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Name: Stephen Leitch
01 April 2021;

Genre: Dystopian

The Outlaws Scarlett & Browne is the latest romp of an adventure from Jonathan Stroud, author of Lockwood & Co and the Bartimaeus series of books. Set in a future Britain after The Great Cataclysm has altered the environment and landscape, where towns have a decidedly...

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Name: Lauren Maidman
01 April 2021;

Sometimes, A Book of Feelings is the perfect guide for small children on experiencing and learning about their feelings. The story is written as poem and goes through a range of different feelings for a brother and sister on days out at the beach or in the garden. Each image b...

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Name: Lauren Maidman
01 April 2021;

Genre: Early Readers & Young Fiction

Jasper and Scruff are the unlikely friendship between cat and dog, one clean and one rather dirty! Take a Bow is the new adventure from Jasper and Scruff and their friends. A talent show is coming to Snootington Town Hall and the whole town is attending to see if they c...

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Name: Jacqueline Harris
01 April 2021;

Genre: Magical Realism

Alfie and his family move to the village of Folding Ford where the weather is completely crazy. Ice in the middle of summer, rain over just one house and temperatures and tempers going crazy. Alfie and his new friend Sam start to investigate and Alfie unwittingly lets loose a strange creature...

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Name: Janet Fisher
01 April 2021;

Genre: Friends and family

This author goes from strength to strength. Each of her books, starting with The Girl of Ink and Stars in 2016, is different and quite unique. A Secret of Birds and Bone tells of the children of Renata, a bone binder living just outside Siena in an undefined period. Renata app...

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Name: Donna Ritchie
01 April 2021;

Genre: Friends and family

If you like boats - you'll love this! If you like adventures - you'll love this! If you like a story about finding your true self - you'll love this! Starboard is a story set around 11-year-old reality TV star, Kirsten. Her show is focused on finding a girlfriend for he...

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Name: Noel Age 10
01 April 2021;

Genre: Mystery & Detective

Agent Zaiba The Haunted House is an amazing detective story about a girl called Zaiba and her friends (Poppy, Olivia and Flora) and her little brother Ali. Will they solve the mystery of the haunted house?

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Name: Amanda Shipton
01 April 2021;

Genre: Non Fiction

Become a minibeast explorer with this fantastic guide for children. This beautifully illustrated book features detailed information about 60 minibeasts. This is a carefully designed book contains all of the features of a high quality non fiction book. It has clearly labelled diagrams, minibeas...

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Name: Marie Berry
01 April 2021;

Genre: Animals

Howard the average gecko is a well illustrated book for children. It centres around Howard, a rather boastful gecko who struts his stuff around the forest boasting how wonderful he is. Howard believes he is the king of camouflage and drives the other animals crazy telling them all. However, th...

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Name: Jenny Caddick
01 April 2021;

Genre: Mystery & Detective

I love the Agent Zaiba books ; such a great, modern and fun detective series in a really accessible form for younger readers who want a bit of drama and peril in their stories. Zaiba is a likeable, confident , keen super sleuthing schoolgirl - the youngest and possibly most enthusiastic member...

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