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My Book of Classic Nursery Tales
Name: Sue Wilsher
10 October 2025;Genre: Fairy Tales & Folk Tales
With each story retold and illustrated by James Mayhew, My Book of Classic Nursery Tales would make the perfect gift for any little (or not so little) one! There are eight wonderful stories to enjoy in this delightful collection, including perennial favourites such as 'Goldilo...
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Keep Your Friends Close
Name: Rachel Bolton
10 October 2025;Genre: Suspense & Thrillers
Taut, tense and captivating, I found this new title from Cynthia Murphy to be completely addictive. Set in a private school that has been set up for poorer teens to make their way in the world, it tells the story through the eyes of Chloe as she returns to school for her final...
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Last Gamer Standing
Name: Logan Age 12
10 October 2025;Genre: Science Fiction
Last Gamer Standing is so good, so kid friendly and a great story overall showing how people can be so sexist at times - but people will always come through. This book is so awesome, 5 stars = I would rate it higher If I could!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I am Big, I am Small
Name: Lucy Hopkins
07 October 2025;Genre: Animals
I am Big, I am Small is all about opposites and uses animals to demonstrate each of these. For example, the first double page spread includes a ginormous octopus illustration with pictures of tiny seahorses. I like how it includes lots of other facts about each species as well...
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Sin Bin Island
Name: Sue Wilsher
06 October 2025;Genre: Adventure
When Jack Winston Claremont Digby - Digs to his friends - finds himself with the family solicitor after the death of his mum, stepfather and sister, he has no idea how strange things are about to become. He has been left a set of Russian nesting dolls and discovers that, instead of being taken...
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Empty Heaven
Name: Clair Bossons
06 October 2025;Genre: Horror
Empty Heaven is a truly terrifying supernatural horror which contains themes that are suited to a young adult reader. It is set in a creepy small town of Kesuquosh, New England, where all seems perfect on the surface. Darian Sabine Arden spends her summers there with friends a...
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My Name is Jodie Jones
Name: Clare Wilkins
06 October 2025;Genre: Mental Health & Wellbeing
Jodie Jones is intelligent, enigmatic and never short of a pithy comeback. Unfortunately, she's also dealing with trauma, a fractured family and rapidly dwindling grades at school. She finds solace in words and interesting sentences, collecting and storing them, her verbal ars...
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Marv and the Funfair Fright
Name: Elen Green
06 October 2025;Genre: Adventure
Always a joy to discover another of Marv's adventures, Marv and the Funfair Fright brings a fun Halloween twist to the series, and brings some genuine peril to these gentle adventures! Marv is a superhero powered by imagination and kindness - what a brilliant me...
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Not Going to Plan
Name: Kimberley Lawson
03 October 2025;Genre: Personal Growth
Kicked out of the exclusive boarding school, where she has been a scholarship student, because of her disruptive behaviour, Marnie has only a few months until her GCSEs, which she must now sit at the local secondary. Unfortunately, Jessica, Marnie's nemesis from primary school, is in her class...
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Murder at Christmas
Name: Sue Wilsher
03 October 2025;Genre: Mystery & Detective
Grace is delighted when she arrives in Bath to spend Christmas with her mum and younger brother, Billy. Although her dad won't be with them, they will be staying at the hotel owned by their mum's twin sister, Aunt Mollie. But when a body is found on the stairs and their mum disappears, Grace a...
