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Bury Your Friends: The nepo-baby thriller from YA bestseller Benjamin Dean
Name: Eileen Armstrong
23 September 2025;Genre: Suspense & Thrillers
Not for nothing has Dean been awarded the 'King of YA thriller' crown and his latest, long-awaited novel, this time with a unique slasher twist, absolutely does not disappoint. A dream 'end of A levels' party weekend for a group of perfectly privileged nepo teens in an...
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Dead Yard: Seeds of Doom
Name: Sam
22 September 2025;Genre: Horror
Dead Yard: Seeds of Doom by P.J.Killburn is a great book to re-inspire Year 7 readers, with its mix of ghosts, humour and a smattering of Jamaican culture making this a highly entertaining read. The only downside to this fab read is that my ability to recreate the Jamaican pat...
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Girls of Dark Divine
Name: Eileen Armstrong
22 September 2025;Genre: Fantasy
Occasionally, a debut novel comes along which is so cleverly imagined, beautifully written and compulsively readable that it's hard to believe it's a first novel at all. Girls of Dark Divine definitely fits this bill. With a distinctly Phantom of the Opera feel, this is glamor...
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The Odyssey of Phoebe Quilliam
Name: Sue Wilsher
19 September 2025;Genre: Myths & Legends
Phoebe has inherited her love of art and stories from her grandmother, Cass, spending much time with her in the sunny studio where they paint and share Greek myths. But Cass is struggling to remember things and has to go into a home. When Cass's home is sold, Phoebe pays it one last visit and...
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A Poem for every Question: Funny and Thought-Provoking Answers to Curious Questions
Name: Sue Wilsher
19 September 2025;Genre: Poetry
A Poem for Every Question is a thought-provoking collection of poems which answer a myriad of intriguing questions, accompanied by bright, energetic illustrations. The poems are lively and engaging as well as informative, using word play and imagery as...
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Planets
Name: Lucy Hopkins
19 September 2025;Genre: Non Fiction
Planets is a lovely first introduction to space and how we on earth fit into a much bigger solar system. This would be a nice book to share with younger children (potentially KS1) as an introduction to a space topic. It has short snippets of facts on each page without being ov...
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Dracula and Daughters
Name: Margaret Pemberton
18 September 2025;Genre: Myths & Legends
Just when you think you know the work of Emma Carroll, she throws you a curveball and produces this fabulous gothic tale, with a very different take on the family of Dracula. Dracula and Daughters begins with Mina sneaking over to the town cemetery in...
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Mallory Vayle and Maggoty Skull in The Beast from Beneath
Name: Sue Wilsher
18 September 2025;Genre: Funny Stories
Malory Vayle is getting used to her new powers as a necromancer, but still has a lot to learn about her new, very talkative and self-obsessed, friend, Maggoty, a skull with a penchant for wigs. Having made the mistake of walking past a shop called 'Les Wigs', Maggoty is now determined to own t...
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One Cat, Two Cats: A lift-the-flap, pop-up book with 20 cats to count!
Name: Jessica Bunney
18 September 2025;Genre: Early Skills
One Cat, Two Cats is my new favourite counting picture book! My toddler and I are both cat-lovers so it was a sure winner, but it is actually the rhythmic catchy text that has won us over the most - thank you, Johnathan Emmett! The story reads, 'One cat, Two cats, Three...
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Sin Bin Island - an unmissable adventure from the Red Dwarf co-creator
Name: Elen Green
16 September 2025;Genre: Adventure
Well, what an adventure! Sin Bin Island, written by the co-creator of Red Dward is, as you'd probably expect, full of action, humour and warmth with characters who could step out of the pages. I loved it. When orphaned Jack Digby is sent to Cyril Snigg...
