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While We're Young
Name: Clair Bossons
10 March 2025;Genre: Romance & Relationships
While We're Young is a contemporary road-trip romance, inspired by the classic 80s film Ferris Bueller's Day Off. Grace plans to skip school with her best friend Isa and Isa's ex-boyfriend, Everett. The three friends used to be inseparable but since Everett ra...
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The Rabbit, the Cloud and the Rainy Day
Name: Amanda Shipton
10 March 2025;Genre: Environment & Nature
This wonderful story has been carefully crafted by Nicola O'Byrne. Rabbit does not like the rain, a feeling that many readers will relate too. Duck has the job of sharing with Rabbit why the cloud and rain are so important. The Rabbit, the Cloud and the Rainy Da...
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The Things We Leave Behind
Name: Clair Bossons
10 March 2025;Genre: Dystopian
Shortlisted for The Carnegie Award 2025 and the UKLA Book Award, The Things We Leave Behind by Clare Furniss is a stunning and thought-provoking dystopian novel. It is set in the near future, where London is teetering on the edge of collapse. Amid a refugee cr...
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Solving Crimes Is NOT My Superpower
Name: Beverley Somerset
07 March 2025;Genre: Funny Stories
When Valkro Strapp leaves a mysterious treasure in the town of Walsham, the inhabitants all develop special powers - except for 10-year-old Sara. She longs to be like everyone else, but her superpower has never manifested itself. Can solving the mystery of the missing football trophy - and the...
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Needy Little Things
Name: Lorraine ansell
07 March 2025;Genre: Suspense & Thrillers
Sariyah is not an ordinary teenager; her special gift means she senses what a person needs. Overwhelmed by the noise this creates, she tries to fulfil the requests, one day with devastating and unpredictable consequences. Shortly after one of her best friends disappears and a frantic search be...
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Watch Your Back
Name: Sue Wilsher
07 March 2025;Genre: Suspense & Thrillers
Starting the new school year has been a challenge for Kara. Her best friend, Eden, has a new boyfriend and has completely cut her off, leaving her friendless. When the year 'freak', Romilly, comes to her aid, Kara finds herself drawn into a friendship which she is unsure about and when unsettl...
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All Better Now
Name: Sam
07 March 2025;Genre: Suspense & Thrillers
In All Better Now, a virus is spreading, but this one is different: first there's a fever, and then utter contentment. Those that survive the Crown Royale virus find the stress, depression, greed, and other negative feelings that used to weigh them down are gone. This all soun...
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Mr Norton's New Hat
Name: Jennifer Bevan
07 March 2025;Genre: Funny Stories
What a surprisingly charming book! 'A silly, jolly book' said my eight-year-old. A book my Year 1 children (ages five and six) wanted to read many times. Mr Norton's New Hat is a book corner and end-of-the-day favourite. Horace Norton wakes up on Monday...
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The Secret Life of Bugs, Bees & Trees
Name: Sue Wilsher
07 March 2025;Genre: Environment & Nature
The Secret Life of Bugs, Bees and Trees combines three previous books, The Secret Life of Bugs, The Secret Life of Bees and The Secret Life of Trees, in one attractive volume. Buzzwing the bee, Luna the ladybird and Oakheart the oak tree share lots of information about...
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Deep Dark (Volume 1) (A Cassia Thorne Mystery)
Name: Sue Wilsher
07 March 2025;Genre: Adventure
Cassia Thorne lives in the Fleet with her father, who is in prison for debt. She does what she can to support them by selling ballads in the streets and giving music lessons. When the younger brother of her friend goes missing, Cassia is determined to find him and with the hel...
