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A Hugh Dunnit Mystery: Taking Shelter
Name: Hayley Summerfield
18 April 2024;Genre: Funny Stories
A Hugh Dunnit Mystery: Taking Shelter is a hilarious new detective story by Guy Bass. This book is funny to its core and incorporates comic spreads to give the story an extra edge. Hugh Dunnit is no ordinary schoolboy, his alter ego is crime-fighting detective who takes...
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The Girl and the Mermaid
Name: Maria
18 April 2024;Genre: Fairy Tales & Folk Tales
The Girl and the Mermaid is the beautiful new book by winning duo Hollie Hughes and Sarah Massini. The front cover is shiny and sparkly, showing the main character Alina and her new companion from the sea. Alina lives with her Granny in a traditional lighthouse but we learn fr...
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Dragon Force: Devourer's Attack
Name: Fabian Age 10
17 April 2024;Genre: Fantasy
Dragon Force: Devourer's Attack is one of the most exciting and adventurous book that I've ever read from this author. As the search begins, suspense builds more and more as you read the first few chapters. Then after that is when the adventure and description kicks into actio...
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Adventuremice: Mice on the Moon
Name: Amanda Shipton
17 April 2024;Genre: Animals
If you haven't already fallen in love with little Pedro and the Adventure Mice, then you are in for an absolute treat. True to form this newest adventure is carefully written with carefully pitched language to provide the perfect level of challenge to the early chapter book reader. The...
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Bringing Back Kay-Kay
Name: Jane Rew
16 April 2024;Genre: Mystery & Detective
Dev Kothari is a masterful storyteller. This mystery (to assign it a genre for library shelving) is gripping and, in places, quite lyrical. Its realism and drama will appeal to children who want a bit of truth and grit in their fiction. They will 'get' the intense emotions Lena feels about her...
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Everyday Action, Everyday Change
Name: Giselle Age 11
16 April 2024;Genre: Representation & Inclusion
I like this book because it is very informative and spreads awareness about important things in life like racism and disabilities, which are very crucial things that needs to be known more about. I also need to bring up the character illustrations because they are AMAZING! Overall i give this...
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The Time Machine Next Door Rebellions and Super Boots
Name: Jane Rew
16 April 2024;Genre: Science Fiction
Some readers will already be familiar with other titles in this series, but the books don't need to be read in order. We're told all we need to know at the outset: that young Sunil has an eccentric neighbour, Alex, who has invented a time machine, and who has a pet kiwi called Wiki. They are t...
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Where the Heart Should Be
Name: Eileen Armstrong
16 April 2024;Genre: Historical Fiction
"It is hard to tell a love story and also the story of a people being torn apart" but Crossan achieves this magnificently in her latest and best verse novel, Where the Heart Should Be. Set in 1840s Ireland at the time of the Great Hunger, it tells the story of 16-year-old Nell...
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Martha Maps it out in Time
Name: Tracy Parvin
15 April 2024;Genre: Non Fiction
Who doesn't love a book with a map? Well… I (and my three-year-old grandson, Archie) love a fictional map! A map has that capacity to bring a book alive and to allow the reader to immerse themselves in the pages. It is possible to become lost for hours in the pages of a book with a map. <p...
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Dragon Force: Infinity's Secret
Name: Kayden Age 11
15 April 2024;Genre: Fantasy
I love Dragon Force: Infinity's Secret because it has a lot of commotion. I loved it when the swan tries to trick Arthur to make the Dragon Force Defences weaker.
