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The Raven Heir
Name: Donna Burkert
02 August 2021;Genre: Fantasy
Cordelia, her brother Giles and sister Rosalind have never known anywhere but the castle in the middle of the woods that their mother has raised them in. Their lives have been filled with the love and care of their mother, Alys, and their older brother, Connell. Although triplets, the three ha...
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Cruel Castle
Name: Lorraine Ansell
02 August 2021;Genre: Horror
Grady survived the Iron Teen challenge and now finds himself trapped working for ruthless boss Marcus Gold. Unknown to Gold, Grady saved two of his peers from the island and is working with them to find a way to take Marcus down. Unfortunately, unknown to Grady, Gold has been watching the whol...
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Agent Llama
Name: Emma Nelson
02 August 2021;Genre: Spy stories
Agent Llama - Charlie Palmer - is unlike any other spy hero that you have met. She is a sassy Llama with the most incredible bag of tricks up her sleeve - think of her as the Llama version of James Bond! Charlie Palmer is given the job of solving who has stolen the Prime Minis...
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The Elephant in the Room
Name: Lisa Watkins
01 August 2021;Genre: Real life
A heart-warming story of Sila who is desperately missing her mother after she is sent away for immigration issues. As weeks turn to months, she becomes withdrawn, sad, and lonely until her father takes her to work with him one day to a farm out of town. Here Sila embraces a friendship with the...
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The Elephant in the Room
Name: Jennifer Caddick
01 August 2021;Genre: Real life
The Elephant in the Room is a beautiful, gentle and moving story of the pain of family separation and of the support in finding new friendships. In the USA, Sila and her father have spent a year living apart from her mother, currently trapped unfairly in Turkey whilst immigrat...
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The Secret Detectives
Name: Donna Ritchie
01 August 2021;Genre: Mystery & Detective
The Secret Detectives is set upon the mail ship SS Mariana, sailing from India to England. The passengers include three children whose lives are to be forever entwined by events on the journey. 11-year-old Isobel Petty has been brought up by people employed by her mother and f...
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Myths, Monsters and Mayhem in Ancient Greece
Name: Sue Wilsher
01 August 2021;Genre: Myths & Legends
Endlessly appealing, the Greek myths are some of the best-known stories ever told. This new collection, Myths, Monsters and Mayhem in Ancient Greece, is told in comic book form, making an attractive and accessible introduction to this world of magic and monsters. The bo...
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Between Sea and Sky
Name: Nathan Cox
01 August 2021;Genre: Environment & Nature
Between Sea and Sky by Nicola Penfold is a fantastic adventure story. I knew this would be a brilliant read after the success of Where the World Turns Wild and I was not disappointed. The story is set in the near future following several environmental disasters which ha...
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Rapping Princess
Name: Amanda Shipton
01 August 2021;Genre: Picture Books
Have you ever felt like you cannot do something that everyone else can do? This is exactly how Princess Shiloh feels. The one thing that she wants to be able to do more than anything else is to sing. This wonderful rhyming story follows Shiloh's journey in self discovery. Different can be spec...
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Name: Jacqueline Harris
01 August 2021;Genre: Adventure
Tin, Padraig Kenny's first book for children, ranks as one of my all-time favourites, so with each subsequent book by him I've been on tenterhooks to see if I like it as much. He does not disappoint with this one.Brother and sister Tom and Jem stumble across a strange house in the...
