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Name: Jacqueline Harris
26 October 2020;Genre: Historical Fiction
Robin Scott -Elliot's first book The Tzar's Curious Runaways is an historical novel, and this is too, though set at an entirely different time and place. It is India in 1857 and the British rulers are at war with the Indian nationals. The entir...
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Name: Ruth Cornish
22 October 2020;Genre: Historical Fiction
The heartrending true story of a slave uprising in Jamaica, Cane Warriors brings horrifically to life the dreadful conditions enslaved people endured as they worked on the sugar plantations in the Caribbean. The writer, a regular visitor to Jamaica, used his travels to help re...
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Name: Ruth Cornish
21 October 2020;Genre: Bereavement
A hugely enjoyable YA debut from Richard Lambert. The Wolf Road is a story about Lucas, the central character and only survivor of a car accident which killed his parents, causing his life to change completely. It is extremely atmospheric with rich detail of the new home and c...
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Name: Sam Phillips
20 October 2020;Genre: Magical Realism
The Midnight Swan is the third book in Catherine Fisher's Clockwork Crow trilogy and, while this was a great, magical adventure as a 'standalone' read, I am sure that it would have been even better if I had read the first two Seren and Crow stories beforehand. I have no doubt that The Midnight...
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Name: Lucy Georgeson
20 October 2020;Genre: Representation & Inclusion
Boy, Everywhere charts the perilous journey from Damascus, Syria to Manchester for Sami and his family. 13-year-old Sami loves his friends, football, PlayStation and iPad. But a bombing in a shopping mall changes his life and Sami and his family flee their comfortable h...
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The History of African and Caribbean Communities in Britain
Name: Clare Wilkins
20 October 2020;Genre: Adventure
The History of African and Caribbean Communities in Britain by Hakim is an important and timely re-edition. Beginning with the earliest known Africans in Britain and moving onto the triangular trade and eventually World War Two and beyond, this book shows how and why African a...
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Name: Alison Kelly
15 October 2020;Genre: Poetry
The contents of Coral Rumble's Riding a Lion are usefully divided into themes. They are all great but my favourites lay in the 'Let Me Tell You a Story' section. Prefaced with Emily Ford's atmospheric illustration of a reader shining torch light on the book she is so intently...
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Name: Kyle Matravers
15 October 2020;Genre: Picture Books
The tag line for Once Upon a Penguin is 'Every book is an adventure' and this message is clear to see throughout this enjoyable and engaging story.Paco the penguin is the main character of the story. One day, Paco was doing what any other penguin would be doing...s...
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Name: Elen Green
15 October 2020;Genre: Representation & Inclusion
We are all now, sadly, familiar with the recent history of the 'Windrush generation' through headlines about the poor treatment the group has faced in recent years - but information about why this generation chose to come to the UK is often overlooked.The Story of the Windr...
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Name: Jane Gould
15 October 2020;Genre: Bullying
In The Night Bus Hero, we meet Hector who has been getting into trouble for as long as he can remember. He doesn't mind being in detention often, because that's when he comes up with his best ideas. Along with his two friends, Will and Katie, Hector is feared by all the pupils...
