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”
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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”
One Level Down – Mary Thompson
Published By: Tachyon Pages: 196Released On: 01/04/2025 Ella is the oldest five-year-old in the universe. For fifty-eight years, the founder of a simulated colony-planet has forced her to pretend to be his daughter. Her “Daddy” has absolute power over all elements of reality, which keeps the colonists in line even when their needs are notContinue reading “One Level Down – Mary Thompson”
The Prince Without Sorrow – Maithree Wijesekara
Published By: HarperVoyagerPages: 384Released On: 27/03/2025 Welcome to the Ran Empire. Where winged serpents fly through the skies. Giant leopards prowl the earth. And witches burn blue as they die. A prince born into violence. Prince Ashoka is considered an outcast for opposing his father Emperor Adil Maurya’s brutal destruction of the Mayakari witches. AContinue reading “The Prince Without Sorrow – Maithree Wijesekara”
The Time Traveling Healer – Jim Bates
Pages: 128Released On: 26/01/2025 When he fails to help curb the worldwide pandemic in the 21st Century, time-traveling healer Torak loses confidence in himself. When his boss Master Healer Robbikan sends him back in time to help with a plague that is sweeping the land of Anon, Torak vows to do better with this secondContinue reading “The Time Traveling Healer – Jim Bates”
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