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The Best Bad Day Ever
Name: Jessica Bunney
03 May 2024;Genre: Friends and family
Marianna Coppo's books are extremely creative and quite frankly different from any other author I've ever encountered, so I couldn't wait to get stuck into her newest title, The Best Bad Day Ever. This book is about the power of mindset and perceptions and The Best Bad Day Eve...
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The House at the End of the Sea
Name: Jenny Caddick
03 May 2024;Genre: Magical Realism
An eerie and creepily sinister fantasy adventure that roots its story in fairy folklore and tales of magical dark deeds, and their consequences. In a heart-wrenching storyline, a family try to come to terms with devastating grief and loss and take the first steps to construct a new but broken...
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The Midnight Game
Name: Ayva Age 14
03 May 2024;Genre: Suspense & Thrillers
Best book ever!!!
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Like a Girl
Name: Ruth Cornish
03 May 2024;Genre: Bullying
Like A Girl is a book about resilience, revenge and running. Eden McCoy, the protagonist of this 'real life' fiction genre, lives her school life as much as possible in the shadows so she can stay off the 'Glossies' radar. The leader of the Glossies group, Bea Miller, used to...
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Alyssa and the Spell Garden
Name: Elen Green
03 May 2024;Genre: Magical Realism
Alyssa and the Spell Garden takes an ordinary part of North London and brings magic into it, by way of a 'spell garden'; a magical place that helps keep the community safe and hidden from the gentrification that has befallen many neighbouring high streets in the city. A...
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Happy Hills - Attack of the Giant Danger Kittens
Name: Amanda Shipton
02 May 2024;Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
Happy Hills - Attack of the Giant Danger Kittens is the first in Sophie Henn's new series. The full-page illustrations, comic-strip sequences and quirky typography ensure that the fast-paced humour runs throughout. The blocky, brightly coloured illustrations will appeal to the...
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The Island Vet (1) - Pirates and Sea Monsters
Name: Amanda Shipton
02 May 2024;Genre: Animals
Gill Lewis is a skilled author who specialises in creating gentle and heart-warming stories with an incredibly strong message and The Island Vet is no different. As a lover of nature, she leaves her readers with a sense of responsibility for taking care of our world. Th...
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Everything You Know About the Human Body is Wrong!
Name: Jane Rew
02 May 2024;Genre: Non Fiction
A quick look at the Contents page of Everything You Know About the Human Body is Wrong! is immediately intriguing: surely identical twins are identical, and don't fingernails continue to grow after we die? Even by page 6, where the first myth is outlined, my misconceptions are...
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Dead Happy
Name: Ruth Cornish
02 May 2024;Genre: Dystopian
The much anticipated follow up to Happy Head does not disappoint! I was delighted to review Dead Happy, which continues the story of Sebastian and the other youngsters trapped in a wellbeing facility. We rejoin Manning, the maniacal director of...
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Let's All Say Yes!
Name: Joanne Thomas
02 May 2024;Genre: Representation & Inclusion
Let's All Say Yes! is a fabulous book about diversity and inclusivity, encouraging the reader to be themselves while recognising that we are all different. The graphics are basic but effective as the pastel colours used make the shapes pop and my daughter has found it engaging...
