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Cuckoo Summer
Name: Jacqueline Harris
29 July 2022;Genre: Historical Fiction
It is the summer of 1940 and Tommy and his friend, the evacuee Sally, are in the Lake District. Despite the remoteness of the place, war has touched them is several ways and Tommy's dad is missing in action. Then a German plane is brought down over the village and the navigator is not there an...
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Petunia Perry and the Curse of the Ugly Pigeon
Name: Jenny Caddick
28 July 2022;Genre: Friendship
I am a huge fan of Pamela Butchart’s Baby Alien series of books and Petunia Perry and the Curse of the Ugly Pigeon is written with the same high energy, humour and zany chaos that this author does so well and so joyously. The serious observations behind the fun here, however, take the reader i...
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The Dawn Seal
Name: Lucy Hopkins
27 July 2022;Genre: Animals
I haven't found a Holly Webb book yet that the children in my class don't love! The Dawn Seal follows Lissa who is spending the summer on her Dad's houseboat. As she get lonelier and lonelier while her dad is busy working, she starts to explore her surroundings looking for so...
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A Beginner’s Guide to Ruling the Galaxy
Name: Jane Rew
27 July 2022;Genre: Funny Stories
Niki is a tall girl with long black hair. Or, if you're Gavin, she's your new neighbour who's a 'fruitcake with extra crazy currants'. She also happens to be Dread Princess Xyllara, heir to the throne of the Dark Galaxy (which might explain her super-sized ego) and is on the run from her paren...
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Queen of the Classroom
Name: Jacqueline Harris
27 July 2022;Genre: Picture Books
MJ is starting school. Her mother helps her get ready and tells her she is Queen of the classroom, giving her a tiara to wear. MJ asks what a queen does and her mother advises her to be caring , kind and helpful. When MJ goes to school she is all those things and more and makes friends as a re...
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Rise of the School for Good and Evil
Name: Linda Brown
27 July 2022;Genre: Fantasy
Rise of the School for Good and Evil is a wonderful book and is the prequel, the beginning of the journey in the amazing series, The School For Good and Evil. It gives the reader an insight as to how the school was created and how our familiar fairytale characters came about.....
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Dadaji's Paintbrush
Name: Sue Wilsher
27 July 2022;Genre: Picture Books
In a tiny Indian village, a boy lives with his grandfather, Dadaji. Together, they fill the house with paintings and joy as they share their lives. Then, Dadaji dies, leaving the boy his best paintbrush, but the boy's grief is too raw for him to even look at it and he puts it away. Months pass...
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The Asparagus Bunch
Name: Janine
27 July 2022;Genre: Representation & Inclusion
Fantastic read! I found Leon to be a compelling character who was written sympathetically and intelligently. The Asparagus Bunch were like friends to me by the end of the book and I have enormous love for Caroline. It was so lovely to read a book from the perspective of neurod...
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The Shop of Impossible Ice Creams
Name: Nicola Mansfield Niemi
27 July 2022;Genre: Funny Stories
The Shop of Impossible Ice Creams is fantastic! I could leave the review there actually as it really is that good but I feel I should explain why. It is laugh out loud funny and I mean that, I did laugh out loud in public several times to the point that I had to share what I w...
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Where Has All The Cake Gone?
Name: Maria
27 July 2022;Genre: Funny Stories
Where Has All The Cake Gone? begins with a question from Dad to his son Albert. "Where has all the cake gone?" He presents an empty plate to his son with evidence of cake all over the kitchen. Then Albert begins to explain what happened to the cake, which is brilliantly illust...
