Published By: FaberPages: 320Released On: 25/09/2025Reading Age: 9-11 Strange happenings are afoot in Temstown. Everyone is saying vampires are to blame and the townsfolk have their stakes at the ready. But Mina, Buffy and Bella, three unusual cousins, are about to discover a family secret – and an ancient book – that could change everything.Continue reading “Dracula & Daughters – Emma Carroll”
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The Girl Who Raced the World – Nat Harrison
Published By: Piccadilly PressPages: 336Released On: 25/09/2025 It is 1872 and, when Maggie Appleton’s beloved mother dies, she is left with nothing but a letter for a mysterious stranger called Passepartout. With nowhere else to turn, Maggie seeks out Passepartout and, in doing so, is drawn into an adventure beyond her wildest dreams. Together withContinue reading “The Girl Who Raced the World – Nat Harrison”
Impossible Creatures: The Poisoned King – Katherine Rundell
Published By: Bloomsbury ChildrenPages: 304Released On: 11/09/2025 When Christopher Forrester is unexpectedly woken by a miniature dragon chewing on his face, his heart leaps for joy. For months he’s dreamed of returning to the Archipelago – the secret islands where all the creatures of myth still live. But he did not know it would involveContinue reading “Impossible Creatures: The Poisoned King – Katherine Rundell”
The Odyssey of Phoebe Quilliam – Annelise Gray
Published By: ZephyrPages: 240Released On: 11/09/2025Reading Age: 9+ Phoebe dreams of becoming an artist like her grandmother, Cass, a brilliant storyteller who has passed on her love of Greek myths to Phoebe. But Cass is disappearing before Phoebe’s eyes, lost to a cruel illness that is destroying her memory. When Phoebe ruins Cass’s seascape inspiredContinue reading “The Odyssey of Phoebe Quilliam – Annelise Gray”
The Forever Bear – Lu Fraser and Pippa Curnick
Published By: Bloomsbury Children’s BooksPages: 32Released On: 09/10/2025Reading Age: Birth-5 Years It’s Harry’s birthday, and all he wants is a bear of his own. When he steps into a magical shop full of teddy bears, he finds a hundred different kinds of bear to choose from – roundish bears and thinnish bears, woolly bears andContinue reading “The Forever Bear – Lu Fraser and Pippa Curnick”
The Last Bard – Maz Evans
Published By: Chicken HousePages: 320Released On: 11/09/2025Reading Age: 9-11 Will Davenant has known more tragedy than laughter. But in an unexpected twist, he inherits his grandfather’s copy of The Complete Works of Shakespeare – and makes a surprising discovery. As the last living relative of William Shakespeare himself, Will can summon the Bard’s heroes from the pagesContinue reading “The Last Bard – Maz Evans”
Maisie vs the Himalayas – Jack Jackman
Published By: Nosy CrowPages: 240Released On: 14/08/2025Reading Age: 9-12 Years When Maisie travels with her Dad to the Himalayas to research his book, How to Find Buried Treasure, she doesn’t expect their exploration to take them deep into the caves beneath the mountains. Before long, Maisie has discovered a cursed treasure, stolen a shark, been huntedContinue reading “Maisie vs the Himalayas – Jack Jackman”
The World’s Worst Alien – Alice Primmer
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”
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”
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