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The Things We Leave Behind
Name: Clair Bossons
10 March 2025;Genre: Dystopian
Shortlisted for The Carnegie Award 2025 and the UKLA Book Award, The Things We Leave Behind by Clare Furniss is a stunning and thought-provoking dystopian novel. It is set in the near future, where London is teetering on the edge of collapse. Amid a refugee cr...
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Needy Little Things
Name: Lorraine ansell
07 March 2025;Genre: Suspense & Thrillers
Sariyah is not an ordinary teenager; her special gift means she senses what a person needs. Overwhelmed by the noise this creates, she tries to fulfil the requests, one day with devastating and unpredictable consequences. Shortly after one of her best friends disappears and a frantic search be...
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Watch Your Back
Name: Sue Wilsher
07 March 2025;Genre: Suspense & Thrillers
Starting the new school year has been a challenge for Kara. Her best friend, Eden, has a new boyfriend and has completely cut her off, leaving her friendless. When the year 'freak', Romilly, comes to her aid, Kara finds herself drawn into a friendship which she is unsure about and when unsettl...
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All Better Now
Name: Sam
07 March 2025;Genre: Suspense & Thrillers
In All Better Now, a virus is spreading, but this one is different: first there's a fever, and then utter contentment. Those that survive the Crown Royale virus find the stress, depression, greed, and other negative feelings that used to weigh them down are gone. This all soun...
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Mr Norton's New Hat
Name: Jennifer Bevan
07 March 2025;Genre: Funny Stories
What a surprisingly charming book! 'A silly, jolly book' said my eight-year-old. A book my Year 1 children (ages five and six) wanted to read many times. Mr Norton's New Hat is a book corner and end-of-the-day favourite. Horace Norton wakes up on Monday...
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The Secret Life of Bugs, Bees & Trees
Name: Sue Wilsher
07 March 2025;Genre: Environment & Nature
The Secret Life of Bugs, Bees and Trees combines three previous books, The Secret Life of Bugs, The Secret Life of Bees and The Secret Life of Trees, in one attractive volume. Buzzwing the bee, Luna the ladybird and Oakheart the oak tree share lots of information about...
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Deep Dark (Volume 1) (A Cassia Thorne Mystery)
Name: Sue Wilsher
07 March 2025;Genre: Adventure
Cassia Thorne lives in the Fleet with her father, who is in prison for debt. She does what she can to support them by selling ballads in the streets and giving music lessons. When the younger brother of her friend goes missing, Cassia is determined to find him and with the hel...
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Recycling Day: What Happens to the Things We Throw Away
Name: Sue Wilsher
06 March 2025;Genre: Environment & Nature
It's bin day at Misha's house and there always seems to be plenty of things which need to be thrown away. In this highly illustrated, colourful book, readers discover what happens to all the thrown-away things people put into their bins - and the things which have to be dispos...
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Vanya and the Wild Hunt
Name: Louisa Farrow
06 March 2025;Genre: Fantasy
In Vanya and the Wild Hunt, fantastical creatures and frightening figures from Indian mythology and European folklore inhabit a vibrant fantasy world, spreading out around a single safe haven: a magical library of talking books hidden in the mountains of India. Taking c...
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After
Name: Jacqueline Harris
04 March 2025;Genre: Dystopian
Jen and Father are in a world that is almost empty of people. This is the time after 'The Flood', when people and machines were mostly destroyed. They come across a small, friendly community and Jen finds she wants to stay. But Father is not what he seems; he is a human appearing AI and people...
