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      • Children's & young adult: general non-fiction
        March 2021

        The Big Book of Festivals

        by Joan-Maree Hargreaves, Marita Bullock and Liz Rowland

        Kids with an interest in the world around them will adore this collection of fantastic festivities, crazy celebrations and happy holy days from across the globe.   This gorgeously illustrated hardback features a total of 38 festivals, including: Lunar New Year, Day of the Dead, Kumbh Mela, Holi, Diwali, Gelede, Christmas, La Tomatina, Eid-ul-Fitr, Konaki Sumo, Carnaval, Hanukkah, Anastenaria, Festival of Giants, Matariki, Halloween, The Birthday of Guru Nanak, Buddha's Birthday, Bunya Cone Harvest Festival, Easter, Inti Raymi, Venetian Masquerade Ball, and more.

      • Children's & young adult fiction & true stories
        April 2021

        Wednesday Weeks and the Tower of Shadows

        Wednesday Weeks: Book 1

        by Denis Knight and Cristy Burne

        In a world of magic, can science save the day?   Wednesday Weeks never wanted to be a sorcerer's apprentice. She'd rather study science than magic. But when her cloak-wearing, staff-wielding grandpa is captured by a power-hungry goblin king, Wednesday must find a way to embrace her magical heritage and rescue him from the dreaded Tower of Shadows.   Luckily, she's not alone. Her best friend Alfie is a prime-number fan and robotics expert who's all-in on Wednesday's epic plan involving parallel universes, swords of power, and a wise-cracking talking skull. But it's going to take more than science, magic, and the world's cutest robot to take down this bad guy. Because the goblin king is playing for the ultimate prize – and Wednesday and Alfie just walked into his trap...

      • General fiction (Children's/YA)
        September 2020

        Before the Beginning

        by Anna Morgan

        That strange in-between time when the last year of school finishes, the holidays begin, and when teenagers move from school into the adult world. A time when anything is possible, and everything can change.   Grace is questioning herself and has opted not to join her clique for the weeklong end of year celebrations, instead tagging along with her brother Casper and his friends. Casper, an artist, is trying to create the perfect uni application portfolio. Overachieving Noah is reeling from a catastrophe that might have ruined his final exam results. Elsie is just trying to figure out how to hold their friendship group together. Then, they meet a mysterious girl with a magnetic personality. All of them are drawn to her, and she persuades them to go camping with her on a remote, uninhabited island. On the island, each of them will find answers to their questions. But what does Sierra want from them?   An empathetic and suspenseful coming of-age story from the author of All That Impossible Space.

      • Children's & young adult fiction & true stories
        October 2020

        The Greatest Hit

        by Will Kostakis

        People look at Tessa and see her biggest mistake. While everyone else her age is taking their bold first steps into adulthood, she's just trying to outrun a song that went viral when she was fourteen.   But now – an opportunity. A profile as one of The Five Most Forgettable Internet Celebrities of the Decade So Far gives her the chance to right a wrong, and the courage to sing her greatest hit as it was originally written.   But will it be enough to win back the person she hurt?

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