Published By: Macmillan Children’s BooksPages: 256Released On: 30/01/2025Reading Age: 9-11 Sim and his mum never live anywhere long. When dangerous strangers appear one night, Sim finds out why. His mum has been keeping secrets: she has the power to open doors in time. Running for their lives, Sim and his friends are determined to outwitContinue reading “Hunt For the Golden Scarab – M.G Leonard”
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The Blackbirds of St Giles – Lila Cain
Published By: Simon and SchusterPages: 496Released On: 30/01/2025 It’s 1782, Daniel and his sister Pearl arrive in London with the world at their feet and their future assured. Having escaped a Jamaican sugar plantation, Daniel fought for the British in the American War of Independence and was rewarded with freedom and an inheritance. ButContinue reading “The Blackbirds of St Giles – Lila Cain”
BLOB – Maggie Su
Published By: SceptrePages: 256Released On: 06/02/2025 Vi Liu’s life is a mess. Having dropped out of college, she’s stuck in a job she hates at a local hotel. Her ex-boyfriend has blocked her and she’s lashing out at her family and co-workers. One night, drunk outside a drag club, she stumbles across a mysterious sentientContinue reading “BLOB – Maggie Su”
Bethnal Green – Amélie Skoda
Published By: ManillaPages: 352Released On: 30/01/2025 Penang, 1971. When Suyin is offered the opportunity of a lifetime – a place as a trainee nurse in London’s Bethnal Green Hospital – she jumps at the chance to leave her job as a seamstress and unite with her sister, who left for the same path a yearContinue reading “Bethnal Green – Amélie Skoda”
The Garden – Nick Newman
Published By: DoubledayPages: 288Released On: 30/01/2025 In a place and time unknown, two elderly sisters live in a walled garden, secluded from the outside world. For as long as they can remember, Evelyn and Lily have only had each other. What was before the garden, they have forgotten; what lies beyond it, they do notContinue reading “The Garden – Nick Newman”
The Lamb – Lucy Rose
Published By: W&NPages: 336Released On: 30/01/2025 Margot and Mama have lived by the forest since Margot can remember. When Margot is not at school, they spend quiet days together in their cottage, waiting for strangers to knock on their door. Strays, Mama calls them. Mama loves the strays. She feeds them wine, keeps them warm.Continue reading “The Lamb – Lucy Rose”
Notes on a Drowning – Anna Sharpe
Published By: OrionPages: 320Released On: 23/01/2025 Alex knows she risks getting fired from her law firm if she takes on another unpaid case, but when she hears Rosa’s desperate voice at the other end of the phone, she knows she has to help: the body of Rosa’s shy teenage sister, Natalia, has been dragged, lifeless, from theContinue reading “Notes on a Drowning – Anna Sharpe”
The Lotus Shoes – Jane Yang
Published By: SpherePages: 400Released On: 28/01/2025 As a child, Little Flower is sold to Linjing’s wealthy family to become a muizai. In a fit of childish jealousy over her new handmaiden’s ladylike bound feet and talent for embroidery, Linjing ensures Little Flower can never leave her to ascend in society. Despite their starkly different places inContinue reading “The Lotus Shoes – Jane Yang”
Famous Last Words – Gillian McAllister
Published By: Michael JosephPages: 416Released On: 30/01/2025 It’s Camilla’s first day back at work, her daughter’s first day at nursery. But husband Luke is nowhere to be seen. The only trace of him is an unfinished note. Camilla tries to put it out of her mind; there must be a rational explanation. At work, thereContinue reading “Famous Last Words – Gillian McAllister”
The Boy I Love – William Hussey
Published By: Andersen PressPages: 304Released On: 23/01/2025 At just nineteen, Stephen has already survived a year at the front. Now he is returning to the trenches to lead a platoon, despite his wounds. Broken-hearted from the loss of his first love, Stephen wonders what he’s fighting for. Then he meets Private Danny McCormick, a smart,Continue reading “The Boy I Love – William Hussey”
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