Published By: Hodder Children’s BooksPages: 304Released On: 10/10/2024Reading Age: 9-11 Christmas is the best time to believe in magic … One winter evening, Lydia Marmalade arrives at Lady Partridge’s mansion. She has nothing except her sausage dog, Colin, but she’s not going to let that stop her making this her new home. But Lady PartridgeContinue reading “The Christmas Wish-tastrophe – Cariad Lloyd”
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The Twelve – Liz Hyder
Published By: Pushkin Children’sPages: 256Released On: 10/10/2024Illustrated By: Tom de Freston It’s supposed to be a treat for Kit, a winter holiday by the coast with her sister Libby and their mum. But as the solstice moon rises high in the sky, Kit and Libby are drawn to a mysterious white tower, only to faceContinue reading “The Twelve – Liz Hyder”
Feather – Manon Steffan Ros
Published By: FireflyPages: 112Released On: 26/09/2024Age Range: 8-14 Huw always pops in to see his nan on the way home from school – she bakes him cakes and never fusses about his homework. So it’s a great shock when, one day, Nan forgets his name, and calls him Johnny – the long-unmentionable name of herContinue reading “Feather – Manon Steffan Ros”
Honeybee – Dawn O’Porter
Published By: HarperCollinsPages: 384Released On: 26/09/2024 Old friends Renée and Flo couldn’t be more different. Flo wants to be invisible, Renée wants to be a somebody. But old friendships are magnetic. In their early twenties, and on the cusp of the rest of their lives, Renée and Flo both fly home to Guernsey: to theContinue reading “Honeybee – Dawn O’Porter”
The Beforelife of Eliza Valentine – Laura Pearson
Published By: BoldwoodPages: 293Released On: 20/09/2024 There are four of us: Samuel, Lucy, Thomas, and me – Eliza. We came into being the day Becca Valentine was born. We’ve been by her side ever since. What she doesn’t know yet, is that one day she might become our mother. Then two men come into herContinue reading “The Beforelife of Eliza Valentine – Laura Pearson”
The Christmas Dog Sitters – Lucy Mitchell
Published By: Bloodhound BooksPages: Released On: 19/09/2024 Rachel is struggling. She’s navigating the loss of her best friend, she’s left heartbroken by her ex-boyfriend, and she’s recently been made redundant by her employer. So the impending holiday season is the last thing she wants to think about. Then her rich sister suggests that Rachel dog-sitContinue reading “The Christmas Dog Sitters – Lucy Mitchell”
Bright Midnights – LS Delorme
Pages: 307Released On: 29/09/2023 Most high school students find life challenging, but 17-year old Amelie has a lot more to contend with than typical teenage angst. Ever since she turned 11, others have been irresistibly drawn to her—with tragic consequences. Her only escape is at night when she flies to different times and places throughContinue reading “Bright Midnights – LS Delorme”
Never Ever You – Sarah Echavarre
Published By: Lake UnionPages: 320Released On: 17/09/2024 A happily married woman wakes up to an astonishingly different life in a funny, emotional, and twisty romantic comedy in reverse by the author of Three More Months. It’s Riley Ricci-Chase’s first wedding anniversary, and she’s living a perfect life in London with her utterly devoted husband, Tristan. SoContinue reading “Never Ever You – Sarah Echavarre”
The Haunted Life of Delores Mackenzie – Yvonne Banham
Published By: FireflyPages: 288Released On: 12/09/2024Age Range: 11+ Paranormal students Delores and Prudence are being hounded by inquisitors after they broke the rules and helped rescue fellow student Maud from death at the hands of an evil spirit. Cruel inquisitor Magoria Jepp is searching for secrets at their home in Edinburgh’s Tolbooth Bookstore, but doesContinue reading “The Haunted Life of Delores Mackenzie – Yvonne Banham”
The Forest of a Thousand Eyes – Frances Hardinge
Published By: Two HootsPages: 128Released On: 19/09/2024 The hungry Forest is moving forward like an army, a green and constant threat to the humans living in and on an increasingly crumbling Wall. Feather, accompanied only by her scaled ferret, Sleek, must avoid the Forest’s tentacles, and the many dangerous creatures it shelters, to return theContinue reading “The Forest of a Thousand Eyes – Frances Hardinge”
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