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New Books in the Library
New Books in the Library – NERDS – National Espionage, Rescue, and Defense Society by Michael Buckley
You are holding a top secret NERDS case file. It contains highly classified information. So don’t lose it, ‘kay?
Meet the NERDS, a team of eleven-year-old super spies:
Duncan “Gluestick” Dewey. He’s a paste-eater who can stick to walls.
Ruby “Pufferfish” Peet. Her allergies help her detect danger and dishonesty.
Heathcliff “Choppers” Hodges. He controls minds with his buckteeth.
Julio “Flinch” Escala. His hyperactivity gives him super speed and strength.
Matilda “Wheezer” Choi. Her inhalers enable her to fly and blast enemies.
Jackson “Braceface” Jones, the new recruit. This metal mouth is the team’s go-to gadget guy… if only he can get over becoming a NERD.
Can this team of misfits save the world from their secret headquarters in the basement of their school? Can you read NERDS without laughing? Go ahead and try!
YA Book Prize display
Yet another book which we have already featured as a Book of the Week… the hilarious and heart-warming Crongton Knights, by Alex Wheatle.
Living on the South Crongton council estate has its worries – and life for McKay has been even tougher since his mum died.
His dad has been working all hours to keep the bailiffs from their door.
His brother is always riding the streets at night, tempting trouble.
And now, having strayed off his turf on a ‘heroic’ (if misguided) mission to help out a girl, McKay finds himself facing a friend’s crazy ex-boyfriend, some power-tripping hood-rats and a notoriously violent gangster with a vendetta which hits too close to home.
Poor McKay. He never asked for trouble …But during one madcap night of adventure and danger, he will find out who his true friends are and what it means to stick with your family.
New Books in the Library – Dark Lord: The Teenage Years by Jamie Thomson
New in the Library this week, the hilariously silly Dark Lord: The Teenage Years by Jamie Thomson.
Meet the Dark Lord. Fear his mood swings!
Greetings, puny human! I am the Dark Lord. You may call me Master.
This tome of staggering genius is scribed by me, the Dark Lord, a.k.a. Dirk Lloyd. My archenemy has cast me into your world in the body of a teenager. Oh, the indignity! Brutal revenge wil be mine! As soon as I’ve done my homework…
Mwa ha ha!
New books in the Library
New Books in the Library
Everyone needs a good laugh now and again, so I bought some new joke books. I hope I’m still finding them funny once I’ve heard them a few times… The joke books are on the big spinner in the Quick Reads section – enjoy!
New Books in the Library – Time Travelling with a Hamster by Ross Welford
I suppose if you’d asked me before, I’d have said a time machine might look something like a submarine? Or perhaps a space rocket.
Instead. I’m looking at a laptop and a tin tub from a garden centre.
This is my dad’s time machine.
And it’s about to change the world.
Well, mine, at any rate”
Al Chaudhury has a chance to save his dad’s life – but to do it he must travel to 1984…
Blurb and cover art taken from publisher’s website, HarperCollins Publishing.
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Double Down by Jeff Kinney – Book of the Week
It’s hard to believe that there are 
now eleven Wimpy Kid books, but here it is – Double Down by Jeff Kinney, continuing the hilarious adventures of Greg Heffley.
The pressure’s really piling up on Greg Heffley. His mom thinks video games are turning his brain to mush, so she wants her son to put down the controller and explore his ‘creative side’.
As if that’s not scary enough, Halloween’s just around the corner and the frights are coming at Greg from every angle.
When Greg discovers a bag of gummy worms, it sparks an idea. Can he get his mom off his back by making a movie …and will he become rich and famous in the process? Or will doubling down on this plan just double Greg’s troubles?
All the Wimpy Kid books can be found on the display spinner just in front of the issue desk in the Library.
Day 7 of the Library Advent Calendar
Day 7 has been taken over by Horrible Histories… That is one grumpy-looking reindeer on the cover!
Want to know:
- a very rude pantomime song?
- why making Christmas pudding used to be a crime?
- how to get rid of carol singers?
Horrible Christmas tells you all the festive facts you ever wanted to find out but were too stuffed full of mince pies to ask.