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Day of Now
Name: Clare Wilkins
04 March 2026;Genre: Dystopian
Dayna, the titular character of this dystopian novel, is a seemingly fearless teenager thrown into the chaos of a post-apocalyptic world. Deadly spores released in the 'Before' world have devastated the country. Children are rare and when found, valued as guinea pigs for experimental vaccines....
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I Tell Myself I'm Awesome
Name: Tina DERRY
04 March 2026;Genre: Poetry
I Tell Myself I'm Awesome is a perfect book for those days when all is not quite right with the world. This collection of poems address all of those big feelings; there are poems to make you laugh, poems to make you cry, poems to spark a debate and others to c...
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Escape
Name: Ruth Cornish
04 March 2026;Genre: Friendship
Sophie McKenzie’s latest book, Escape, fits a thrilling and informative story into only 96 pages! Set in a marine conservation centre, the main characters, Bernice, Molly and Rylan are on a school trip and are in an allocated small group together. They are supposed to...
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Control Alter Delete
Name: Jacqueline Harris
04 March 2026;Genre: Suspense & Thrillers
Hal lives in the perfect world of 2.0, the world created by Francis Knox. She has everything she could want, except none of it is real. Then she gets the chance to enter the Knox Cup and become the ultimate champion of the gaming world. But this is a place where nothing is quite as it seems an...
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The Wonder
Name: Michelle Bailey
27 February 2026;Genre: Mental Health & Wellbeing
The Wonder follows the story of a boy called Daniel who's having a bad day. Just when it seems as though nothing can turn his day around, he hears the beautiful sound of musicians nearby, and he feels a change within him. From then on, Daniel begins to notice and appreciate th...
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Wiggling Words
Name: Louise Gahan
26 February 2026;Genre: Representation & Inclusion
Wiggling Words tells the inspiring story of a child lost in a forest of letters. A gentle, imaginative journey designed to uplift children with dyslexia and other forms of neurodivergence. Through playful language and expressive illustrations, the book acknowledges how tricky...
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I Am Strong Just Being Me
Name: Lauren Beach
24 February 2026;Genre: Personal Growth
I Am Strong Just Being Me by Laura Dockrill is a beautiful rhyming story about a little girl asking her Grandma, what it means to be 'strong'. Her Grandma takes the time to tell the little girl all the different ways in which someone can be strong. This all takes place in the...
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Rock and Roll
Name: Sue Wilsher
23 February 2026;Genre: Friends and family
Rock and Roll are so very different. Rock hates attention whilst Roll loves being in the spotlight. They come from such different worlds . . . and yet, they have so much in common. They might come from very different places and have very different appearances, but there is much which connects...
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I Tell Myself I’m Awesome
Name: Sue Wilsher
23 February 2026;Genre: Poetry
In I Tell Myself I'm Awesome, Joshua Seigal presents another brilliant collection, offering his usual mix of humorous, joyful, poignant and provoking poems for everyone to enjoy. T he book is bursting with poems to share, to perform, to enjoy with a friend or to enjoy a...
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University of Cambridge: Think Big: Artificial Intelligence
Name: Laura Richards
23 February 2026;Genre: Non Fiction
Another great addition to the Think Big series, created in consultation with experts from the University of Cambridge. First of all, we have an appealing and smart front cover which very clearly shows what the book is about, followed by a contents page at the front. The book starts by explaini...
