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The Lost Soul Atlas
Name: Lucy Georgeson
23 July 2020;Genre: Social Issues
A boy awakens in the Afterlife, with a pocketful of vague memories, a key, a raven, and a mysterious atlas to guide him as he sets out to piece together what happened, and try to find his way home...Twig is alone as a newly-made street kid after his dad goes missing. But when he me...
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44 Tiny Secrets
Name: Lauren Maidman
23 July 2020;Genre: Family & Home
Betsy Bow-Linnet is the daughter of famous concert pianists Bella and Bertrum Bow-Linnet. Her grandfather, too, is a concert pianist, however Betsy is not. No matter how hard she tries she just can't get the hang of it. After hearing her mother call her 'a disappointment', Betsy is determined...
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The Unadoptables: Five fantastic children on the adventure of a lifetime
Name: Janet Fisher
23 July 2020;Genre: Adventure
The Unadoptables is a truly magical story of orphans, adventure, and of longing for something that seems so out of reach; belonging to a family. The Little Tulip Orphanage in 1880 Amsterdam is, as you would expect in a story about orphans, cold, miserable and run by a truly ho...
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The Fowl Twins (Paperback)
Name: Carol Carter
23 July 2020;Genre: Magical Realism
The Fowl Twins is the 'first book of the second cycle of Fowl Adventures', meaning we are back in the world of Artemis Fowl, Eoin Colfer's long-running MG series about a child criminal genius and his adventures with the fairy realm, but this new series focuses on the exploits...
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Far From Perfect
Name: Jess Locke
23 July 2020;Genre: Friends and family
Far From Perfect, he second book in the Valentines series from Holly Smale, follows Faith, the 16 year old beautiful Valentine sister.Faith appears on the surface to have it all, looks, fame, a famous rock star boyfriend and a glittering future ahead of her. Yet al...
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Urban Forest School: Outdoor adventures and skills for city kids
Name: Nicky Stiles
21 July 2020;Genre: Environment & Nature
Urban Forest School, published by the Guild of Master Craftsman Publications, is a great non-fiction text resource for teachers and school staff as well as parents, especially during this difficult time when we are all doing our best to home school and keep little ones enterta...
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Good Girls Die First
Name: Linda Brown
20 July 2020;Genre: Horror
Secrets, an abandoned carnival island and a group of teenagers, mixed with serious mind games and murder. I couldn't wait to delve into the pages of this supernatural suspense thriller/horror...16-year-old Ava receives an anonymous invitation to Portgrave Pier along with nine other...
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The Ship of Shadows
Name: Beverley Somerset
16 July 2020;Genre: Adventure
Pirates of the Caribbean meets Indiana Jones in this rollicking tale of adventure! Aleja lives in Seville with her father, grandmother and two brothers, helping to run the family taverna. She spends her free time reading about explorers and dreams of following in their footsteps, especially th...
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Far From Perfect
Name: Elen Green
13 July 2020;Genre: Friends and family
Far From Perfect is the second book in The Valentines series about a family of actors - the Valentines - whose lives are constantly under the spotlight of a voracious press. Each book in the series by Geek Girl author Holly Smale tells the story of one of the...
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My First Book of the Cosmos
Name: Jenny Caddick
11 July 2020;Genre: Non Fiction
A mind expanding and utterly fascinating book, My First Book of the Cosmos takes the reader beyond space into the entire universe in a brilliantly accessible way. A perfect book for adults and children to explore together as information and facts astound you. The book h...
