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Freddy vs School – The Awesome Robot Chronicles 1 by Neill Cameron

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A fully illustrated novel from comics creator Neill Cameron – the first title in a new series from David Fickling Books.

POW! PEW! FWOOSH! Meet Freddy – the most super-amazing superhero robot EVER. His unbelievably Amazing Robotic Abilities are mind-blowingly cool. But it turns out that teachers get really angry when you use your rocket boosters in class. Which is rather a problem for Freddy…

Adored comics creator Neill Cameron has written and illustrated a hilarious, heartfelt novel, with an unforgettable protagonist. Freddy vs School is guaranteed to make readers of all ages laugh out loud, while also providing an insightful look at diversity and celebrating children who are different. Fully integrated illustrations make the book perfect for more reluctant readers. This is the story of one superhero robot’s quest to stay in school, save his friends from disaster, and – hardest of all – stay true to himself.


 

Uki and the Swamp Spirit – The Five Realms by Kieran Larwood ill. David Wyatt

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ACHUKA Book of the Day 12 Jan 2021

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Cover design by Fernando Juarez, inside illustrations by David Wyatt (both artists are amazing).

The fifth title in a a high-quality animal fantasy series handsomely published in hardback by Faber. Kirkus described the first book, Podkin One-Ear (a Bluie Peter Book of the Year),  as “an original fantasy with warrior rabbits, fierce foes, sibling loyalty, riveting adventure, and genuine storytelling.”

Uki and the Swamp Spirit is set in the world of Podkin One-Ear. Uki had the sensation of a sickly green light, spreading out through the networks of water. Of tendrils connecting all the creatures of the marsh in a web . . . Linking itself so it could poison it all and destroy it. Uki and his friends have two more spirits to find and capture. After defeating Valkus, they make for Charice, who is spreading disease through the swamps. Can Uki and his friends outwit him – all whilst they themselves are being chased by the Endwatch and Jori’s clan of assassins?

Book 6 in this highly collectible series is publishing in October 2021.

The Kitten Next Door – Animal Stories 47 by Holly Webb ill.Sophy Williams

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Sophia loves cats but her parents think she and her sister are too young to have one of their own. So when a tiny kitten creeps through the fence from next door’s garden, Sophia immediately falls in love with her.
Then Sophia hears that her neighbours are moving away. She won’t get to see Willow any more! To her surprise, though, the little kitten is left behind. Can Sophia convince Mum and Dad to give Willow a new home?

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Toffle Towers 1: Fully Booked by Tim Harris ill. James Foley

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Fawlty Towers meets Treehouse in Tim Harris’s brand-new series…

Toffle Towers is about to be inherited by the next generation. Chegwin Toffle is only ten years old but he isn’t going to let that stop him from turning this run-down hotel into a success. Chegwin is determined to transform Toffle Towers from a boring hotel for grown-ups into an incredibly exciting destination for children (and their families). But Chegwin has a lot to learn and his tendency to drift off into daydreams isn’t helping. He has plenty of ideas but can he turn his madcap daydreams into reality?

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That’s Snow Business! – Bad Nana 3 by Sophy Henn

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The third book in the wickedly funny series for ages six and up from the creator of Where Bear?, Pass It On and the Pom Pom series, with colour illustrations throughout.

Hi! I’m Jeanie – still 7 3/4 years old, and back for another adventure with my BRILLIANT grandma BAD NANA. There’s a local winter talent show, and the whole town is SO excited. Especially as the SPECTACULAR Bobby Trulove is in charge. He’s an old friend of BAD NANA’s and he’s quite, erm, dramatic! The day before the show, a freak weather storm hits, and leaves the town snowed in. Can BAD NANA save the show?

Bad Nana 1: Older Not Wiser

Bad Nana 2: All The Fun Of The Fair

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The Midnight Howl by Benjamin Read ill.Laura Trinder

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The second adventure in Benjamin Read and Laura Trinder’s magical Midnight Hour series…

Emily needs to work out why magic is leaking from the Midnight Hour – but her shape-shifting Pooka relatives and a terrifying haunting aren’t making things easy, not to mention the fact that she’s supposed to be grounded. Officer-in-training Tarkus and pet hedgehog Hoggins are on hand to help – but if they can’t work out what’s going wrong, it will be the end of the midnight world.

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School’s Cancelled – Anisha the Accidental Detective 2 by Serena Patel ill. Emma McCann

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Anisha can’t wait to show off her volcano project at the science fair…and maybe win the prize trip to the national space centre. But when the volcano explodes and floods the school, Anisha is disqualified. It’s so unfair, because it wasn’t her fault! Can Anisha, her best friend Milo, a pet rat, and a high-school vlogger catch the culprit?

The first book in the series was published earlier this year (2020), and was our Book of the Day on 30 March.

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Ballet Bunnies: The New Class by Swapna Reddy ill. Binny Talib

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Learning to ballet dance is harder than Millie expected. The other dancers in the class aren’t very nice to her either. But just when she’s thinking that maybe ballet isn’t for her after all, Millie meets the ballet bunnies! They live hidden in the ballet school, using what they find to make their home-ballet shoes for beds, upside-down cups for tables, and secretly take the ballet classes with the humans. Maybe the ballet bunnies can help Millie master some news ballet skills after all…

Follow the Australian illustrator on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/binnyillustration/

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Death Sets Sail by Robin Stevens

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ACHUKA Book of the Day 3 Aug 2020

The ninth and final novel in the popular Murder Most Unladylike series.

Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong are in Egypt, taking a cruise along the Nile. They are hoping to see some ancient temples and a mummy or two; what they get, instead, is murder. Also travelling on the SS Hatshepsut is a mysterious society called the Breath of Life: a group of genteel English ladies and gentlemen, who believe themselves to be reincarnations of the ancient pharaohs. Three days into the cruise their leader is found dead in her cabin, stabbed during the night. It soon becomes clear to Daisy and Hazel that the victim’s timid daughter is being framed – and they begin to investigate their most difficult case yet. But there is danger all around, and only one of the Detective Society will make it home alive…

Stevens is already working on a new series called The Ministry of Unladylike Activity set during WWII.

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Agent Asha: Mission Shark Bytes by Sophie Deen

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First in a new series…

The story is a great way to engage young readers in coding, critical-thinking and STEM. It is mapped onto key National Curriculum Computing KS1 and KS2 concepts including algorithms, conditionals and debugging.

Asha Joshi has the perfect excuse not to finish her homework. She’s just been recruited to join the top-secret Children’s Spy Agency. Her first mission: SAVE THE WORLD. Can she do it? Asha’s a coder so she should be able to hack into the biggest tech company in the world, fight deadly sharks and figure out why the Internet has stopped working. All before bedtime. 

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