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The Dragon with the Blazing Bottom
Name: Elen Green
01 September 2021;Genre: Funny Stories
The Dragon with the Blazing Bottom is a funny, fast-paced rhyming picture book that will have young children giggling at the hapless dragon's inability to breath fire - before producing flames from an unexpected source, his bottom! And what child doesn't enjoy stories about bo...
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The Night the Moon Went Out
Name: Samantha Phillips
01 September 2021;Genre: Representation & Inclusion
This is an absolutely lovely read, ideal for a young reader who still lacks the confidence to 'go-it-alone' with their book selection. The Night the Moon Went Out by Samantha Baines is a colour banded (Dark Blue) chapter book by Bloomsbury Education. Aimed at Year 5 expected l...
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Savage Island
Name: Emelia Helliwell
01 September 2021;Genre: Horror
Set in the UK, a group of friends are looking for an adventure before going off to university and happen to have one fall right into their laps. Is this a coincidence? This one even came with the chance to win a life changing sum of money. How could they not try? In Savage Islan...
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I Know You Did It
Name: Stephen Leitch
01 September 2021;Genre: Suspense & Thrillers
Murder, secrets, school, friendship and lies all come together in this gripping page turning novel by Sue Wellman. For 17-year-old Ruby, starting a new school should be the fresh start she needs for focus on her exam year and leave the past behind her. But when she finds a note stuck to her lo...
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Perfectly Preventable Deaths
Name: Linda Brown
01 September 2021;Genre: Suspense & Thrillers
Perfectly Preventable Deaths is a slow paced but totally engaging book. It has got it all; relatable main characters, witchcraft, mystery, suspense with a dash of romance. The author clearly knows her craft as she is fantastic at building an atmosphere that compels the reader...
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I Can Be A Dog Detective
Name: Lauren Maidman
01 September 2021;Genre: Picture Books
I can be a Dog Detective is a picture book for children to teach them about dog behaviours and learn about dogs. The story is about a boy called Jack who meets lots of different dogs to learn about their different behaviours. He meets a range of different dogs - breeds and siz...
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The Raven Heir
Name: Andrew Mullen
31 August 2021;Genre: Fantasy
The Raven Heir is a wonderful opening book to what I hope will be a popular series amongst MG readers. Cordelia and her triplet siblings live in a castle with their mother and older brother, in the middle of a forest protected by the spells their mother has woven around it. Th...
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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...
