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”
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The Kiss of the Nightingale – Adi Denner
Published By: Renegade BooksPages: 400Released On: 10/10/2024 1890, Lutèce: In this city, Talents are everything: precious gems that gift unrivalled skills to their owners. The most coveted, Elite Talents, are claimed by the aristocracy, passed through generations by blood magic. Cleodora dreamed of inheriting her father’s Tailoring Talent, but when he died, the magic diedContinue reading “The Kiss of the Nightingale – Adi Denner”
Home Again For Christmas – Emily Stone
Published By: HeadlinePages: 384Released On: 10/08/2024 Lexie is always on the move, but there is one constant in her life – her ‘wish jar’; the childhood tradition from home that she couldn’t leave behind. When Lexie’s estranged dad dies, she is shocked to learn that she has inherited half of his travel company in Bath. HerContinue reading “Home Again For Christmas – Emily Stone”
The Book of Witching – C.J Cooke
Published By: HarperCollinsPages: 384Released On: 10/10/2024 Four hundred years separate them. One book binds them. Glasgow 2024: Clem waits by her daughter’s hospital bed. Erin was found on an idyllic beach in Fynhallow Bay, Orkney with catastrophic burns and only one memory: her name is Nyx. But how did she get these burns? And how didContinue reading “The Book of Witching – C.J Cooke”
A Song to Drown Rivers – Ann Liang
Published By: TorPages: 336Released On: 03/10/2024 Her beauty hides a deadly purpose. Xishi’s beauty is seen as a blessing to the villagers of Yue – convinced that the best fate for a girl is to marry well and support her family. When Xishi draws the attention of the famous young military advisor Fanli, he presentsContinue reading “A Song to Drown Rivers – Ann Liang”
Wonderful Words That Tell a Tale – Tom Read Wilson
Published By: QuartoPages: 112Released On: 01/10/2024Illustrator: Ian MorrisReading Age: 8-12 Did you know, for example, that: The word ‘astronaut’ means ‘star sailor’ in Ancient Greek? Or that the word ‘fart’ comes from the world’s oldest language, Sanskrit, in the form of ‘pard’? Or, that the word ‘volcano’ comes from the Roman god of fire Vulcan?Continue reading “Wonderful Words That Tell a Tale – Tom Read Wilson”
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”
The Twelve – Liz Hyder
Published By: Pushkin Children’sPages: 256Released On: 10/10/2024Illustrated By: Tom de Freston It’s supposed to be a treat for Kit, a winter holiday by the coast with her sister Libby and their mum. But as the solstice moon rises high in the sky, Kit and Libby are drawn to a mysterious white tower, only to faceContinue reading “The Twelve – Liz Hyder”
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”
Honeybee – Dawn O’Porter
Published By: HarperCollinsPages: 384Released On: 26/09/2024 Old friends Renée and Flo couldn’t be more different. Flo wants to be invisible, Renée wants to be a somebody. But old friendships are magnetic. In their early twenties, and on the cusp of the rest of their lives, Renée and Flo both fly home to Guernsey: to theContinue reading “Honeybee – Dawn O’Porter”
