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Marge in Charge
Name: June Hughes
12 June 2016;Genre: Adventure
Jemima Button is seven and her brother Jake is four. Their parents, when they go out, leave them with a babysitter. So far, so normal. The new babysitter, however, is far from normal, though the children's parents never find out just how far from normal Marge really is. She arrives, short, seriou...
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Beaky Malone: World's Greatest Liar
Name: Emily Beale
11 June 2016;Genre: Adventure
Dylan Malone aka Beaky, could possibly be the world's greatest liar. Whether he's leading expeditions to the north pole, boasting of his psychic abilities, boxing swans in the park or dodging deadly deceases - Beaky will have a creative answer for everything. However, when extended family members...
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Night Wanderers
Name: Emma Age 15
07 June 2016;Genre: Adventure
The characters are really well developed and you can really feel for them. It's very dramatic and there's a sense of suspense building up throughout the whole story.
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Knitbone Pepper Ghost Dog and the Last Circus Tiger
Name: Kerra Dagley
05 June 2016;Genre: Adventure
The inhabitants of Starcross Hall are all really quite unusual. It's a place where normal house rules simply don't apply. It's where generations of beloved Pepper ghost pets, a goose, monkey, hamster, amongst others, play hide and seek. Winnie, the youngest Pepper is the only living person who...
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Storm Walker
Name: June Hughes
04 June 2016;Genre: Adventure
Twelve year old Owen and his Dad are coming to terms with life a year after the death of Owen's mother. Or rather, they are not - her ashes remain in an urn on the mantelpiece; Owen's Dad, a published author, has not written a word since she died; home life is a disorganised jumble of takeaway...
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Orangeboy
Name: Stef A
04 June 2016;Genre: Personal Growth
16-year-old Marlon is flattered when Sonya invites him on a date to the fair. However, when the evening ends in tragedy, he is dragged reluctantly into the gang world that his brother inhabited before he had a devastating car accident. Faced with almost impossible choices, Marlon has to grow u...
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Not if I See You First
Name: Carol Williams
03 June 2016;Genre: Adventure
Parker Grant is blind, and coping with the recent death of her father. She is also a talented runner, and a pretty acerbic character, not tolerating any nonsense from those around her. Her Rules go from 1-11 plus infinity, and set out very clearly how the people in her life should treat her as a...
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Orangeboy
Name: Clair Bossons
02 June 2016;Genre: Personal Growth
Marlon is determined to make a success of his life and make his mother proud. He could see the impact that gang life had on his family following his brother's involvement as a gang leader on the estate and is determined not to go down the same path. That all changes when he gets a knock on his...
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The Mouse Who Reached The Sky
Name: Torie Walton
01 June 2016;Genre: Adventure
The Mouse Who Reached the Sky is a simple, yet utterly charming story that celebrates working together, friendship and sharing. One day, Little Mouse spots something red and shiny hanging in the branches of a tree. He thinks it is a beautiful marble and would like to have it. Despite his best...
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The Tree
Name: Torie Walton
01 June 2016;Genre: Environment
This simple yet powerful story begins with an ordinary looking tree. Through a few select words and delightful illustrations, the reader is quickly introduced to its inhabitants: the birds who have built a nest between the spruce's branches; the scurry of squirrels whose dray balances amongst th...
