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📂 **Category**: Children and teenagers,Books,Culture,Young adult
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Wonderland By Tom Percival, Simon & Schuster, £12.99
It seems like Daniel’s gray, wet day will never get better – until he hears music and everything changes. A subtly beautiful picture book about finding small moments of joy and wonder.
The Big Green by Ken Wilson Max, Outer Barry, £12.99
Maryam and Issa head into the desert to plant seedlings with their family and neighbors, and help build Africa’s Great Green Wall in this rhythmic and colorful picture book, a rich celebration of community environmental action.
A Believer’s Guide to Unicorns by Jenny Desmond, Hodder, £7.99
This whimsical picture book of unicorns—who live in the clouds, eat rainbow puffs and recharge their magic during thunderstorms—will fascinate any creative child who loves seeing pictures in the changing sky.
Where is the dragon in his castle? Written by David McPhail, illustrated by Mariana Ruiz Johnson, Magic Cat, £12.99
A delightful seek-and-find 5+ picture book, written by a real castle steward, and packed with engaging historical details about castle building and medieval medicine.
Potato Baby by Neil Coslett, Hodder, £8.99
Perfect for Dav Pilkey fans aged 5+, these five highly illustrated stories of an ordinary kid – who just happens to be a potato – and his cheese-based experiments, encounters with his grandmother’s toilet and epic bowling battles, are all accessible and very funny.
A Little Hercules by John Locke and Nitch Angell, Macmillan, £9.99
When Tiny Hercules ruins one of Tiny Zeus’ parties, he is banished to Earth where he must complete 12 legendary quests to return to Tiny Olympus. Making an emergency landing in the town of Chutney-on-Toast, the jam-jar-sized hero teams up with the reluctant and obsessive Jeff and immediately sets out to defeat a lion (aka a cat) in this wildly comic 7+ graphic novel.
Hari Kumar, Ultimate Superstar by Rashmi Sirdeshpande, illustrated by Mamta Singh, HarperCollins, £7.99
Ten-year-old Harry is determined to achieve stardom at any cost – especially when a school film-making competition offers him his big break. But as his best friends pursue their own ideas and the new kid starts turning into a villain instead of a friend, will Harry’s dream end before it begins? A funny introduction for children aged 7+ to a neurodivergent hero, in the form of a welcome graphic memoir.
The Last Wolf by Rob Biddulph, Macmillan, £12.99
In the town of Moonhaven, Jax, Goofy, Esau, and Ruth love nothing more than crawling around on the full moon, despite the curfew imposed by the evil Nighthawks. After a rare werewolf attack, the children are suspected and must escape. Can they uncover the truth behind the attack – and what Colonel Pike, leader of the Nighthawks, is planning? Illustrated in black and white, this fast-paced story is a satisfying and exciting adventure for children aged 8+.
A Girl’s Guide to Spying by Holly Webb, Rock the Boat, £7.99
When Phil and Annie joined the Girl Guides in 1915, learning knots, Morse code, and drilling, their parents weren’t too keen on their unseemly activities. Phyl and another guide then get jobs as War Office correspondents – but when an officer disappears, Phyl discovers a mole in the middle of MO5 (the precursor to MI5). As she and Annie fight to solve the mystery, will anyone believe them – and can they make a difference in the direction of the war? The first in a new series that will appeal to Murder Most Unladylike fans, this is an engaging and believable historical mystery for ages 9+, full of guts, high stakes and quick wits.
Always the Angel by KimberleWhittam, Osborne, £7.99
Angel has had more arrests than any other eighth grader. Despite her track record of bad choices, she wants to do well, make friends, and even win the school competition. Her mother is unable to take care of her, and everything seems stressful – is there any chance things will turn around? A sympathetic and poignant contemporary story of over 9 people full of challenge and determination.
Gone Forever by Sarah Crossan Simon & Schuster, £9.99
Saddened and angry, Connie is shocked when she is sent to Silver Lake Academy, a secure facility for troubled teens – and then becomes embroiled in a disturbing conspiracy when she discovers that the girl she’s been sleeping in her bed is missing without a trace. It’s impossible to stop reading this thrilling YA novel-verse.
They Call It Regret by Chanel Desamours, Bloomsbury, £8.99
Known for her legendary Halloween parties, Simone is holding this year beside an isolated lake where Regret, a malevolent bereaved spirit, is said to make deadly deals with those who find her. When her best friend’s life is in danger, Simone must decide how far she will go to save her in this disturbing and suspenseful supernatural mystery.
The Fox Hunt by Caitlin Breeze, Electric Monkey, £16.99
At the university, an ancient pact gives the elite, all-male Turnbull Club the power to rule in exchange for sacrifice to a hidden magical world. Simple Emma is unlikely to be a match for Jasper, the head of the wizarding club – and when Turnbull’s dinner parties give way to fox hunts in which she is the quarry, she finds herself torn from the human world and bound to the magical night city, where she will have to find her own reserves of ferocity and cunning if she is to escape. A rich fantasy, elegantly blending feminist fairy tales and dark academics.
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