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  • Land of the Last Wildcat

    Land of the Last Wildcat

    Name: Louisa Farrow
    02 May 2025;

    Genre: Environment & Nature

    Imagine an animal that is around twice the size of a domestic cat with shimmering orange fur, silvery whiskers and iridescent green eyes. Imagine that same animal had magical healing powers and had been trapped for scientific research. Now imagine it was the only one left of its kind and you n...

  • Land of the Last Wildcat

    Land of the Last Wildcat

    Name: Sharon Porter
    01 May 2025;

    Genre: Environment & Nature

    Puffin is a girl on a mission. She has a family interest in science and loves to investigate things. Her mum is an ecologist and often works away from home, leaving Puffin with her other “family”. After a chance adventure into her mum’s laboratory (into which she is never allowed), Puffin disc...

  • Owning It: Our disabled childhoods in our own words

    Owning It: Our disabled childhoods in our own words

    Name: Jenny CADDICK
    24 April 2025;

    Genre: Representation & Inclusion

    This fantastic non-fiction collection features 22 fascinating, inspirational and incredibly honest and open true stories from a huge variety of disabled writers. Sharing their experiences of being young and growing up, of the challenges, achievements, stereotypes and expectati...

  • Wolf Mountain: Volume 2

    Wolf Mountain

    Name: Jacqueline Frances Harris
    21 April 2025;

    Genre: Historical Fiction

    Tuuli is travelling with her wolf, Lupa, to try and find Andar's people. Before he was killed, Andar gave the impression that his people were in danger, so Tuuli has set off to find them and may be help. The journey is fraught with dangers for a lone traveller and the weather is strange, with...

  • The Boy at the Window

    The Boy At The Window

    Name: Ruth Cornish
    21 April 2025;

    Genre: Supernatural

    From the very first page this book had me hooked. As the story develops so does the sense of alarm until the final twist and…. No! I’m not going to spoil the ending for you! Suffice to say, The Boy At The Window is a nerve-jangling, page turning, ghost story.<...

  • I Am Raven

    I Am Raven

    Name: Jacqueline Frances Harris
    18 April 2025;

    Genre: Science Fiction

    Brann used to fly with Raven, but now Raven is gone, destroyed by Dragon. Brann is with Cub, lead by Coll, who was once a Wolf. Brann's crew is missing and so, when given the opportunity to go with Cub to the North to find out what has happened to them, she is desperate to go, even though she...

  • S.T.E.A.L.T.H.: Rising Storm: Book 3

    S.T.E.A.L.T.H.: Rising Storm: Book 3

    Name: Beverley Somerset
    17 April 2025;

    Genre: Adventure

    Donna, Arun and Sam are currently separated for the summer holidays. The boys are at home, bored, while Donna is with her mum visiting family in Trinidad. As Donna's birthday is approaching, Arun and Sam decide to make a surprise visit to see her, using their super machine MANDROID to get them...

  • The First Year

    The First Year

    Name: Sue Wilsher
    14 April 2025;

    Genre: Real life

    Nate is about to start secondary school. After a challenging final year at Primary, things seem to have settled for him and he is ready for a fun-filled summer before a fresh start in September. However, a new school brings new challenges - and some old. Avoiding Turner, conforming to endless...

  • I Am Raven

    I Am Raven

    Name: Beverley Somerset
    14 April 2025;

    Genre: Science Fiction

    Following the destruction of the Raven construct by the fearsome Dragon, Brann has teamed up with Coll, Fillan and Rieka. They are travelling on Cub, the Construct they built together. Brann is determined to find out what happened to the missing Raven crew, so Cub heads north to try and discov...

  • Six Queens: An illustrated guide to the iconic queens of Henry VIII

    Six Queens: An illustrated guide to the iconic queens of Henry VIII

    Name: Jane Rew
    14 April 2025;

    Genre: Biographies & Autobiographies

    When introducing Six Queens to children, the school librarian or teacher might best begin at the end, by reading aloud the Author's Note. Then, tantalising bites of some gorgeously presented, carefully chosen facts, are guaranteed to generate interest, especially from those wh...