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The Boys
Name: Wendy Kelly
10 September 2021;Genre: Friends and family
The Boys is a very unusual book by the same authors as the prize-winning story The Girls. A group of boys who have known each other since birth and who were always best friends find themselves growing apart as they grow into their teenage years. They realise that the distance...
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My Big Fantastic Family
Name: Wendy Kelly
09 September 2021;Genre: Family & Home
My Big Fantastic Family is an absolutely marvellous book that every school should have in their toolkit! It tells the story of Lily-May, whose parents separate. Lily relates all the positives that have come from this such as mum having more time to play and read with her, two...
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Yapping Away: Poems to Fill the World with Laughter
Name: Sue Wilsher
08 September 2021;Genre: Poetry
Joshua Seigal is well known for his humorous and inspiring poems and this new collection, Yapping Away, is every bit as wonderful as his other books. Full of excellent poems, it is perfect for sharing at home or school or for curling up with on your own. The poems are playful,...
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Torn Apart - the Partition of India
Name: Jennifer Caddick
07 September 2021;Genre: Historical Fiction
Torn Apart - the Partition of India is a powerful and absorbing dual narrative story focusing on the fates of two young boys - one a wealthy Muslim and the other a poor Hindu street orphan - brought together by the horrendous violence, fear and division created by the 1947 par...
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A Winter Treasury of Recipes, Crafts and Wisdom
Name: Lucy Newton
07 September 2021;Genre: Non Fiction
Little Country Cottage: A Winter Treasury of Recipes, Crafts and Wisdom is a lovely book to delve into the delights of winter with! This book sets the wintery scene for its reader with information about life in this typically cold season. It starts with an introduction to the...
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The Ash House
Name: Jacqueline Harris
06 September 2021;Genre: Friends and family
There is a new boy at Ash House. He cannot remember his name, so he is given one, Solitude or Sol for short. He knows he is there because Ash House might cure him, but when he arrives, he discovers there are no adults and the children are looking after themselves. The children are ruled by the...
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The Raven Heir
Name: Nicki Cleveland
05 September 2021;Genre: Fantasy
Safe in the forest, Cordelia, Giles and Rosalind are shielded from the fighting that has ravaged the kingdom of Corvenne for generations. When two Dukes bring the war to their door, they are forced to flee before the crown can be placed upon one of them. With their mother captured and destiny...
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The Haunting of Aveline Jones
Name: Jacqueline Harris
04 September 2021;Genre: Supernatural
Aveline Jones gets sent to stay with her aunt in the Cornish town of Malmouth. Aveline loves ghost stories, so the first thing she does is visit the local bookshop and buys a book of ghost stories. But something strange is happening. The book belonged to a girl who disappeared more than 30 yea...
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Don't Doubt the Rainbow - The Five Clues
Name: Shirley Munn
04 September 2021;Genre: Mystery & Detective
Murder, mystery, clues to solve, and a brilliant courageous character, what more could you want in a book? In The Five Clues, Edie finds a note, left by her Mum to her, which leads Edie to question her Mum's death. It's the first of five clues her Mother has left her to...
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Defy The Night
Name: Linda Brown
04 September 2021;Genre: Fantasy
This wonderful YA author has done it once again in creating a realistic fantasy world with likeable characters. She has given the reader an action packed adventure that contains a star crossed romance and a corrupt kingdom. Defy The Night is full of tension that is born...
