Publication Date: 29 September 2022 The Blurb Will believes in witches and the stories he's grown up with - of mythical storm-lions, disappearing villages, and secret songs. Most of all, he believes the tales of magical treasure hidden in the Fens centuries ago. Treasure that he has to find, to solve the mystery of his … Continue reading Witchstorm by Tim Tilley
Category: MG Fiction
The Raven’s Song by Zana Fraillon and Bren MacDibble
Publication Date: 6 October 2022 The Blurb The Raven’s Song alternates between the stories of Phoenix, who lives in a near-future world impacted by climate change and a devastating pandemic; and Shelby, one hundred years in the future in a post-pandemic, post-pollution, post-city world where each community is exactly three hundred and fifty people sustainably … Continue reading The Raven’s Song by Zana Fraillon and Bren MacDibble
The Feeling Good Club: Smash Your Worries, Bella! by Kelly McKain, illustrated by Jenny Latham
Publication Date: 4 August 2022 The Blurb Bella couldn’t be feeling worse about it being Feeling Good Week at school. With her best friend Rosh having moved away she’s sad and lonely, and to top it all she has a Big Worry on her mind – the class talk. Then Bella’s partnered with Shazmin and … Continue reading The Feeling Good Club: Smash Your Worries, Bella! by Kelly McKain, illustrated by Jenny Latham
My Friend The Octopus by Lindsay Galvin
Publication Date: 2 June 2022 The Blurb England, 1893, and aquarium fever is at its height. Twelve-year-old Vinnie Fyfe works in the tea-shop at Brighton aquarium, and waits for her milliner mother to return from Paris. The arrival of a giant octopus changes her life for ever. Discovering a talent for art, Vinnie begins to … Continue reading My Friend The Octopus by Lindsay Galvin
Zo And The Forest Of Secrets by Alake Pilgrim
Publication Date: 2 June 2022 The Blurb When Zo decides to run away from home, she isn't scared - she knows the forest like the back of her hand, after all. But, as she journeys through the once-familiar landscape, she encounters terrifying creatures and a warped version of the mythology of the island. With a … Continue reading Zo And The Forest Of Secrets by Alake Pilgrim
The Map Of Leaves by Yarrow Townsend
Publication Date: 5 May 2022 The Blurb Since Ma died, Orla has lived alone in a woodshed by the river. Her garden provides everything she needs. But when people begin to fall sick, Warden Atlas decrees that the plants are the cause and must be destroyed. Armed only with her mother’s book of remedies Orla … Continue reading The Map Of Leaves by Yarrow Townsend
Seed by Caryl Lewis
Publication Date: 12 May 2022 The Blurb Marty doesn't have much. Unlike his mum, who has billions of things: newspapers, holey shoes, rusty lawnmowers, broken picture frames – she keeps EVERYTHING! It's hard to leave the house. Marty does his best to look after her and wonders if anything will ever change. But on Marty's … Continue reading Seed by Caryl Lewis
The Unmorrow Curse by Jasmine Richards
Publication Date: 5 May 2022 The Blurb It's not every day that you find a famous weather woman bound by magic to a tree deep in the woods. Or discover that the weatherwoman is in fact Sunna, the Norse Goddess of the Sun, and one of the seven day guardians who keep time in order. … Continue reading The Unmorrow Curse by Jasmine Richards
Hedgewitch by Skye McKenna
Publication Date: 14 April 2022 The Blurb Cassie Morgan has run away. After seven years spent waiting for her mother to return, she flees her dreary boarding school and sets out to find her. But the world outside her school is full of hidden magic and children have been going missing. With the help of … Continue reading Hedgewitch by Skye McKenna
Firesong: A Brightstorm Adventure by Vashti Hardy
Publication Date: 5 May 2022 The Blurb Arthur, Maudie, and the rest of the Aurora crew are going on a mission to the Volcanic North, where years before their parents discovered the moth that is their family symbol. But their scheming, ambitious aunt, Eudora Vane, is still dedicated to destroying the Brightstorm family name, and the further north the Aurora travels, … Continue reading Firesong: A Brightstorm Adventure by Vashti Hardy
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