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The Strange Disappearance of Imogen Good
Name: Beverley Somerset
15 September 2025;Genre: Friends and family
At the start of The Strange Disappearance of Imogen Good, Fran is not looking forward to spending a week with her aunt, uncle and her horrible, bossy cousin Imogen while her parents are away on business. When Fran arrives, she finds to her amazement that not only is Imogen mis...
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Uncle Zeedie (The Blood Texts)
Name: Emelia Helliwell
12 September 2025;Genre: Horror
Two siblings caught between divorcing parents spend some time with their Uncle Zeedie in a house in the woods. What could go wrong? Uncle Zeedie is a family friend and godparent to George and Lacey. George has found that, ever since mum and dad have been feuding, he keeps seeing or sensing thi...
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Welcome to the Night-Time Train: Jump aboard for a sleepy bedtime ride
Name: Stephanie Gladdish
12 September 2025;Genre: Picture Books
We LOVE this book! Gently paced with rhyming text, Welcome to the Night-Time Train is a warm picture book about getting ready for bed. Join the baby animals on the night time train visiting Pyjamaville, Toothbrush Town, Library Land and more as they slowly get ready for bedtim...
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Pencil's Best Story Ever
Name: Louise Gahan
11 September 2025;Genre: Adventure
Carly Gledhill's picture book, Pencil's Best Story Ever, is a delightful story that invites children into the process of storytelling in a playful and interactive way. Told from the perspective of Pencil, who is eager to share his "best story ever", the book quickly tur...
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The Odyssey of Phoebe Quilliam
Name: Sue Wilsher
10 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...
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Coffeeshop in an Alternate Universe
Name: Clair Bossons
09 September 2025;Genre: Fantasy
If you enjoy fantasy, magical worlds and LGBTQIA+ stories, Coffeeshop in an Alternate Universe will appeal. CB Lee creates a world of spellcasting that is filled with wyverns, pixies and imps. A world where universes collide and portals can open. The story follows Kat a...
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Dracula and Daughters
Name: Margaret Pemberton
08 September 2025;Genre: Adventure
Just when you think you know the work of Emma Carroll, she throws you a curveball and produces this fabulous gothic tale, with a very different take on the family of Dracula. Dracula and Daughters begins with Mina sneaking over to the town cemetery in...
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Perfect Pedro
Name: Tina Derry
08 September 2025;Genre: Friendship
"Pedro likes everything to be . . . just right. Spot on. Perfect!" So begins this joyous tale about a boy whose focus on perfection almost gets in the way of his own happiness. Perfect Pedro is a perfect read-aloud book, the text is simple but well pac...
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Den of Liars: Caraval meets Kingdom of the Wicked in a sinfully indulgent heist romantasy
Name: Clair Bossons
08 September 2025;Genre: Fantasy
What a page turner! Den of Liars is a thrilling young adult romantasy, centred around a magical tournament and filled with emotional plot twists. Family dynamics are complicated and there's an enemy to lover subplot. We follow Lola St James, a sharp-witted young thief a...
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Dead Yard: Seeds of Doom
Name: Louisa Farrow
05 September 2025;Genre: Horror
This pacy debut novel - the first in a new series - is a celebration of Caribbean culture and folklore and a riff on the duppy stories of the region. Jermaine longs to be a horror movie director so, with the help of his friends, he is spending his Easter holidays shooti...
