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  • Deep Dark (Volume 1) (A Cassia Thorne Mystery)

    Deep Dark (Volume 1) (A Cassia Thorne Mystery)

    Name: Sue Wilsher
    07 March 2025;

    Genre: Adventure

    Cassia Thorne lives in the Fleet with her father, who is in prison for debt. She does what she can to support them by selling ballads in the streets and giving music lessons. When the younger brother of her friend goes missing, Cassia is determined to find him and with the hel...

  • Geomancer: The Storm and the Sea Hawk: An epic fantasy adventure from a bestselling author

    The Storm and the Sea Hawk

    Name: Jacqueline Harris
    06 March 2025;

    Genre: Fantasy

    Ysolda is on the run with the daughter of her enemy, the Wolf Queen. They are travelling to find the Anchorite and for Ysolda to free her sister and try to stop the terrible things happening across the country. Plunged into the cold world of the Norveger, Ysolda has to test her courage to its...

  • Recycling Day: What Happens to the Things We Throw Away

    Recycling Day: What Happens to the Things We Throw Away

    Name: Sue Wilsher
    06 March 2025;

    Genre: Environment & Nature

    It's bin day at Misha's house and there always seems to be plenty of things which need to be thrown away. In this highly illustrated, colourful book, readers discover what happens to all the thrown-away things people put into their bins - and the things which have to be dispos...

  • Vanya and the Wild Hunt

    Vanya and the Wild Hunt

    Name: Louisa Farrow
    06 March 2025;

    Genre: Fantasy

    In Vanya and the Wild Hunt, fantastical creatures and frightening figures from Indian mythology and European folklore inhabit a vibrant fantasy world, spreading out around a single safe haven: a magical library of talking books hidden in the mountains of India. Taking c...

  • After

    After

    Name: Jacqueline Harris
    04 March 2025;

    Genre: Dystopian

    Jen and Father are in a world that is almost empty of people. This is the time after 'The Flood', when people and machines were mostly destroyed. They come across a small, friendly community and Jen finds she wants to stay. But Father is not what he seems; he is a human appearing AI and people...

  • Solving Crimes Is NOT My Superpower

    Solving Crimes Is NOT My Superpower

    Name: Adrian Age 11
    04 March 2025;

    Genre: Funny Stories

    I think Solving Crimes Is NOT My Superpower is very interesting, filled with lots of humour and includes morals. I would recommend it for a mystery type kids book while being very intriguing. Although, I think it needs more action and more build up, it is easy to understand -...

  • Solving Crimes Is NOT My Superpower

    Solving crimes is NOT my Superpower

    Name: Mizuki Age 11
    04 March 2025;

    Genre: Funny Stories

    Solving crimes is NOT my Superpower includes many unexpected twists and turns although it didn't peak my interest as I believe it is suitable for a younger age. Full of humour, morals and detective spirit, this book is great and is easy to understand - showing...

  • Vanya and the Wild Hunt

    Vanya and the Wild Hunt

    Name: Jacqueline Harris
    03 March 2025;

    Genre: Fantasy

    One day Vanya's family is attacked by a terrifying monster. When she fights it off, her parents are forced to tell her about a magical world she knew nothing about. Vanya travels to the enchanted school in Auramere and learns about this world and the dangerous creatures that are trying to dest...

  • Rebel Heart

    Rebel Heart

    Name: Sue Wilsher
    03 March 2025;

    Genre: Historical Fiction

    In 1645, England is a country torn by war, with families and friends divided as they fight either on the side of the King or Parliament. While Merriweather Price's father is away fighting for King Charles I, her home, Compton Blaize, is besieged by Cromwell's men. Fearful that her step-mother...

  • The Appletree Animal Agency

    The Appletree Animal Agency

    Name: Sue Wilsher
    03 March 2025;

    Genre: Animals

    Wishing on a shooting star for the puppy she desperately wants, Mattie knows it won't happen as her Dad just doesn't believe she is responsible enough yet to properly look after one. However, when she and her friend, Zoe, find a tiny, scruffy puppy in need of help, she rises to the challenge a...