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Amber Under Cover
Name: Jenny Caddick
03 February 2021;Genre: Mystery & Detective
Amber Under Cover is an exciting, engaging super sleuthing spy adventure! Teenage Amber is already reeling from the 'trauma' of finding out she is going to be a big sister after 14 years as an only child when this becomes the very least of her problems... A victory in...
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Emmy Levels Up
Name: Jenny Caddick
03 February 2021;Genre: Bullying
Emmy Levels Up is a brilliantly styled story focusing on bullying , friendship, fitting in and finding your own personal power . The story is updated for the digital age of gaming and feels fresh, relevant and very relatable with; it's almost dual narrative on characters' onli...
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Name: Jessica Bunney
02 February 2021;Genre: Non Fiction
Meet the Oceans was an absolute 'must have' picture book after the joys of 'Meet the Planets' and it certainly excelled itself - it is equally as memorable and striking! Caryl Hart has so cleverly written this book as a non-fiction book in a narrative, characterful style, subt...
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Name: Eileen Armstrong
02 February 2021;Genre: Representation & Inclusion
2020 will be remembered for many reasons - but especially because it was the year in which the urgent need for putting Black British history back in the curriculum was finally recognised, and the drive to make it both mainstream and mandatory gathered huge momentum as a result of the Black Lives...
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Agent Zaiba Investigates: The Poison Plot
Name: Noel Age 10
01 February 2021;Genre: Mystery & Detective
Agent Zaiba is a detective story based on a girl called Zaiba. Everything seems good at the summer fete until a mystery emerges at the baking competition. Will Zaiba, her best friend (Poppy) and her little brother (Ali) uncover who is the cupcake poisoner?
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Agent Zaiba Investigates: The Missing Diamonds
Name: Noel Age 10
31 January 2021;Genre: Mystery & Detective
Agent Zaiba is an amazing detective story about a girl called Zaiba who dreams of being the world's greatest detective. She runs into her first crime, with the help of her best friend (Poppy)and her little brother (Ali). Will they solve this mystery? I would rate it 5/5.
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Concrete Rose
Name: Dan Katz
30 January 2021;Genre: Real life
17 year old Maverick Carter is an average gang kid in late '90s America - happy to coast along, chilling with friends, playing video games and basketball and listening to Tupac. He’s also struggling at school, his gang lord father is in prison, and he is secretly selling drugs to help his moth...
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Dig! Dig! Dig!
Name: Judith Greenall
28 January 2021;Genre: Friends and family
Dig! Dig! Dig! This story of curiosity, determination and teamwork begins as Jake spins the globe on his windowsill and imagines what life may be like on the other side of the world from his rather grey and gloomy street. He is particularly interested to find out if people the...
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Name: Faith Age 10
28 January 2021;Genre: Historical Fiction
The book is about a boy called Covington who was washed up on an island and was saved by a lizard. What I like about this book is that Farthing, the lizard that saved his life, turns into a magnificent dragon. Farthing did many good deeds and it was nice that he turned into something beautiful...
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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...
