Wished
By: Lissa Evans
4.29
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Ed and his sister Roo are faced with the most boring half-term holiday in history: five days spent …
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1. The Goldfish Boy
By: Lisa Thompson
4.03
Format: 606 pages, Kindle Edition
Matthew Corbin suffers from severe obsessive-compulsive disorder. He hasn't been to school in weeks… read more
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2. Arsenic for Tea (Murder Most Unladylike Mysteries, #2)
By: Robin Stevens
3.97
Format: 649 pages, Paperback
Schoolgirl detectives Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong are at Daisy's home, Fallingford, for the holidays… read more
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3. The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels
By: Beth Lincoln
4.06
Format: 338 pages, Hardcover
In her family, Shenanigan Swift has always been synonymous with mischief. As Arch-Aunt Schadenfreud… read more
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- humor
- middle grade
- childrens
"According to Arch-Aunt Schadenfreude, a funeral ought to look like a wedding upside down."-Beth Lincoln, The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels
"A funeral is supposed to be a way to say goodbye. You look inside yourself and find a place to put your grief, not somewhere hidden, not the top shelf or the back of a cupboard, but maybe by a window…"-Beth Lincoln, The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels
"A collective term is a special name given to a group of animals, like a herd of cows. Many animals have their own strange terms. She knew the collective term for starlings was a murmuration, and the …"-Beth Lincoln, The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels
"Family was exhausting, and complicated, and everyone was their own person, which meant you had just as much chance of getting along with them as you did any stranger off the street. Just sharing bloo…"-Beth Lincoln, The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels
4. The Final Year
By: Matt Goodfellow
4.71
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Life can be tough in your last year of primary school. Tests to take, preparing for the change to h… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
5. Away With Words
By: Sophie Cameron
3.89
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Shortlisted for the Yoto Carnegie Medal for Writing 2024 Shortlisted for the UKLA Book Awards 2024… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
- fantasy
6. Tyger
By: S.F. Said
4.17
Format: 304 pages, None
In a strange alternate world, where the British Empire has never ended, a young boy called Adam has… read more
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- middle grade
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7. The Last Bear (The Last Bear #1)
By: Hannah Gold
4.29
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
An instant classic with a bear-sized heart, Hannah Gold’s debut novel is a touching story of kindne… read more
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- middle grade
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8. Loki: A Bad God's Guide to Being Good
By: Louie Stowell
4.11
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Packed with doodles and cartoons, here is the diary of Loki as he’s trapped on earth as a petulant … read more
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9. The Song Walker
By: Zillah Bethell
4.16
Format: None pages, None
"There are three questions that I need to find the answers to: -Where am I? -What am I doing here… read more
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10. Bad Influence
By: Tamsin Winter
3.99
Format: 284 pages, Kindle Edition
A powerfully real and funny new story from the rising queen of teen, about first kisses, learning t… read more
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- middle grade
11. A Kind of Spark
By: Elle McNicoll
4.52
Format: 193 pages, Paperback
A neurodivergent girl campaigns for a memorial when she learns that her small Scottish town used to… read more
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- childrens
"No horrible, awful, rubbish day is worth damaging a library book."-Elle McNicoll, A Kind of Spark
"Autistic people have probably done so much for hundreds of years without any credit."-Elle McNicoll, A Kind of Spark
"While you are neurotypical and I am autistic, I promise we are more alike than we are different."-Elle McNicoll, A Kind of Spark
"Books are not medicine, they are food. You won't remember every bite but you will remember the taste."-Elle McNicoll, A Kind of Spark
12. Virtually Christmas
By: David Baddiel
3.90
Format: 175 pages, Kindle Edition
The HILARIOUS new novel and the year’s most perfect festive gift – from million-copy bestselling au… read more
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13. Dread Wood (Dread Wood, #1)
By: Jennifer Killick
4.06
Format: 195 pages, Kindle Edition
The brand new must-read middle-grade novel from the author of super-spooky Crater Lake. Perfect for… read more
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14. Dead Good Detectives (Dead Good Detectives, #1)
By: Jenny McLachlan
4.33
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Sid Jones loves hanging out in the graveyard with her best friend Zen - they are desperate to see a… read more
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15. Resist
By: Tom Palmer
4.21
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
Multi-award-winning author Tom Palmer shines a light on life under wartime occupation, in a beautif… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
16. The Ship of Doom (The Butterfly Club, #1)
By: M.A. Bennett
4.00
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
Greenwich, London, 15th February 1894. Luna thinks that an evening at her aunt's butterfly club … read more
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17. The Blue Book of Nebo
By: Manon Steffan Ros
4.16
Format: 156 pages, ebook
Prize-winner in three categories of the 2019 Wales Book of the Year Award, The Blue Book of Nebo p… read more
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"Diuen que els vincles de sang no es tornen mai aigua, però els veu que l'aigua es pot tornar sang."-Manon Steffan Ros, The Blue Book of Nebo
"La humanitat és una cosa espectacular, tan preparada per estimar sense conviccions, sense complexos."-Manon Steffan Ros, The Blue Book of Nebo
18. The Little Match Girl Strikes Back
By: Emma Carroll
4.06
Format: None pages, Audiobook
It only takes one strike! A powerful feminist reworking of the Hans Christian Andersen classic, fro… read more
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19. Murder at the Museum (Montgomery Bonbon #1)
By: Alasdair Beckett-King
4.17
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
A brilliantly funny young murder mystery from a rising stand-up comedian, podcaster and filmmaker –… read more
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- middle grade
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"But inspiration can strike in many different ways ... When the philosopher Archimedes stepped into his bath and sloshed water over the sides, the people downstairs were inspired to find a new flat."-Alasdair Beckett-King, Murder at the Museum (Montgomery Bonbon #1)
20. Valentine Crow and Mr Death
By: Jenni Spangler
4.17
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
It’s not always easy being Death: a witty and gloriously gothic tale of friendship and discovery fr… read more
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21. Finn Jones Was Here
By: Simon James Green
4.62
Format: None pages, None
Eric's best friend, Finn, was the world's most enthusiastic prankster. Was, because Finn died recen… read more
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22. The Bookshop of Dust and Dreams
By: Mindy Thompson
4.20
Format: 330 pages, Hardcover
What does all the magic in the world matter if it can't save the ones you love? It's 1944 Sutton… read more
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23. Wished
By: Lissa Evans
4.29
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Ed and his sister Roo are faced with the most boring half-term holiday in history: five days spent … read more
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- magical realism
- childrens
- adventure
- humor
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24. When The War Came Home
By: Lesley Parr
4.31
Format: 297 pages, Kindle Edition
The First World War has ended, but it hasn't gone away. When Natty has to move to a new village,… read more
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25. Operation Nativity
By: Jenny Pearson
4.34
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
When Oscar and Molly rush outside to investigate a crash in the night, they're not expecting to fin… read more
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- humor
- middle grade
26. Saving Neverland
By: Abi Elphinstone
4.24
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A wonderful whirlwind of magic and adventure, and every bit as enchanting as the original Peter Pan… read more
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27. The Boy Who Didn't Want to Die
By: Peter Lantos
4.23
Format: 212 pages, Kindle Edition
“Deeply moving” - Booktrust “A gripping story of love, courage and triumph over evil” - The Boo… read more
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28. Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1)
By: Katherine Rundell
4.18
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
The day Christopher saved a drowning baby griffin from a hidden lake would change his life forever.… read more
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"I'm no philosopher, and I prefer, in an ideal world, to go uneaten. (p. 111)"-Katherine Rundell, Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1)
"What is this rainfall of children? Did I go sailing just to have storms of infants cascading down my sail at me? (p. 74)"-Katherine Rundell, Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1)
"Nighthand grunted, and signalled for another bottle of wine. "Are you sure?" said Irian. "Shouldn't we keep our wits about us?" "I see no reason to. I prefer the world drunk. It disappoints me less."…"-Katherine Rundell, Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1)
29. Black Hole Cinema Club
By: Christopher Edge
3.90
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
When Lucas meets his friends at the local cinema – nicknamed ‘The Black Hole’ – they’re excited abo… read more
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30. Wilder
By: Penny Chrimes
4.12
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
A desperate village. A child who emerges from the marshes. A falcon that helps her save them all. … read more
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31. Fin and the Memory Curse
By: Helenka Stachera
4.03
Format: 315 pages, Kindle Edition
A chilling Victorian London adventure about one girl's mission to break a centuries-old curse with … read more
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