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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...
simpsonrd
Sep 13, 20233 min read
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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...
simpsonrd
Sep 9, 20232 min read
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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...
simpsonrd
Sep 9, 20232 min read
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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...
simpsonrd
Sep 7, 20233 min read
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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...
simpsonrd
Sep 5, 20232 min read
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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,...
simpsonrd
Aug 31, 20232 min read
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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...
simpsonrd
Aug 31, 20232 min read
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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...
simpsonrd
Aug 30, 20233 min read
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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...
simpsonrd
Aug 30, 20231 min read
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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...
simpsonrd
Aug 17, 20231 min read
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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...
simpsonrd
Aug 8, 20234 min read
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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,...
simpsonrd
Aug 2, 20232 min read
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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!...
simpsonrd
Aug 1, 20231 min read
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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...
simpsonrd
Aug 1, 20231 min read
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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...
simpsonrd
Jul 27, 20234 min read
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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...
simpsonrd
Jul 23, 20231 min read
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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...
simpsonrd
Jul 9, 20234 min read
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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...
simpsonrd
Jul 8, 20232 min read
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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...
simpsonrd
Jul 7, 20231 min read
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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...
simpsonrd
Jun 20, 20232 min read
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