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Tsunami Girl
Name: Julie
01 July 2022;Genre: Personal Growth
Tsunami Girl is a coming-of-age story about a 15-year-old girl Yuki. She lives in England with her parents and is struggling to cope with school. She has very little confidence and suffers with anxiety. Her parents decide that she should stay with her beloved grandfather in Ja...
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Love Radio
Name: Ruth Cornish
01 July 2022;Genre: Romance & Relationships
Love Radio is a great read about relationships. For the main characters, Dani and Prince, their initial attraction is no guarantee of a smooth path to romance. A previous unresolved experience makes writer, Dani, hesitant, unwilling to allow herself to be vulnerable. Broadcast...
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Antarctica: The Melting Continent
Name: Sharon Porter
01 July 2022;Genre: Environment & Nature
Well I have to admit, Antarctica: The Melting Continent was a bit of a surprise. I was expecting to open it to find a non-fiction book, however, the author Karen Romana Young has very cleverly woven a multitude of facts in amongst her interviews and experiences on the icy cont...
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The Reluctant Vampire Queen
Name: Lorraine Ansell
01 July 2022;Genre: Supernatural
Mo Merrydrew has her life all mapped out when suddenly, one Tuesday evening, a 600-year-old vampire offers her the chance to be a Queen. The only problem is the role includes being turned into a vampire. Mo must juggle friends, family, schoolwork, and vampires; will she manage to keep everyon...
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Strong
Name: Amanda Shipton
30 June 2022;Genre: Representation & Inclusion
Strong is a book that is sure to become a favourite with adults and children alike. It has such a strong message that everyone has a value and a way to help. Differences should be celebrated. This is a message that is promoted in all environments and all walks of life. ...
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Never Brush a Bear
Name: Ashley Clayton
30 June 2022;Genre: Picture Books
Never Brush a Bear is a delightful and fun rhyming picture book with lovely, simple illustrations which my children in reception enjoyed listening to! (And they always love a story which rhymes!). It had them scared at one point, then had them all laughing out loud! The...
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The Gifts that Grow
Name: Sharon Porter
30 June 2022;Genre: Friends and family
Amrita, her sister, Kiki and their friend Finn share a both a friendship and connection through the jamun tree growing in the garden of Finn’s house. Amrita’s gran planted the tree there just after Amrita was born. Now Finn lives in the house with his family. Find out how the tree links strong...
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Song of the River
Name: Donna Burkert
30 June 2022;Genre: Environment & Nature
In Song of the River, we learn that Cari's father is dead. Her mum has moved them to another place, a place that Cari never wanted to go, and all she has left to remind her of him is his warm red jumper and his camera. And now her mum's dreams of starting afresh have been ruin...
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The Midnighters
Name: Hayley Summerfield
30 June 2022;Genre: Mystery & Detective
The Midnighters is a ghostly tale of two friends and one murder mystery set in the gothic city of Prague. We are first introduced to the character of Ema Vašková when she is born. Her birth marks the end of her grandma's life - Liliana - and the beginning of hers, which is str...
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Animal Families: River
Name: Jessica Bunney
30 June 2022;Genre: Animals
Bristol-based illustrator Jane Ormes gives us a factual treat as we learn the Animal Family: River names whilst absorbing her works of art. Each page has fun flaps which enable us to discover the babies of each animal family. I really like the way the underside of each flap is...
