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Anya and the Light above the Ocean
Name: Louisa Farrow
13 February 2026;Genre: Science Fiction
Anya's mum works alone on a small boat but she is always home by nine - until one stormy evening she doesn't return. Anya rows out to look for her and above the waves she sees a strange window of light which she feels compelled to touch. Suddenly, the storm falls eerily silent. Anya gets home...
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Murder at the Ivy Hotel
Name: Sue Wilsher
13 February 2026;Genre: Mystery & Detective
Meredith and Macy live at the Ivy Hotel in Dublin, a much loved institution with a friendly staff, where their mum is the general manager. The girls love living here and enjoy plenty of perks and fun. However, when new owners more interested in profit than tradition appear, it seems as through...
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The Blitz Sisters
Name: Margaret Pemberton
12 February 2026;Genre: Historical Fiction
What a wonderfully different look at the lives of young people during the Second World War. Author Judith Eagle gives us a chronological tour through the lives of three sisters, beginning with the outbreak of war and finishing in 1948, when the world is trying to regain some normality. The thr...
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Scare B'n'B
Name: Ruth Cornish
11 February 2026;Genre: Funny Stories
Advance notice! Popular author Catherine Doyle returns with a new hilarious adventure series based on the spooky goings on in a Scottish hotel. The marriage of their parents forces step sibling 'frenemies’' Ted McKinley and Frankie Stark, to call a truce on their hatred for ea...
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University of Cambridge: Think Big: Artificial Intelligence
Name: Jane Rew
10 February 2026;Genre: Non Fiction
In Think Big: Artificial Intelligence, each double page spread begins with a question; a progression which is logical and uncomplicated. We begin with the simple 'What is Artificial Intelligence?', then who invented it and whether all robots have AI, before moving onto differe...
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The Last Wolf (The Moonhaven Chronicles)
Name: Sue Wilsher
09 February 2026;Genre: Adventure
In Moonhaven, Jax and his twin sister, Jovi, with their friends, Esau and Forth enjoy breaking curfew and roaming the streets. Calling themselves the 'Moonlighters', they feel safe as there have been no werewolf attacks for years. However, when an attack happens, the friends find themselves pr...
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Anya and the Light Above the Ocean
Name: Linda Brown
09 February 2026;Genre: Science Fiction
Anya's mum still hasn't returned home from her top-secret experimental work, so she impulsively sets out on her boat to search for her. Anya is drawn to a strange light hovering above the ocean and reaches out to touch it . . . She wakes to a strangely calm sea and makes her way back home. How...
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Finn's Epic Fails
Name: Beverley Somerset
22 January 2026;Genre: Funny Stories
Finn lives with his dad, younger sister Maisie (who is obsessed with unicorns) and his older brother Jonah, whose hobby is bullying and embarrassing Finn. As Finn puts it, he is "the filling in a sibling sandwich" and his life is one huge fail after another. In the very first chapter, he loses...
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Clem Fatale Has Been Upstaged
Name: Jane
16 January 2026;Genre: Mystery & Detective
Much like the previous book featuring young female sleuth Clem Fatale, this one is a helter-skelter, sometimes farcical, always entertaining, page-turner set in 1950s London. Apart from the famous London Palladium where the Wade sisters are due to perform, and the Ritz frequen...
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The Golden Monkey Mystery (Secrets of the Snakestone)
Name: Jane Rew
14 January 2026;Genre: Adventure
Roma Moreau's dual mission is to release a captive monkey into the wild and persuade her father, a French army captain, to let her study at medical school. Roma's French mother died in childbirth and she is determined that 'no other woman must die'. She is also accompanied on her mission by ta...
