Tapper Watson and the Quest for the Nemo Machine - Claire Fayers
Tapper Watson is just an ordinary Erisean boy who loves adventure stories. But when one of his sixty-seven cousins sends him away on a...
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Sep 9, 20232 min
The Fighter of Auschwitz - Erik Brouwer
In 1943, the Dutch champion boxer, Leen Sanders, was sent to Auschwitz. His wife and children were put to death while he was sent ‘to the...
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simpsonrd
Sep 9, 20232 min
Scareground - Angela Kecojevic
Roll up, roll up, the Scareground is in town! Twelve-year-old Nancy Crumpet lives above a bakery and her life is a delightful mix of...
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simpsonrd
Sep 7, 20233 min
Sweet Skies - Robin Scott-Elliott
Berlin, 1948. A city besieged. A boy reaches for the sky.Otto Hartmann would do anything to be a pilot. With Berlin blockaded by the...
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simpsonrd
Sep 5, 20232 min
Bridget Vanderpuff and the Ghost Train - Martin Stewart
Belle-on-Sea is getting ready for the Night of the Hungry Ghosts, the spookiest time of the year. Mr Vanderpuff's bake will be the...
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simpsonrd
Aug 31, 20232 min
Stuntboy, In-between Time - Jason Reynolds
From Carnegie Medal winner Jason Reynolds comes the sequel to the hilarious, hopeful, and action-packed middle-grade illustrated novel,...
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simpsonrd
Aug 31, 20232 min
The Last Girls Standing - Jennifer Duggan
Summary: In this queer YA psychological thriller from the author of Some Girls Do and Hot Dog Girl, the sole surviving counselors of a...
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simpsonrd
Aug 30, 20233 min
April's Garden - Isla McGuckin and Catalina Echeverri
Living in a grey and dreary room in a house that couldn't feel less like home, April dreams about how life could be. With happy, peaceful...
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simpsonrd
Aug 30, 20231 min
Crater Lake Evolution - Jennifer Killick
A brilliant sequel to Crater Lake, if anything, I think this is better than the first! More jokes and fun with the characters we met in...
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simpsonrd
Aug 17, 20231 min
The Wrath of the Woolington Wyrm - Karen Foxlee
Blurb: There are those that hunt monsters to harm them and there are those that hunt monsters to help them. Which one are you? Dressed in...
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simpsonrd
Aug 8, 20234 min
Kòkú Àkànbí and the Heart of Midnight - Maria Motúnráyọ̀ Adébísí
BLOGTOUR STOP! A brilliant mix of contemporary teens and African folklore, this is a funny, action -packed thrill of a read, with a...
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simpsonrd
Aug 2, 20232 min
Peril on the Atlantic - A.M.Howell
A twisty and heart-pounding mystery at sea, from award-winning A.M. Howell. July, 1936. As the Queen Mary sets sail across the Atlantic,...
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simpsonrd
Aug 1, 20231 min
The Light Thieves: Search for the Black Mirror - Helena Duggan
Only kids can save the world. The energy from the sun is being stolen. It's a catastrophe for the planet and every living thing on it!...
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simpsonrd
Aug 1, 20231 min
Deep - Stephen Hogtun
This is a beautiful tale about the relationship between a mother Whale and her baby, following them as they journey across oceans and...
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simpsonrd
Jul 27, 20234 min
Father Of One - Jani Anttola
Blogtour stop! Thanks to Kaleidoscopic for the spot and sorting out this exclusive extract from author Jani as part of the tour! EXCERPT...
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simpsonrd
Jul 23, 20231 min
Rhinos Don't Cry - Mark Grist & Chris Jevons
Milo's a rhino. He likes to do all sorts of rhino-y things . . . He likes writing and climbing and banister-sliding and mountain bike...
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simpsonrd
Jul 9, 20234 min
The Song That Sings Us - Nicola Davies
This is an absolute epic of a book, and one of my favourites of the year so far. With a love of nature at it's heart....in the...
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simpsonrd
Jul 8, 20232 min
The Boy Who Made Monsters - Jenny Pearson
Blogtour There are a lot of different types of monster. Some live at the bottom of lochs, some are found far out at sea and some swim...
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simpsonrd
Jul 7, 20231 min
21% Monster Serpent Strike - P.J. Canning
For once, 21% monster teenage-boy Darren Devlin thinks he has the upper hand over Xastris, the secret organisation that transformed him...
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simpsonrd
Jun 20, 20232 min
The Wall Between Us - Dan Smith
An brilliant adventure set in time of high drama and tension that is oft ignored in novels for this middle-grade age group! BERLIN 1961...
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