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=='''2 SEPTEMBER4 JULY'''==
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|author=Ian Mark and Louis GhibaultMax Boucherat|title=Monster Hunting For BeginnersThe Last Life of Lori Mills
|rating=4.5
|genre=Confident Readers
|summary=Meet JackWe meet Lori on the first evening she's got the house to herself – no neighbour to pop in, babysitter poorly, mother at work, just an avidly rule-breaking eleven year old, on her lonesome. Now Jack knows very little about being fearless What could possibly go wrong? Snuggled in a blanket fort, she has one main intention, and nimble and quickthat is to log on to Voxminer, the world-building, for hecritter-collecting game that is a hit in Lori's world. But first Lori has a slight boytiny inkling that this stormy night doesn't find herself entirely on her own, and although he wants for danger then she finds something even more spooky. For the server she and peril her bestie and interesting things his dad refuses nobody else should be able to let him out enter shows signs of his sighttampering. That's because Jack's mother knew all about monsters When malevolent eyes spark up on her phone screen, and look what happened to her safe place in the game has been doctored – she died. Luckily or unluckily then, depending on your point of view, a giant ogre will threaten his aunt when Jack's father also goes AWOL, Jack will fluke the ogre's deathwell, where is a dwarfish wizard-type will make him an apprentice monster hunter, and he'll be given a book that tells him all he needs girl to know about the perils he always wanted closer contact with. The book's nameturn? ''Monster Hunting for Beginners''...|isbn=07555019420008666482
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|author= Angharad WalkerJenny Lecoat|title= The Ash House|rating= 5|genre= Confident Readers|summary= A new boy arrives at The Ash House. He doesn't know his name, or why he is there but he is used to the system, used to different places and different faces. He meets Dom who names him Sol and sets out to teach him the rules of The Ash House. These rules centre on a variety of Nicenesses set out by the absent Headmaster. All children must remember their Niceness and complete their chores, working as a hive in the smouldering shadows of The Ash House. But soon their easy peace is shattered by the arrival of the Doctor. By the end of the story, lives will be changed forever and The Ash House will never be the same again.|isbn=1912626977}}{{Frontpage|author=Philip Reeve|title=Utterly Dark and the Face of the Deep|rating=5|genre=Confident Readers|summary=In a word, rich. There is certainly an abundance of riches in this story set on a peculiar island called Wildsea, British but way west, beyond the Scillies. There are troll people on it, and sea-witches, and legends of the Dark family that has to keep watch for magical islands and their monster approaching from even further west, where no ship dare sail. The current Darks are the Watcher, Andrewe, who has to keep notes of activity from the Hidden Lands, his brother Will who lives in London with too much science in his head to worry about such local yokel superstitions, and Andrewe's foundling daughter, who washed up out of the sea one day eleven years ago. But when Andrewe Dark drowns himself, both his sullen brother and his curious ward are thrust into the world of protecting their island, like it or not.|isbn=1788452372}} =='''14 SEPTEMBER'''=={{Frontpage|author=Tori Bovalino|title=The Devil Makes Three|rating=4.5|genre=Teens|summary= Working all summer in her boarding school's library is the last thing Tess Matheson wants to do — especially when she gets a request for over a hundred books that she has to deliver herself. What makes it worse is the man who requested the books: Mr Birch. The boarding school's headmaster, and a man Tess hates. As a petty act of revenge for making her find and deliver such a large request, Tess sticks post-it notes on each of the books, scribbled with the ugliest insults she can think of. They're never meant to reach him, of course. Her plan is to get her anger out like this, and then take them all off before delivering them. No harm done… Or it would be, if someone hadn't delivered them for her.|isbn=1789098130}} =='''16 SEPTEMBER'''=={{Frontpage|isbn= B09BG8V3Q6|title= Who Needs Nappies? Not Me! (Everybody Potties!)|author= Justine Avery and Seema Amjad|rating=4.5|genre=For Sharing|summary= ''Who Needs Nappies? Not Me!'' is the latest release in the ''Everybody Potties!'' series from Justine Avery. This series of fun picture books aims to take the pain out of potty training children and replace it with some fun. It's a worthy aim, as any frustrated parent will tell you. .}}{{Frontpage|author=Alex Foulkes|title=Rules for Vampires|rating=4.5|genre=Confident Readers|summary= Eleonore Von Motteberg (or 'Leo' for short) is a Vampire. She drinks blood, she sleeps during the day, and she can Grimwalk (turning into a flock of bats to travel around, although not all of them remember to come back). Pretty cool stuff. Now, on the night of her hundredth birthnight, she has to go out and hunt her first human. However, instead she ends up killing two humans by accident and burning down an orphanage. Oops! And to make things worse, the ghosts of one of the orphans and the evil master of the orphanage come back to haunt her. So, not only does Leo have to team up with the friendly ghost Minna to stop the ghost of the Orphanmaster before he becomes unstoppably powerful, she has to do it all while hiding it from her family. Did I mention vampires and ghosts hate each other? Yeah, there's a reason why there are rules for vampires…|isbn=147119955X}}=='''28 SEPTEMBER'''=={{Frontpage|isbn=1800464495|title= 100 Ways in 100 Days to Teach Your Baby Maths: Support All Areas of Your Baby’s Development by Nurturing a Love of Maths|author=Emma Smith|rating=4.5|genre=Children's Non-Fiction|summary=''Babies seem to be born with an amazing number sense: understanding shapes in the womb, being aware of quantities at seven hours old, assessing probability at six months old, and comprehending addition and subtraction at nine months old.'' Did you know this? I didn't! How about: ''Maths ability on entry to school is a strong predictor of later achievement, double that of literacy skills.'' I didn't know this either! I think most parents are aware that giving your children a good start in literacy - reading stories, teaching pen grips, singing rhymes - gives children a solid foundation when they start school. But do we think the same way about maths, beyond counting? I don't think we do, in part because so many of us are afraid of maths. But why are we? Most of us use maths in daily life without realising and it follows that giving our children a similar pre-school grounding will be just as beneficial.}} =='''30 SEPTEMBER'''=={{Frontpage|author=Nick Lake and Emily Gravett|title=Locked Out Lily|rating=4.5|genre=Confident Readers|summary=Lily is, or was, or has been, very ill, and to give her parents relief she's been told to stay with her grandma for a few days. The parents need the relief as Lily's baby sibling is just about to be born – a child Lily swears she hates already and wants nothing to do with. But on tracking back home for word of her parents (and her plush toy so she can sleep) she finds stony-eyed simulacra of her parents, and the babe-in-arms, already installed. These devilish interlopers need to be ousted to get the family back intact, even if it's not the family Lily wants – and all she has to help her in the task are some talking animals – Crow, Mole, Mouse and Snake.|isbn=1471194833}} =='''7 OCTOBER'''=={{Frontpage|author=John Gwynne|title=The Shadow Of The Gods|rating=5|genre=Fantasy|summary=The Shadow Of The Gods is the first installment of the Bloodsworn Saga, set in the era of the Vikings in the shadow of Ragnarok, when the Gods have battled and their bones lie scattered for all to see. This story is the ultimate in High Fantasy, and John Gwynne certainly does justice to the genre, with mythical creatures, archaic language and battles galore. This is a thick book, with an intricate plot and fascinating characters that are woven together to create a wonderfully realistic and gritty world in which our heroes must do battle.|isbn=0356514218}}{{Frontpage|author=Peter Papathanasiou|title=The Stoning|rating=3.5|genre=Thrillers|summary=In a town sleazy enough to make sh*tholes elsewhere look glamorous in comparison, a teacher has been transported across town at night in a shopping trolley, and she's been taped to a tree and she's had rocks bowled at her as if she were the world's tallest cricket stumps. When she's discovered by the town gossip everyone, including the local cops, are quite confident the culprit has come from the immigrant detention centre the place is reluctantly home to. An arson attack on that shows the feeling – and it's only fair, is the general opinion, for the occupants are often setting their own fires in protest at their conditions. Cue the arrival of George Manolis, a higher rank from the city, to sort everything out. Because such an aggrieved, insular community is really going to welcome a Greek-heritaged city boy laying down the law...|isbn=1529416973}} =='''19 OCTOBER'''=={{Frontpage|author=Claire McGowan|title=I Know YouBeyond Summerland
|rating=4
|genre=ThrillersGeneral Fiction|summary=''Then:'' Casey returns from a walk Jean lives on Jersey with her mother where they are celebrating the end of the baby, Carson, and comes across three bodies, almost a whole family taken downoccupation. ''Now:'' Rachel is out for a walk with her dog, Brandy, when she comes across a body in During the woods. |isbn=1542019974}} =='''28 OCTOBER'''=={{Frontpage|author=Antti Tuomainen and David Hackston (translator)|title=The Rabbit Factor|rating=3.5|genre=Crime|summary=Meet Henri. With a mind so much more focused on maths and calculations than it is other human beingswar, heJean's perfect father was arrested for his job in the insurance company – until they decide he's not a team-member, that they'd prefer everyone listening to be all open-plan, holistic and keen on stupid-as workshopping. This is when he finds his brother has died, having a heart attack while busy changing his Volvo's banned radio channeland soldiers took him away one night, leaving Jean and has left Henri everythingher mother waiting for years for news of him. Unfortunately (or otherwise) that 'everything' is just an adventure park As the British finally free the Channel islands from the Nazis, and nothing else. ''YouMeFun'' the war is so not finally over, their hopes rise that they will finally learn what Henri wants to occupy his mind, but he perks up a little when he sees huge holes in became of him. But will the finances – it runs at truth come as a steady money-moving pacerelief, despite some desultory staff ideas, but loans have been made out and or will it raise further questions around what else happened during the war? Who was the informer who told the amount vanished. Fortunately (or otherwise) some people are quickly on Nazis about the scene to explain that missing money – it's been turned into a gambling debt that has also now radio? And what other secrets have been inherited by Henri, and kept throughout the activities of these guys are not conducive to getting a cheap life insurance plan...occupation?|isbn=191319387X1846976537
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