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Until the Road Ends
Name: Sue Wilsher
15 May 2023;Genre: Historical Fiction
When Peggy saves a stray, she and Beau, the dog, become inseparable. However, they are forced apart by the war as Peggy and her brother, Wilf, are evacuated to the safely of the coast, leaving Beau- and Wilf's grumpy cat, Mabel, behind in the city on the condition that the animals are not put...
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The Stickleback Catchers
Name: Beverley Somerset
12 May 2023;Genre: Friends and family
Mimi has been brought up by her grandparents since she was a baby. Now they all live together in a flat over a bowls club in North-East England. Mimi adores her feisty, sparky grandmother, who used to be an opera singer and is a mean skateboarder. So, when Gran begins to behave oddly and forge...
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The Greatest Kingdom (A Clock of Stars, Book 3)
Name: Jacqueline Harris
10 May 2023;Genre: Fantasy
In The Greatest Kingdom, the final instalment in the A Clock of Stars trilogy, Imogen and Marie once again return to the magical kingdom, this time with their mother. They are on a lifesaving quest and time is running out. As well as this, they are pursued by Anneshka, who has...
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Once There Was
Name: Donna Burkert
10 May 2023;Genre: Magical Realism
Marjan's father has been killed. She doesn't know why, she doesn't know by who. What she does know is that since his death, she has been left to take on his responsibilities and keep his business going. She has been left to continue her life at school, whilst her mind is full of gaps and unans...
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The Boy Who Didn’t Want To Die
Name: Stephen Leitch
05 May 2023;Genre: Historical Fiction
From one of the last holocaust survivors living in the UK comes a touching and insightful story of one boy's experiences of living through the holocaust. Five-year-old Peter didn't realise how his life was about to change in March 1944. As the Nazis invade Hungary, Peter, his family and the ot...
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The Storm Child
Name: Clair Bossons
05 May 2023;Genre: Fantasy
The Storm Child is the eagerly awaited sequel to The Wind Child. It follows Mara and her friend Torniv the bear shape-shifter who are on the run from Koschei - who is trying to kill them. I love the world that the author, Gabriela Ho...
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The Wolf-Girl, the Greeks and the Gods: a Tale of the Persian Wars
Name: Sue Wilsher
04 May 2023;Genre: Myths & Legends
The Wolf-Girl, the Greeks and the Gods: a Tale of the Persian Wars is an absolute stunner! Told through the eyes of Spartan princess, Gorgo, it is an epic re-telling of the Persian Wars and I loved it so much I almost don't know where to start. The writing is completely...
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Away With Words
Name: Ruth Cornish
03 May 2023;Genre: Friends and family
This is an excellent book examining a number of themes in an accessible way for readers of middle grade fiction. Away With Words features a main character who has been forced to relocate from Cadaques in North-East Spain to Fortrose in Scotland after her Papa, Jordi, fell in l...
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Time to Shine at the River School
Name: Sue Wilsher
02 May 2023;Genre: School Stories
It's a new term at River School and Jummy is happy to be reunited with her friends in Nile House, but they are horrified by the smell coming from the Shine Shine River. They are excited to be told that there will be a corn growing competition with a trophy for the best produce, but worried tha...
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Yesterday Crumb and the storm in the teacup
Name: Emma Nelson
01 May 2023;Genre: Fantasy
We begin the tale of Yesterday Crumb and the Storm in a Teacup with Yesterday Crumb, an orphaned and abandoned young girl living inside a cage - she's part of a circus and her fox-like ears are what makes her an attraction. Yesterday escapes the cage and comes across a strange...
