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The Last Bard
Name: Donna Burkert
26 September 2025;Genre: Funny Stories
The Last Bard is a wonderfully rich tale of the tragedies faced by Will Davenant as he discovers that he is the last living relative of William Shakespeare. He's faced his share of terrible times and the most recent event brings Will and his mum to his grandad's flat at Arden...
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The Poisoned King (Impossible Creatures)
Name: Jacqueline Harris
26 September 2025;Genre: Fantasy
Christopher returns to the Archipelago in order to save the dragons, who are mysteriously dying. His story is bound up in that of Anya, a princess in mortal danger who is somehow connected to what is happening to the dragons. Christopher and Anya must work together with some of the mythical cr...
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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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Bury Your Friends: The nepo-baby thriller from YA bestseller Benjamin Dean
Name: Eileen Armstrong
23 September 2025;Genre: Suspense & Thrillers
Not for nothing has Dean been awarded the 'King of YA thriller' crown and his latest, long-awaited novel, this time with a unique slasher twist, absolutely does not disappoint. A dream 'end of A levels' party weekend for a group of perfectly privileged nepo teens in an...
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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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Girls of Dark Divine
Name: Eileen Armstrong
22 September 2025;Genre: Fantasy
Occasionally, a debut novel comes along which is so cleverly imagined, beautifully written and compulsively readable that it's hard to believe it's a first novel at all. Girls of Dark Divine definitely fits this bill. With a distinctly Phantom of the Opera feel, this is glamor...
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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...
