Published By: WalkerPages: 224Released On: 05/06/2025Reading Age: 9-12 When alien “Sky” creates planet Earth as part of a school project, she’s delighted by her success. Those dinosaurs roaming about the place are top-mark material! Then humans sweep in and it’s farewell dinosaurs, hello destruction. This disappointing evolutionary twist calls for drastic measures: Sky, the laziestContinue reading “The World’s Worst Alien – Alice Primmer”
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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”
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”
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”
Snails of the Unexpected – Terrie Chilvers
Published By: Firefly PressPages: 160Released On: 03/04/2025Illustrated By: Brenda FigueroaReading Age: 7+ Shapeshifting snails on a mission to save the world! Struck by lightning one fateful night, Fergus and Shelby receive the power to transform into whatever they want: custard, crisp packets, giant plastic crabs–you name it, they can change into it. And with aContinue reading “Snails of the Unexpected – Terrie Chilvers”
Deep Dark – Zohra Nabi
Published By: Simon & Schuster ChildrenPages: 352Released On: 27/03/2025Reading Age: 9+ The dark was deep; it opened like a cavernous mouth and swallowed the boy whole.Cassia Thorne leads a double life. By day, she sells ballads at Bartholomew Fair. By night she spends her evenings locked up in Fleet Prison. Cassia has plans of escapingContinue reading “Deep Dark – Zohra Nabi”
Michael Rosen’s Pocket Shakespeare – Michael Rosen
Published By: Walker BooksPages: 192Released On: 03/04/2025Reading Age: 9-12Illustrated By: Chris Riddell Thanks to NetGalley and Walker Books for the advanced copy of this title in return for an honest review. Why have I – a 31 year old woman with no children of her own – read a book aimed at 9-12 year olds,Continue reading “Michael Rosen’s Pocket Shakespeare – Michael Rosen”
Hidden Treasure – Jessie Burton
Published By: Bloomsbury Children’s BookPages: 320Released On: 13/03/2025Reading Age: 9+ For the people who live on the banks of the Thames, the river is a living, breathing thing. It can take your treasures. It can hide your treasures. And, sometimes, it can give them back. Bo and Billy are two children who have never met.Continue reading “Hidden Treasure – Jessie Burton”
The Green Kingdom – Cornelia Funke and Tammi Hartung
Published By: DK ChildrenPages: 224Released: 06/03/2025Illustrated By: Melissa Castrillon Twelve-year-old Caspia hates big cities, especially one as busy as New York. So she isn’t thrilled by the news that her parents are taking her to stay in Brooklyn. It’s summer-devouring bad luck! But everything changes when Caspia discovers a bundle of letters, hidden in anContinue reading “The Green Kingdom – Cornelia Funke and Tammi Hartung”
Jayben and the Dragon Stone – Thomas Leeds
Published By: Hodder Children’s BooksPages: 288Released On: 13/02/2025Reading Age: 9+ As the Ninth Dreamer, Jayben is the only one who can defeat Null, the evil villain who has been making everyone in the Elf World forget. But the crystals that give Jayben his power are quickly fading, and he needs to uncover the missing wordsContinue reading “Jayben and the Dragon Stone – Thomas Leeds”
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