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Lab Grown Meat Bites Back

Christian Darkin

When a girl is murdered at the school prom, suspicion falls on Kendal. His only alibi is his virtual date, Imani. The unlikely couple soon encounter: • Terrifying meat farms growing disconnected animal limbs like strange twitching plants. • AI matchmakers fixing dates between people who will never meet in real life. • Anger management […]

Fantasy, Fantasy/ Supernatural, Science Fiction

AGES: 6-9

Franklin and Luna go to the Moon

Jen Campbell & Katie Harnett

Luna and her best friend, Franklin the dragon, love stories and want to visit all the places they’ve read about in books. But for all their reading they still don’t know where dragons come from. And Franklin is now so old – 605 to be exact – he can’t remember himself! They search high and […]

Family, Fantasy, Fantasy/ Supernatural, Mystery/murder, Picture Books

AGES: 3-7

The Day I Fell Into a Fairytale

Ben Miller

Lana loves stories. Especially the ones she and her brother, Harrison, share in their make-believe games. But when Harrison decides he’s too grown-up to play with Lana she finds herself feeling lonely. Until something magical happens … Hidden in the strange new supermarket in town, Lana discovers a portal to a fairytale world! But […]

Adventure, Fantasy, Fiction

AGES: 7-10

Dark Lord: Eternal Detention

Jamie Thomson

Dirk Lloyd, the Dark Lord trapped in the body of a weedy schoolboy, returns in another darkly hilarious adventure… Brilliantly funny and subversive, this is the Funny Prize-winning Jamie Thomson at his best. Fear me, o miserable worm! I, the Great Dirk, take up my pen once more to record the utter misery that is […]

Crime/ Thriller, Fantasy, Fantasy/ Supernatural, Fiction, Mystery/murder, Spooky/Scary

AGES: 10-12

AGES: 7-10

Manju’s Magic Wishes

Chitra Soundar

Illustrated by Veronica Montoya Manju wants to get a present for her Mum’s birthday but Cumin her cat isn’t sure about the toy elephant or robot. So when they find Grandma’s magic lamp, Manju is granted seven wishes to find the best present. But each wish starts to go wrong and soon the house […]

Fantasy, Fantasy/ Supernatural, Fiction, Magic, Picture Books

AGES: 3-7

The Day that Aliens Nearly Ate Our Brains

Tom McLaughlin

A laugh-a-minute, action-packed alien adventure perfect for fans of Pamela Butchart and Frank Cottrell Boyce.Best friends Freddy and Sal have accidentally intercepted a message from Alan – a spectacularly grumpy, brain-munching alien from outer space. Alan has only one message. Earth is going to be invaded in exactly ten hours’ time. Soon the police, Nasa […]

Adventure, Fantasy, Fantasy/ Supernatural, Fiction, Funny

AGES: 10-12

AGES: 7-10

Let’s Explore With Ted

Sophy Henn

Which magical place will Ted explore today? A cold, snowy iceberg with lots of slippery seals? A hot, tropical jungle full of tigers and leopards? Or maybe the tippity-top of a mountain where the giddy goats live! Lift the flaps to find out where Ted’s marvellous imagination will take him this time. With sturdy flaps […]

Adventure, Creating art/ Imagination, Fantasy, Picture Books

AGES: 3-7

Bright Storm

Vashti Hardy

Twins Arthur and Maudie Brightstorm receive word in Lontown that their famous explorer father has died in a failed attempt to reach the southernmost point in the world. Not only that, but he has been accused of stealing fuel before he died! The twins don’t believe the news, and they answer an ad to join […]

Adventure, Fantasy

AGES: 10-12

Ash Mistry and the City of Death

Sarwat Chadda

Ash Mistry is leading a pretty complicated life. There’s school, his unrequited crush on girl-next-door Gemma… and then there’s the fact that he’s the reincarnation of the great Indian hero Ashoka, not to mention the small detail that he died last year, and came back as an agent of the goddess of death. So when […]

Fantasy, Fiction, Magic, Monsters, Multicultural/international, Myths and Legends, Romantic, Spooky/Scary

AGES: 10-12

AGES: 12-14

The Night Spinner

Abi Elphinstone

Deep within Tanglefern Forest, Moll Pecksniff and her wildcat, Gryff, are waiting for a sign from the Old Magic before they continue their quest to find the last Amulet of Truth and free their world from the Shadowmasks’ terrible magic. Still missing fellow Tribe member, Alfie, and armed only with a mysterious set of clues, Moll sets out on an adventure across the […]

Adventure, Fantasy, Fiction, Magic

AGES: 10-12

AGES: 7-10

The Dreamsnatcher

Abi Elphinstone

Twelve-year-old Molly Pecksniff wakes one night in the middle of the forest, lured there by a recurring nightmare – the one with the drums and the rattles and the masks. The Dreamsnatcher is waiting. He has already taken her dreams and now he wants her life. Because Moll is more important than she knows… The […]

Adventure, Fantasy, Magic

AGES: 10-12

AGES: 7-10

The Legend of the Frog

Guy Bass

Prince Frog is convinced he’s destined to rule the world … the trouble is, the world has ended. Undeterred, Frog sets out to claim his crown, armed with nothing more than a pair of Catastrophe Pants and his trusty stick, Basil Rathbone. But Frog soon realizes that the world isn’t quite as ended as he […]

Adventure, Animals, Fairy tales and folk tales, Fantasy, Funny, Magic, Science Fiction, Space/ Rockets

AGES: 10-12

AGES: 7-10

Jim’s Lion

Alexis Deacon

From the incomparable Russell Hoban comes a moving, unflinching tale of a boy who finds bravery during illness, beautifully re-imagined as a graphic-novel by award-winning illustrator Alexis Deacon. Asleep in his hospital bed, Jim dreams of a great lion with white teeth and amber eyes. This lion is Jim’s finder. According to Nurse Bami, everyone […]

Animals, Fantasy, Illness / Hospitals, Magic, Picture Books, Self-discovery

AGES: 10-12

Pirates of Pangaea

Neill Cameron

The year is 1717. The newly discovered island of Pangaea is the most dangerous place on Earth, where dinosaurs still walk the land – Sophie Delacourt has been sent to Pangaea to stay with her uncle. But little does she know its perils – for Pangaea is a lawless wilderness, teeming with cut-throat pirates! Kidnapped […]

Adventure, Dinosaurs, Fantasy, Graphic Novel/ Comic, Historical, Historical Fiction, Jungle, Multicultural/international, Pirates

AGES: 7-10

Mold and the Poison Plot

Lorraine Gregory

He's got a big heart ...and a nose to match!

Adventure, Bullying, Fantasy, Funny, Monsters

AGES: 7-10

The Polar Bear Explorers’ Club

Alex Bell

It sounded like a respectable and worthy enough death for an explorer – tumbling from an ice bridge to be impaled upon a mammoth tusk – but Stella really, really didn’t want that to happen, just the same.

Adventure, Fantasy, Nature/ Outdoors, Travel

AGES: 7-10

Sky Song

Abi Elphinstone

Once an adventure digs its claws in, there is not an awful lot you can do about it. Especially when magic is involved . . .

Adventure, Fantasy, Magic, Nature/ Outdoors

AGES: 10-12

AGES: 7-10

A Jar of Pickles and a Pinch of Justice

Chitra Soundar

Delightful trickster tales from India

Adventure, Fantasy, Multicultural/international

AGES: 7-10

Elen’s Island

Eloise Williams

A beautiful debut novel from Eloise Williams

Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Friendship, Magic, Maps, Mystery/murder

AGES: 7-10

The Song From Somewhere Else

A. F. Harrold

A poignant, darkly comic and deeply moving story about the power of the extraordinary, and finding friendship where you least expect it.

Bullying, Empathy, Fantasy, Friendship

AGES: 7-10

Dark Lord: The Headmaster of Doom

Jamie Thomson

The Dark Lord comes up against his most fearsome foe yet!

Fantasy, Fiction, Funny, Magic, Monsters, School/ Learning, Spooky/Scary

AGES: 10-12

AGES: 7-10

Cogheart

Peter Bunzl

Murder, mayhem and mystery meet in this gripping Victorian adventure.

Adventure, Chiltern Open Air Museum, Fantasy, Friendship, Historical, Magic

AGES: 10-12

AGES: 7-10

Compton Valance The Most Powerful Boy in the Universe

Matt Brown

When Compton Valance and his best friend Bryan Nylon discover the world's first TIME MACHINE (aka a mouldy, thirteen-week-old-cheese-and-pickled-egg sandwich), they become the most powerful boys in the universe.

Fantasy, Fiction, Food, Funny, Magic, Picture Books, Time Travel

AGES: 7-10

Death or Ice Cream?

Gareth P Jones

Larkin Mills: The Birthplace of Death! Larkin Mills is no ordinary town. It's a place of contradictions and enigma, of secrets and mysteries. A place with an exquisite ice cream parlour, and an awful lot of death.

Fantasy, Fantasy/ Supernatural, Fiction, Food, Funny, Mystery/murder, Spooky/Scary

AGES: 10-12

AGES: 7-10

Compton Valance Revenge of the Fancy-pants Time Pirate

Matt Brown

How to battle an evil TIME-TRAVELLING PIRATE:

Fantasy, Fiction, Funny, Magic, Picture Books

AGES: 7-10

The Magical Detective Agency: The Magical Detectives

Brian Keaney

When his mother is kidnapped, Otto embarks on a strange and risky adventure in a very unusual world. His life is about to change for ever...

Fantasy, Magic, Mystery/murder

AGES: 7-10

The Shadow Keeper

Abi Elphinstone

"All evil that is lurking near, I banish you from causing fear. I call on magic old and true to give the second amulet clue."

Adventure, Fantasy, Fiction, Magic

AGES: 10-12

AGES: 7-10

Blue

Michael Rosen

The magical cat

Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Magic, Picture Books, School/ Learning

AGES: 3-7

Deep Amber

CJ Busby

A rift has opened ...Worlds are colliding ...And a knight on horseback has been spotted in Wemworthy town centre.

Adventure, Fantasy, Fiction, Magic, Science Fiction, Time Travel

AGES: 10-12

Constable and Toop

Gareth P Jones

Sam Toop lives in a funeral parlour, blessed (or cursed) with an unusual gift.

Adventure, Fantasy, Fantasy/ Supernatural, Fiction, Funny, Mystery/murder

AGES: 10-12

The Red Prince

Tom Clohosy Cole

When the young Prince of Zapada is imprisoned by rebels, he needs all the help he can get to escape.

Adventure, Crime/ Thriller, Fantasy, Imprisonment

AGES: 3-7

The Society of Thirteen

Gareth P Jones

London, 1891. When orphans Esther and Tom are caught stealing by Lord Ringmore, little do they realise the peril they are in.

Fantasy, Historical, Historical Fiction, Magic

AGES: 10-12

AGES: 7-10

The Unlikely Adventures of Mabel Jones

Ross Collins & Will Mabbitt

When Mabel Jones unknowingly commits 'The Deed' she finds herself swiftly bundled into a sack and carried off to the pirate ship the Feroshus Maggot.

Adventure, Fantasy, Fiction, Funny, Pirates

AGES: 7-10

Dragon Racer! First Flight

Margaret Bateson-Hill

Joanna Morris has no idea that her life is about to change once she shoots to stardom as the youngest racing dragon flyer in the country.

Adventure, Fantasy, Monsters, Sports

AGES: 7-10

Ahmed and the Feather Girl

Jane Ray

Ahmed's life is changed when he finds a beautiful egg in the forest, and brings it back to the circus.

Adventure, Animals, Fairy tales and folk tales, Fantasy, Multicultural/international

AGES: 3-7

Daisy Plays Hide and Seek

Ellie Sandall

Jake and Daisy the cow are the best of friends, and they like nothing better than play hide and seek.

Animals, Fantasy, Friendship, Funny, Picture Books

AGES: 3-7

Diary of a Time Traveller

David Long & Nicholas Stevenson

Meet some of the most interesting people in history in this time-travelling book that visits the Romans, Greeks, Ancient Egyptians and more than 25 other exciting times and places!

Adventure, Fantasy, Historical, Non-fiction, Time Travel, Travel

AGES: 7-10

Blackberry Blue

Jamila Gavin

Prepare to enter a world of magicians, enchanted forests, talking animals and wicked witches . . .

Adventure, Fairy tales and folk tales, Fantasy, Magic, Monsters

AGES: All-Ages

Beegu

Alexis Deacon

Beegu is not supposed to be on Earth. She is lost.

Bullying, Empathy, Fantasy, Fiction, Migration/ Refugees, Picture Books

AGES: 3-7

Tales from Schwartzgarten: The Lily-Livered Prince: Book 3

Christopher William Hill

Meet Eugene, the most portly of princes, and Kalvitas, the most courageous of chocolate makers.

Adventure, Fairy tales and folk tales, Fantasy, Funny, Waddesdon Manor

AGES: 10-12

AGES: 7-10

Ash Mistry and the Savage Fortress

Sarwat Chadda

In a land of ancient palaces and ferocious deserts, where the gods and demons of the mythical past never die, one slightly pudgy boy from our time… is going to kick some monster butt!

Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Magic, Migration/ Refugees, Multicultural/international, Mystery/murder, Myths and Legends, Travel

AGES: 10-12

AGES: 12-14

The Wickedest Witch in the World

Kaye Umansky

Hansel and Gretel as you’ve never read it before!

Fairy tales and folk tales, Fantasy, Fiction, Funny

AGES: 7-10

Voyage to the Volcano

Tom Banks

Captain Anstruther and his motley crew of sky-pirates are back for more adventures!

Adventure, Fantasy, Pirates, Romantic

AGES: 7-10

Dark Lord – The Teenage Years

Jamie Thomson

Thirteen-year-old schoolboy, Dirk Lloyd, has a dark secret - in fact he is a dark secret.

Fantasy, Fiction, Funny, Magic, Monsters, School/ Learning, Spooky/Scary

AGES: 10-12

AGES: 7-10

First Aid for Fairies and Other Fabled Beasts

Lari Don

Fabled Beasts don't just exist in legends. They're real and they need help.

Adventure, Fairy tales and folk tales, Family, Fantasy, Magic, Monsters, Spooky/Scary

AGES: 10-12