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Name: Donna Burkert
24 January 2021;Genre: Friends and family
Luna Rae knows that something is different. It's not just their new house on the new estate, or the sofa still wrapped in its cellophane wrapper. It's not just the new school, or the girl on her table who is mean. It's not just her dad acting strangely and leaving her to look after her little...
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Name: Lucy Georgeson
22 January 2021;Genre: Romance & Relationships
A funny and life-affirming take on all the big stuff you experience through puberty: love, sex, death, family, intergenerational friendships, heartbreak, kittens and kisses that turn the whole world upside down.Love is for Losers is six months in the life of Year 11 Phoebe, self-pr...
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Name: David Age 9
21 January 2021;Genre: Myths & Legends
It is about a boy called Whetstone who joins a group of thieves. He wants a magic cup to help him earn fame but he has to steal it! While retrieving the cup, he gets knocked out. He meets a Valkyrie who helps him. Review I would rate this book 5/5 because it's one of those come...
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Name: Caoimhe Age 9
21 January 2021;Genre: Myths & Legends
A Viking Adventure Review I would rate this book 4.5/5 because it is adventurous and different to other books. I would recommend this book to my friends because I feel like they would like it. My favourite part was when Flee and Flay got in trouble at the end and my favourite c...
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Name: Hermon Age 9
21 January 2021;Genre: Myths & Legends
A Viking and a Valkyrie Review I love this book. I would give it five stars. Whetstone and a trainee Valkyrie called Lotta go on a quest to get the golden cup. It is a Viking book that I really enjoyed. I would recommend it for How to Train your Dragon lovers.
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Name: Noel Age 9
21 January 2021;Genre: Myths & Legends
Viking Mythology Review This book is an amazing book about Vikings, Gods and lots more. It is about a boy called Whetstone and a companion (a trainee Valkyrie called Lotta). They embark on an adventure through different worlds. I would recommend this to people age 8 or over, wh...
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Name: Jenny Caddick
21 January 2021;Genre: Science Fiction
Jake's dad is embarrassing. VERY embarrassing (like the time he mysteriously turned green!), but upstaging Jake's gymnastics display dressed as Darth Vader has pushed Jake to the limit. Jake wants a divorce...Urgent family action is needed and dad whisks Jake off to a 'dads and kid...
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Name: Alison Kelly
21 January 2021;Genre: Poetry
This is another beautiful compilation from Otter-Barry who have assembled a dream team in the form of poet, Valerie Bloom and illustrator, Ken Wilson-Max. Stars With Flaming Tails takes its title from a line in the last verse of the last poem in the collection, 'The Colours of...
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The Nervous Knight
Name: Jemma Jeffrey
21 January 2021;Genre: Mental Health & Wellbeing
The Nervous Night is a story about fear and overcoming worries, written by Anthony Lloyd Jones. A gender-neutral knight lives in a peaceful kingdom but is never seen without their armour on, never ever. For who knows what could happen if they unveil their true self? With support from friends,...
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Name: Jennifer Caddick
21 January 2021;Genre: Friends and family
11 year old Sam is a sensitive and disillusioned foster child who has been in temporary home after home for most of his life. He longs for his 'forever' family; a proper home and not just a house he happens to live in for a while. He longs for a hug from someone who loves him (and a trip to Di...
