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When We Got Lost In Dreamland
Name: Jo Clarke
08 January 2021;Genre: Science Fiction
Most children wish that their dreams could come true and that real life could be as exhilarating as the world that exists when we close our eyes. In When We Got Lost In Dreamland, when Malky comes across a device that enables him to take control of his dreams and to meet up on...
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Name: Jacqueline Harris
07 January 2021;Genre: Historical Fiction
Jimmy and his little brother Ronnie are evacuated from London to a Welsh mining town Llanbryn. It is a very different place from their home, with mountains and coal mines and a tightly knit community. Jimmy is wary of everything and determined not to like it as it would seem like a betrayal of...
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Name: Joanna Hewish
07 January 2021;Genre: Romance & Relationships
An intriguing title with a bright cover that immediately grabs your attention. A good humoured, light-hearted story that will immediately appeal to an array of teenagers.The Humiliations of Welton Blake tells the story of Welton, a typical teenage boy who has a run of bad luck. Wel...
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Name: Kyle Matravers
07 January 2021;Genre: Biographies & Autobiographies
Football Superstars is a new series of biographies about the superstars from the world of football. Created by the duo of Simon Mugford and Dan Green, these texts are the perfect addition to any young football fan's library.Despite being over 100 pages in length, the texts are easi...
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Name: Jenny Caddick
07 January 2021;Genre: Environment & Nature
A fun, fresh and very relevant new illustrated fiction book for young readers that contains big issues. Hope Jones is a 10 year old girl - part of a young generation determined to use their voices to change the world. In this second of the Hope Jones books, Hope is turning vegetarian an...
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Name: Lizi Backhouse
07 January 2021;Genre: Picture Books
Mum is bored of 'beige', she looks in the fridge and all she sees is beige! So off to the supermarket they go with a different colour challenge everyday - red foods, yellow foods, purple... which three will they choose?Written by Claire Potter, this is an absolutely brilliant book...
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Name: Elen Green
07 January 2021;Genre: Early Skills
What a joyful approach to counting, I can see fun-loving youngsters really enjoying this journey on the 'Numbers Train'! In this space-themed counting book, children board the train and shoot off along its tracks into space, where they find one sun, two rockets, three planets and so on.<...
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The Worrying Worries
Name: Susan Wilsher
07 January 2021;Genre: Mental Health & Wellbeing
When a little child finds a worry, they decide to keep it as a pet and take it everywhere with them. Soon, the worry starts to take over their life, making it hard for them to do anything that they normally enjoy. Feeding on fears, the worry grows to such an extent that the child knows they ca...
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Name: Beverley Somerset
07 January 2021;Genre: Supernatural
16-year- old Niamh Hughes has come to London from Ireland to attend a drama course. She is looking forward to a fun filled summer of freedom, but things take a terrifying turn when she discovers the murdered body of another student in her hall of residence. Niamh soon realises that other girls...
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Name: Clair Bossons
07 January 2021;Genre: Dystopian
If you are looking for a book that will grip you, look no further. The Boy I Am is pulling no punches. The traditional gender roles have been reversed and Jude is running out of time to impress at the auction of boys to the female elite. If he is not chosen this time around then he can expect...
