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Fireborn: Twelve and the Frozen Forest
Name: Rhiannon Cook
03 September 2021;Genre: Fantasy
Twelve is a huntling who has pledged her loyalty to the Lodge and given up everything she has, including her name, to protect the seven clans. However, Twelve is driven by a dark purpose, darker even than she realises. Before she can complete her training, the Hunting Lodge is attacked and Twe...
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Name: Hayley Summerfield
03 September 2021;Genre: Mental Health & Wellbeing
Dare To Be You is the new book by the bestselling author Matthew Syed. This book enables you to discover the power of diverse thinking to defy self-doubt and develop confidence to be happy with yourself. It helps you to become practical about dealing with the overwhelming sens...
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The Week At World's End
Name: Nicola Cleveland
02 September 2021;Genre: Historical Fiction
Friendship, family and fear for the future are woven together in The Week At World's End to create a gripping story. Tension grows steadily as we adventure with Stevie and Ray through the week that was the Cuban Missile Crisis. A week where the world was on the brink of a war...
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Fireborn
Name: Louisa Farrow
02 September 2021;Genre: Fantasy
Twelve has given up her name and her previous life to take an oath of allegiance to the Hunting Lodge. She has sworn she will, "never lower her weapons in the face of darkness nor allow tyranny to rise". Now she is learning to hunt dark creatures so she can earn a new name and graduate from hu...
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Name: Hayley Summerfield
02 September 2021;Genre: Historical Fiction
Circus Maximus: Race to the Death is a thrilling new historical adventure story by debut children's author Annelise Gray. This powerful story is immersed with revenge, redemption, survival, and hope. It is set in the Ancient sporting world of Rome, which is a world dominated b...
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Feast Your Eyes on Food
Name: Hayley Summerfield
02 September 2021;Genre: Non Fiction
Feast Your Eyes on Food by Laura Gladwin, is a food encyclopaedia of more than 1000 delicious things to eat. This beautiful book stipulates that eating is more than just tasting the food we eat; it explains how food feeds the soul and allows us to experience new cultures and t...
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Green Rising
Name: Linda Brown
02 September 2021;Genre: Dystopian
Hester is the daughter of the owner of Dalex, a huge company with huge earth damaging emissions, but she is also a 'Greenfinger', a person who can grow plants from within their body. When her dad asks her to head up a project using 'Greenfinger' teenagers, she meets, for the first time, with...
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Be Resilient: How to Build a Strong Teenage Mind for Tough Times
Name: Clair Bossons
01 September 2021;Genre: Mental Health & Wellbeing
Nicola Morgan has a Diploma in Youth Counselling, has written over 100 books and won many awards including the School Library Association's Outstanding Contribution to Information books. I already have several of her other books on our Self Help Shelf in the library, so was thrilled to receive...
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Don't Doubt The Rainbow - The Five Clues
Name: Ruth Cornish
01 September 2021;Genre: Mental Health & Wellbeing
The Five Clues is a page turning mystery which immerses the reader in the world of ethics and science. Edie is secretly left a set of clues by her activist mother in the event of (what turns out to be) her suspicious death. She uses her natural intelligence and her close relat...
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Fireborn: Twelve and the Frozen Forest
Name: Beverley Somerset
01 September 2021;Genre: Fantasy
Twelve has pledged her life to the Hunting Lodge. She has given up her name and is now a Huntling, training in the art of fighting monsters and keeping the peace in the land of Ember. Once she has earned the right to be a Hunter she will be able to choose a new name. Until then, she is a numbe...
