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  • My Life on Fire

    My Life on Fire

    • Cath Howe
    • Nosy Crow Ltd
    • ISBN13: 9781839942839
    • Published: 06-04-2023

    A tense, page-turning story that sensitively deals with themes of family upheaval and kleptomania, by the bestselling author of Ella on the Outside.Ren's family lose their home in a fire. They're living with her grandmother now and things are a bit tense.  Ren lost her collection o...

  • The Boy Who Saved a Bear

    The Boy Who Saved a Bear

    • Nizrana Farook
    • Nosy Crow Ltd
    • ISBN13: 9781839943928
    • Published: 06-04-2023

    A boy and a bear meet, become friends and have the adventure of their lives! From the author of The Girl Who Stole an Elephant comes another brilliant escapade. The fourth thrilling adventure set in a fictional Sri Lanka is jam-packed with peril, thieves and a terrifying bear! Nuwan wor...

  • The Lonely Book

    The Lonely Book

    • Megan Grehan
    • Little Island
    • ISBN13: 9781915071446
    • Published: 06-04-2023

    When Annie's moms open up their bookshop in the mornings, there is always a mysterious pile of books on the counter. By evening, every book has found its ideal reader. But one day there is a book that doesn't get bought. It has to lie there all on its own. Who can its reader be, and why don't...

  • Young, Gifted and Black Too: Meet 52 More Black Icons from Past and Present

    Young, Gifted and Black Too: Meet 52 More Black Icons from Past and Present

    • Jamia Wilson, Andrea Pippins
    • Wide Eyed Editions
    • ISBN13: 9780711277007
    • Published: 06-04-2023

    In this timely follow-up to the best-selling, genre-defining Young, Gifted and Black, you can meet 52 more Black icons from around the world - this time spanning even more countries and including inspiring figures from as far back as the 1500s right up to present-day heroes.Featuri...

  • Once There Was

    Once There Was

    • Kiyash Monsef
    • Simon & Schuster Ltd
    • ISBN13: 9781398520400
    • Published: 04-04-2023

    Discover a world of extraordinary beasts and unexpected heroes in the dazzling debut from Kiyash Monsef. Perfect for readers aged 9+ and fans of Philip Pullman, Neil Gaiman, J.K. Rowling and A.F. Steadman.Once was, once wasn't . . .  So began the stories Marjan's father told...

  • Nic Blake and the Remarkables: The Manifestor Prophecy

    Nic Blake and the Remarkables: The Manifestor Prophecy

    • Angie Thomas
    • Walker Books Ltd
    • ISBN13: 9781529506549
    • Published: 04-04-2023

    From the superstar author of The Hate U Give comes a thrilling fantasy for readers aged 9+.  It's not easy being Remarkable in a world where standing out is dangerous...  Nic Blake is a Manifestor. All she wants is to learn the Gift, so she can be as powerful as her dad ... until she discovers...

  • Wider Than The Sea: A dyslexia-friendly story of friendship, hope and self-discovery

    Wider Than The Sea: A dyslexia-friendly story of friendship, hope and self-discovery

    • Serena Molloy, George Ermos
    • Hachette Children's Group
    • ISBN13: 9781444968415
    • Published: 30-03-2023

    The powerful tale of a girl who feels broken, and the dolphin who makes her whole. A story of friendship, hope and self-discovery, perfect for readers aged 9+, and beautifully illustrated in black and white by George Ermos.Ro finds school impossible. She knows people think she's sh...

  • The Lizzie and Belle Mysteries: Portraits and Poison (The Lizzie and Belle Mysteries, Book 2)

    The Lizzie and Belle Mysteries: Portraits and Poison (The Lizzie and Belle Mysteries, Book 2)

    • J.T. Williams, Simone Douglas
    • Farshore
    • ISBN13: 9780008485283
    • Published: 30-03-2023

    The second book in the thrilling middle grade mystery series, perfect for fans of Robin Steven's Murder Most Unladylike. Set in eighteenth-century London, with all the fun and zest of Hamilton and inspired by real Black British historical figures. Agents of...