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Soulmates and Other Ways to Die
Name: Clare Wilkins
08 April 2024;Genre: Romance & Relationships
In a future world where a gene mutation has ensured that everyone has a soulmate, control freak teen Zoe is determined to avoid hers at all costs. More concerned with staying alive than meeting her forever match, Zoe's complicated family background, prepper mentality and independent streak mea...
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Channel Fear
Name: Ruth Cornish
06 April 2024;Genre: Horror
Channel Fear is an edge-of-seat, heart in mouth, YA read which leaves you both wanting to turn the page yet not wanting to for fear of the next jump scare. New author, Lisa Richardson, has created an unsettling yet utterly mesmerising reading experience which will delight fans...
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Wildlife Crossings: Protecting Animal Pathways Around the World
Name: Amanda Shipton
05 April 2024;Genre: Environment & Nature
Catherine Barr and Christiane Engel have brilliantly taken the latest research and created this wonderful children's book. The detailed information and carefully chosen language will draw children in to want to know more about this important topic. Colourful illustrations allow readers...
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Peekaboo Dinosaur
Name: Abbie Barnes
05 April 2024;Genre: Early Skills
Peekaboo Dinosaur is a really lovely, durable and well made board book. The colours and pictures are bright and engaging with pull out tabs on each page, which makes it exciting. My toddler enjoyed finding and pulling out each tab, which is also great for practising fine motor...
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The Spectaculars: The Wild Song Contest
Name: Jenny Caddick
05 April 2024;Genre: Magical Realism
A second theatrical, exhilarating and magical adventure at the Wondria - a secret, travelling boarding school within the land of the Hidden Peaks. In The Spectaculars: The Wild Song Contest, Young Harper is now in her second year of her apprenticeship, learning how to b...
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Compass and Blade
Name: Lily Bond
05 April 2024;Genre: Romance & Relationships
Compass and Blade is a fantasy book featuring a teenage girl called Mira who lives on a small island. The story follows her journey as she tries to save her father and her friend and tension is constantly building as more and more secrets are discovered. The book is ver...
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Black Hole Cinema Club
Name: Sue Wilsher
05 April 2024;Genre: Science Fiction
Lucas and his friends, Finn and Ash, are heading for their local cinema, known as 'The Black Hole', for a state-of-the-art experience movie marathon experience in 4Di- cinema, with another dimension! Armed with plenty of snacks (First rule: bring enough supplies), the boys join their friends,...
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The Cursed Rose
Name: Linda Brown
05 April 2024;Genre: Fairy Tales & Folk Tales
With Briar Rose slowly turning into a monster at the hands of the Spindle Witch, treasure hunter Fi must solve a riddle and escape from a tower to rescue him. Meanwhile, her axe-wielding partner Shane is on the hunt for a mysterious weapon that holds the key to destroying the Spindle Witch's p...
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Shadow Fox
Name: Elen Green
05 April 2024;Genre: Animals
Carlie Sorosiak's ability to convey what animals might be thinking and feeling brings life to all her stories and Shadow Fox is no exception. Shadow, a fox, has already experienced tragedy in his young life when he meets Bee; a magical bond between them takes them on a...
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My Big Playbook Farm
Name: Lucy Hopkins
04 April 2024;Genre: Animals
My eight-month-old baby loved this! Each double page is filled with brightly coloured pictures and has different textures to feel and explore. There are large felt flaps to lift and holes in different pages which have felt sticking through them. Each picture is labelled in clear, bold font so...
