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Midnight Treasure: An immersive fantasy about werwolves and vampirs
Name: Sue Wilsher
25 September 2025;Genre: Fantasy
Baron Ambrus is a powerful vampir, who lives in luxury in the House of Gold. With him live two orphans, Tibor, a werwolf, and Rosa, a vampir, who the Baron transformed into a dog to act as Tibor's companion. When a powerful wizard, Kira Halim, visits them, bringing a magical statue, Tibor is t...
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Geomancer: The Ship of Strays
Name: Jacqueline Harris
25 September 2025;Genre: Fantasy
Ysolde and Eira are now aboard a ship, captained by Cassandra and escaping the Wolf Queen. Ysolde has extraordinary powers after her encounter with the Anchorite, and she is fast losing herself to those powers. All the while she knows she has to try and reach the whirlpool of Hell’s Gate befor...
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The Letter with the Golden Stamp
Name: Elsie Age 12
25 September 2025;Genre: Representation & Inclusion
This book is sooo good. I really recommend for a pre-teen reader. IF YOU LOVE READING HERE YOUR BOOK IS!
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This Is Not A Small Voice: Poems by Black Poets
Name: Sara Sumner
24 September 2025;Genre: Poetry
This is Not a Small Voice is an inspiring anthology of poems by Black poets. This beautifully presented cloth bound book brings together a collection of poems specially chosen and collated by Traci N. Todd and Illustrated by Jade Orlando. The poems in this collection co...
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Dead Yard: Seeds of Doom
Name: Sam
22 September 2025;Genre: Horror
Dead Yard: Seeds of Doom by P.J.Killburn is a great book to re-inspire Year 7 readers, with its mix of ghosts, humour and a smattering of Jamaican culture making this a highly entertaining read. The only downside to this fab read is that my ability to recreate the Jamaican pat...
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The Odyssey of Phoebe Quilliam
Name: Sue Wilsher
19 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...
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A Poem for every Question: Funny and Thought-Provoking Answers to Curious Questions
Name: Sue Wilsher
19 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...
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Wild Magic: Journey of the Lost Elephant
Name: Jacqueline Harris
19 September 2025;Genre: Animals
Misha and Ziggy, the magical twins, are back in their second Wild Magic adventure, Journey of the Lost Elephant. Misha can talk to animals and Ziggy can shapeshift into animals and this adventure takes them to India. Their dad is filming elephants, and the twins help to find and reunite a baby...
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Dracula and Daughters
Name: Margaret Pemberton
18 September 2025;Genre: Myths & Legends
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...
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Mallory Vayle and Maggoty Skull in The Beast from Beneath
Name: Sue Wilsher
18 September 2025;Genre: Funny Stories
Malory Vayle is getting used to her new powers as a necromancer, but still has a lot to learn about her new, very talkative and self-obsessed, friend, Maggoty, a skull with a penchant for wigs. Having made the mistake of walking past a shop called 'Les Wigs', Maggoty is now determined to own t...
