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  • Felix and the Future Agency: An explosive new children's adventure series: Volume 1

    Felix and the Future Agency

    Name: Sue Wilsher
    16 May 2025;

    Genre: Adventure

    Felix has a special ability - but one which often gets him into trouble and makes others think he's weird. Being able to foresee the future, he tries to warn others to keep them safe, often resulting in him getting the blame for what happens. However, when offered a place at Sparkleton High Sc...

  • Ajay and the Red-winged Prince

    Ajay and the Red-winged Prince (Woodland Explorers Club)

    Name: Amanda Shipton
    12 May 2025;

    Genre: Environment & Nature

    Ajay and the Red-Wing Prince is the latest book in the brilliant Woodland Explorers Club series by the hugely talented Ewa Jozefkowicz. This newest creation continue the theme of caring for nature and protecting the woodland environment. It wi...

  • Dragonborn

    Dragonborn

    Name: Jacqueline Harris
    12 May 2025;

    Genre: Fantasy

    Alex, still mourning the death of her father, finds out that she is in fact a dragon in human form. As if this was not shocking enough, she has to leave her home and travel to the Hidden Realm and the island of Skralla in order to learn how to be a dragon. There she meets other children who ar...

  • Shrapnel Boys

    Shrapnel Boys

    Name: Sue Wilsher
    09 May 2025;

    Genre: Historical Fiction

    Two days before Britain's Declaration of War, Ronnie, his younger brother, Micky, and best friend, Lugs, watch children from their school set off as they are evacuated to the countryside. Ronnie's mum cannot bear to be parted from her boys and Ronnie has considered himself the man of the house...

  • Valley of the Vikings

    Valley of the Vikings

    Name: Louisa Farrow
    08 May 2025;

    Genre: Magical Realism

    Valley of the Vikings is the tenth book in the Emily Windsnap series but there is no need to read the earlier books to enjoy it. It's full of magical excitement and magnetic charm, with some underlying themes that feel very relevant to now. For those wh...

  • Land of the Last Wildcat

    Land of the Last Wildcat

    Name: Beverley Somerset
    07 May 2025;

    Genre: Environment & Nature

    Puffin's mum is a research scientist and is often away from home. She and Puffin have a strained relationship; Puffin feels that her mum does not have enough time for her. As her father died when she was five, Puffin and mum live with her best friend Lance and his Grandad Moe. Puffin is fascin...

  • Land of the Last Wildcat

    Land of the Last Wildcat

    Name: Louisa Farrow
    06 May 2025;

    Genre: Environment & Nature

    Imagine an animal that is around twice the size of a domestic cat with shimmering orange fur, silvery whiskers and iridescent green eyes. Imagine that same animal had magical healing powers and had been trapped for scientific research. Now imagine it was the only one left of its kind and you n...

  • Michael Rosen's Pocket Shakespeare: A Beginner's Guide to the Best Bits of the Bard

    Michael Rosen’s Pocket Shakespeare

    Name: Sue Wilsher
    05 May 2025;

    Genre: Historical Fiction

    Sharing the 'best bits of the bard', Michael Rosen's Pocket Shakespeare offers a very accessible introduction to some of Shakespeare’s writing. Divided into chapters such as 'Love and heartbreak', 'Scheming and plotting' and 'Thou art a boil and other insults', the book is per...

  • SuperQuesters Mission: River Crest Rescue

    SuperQuesters Mission: River Crest Rescue

    Name: Wendy Kelly
    05 May 2025;

    Genre: STEM

    The Super Questers are back! I absolutely love these books and the children in my infants school firmly agree. In true scientific fashion, though, this is the Super Questers evolution! Whereas the previous series were large format, brightly coloured picture books with masses o...

  • Becoming Grace

    Becoming Grace

    Name: Ruth Cornish
    05 May 2025;

    Genre: Historical Fiction

    Historical fiction is one of my favourite genres and Becoming Grace by Hilary McKay does not disappoint. McKay fictionalises the story of Grace Darling and her family who were custodians of the Outer Farne/Longstone lighthouses at Longstone Rock on the Outer Staple Islands nea...