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Pieces of Us
Name: Clare Wilkins
03 February 2025;Genre: Mental Health & Wellbeing
Introvert Jonas is more at home with his notebook of stories and lyrics than hanging out with schoolfriends. With his home life dominated by a domineering father and an over-attentive mother, he seeks solace and a reason not to go home by joining an after-school writing club. Here, a fr...
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The Cursed Tomb: A thrilling, ancient-Egyptian adventure
Name: Jacqueline Harris
03 February 2025;Genre: Adventure
In The Cursed Tomb, 11-year-old Henut lives in ancient Egypt in 1249 BCE. Odd things start to happen that appear to be linked to the gods. Henut is not sure she believes in the gods controlling everything, but then she is thrust on a quest that will make her question everythin...
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Needy Little Things
Name: Rachel Bolton
03 February 2025;Genre: Suspense & Thrillers
What starts out as a story about a teenage girl who has a gift for knowing what people need (think pepper spray, tissues or chewing gum) quickly evolves into something much darker and more serious. Sariyah's friend Deja goes missing at a festival. She is not the first b...
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The Great Theatre Rescue
Name: Jenny CADDICK
03 February 2025;Genre: Mystery & Detective
The Great Theatre Rescue is a stunning and exciting historical adventure story that takes place in 1930's London and evokes Dickensian themes of abandoned children and workhouse-harsh schools and villains. The Wren Theatre is home to yo...
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MEGA: The Most Enormous Animals Ever
Name: Jane Rew
03 February 2025;Genre: Animals
Using a simple, repeated pattern of headings, information about different animal groups is well presented, and there's clever use of the dust jacket which doubles up as a poster, with visual comparison of extinct animals and their nearest living equivalents.</...
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Ice Apprentices
Name: Aarav Age 9
03 February 2025;Genre: Fantasy
Ice Apprentices is about Oswin who is a young boy who had been abandoned by his biological parents. Oswin thought he had made a friend named Anastasia but she thought she was better than everyone because she was born a Barkmouth. My favourite part is when Oswin and Anas...
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The Boy in the Suit
Name: Donna Ritchie
03 February 2025;Genre: Real life
The Boy in the Suit is a story about a 10-year-old boy and his mum. It may sound like this is an everyday book with an everyday story line. Well, this is not your everyday 10-year-old boy. Solo and his mum, Morag, crash funerals for food! Unfortunately, his mum is experiencing...
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Ice Apprentices
Name: Beverley Somerset
03 February 2025;Genre: Fantasy
Oswin Fields is a stray; he was saved from the Endless Expanse in the frozen world of Tundra. At the age of 14 he is summoned to Corridor, a school where he is to be trained as an ice apprentice. As a stray, Oswin is aware that he will never be considered a proper Tundran and so feels himself...
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Cloud Boy
Name: Wendy Kelly
01 February 2025;Genre: Representation & Inclusion
Cloud Boy is a simple book with a very sophisticated message. Bobby can't concentrate; he tries hard but is continuously distracted by sights, smells and sounds going on in the world around him. Predictably, he gets told off by his mum, his teacher and his friends who don't understand how hard...
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Mondays are Murder
Name: Clair Bossons
31 January 2025;Genre: Suspense & Thrillers
Mondays are Murder is a must-read for fans of Holly Jackson and Karen McManus. I absolutely loved this thrilling, unpredictable page-turner. It is packed with twists, turns and dead ends. Kay’s investigation takes us down unexpected paths, mak...
