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Mysteries at Sea: Peril on the Atlantic
Name: Donna Chadwick
01 August 2023;Genre: Mystery & Detective
Mysteries at Sea: Peril on the Atlantic is a nautical adventure full of twists, turns and surprises. When Alice travels across the Atlantic from Southampton to New York on a with her father, she thinks it is going to be boring but little does she know that this is not going to...
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Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam: Train Trouble
Name: Amanda Shipton
01 August 2023;Genre: Adventure
Who can believe that Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam have been up to their rhyming antics for 10 years! They have turned away from their days as 'bumbling robbers' and become bakers. So, when Shifty and Sam are asked to bake on board the Pawrient Express, travelling to Venice for Carnival nigh...
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Agent 9 - Flood-A-Geddon!
Name: Amanda Shipton
01 August 2023;Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
In Agent 9: Flood-a-geddon!, Agent 9, an impulsive feline agent, and her robot fish sidekick, FIN, must save the world from King Crab, the super villain, in this new high octane graphic novel. This tiger-striped tabby cat, Agent 9, is on probation with the Super Secret Spy Ser...
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The After School Crime Club
Name: Jo Clarke
01 August 2023;Genre: Friends and family
"Why do we do it? To be more acceptable? I don't want to be acceptable. I want to be me." The After School Crime Club is an honest, intriguing tale of pre-teen angsts and grief. It tackles the complexities of friendship, fitting in and the need to be true to ourselves. Moral d...
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Nowhere Island
Name: Louisa Farrow
01 August 2023;Genre: Family & Home
"Gil escaped just after his twelfth birthday in the middle of the afternoon." I was gripped from the opening line of this original and compelling story - who wouldn't need to read on? Not to spoil the story, soon Gil slips into a forgotten space, an island of trees and a meadow encircled by mo...
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Guardians of the Planet: How to be an Eco-Hero
Name: Sharon Age 10
01 August 2023;Genre: Environment
As soon as I spotted Guardians of the Planet: How to be an Eco-Hero in our book corner, I knew I had to read it. Sadly I had to wait until B had finished with it because he got there first. Being the Eco-councillor for my class, I wanted to absorb all I could from this book, a...
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Becoming Brave
Name: Sharon Porter
01 August 2023;Genre: Personal Growth
Becoming Brave arrived from Little Tiger publishers and after seeing the tag-line, I thought I had better leave this book until I was less tired (and emotional) at the end of term. I am glad I did! This book resonated deeply with me, as an early-life widow, and this beautifull...
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Let's Go Home, Baby Lion
Name: Jessica Bunney
01 August 2023;Genre: Early Skills
A book with movable counters is certainly a first for me and what a great idea it is! Nosy Crow continues to find such innovative and engaging ways of developing our children's love of books and fine motor skills - and this book is no exception! Let's Go Home, Baby Lion is par...
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Bob vs the Trousers of Doom
Name: Donna Burkert
01 August 2023;Genre: Funny Stories
Bob has a special gift; he can travel through time. It still freaks him out to meet future Bob and Bob's wife, but now he gets to see a new addition to the Bob family...Bob's son. Things are not great in the Year 2049... Bob has noticed that future Bob has a bald patch on his head...really!?...
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A Superhero Mermaid Dragon Adventure (Pick a Story)
Name: Maria
01 August 2023;Genre: Adventure
Pick a Story is a new, innovative way to go on a story adventure, and A Superhero Mermaid Dragon Adventure is the third book in the series. Davy is on his way to school with his picture which suddenly disappears. Davy needs help and this is where Pick a Story...
