Published By: ZephyrPages: 240Released On: 11/09/2025Reading Age: 9+ Phoebe dreams of becoming an artist like her grandmother, Cass, a brilliant storyteller who has passed on her love of Greek myths to Phoebe. But Cass is disappearing before Phoebe’s eyes, lost to a cruel illness that is destroying her memory. When Phoebe ruins Cass’s seascape inspiredContinue reading “The Odyssey of Phoebe Quilliam – Annelise Gray”
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The Forever Bear – Lu Fraser and Pippa Curnick
Published By: Bloomsbury Children’s BooksPages: 32Released On: 09/10/2025Reading Age: Birth-5 Years It’s Harry’s birthday, and all he wants is a bear of his own. When he steps into a magical shop full of teddy bears, he finds a hundred different kinds of bear to choose from – roundish bears and thinnish bears, woolly bears andContinue reading “The Forever Bear – Lu Fraser and Pippa Curnick”
The Last Bard – Maz Evans
Published By: Chicken HousePages: 320Released On: 11/09/2025Reading Age: 9-11 Will Davenant has known more tragedy than laughter. But in an unexpected twist, he inherits his grandfather’s copy of The Complete Works of Shakespeare – and makes a surprising discovery. As the last living relative of William Shakespeare himself, Will can summon the Bard’s heroes from the pagesContinue reading “The Last Bard – Maz Evans”
Small Wonder – Ross Montgomery
Published By: WalkerPages: 288Released On: 28/08/2025 Remember everything I taught you, Small Wonder. Take care of Leaf. Take care of Pebble. I’ve done all I can. The rest is up to you… Small Wonder lives peacefully at the edge of Ellia, a long with his little brother and faithful horse. But then a deadly assassinContinue reading “Small Wonder – Ross Montgomery”
Maisie vs the Himalayas – Jack Jackman
Published By: Nosy CrowPages: 240Released On: 14/08/2025Reading Age: 9-12 Years When Maisie travels with her Dad to the Himalayas to research his book, How to Find Buried Treasure, she doesn’t expect their exploration to take them deep into the caves beneath the mountains. Before long, Maisie has discovered a cursed treasure, stolen a shark, been huntedContinue reading “Maisie vs the Himalayas – Jack Jackman”
The World’s Worst Alien – Alice Primmer
Published By: WalkerPages: 224Released On: 05/06/2025Reading Age: 9-12 When alien “Sky” creates planet Earth as part of a school project, she’s delighted by her success. Those dinosaurs roaming about the place are top-mark material! Then humans sweep in and it’s farewell dinosaurs, hello destruction. This disappointing evolutionary twist calls for drastic measures: Sky, the laziestContinue reading “The World’s Worst Alien – Alice Primmer”
Dragonborn – Struan Murray
Published By: PuffinPages: 352Released On: 01/05/2025Reading Age: 9-12 Become the impossible . . . Life is no fun for Alex Evans. Ever since her dad’s death, her overprotective mother has smothered her with unbreakable rules and unspoken fears. When the frustration inside Alex finally gets too big to bear, it rushes to the surface. AndContinue reading “Dragonborn – Struan Murray”
Shrapnel Boys – Jenny Pearson
Published By: UsbornePages: 384Released On: 08/05/2025Reading Age: 9-12 years There’s a war going on out there, and I’m missing it. When war comes to London in 1939, Ronnie Smith is scared and excited: scared of the bombs that fall at night, but excited to race his friends to collect the best bits of shrapnel everyContinue reading “Shrapnel Boys – Jenny Pearson”
Land of the Last Wildcat – Lui Sit
Published By: Macmillan Children’s BookPages: 272Released On: 01/05/2025Reading Age: 9-11 Puffin Lau has two problems: her beloved scientist mum barely speaks to her . . . and a mythical wildcat called the Kuri is depending on her for its survival. Luckily, Puffin grew up on stories of the Kuri and its magical powers, and sheContinue reading “Land of the Last Wildcat – Lui Sit”
Snails of the Unexpected – Terrie Chilvers
Published By: Firefly PressPages: 160Released On: 03/04/2025Illustrated By: Brenda FigueroaReading Age: 7+ Shapeshifting snails on a mission to save the world! Struck by lightning one fateful night, Fergus and Shelby receive the power to transform into whatever they want: custard, crisp packets, giant plastic crabs–you name it, they can change into it. And with aContinue reading “Snails of the Unexpected – Terrie Chilvers”
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