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Hunt for the Golden Scarab (Time Keys, book 1)
Name: Beverley Somerset
16 January 2025;Genre: Adventure
In Hunt for the Golden Scarab, we meet Sim Lockier and his mother, Callidora, and learn they have never lived anywhere for very long. At present they are based in London. Previously educated at home, Sim now attends school and has a best friend, Nelson. Life seems uneventful u...
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Peregrine Quinn and the Cosmic Realm
Name: Jenny Caddick
16 January 2025;Genre: Fantasy
Peregrine Quinn and the Cosmic Realm is a lively and fantastically fast-paced and imaginatively created, portal-hopping fantasy adventure with a colourful, charming cast of vibrant (fabulously named) and utterly engaging characters! 12-year-old Peregrin...
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Inkbound: Meticulous Jones and the Skull Tattoo
Name: Beverley Somerset
13 January 2025;Genre: Adventure
In this wonderful debut novel, we meet the amazing Meticulous 'Metty' Jones. On her tenth birthday Metty receives her fate - a magical tattoo on her hand which she hopes will reveal an exciting future. All Metty wants to do is make her parents proud, but unfortunately her fate reveals that she...
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Remarkable Women: Fascinating Facts You Never Knew About Amazing Women!
Name: Jane Rew
10 January 2025;Genre: Biographies & Autobiographies
Remarkable Women: Fascinating Facts You Never Knew About Amazing Women! succeeds in engaging readers by asking questions that challenge our assumptions (Pocahontas was a princess, wasn't she? Marie Antoinette said 'Let them eat cake!', didn't she?) and extend...
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Ice Apprentices: Volume 1
Name: Jenny Caddick
03 January 2025;Genre: Fantasy
Prepare to be whisked away this Winter to the bitterly cold Tundra and the harshest winds, ice and snow. Surviving life is tough and requires the inhabitants of the settlements there to stand together, using skills, stamina and (more importantly) ice magic, to make it through the big Freeze.</...
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WildLives: 50 Extraordinary Animals that Made History
Name: Sue Wilsher
01 January 2025;Genre: Animals
Now in paperback, WildLives: 50 Extraordinary Animals that Made History is a wonderful book which celebrates 50 remarkable animals from around the world, telling their exceptional stories. Each is a powerful tale, many full of courage and love, and each a joy...
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Hunt for the Golden Scarab (Time Keys, book 1)
Name: Hayley Summerfield
30 December 2024;Genre: Adventure
M.G Leonard’s new epic series Time Keys starts with Hunt for the Golden Scarab. This time-travelling adventure is full to the brim with mystery, sinister characters and a gripping storyline that will captivate the readers imagination. ...
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The Maze Runner
Name: Daniel Age 10
18 December 2024;Genre: Adventure
I love the book and it has a lot of detail. I would love it if you could do another book that is like the same.
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The Boy to Beat the Gods
Name: Donna Ritchie
12 December 2024;Genre: Myths & Legends
The Boy to Beat the Gods is a brilliant first book from Ashley Thorpe. It follows Kayode on his quest to get his sister, Temi, back from the Orishas. It begins with Kayode living in his village awaiting the return of the Orishas - the gods - when they come to take the fruit of...
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The Others
Name: Jacqueline Harris
02 December 2024;Genre: Science Fiction
Reuben lives in the observatory with his astronomer grandmother. He has never left the observatory grounds and watches others from the village as they go about their daily lives. Then one night, a spaceship crash lands near by and grandmother goes out to investigate but doesn’t return. Rueben...
