Published By: Macmillan Children’s BooksPages: 256Released On: 30/01/2025Reading Age: 9-11 Sim and his mum never live anywhere long. When dangerous strangers appear one night, Sim finds out why. His mum has been keeping secrets: she has the power to open doors in time. Running for their lives, Sim and his friends are determined to outwitContinue reading “Hunt For the Golden Scarab – M.G Leonard”
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The Last Bookstore on Earth – Lily Braun-Arnold
Published By: PenguinPages: 320Released On: 09/01/2025Reading Age: 12+ The world is about to end. Again. It’s been a year since a devastating storm ripped Liz’s world apart. Haunted by the memories of those she couldn’t save, Liz holes up in the only place she felt safe before her world fell away: the bookstore where sheContinue reading “The Last Bookstore on Earth – Lily Braun-Arnold”
Maisie Vs Antarctica – Jack Jackman
Published By: Nosy CrowPages: 272Released On: 10/10/2024Age Rating: 8-12 Maisie thinks her dad is the most boring person in the world. For fun he likes to do origami (but only triangles) or jigsaw puzzles of a cloudless sky (yep, every piece is blue). But he also writes cool-sounding books like How To Wrestle A Crocodile and How ToContinue reading “Maisie Vs Antarctica – Jack Jackman”
The Christmas Wish-tastrophe – Cariad Lloyd
Published By: Hodder Children’s BooksPages: 304Released On: 10/10/2024Reading Age: 9-11 Christmas is the best time to believe in magic … One winter evening, Lydia Marmalade arrives at Lady Partridge’s mansion. She has nothing except her sausage dog, Colin, but she’s not going to let that stop her making this her new home. But Lady PartridgeContinue reading “The Christmas Wish-tastrophe – Cariad Lloyd”
Feather – Manon Steffan Ros
Published By: FireflyPages: 112Released On: 26/09/2024Age Range: 8-14 Huw always pops in to see his nan on the way home from school – she bakes him cakes and never fusses about his homework. So it’s a great shock when, one day, Nan forgets his name, and calls him Johnny – the long-unmentionable name of herContinue reading “Feather – Manon Steffan Ros”
The Haunted Life of Delores Mackenzie – Yvonne Banham
Published By: FireflyPages: 288Released On: 12/09/2024Age Range: 11+ Paranormal students Delores and Prudence are being hounded by inquisitors after they broke the rules and helped rescue fellow student Maud from death at the hands of an evil spirit. Cruel inquisitor Magoria Jepp is searching for secrets at their home in Edinburgh’s Tolbooth Bookstore, but doesContinue reading “The Haunted Life of Delores Mackenzie – Yvonne Banham”
The Forest of a Thousand Eyes – Frances Hardinge
Published By: Two HootsPages: 128Released On: 19/09/2024 The hungry Forest is moving forward like an army, a green and constant threat to the humans living in and on an increasingly crumbling Wall. Feather, accompanied only by her scaled ferret, Sleek, must avoid the Forest’s tentacles, and the many dangerous creatures it shelters, to return theContinue reading “The Forest of a Thousand Eyes – Frances Hardinge”
The Storm and the Sea Hawk – Kiran Millwood Hargrave
Published By: Orion Children’s BookPages: 304Released On: 29/08/2024 Unlock a magic that could change the world … or destroy it. Ysolda is on the run, travelling with a rebellious princess to the wilds of the Drakken Peak – on the back of a huge sea wolf. With her faithful sea hawk Nara by her side,Continue reading “The Storm and the Sea Hawk – Kiran Millwood Hargrave”
History Stinks! Poo Through The Ages – Suzie Edge
Published By: Wren & RookPages: 192Released On: 11/04/2024 Did you know that you can discover loads about history just from the loo? Or piles about the past just from a poo? If not, then get ready to discover everything from Henry VIII’s dodgy diet and Aztec poop canoes, to giant, fossilized Viking plops, poo-tastic RomanContinue reading “History Stinks! Poo Through The Ages – Suzie Edge”
The Lighthouse at the World’s End – Amy Sparkes
Published By: Walker BooksPages: 240Released On: 04/04/2024Reading Age: 9-12 Nine and her friends are headed to the mortal realm in search of the only thing that will shake a very tricky witch off their tail: a priceless stargold locket. It lies hidden in the Nest of a Thousand Treasures, guarded by Nine’s old foe –Continue reading “The Lighthouse at the World’s End – Amy Sparkes”
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