Published By: FireflyPages: 254Released On: 08/10/2026Reading Age: 11+ When tragedy strikes close to home, Delores, Prudence and Gabriel are thrown into their darkest, most dangerous mystery yet. The ghoulish victim of a decades old murder is hunting Delores down. Rage-filled and unpredictable, Temperance Darrow is screaming for justice from beyond the grave. Delores’ greatest challengeContinue reading “Delores Mackenzie and the Dead of Winter – Yvonne Banham”
Category Archives: Children & Illustrated
Scare B’n’B: Ghouls Just Wanna Have Fun – Catherine Doyle
Published By: Bloomsbury Children’s BooksPages: 256Released On: 24/09/2026Illustrator: Rachael DeanReading Age: 7-9 Ted McKenley is done managing the mayhem of Tartarus Hotel’s ghostly residents alone. Fortunately, the holidays are here and Frankie Stark is finally back from boarding school. But there’s no rest for the stepsiblings as a pop megastar has chosen the hotel asContinue reading “Scare B’n’B: Ghouls Just Wanna Have Fun – Catherine Doyle”
The Neverland Thieves – Katie Tsang and Kevin Tsang
Published By: Simon & Schuster Children’s UKPages: 320Released On: 24/09/2026Reading Age: 8+ Tom is a patient at Great Ormond Street Hospital. When his best friend, Felix, comes to visit, exciting and mysterious things start to happen. Gold dust appears, music plays and the stone creatures in the chapel magically come to life. Soon Tom, FelixContinue reading “The Neverland Thieves – Katie Tsang and Kevin Tsang”
Kringle’s Return – Jemma Hatt
Published By: BooksGoSocialPages: 206Released On: 17/09/2026Reading Age: 8-12 YearsIllustrated By: Andrew Smith When the mysterious Frost Fair arrives in Six Pines, Laney and Ben are certain it means one thing: Kringle’s Emporium has returned. But beneath the fair’s sparkling lights, danger is stirring, and the magic of Christmas is under threat once more. Joined byContinue reading “Kringle’s Return – Jemma Hatt”
Circling the Stars – Laura Sheldon
Published By: FireflyPages: 192Released On: 09/07/2026Reading Age: 9-12 Dad has moved out, and Ani is struggling to accept his absence. So her mysterious neighbour, Nando, and his secret nocturnal trips provide a welcome distraction. When Ani follows Nando in the dead of night, she doesn’t expect to come face-to-face with the wild fox he hasContinue reading “Circling the Stars – Laura Sheldon”
Attack of the Sea Dogs – M.G Leonard
Published By: Macmillan Children’s BooksPages: 256Released On: 17/09/2026Reading Age: 9-11 Sim, Jeopardy, and Nelson are supposed to be in Tudor London. Thanks to Uncle Emmett, however, they’re in the right time, but the wrong place: aboard the ship of infamous privateer and explorer Sir Francis Drake, setting sail to raid Cádiz. Trapped, Sim and hisContinue reading “Attack of the Sea Dogs – M.G Leonard”
The Library of Lost Stories – Eloise Williams
Published By: FireflyPages: 240Released On: 03/09/2026Reading Age: 10+ It’s Christmas 1976 in a small town in South Wales, and eleven-year-old Noni and her dad are hiding from the bailiffs, behind the sofa. There’s no money left and Noni’s dad – who used to fix all the town’s broken things seems to be the most brokenContinue reading “The Library of Lost Stories – Eloise Williams”
Cinnamon Crumb, Baking Detective: The Great Cake Caper – Harry Woodgate
Published By: UsbornePages: 352Released On: 10/09/2026Reading Age: 8-11 Meet Cinnamon Crumb. In the town of Marzipan, home to bakers of near-magical talent, Cinnamon burns toast. She’s no baker – but she is about to become a baking detective. Because all is not sweet between Marzipan’s two rival superstar bakers, Victoria Sponge and Madeleine Macaron. TheyContinue reading “Cinnamon Crumb, Baking Detective: The Great Cake Caper – Harry Woodgate”
Georgie – Malachy Doyle
Published By: Firefly PressPages: 128Released On: 15/09/2026Reading Age: 10+ 14-year-old Georgie hasn’t spoken in years. Withdrawn, isolated and full of rage, no one trusts him and no one gets close to him. But then he is moved to a new home in the Welsh countryside. Instead of an empty room with a bare mattress onContinue reading “Georgie – Malachy Doyle”
Everywhere But Here – Jacqueline Silvester
Published By: Simon and Schuster Children’s UKPages: 336Released On: 13/08/2026 Margot is That Girl – she’s built her online audience from scratch and though her life looks perfect on screen, her influencing supports her family’s dying B&B. Theo is seen as a nepo baby – but photography is his ticket to escaping his billionaireContinue reading “Everywhere But Here – Jacqueline Silvester”
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