Publication Date: 6 July 2023 When 12-year-old Eleanor Newton dies in an accident, she finds herself journeying down a mysterious river that takes her to The Underworld. She apprehensively embarks on her "afterlife" at Eventide House, a boarding school of sorts for children who have died.The Underworld is captivating: always sunny and warm but also … Continue reading The Lovely Dark by Matthew Fox
Category: MG Fiction
The Magician’s Daughter by Caryl Lewis, illustrated by George Ermos
Publication Date: 15 June 2023 The Blurb After one hilarious, disastrous magic show too many, Abby’s dad decides it’s time to give up showbiz. Until the day Abby finds a mysterious, dusty old book of spells among her mum's things. Mum had always been the dazzling magician, after all. As Abby practises, each new spell … Continue reading The Magician’s Daughter by Caryl Lewis, illustrated by George Ermos
The Wall Between Us by Dan Smith
Publication Date: 8 June 2023 The Blurb BERLIN 1961 Anja and Monika live opposite each other. They play together every day, with Otto the cat. One night they wake up to bangs and shouts. Soldiers are building a huge barbed wire fence between them. A terrible forever wall that gets longer and higher until it … Continue reading The Wall Between Us by Dan Smith
The Housetrap by Emma Read
Publication Date: 6 July 2023 The Blurb Amity has run off into Badwell Woods. Her brother Claude goes after her, only to discover his little sister’s scarf dangling near a house in the trees. Has she gone inside? He enters, not expecting a three storey-building with NO stairs. And a party laid out when there’s … Continue reading The Housetrap by Emma Read
Last Girl In by Cheryl Diane Parkinson
Publication Date: 1 May 2023 The Blurb Kerry-Ann loves cricket - of course she does! Her Jamaican grandpa taught her to play as soon as she could hold a bat. Whenever she can, Kerry-Ann heads to the local club for a match with her friends. But now some of the club's elite cricketers want to … Continue reading Last Girl In by Cheryl Diane Parkinson
Bridget Vanderpuff And The Baked Escape by Martin Stewart
Publication Date: 8 June 2023 The BlurbBridget Baxter is the very last orphan at the Orphanage for Errant Childs, left at the mercy of the awful Miss Acrid and her foul-smelling fish sandwiches. Miss Acrid's mission is to make Bridget's life a misery. But Bridget is more than a match for her.When kindly Mr Vanderpuff … Continue reading Bridget Vanderpuff And The Baked Escape by Martin Stewart
Call Of The Titanic by Lindsay Galvin
Publication Date: 8 June 2023 The Blurb Young cabin steward, Sid, is proud to be working on the Titanic, the greatest stream liner ever built. Clara dreams of adventure at sea, and discovers it the hard way as a stowaway on a much smaller ship, the Carpathia. Here, she meets a giant bear of a dog: Rigel, who has … Continue reading Call Of The Titanic by Lindsay Galvin
Vivi Conway And The Sword Of Legend by Lizzie Huxley-Jones
Publication Date: 1 June 2023 The Blurb “The problem with growing up listening to bedtime stories about monsters, magic and myth is that you don’t really question it when a lake summons you…” The lake has been calling to twelve-year-old Vivi Conway. On the day she and her Mams will move from Wales to London, … Continue reading Vivi Conway And The Sword Of Legend by Lizzie Huxley-Jones
The Boy Who Made Monsters by Jenny Pearson, illustrated by Katie Kear
Publication Date: 6 July 2023 The Blurb There are a lot of different types of monster. Some live at the bottom of lochs, some are found far out at sea and some swim about in the depths of your mind and these can be the scariest monsters of all - if you let them.Benji McLaughlin … Continue reading The Boy Who Made Monsters by Jenny Pearson, illustrated by Katie Kear
Serpent Of The Sands by Vashti Hardy
Publication Date: 11 May 2023 The Blurb A leap of faith in a race against time. When Princess Ganzorig's uncle falls gravely ill, she sneaks out of the Citadel to find a powerful cure, said to be guarded by the Serpent of the Sands. But is it only a story? Is she chasing false hope? … Continue reading Serpent Of The Sands by Vashti Hardy
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