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  • A Straight Line To My Heart

    A Straight Line To My Heart

    “There’s nothing quite as good as folding up into a book and shutting the world outside. If I pick up the right one I can be beautiful, or fall in love, or live happily ever after. Maybe even all three.” One of the best opening lines It literally pulls you in to the folds of…

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  • Being Here

    Being Here

    “Reading is partly the weight of the book in your hand, the feel of a page as you turn it. It is not an experience you can approximate.” When I start by telling you that Being Here begins with a teenage girl interviewing an elderly lady as part of school project – do not judge. A…

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  • The Children of the King

    The Children of the King

    The Children of the King by Sonya Hartnett is a multi layered intriguing novel which captures the horror, isolation and frightening aspects of WWII from a child’s perspective. Intermingled with the power, destruction and ruthlessness of England’s regal history, more specifically the path to the crown taken by Richard III, this is a fascinating novel. Two children, Cecily…

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  • Cinnamon Rain

    Cinnamon Rain

    This stunning début novel from Australian author Emma Cameron is perfect for the YA audience. Cinnamon Rain didn’t take me long to read as I couldn’t put it down! Intriguing, heartfelt and eloquently written, I loved it. Beautifully told in verse which achieves the effect of minimalism, of making each line, each word, count. This sits so well…

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  • Flip

    Flip

    Flip by Martyn Bedford is a compelling, page-turner of a novel. Reading this one resulted in me – or rather the book’s cover – gaining many strange and second takes! The cover, chapter numbers and the inside cover are written back to front, flipped around to cleverly reflect the turmoil of the main character Alex…

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  • A Monster Calls

    A Monster Calls

    Deep, mournful, A Monster Calls is gut wrenching, sad and yet beautiful as it captures, explores and lays open Conor’s inner turmoil. “Conor screamed until he was hoarse, smashed until his arms were sore, roared until he was nearly falling down with exhaustion.” Conor is the protagonist of A Monster Calls. The monster is the subject of…

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  • Dreaming The Bear

    Dreaming The Bear

    Dreaming the Bear is a beautifully lyrical novel from Mimi Thebo. Thebo’s atmospheric chapter book, for readers aged 9+, is told from the point of view of Darcy. From the opening pages we know that she has been ill recently. ‘my lungs are used to being at sea level and I’m living at 7,000 feet…

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    Electrigirl

    Electrigirl, from Jo Cotterill (words) and Cathy Brett (illustrations), is a totally absorbing chapter book presented in a great format – part book, park comic. It works brilliantly. ‘If I hadn’t argued with my best friend, I’d never have been struck by lightning. But if I hadn’t been struck by lightning, I’d never have got…

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    The Many Worlds of Albie Bright

    The Many Worlds of Albie Bright,from UK author Christopher Edge, is an outstanding novel aimed at readers aged 8-12. I rarely make such a claim, however, The Many Worlds of Albie Bright is a novel that gripped me from the start and to risk adding cliché … no, I couldn’t put it down. Here’s why ……

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  • Dara Palmer’s Major Drama

    ‘I was split in two. I was English but I wasn’t. I was Cambodian but I wasn’t. I was in this family but I wasn’t really part of the family. And now my heart was hacked in half as well.’ Emma Shevah’s novel, Dara Palmer’s Major Drama is an addictive read, perfectly pitched at readers…

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  • Lily and The Christmas Wish

    Lily and The Christmas Wish is a gorgeous novel, from Keris Stanton. Perfect for newly independent chapter book readers, it is full of Christmas charm and adventure. Lily’s hometown has decided to celebrate both Christmas and the lovely inhabitants of Pinewood by creating a tree full of wishes. The town’s lone, but majestic, pine tree…

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  • A Boy Called Christmas

    A Boy Called Christmas, written by Matt Haigh and illustrated by Chris Mould, is a fabulous chapter book – an imaginative retelling of how Saint Nick, Santa, Claus, Pelznickel, Kris Kringle came to be. ‘You are about to read the true story of Father Christmas.’ Nikolas lives with his father, Joel in ‘the second smallest…

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    Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone

    This is a suitably magical, simply stunning edition of the very first book in the Harry Potter series. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone has been touched by the magic of illustrator Jim Kay in a glorious manner. The narrative of Harry Potter needs little introduction. The boy under the stairs is rescued from an uncomfortable…

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  • The Imaginary

    The Imaginary

    A. F. Harrold and Emily Gravett have created a perfectly charming illustrated novel. The Imaginary really is something quite special. The hardcover edition of The Imaginary comes resplendent in a fabulous jacket … but the joy doesn’t stop there. Lift the cover to take a peek underneath too. Oh, and then reveal in those endpapers…

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  • Scarlet Ibis
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    Scarlet Ibis

    Scarlet Ibis is a wonderfully touching novel about the relationship between a sister and her younger brother. Gill Lewis has penned a compelling novel focusing on the lengths a sister will go to in order to ensure the safety and security of her younger brother. Scarlet is more than used to looking after her younger brother,…

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