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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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”
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”
The Margaret Code – Richard Hooton
Published By: SpherePages: 352Released On: 10/04/2025 89-year-old Margaret has lived on Garnon Crescent all her life, except for those few years she never talks about. She knows all the neighbours; their hopes, their heartbreaks. Only recently, Margaret’s memory isn’t what it used to be. She is sure Barbara, her best friend and neighbour, told herContinue reading “The Margaret Code – Richard Hooton”
Fair Play – Louise Hegarty
Published By: PicadorPages: 288Released On: 03/04/2024 Abigail and her brother Benjamin have always been close. To celebrate his birthday, Abigail hires a grand old house and gathers their friends together for a murder mystery party. As the night goes on, they drink too much and play games. Relationships are forged, consolidated or frayed. Someone kissesContinue reading “Fair Play – Louise Hegarty”
Death at the White Hart – Chris Chibnall
Published By: Michael JosephPages: 368Released On: 27/03/2025 When Nicola Bridge moves back to Dorset after years as a CID detective in the big city, the last thing she expects is for the picturesque village of Fleetcombe to become a grisly crime scene. Jim Tiernan, landlord of the White Hart pub, has been found dead, theContinue reading “Death at the White Hart – Chris Chibnall”
The Woman in the Wallpaper – Lora Jones
Published By: SpherePages: 512Released On: 20/02/2025 Paris, 1789. The Oberst Factory, which crafts exquisite wallpaper for the most fashionable French homes, is a place shrouded in mystery. Most enigmatic is the woman pictured in each of its prints, rumoured to be the late Mrs Oberst, who died in peculiar circumstances. When sisters Lara and SofiContinue reading “The Woman in the Wallpaper – Lora Jones”
Life Hacks For a Little Alien – Alice Franklin
Published By: RiverrunPages: 304Released On: 13/02/2025 Little Alien lives with her mum and her dad in the South-East of England. Her mum has a ‘how-to’ guide for every situation, and her dad is always kind and always right. And there is her best friend Bobby, who coincidentally has a bob. But it is only whenContinue reading “Life Hacks For a Little Alien – Alice Franklin”
BLOB – Maggie Su
Published By: SceptrePages: 256Released On: 06/02/2025 Vi Liu’s life is a mess. Having dropped out of college, she’s stuck in a job she hates at a local hotel. Her ex-boyfriend has blocked her and she’s lashing out at her family and co-workers. One night, drunk outside a drag club, she stumbles across a mysterious sentientContinue reading “BLOB – Maggie Su”
Bethnal Green – Amélie Skoda
Published By: ManillaPages: 352Released On: 30/01/2025 Penang, 1971. When Suyin is offered the opportunity of a lifetime – a place as a trainee nurse in London’s Bethnal Green Hospital – she jumps at the chance to leave her job as a seamstress and unite with her sister, who left for the same path a yearContinue reading “Bethnal Green – Amélie Skoda”
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