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Name: Donna Burkert
01 April 2021;

Genre: Mystery & Detective

Amber Roberts: a typical schoolgirl whose life is turned upside down in more ways than one. Fearing that her parents are about to divorce, Amber is shocked to find that it is something altogether more worrying that they have been whispering about for weeks; it seems her life will never be the...

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Name: Kelly Buxton
01 April 2021;

Genre: Historical Fiction

Skin Taker by Michelle Paver is the latest in the Chronicles of Ancient Darkness series, which follows Torak, a spirit Walker, Renn, his mate and Wolf, his trusty companion, as their livelihood is threatened by an unnatural force in this tense, new wild adventure. Journ...

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Name: Beverley Somerset
01 April 2021;

Genre: Mystery & Detective

When pizza delivery boy and would-be detective Colin Kingsley meets Princess in the local kebab shop, he has no idea of the adventure ahead of him! He becomes a member of the Golden Spatula League (GSL), a detective agency that only recruits children. Each child has a special talent and Colin...

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Name: Donna Burkert
01 April 2021;

Genre: Bullying

When Emmy is playing the part of Emmentine in the online game: Illusory Isles, nobody can defeat her. She is master of her game. She is queen of combat. She is a celebrity. The video of her greatest defeat against The Mulch Queen is legendary in the Illusory Isles world. Nothing can burst her...

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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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