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The Climbers
Name: Joanna Hewish
31 July 2021;Genre: Personal Growth
An original story about finding your place in the world and the struggles many teenagers feel to fit in. The Climbers will really appeal to young readers, particularly boys. The title and book cover alone suggest this book is about climbing trees which immediately makes it app...
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The Secret Detectives
Name: Lucy Age 11
31 July 2021;Genre: Mystery & Detective
This book is about a girl called Isobel Petty. Isobel sees a terrible act! Somebody was thrown off the ship! But the captain didn't believe her so Isobel and her reluctant friends decide to investigate. I recommend this book for people who like mystery/investigation books. I rate this book 3/5...
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The Secret Detectives
Name: Josh Age 11
31 July 2021;Genre: Mystery & Detective
I liked it a lot but it was a challenge to figure out who committed the crime! I actually thought it was every person except for the actual criminal! Anyone who likes murder and detective books needs to read this book.
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This Poison Heart
Name: Eileen Armstrong
31 July 2021;Genre: Representation & Inclusion
Briseis Greene, an adopted Brooklyn teenager with a unique and uncanny ability to control plants, can make seeds grow and flowers blossom just with a touch. But being this green-fingered is both a blessing and a curse; useful for generating income to keep her adopted parents' flower shop afloa...
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You Are a Champion
Name: Jennifer Caddick
31 July 2021;Genre: Personal Growth
You Are A Champion: How to be the best you can be is a totally engaging, fabulous inspirational self help guide and support from one of the country's most famous young footballlers, Marcus Rashford. Rashford is a true role model for today's youth as he continue to use his voic...
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The Royal Rebel
Name: Jennifer Caddick
31 July 2021;Genre: Biographies & Autobiographies
The Royal Rebel is the amazing, intriguing and true history of Princess Sophia Duleep Singh - a daughter of the last Sikh ruler of Punjab and also a god daughter of Queen Victoria - and the her story that led her to becoming part of the suffragette movement in England in the e...
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Exploding Beetles & Inflatable Fish: A World of Animal Weirdness
Name: Megan Webb
31 July 2021;Genre: Non Fiction
Exploding Beetles & Inflatable Fish is an intriguing fact book written by Sam Quigley, who has an interest in all things surprising and disgusting. This book looks at the weird world of animals, ranging from the deep-sea fish called the blobfish, which was voted the world'...
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Wild Child: A Journey Through Nature
Name: Donna Burkert
31 July 2021;Genre: Environment & Nature
Wild Child: A Journey Through Nature is a beautiful mix of storytelling, poetry, science, craft and nature, all gloriously illustrated by Barry Falls. Dara opens the young readers eyes to what it is to be curious and how wonderful the world around us is. He takes us on a walk...
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Big Green Crocodile, Rhymes to Say and Play
Name: Alison Kelly
31 July 2021;Genre: Poetry
A cheerful big green crocodile - laden with equally cheerful children - snakes its across the welcoming front cover of Jane Newberry and Caroline Rabei's compilation of action rhymes. There are 16 lovely action rhymes here brilliantly illustrated by Rabei. After the privations of lockdo...
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The Ship of Shadows
Name: Carol Carter
30 July 2021;Genre: Adventure
Ajela is hungry for adventure. While life at home is Seville, helping in the family taverna and trying to escape from her loving family's ladylike expectations of her, the city can provide some excitement, such as sneaking out at night and clambering of the city's rooftops. But really Ajela is...
