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The Feeling Good Club: Smash Your Worries, Bella!
Name: Lucy Newton
05 September 2022;Genre: Mental Health & Wellbeing
The Feeling Good Club is set out like a journal, belonging to the main character Bella. It starts by introducing her with some information about her including her best friend, her hobbies and favourite food. The journal follows Bella day by day, telling the reader about her da...
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Puppy Club: Lulu's Big Surprise
Name: Lucy Newton
05 September 2022;Genre: Animals
Another animal adventure story to hook in the young animal lovers! This story follows Jaya and her friends who love playing with the puppies (Peanut, Coco, Bonnie, Teddy, Minnie and Dash) at Puppy Club together. They are all puppy obsessed (as are many of the children I teach!) and enjoy meeti...
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HAWKS (Stags 5)
Name: Azra Age 14
05 September 2022;Genre: Suspense & Thrillers
I loved HAWKS and I was disappointed when I finished it. The book is about the last battle between 'Medievals' and 'Savages' and is set in Scotland. It was thrilling to read and every paged kept me hooked on to the next. The book shows the darkness of privilege and how people will do anything...
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The Many Half-Lived Lives of Sam Sylvester
Name: Louise Baker
05 September 2022;Genre: LBGTQ+
Collected stories, a decades-long murder mystery, new friendships, and themes of healing and self-discovery - with a little of the supernatural thrown in. Yep, The Many Half-Lived Lives of Sam Sylvester has everything you could hope for from a contemporary YA novel. First of a...
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Once Upon a Fever
Name: Louise Baker
05 September 2022;Genre: Fantasy
In an alternative, fantasy world where emotions themselves are sought to be cured for fear of the illnesses they cause, Once Upon A Fever takes its young readers on a magical journey of self-discovery. Once Upon a Fever beautifully - and metaphorically - tackles the subject of...
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The Story Shop - Anchors Away!
Name: Maria faithorn
05 September 2022;Genre: Adventure
The Story Shop Adventures are back! And this time, shopkeeper Wilbur and his assistant Fred Ferret have a pirate, treasure-hunting adventure in store for their last-minute customer, Pearl. The 'Story Pot' of inky-blue liquid is bubbling and in go a selection of props......
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The Lost Girl King
Name: Hayley Summerfield
04 September 2022;Genre: Magical Realism
The Lost Girl King is the thrilling new adventure story by Catherine Doyle. This book is infused with Irish mythology and language that allows you to be transported into another realm. Amy and Liam have been packed off to Gran's house for the summer. They are heading to Connem...
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Alex Neptune, Dragon Thief
Name: Nathan Cox
02 September 2022;Genre: Magical Realism
Alex Neptune, Dragon Thief is another brilliant book by David Owen. An excellent, pacey adventure story full of characters, a great plot and a myth passed down through generations of water creatures and dragons. The story is also filled with humour that will keep any class lau...
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Alice Éclair, Spy Extraordinaire: A Recipe for Trouble
Name: Sue Wilsher
02 September 2022;Genre: Adventure
Alice Éclair might only be thirteen, but she is also an expert pâtissière and France's youngest, keenest spy. For the past year, she has been receiving cryptic messages and puzzles to solve and, although she does not know who they are from, she has her suspicions - which are realised when a fi...
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Poo in the Zoo
Name: Ashley Clayton
01 September 2022;Genre: Animals
An entertaining and engaging read for children aged under seven years. The rhyming pattern is a little tricky at first, so the book is better being read by an adult to a child or class, rather than being read by a child of the targeted age. The main character, Bob McGrew is a lovely cha...
