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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...
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Avalanche
Name: Linda Brown
03 October 2025;Genre: Suspense & Thrillers
Tom thought a luxury ski resort would be the perfect getaway for him and his mum. However, the holiday quickly turns into a nightmare. When kidnappers storm their chalet in search of dangerous technology, Tom finds himself trapped in the snow-covered mountains, caught in a battle for survival....
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This Is Not A Small Voice: Poems by Black Poets
Name: Emma Nelson
03 October 2025;Genre: Poetry
This Is Not a Small Voice is an anthology that perfectly works in a classroom as well as in homes. Compiled by the award-winning writer and editor Traci N. Todd, this stunning collection introduces children to a wide array of powerful voices in Black poetry. E...
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The Takeover: Volume 2 (Ministry of Mischief)
Name: Margaret Pemberton
02 October 2025;Genre: Funny Stories
This is the second in the wonderfully funny and anarchic Ministry of Mischief series featuring Joey and Harry, but importantly, it is about their relationship with the group of Imps from Impworld, who we met in the previous book....
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Huxley and Flapjack: Wild West Escape
Name: Sue Wilsher
02 October 2025;Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
Huxley, the impulsive koala, and Flapjack, the timid penguin, are back in a new adventure, Huxley and Flapjack: Wild West Escape! Spotting an advert in the paper, Huxley decides that becoming a cowhand is the perfect way to earn some money. Not deterred when Flapjack p...
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The Strange Disappearance of Imogen Good
Name: Sue Wilsher
02 October 2025;Genre: Friends and family
Fran is not looking forward to spending a week with her aunt and uncle, largely because of her rude and unfriendly cousin, Imogen. However, when she arrives, Fran finds that Imogen is missing . . . and no one seems to remember that she ever existed. Puzzled and frightened, Fran is determined t...
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Giggling Ghosts
Name: Lucy Hopkins
02 October 2025;Genre: Early Skills
Giggling Ghosts is an interactive, humorous book which may help to avoid any spooky feelings about ghosts! This is a nice story for children to enjoy, especially around Halloween. The friendly ghosts may help ease any worries some children have about 'spooky things'. It would...
