Books - Children

• Sufiya Ahmed
• Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• ISBN13: 9781801990059
• Published: 04-08-2022

A thrilling and empowering WWII adventure about the French resistance and their British allies, with a determined, Muslim heroine. Perfect for fans of Michael Morpurgo and Emma Carroll, and those looking for diverse historical fiction.July, 1941. Rosina Raja is half-Indian and half-English. Sh...

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• Fleur Hitchcock
• Nosy Crow Ltd
• ISBN13: 9781788009485
• Published: 04-08-2022

This atmospheric thriller, full of daring stunts and sinister villains, is perfect escapism for 9+ readers.  Mouse, a foundling, loves her pieced-together family at the Moth Theatre fiercely. When their leading man, Walter, is wrongly arrested for murder, Mouse swears she'll free him. But anot...

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• David Owen
• Usborne Publishing Ltd
• ISBN13: 9781474999236
• Published: 04-08-2022

Meet Alex Neptune, the boy with the power of the ocean in his hands - a brand-new hero for fans of Percy Jackson and Dragon Realm!   For as long as Alex Neptune can remember, the ocean has been trying to kill him. So he's not too happy when a bunch of sea creatures drag him to the abandoned aq...

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• Tom Palmer, Tom Clohosy Cole
• Barrington Stoke Ltd
• ISBN13: 9781800901063
• Published: 04-08-2022

As the brutal Second World War stretches on with no end in sight, life for ordinary Dutch people in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands is fraught with peril and hardship. There is very little to eat and the population lives under the constant threat of arrest and enslavement.   After the murder of...

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• Dan Walker, Jr.
• UCLan Publishing
• ISBN13: 9781912979776
• Published: 04-08-2022

The Light Hunters have fought Monsters for centuries and Squad Juno are the very best at it. From cities to villages, the young group's abilities are on show for all to see now that their powers don't have to be used in secret. Every victory they have prevents a Monster from taking more victim...

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• Ben Lerwill, Daniel Long
• Nosy Crow Ltd
• ISBN13: 9781788008129
• Published: 04-08-2022

From the dense rainforests of the Amazon to the chill of the snowy Arctic, come on an intrepid adventure to the world's most extreme places, and find out just what it takes to survive there.  Discover how to navigate the vast Australian outback, keep yourself alive in a sandstorm in the Arabia...

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• Tracey Corderoy, illus Tony Neal
• Little Tiger Press Group
• ISBN13: 9781788953269
• Published: 04-08-2022

Looking for adventure?  Want to be a hero?  Step inside the Story Shop!  The Story Shop is packed full of plots, costumes and characters galore. And shopkeepers Wilbur and Fred are ready and waiting to find every customer their perfect adventure!  When famous explorer P...

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• Kelly McKain, Jenny Latham
• Little Tiger Press Group
• ISBN13: 9781788953078
• Published: 04-08-2022

Join Bella, Archie and Shazmin as they help each other to feel good and face their worries.  Bella couldn't be feeling worse about it being Feeling Good Week at school. With her best friend Rosh having moved away she's sad and lonely, and to top it all she has a Big Worry on her mind - the cla...

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