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Shiver Point: It Came from the Woods
Name: Donna Ritchie
20 October 2023;Genre: Horror
If you love a scare, then this is for you! Alien lovers will also devour this short book. In Shiver Point: It Came from the Woods, Alex and his mum have recently moved (again) and he doesn't see any urgency in making friends as his mum's job will soon take them to anot...
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Yours from the Tower
Name: Erin Quigley
20 October 2023;Genre: Historical Fiction
As expected of her, Sally Nicholls, award-winning historical fiction author, brings the late Victorian era to life with this atmospheric, unputdownable epistolary novel. In an inspired Jane Austen-meets-Gossip Girl styled story, we meet Polly, Sophia and Tirzah, three best friends who,...
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D is for Dog
Name: Elen Green
20 October 2023;Genre: Animals
What a wonderful romp of a picture book this is, with the pictures by Sara Ogilvie perfectly matching the rhyming text by Em Lynas, who I already know from her earlier picture book, The Cat and the Rat and the Hat. In D is f...
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SCRAP
Name: Donna Burkert
20 October 2023;Genre: Science Fiction
Scrap is a misfit and a loner, just how he likes it. A robot living out his existence on The Pile in Somewhere 513. He wasn't always this way; robots weren't always this way. In fact, Somewhere 513 was supposed to be the new place for humans to live. The robots had been sent in to get everythi...
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Animal Tales from India
Name: Maria
20 October 2023;Genre: Traditional Tales
Animal Tales from India is a beautiful collection of stories from the Panchatantra, written by the talented Nikita Gill and illustrated by Chaaya Prabhat. The front cover is gloriously colourful with some of the characters you will meet on your story journey. The book has 10 f...
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AdventureMice; Otter Chaos
Name: Jemma Jeffrey
19 October 2023;Genre: Animals
My seven-year-old daughter and I love this book in every way! The story is highly engaging and fun, with a lovely message about being kind and helping others, as well as being brave and bold. On the first two pages, this book presents seven wonderfully illustrated quirky mice and we get to kno...
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Engineers Making a Difference: Inventors, Technicians, Scientists and Tech Entrepreneurs Changing the World
Name: Ruth Cornish
18 October 2023;Genre: Biographies & Autobiographies
Engineers Making A Difference is a brilliant book using the careers of experts in their fields to illustrate different aspects of engineering in the 21st Century. After a section introducing the engineer, there is further information about the engineer's work and career path.<...
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Best Friends Forever
Name: Sam
18 October 2023;Genre: Friends and family
Best Friends Forever is the first book in the Bigg School series by Lisa Williamson, and is a great read for anyone approaching the end of their primary school. Printed in a super clear font, with some highly amusing black and white illustrations by Jess Bradl...
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The Boy You Always Wanted
Name: Rachel Bolton
18 October 2023;Genre: Romance & Relationships
From the shortlisted author of the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize comes an original light and tender YA romcom. Set in America and drawing upon the traditions of the Chinese-Vietnamese community, The Boy You Always Wanted is a story with a more serious theme of feminism and...
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The Deadlands: Trapped
Name: Jane Rew
15 October 2023;Genre: Adventure
I enjoyed this sequel as much as, if not more than, the first book Deadlands: Hunted. In The Deadlands: Trapped, the author skilfully develops the characters and the plot, forever adding new and surprising fea...
