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The Wrong Shoes
Name: Jacqueline Harris
07 May 2024;Genre: Representation & Inclusion
Will has the wrong shoes, they are wrong in every way because Will lives in grinding poverty and has no money for basics, let alone new shoes. Will is at secondary school and nothing seems to be going right at the moment. He feels different from everyone else because of his home life and lack...
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A Llama Called Lightning
Name: Lauren Maidman
07 May 2024;Genre: Animals
A Llama Called Lightning is the new instalment from Helen Peters and Ellie Snowdon. Jasmine's family owns a farm and are very busy with all the animals and drama going on. When Jasmine walks home one day she is followed by an unlikely guest, a Llama called Lightning! Jasmine i...
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Too Nice
Name: Ruth Cornish
06 May 2024;Genre: Family & Home
For a slim book, Too Nice packs a big emotional punch as the main character, Abby, negotiates the changes her Dad's relationship with serious girlfriend, Jen, bring. Sally Nicholls engages the reader from the beginning, as Abby struggles with her feelings after Jen moves in to...
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Explodapedia: Rewild - Can Nature Heal Our World?
Name: Ruth Cornish
06 May 2024;Genre: Environment & Nature
Rewild - Can Nature Heal our World is an excellent book from the new David Fickling 'Explodapedia' series. It is equally interesting for older children and young adults and approaches the issues of climate change through the solution of nature. The chapters explore diff...
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EchoStar: is always listening
Name: Ruth Cornish
06 May 2024;Genre: Suspense & Thrillers
EchoStar: is always listening is an excellent thriller that builds the tension until the very end and (spoiler coming…) with a great final twist! For a book of only 129 pages, Melinda Salisbury manages to create an elaborate narrative full of suspense and foreboding yet centre...
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Drowning in My Bedroom
Name: Ruth Cornish
06 May 2024;Genre: Environment & Nature
Drowning In My Bedroom is a fast-paced disaster story set in Manila. The author, Steve Cole, uses a torrential flood to throw light on a number of issues within this survival story: disability, poverty, inequality, modern slavery and climate change. Using the chance mee...
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The Witches' Council: Lily Halfmoon 2
Name: Jacqueline Harris
06 May 2024;Genre: Supernatural
Lily Halfmoon is actually a witch and is keeping it a secret from her family. It is almost Samhain when magic is at its strongest and witches from across the world are gathering at Lily's school. A mysterious person, however, is after Lily's powerful moonstone and wants to steal her magic. Li...
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Licence to Rock: Jawsome 2
Name: Jacqueline Harris
06 May 2024;Genre: Funny Stories
Finley, Hunter, Gilleon and Gnash are ordinary school sharks by day, but at night they take up their other identities as the worldwide sensation rock band Jawsome. Strange things are happening, however, as first they must face the evil A.B.B.A (Alliance of Brutally Bad Angler Fish) agents and...
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Your Time Is Up
Name: Clare Wilkins
04 May 2024;Genre: Suspense & Thrillers
This slick, sparky read from Sarah Naughton is full of recognisable characters and familiar teen angst scenarios. Flitting between a real-time exam and the preceding weeks, the tension steadily builds as falling outs, secrets and exam anxiety threaten to overwhelm the cohort of Franklin Academ...
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Benji's Emerald King (The Woodland Explorers)
Name: Jen Bevan
03 May 2024;Genre: Environment & Nature
Benji's Emerald King (The Woodland Explorers) is fully immersed in nature. All the additional details about tree etc would really engage children's imagination. A book for those who are exploring the world around them. I will be using this book with my Year 1 children (...
