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Name: Maria Faithorn
11 October 2020;Genre: Environment & Nature
Although it mentions Christmas in the title, this is not a typical commercially-driven Christmas story with the usual 'Christmassy' themed tale. This is, however, a truly beautiful book. The story and pictures are so poignant and Michael Morpurgo has delivered the message within the story in a cr...
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Name: Alice Fanning
11 October 2020;Genre: Historical Fiction
Another Twist in the Tale is a sequel of sorts to Oliver Twist, following the exploits of his twin sister Twill, who was abandoned by Mr Bumble as a newborn. This is a fast paced, witty historical adventure with a good sense of place - you can almost smell the grimy backstreet...
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Name: Jane Rew
11 October 2020;Genre: Magical Realism
The Midnight Howl, even better than the first, this second in the series allows readers the chance to re-enter the magical and often scary world of Victorian London, a world which is always stuck at midnight and is inhabited by an array of strange and/or scary characters. I th...
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Name: Jo Clarke
10 October 2020;Genre: Friends and family
When Life Gives You Mangoes is a multi-layered story with intrigue, warmth and surprise. It follows the life of 12-year-old Clara in her small village on an island 'where nothing ever happens'. We soon learn that Clara is kind but feisty, fun but troubled, daring but held back...
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Name: Donna Burkert
10 October 2020;Genre: Fantasy
In Victoria Stitch: Bad and Glittering, two sisters are born of a royal diamond, a diamond that develops a flaw. What are the authorities to do? For Victoria Stitch and Celestine, this tiniest of impurities has stripped them of their claim to the throne. No longer deemed the r...
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Name: Nikki Stiles
08 October 2020;Genre: LBGTQ+
Elvi has two mums, two mums she adores just the same. Nicholas wants to know which is her 'real' mum. 'They're both my real mums' Elvi explains. And when Nicholas still protests to know which one, the 'real' one, the one that had Elvi in her tummy, Elvi helps in giving him lots of humorous clu...
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Name: Bryony Davies
07 October 2020;Genre: Fantasy
A Clock of Stars: The Shadow Moth is by debut author Francesca Gibbons. The first in a planned triology, this book is a magical fantasy adventure full of heart, hope and humour.We are introduced to Imogen and her younger sister, Marie. Their mum has a new boyfriend...
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Name: Janet Fisher
06 October 2020;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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A Clock of Stars: The Shadow Moth
Name: Rhiannon Cook
05 October 2020;Genre: Fantasy
A Narnia for the modern age, A Clock of Stars is a magical adventure following two sisters that don't always get along. Imogen and Marie find themselves in a fantasy world after following a mysterious moth through a door in a tree but once on the other side, the door disappears and they are tr...
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Name: Jacqueline Harris
05 October 2020;Genre: Friends and family
Clara lives in Sycamore, a village where nothing much happens. She loves eating mangoes and playing with her best friend Gaynah. The only dark cloud in her life is that she cannot remember what happened last summer.One day a new girl, Rudy, arrives from England with her mother. Cla...
