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  • While the Storm Rages

    While the Storm Rages

    • Phil Earle
    • Andersen Press Ltd
    • ISBN13: 9781839132056
    • Published: 02-06-2022

    While the Storm Rages is the eagerly awaited new novel from the bestselling author of When the Sky Falls: The Times Children's Book of the Year, winner of the Books Are My Bag Readers Award for Children's Fiction, winner of the British Book Award for Ch...

  • My Friend the Octopus

    My Friend the Octopus

    • Lindsay Galvin
    • Chicken House Ltd
    • ISBN13: 9781913696405
    • Published: 02-06-2022

    From the bestselling author of Darwin's Dragons comes a high-stakes aquatic adventure, perfect for fans of The Murderer's Ape! England, 1893, and aquarium fever is at its height. Twelve-year-old Vinnie Fyfe works in the tea-shop at Brighton aquarium, and waits for her milliner mother to return...

  • Witchlings

    Witchlings

    • Claribel A. Ortega
    • Scholastic US
    • ISBN13: 9781338745528
    • Published: 02-06-2022

    A middle grade witch story with action-packed adventure, a coven of quirky Witchlings, humour and girl-power vibes.  Every year, in the magical town of Ravenskill, Witchlings who participate in the Black Moon Ceremony are placed into covens and come into their powers as full-fledged witches. A...

  • The Blackthorn Branch

    The Blackthorn Branch

    • Elen Caldecott
    • Andersen Press Ltd
    • ISBN13: 9781839132032
    • Published: 02-06-2022

    Nominated for the Carnegie Medal for Writing.  Cassie's older brother Byron has fallen in with the wrong crowd - it's soon clear these boys are wild, reckless and not human at all. They are tylwyth teg - Fair Folk, who tempt humans down into the dark places of the world. And Byron is tempted.W...

  • Magicborn

    Magicborn

    • Peter Bunzl, illus Maxine Lee-Mackie
    • Usborne Publishing Ltd
    • ISBN13: 9781474964395
    • Published: 26-05-2022

    'The Curse is changed. You'll never know. The truth is lost. The lie will grow.' The year is 1726 and the Royal Sorcerer of England is on the hunt for those who are Magicborn. When Tempest is captured, she is taken to Kensington Palace alongside a boy like her, Thomas. Trapped, Tempest and Tho...

  • The Extraordinary Adventures of Alice Tonks

    The Extraordinary Adventures of Alice Tonks

    • Emily Kenny
    • Oneworld Publications
    • ISBN13: 9780861542055
    • Published: 26-05-2022

    Alice Tonks would love to make friends at boarding school. And, being autistic, she just wants people to accept her for who she is. But after a rather strange encounter with a talking seagull on her first day, she suddenly has a new challenge and a lot of questions.  Animals are going missing...

  • Interview with Cleopatra & Other Famous Rulers

    Interview with Cleopatra & Other Famous Rulers

    • Andy Seed, Gareth Conway
    • Welbeck Publishing Group
    • ISBN13: 9781783128310
    • Published: 12-05-2022

    If you could go back in time and talk to famous rulers from the past, what would you ask?  Brave animal interviewer and author Andy Seed has adapted his incredible 'tranimalator' device into a time machine, allowing him to go back and talk to all kinds of figures from history! Get to know 10 f...

  • Zeina Starborn and the Sky Whale

    Zeina Starborn and the Sky Whale

    • Hannah Durkan
    • Hachette Children's Group
    • ISBN13: 9781510109599
    • Published: 12-05-2022

    When Zeina Starborn's dream of exploring the skies becomes a reality, she finds herself in a daring adventure beyond her wildest imagination. Meet explorers, inventors, and mighty sky whales in this richly inventive fantasy, perfect for 9+ fans of Brightstorm and Orphans of the Tide.<br...