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Kevin the Vampire: A Wild and Wicked Witch
Name: Amanda Shipton
14 March 2024;Genre: Fantasy
Having read Kevin the Vampire, I was keen to see where Matt Brown took his lead characters and Kevin the Vampire: A Wild and Wicked Witch didn't disappoint. Filled with wonderful descriptive language and crazy c...
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The Most Amazing Thing
Name: Jacqueline Harris
14 March 2024;Genre: Mental Health & Wellbeing
Henry is bored. He is stuck inside because of the weather and nothing anyone suggests to him appeals. He also feels useless and tries to find something amazing to do. His family all offer suggestions but nothing piques his interest of imagination. Then his mother says something that completely...
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The Midnight Clock
Name: Rachel Bolton
14 March 2024;Genre: Suspense & Thrillers
The Midnight Clock is compulsive reading! 16-year-old Millie is having to live with her father in his new flat which used to house an infamous women's prison. When the former prison clock begins to strike, Millie finds herself back in 1955, witnessing the final few days of a y...
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The Dolls' House
Name: Jen Bevan
14 March 2024;Genre: Friends and family
A yound girl called Mia has just moved house. She is walking down the street with her mother and spots a dolls' house. The house had been left out and was looking for a new owner. Mia takes the house home and begins to fix it up. When other children see the house, they want to help fix it and...
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Bite Risk
Name: Emelia Helliwell
13 March 2024;Genre: Horror
At first glance you can tell what the theme of the book is going to be, with its well illustrated front cover. Bite Risk is a book that has family, friendship, trust and a dash of adventure, perfect for younger teens. Bite Risk follows the lives of teenagers in a small...
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Alberta A Cautionary tale
Name: Joanne Thomas
13 March 2024;Genre: Fairy Tales & Folk Tales
Alberta: A Cautionary Tale offers a twist on the classic Little Red Riding Hood tale. This story follows Alberta - a little girl who doesn't listen to her mother and always gets her own way. She follows an interesting stranger into the woods (who happens to be little red ridin...
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Ten Little Ducklings
Name: Jessica Bunney
13 March 2024;Genre: Early Skills
Ten Little Ducklings is a book of hide-and-seek. On each page, the ten ducklings are in a different scene getting up to their own tricks! We are asked to find a specific duck on each page and there's a rather helpful mouse with its magnifying glass on hand ready to assist....
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New Kid On Deck: Pirate Academy #1
Name: Elen Green
12 March 2024;Genre: Adventure
What a great start to what promises to be a fun, adventure-filled series, Pirate Academy. In New Kid on Deck we're introduced to a strongly bonded group of children who are training to be - pirates! I love the concept and know many young readers will be hooke...
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Goddess Crown
Name: Julie Broadbent
11 March 2024;Genre: Fantasy
This YA fantasy debut novel by Shade Lapite has it all; it is a beautiful love story, it has murder, intrigue, plot twists and despicable villains. Set in the imaged country of Galla, we are introduced to our heroine and the main protagonist of the story, Kalothia. She...
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The Tree and the River
Name: Wendy Kelly
11 March 2024;Genre: Environment & Nature
What an extraordinary book. Entirely wordless, The Tree and the River looks at a particular place in space and time. A verdant landscape, with a winding river and an elegant mature tree. Turn the page, and there is the same scene except a house is now being constructed next to...
