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Name: Caroline MItchell
19 August 2014;

Genre: Adventure

Izzy and her friends attend a school where second place just is not good enough. With exams coming up the group don't know if they can handle the pressure until one of them finds the solution "FokusPro". The pills turn up from a mysterious website and seem to be everything they promise until th...

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Name: Caroline Mitchell
19 August 2014;

Genre: Horror

When Sophie and her best friend Jay use a Ouija board app on his mobile phone, the events which follow are darker than either could ever have imagined. Jay asks when he will die and the app responds "TONIGHT..." What starts out as a joke leads to death, mysteries and drama at every turn. This...

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Name: Sophie Jowett
17 August 2014;

Thirteen-year-old tweed-wearing detective Darkus Knightley's dad has gone walkies, leaving Darkus the family mutt - an ex-police dog - as his partner in crime solving. And they will both need their animal instincts for this case. I absolutely LOVED this book! The story was gripping and kept me...

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Name: Carol Williams
14 August 2014;

Genre: Adventure

Among the many First World War themed books published this year, this collection of stories stands out from the crowd. Nine well regarded authors have contributed, with all but one being newly published. The connecting strand is girls and women in the war, so this reflects some different experien...

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Name: Rosie Pannett
06 August 2014;

Genre: Adventure

Take Back the Skies by Lucy Saxon This book slots right in to the fantasy / steam punk genre. Think Mortal Engines with a feisty heroine desperate to put right her father's wrongs. Cat (Catherine) Hunter runs away from her privileged background and stows away on the skyship Stormdancer. Here she...

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Name: Cosmas Age 9
16 July 2014;

Genre: Humour

Supertato has to catch the pea who is doing terrible things to all of the fruit and vegetables. I think that this book is great for all ages. It's a perfect story for older brothers and sisters to read to little kids. You'll love the illustrations and the story will make you laugh. I can guarante...

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Name: Melissa Chard
16 July 2014;

Genre: Myths & Legends

It's always a thrill to find a new writer who can deliver a story with panache and integrity. In Tim Hall's debut, a retelling of the Robin Hood myth (published by David Fickling Books), you also have a talent for writing that is sure to see this book on plenty of award shortlists in the comin...

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Name: Alice Hill
16 July 2014;

Genre: Adventure

Charlie Fletcher - who is behind the Stoneheart books - has delivered an exciting and enthralling adventure story about a London where time stops for humans while its statues come to life. At the centre of the action are siblings Will and Jo, who have their own unresolved issues around an accide...

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Name: Elizabeth Harris
16 July 2014;

Genre: Adventure

This is the first in a new series for Steve Cole. The aptly named Niall Rivers gets more than he bargained for when he accompanies his mum on a house visit to collect items for the school fete. Amongst the peculiar items they collect from the house's strange owner, Niall discovers a shabtis that...

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Name: June Hughes
16 July 2014;

Genre: Adventure

This is another of Pushkin Childrens Books beautifully presented works of fiction for children originally written in other languages. The book was first published in Dutch in 1970 . Tibble is a reporter on a local newspaper who, rather than write about all the nasty things that go on, has taken...

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