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  • Solving Crimes Is NOT My Superpower

    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...

  • Needy Little Things: The new YA thriller with a twist that will leave you speechless

    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...

  • Watch Your Back

    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...

  • All Better Now

    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...

  • Mr Norton's New Hat

    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...

  • The Secret Life of Bugs, Bees & Trees

    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...

  • Deep Dark (Volume 1) (A Cassia Thorne Mystery)

    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...

  • Geomancer: The Storm and the Sea Hawk: An epic fantasy adventure from a bestselling author

    The Storm and the Sea Hawk

    Name: Jacqueline Harris
    06 March 2025;

    Genre: Fantasy

    Ysolda is on the run with the daughter of her enemy, the Wolf Queen. They are travelling to find the Anchorite and for Ysolda to free her sister and try to stop the terrible things happening across the country. Plunged into the cold world of the Norveger, Ysolda has to test her courage to its...

  • Recycling Day: What Happens to the Things We Throw Away

    Recycling Day: What Happens to the Things We Throw Away

    Name: Sue Wilsher
    06 March 2025;

    Genre: Environment & Nature

    It's bin day at Misha's house and there always seems to be plenty of things which need to be thrown away. In this highly illustrated, colourful book, readers discover what happens to all the thrown-away things people put into their bins - and the things which have to be dispos...

  • Vanya and the Wild Hunt

    Vanya and the Wild Hunt

    Name: Louisa Farrow
    06 March 2025;

    Genre: Fantasy

    In Vanya and the Wild Hunt, fantastical creatures and frightening figures from Indian mythology and European folklore inhabit a vibrant fantasy world, spreading out around a single safe haven: a magical library of talking books hidden in the mountains of India. Taking c...