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Alice Jones: The Ghost Light
Name: Sue Wilsher
05 January 2017;Genre: Adventure
Alice is back to solve another mystery - this time in the theatre her sister is performing in. Spending the summer helping her mother and sister at the Beryl Theatre isn't Alice's first choice of things to do - there's a copy of Fermat's Last Theorum that needs reading for a start. But things st...
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Wing Jones
Name: Catherine Purcell
04 January 2017;Genre: Adventure
Wing Jones has always lived in the shadow of her brother; uncomfortable in her skin and awkward, she hugs the shadows at school, anxious not to draw attention to herself. But when Marcus falls from grace, Wing finds the isolation unbearable. Feeling even more of a social pariah, without Marcus,...
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The Fox and The Ghost King
Name: Miss Cleveland
03 January 2017;Genre: Adventure
The foxes love football, and foxes in every part of the country support The Foxes; Leicester City Football Club. Win or lose, they love them, and all the food scraps left behind by the human fans. When returning home from another defeat, across a car park that is being excavated, Dad and son fox...
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Lie Kill Walk Away
Name: Sue Wilsher
02 January 2017;Genre: Adventure
Becca lives with her research scientist dad. Although only fifteen, she has just achieved five A* A levels and is off to Cambridge to study Natural Sciences. Joe lives with his dad and his dog, Shammy. Addicted to the thrill of tagging, he's facing one hundred hours of community service to pay fo...
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Three Little Monkeys
Name: Anita Milton
31 December 2016;Genre: Animals
A stylish lady, Hilda Snibbs, shares her domestic routines with the reader as she learns to cope with three very challenging house guests. With a nod to Dr Seuss's Thing 1, 2 and 3, the monkeys do eventually appear to behave! Hilda, a stylish Parisian single lady, lives in a beautiful apartment....
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Spangles McNasty and the Fish of Gold
Name: Emily Beale
31 December 2016;Genre: Funny Stories
Spangles McNasty has a heart as cold as a box of frozen fish fingers and with a love of shiny spangly things, he's bound to cause trouble in Bitterly Bay. Spangles McNasty refers to himself as a collector - a collector of things that do not belong to him - and in this bonkers, fast-paced adven...
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Merry Christmas Blue Kangaroo
Name: Anita Milton
31 December 2016;Genre: Picture Books
A small child experiences the excitement of traditional Christmas preparations from wrapping presents, decorating the house and tree, making cards, being visited by family and the joy of giving and receiving gifts. With colourful illustrations throughout, the story starts at the beginning of Chri...
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Three Little Monkeys
Name: Lauren Maidman
28 December 2016;Genre: Animals
Hilda Stubbs has three rather unconventional pets - monkeys! This is the story of Hilda and her three rather naughty little monkeys called Tim, Sam and Lulu. Unfortunately for Hilda Stubbs, her monkeys cannot seem to stay out of trouble! Every day she leaves the house and her three little monkeys...
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The Witch's Tears
Name: Samantha Pett
24 December 2016;Genre: Fantasy
Sequel to The Witch's Kiss, I found The Witch's Tears a much more compelling read. The story focuses on Merry and her brother Leo in the aftermath of the events of The Witch's Kiss as they struggle to come to terms with their individual losses. Merry is reluctantly being trained by the Coven,...
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Dave Pigeon (Nuggets!)
Name: Emily Beale
24 December 2016;Genre: Adventure
Dave and Skipper are up to their old tricks again in another pigeontastic adventure! The nice human lady who took them in after Dave's wing was broken by her mean cat, in book one, has gone on holiday. Dave and Skipper are confused as to whether she will ever return and determine to find themselv...
