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Advice from a 12-Year-Old Nobody
Name: Ruth Cornish
05 March 2026;Genre: Mental Health & Wellbeing
In Advice from a 12-Year-Old Nobody, Helen Rutter has written a heartbreakingly realistic story about the break up of a family from the main character, Vinny's, point of view. Vinny is struggling to cope with his feelings about the distance felt between him and his Mum...
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Screen Time
Name: Linda Canning
05 March 2026;Genre: Picture Books
I absolutely loved sharing Screen Time! with my three-year-old. The story gently explores the idea of putting screens down and engaging with the world around us, which feels like such an important message to introduce early on. It encourages children to think about balance wit...
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Birdie Loves Colours
Name: Sue Wilsher
05 March 2026;Genre: Baby & Toddler Books
Birdie flies along and spots many colourful creatures in this adventure. In Birdie Loves Colours, sweet illustrations introduce children to a range of animals whilst focusing on the colour of each one. Indents in the pages allow little readers to follow Birdie’s trail whilst t...
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Gone for Good
Name: Sue Wilsher
05 March 2026;Genre: Suspense & Thrillers
Taken from her home in the middle of the night, Connie finds herself at Silver Lake Academy, a high-security facility for 'troubled' teens. Although deeply upset by the loss of her mother and struggling to cope, Connie still cannot believe that her family would choose to send her to this remot...
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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...
