Published By: John MurrayPages: 320Released On: 22/05/2025 England, 1979. Vincent, Lawrence and William are the last remaining residents of a secluded New Forest home, part of the government’s Sycamore Scheme. Every day, the triplets do their chores, play their games and take their medicine, under the watchful eyes of three mothers: Mother Morning, Mother AfternoonContinue reading “The Book of Guilt – Catherine Chidgey”
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Cat Fight – Kit Conway
Published By: BantamPages: 320Released On: 15/05/2025 When the peace shatters in suburbia, the claws come out . . . Coralie King, Emma Brooks and Twig Dorsett are friends. Sort of. They’re neighbours on an exclusive Sevenoaks estate who get along. It’s convenient. But one May bank holiday, Coralie’s husband insists he saw a panther onContinue reading “Cat Fight – Kit Conway”
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”
PIG – Matilde Pratesi
Published By: CorsairPages: 336Released On: 01/05/2025 ‘Aksai Black Pied, American Yorkshire, Angeln Saddleback…’ Pigs are Valentina’s safe place. When she’s feeling overwhelmed, she lists the breeds until her mind becomes quiet again.Vale struggles to live life without order. Every morning, she reads the note that her flatmate Clara has pinned on the fridge telling herContinue reading “PIG – Matilde Pratesi”
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”
The Girl In Cell A – Vaseem Khan
Published By: Hodder & StoughtonPages: 592Released On: 01/05/2025 THE WORLD KNOWS HER AS THE GIRL IN CELL A. Convicted of murder at seventeen, infamous killer and true crime celebrity Orianna Negi has always maintained her innocence. BUT IF SHE DIDN’T KILL GIDEON WYCLERC… Orianna has a blind spot over that fateful day: she can’t remember what happened.Continue reading “The Girl In Cell A – Vaseem Khan”
The Show Woman – Emma Cowing
Published By: Hodder & StoughtonPages: 336Released On: 01/05/2025 1910. With the disappearance of her mother and the sudden death of her father, Lena instantly loses any security she has within the circus she has known all her life. She is advised to sell the carousel her father cared for like a child and look for aContinue reading “The Show Woman – Emma Cowing”
My Name Is Emilia del Valle – Isabel Allende
Published By: BloomsburyPages: 352Released On: 06/05/2025 Emilia del Valle was always destined for great things. Abandoned at birth by her Chilean aristocrat father, Emilia comes of age in nineteenth-century San Francisco as an independent and fiercely ambitious young woman, decades ahead of her time. She will do whatever it takes to pursue her life’s passionContinue reading “My Name Is Emilia del Valle – Isabel Allende”
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”
The Midnight Carousel – Fiza Saeed McLynn
Published By: Michael JosephPages: 400Released On: 24/04/2025 Paris, 1900 Celebrated carousel-maker Gilbert works night and day to finish his masterpiece in time for the city’s Exposition Universelle. But Gilbert is struggling in the wake of his wife and son’s tragic deaths, and as he finalises his creation, a dangerous idea forms in his mind . . . Chicago,Continue reading “The Midnight Carousel – Fiza Saeed McLynn”
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