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Name: Amanda Allen
15 July 2015;Genre: Family & Home
I didn't really expect too much from this book. I thought it would be quite a light read but I ended up enjoying it. Iris has grown up thinking that her father, Ernest, abandoned her and her mother; the truth is something quite different. When Iris and her money-grabbing mother return t...
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The Scandalous Sisterhood of Prickwillow Place
Name: Sue Wilsher
13 July 2015;Genre: Adventure
When their headmistress and her brother suddenly die during Sunday lunch, the pupils of St Etheldreda's decide to bury the bodies and carry on as if nothing had happened. Hiding the deaths soon proves to be much harder than they thought it would be and events quickly spiral out of their control....
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An Island of Our Own
Name: Carol Williams
12 July 2015;Genre: Adventure
I started reading this, thinking how many books for young people there are with 'non-traditional' families: single parents, divorces, families falling apart, and so on. Sally Nicholls' latest has a family of orphans, with Holly (13 and the first person narrator) and Davy (7) being looked after by...
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If You Find This
Name: Sue Wilsher
09 July 2015;Genre: Adventure
Nicholas faces many problems. He sees the world in a different way from others; he finds forming friendships difficult and is often bullied as a result; he is younger than his peers as he has been moved ahead in school. As if this weren't enough, his father loses his job and the family will have...
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Nobody Saw No One
Name: Charlotte Revelle
01 July 2015;I must admit that when I first heard about this book I had considerable doubts - Oliver Twist meets Operation Yewtree?? It sounded like an attempt to out-dark a market already saturated by the grim and the gloomy. However, I could not have been more wrong. Nobody Saw No One deals with a depres...
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Conversion
Name: Charlotte Revelle
30 June 2015;Genre: Adventure
Conversion, based loosely on true events, is best described as The Crucible meets Gossip Girl and if that combination seems implausible at first, you'll soon discover it's really, really not. Colleen is a high-achieving student at a prestigious girls' school, trying to juggle her grades, her shi...
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Stitch Head: The Beast of Grubbers Nubbin
Name: June Hughes
27 June 2015;Genre: Horror
This book is the fifth in the Stitch Head series by Guy Bass and will therefore find a ready audience in children already familiar with Stitch Head, Arabella and Professor Erasmus. Those children who have not yet been introduced to the monstrous world of Castle Groteskew will, however, not be at...
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Dumb Chocolate Eyes
Name: Jennifer Hambleton
26 June 2015;Genre: Adventure
This short story, narrated by a 15 year old boy, is thought provoking and leaves the reader with a dilemma - what would I have done in that situation? Pete Cassidy and the anonymous narrator live in the same village, go to the same school and are the same age. These are the only things they hav...
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Neil Armstrong
Name: Jennifer Hambleton
26 June 2015;Genre: Adventure
This is part of the expanding series 'Fact Cat' from Wayland which includes historical events, countries, space and the UK. Although this title contains only 24 pages, a contents, index, glossary and a five question quiz is included. Each double page background is in a bold colour with a large...
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Pike
Name: Jennifer Hambleton
26 June 2015;Genre: Adventure
I always look forward to reading a book by Anthony McGowan. He manages to transform a relatively simple storyline into a gripping tale with a fresh outlook and edgy twist. With this book he has surpassed himself. Nick has always looked after his older brother Kenny, who has learning difficultie...
