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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...
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Pencil's Best Story Ever
Name: Sue Wilsher
05 September 2025;Genre: Adventure
Pencil is very excited about the story he has written - the BEST STORY EVER - and can't wait to share this with his friends. However, as the story progresses, Pencil's characters refuse to stick to the plot, forcing Pencil to adapt and amend the action. But will he be able to create a story wh...
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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...
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Hank meets Frank
Name: Louise Gahan
03 September 2025;Genre: Funny Stories
Hank Meets Frank is a laugh-out-loud tale of mischief, mayhem, and messy cousin rivalry - perfect for sparking conversations around emotions, behaviour, and making things right again. Hank the goose can be a bit difficult, but today he’s determined to be on his <strong...
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Dead Yard: Seeds of Doom
Name: Louisa Farrow
02 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...
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Hank Meets Frank
Name: Sue Wilsher
01 September 2025;Genre: Funny Stories
Hank the goose can be a little bit objectionable - that means bad-mannered and rude - at times. However, he can also be good when he tries which is really important today as his sweet little cousin, Frank, is coming to play. However, cousin Frank might not be as lovely as everyone believes lea...
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University of Cambridge: Think Big: The Speed of Light
Name: Jane Rew
01 September 2025;Genre: Non Fiction
Illustrator Wenjia Tang has certainly done a brilliant job, making an abstract concept - the theory of relativity - come alive on each page. The illustrations in Think Big: The Speed of Light - from eye-catching endpapers to portraits of Einstein to pictures of warp drives and...
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Oxford Blood
Name: Rachel Bolton
27 August 2025;Genre: Suspense & Thrillers
Your best friend dies in mysterious circumstances; you uncover a secret society which has prejudice, racism and misogyny at its heart; oh and your dream of being interviewed for a much sought after place at one of Oxford's leading colleges is the next day! Such is the plot behind this <...
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My Soul, A Shining Tree
Name: Sue Wilsher
25 August 2025;Genre: Historical Fiction
Based on the true story of Indian WWI gunner and recipient of the Victoria Cross, Khudadad Khan, My Soul, A Shining Tree is told from different perspectives. Lotte is a Belgian farmgirl whose home is a small farm in the village of Gheluvet, near Ypres in Flanders. Her l...
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Maisie vs the Himalayas
Name: Jo Clarke
25 August 2025;Genre: Adventure
Maisie Vs the Himalayas is a lively, adventurous tale that mixes wild escapades with thoughtful reflections on family, trust, and growing up. Maisie is a feisty character - cheeky, impulsive, and at times downright reckless. In complete contrast, her father is serious,...
