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 Family Experiment – John Marrs
Published By: Macmillan Pages: 400Released On: 09/05/2024 Some families are virtually perfect . . . The world’s population is soaring, creating overcrowded cities and an economic crisis. And in the UK, breaking point has arrived. A growing number of people can no longer afford to start families let alone raise them. But for those desperate to experienceContinue reading “The Family Experiment – John Marrs”
The Antique Hunter’s Guide to Murder – C.L Miller
Published By: MacmillanPages: 384Released On: 29/02/2024 WHAT ANTIQUE WOULD YOU KILL FOR?Freya, it’s down to you to finish what I started. . . Freya Lockwood has avoided the quaint English village in which she grew up for the last 20 years. That is until news arrives that Arthur Crockleford, antiques dealer and Freya’s estranged mentor, hasContinue reading “The Antique Hunter’s Guide to Murder – C.L Miller”
The Ice Children – M.G Leonard
Published By: Macmillan Children’s BooksPages: 288Released On: 02/11/2023Reading Age: 9-11Illustrated By: Penny Neville-Lee At the stroke of midnight on the dawn of December, five-year-old Finn Albedo is found frozen in the city park standing on a pedestal of ice. His heart is beating, he is smiling serenely, but no one can wake him. Finn’s bigContinue reading “The Ice Children – M.G Leonard”
Once a Monster – Robert Dinsdale
Published By: MacmillanPages: 512Released On: 21/09/2023 London, 1861: Ten-year-old Nell belongs to a crew of mudlarks who work a stretch of the Thames along the Ratcliffe Highway. An orphan since her mother died four years past, leaving Nell with only broken dreams and a pair of satin slippers in her possession, she spends her daysContinue reading “Once a Monster – Robert Dinsdale”
Island of Whispers – Frances Hardinge
Published By: Macmillan Two HootsPages: 120Released On: 12/09/2023Age Range: 12+ On the island of Merlank, the Dead must not be allowed to linger. The very sight of their ghosts can kill you. When young Milo is thrust into the role of Ferryman following his father’s sudden death, he is the one who must carry awayContinue reading “Island of Whispers – Frances Hardinge”
More Confessions of a Forty-Something F**k Up – Alexandra Potter
Published By: MacmillanPages: 512Released On: 17/08/2023 There is no magical land you finally arrive at where everything is figured out, fixed and sorted. Life, like us, is a sum of moving parts, and if we’re lucky, we get to keep f**king up, figuring it out and laughing in the face of it all. Nell’s back.Continue reading “More Confessions of a Forty-Something F**k Up – Alexandra Potter”
Comeuppance Served Cold – Marion Deeds
Published By: MacmillanPages: 208Released On: 22/03/2022 Seattle, 1929 – a bitterly divided city overflowing with wealth, violence, and magic. A respected magus and city leader intent on criminalising Seattle’s most vulnerable magickers hires a young woman as a lady’s companion to curb his rebellious daughter’s outrageous behaviour. The widowed owner of a speakeasy encounters anContinue reading “Comeuppance Served Cold – Marion Deeds”
Too Many Reasons to Live – Rob Burrow
Published By: MacmillanPages: 304Released On: 19/08/2021 Rob Burrow is one of the greatest rugby league players of all time. And the most inspirational. As a boy, Rob was told he was too small to play the sport. Even when he made his debut for Leeds Rhinos, people wrote him off as a novelty. But RobContinue reading “Too Many Reasons to Live – Rob Burrow”
A Funny Life – Michael McIntyre
Published By: MacmillanPages: 352Released On: 14/10/2021 Michael’s first book ended with his big break at the 2006 Royal Variety Performance. Waking up the next morning in the tiny rented flat he shared with his wife Kitty and their one-year-old son, he was beyond excited at the new glamorous world of show business. Unfortunately, he wasContinue reading “A Funny Life – Michael McIntyre”
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