Published By: OrendaPages: 300Released On: 14/08/2025 It’s been eighteen months since the traumatic events of The Collapsing Wave, where the Enceladons escaped the clutches of the American military intent on exterminating the peaceful alien creatures. Lennox and Vonnie have been lying low in the Scottish Highlands, Ava has been caring for her young daughter Chloe, and HeatherContinue reading “The Transcendent Tide – Doug Johnstone”
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The Society of Unknowable Objects – Gareth Brown
Published By: BantamPages: 352Released On: 07/08/2025 The world of unknowable objects – magical items that most people have no idea possess powers – has been quiet for decades . . . But three current members of a secret society have remained watchful, meeting every six months in the basement of a bookshop in London. TheyContinue reading “The Society of Unknowable Objects – Gareth Brown”
The Library of Second Chances – Molly Reid
Published By: WildfirePages: 288Released On: 12/08/2025 How does a girl with her head permanently stuck in a book look beyond stories and start over? If only it were that simple . . .Chloe’s life feels like a book with a missing chapter. Stuck in a rut and back in her quiet hometown of Wellbridge, ChloeContinue reading “The Library of Second Chances – Molly Reid”
Awakened – Laura Elliott
Published By: Angry RobotPages: 400Released On: 10/06/2025 Science has stolen sleep and awakened a world of horror.“I’ve been an insomniac all of my life, but I’m not Sleepless and I won’t become Sleepless, just as long as the chips that were put into their heads never get put into mine. There’s little chance of that,Continue reading “Awakened – Laura Elliott”
The In-Between Bookstore – Edward Underhill
Published By: Avon BooksPages: 272Released On: 14/01/2025 When Darby finds himself unemployed and in need of a fresh start, he moves back to the small Illinois town he left behind. But Oak Falls has changed almost as much as he has since he left. One thing is familiar: In Between Books, Darby’s refuge growing upContinue reading “The In-Between Bookstore – Edward Underhill”
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”
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”
Some Body Like Me – Lucy Lapinska
Published By: GollanczPages: 384Released On: 17/04/2025 As the world falls apart around them, piece by piece, Abigail Fuller spends humanity’s final days looking after her husband David. But that’s not true, not really. Abigail isn’t David’s wife. She’s not even human. She’s a replacement, built in the image of the real Abigail, who died sixteenContinue reading “Some Body Like Me – Lucy Lapinska”
Death and Other Occupational Hazards – Veronika Dapunt
Published By: BantamPages: 384Released On: 10/04/2025 People have a few ideas about Death, and the worst by far is a skeleton in a black potato sack. If she’s lucky, she gets a scythe. The truth: she’s just a woman doing a job and she’s very good at it. Until she takes time off to live as aContinue reading “Death and Other Occupational Hazards – Veronika Dapunt”
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