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Nevertell
Name: Bryony Davies
01 December 2019;Genre: Adventure
Are you looking for a wintry adventure to curl up with? Nevertell by Katherine Orion takes place in Russia and takes the reader on a journey with our protagonist Lina and her friend Bogdan. Escaped from the prison camp she has lived in her whole life, Lina plans on achieving freedom. Whilst jour...
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Furious Thing
Name: Eileen Armstrong
24 November 2019;Genre: Adventure
Everyone has met a Lexi, 15 years old and angry at seemingly everything and everybody. Lexi lives with her mum, her mum's new boyfriend John and her 6 year old half-sister Iris. She desperately wants John's love and approval but always seems to fall short of his sky-high ideals, especially com...
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Snow Still
Name: Jessica Bunney
23 November 2019;Genre: Adventure
Snow Still is a stunning picture book created by the exceptionally talented painter and illustrator, Holly Surplice. This painted picture book follows a fledgling fawn as it discovers and embraces its first fall of snow. From being captivated by the whiteness of a true winter's day to learning h...
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Mouse's Night Before Christmas
Name: Jessica Bunney
23 November 2019;Genre: Adventure
In this clever adaptation of the Christmas classic, The Night Before Christmas, Tracey Corderoy tells the moving story of a solitary mouse who is longing for a friend. With an accompanying QR code, the story is read-aloud with carefully thought out sound effects to really help those younger reade...
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The Boy Who Loved Everyone
Name: Nikki Stiles
22 November 2019;Genre: Adventure
Dimitri loves everyone! From his friends at nursery to the big tree in the playground. But why does no one say it back? After realising he had told everyone he loves them all day long the day before, and no one had said it back, Dimitri felt a little upset. He explained to mum that he didn't wa...
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Heidi
Name: Nikki Stiles
22 November 2019;Genre: Adventure
A beautiful retelling of the sweetest classic tale. Jeanne Willis has so fantastically retold the tale of a young orphan named Heidi, who is taken to live with her grumpy grandpa in the Swiss Alps. Heidi's grandpa was used to living alone and quite stubborn in his ways, he doesn't much like peopl...
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Beyond Platform 13
Name: Emily Marcuccilli
18 November 2019;Genre: Adventure
I needed no encouragement to return to the world of Eva Ibbotson's classic story, The Secret of Platform 13. Nine years have passed and the Island of Mist, home to magical creatures like hags and harpies, finds itself beseiged. Odge Gribble has fled into hiding and decides to journey to Vienna,...
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The Vlogger's Handbook
Name: Catherine Purcell
18 November 2019;Genre: Adventure
It can be overly tempting to keep sharing more and more of yourself on social media, but establishing rules around what you show on your vlog and what you keep for yourself and your family is an important part of being a vlogger. This was the pleasingly sensible conclusion to The Vlogger's Handb...
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Gut Garden
Name: Lizi Backhouse
15 November 2019;Genre: Adventure
A fantastic non-fiction book! Gut Garden is a journey into your microbiome, it explains the digestive process and explores the ecosystem that lives within us. Written and illustrated by Katie Brosnan, the book introduces proper terminology in child-friendly ways. It's visually stunning and ex...
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White Bird
Name: Sue Wilsher
12 November 2019;Genre: Adventure
White Bird opens with Julian, the boy who treated Auggie badly in'Wonder', speaking to his Grandmother via FaceTime. As part of his Humanities work, Julian has to write about someone he knows and he wants to write about her and her time in German-occupied France and a boy affected by polio she kn...
