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Chicken vs Egg
Name: Maria
13 March 2026;Genre: Funny Stories
This funny, clever book starts with a question everyone wants to ask: "Which came first - the chicken, or the egg?" The book tries to answer the question with an actual race between the sporty chicken and the surprising egg and, of course, some enthusiastic spectators watching...
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Bridge of Storms
Name: Sue Wilsher
13 March 2026;Genre: Fantasy
Tamzin Pook and her friends are on a new mission, heading for the city of Museion to help save it from the predator suburbs which are trapping it in a mountain valley known as the Frying Pan. However, a traitor within the city puts them all in danger, separating Tamzin and the rest of the Fire...
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Gone for Good: The addictive missing girl thriller where everyone has something to hide
Name: Rachel Bolton
13 March 2026;Genre: Suspense & Thrillers
A novel by Sarah Crossan cannot be anything other than brilliant and true to form, her latest verse novel is another triumph. Connie is angry and confused when she is dragged from her bed in the middle of the night and taken to some sort of correctional institution in a remote...
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Where are you, Eddie?
Name: Sue Wilsher
13 March 2026;Genre: Bereavement
Michael's son, Eddie, has died. But when he asks his cat, Meg, 'Where’s Eddie?', she has some sound advice and suggests that if Michael looks, he'll find Eddie all around. And when Michael goes looking, he realises that Eddie is alive in his memories and those of others. Decepti...
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Scare B'n'B
Name: Sam
12 March 2026;Genre: Funny Stories
Scare B'n'B by Catherine Doyle is one of the most amusing books I have read in a long time. So much so, I am quite excited to know that it is the first book in a new series. Packed to its cobweb-coated rafters with ghostly antics and wickedly spirited humour, Tartarus Hall, so...
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Will Shakespeare Mysteries: The Stinky Stolen Toenails
Name: Margaret Pemberton
10 March 2026;Genre: Historical Fiction
What an absolute delight of a book! If you thought you knew about the young Shakespeare, then you are in for a surprise. Will has ambitions to be a solver of crimes, so when the treasure owned by his neighbour is stolen, he and his best friend Tybalt decide they will have to find the thief. Un...
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Whirby
Name: Sue Wilsher
10 March 2026;Genre: Adventure
Whirby loves going to school and is very excited about his favourite lesson, gadgeteering, where students compete in bot battles. Whirby becomes so excited that he forgets to recharge at night and stays up, practising his moves. However, when his turn finally comes, Whirby starts to malfunctio...
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Death by Chocolate
Name: Jacqueline Harris
09 March 2026;Genre: Mystery & Detective
Coco Bean has been forced to move to a little village in France, where her parents have bought an old hotel. The hotel is haunted by the ghost of the previous owner, who most definitely does not want anyone else living there. Coco is, however, a very determined girl and she decides to investig...
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Chicken vs Egg
Name: Lizi Backhouse
09 March 2026;Genre: Funny Stories
Which came first, the chicken or the egg? The age old question is set to finally be answered in this fun picture book which depicts a very egg-citing race full of ups and downs. Younger readers will enjoy the illustrations, which are cartoon-like and entertaining. They...
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Death by Chocolate
Name: Alice Drury
09 March 2026;Genre: Mystery & Detective
Death by Chocolate, a mysterious murder-mystery set in a little French village, is an exciting story. We follow Coco Bean as she navigates her new life in a crumbly French hotel in a slow-moving village, the complete opposite to her life in England. Her parents who love all th...
