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Name: Kimberley Lawson
03 September 2020;Genre: Historical Fiction
I, Ada is a fascinating fictionalised biography about a remarkable woman whose achievements are only in recent years becoming recognised, nearly 170 years after her death.Ada narrates her own story, from the ages of 5 to 21. In many ways, her story echoes the frust...
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Name: Ruth Cornish
03 September 2020;Genre: Historical Fiction
A part fictionalised, part factual account of the childhood and teenage years of the daughter of Lord and Lady Byron, Ada (later Lady Lovelace who became the first computer programmer in the 1800's).Ada has a very strict upbringing yet is very privileged. She is a fascinating girl,...
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Name: Lucy Georgeson
01 September 2020;Genre: Representation & Inclusion
One fateful night, an altercation in a gentrifying neighbourhood escalates into tragedy. 'Boys just being boys' turns out to be true only when those boys are white. Suddenly, at just 16 years old, Amal Shahid's bright future is upended: he is convicted of a crime he didn't commit and sent to...
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Name: Julie Broadbent
27 August 2020;Genre: Environment
Challenge Everything - An Extinction Rebellion Youth Guide to saving the planet is written by the young activist Blue Sandford. She was named by The Times as a 'British Greta Thunberg' and one of the UK's most impressive youth activists. It is the only official youth handbook from Extinction R...
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Mad, Bad & Dangerous to Know
Name: Lucy Georgeson
27 August 2020;Genre: Historical Fiction
It is August in Paris and budding art historian Khayyam should be having the time of her life - but even in the City of Lights she can't stop worrying about the mess she left back home in Chicago. Only when she meets a cute young Parisian - who happens to have the same name and be a distant re...
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Shiny Broken Pieces
Name: Linda Brown
06 August 2020;Genre: Bullying
The drama, the competitiveness, the nasty remarks and actions in the ballet world ( please remember it’s all fantasy!) continue into this wonderful, well written sequel, Shiny Broken Pieces. The stakes are higher than ever, they have so much more to lose and as you delve into...
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Cinderella is Dead
Name: Beverley Somerset
06 August 2020;Genre: Fairy Tales & Folk Tales
Cinderella is Dead is an unusual book - a horror story based upon a well-loved fairy tale. In the fictional town of Lille, it is 200 years since Cinderella met Prince Charming and (apparently) lived 'happily ever after'. But for the girls and women living in Lille today, life...
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Name: Lorraine Ansell
06 August 2020;Genre: Suspense & Thrillers
Greer MacDonald is once again reeling from events connected to the Order of the Stag, but this time no one can quite believe what she has seen, causing her to doubt her own mind. Drawn very quickly to the de Warlencourts' London home, Greer and her friends discover further secrets and secretiv...
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The Great Revolt
Name: Bryony Davies
06 August 2020;Genre: Historical Fiction
The Great Revolt by Paul Dowswell is a historical novel covering the peasant rebellion of 1381 over the unpopular poll tax. Covering a non-statutory element of the Key Stage 3 history curriculum, this text sits firmly on secondary school bookshelves.Tilda Rolfe and...
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Small Town Hero
Name: Joanna Hewish
06 August 2020;Genre: Bereavement
An emotional roller coaster of a plot line with a very real protagonist who will hook you in and leave you reeling. A fantastic Young Adult story that deals with many issues surrounding young people - death, bullying, friendships, maturity.Small Town Hero begins in...
