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Do Something for Someone Else
Name: Samantha Hughes
27 June 2021;Genre: Personal Growth
In a few words the foreword to this book sets the scene for this inspirational non-fiction picture book. Do Something for Someone Else showcases incredible projects undertaken by young activists from around the world, who recognised an injustice and did what they could to impr...
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The Wide, Wide Sea
Name: Maria Faithorn
26 June 2021;Genre: Environment & Nature
The Wide, Wide Sea is an inspirational story about the beach environment, habitat and pollution. A child is taken to the beach where they discover gifts from the sea - limpets, driftwood, whelks. When they spot a seal in the sea, the child realises they are standing on his hom...
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World-whizzing Facts: Awesome Earth Questions Answered
Name: Sharon Porter
24 June 2021;Genre: Environment & Nature
'When my teacher gave me this book to read I knew she had given me it for a reason. When I flicked through the pages my first thought was, I'll never get through all this, but how wrong I was. I loved the fact that the book is full of weird and wonderful answers to random questions. My favouri...
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The Outrage
Name: Eileen Armstrong
23 June 2021;Genre: LBGTQ+
A book billed as 'The Handmaid’s Tale for LGBTQ+ YA' was never going to be a comfortable read but nothing can quite prepare the reader for the harsh and shocking reality of The Outrage. The very best speculative fiction works because it creates a world we believe to...
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The Yearbook
Name: Maddie Age 14
22 June 2021;Genre: Bullying
Paige tries to live her life under the radar; unnoticed by anyone at school, at home and at the one club she attends. Her best - and only - friend is her Alexa, and she only comes out of her shell one afternoon a week at her Aunt Polly's house. At home, Paige is shoved aside and labelled a nui...
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You're The One That I Want
Name: Dan Katz
21 June 2021;Genre: Romance & Relationships
Freddie is an average, unremarkable, fall-between-the cracks kind of guy. As he enters sixth form, his classmates and teachers of five years barely know who he is, he is a constant disappointment to his TV producer mother, and his nervous awkwardness leaves him feeling completely undateable (n...
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Happy Girl Lucky
Name: Linda Brown
20 June 2021;Genre: Adventure
Happy Girl Lucky is the first book in the Valentines trilogy, and what a great read it is. Hope is 15 and the youngest daughter of a very famous film star mom and film director dad. Her life, however, is not as you would expect... She is not allowed to go to any celebrity functions, 'she's far...
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Mammoth
Name: Amanda Shipton
20 June 2021;Genre: Friends and family
When an ice age mammoth finds himself in a modern city, he's not sure what to make of this huge gleaming 'forest'. Strange birds in the sky, strange beetles on the ground and strange, shouty cavemen. This is a humorous yet touching story about finding your herd and a place to be yoursel...
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Protest
Name: Jane Rew
20 June 2021;Genre: Representation & Inclusion
I like the colour scheme: shades of fluorescent orange and monotone. I like the bold design: the use of placards for headings, the inclusion of a Contents page, Introduction, Note to Reader, and concluding Thanks. I like the humour, evident in the choice of examples covered and in the illustra...
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Kate on the Case
Name: Lucy Newton
18 June 2021;Genre: Mystery & Detective
Kate on the Case starts with some lovely pictures to introduce the characters, as well as pictures of different carriages in the train. I think this is a great idea to help young readers who are just starting to read chapter books as it gives them a helping hand in imagining w...
