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All American Boys
Name: Shirley Munn
29 August 2021;Genre: Representation & Inclusion
All American Boys is written from the perspective of two different boys interlinked by circumstances yet divided by completely different cultures. Rashad, a black 17 year old who is attacked by a white policeman, when a woman trips and falls in front of him and the policeman a...
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The Ash House
Name: Louisa Farrow
28 August 2021;Genre: Friends and family
A new boy arrives at Ash House, thinking he's going to be cured of his agonising back pains. Soon he can't even remember his name and he's given a new one, Solitude, Sol for short. Then he battles to find his place in a strange community of children all called after 'Nicenesses' and apparently...
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Crowfall
Name: Kelly Buxton
27 August 2021;Genre: Adventure
Vashti Hardy has a way with words that draws the reader in from beginning to end. Hardy's latest novel: Crowfall is an epic adventure that delves into the complicated relationship between nature and humans, illuminating the need for harmony and a reciprocal approach. Or...
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Wayward Son
Name: Linda Brown
27 August 2021;Genre: Adventure
Wayward Son is the second title in the Simon Snow series. This is where the main characters get their 'happy ever after' after the traumatic events at the end of book one, but life, of course, is not that simple... Simon has changed, he seems to have not only lost his magic bu...
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Greek Myths: Meet the Heroes, Gods and Monsters of ancient Greece
Name: Sue Wilsher
27 August 2021;Genre: Myths & Legends
Greek Myths: Meet the Heroes, Gods and Monsters of ancient Greece offers an excellent introduction to the world of Greek Myths. Starting with explaining the importance of the gods to the ancient Greeks, the book then sets the scene of that world before a section entitled The B...
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Wishyouwas
Name: Nicola Mansfield Niemi
27 August 2021;Genre: Adventure
There are few books you pick up and you feel the words rather than just read them and when this happens, you know you are reading something special: Wishyouwas is going to be a classic. Wishyouwas is set in smog-filled London in 1952, it is just before Christmas and Pen...
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Phoenix Flame
Name: Andrew Mullen
27 August 2021;Genre: Fantasy
Phoenix Flame is a solid sequel to Haven Fall, which is full of action from the get go as it picks up almost straight after the end of the first book. Sara has continued to describe and develop the worlds that her characters inhabit beautifully; and the relationships between c...
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Love From Joy
Name: Louisa Farrow
27 August 2021;Genre: Bullying
Joy Applebloom returns with her messages of kindness and optimism. If there's ever a silver lining to a cloudy situation, Joy will be the one to find it. In fact, she likes to consider herself an expert in silver linings. In Love From Joy, she has eight big and serious things...
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Happy Here
Name: Linda Canning
27 August 2021;Genre: Representation & Inclusion
Happy Here is a book containing ten different stories from black authors and illustrators. It has a beautifully written introduction from Sharna Jackson, focusing on the importance of every child being able to see themselves and their lives in the books they read. The tales ar...
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Happy Here
Name: Sharon Porter
26 August 2021;Genre: Representation & Inclusion
Happy Here 10 Stories from Black Authors & Illustrators, introduced by Sharna Jackson. This brightly coloured book with its cheerful red page edges stands out on the bookshelf all by itself. Open the pages and you're faced with a collection of colourful stories, poems and...
