Books - Children

• Joseph Coelho, Hyun Song We
• Walker Books
• ISBN13: 9781529509595
• Published: 03-10-2024

Relic Hamilton is just your average 12-year-old, living a quiet life with his grandfather above their old antiques shop in Chinatown in London. Until one day, while polishing some mysterious brass lamps in the basement, something extraordinary happens. Relic feels spine-chillingly cold. Breath...

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• Martin Howard, illus Pete Williamson
• Nosy Crow
• ISBN13: 9781805132257
• Published: 26-09-2024

Super funny, super spooky MG for budding horror fans about a talkative skull and a necromancer-in-training - perfect for Lemony Snicket readers! Mallory Vayle would list her interests as being normal, books about ponies and very definitely NOT talking to dead people. Bu...

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• Jennifer Killick
• Farshore
• ISBN13: 9780008657062
• Published: 26-09-2024

The brand new must-read middle-grade novel from the author of Crater Lake. Perfect for 9+ fans of R.L.Stine's Goosebumps and Stranger Things.  "Deliciously scary and hilarious comedy-horror, perfectly pitched for eight-plus."The Guardian...

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• Eilish Fisher, Dermot Flynn
• Penguin Random House
• ISBN13: 9780241651964
• Published: 26-09-2024

Born under the same solstice sky thirteen years ago, Fia and her snow deer Solas have always had a powerful and unbreakable connection. But as Fia's village face a seemingly eternal winter, they turn their sights to Solas and an ancient prophecy that promises the return of sunlight and life, i...

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• Jack Jackman
• Nosy Crow
• ISBN13: 9781805131359
• Published: 26-09-2024

Filled with humour, heart and a touch of sci-fi, this first book in a brilliant new series takes you on a non-stop adventure in Antarctica, perfect for the most intrepid of readers! Maisie thinks her dad is the most boring person in the world.  For fun he likes to do or...

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• Sophie Kirtley
• Bloomsbury Children's Books
• ISBN13: 9781526642783
• Published: 26-09-2024

Sometimes, secrets don't stay buried forever. Sometimes, they need to be set free... 12-year-old Edie and her younger brother Pip are spending half term at Fortune Farm, high in the Irish mountains, with their grandmother Lolly. They haven't visited Fortune Farm for YEARS and...

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• Michelle Lam
• Faber Children's Books
• ISBN13: 9780571384914
• Published: 12-09-2024

When Meesh banded together with Fairy Princess Nouna to save the underworld, she never expected she'd have to . . . do it again someday. Though, as Meesh grows into her newly discovered destiny as the Guardian of the world, she figured there would be a few minor rescues, maybe some crime-fight...

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• Katya Balen
• Bloomsbury Children's Books
• ISBN13: 9781526663863
• Published: 12-09-2024

A sea-soaked story of friendship, community and discovering what it means to carry home in your heart, from Carnegie Medal-winning author Katya Balen.  'Wild and brilliantly crafted' - Sarah Crossan, author of One and Where the Heart Should Be. <a href="/auth...

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