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
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My Mum Is A Spy by Andy McNab and Jess French, illustrated by Nathan Reed
Publication Date: 18 August 2022 The Blurb My mum is absolutely definitely 100% NOT a spy... When Lucia and her dad come to stay for a week, Idris can't believe his bad luck. He had prepared himself to share the TV remote and maybe some of his toys, but he hadn't prepared himself for Lucia. … Continue reading My Mum Is A Spy by Andy McNab and Jess French, illustrated by Nathan Reed
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 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
The Sky Over Rebecca by Matthew Fox
Publication Date: 14 April 2022 The Blurb There was a single trail of footprints, the first I'd seen all morning. They were fresh tracks, I saw, the edges of the impressions in the snow quite hard. Small feet. Like mine. Someone my age.Then they stopped. When mysterious footprints appear in the Stockholm snow, ten-year-old Kara … Continue reading The Sky Over Rebecca by Matthew Fox
The Secret Sunshine Project by Benjamin Dean
Publication Date: 31 March 2022 The Blurb Bea’s family are happy. Like, really happy. Like, kind of gross but also cute happy. So when they visit London Pride together and have the ultimate day out, Bea doesn’t think her family could possibly get any happier. But a year later, a grey cloud is following Bea’s … Continue reading The Secret Sunshine Project by Benjamin Dean
Tales Of Ancient Worlds: Adventures In Archaeology by Stefan Milosavljevich, illustrated by Sam Caldwell
Publication Date: 5 April 2022 The Blurb What links shipwrecks, Egyptian treasure, and fossilized Viking poo? They’re all things that have been discovered by archaeologists! Pick up your shovel and Indiana Jones hat and dive into the world of archaeology in this non-fiction kids’ book by YouTuber Stefan Milosavljevich. Alongside beautiful illustrations by Sam Caldwell … Continue reading Tales Of Ancient Worlds: Adventures In Archaeology by Stefan Milosavljevich, illustrated by Sam Caldwell
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