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Will Wolfheart
Name: Beverley Somerset
06 August 2025;Genre: Animals
Will's best friend is his dog, Whisker, but since his family have moved house, Whisker has to live with Will's Gran where Will goes to stay every weekend to spend time with his beloved dog. One afternoon, Will and Whisker are magically transported to Wolf World; Whisker has become a wolf and h...
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Paddock Grove: A Pony to Own
Name: Jacqueline Harris
31 July 2025;Genre: Animals
Georgia, known as George, has a scholarship to a prestigious boarding school where equestrian teaching is the order of the day. Her parents however, give her a horse she definitely was not dreaming of owning and Bear seems like he will be more of a problem than an asset. Slowly George has to a...
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The Museum of Lost Umbrellas
Name: Louisa Farrow
29 July 2025;Genre: Fantasy
Hasn't everyone who has seen Mary Poppins thought it would be fun to fly with an umbrella? Marie-Louise Fitzpatrick has gone a step further. Her latest book, The Museum of Lost Umbrellas, weaves the quintessential daydream into a whole racy-pacy story with a feisty heroine, lo...
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The Girl with Gills
Name: Beverley Somerset
10 July 2025;Genre: Fantasy
In The Girl with Gills, Effra and her brother, Fleet, are part of the larker community - people with gills who search the banks and depths of the River Yore for lost items to trade. Since the death of her beloved grandfather, 13-year-old Effra has looked after her younger brot...
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The Last Journey
Name: Alice Drury
09 July 2025;Genre: Animals
From the start, The Last Journey both educates and entertains the reader as it is told from the perspective of a cat, Pusskin. The author has clearly done her research and perceptively engages the reader in Pusskin's world. Elements of how cats have been seen throughout histor...
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The Dawn of Adonis: follow-up to When the Sky Falls
Name: Linda Brown
07 July 2025;Genre: Historical Fiction
The Dawn of Adonis is the powerful prequel to the deeply moving story, When the Sky Falls. Once again this magnificent children's writer feeds the reader a rollercoaster of emotions with this emotive, nail biting read… The novel explores the heart-wrenching story of Ado...
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Runaways: An irresistible story about finding your true home
Name: Sue Wilsher
04 July 2025;Genre: Family & Home
Jamie and July are both 11 and both live in London, but their lives are very different. Both are desperate to get away from home - Jamie to escape something he has done and July to find help for her mother. Each is wary and suspicious of others, but somehow the two form a partnership as they h...
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Skrimsli
Name: Lorraine Ansell
03 July 2025;Genre: Fantasy
A little tiger cub is saved by a boy named Owl, who is called 'freak' and lives in the circus. So begins a relationship that will traverse across time and place. Born under the watchful gaze of the evil and tortuous ringmaster, the cub Skrimsli is separated from his loved ones and coercively f...
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Running My Own Race
Name: Rachel Bolton
02 July 2025;Genre: Representation & Inclusion
There is so much to unpick in this novel: it's about running, which makes a change from football; it's about family relationships that aren't often written about (a pushy but adoring mother), and it's about fitting into a new school where racism rears its ugly head. It's edgy and at times make...
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The Girl with Gills
Name: Jacqueline Harris
01 July 2025;Genre: Fantasy
Effra is a Larker, people who live on the river and have gills. For obvious reasons they keep away from people who live on land, who they call Lubbers. One day, the Rivermun snatches Effra's little brother and, to keep him safe, she is forced into a terrifying series of encounters to save not...
