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Name: Jacqueline Harris
08 July 2021;Genre: Environment & Nature
Elsie has to stay with her Great Uncle John, who lived in India when he was younger. He talks about the terrible thing he regrets doing when he was still a child. Elsie is catapulted back through time to India in the 1940s; can she put that mistake right? Or is it wrong to try and change time?...
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Run Like a Girl
Name: Louisa Farrow
07 July 2021;Genre: Personal Growth
Across the world, there are female athletes hurdling barriers, breaking records and notching up phenomenal personal achievements. Run Like a Girl is a celebration of these women through 50 biographical stories that explore what it took for them to reach the top of their sports...
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Kitty Quest
Name: Nicola Mansfield Niemi
06 July 2021;Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
Kitty Quest is truly laugh out loud funny; it follows the story of Woolfrik and Perigold on their quest to rid their town of Meowminster of monsters. This graphic novel is ideal for the more reluctant readers in KS2 and hasn’t been on the shelf since I bought it into school. T...
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Edie and the Box of Flits
Name: Jennifer Caddick
01 July 2021;Genre: Magical Realism
I absolutely fell in love with this modern but classic feeling magical, fantastical adventure. 11 year old Edie Winter helps out with Dad's job at the London Underground's Lost Property Office. Of all the random things she finds, she never expected it to be a curious wooden box containing a mi...
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There is No Big Bad Wolf in This Story
Name: Maria Aldred
01 July 2021;Genre: Picture Books
This front cover entices you in by the familiar characters who all look slightly flummoxed and perhaps a little grumpy so the children in my class were eager to find out more and why there is no big bad wolf in this story! There is No Big Bad Wolf in This Story begins w...
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SkyWake: Invasion
Name: Stephen Leitch
01 July 2021;Genre: Adventure
Ever wondered what it would be like to be inside your favourite computer game? In SkyWake Invasion - the new sci-fi adventure novel from Jamie Russell - the worlds of the gamer and game are about to become uncomfortably close! It's just an ordinary day for teenage gamer Casey and her yo...
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You're So Dead
Name: Clair Bossons
01 July 2021;Genre: Suspense & Thrillers
This book with its eye catching cover already has students talking about it. They loved the concept of influencers being lured to an uninhabited island to be picked off and murdered one by one. The main character, Plum Winter, intercepts an invite to an exclusive, high-end festival for...
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The Cat and the Rat and the Hat
Name: Maria Faithorn
01 July 2021;Genre: Picture Books
This is the perfect new addition to any young child’s bookcase or classroom reading area. It had a room of 30 children in stitches... as well as the adults! This story not only supports a focus on rhyme and phonics, but of comprehension too. It is very cleverly written with these focuses in mi...
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Howard the Average Gecko
Name: Maria Faithorn
01 July 2021;Genre: Animals
Howard the Average Gecko is an engaging story with beautiful illustrations that all young children can relate to as they learn to develop their social and emotional understanding. Howard believes he is the only creature in the rainforest that can camouflage. Because of this un...
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My Big Mouth
Name: Jennifer Caddick
01 July 2021;Genre: Friends and family
The funny and poignant story is about 10 year old Jay, trying to deal with the emotional turmoil created by the unexpected and unexplained event of his dad leaving the family home. Jay is confused and feeling helpless and abandoned when (on making up an excuse for not doing his homework) it se...
