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All Better Now
Name: Sam
07 March 2025;Genre: Suspense & Thrillers
In All Better Now, a virus is spreading, but this one is different: first there's a fever, and then utter contentment. Those that survive the Crown Royale virus find the stress, depression, greed, and other negative feelings that used to weigh them down are gone. This all soun...
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Mr Norton's New Hat
Name: Jennifer Bevan
07 March 2025;Genre: Funny Stories
What a surprisingly charming book! 'A silly, jolly book' said my eight-year-old. A book my Year 1 children (ages five and six) wanted to read many times. Mr Norton's New Hat is a book corner and end-of-the-day favourite. Horace Norton wakes up on Monday...
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The Secret Life of Bugs, Bees & Trees
Name: Sue Wilsher
07 March 2025;Genre: Environment & Nature
The Secret Life of Bugs, Bees and Trees combines three previous books, The Secret Life of Bugs, The Secret Life of Bees and The Secret Life of Trees, in one attractive volume. Buzzwing the bee, Luna the ladybird and Oakheart the oak tree share lots of information about...
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Deep Dark (Volume 1) (A Cassia Thorne Mystery)
Name: Sue Wilsher
07 March 2025;Genre: Adventure
Cassia Thorne lives in the Fleet with her father, who is in prison for debt. She does what she can to support them by selling ballads in the streets and giving music lessons. When the younger brother of her friend goes missing, Cassia is determined to find him and with the hel...
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Recycling Day: What Happens to the Things We Throw Away
Name: Sue Wilsher
06 March 2025;Genre: Environment & Nature
It's bin day at Misha's house and there always seems to be plenty of things which need to be thrown away. In this highly illustrated, colourful book, readers discover what happens to all the thrown-away things people put into their bins - and the things which have to be dispos...
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Vanya and the Wild Hunt
Name: Louisa Farrow
06 March 2025;Genre: Fantasy
In Vanya and the Wild Hunt, fantastical creatures and frightening figures from Indian mythology and European folklore inhabit a vibrant fantasy world, spreading out around a single safe haven: a magical library of talking books hidden in the mountains of India. Taking c...
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Vanya and the Wild Hunt
Name: Jacqueline Harris
03 March 2025;Genre: Fantasy
One day Vanya's family is attacked by a terrifying monster. When she fights it off, her parents are forced to tell her about a magical world she knew nothing about. Vanya travels to the enchanted school in Auramere and learns about this world and the dangerous creatures that are trying to dest...
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Rebel Heart
Name: Sue Wilsher
03 March 2025;Genre: Historical Fiction
In 1645, England is a country torn by war, with families and friends divided as they fight either on the side of the King or Parliament. While Merriweather Price's father is away fighting for King Charles I, her home, Compton Blaize, is besieged by Cromwell's men. Fearful that her step-mother...
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The Appletree Animal Agency
Name: Sue Wilsher
03 March 2025;Genre: Animals
Wishing on a shooting star for the puppy she desperately wants, Mattie knows it won't happen as her Dad just doesn't believe she is responsible enough yet to properly look after one. However, when she and her friend, Zoe, find a tiny, scruffy puppy in need of help, she rises to the challenge a...
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Solving Crimes Is NOT My Superpower
Name: Beverley Somerset
03 March 2025;Genre: Funny Stories
When Valkro Strapp leaves a mysterious treasure in the town of Walsham, the inhabitants all develop special powers - except for 10-year-old Sara. She longs to be like everyone else, but her superpower has never manifested itself. Can solving the mystery of the missing football trophy - and the...
