elizabeth Harris
27 October 2016;Genre: Suspense & Thrillers
In Murder in Midwinter, a busy Christmas shopping trip on Oxford Street turns into a nightmare for Maya when she sees a man threatening a woman with a gun. Horrified by what she has seen, her family notify the police. The investigation takes a dramatic turn when a body is pull...
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Instructions for a Second-Hand Heart
Name: Sam Pett
26 October 2016;Genre: Adventure
Having spent the last year in hospital, Jonny needs a heart transplant before it's too late. Niamh's twin brother has just died in a tragic accident for which she feels to blame. Fate brings the two together as Jonny strives to establish an identity for his new healthy self, searching the interne...
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A Very Good Chance
Name: Carol Williams
25 October 2016;Genre: Adventure
Minty tells the story in this book, set in a small town in Ireland. The teenage characters, now at secondary school, have mostly all grown up together, but two new boys enter the equation, and are treated with suspicion, including the silent and mysterious Ned, whose attendance is erratic, and wh...
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50 Things You Should Know About Prehistoric Britain
Name: Sue Wilsher
17 October 2016;Genre: Adventure
Covering events in Britain from the Old Stone Age to the Roman invasion, this title looks at the development of the human race and every day life during this period. Full of fascinating facts, this book offers an excellent starting point for work on this period of history. As well as explainin...
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What's a Girl Gotta Do?
Name: Karen Poolton
17 October 2016;Genre: Real life
Lottie is very angry with the way she is treated just because she is female. After a disturbing sexual harassment incident on the way to college, she resolves to start a project, highlighting and standing up to every single incidence of sexism she comes across for a whole month. Althoug...
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Ludwig the Space Dog
Name: Fiona Collins
14 October 2016;Genre: Adventure
On opening the first page of Ludwig the Space Dog the reader sees an airmail letter to open and 3D goggles are inside for the reader to wear, which lift the images off the page. Ludwig the Space Dog lives in a world of books and understands completely what books can give him in terms of knowledge...
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Midnight at the Zoo
Name: Fiona Collins
14 October 2016;Genre: Adventure
The story of Midnight at the Zoo begins as the young reader opens the book to be confronted with lovely end papers that show a map of a zoo. The map is beautifully illustrated and shows where each of the animals of the zoo reside. Max and Mia are going to the zoo with their class and they are ver...