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  • Things I Learned While I Was Dead: Discover the heart-wrenching YA sci-fi about sisterhood and the ethics of medical science

    Things I Learned While I Was Dead

    Name: Sam
    25 September 2025;

    Genre: Science Fiction

    The most important thing in the world to 17-year-old Calico is saving the life of her younger sister Asha. After years of unsuccessful medical treatment, Asha is now dying. So, when Calico is offered the possibility of a miracle cure for her sister, she jumps at the chance. However, all is not...

  • Geomancer: The Ship of Strays

    Geomancer: The Ship of Strays

    Name: Jacqueline Harris
    25 September 2025;

    Genre: Fantasy

    Ysolde and Eira are now aboard a ship, captained by Cassandra and escaping the Wolf Queen. Ysolde has extraordinary powers after her encounter with the Anchorite, and she is fast losing herself to those powers. All the while she knows she has to try and reach the whirlpool of Hell’s Gate befor...

  • The Letter with the Golden Stamp

    The Letter with the Golden Stamp

    Name: Elsie Age 12
    25 September 2025;

    Genre: Representation & Inclusion

    This book is sooo good. I really recommend for a pre-teen reader. IF YOU LOVE READING HERE YOUR BOOK IS!

  • This Is Not A Small Voice: Poems by Black Poets

    This Is Not A Small Voice: Poems by Black Poets

    Name: Sara Sumner
    24 September 2025;

    Genre: Poetry

    This is Not a Small Voice is an inspiring anthology of poems by Black poets. This beautifully presented cloth bound book brings together a collection of poems specially chosen and collated by Traci N. Todd and Illustrated by Jade Orlando. The poems in this collection co...

  • Bury Your Friends: The nepo-baby thriller from YA bestseller Benjamin Dean

    Bury Your Friends: The nepo-baby thriller from YA bestseller Benjamin Dean

    Name: Eileen Armstrong
    23 September 2025;

    Genre: Suspense & Thrillers

    Not for nothing has Dean been awarded the 'King of YA thriller' crown and his latest, long-awaited novel, this time with a unique slasher twist, absolutely does not disappoint. A dream 'end of A levels' party weekend for a group of perfectly privileged nepo teens in an...

  • Dead Yard: Seeds of Doom

    Dead Yard: Seeds of Doom

    Name: Sam
    22 September 2025;

    Genre: Horror

    Dead Yard: Seeds of Doom by P.J.Killburn is a great book to re-inspire Year 7 readers, with its mix of ghosts, humour and a smattering of Jamaican culture making this a highly entertaining read. The only downside to this fab read is that my ability to recreate the Jamaican pat...

  • Girls of Dark Divine

    Girls of Dark Divine

    Name: Eileen Armstrong
    22 September 2025;

    Genre: Fantasy

    Occasionally, a debut novel comes along which is so cleverly imagined, beautifully written and compulsively readable that it's hard to believe it's a first novel at all. Girls of Dark Divine definitely fits this bill. With a distinctly Phantom of the Opera feel, this is glamor...

  • The Odyssey of Phoebe Quilliam

    The Odyssey of Phoebe Quilliam

    Name: Sue Wilsher
    19 September 2025;

    Genre: Myths & Legends

    Phoebe has inherited her love of art and stories from her grandmother, Cass, spending much time with her in the sunny studio where they paint and share Greek myths. But Cass is struggling to remember things and has to go into a home. When Cass's home is sold, Phoebe pays it one last visit and...

  • A Poem for every Question: Funny and Thought-Provoking Answers to Curious Questions

    A Poem for every Question: Funny and Thought-Provoking Answers to Curious Questions

    Name: Sue Wilsher
    19 September 2025;

    Genre: Poetry

    A Poem for Every Question is a thought-provoking collection of poems which answer a myriad of intriguing questions, accompanied by bright, energetic illustrations. The poems are lively and engaging as well as informative, using word play and imagery as...

  • Wild Magic: Journey of the Lost Elephant

    Wild Magic: Journey of the Lost Elephant

    Name: Jacqueline Harris
    19 September 2025;

    Genre: Animals

    Misha and Ziggy, the magical twins, are back in their second Wild Magic adventure, Journey of the Lost Elephant. Misha can talk to animals and Ziggy can shapeshift into animals and this adventure takes them to India. Their dad is filming elephants, and the twins help to find and reunite a baby...