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Fantastically Great Women Who Made History
Name: Lucy Newton
17 February 2019;Genre: Biographies & Autobiographies
Fantastically Great Women Who Made History opens by showing the journey of the woman who are featured, explaining how they have all made history as well as challenging the reader to think about how they are going to make history themselves. This is an inspirational book...
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Fantastically Great Women Who Changed the World
Name: Lucy Newton
17 February 2019;Genre: Biographies & Autobiographies
Fantastically Great Women Who Changed the World is brimming with inspirational stories of women who changed the world because of what they dreamed of and believed in. It covers many different women who are famous for many different things including the brilliant writing of Jan...
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The Truth about Martians
Name: Salliann Coleman
16 February 2019;Genre: Adventure
This book is set in 1947 in New Mexico and relates to the Roswell UFO incident; there are references throughout the book to specific aspects of the times, for example listening to Superman on the radio and reading about Martians in comics. Some of these may require explanation to the modern-day...
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Captain Cat and the Treasure Map
Name: Sam Phillips
13 February 2019;Genre: Adventure
Captain Cat and the Treasure Map is the first book in a series of pirate adventure stories, ideal for newly independent readers. Written by best selling author Sue Mongredien and illustrated by Kate Pankhurst, this highly amusing tale of Patch the ship's cat and the bumbling crew of the Golden Ea...
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Two Sides
Name: Emily Beale
11 February 2019;Genre: Adventure
A story always has two sides and the two sides of this story feature best friends, Lula and Lenka. The girls have been friends for as long as they can remember and whilst they have different interests, they both agree that being different helps you to see things in a new way. Lenka likes to be...
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Lark
Name: Joanna Hewish
11 February 2019;Genre: Real life
From the award winning and Carnegie nominated Anthony McGowan, this is already set to be another best seller. A real page turner which had me gripped to the end. Lark continues the story of Nicky and Kenny, brothers who have not had the best start in life. But in this tale, things have finally s...
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The Distance Between Me and the Cherry Tree
Name: Annabelle Age 11
11 February 2019;Genre: Real life
The distance between me and the cherry tree is an amazing book which tells a great story in a poetic way. The journey that the character goes through where she loves to climb her schools cherry but slowly isn't able to see it from smaller and smaller distances gets the reader involved in the book...
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You Can't Make Me go to Witch School
Name: Annabelle Age 11
11 February 2019;Genre: Adventure
Daisy Wart - or Twinkle - is a Shakespearean actress who has been taken to a witch school by her granny who believes she truly is a witch. Whilst Daisy is on an epic mission to try to escape from this prison she meets some nice as well as some not so nice witches and discovers some very new thi...
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Fantastically Great Women Who Worked Wonders
Name: Lucy Newton
10 February 2019;Genre: Biographies & Autobiographies
Fantastically Great Women Who Worked Wonders is a lovely book about some crucial women who have made history - and 'worked wonders' for the world. It has a double page spread about each woman, giving details of their life and achievements, leading to why they are so important...
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The Haven
Name: Clair Bossons
07 February 2019;Genre: Adventure
The Haven is perfect for fans of Alex Rider or The Cherub series. Ollie is snatched from his bed on the very first page so you are thrust into the action right away! He manages to escape and his rescue is ably assisted by Dodge. Dodge leads Ollie through the underground tunnels of London to Th...
