When Secrets Set Sail Sita Brahmachari Usha is devastated when her grandmother Kali Ma passes away. Then straight-talking Imtiaz arrives – her new adoptive sister – and the two girls clash instantly. They both feel lost. That is until Kali Ma’s ghost appears…with a task for them. Immy’s and Usha’s home is full of history and secrets. Many years ago it […] Adventure, Family, Fiction, Government, law and crime AGES: 10-12 AGES: 7-10 Vi Spy Maz Evans A hilarious new adventure from the author of the bestselling Who Let the Gods Out? series! Divorce is tough for any kid. But when – like Vi’s parents – your mum is ex-secret service and your dad is a retired bad guy, ’till death do us part’ takes on a whole new meaning. And […] Adventure, Fiction, Funny, Government, law and crime, Mystery/murder AGES: 7-10 River of Ink: Genesis: Book 1 – River of Ink H.L. Dennis What if a teenage boy washed up on the banks of the River Thames, soaked to the skin and unable to explain who he is? What if the only clue to the boy’s identity is a sketch he made of a strange symbol? Who would help him? Who would hunt him? Who is River Boy? […] Adventure, Family, Fiction, Government, law and crime, Magic, Mystery/murder, Social Care Homes AGES: 10-12 Just Like Tomorrow Faiza Guene & Sarah Ardizzone Fifteen-year-old Doria isn’t in a good place. Or to be precise: she’s in the sadly misnamed Paradise Estate on the outskirts of Paris. Her father has gone off back Morocco to find a wife who can give him a boy, and her illiterate, non French-speaking mother is having to fend for herself with a cleaning […] Adventure, Communication, Emotion/ Feelings, Family, Fiction, Funny, Government, law and crime AGES: 14+ How I Saved The World in a Week Polly Ho-Yen A brilliantly imagined new 8+ adventure about resilience, family and hope. From the bestselling and Waterstones Children’s Book Prize shortlisted author of BOY IN THE TOWER. Perfect for fans of Ross Welford, Lisa Thompson and Onjali Rauf. Even when you can’t believe what you’re seeing, you’d better get ready to run for your life, because […] Adventure, Emotion/ Feelings, Family, Fiction, Government, law and crime, Illness / Hospitals AGES: 10-12 AGES: 12-14 The Messenger Bird Ruth Eastham Nathan’s father has been arrested. He works for the Ministry of Defence and is accused of leaking top secret information. But as he is dragged into a police car, he gives Nathan a message. It leads to a riddle, but it’s not from Dad. It’s from an ex-Bletchley Park employee, Lily Kenley, and was written in […] Adventure, Bletchley Park, Government, law and crime, Mystery/murder, War, World Wars 1&2 AGES: 10-12 AGES: 12-14 Breakdown Sarah Mussi It is 2084. Nuclear radiation has poisoned the country. Society has fallen apart. Starvation is rampant, and power shortages have resulted in piles of obsolete gadgetry. Necessity has driven those who’ve survived to complete self-reliance, if they have the means to do so. For Melissa and her Nan, survival is just about possible, so long […] Adventure, Crime/ Thriller, Dystopian Fiction, Environment/Climate Change, Government, law and crime, Romantic, Science Fiction, Survival AGES: 14+ What Manor of Murder? Christopher William Hill A BLEAKLEY BROTHERS MYSTERY by OSBERT THE AVENGER author Christopher William Hill What’s that you say? You’re off to Bleakley Manor? On Michaelmas eve? But dear child, hasn’t anyone told you the legend of Old Bramble Head, who rises once a year to claim another victim from the unfortunate Bleakley household… Which one […] Adventure, Crime/ Thriller, Fiction, Government, law and crime, Mystery/murder, Spooky/Scary AGES: 10-12 AGES: 12-14 The Thornthwaite Inheritance Gareth P Jones Ovid and Lorelli Thornthwaite have been trying to kill each other for so long that neither twin can remember which act of attempted murder came first. But whoever struck first, trying to take each other’s lives is simply what they do. Until one day a lawyer arrives at their house to take stock of its […] Adventure, Family, Fiction, Government, law and crime, Mystery/murder AGES: 10-12 AGES: 7-10 The Dragon Detective Agency: The Case of the Missing Cats Gareth P Jones When detective Dirk Dilly gets a call from Holly, a young girl whose pet cat has gone missing, the dragon ends up with not only a new case to solve but also a self-appointed partner-in-solving-crime. And it turns out that Holly’s cat is just the beginning! As the pair hunt for clues, Dirk spots other […] Adventure, Animals, Fiction, Government, law and crime AGES: 7-10 Dark Lord: A fiend in need 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. Sooz, a 13 yr old girl from Surrey has become the Dark Mistress of Dirk’s other worldly kingdom, the Darklands. Thanks to […] Crime/ Thriller, Fantasy/ Supernatural, Fiction, Government, law and crime, Mystery/murder, Spooky/Scary AGES: 10-12 AGES: 7-10 The Little Island Smriti Prasadam-Halls There was once a farm where all the animals were friends. Together they looked after the farm and each other. It wasn t perfect and they didn t always agree (animals almost never do). But they liked it. One day the geese begin to gossip. Before long they hatch a plan to leave the farm. […] Fiction, Government, law and crime, Jobs & Careers, Picture Books, Prejudice AGES: 3-7 Flight Vanessa Harbour Austria 1945. After losing his family, Jakob shelters with Herr Engel in a rural stable, where they hide the precious Lipizzanner stallions they know Hitler wants to steal. When a German officer comes looking for Jakob and finds the horses, Jakob and his guardian know they must get the stallions to safety, but the only […] Adventure, Animals, Bletchley Park, Fiction, Government, law and crime, Historical, Historical Fiction, War, World Wars 1&2 AGES: 10-12 AGES: 7-10 Emily Lime, Librarian Detective: The Book Case Dave Shelton Daphne is off to St Rita’s, an exclusive girls’ boarding school. It sounds awfully respectable and Daphne herself is awfully respectable too. She loves to read, and is delighted to be offered the chance to interview for Librarian’s assistant’s assistant immediately upon arrival. But it turns out nothing is quite what you’d expect at St […] Adventure, Crime/ Thriller, Funny, Government, law and crime, Mystery/murder AGES: 10-12 AGES: 12-14 Tales from Schwartzgarten: Osbert the Avenger: Book 1 Christopher William Hill The first book in the gruesomely funny Tales from Schwartzgarten series. Meet Osbert Brinkhoff, the unlikeliest of avengers. His is a tale of dark delights and ghastly goings-on, of injustice and revenge. The villains are vicious. The settings are sinister. And good does NOT always prevail… If you prefer cleavers to kittens and fiends to […] Crime/ Thriller, Funny, Government, law and crime, Mystery/murder, Spooky/Scary AGES: 10-12 AGES: 7-10 Spynosaur Vs Goldenclaw Guy Bass A hilarious new series from award-winning author Guy Bass Adventure, Dinosaurs, Family, Funny, Government, law and crime, Monsters, Science Fiction AGES: 10-12 AGES: 7-10 Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam: The Cat Burglar Tracey Corderoy The second book outing for the hilarious criminal duo! Adventure, Animals, Fiction, Government, law and crime, Picture Books AGES: 3-7 AGES: 7-10
