Published By: Simon & Schuster ChildrenPages: 240Released On: 22/10/2025Reading Age: 8+ Every year, six local schools compete to win the Christmas Cup. Last year, the rival school to Brooke Parkin’s school won for the most crackers pulled in a minute! This year, the cup will be judged and awarded to the school with the perfectContinue reading “The Merry Christmas Murders – Alexandra Benedict”
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Kringle’s Emporium – Jemma Hatt
Published By: BooksGoSocialPages: 186Released On: 28/09/2025Reading Age: 8-12Illustrated By: Andrew Smith When Laney and Ben stumble through the door of Kringle’s Emporium, they step into a world of hidden wonders. But the emporium is more than a shop of curiosities. It is Kris Kringle’s travelling hiding place, and the magic of Christmas is in danger.Continue reading “Kringle’s Emporium – Jemma Hatt”
All That We See or Seem – Ken Liu
Published By: Ad AstraPages: 416Released On: 09/10/2025 At 14, Julia Z became infamous as the “orphan hacker,” a teenage prodigy who broke the law and captivated a nation. Now, years later, she’s trying to leave that life behind, hiding in the quiet suburbs of Boston. But her fragile anonymity is shattered when a desperate lawyerContinue reading “All That We See or Seem – Ken Liu”
The Infirmary – Carly Reagon
Published By: SpherePages: 384Released On: 09/10/2025 Obsession is a sickness, for which there is no cure. Suffolk, 1840.Charles Keller needs to escape London, so he leaps when he is offered a position as surgeon at a country infirmary for the poor. But St Cross is not as he expected, and he soon finds himself reflectingContinue reading “The Infirmary – Carly Reagon”
The Porcelain Menagerie – Jillian Forsberg
Published By: History Through FictionPages: 258Released On: 21/10/2025 In a world where ambition is as fragile as porcelain, two lives are shaped by a king’s dangerous obsessions. In 18th-century Dresden, the dangerous whims of King Augustus the Strong shape the court and the lives of those held captive, both people and animals. Johann Kändler, aContinue reading “The Porcelain Menagerie – Jillian Forsberg”
Costumes for Time Travellers – A. R. Capetta
Published By: WalkerPages: 224Released On: 09/10/2025 Anyone who has hiked through time knows the town of Pocket. It’s the place time travellers first reach after they stumble away from their hometime, passing through on their way to any other when. To Calisto, Pocket is home. They love their grandmother’s shop, which is filled with clothes fromContinue reading “Costumes for Time Travellers – A. R. Capetta”
The Ordeals – Rachel Greenlaw
Published By: HQPages: 384Released On: 07/10/2025 Old Magic. New power. A contest to die for. Sophia DeWinter has been bound to her cruel uncle, the Collector since he exacted a blood bond from her as a child. When she learns of Killmarth, an elite academy for magic wielders outside of the Collector’s control, she grabsContinue reading “The Ordeals – Rachel Greenlaw”
Magic at the Grand Dragonfly Theatre – Brandie June
Published By: IBPAPages: 304Released On: 07/10/2025 Welcome to the Grand Dragonfly Theatre. Violet Ashmore is an aspiring playwright who lives in her sister’s shadow. While Iris performs onstage, Violet hides forbidden magic. Should anyone discover the powers she’s hidden her whole life, she would be conscripted to fight in the same war that stole awayContinue reading “Magic at the Grand Dragonfly Theatre – Brandie June”
The Ex I Buried – Natali Simmonds
Published By: BookouturePages: 312Released On: 29/09/2025 The invitation to my ex-boyfriend’s funeral came out of the blue. I take a deep breath, my hand on the door to the church, fingers trembling. I haven’t seen Jacob in ten years – not since an anonymous lie about me tore the two of us apart… I’ve stayed as farContinue reading “The Ex I Buried – Natali Simmonds”
I Shop, Therefore I Am – Mary Portas
Published By: CanongatePages: 336Released On: 02/10/2025 It’s the 1990s: Britpop is dominating the charts, Kate Moss and Naomi Campbell stare out from the cover of every glossy magazine and British fashion is ripe for reinvention. Leading the charge is a twenty-something Mary Portas who has been brought in to revitalise the department store Harvey Nichols,Continue reading “I Shop, Therefore I Am – Mary Portas”
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