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University of Cambridge: Think Big: The Speed of Light
- Simon Chapman, illus Wenjia Tang
- Nosy Crow
- ISBN13: 9781805133162
- Published: 14-08-2025
Big ideas for curious minds are simply explained in this fascinating first introduction to Albert Einstein's theory of relativity. Is there anything faster than the speed of light? What colour are the stars? Is time travel possible? And just what exactly is 'relativity'...
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The Changeling Child
- H.S. Norup
- Pushkin Children's Books
- ISBN13: 9781782695189
- Published: 14-08-2025
Return to the magical world of Faerie Hill in this fantastical middle grade adventure, for fans of Malamander by Thomas Taylor, Otherland by Louie Stowell and The Chime Seekers by Ross Montgomery. 12 years ago, a child vanished...
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My Soul, A Shining Tree
- Jamila Gavin
- Farshore
- ISBN13: 9780008617189
- Published: 14-08-2025
A stunning and heartbreaking new novel from Jamila Gavin, the bestselling and award-winning author of Coram Boy and The Wheel of Surya. Based on the true story of Indian WWI gunner and recipient of the Victoria Cross, Khudadad Khan. The story is told from four perspec...
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Max and Chaffy: What a Delicious Discovery!
- Jamie Smart
- David Fickling Books
- ISBN13: 9781788453455
- Published: 14-08-2025
Crumbles the baker is having a crisis of confidence - all of her recipes are going disastrously wrong! There's only one thing for it: a trip to Food Island, where a best friend and a host of NEW chaffies are on hand to inspire Crumbles eventually back to top cooking form! ...
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Medusa Gorgon's Bad Hair Day
- Bethany Walker
- Scholastic
- ISBN13: 9780702340659
- Published: 14-08-2025
12-year-old Meddy Gordon has serious anger issues... In this hilarious book for middle-grade readers, Meddy rants about family and friendships, using her diary as a way of letting out her anger and keeping her emotions in check. So far, so normal. You know the kind of thing: frustrations with...
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Dungeon Runners: Ocean Chase
- Kieran Larwood, Joe Todd Stanton
- Nosy Crow
- ISBN13: 9781839945243
- Published: 14-08-2025
The third in an action-packed new adventure series from author Kieran Larwood and illustrator Joe Todd Stanton. Young readers will love discovering the world of the Dungeon Runners! ARE YOU READY FOR THE CHALLENGE? It's time to fight or take flight! Kit thought he wa...
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Gloam: A Times Children's Book of the Week
- Jack Mackay, Ben Joel Price
- Oneworld Publications
- ISBN13: 9780861549528
- Published: 14-08-2025
In a creaky old house on a small, damp island, someone - or something - is waiting... A grieving family. A decaying house. A babysitter with a monstrous secret. Nothing on Gloam Island is quite what it seems... Gwen doesn't need anyone to help her look...
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Peng and Spanners: The Swamp Thing!
- Steve Webb
- Faber & Faber
- ISBN13: 9780571372942
- Published: 14-08-2025
Welcome to a story of radioactive ice cream, monsters in the sludge, and two superheroes who spend more time chatting than actually saving the world . . . The silliest penguin and the chattiest cat are back to investigate the cow-eating swamp thing in this action-packed...
