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The Snowy Penguin
Name: Lizi Backhouse
29 October 2025;Genre: Animals
Bella is going on an expedition to the Antarctic with her mum to study penguins and she is absolutely overjoyed to be doing so! One day, whilst out exploring, Bella comes across a pale brown penguin but before she has chance to investigate it further she notices a ship... And then she stumbles...
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Ghost
Name: Rachel Bolton
29 October 2025;Genre: Supernatural
Ghost is a beautifully written story. It's lyrical in tone and its language conjures spirits and magic throughout. Three girls, Aine, Sarah and Marie, are separated by centuries, but all connected to some woodland where evil lurks. Through the voice and dreams of each, they ar...
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No Cheese, Please!
Name: Wendy Kelly
28 October 2025;Genre: Representation & Inclusion
I had no idea there was a gap in the market until this book arrived on my doorstep. It's brilliant! Normally we talk so generally to children about food allergies and why they need to be careful about what they bring in lunch boxes, especially of someone has a...
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Name: Amanda Shipton
24 October 2025;Genre: Fairy Tales & Folk Tales
You are immersed in the world of Wiskling Wood from the very moment that you open this memorising book. It is clear that Harriet's childhood hobbies of drawing and creating miniature worlds for tiny characters were not wasted. In The Diary of Wiska Wildflower: T...
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Avalanche
Name: Linda Brown
24 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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Electric Life: Surge
Name: Sue Wilsher
24 October 2025;Genre: Dystopian
Having left Estrella, Alara has been living in London Under for six months. Although desperate to escape the restrictions of the city and feel alive, she is struggling to adapt to her new life and longs to escape to the surface and be free to travel with Jay. But tension is mounting in London...
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Murder on a School Night
Name: Kitty Age 13
22 October 2025;Genre: Mystery & Detective
I think this book is really good, as it's quite feminist and encourages girls to talk about their period and if you catch your boyfriend cheating with your bff, do not call HER the slut! I think that anyone can read this depending on the maturity of the person. If you know how babies are made,...
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Ask Me Anything
Name: Sue Wilsher
20 October 2025;Genre: Romance & Relationships
Mary-Elizabeth Baxter is a girl brimming with confidence. Agony aunt for the university's magazine, she offers up-beat advice to her fellow students and, having set her sights on Felix Balfour, she is looking forward to a year of fun - sex with no strings attached. When she me...
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The Night House Files (2) - The Wintermoor Lights
Name: Ruth Cornish
17 October 2025;Genre: Science Fiction
The follow-up in The Night House Files series, The Wintermoor Lights was eagerly awaited and it is as exciting as the first book, The Deadsoul Project. The science fiction mystery</stro...
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Fear Files: Hide and Seek: A pacy, spine tingling horror adventure
Name: Donna Burkert
17 October 2025;Genre: Horror
Fear Files - Hide and Seek is a freakishly fiendish book for younger readers who like to indulge in age-appropriate horror. Adam is bored, the camping trip with his friend Sol is not what he promised it would be, and now a romp over the fields is proving equally boring...unti...
