Published By: Macmillan Children’s BooksPages: 352Released On: 01/10/2026Reading Age: 8-11Illustrator: Elisa Paganelli Eleven-year-old Annika may be heir to the ocean-ruled kingdom of Iffenwild, but she’d much rather be sailing with her traveling theatre troupe than learning how to be queen. But when her beloved uncle Max – the king – returns gravely injured from aContinue reading “The Frozen King – Pari Thomson”
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Delores Mackenzie and the Dead of Winter – Yvonne Banham
Published By: FireflyPages: 254Released On: 08/10/2026Reading Age: 11+ When tragedy strikes close to home, Delores, Prudence and Gabriel are thrown into their darkest, most dangerous mystery yet. The ghoulish victim of a decades old murder is hunting Delores down. Rage-filled and unpredictable, Temperance Darrow is screaming for justice from beyond the grave. Delores’ greatest challengeContinue reading “Delores Mackenzie and the Dead of Winter – Yvonne Banham”
Scare B’n’B: Ghouls Just Wanna Have Fun – Catherine Doyle
Published By: Bloomsbury Children’s BooksPages: 256Released On: 24/09/2026Illustrator: Rachael DeanReading Age: 7-9 Ted McKenley is done managing the mayhem of Tartarus Hotel’s ghostly residents alone. Fortunately, the holidays are here and Frankie Stark is finally back from boarding school. But there’s no rest for the stepsiblings as a pop megastar has chosen the hotel asContinue reading “Scare B’n’B: Ghouls Just Wanna Have Fun – Catherine Doyle”
The Neverland Thieves – Katie Tsang and Kevin Tsang
Published By: Simon & Schuster Children’s UKPages: 320Released On: 24/09/2026Reading Age: 8+ Tom is a patient at Great Ormond Street Hospital. When his best friend, Felix, comes to visit, exciting and mysterious things start to happen. Gold dust appears, music plays and the stone creatures in the chapel magically come to life. Soon Tom, FelixContinue reading “The Neverland Thieves – Katie Tsang and Kevin Tsang”
Kringle’s Return – Jemma Hatt
Published By: BooksGoSocialPages: 206Released On: 17/09/2026Reading Age: 8-12 YearsIllustrated By: Andrew Smith When the mysterious Frost Fair arrives in Six Pines, Laney and Ben are certain it means one thing: Kringle’s Emporium has returned. But beneath the fair’s sparkling lights, danger is stirring, and the magic of Christmas is under threat once more. Joined byContinue reading “Kringle’s Return – Jemma Hatt”
Attack of the Sea Dogs – M.G Leonard
Published By: Macmillan Children’s BooksPages: 256Released On: 17/09/2026Reading Age: 9-11 Sim, Jeopardy, and Nelson are supposed to be in Tudor London. Thanks to Uncle Emmett, however, they’re in the right time, but the wrong place: aboard the ship of infamous privateer and explorer Sir Francis Drake, setting sail to raid Cádiz. Trapped, Sim and hisContinue reading “Attack of the Sea Dogs – M.G Leonard”
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”
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”
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