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Ludwig the Space Dog
Name: Fiona Collins
14 October 2016;Genre: Adventure
On opening the first page of Ludwig the Space Dog the reader sees an airmail letter to open and 3D goggles are inside for the reader to wear, which lift the images off the page. Ludwig the Space Dog lives in a world of books and understands completely what books can give him in terms of knowledge...
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Midnight at the Zoo
Name: Fiona Collins
14 October 2016;Genre: Adventure
The story of Midnight at the Zoo begins as the young reader opens the book to be confronted with lovely end papers that show a map of a zoo. The map is beautifully illustrated and shows where each of the animals of the zoo reside. Max and Mia are going to the zoo with their class and they are ver...
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Odd Dog Out
Name: Fiona Collins
14 October 2016;Genre: Representation & Inclusion
Odd Dog Out is a story about identity, being different and fitting in or not. Odd Dog is a sausage dog who lives in a town where all the other sausage dogs dress in exactly the same way, whether they are swimming, playing a violin or swimming. But poor Odd Dog is different: sh...
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The Diabolic
Name: Melanie Chadwick
14 October 2016;Genre: Adventure
Nemesis is a Diabolic. She is an engineered humanoid creature designed to kill on command and to protect Sidonia, the girl she is bonded to with her life. Diabolics are fearless, they dont have emotions, they are not humans, they are possessions of their masters. Nemesis grows up with Sidonia,...
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Shoutykid: How Harry Riddles totally went mad.
Name: Ann Maria
06 October 2016;Genre: Adventure
Unlike any book I've read, it's in the form of letters, emails and texts. Unmistakably, this is a book for lovers of modern comedy stories. In this story, Harry Riddles is forced to go to an activity camp. Friends and enemies combined, he dodges (only sometimes successfully) traps, tricks and scr...
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Name: Janet Fisher
06 October 2016;Genre: Mystery & Detective
The Secret of Nightingale Wood is a story about grief at the loss of sons, and its effect upon the mothers principally but also upon a girl left to fend for herself with the aftermath. Henrietta and her family, mother, father, baby Piglet and Nanny Jane have moved to a...
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Oh, Freedom
Name: Lorraine Ansell
29 September 2016;Genre: Adventure
It is the year 1850. Tommy and his family, along with their neighbours, are slaves and the property of Captain Archer. They live and work on his cotton plantation and are managed by the cruel Pastor, Jim Kniff and his overseers. Their future is to work hard, long hours with the constant threat...
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The Accidental Pirates: Voyage to the Magical North
Name: Mikeala Morgans
27 September 2016;Genre: Adventure
Plucked from the sea as a baby, Brine Seaborne doesn't know where she came from or quite where she belongs. She has resigned herself to life as the servant of magician Tallis Magnus on the Minutes islands, even though magic makes her sneeze! Brine's friend, Peter, is the magician's apprentice an...
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Black Light Express
Name: Melanie Chadwick
27 September 2016;Genre: Adventure
The sequel to Railhead doesn't disappoint. With the same high energy, high speed action, Zen and the android Nova are once again embroiled in the schemes of the Guardians and get caught in the crossfire between two corporate families as the ruthless Kraitt wage war upon the Noons and usurp the E...
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Motor Miles
Name: Kyle Matravers
27 September 2016;Genre: Adventure
Miles is a dog. A difficult dog. A dog who doesn't like anything....apart from a trip in the car to the local cafe. His owner, Alice, decides she can no longer drive Miles around. Thankfully her neighbour, Mr Huddy, comes to the rescue by building Miles his very own car. With his human friend...
