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King of Nothing
Name: Clair Age 11
24 April 2024;Genre: Funny Stories
This is a heart-warming, humorous coming-of-age story written by the Yoto Carnegie Medal-shortlisted author of Steady for This. Anton and his gang of friends strike fear into the hearts of the you...
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Time Travel Twins: The Stone Age Clash
Name: Donna Burkert
23 April 2024;Genre: Adventure
Twins Scarlett and Thomas have a secret. When they stay with their grandad, they get to travel to different places to experience life throughout history. Today it's The Stone Age, but they can't make up their minds what part of Stone Age life they want to see. Thomas wants to see a Sabre-tooth...
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Fablehouse: Heart of Fire
Name: Beverley Somerset
23 April 2024;Genre: Representation & Inclusion
Heather and her friends Lloyd, Nat and Arlene live at Fablehouse, a home for mixed-race children born after World War 2. Following their adventures in Fae Fields, they each have a magical power which is growing stronger every day. Heather finds that she can conjure fire, and this scares her be...
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The Wrong shoes
Name: Janet Fisher
22 April 2024;Genre: Representation & Inclusion
Will and his father have fallen on hard times. After an accident at work his father lost his job and cannot find other work, resulting in a move to a grotty flat in a bad area and very little money. The book is called The Wrong Shoes because Will's trainers have a hole so his...
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The City Beyond the Stars
Name: Emma Urbonas
22 April 2024;Genre: Fantasy
The City Beyond the Stars is a phenomenal sequel to The Kingdom Over the Sea and once again I had the privilege of immersing myself in Yara’s world of sorcery and alch...
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When the Wild Calls
Name: Sue Wilsher
22 April 2024;Genre: Dystopian
Juniper and Bear are now living in Ennerdale with their father, his new partner, Willow, and their baby, Fern. The life they escaped in the city should be in the past, but neither can rest easy knowing they left their grandmother, Annie-Rose, and friend, Etienne, behind. When they learn that d...
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Looking for Lucie
Name: Clare Wilkins
22 April 2024;Genre: Friends and family
Identity, heritage and belonging are hot topics in YA fiction and Amanda Addison fulsomely addresses them in her new book, Looking for Lucie. Lucie sticks out like a sore thumb in her white family and white-washed town. She’s never met her father, has no information abo...
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Peregrine Quinn and the Cosmic Realm
Name: Sue Wilsher
22 April 2024;Genre: Myths & Legends
Peregrine Quinn has always loved hearing her godfather, Daedalus's stories about being an immortal, but when they visit the Bodleian Library and the portals that connect the Terran Realm with the Cosmic Realm mysteriously shut down and he is kidnapped, she finds herself thrust into a desperate...
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Peng and Spanners
Name: Jennifer Caddick
19 April 2024;Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
Peng and Spanners is a dazzling delight of a graphic novel! A detecting duo made up of Peng, a dry-witted, sarcastic penguin, and Spanners, a toolbelt-wearing, superhero-inspired cat. Peng is forced to Boredin School and somehow, dreaming of life as an Adventure Ninja,...
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Shadow Fox
Name: Louisa Farrow
19 April 2024;Genre: Animals
The voice of Shadow, a wild and lonely fox, tells this latest poignant story from Carlie Sorosiak, Shadow Fox. At the heart of the book (and it is a big heart) is his relationship with the unconventional human girl, Bee. To begin with, they are drawn into an uneasy alli...
