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”
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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 Withdrawn, isolated and full of rage, no one trusts him and no one gets close to him.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”
Into Thin Air – S. E. Durrant
Published By: Nosy CrowPages: 256Released On: 13/08/2026Reading Age: 9-12 11-year-old Luna dreams of becoming an astronaut and astronauts need to remain calm in a crisis… She knows for certain that the International Space Station will be over their house in ten days, so Dad will definitely be home by then. Won’t he? But Dad leftContinue reading “Into Thin Air – S. E. Durrant”
The Neverfear – Katherine Rundell
Published By: BloomsburyPages: 304Released On: 27/07/2026 It’s the Midsummer Feast on the Islet of Glimt and on this magical moonlit evening, the word on everyone’s lips is bandits. Reports of masked men burning villages are spreading throughout the Archipelago, but worse is still to come: Christopher and Anya are ambushed and one of the peopleContinue reading “The Neverfear – Katherine Rundell”
Maisie vs the Pyramids – Jack Jackman
Published By: Nosy CrowPages: 256Released On: 04/06/2026Reading Age: 9-12 When Maisie travels with her dad to the Pyramids to research his book, How to Break Codes, she thought they’d mainly be looking at hieroglyphs. But after being drawn into a race to discover a secret tomb, Maisie finds herself having to survive a scorpion attack,Continue reading “Maisie vs the Pyramids – Jack Jackman”
Questers Academy: The Box of Locks – Sam Hay
Published By: Firefly PressPages: 240Released On: 04/06/2026Reading Age: 8+ Tom Friday was never meant to be a museum-guarding, artefact-finding, super-brave explorer. But on a visit to the Natural History Museum he gets embroiled in the world of the Questers Academy – protectors of mythical treasures and artefacts from around the world. Questers student Leesha isContinue reading “Questers Academy: The Box of Locks – Sam Hay”
The Unchosen One – Amy Sparkes
Published By: WalkerPages: 240Released On: 07/05/2026Reading Age: 9-12 What happens if the Chosen One doesn’t want the job? When Tassie is announced as the Chosen One, destined to save the day, she knows there’s been a mistake. She’s nothing like the mild-mannered child described in the prophecy! Besides, being the Chosen One sounds like ZERO fun. IfContinue reading “The Unchosen One – Amy Sparkes”
The Ministry of Manners – David Solomons
Published By: Piccadilly PressPages: 272Released On: 07/05/2026Reading Age: 9-12 Be quiet. Be polite. Or be silenced. Alfie and Margot Hawthorne have grown up under the Ministry of Manners, where politeness isn’t a choice – it’s the law. And one wrong word can change your life. He knows how to stay out of trouble, but sheContinue reading “The Ministry of Manners – David Solomons”
Dragonflare – Jamie Hammond
Published By: UsbornePages: 288Released On: 08/05/2026Reading Age: 8-11 You are invited to compete in the Wingrider Trials on Dragonflare Island! Do you have what it takes to become a dragon rider, solve the puzzles and find the treasure? Flynn definitely doesn’t. So, when a dragon kidnaps him to be her partner in the trials, thingsContinue reading “Dragonflare – Jamie Hammond”
