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Flock Horror (Dread Wood, Book 3)
Name: Beverley Somerset
20 March 2023;Genre: Horror
When Angelo is woken in the middle of the night and hears something hammering at his bedroom window, along with a strange tune being whistled, it's the start of another scary adventure for Club Loser. Angelo and his friends Colette, Gus, Naira and Hallie come face to face with their arch enemi...
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The Nowhere Thief
Name: Jennifer Caddick
18 March 2023;Genre: Science Fiction
This is an exciting, colourful sci-fi adventure that whisks the reader into parallel multi-universes (called Spheres), through an incredible kaleidoscopic portal. 12-year-old Elsbeth has, astonishingly, found that she can step through these portals and she does so for the most important of rea...
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Circus Maximus: Rider of the Storm
Name: Jacqueline Harris
17 March 2023;Genre: Historical Fiction
Dido is back in her third adventure set in Roman times. As with the previous two books, she is training and racing horses for the chariot races. Still at her uncle's house, she meets a man from her mother's past and learns more about her parents. When her cousin Abibaal is in deadly danger, Di...
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Alex Neptune, Pirate Hunter
Name: Elen
17 March 2023;Genre: Adventure
Alex Neptune, Pirate Hunter is the second book in the Alex Neptune series by David Owen. This is a pacey adventure with great characters, and a plot that will keep you guessing. There are also lots of laughs to be had through the story. When Haven Bay is attacked by pirates hunting fo...
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Tourmaline and the Island of Elsewhere
Name: Sue Wilsher
16 March 2023;Genre: Adventure
When Tourmaline overhears a conversation between two of her professors at Pellavere University, she learns that not only has her mother gone missing whilst on an archaeological expedition, but that no one will be going to search for her. Tourmaline is determined to find her and with the help o...
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Moonflight
Name: Jacqueline Harris
13 March 2023;Genre: Fantasy
Moonflight is a story of adventure and bravery, a quest, a cursed diamond and two little rat siblings called Tilbury and Nimble-Quick. Tilbury is the seventh born rat of the seventh born litter and that rat is always in want of adventure. Tilbury and Nimble-Quick have t...
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The Nowhere Thief
Name: Sue Wilsher
08 March 2023;Genre: Science Fiction
Elsbeth lives in the quiet seaside town of Lewesby with her mother. Their antique shop is failing and, with the landlord demanding rent money which they don't have, Elsbeth has started to use her extraordinary power to solve their problems. Elsbeth can travel to parallel worlds and has been br...
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The Time Tider
Name: Sue Wilsher
06 March 2023;Genre: Science Fiction
In The Time Tider, Mara and her father, Gabriel, live in their van and are constantly on the move. Her father is forever tinkering with watches, completely absorbed in his work, plotting the next stop on their never-ending journey. Mara has never questioned their way of life u...
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Glitter Boy
Name: Stephen Leitch
06 March 2023;Genre: LBGTQ+
For 11 year old James dancing, singing, writing poetry and Mariah Carey (he plans to write songs for her) are the things he loves doing. He also enjoys spending time with his besties Harriet and Joel and with his Nan who he visits regularly after school. With a new school year just starting, J...
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Moon Flight
Name: Janet Fisher
05 March 2023;Genre: Fantasy
It is not easy to entice readers into starting a book about rats, as they don't exactly have a good press, but Gill Lewis has done just that in Moonflight. She has created an entire world in which the various tribes of rats battle to save their reputation in an exciting and si...