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  • Vengeance of the Pirate Queen

    Vengeance of the Pirate Queen

    • Tricia Levenseller
    • Pushkin Children's Books
    • ISBN13: 9781782694557
    • Published: 02-11-2023

    You can't be afraid of the dark when you're the monster lurking in the shadows....  18-year-old Sorinda is a deadly assassin with a reputation to match. But her latest assignment is like no other. The pirate queen, Alosa, has tasked her with captaining a handpicked crew on a dangerous rescue m...

  • A Way to the Stars

    A Way to the Stars

    • David Almond, Gill Smith
    • Walker Books Ltd
    • ISBN13: 9781529506655
    • Published: 02-11-2023

    An enchanting and heart-warming story between a father and son, that will make you want to reach for stars.Joe wants to find a way to the stars. With the help of his dad, he builds a ladder, a tower, even a rocket to go up, up, up... Oh no! Crash, bang, wallop! What next?  Together...

  • Casander Darkbloom and the Threads of Power

    Casander Darkbloom and the Threads of Power

    • P. A. Staff
    • Walker Books Ltd
    • ISBN13: 9781529506280
    • Published: 02-11-2023

    The first in an extraordinary middle-grade fantasy series that takes the traditional "chosen one" narrative and flips it on its head. Think Nevermoor and The School for Good and Evil, but with a thrilling twist!A boy with no memory. A world searching for a hero...  Casander Darkblo...

  • Children of Winter

    Children of Winter

    • Berlie Doherty
    • UCLan Publishing
    • ISBN13: 9781915235787
    • Published: 02-11-2023

    A new edition of the much loved classic.    Catherine and her family set out for her grandmother's house deep in the Derbyshire hills. Sheltering from a storm in an old cruck barn with her younger sister and brother, it becomes strangely familiar to her, and she is drawn back to a time when th...

  • Percy the Post-Penguin

    Percy the Post-Penguin

    • Genevieve Aspinall
    • UCLan Publishing
    • ISBN13: 9781915235794
    • Published: 02-11-2023

    In the chilly South Pole, a hardworking little penguin named Percy lives next to his post office. But not many residents of the South Pole seem to know it is there. With determination and confidence Percy sets off on a mission to make himself known...Will he be able to make his dream come true...

  • All That It Ever Meant

    All That It Ever Meant

    • Blessing Musariri
    • Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
    • ISBN13: 9781035902477
    • Published: 02-11-2023

    An outstanding YA novel of family love, loss, and life lived between two cultures, by an astonishing, super-stylish new voice. 'I'm going to tell you exactly how everything happened. Baba always says, Mati mwana'ngu, I love a good story but I don't have time for a long one, so make it s...

  • The Ice Children

    The Ice Children

    • M. G. Leonard, Penny Neville-Lee
    • Pan Macmillan
    • ISBN13: 9781035014217
    • Published: 02-11-2023

    The Ice Children is an exciting, modern, magical mystery adventure inspired by classic fairy tale 'The Snow Queen'. Snuggle into a cosy armchair and enjoy M. G. Leonard's story of a brave girl and her reindeer friend as they try to save her brother before time runs out. Gorgeous coloured endpa...

  • Dragon Daughter: Legends of the Sky #1

    Dragon Daughter: Legends of the Sky #1

    • Liz Flanagan
    • UCLan Publishing
    • ISBN13: 9781915235640
    • Published: 02-11-2023

    On the island of Arcosi, dragons and their riders used to rule the skies. But now they are only legends, found in bedtime stories, on beautiful murals and ancient jewellery.  Then servant girl Milla witnesses a murder and finds herself caring for the last four dragon eggs. Forced to keep them...