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  • Impossible Creatures

    Impossible Creatures

    Name: Jermani Age 11
    01 October 2025;

    Genre: Myths & Legends

    I love this book because it makes me feel like I am in the book watching every move.

  • National Trust: When Winter Comes

    When Winter Comes

    Name: Lucy Hopkins
    01 October 2025;

    Genre: Environment & Nature

    I've been lucky enough to have reviewed two other seasons from this collection of books and I have loved each one! They're incredibly charming for anyone who loves and values the outdoors, and wishes to pass on this love to the younger generation. In When Winter...

  • Fear Files: Hide and Seek: A pacy, spine tingling horror adventure

    Fear Files: Hide and Seek: A pacy, spine tingling horror adventure

    Name: Louisa Farrow
    01 October 2025;

    Genre: Horror

    Adam has gone on a camping trip with his best friend Sol, but it is not living up to expectations. There's no staying up late telling ghost stories, no cosy hammocks and Sol even seems to have lost his sense of fun. In frustration, Adam strikes off through the mist to find what adventure he ca...

  • Dracula & Daughters: Sink your fangs into a brand new adventure series

    Dracula & Daughters: Sink your fangs into a brand new adventure series

    Name: Beverley Somerset
    30 September 2025;

    Genre: Myths & Legends

    Famous actress Elsie Irving has died in mysterious circumstances and, for the first time in 20 years, a vampire Contagion has broken out in Temstown. Are the two things linked? Mina, her sister Buffy and cousin Bella find that they are connected by a family secret and they could be the only on...

  • Game Over!

    Game Over

    Name: Jane Rew
    30 September 2025;

    Genre: Friends and family

    Game Over is a story that grabs even reluctant readers' interest and attention from start to finish. Furthermore, its uncomplicated writing style and easy-to-read font mean that many will want to devour this in one sitting, especially if they are fans of footb...

  • Guardians of the New Moon: The Year of the Ox

    Guardians of the New Moon: The Year of the Ox

    Name: Natalie J McChrystal Plimmer
    29 September 2025;

    Genre: Myths & Legends

    The Year of the Ox is the third title in the series Guardians of the New Moon, a set of stories taking the myths and legends of Ancient China and East Asia, particularly around the Chinese New Year, as inspiration for the adventures that Miaow the temple cat a...

  • A World of Cats: A Celebration of Fascinating Facts and Amazing Real-Life Stories for Cat Lovers

    A World of Cats: A Celebration of Fascinating Facts and Amazing Real-Life Stories for Cat Lovers

    Name: Sue Wilsher
    26 September 2025;

    Genre: Animals

    I love most animals, but I have always been fascinated by felines and have shared my home - and my heart - with many cats over the years. In her introduction, Carlie Sorosiak says her first word was 'kitty’; mine was 'Sarah' (or an approximation!), the name of our blue-cream Persian! <s...

  • The Last Bard (HB)

    The Last Bard

    Name: Donna Burkert
    26 September 2025;

    Genre: Funny Stories

    The Last Bard is a wonderfully rich tale of the tragedies faced by Will Davenant as he discovers that he is the last living relative of William Shakespeare. He's faced his share of terrible times and the most recent event brings Will and his mum to his grandad's flat at Arden...

  • The Poisoned King (Impossible Creatures)

    The Poisoned King (Impossible Creatures)

    Name: Jacqueline Harris
    26 September 2025;

    Genre: Fantasy

    Christopher returns to the Archipelago in order to save the dragons, who are mysteriously dying. His story is bound up in that of Anya, a princess in mortal danger who is somehow connected to what is happening to the dragons. Christopher and Anya must work together with some of the mythical cr...

  • Geomancer: The Ship of Strays

    Geomancer: The Ship of Strays

    Name: Jacqueline Harris
    25 September 2025;

    Genre: Fantasy

    Ysolde and Eira are now aboard a ship, captained by Cassandra and escaping the Wolf Queen. Ysolde has extraordinary powers after her encounter with the Anchorite, and she is fast losing herself to those powers. All the while she knows she has to try and reach the whirlpool of Hell’s Gate befor...