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  • The Girl Who Couldn't Lie

    The Girl Who Couldn't Lie

    Name: Emily Age 12
    10 November 2025;

    Genre: Funny Stories

    The book is funny, sad and angry. I love it

  • The Horse Dreamer (HB)

    The Horse Dreamer

    Name: Jacqueline Harris
    07 November 2025;

    Genre: Bereavement

    Merryn lives in the Outer Hebrides and her family is falling apart. Since the death of her father, her mother suffers from depression and the oldest sister, 14-year-old Lowen, is caring for the family. After a storm, Merryn meets a horse, wild and dreamlike, made from wood and sea. She calls h...

  • The Lion Cub's Secret (The White Giraffe Series: Book 2)

    The Lion Cub's Secret (The White Giraffe Series: Book 2)

    Name: Rachel Bolton
    07 November 2025;

    Genre: Animals

    It's difficult not to wish fiction was reality when reading this gorgeous story about a rescued lion cub, snatched from a South African game reserve. The Lion Cub's Secret is the second book in the "White Giraffe" series (although it isn't necessary to have re...

  • Spin a Story

    Spin a Story

    Name: Sue Wilsher
    07 November 2025;

    Genre: Short reads

    Perfect for National Non-Fiction November, Spin a Story offers a wonderful mixture of true tales, riddles, poems, fun facts and jokes with the added enjoyment of a spinner on the cover to help you choose which category - Wonder, Explore, Laugh or Ooh - to select! Spinni...

  • Wild Journey

    Wild Journey

    Name: Sue Wilsher
    06 November 2025;

    Genre: Family & Home

    Starlings swoop and swirl their way through the stories of five children living in five different countries, linking their experiences as they experience their own journeys, as exciting and demanding as those of the birds soaring above. With its beautifully composed, wa...

  • The Snow Girl

    The Snow Girl

    Name: Louisa Farrow
    05 November 2025;

    Genre: Friends and family

    Sophie Anderson conjures up magic by recasting traditional folklore into absorbing stories that feel fresh and modern, yet timeless. This glittering story joins the ranks of beautiful art, music and writing inspired by the Russian fairy tale of the Snow Maiden, or Snegurochka....

  • Anisha, Accidental Detective: Christmas Chaos

    Anisha, Accidental Detective: Christmas Chaos

    Name: Jennifer Caddick
    04 November 2025;

    Genre: Mystery & Detective

    The eighth book in the delightful Anisha Accidental Detective series is a Christmas seasonal super sleuthing, joyful mystery. A detective genre for those young detective readers who like their adventures fast-paced, family orientated an...

  • Role Model

    Role Model

    Name: Jenny CADDICK
    04 November 2025;

    Genre: Representation & Inclusion

    Elle McNicoll simply excels in her books featuring young neurodiverse female characters. Her books grip the reader and lay bare the neurodiverse experience and reality of young people's lives, which she both celebrates and explores through her narrative. The neurodiverse inner mind faces an of...

  • The Merry Christmas Murders: a thrilling new murder-mystery series: Volume 1

    The Merry Christmas Murders: a thrilling new murder-mystery series: Volume 1

    Name: Jacqueline Harris
    03 November 2025;

    Genre: Mystery & Detective

    Brooke is starting a new school, doubly difficult because it is the end of a term and she is neurodiverse. But just as she joinns, the head teacher is murdered and Brooke, along with her new friends from the Neurokind Club at the school, decide to crack the case. As Brooke and her mothe...

  • A Reindeer Called Joy

    A Reindeer called Joy

    Name: Sara Sumner
    03 November 2025;

    Genre: Animals

    A Reindeer Called Joy is the latest instalment in the Jasmine Green series, perfect for a cosy Christmas read. Jasmine and Tom find themselves caught up in a Reindeer rescue, which leads to a brand new friendship with baby Reindeer, Joy. With the school's Winter Wonderland ext...