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  • The Strange Disappearance of Imogen Good

    The Strange Disappearance of Imogen Good

    Name: Beverley Somerset
    15 September 2025;

    Genre: Friends and family

    At the start of The Strange Disappearance of Imogen Good, Fran is not looking forward to spending a week with her aunt, uncle and her horrible, bossy cousin Imogen while her parents are away on business. When Fran arrives, she finds to her amazement that not only is Imogen mis...

  • The Odyssey of Phoebe Quilliam

    The Odyssey of Phoebe Quilliam

    Name: Sue Wilsher
    10 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...

  • Dracula & Daughters: Sink your fangs into a brand new adventure series

    Dracula and Daughters

    Name: Margaret Pemberton
    08 September 2025;

    Genre: Adventure

    Just when you think you know the work of Emma Carroll, she throws you a curveball and produces this fabulous gothic tale, with a very different take on the family of Dracula. Dracula and Daughters begins with Mina sneaking over to the town cemetery in...

  • Dead Yard: Seeds of Doom

    Dead Yard: Seeds of Doom

    Name: Louisa Farrow
    05 September 2025;

    Genre: Horror

    This pacy debut novel - the first in a new series - is a celebration of Caribbean culture and folklore and a riff on the duppy stories of the region. Jermaine longs to be a horror movie director so, with the help of his friends, he is spending his Easter holidays shooti...

  • Mallory Vayle and Maggoty Skull in... The Beast from Beneath

    Mallory Vayle and Maggoty Skull in The Beast From Beneath

    Name: Jenny CADDICK
    04 September 2025;

    Genre: Funny Stories

    The magnificently macabre duo of Mallory and Maggoty are back in book two of this freakishly thrilling, gloriously grotesque comedy horror series. Author Martin Howard and illustrator Pete Williamson have excelled again in creating a superbly sinister, supernatural and absorbing atmosp...

  • No Refuge (a Phoenix Comic Book, and eagerly awaited follow-up to No Country)

    No Refuge (a Phoenix Comic Book; follow-up to No Country)

    Name: Alice Drury
    04 September 2025;

    Genre: Representation & Inclusion

    No Refuge by Patrice Aggs and Joe Brady is the gripping sequel to the graphic novel No Country. Set in a world not too dissimilar from our own, but in the midst of war, it tells the story of one family’s escape from England when the time comes...

  • The Last Bard (HB)

    The Last Bard

    Name: Sue Wilsher
    04 September 2025;

    Genre: Funny Stories

    When Will's father dies, he and his mother, Mary, have to move in with Will's Uncle Claude and his cousin, Jon. Treated like servants by Claude, who never loses an opportunity to remind them that they are only there because of his 'kindness', they are relieved to leave his home for a while whi...

  • 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
    03 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...

  • A World of Cats: A Celebration of Fascinating Facts and Amazing Real-Life Stories for Cat Lovers

    A World of Cats: A Celebration of Fascinating Facts and Amazing Real-Life Stories for Cat Lovers

    Name: Sue Wilsher
    03 September 2025;

    Genre: Animals

    I love most animals, but I have always been fascinated by felines and have shared my home - and my heart - with many cats over the years. In her introduction, Carlie Sorosiak says her first word was 'kitty’; mine was 'Sarah' (or an approximation!), the name of our blue-cream Persian! <s...

  • Maisie vs the Himalayas

    Maisie vs The Himalayas

    Name: Beverley Somerset
    03 September 2025;

    Genre: Adventure

    In Maisie vs The Himalayas, their second adventure together, Maisie and her dad, George, travel to Bhutan in the Himalayas to research his latest book, How to Find Hidden Treasure. They find themselves in remote caves deep beneath the mountains, accompanied by Renata, an old a...