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  • Foxlight

    Foxlight

    Name: Beverley Somerset
    10 October 2023;

    Genre: Family & Home

    Twin sisters Fen and Rey were found as babies at the edge of the wildlands, curled up with foxes. They were found at foxlight - "the moment when the twilight meets the dawn, and the sun and the moon and the stars weave their light together". Inside the blankets that covered them was a charcoal...

  • British Museum: Celebrate!: Discover 50 Fantastic Festivals from Around the World

    British Museum: Celebrate!

    Name: Hayley Summerfield
    10 October 2023;

    Genre: Non Fiction

    British Museum: Celebrate! is a beautifully written book by Laura Mucha, published in collaboration with The British Museum. It is a collective feast of 50 festivals celebrated around the world. The world's most exciting festivals are celebrated in this book from different cou...

  • Podkin and the Singing Spear

    Podkin and the Singing Spear

    Name: Jennifer Caddick
    10 October 2023;

    Genre: Fantasy

    Podkin and the Singing Spear is book 7 of this stunning, epic series and was a joy to read. I am such a huge fan of this fantastically written exciting adventure quest series featuring heroic rabbits Podkin, Paz and littlest sibling Paz and their comrades, friends and allies u...

  • Man-Man and the Tree of Memories

    Man-Man and the Tree of Memories

    Name: Jacqueline Harris
    06 October 2023;

    Genre: Representation & Inclusion

    Man-Man lives with his mother, father and sister in London and is preparing for carnival. He loves dancing and is very excited about carnival. His mother, however, is ill with a mysterious illness that doctors cannot diagnose or cure. Man-Man's grandmother comes from Jamaica to look after her....

  • The Case of the Haunted Wardrobe

    The Case of the Haunted Wardrobe

    Name: Jennifer Caddick
    05 October 2023;

    Genre: Mystery & Detective

    The Case of the Haunted Wardrobe, the second book in this fresh, lively new series Di' Island Crew, features the same group of engaging, inquisitive and diverse young characters from their first mystery, The Case of the Lig...

  • 21% Monster: Ice Giant

    21% Monster: Ice Giant

    Name: Nathan Cox
    05 October 2023;

    Genre: Science Fiction

    21% Monster, Ice Giant by P J Canning is another 5-star, high-action adventure story following the journey of Darren and Marek. After reading the first 21% Monster, I was very excited to open the second adventure from this talented author!...

  • Girls Rule: 50 Women Who Changed the World

    Girls Rule: 50 Women Who Changed the World

    Name: Louisa Farrow
    04 October 2023;

    Genre: Non Fiction

    In her follow up to Run Like a Girl, Dannielle Brown introduces fifty incredible 'women who changed the world'. The selection of women is diverse in every sense but all the women have one thing in common: they had...

  • The Soul Prophecy

    The Soul Prophecy

    Name: Bethany Age 13
    04 October 2023;

    Genre: Suspense & Thrillers

    The Soul Prophecy is the second book of a trilogy following the protagonist Genna, who is a First Ascendant. Genna returns home and has therapy. The therapist convinces Genna that she just made everything up as coping mechanism after she was traumatised by Tanas. That is, unti...

  • The Taming of the Cat

    The Taming of the Cat

    Name: Sue Wilsher
    03 October 2023;

    Genre: Adventure

    Brie is an unusual mouse. Unlike the other mice in the cheese shop colony, he prefers breadcrumbs and grain to cheese and has a head full of stories. These things do not endear him to the other mice and he finds himself lonely - and cold. Seeking warmth, Brie finds himself caught in the paws o...

  • Marv and the Killer Plants: from the multi-award nominated Marv series

    Marv and the Killer Plants

    Name: Amanda Shipton
    03 October 2023;

    Genre: Adventure

    Marv is an ordinary boy who loves spending time with Grandpa and reading comics with his best friend Joe. But everything changes when he discovers a mysterious superhero suit hidden in the attic. He becomes MARV, a superhero with infinite powers. In Marv and the Killer Plants</s...