Ajay and the Mumbai Sun
By: Varsha Shah
4.01
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
A high-stakes adventure story full of heart from debut author Varsha Shah – winner of the Times/Chi…
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1. The Mystery of the Clockwork Sparrow (The Sinclair’s Mysteries #1)
By: Katherine Woodfine
3.99
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
You are cordially invited to attend the Grand Opening of Sinclair’s department store! Enter a wo… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
- audiobook
2. Stone Soup
By: Tony Ross
3.58
Format: 24 pages, Paperback
Mother Hen is going to be in the soup herself unless she can fend off a hungry Big, Bad Wolf with .… read more
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- childrens
3. Journey (Journey Trilogy #1)
By: Aaron Becker
4.37
Format: 40 pages, Hardcover
Follow a girl on an elaborate flight of fancy in a wondrously illustrated, wordless picture book ab… read more
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- childrens
4. Grandad's Island
By: Benji Davies
4.50
Format: 122 pages, ebook
After the phenomenal success of The Storm Whale and On Sudden Hill, this new book by Benji Davies d… read more
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- childrens
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6. Giraffes Can't Dance
By: Guy Parker-Rees , Giles Andreae
4.33
Format: 32 pages, Hardcover
Gerald the giraffe longs to dance, but his legs are too skinny and his neck is too long. At the Jun… read more
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- childrens
"We all can dance," he said, "when we find music that we love."-Guy Parker-Rees, Giraffes Can't Dance
"But sometimes when you're different You just need a different song"-Guy Parker-Rees, Giraffes Can't Dance
7. Playful Little Penguins
By: Tony Mitton , Guy Parker-Rees
4.54
Format: 253 pages,
Come & meet the penguins! They're inviting you to join them for some snow-filled-fun - how could yo… read more
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8. The Watertower
By: Gary Crew , Steven Woolman
3.68
Format: 290 pages, Paperback
Nobody in Preston could remember when the watertower was built, or who had built it, but there it s… read more
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9. October, October
By: Katya Balen
4.38
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A classic in the making for anyone who ever longed to be WILD. October and her dad live in the w… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
- contemporary
"It is my story and it is our story and it isn't perfect and it isn't finished but it is whole."-Katya Balen, October, October
10. 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
- contemporary
11. Safiyyah's War
By: Hiba Noor Khan
4.32
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Inspired by the true story of how the Grand Mosque of Paris saved the lives of hundreds of Jews dur… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
12. The Lost Year
By: Katherine Marsh
4.50
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
A middle-grade survival story that traces a family secret back to the Holodomor, a terrible famine … read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
- audiobook
13. A Royal Conundrum (The Misfits #1)
By: Lisa Yee
3.82
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
When a notorious thief is out for priceless treasure (gems! cats! general decorum!)—who're you gonn… read more
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- audiobook
- middle grade
- childrens
- contemporary
"They all perished. tragic deaths. sad parents. lawsuits.' Monica's words were met with stunned silence. ignoring the horrified looks on the student's faces, she shouted, 'Joking! We discovered that t…"-Lisa Yee, A Royal Conundrum (The Misfits #1)
14. The Proudest Blue
By: Ibtihaj Muhammad
4.56
Format: 36 pages, Hardcover
A powerful, vibrantly illustrated story about the first day of school–and two sisters on one’s firs… read more
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- childrens
15. When the Sky Falls
By: Phil Earle
4.32
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
Inspired by a true story. It's 1940, and Joseph has been packed off to stay with Mrs F, a gruff wom… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
- audiobook
16. Julia and the Shark
By: Kiran Millwood Hargrave
4.33
Format: 204 pages, Hardcover
The shark was beneath my bed, growing large as the room, large as the lighthouse, rising from unfat… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
- contemporary
"...which is still not a plot twist I saw coming."-Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Julia and the Shark
"Panic poured into the space where my certainty had been, hot and sharp."-Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Julia and the Shark
"I like how everything echoes with everything else if you listen hard enough"-Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Julia and the Shark
"Dad's listening became loud, you know how that happens when someone is really concentrating and you can feel the white noise of their attention."-Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Julia and the Shark
17. Escape Room
By: Christopher Edge
3.65
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
When twelve-year-old Ami arrives at The Escape, she thinks it’s just a game – the ultimate escape r… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
- audiobook
18. The Ogress and the Orphans
By: Kelly Barnhill
4.28
Format: 392 pages, Hardcover
A fantasy about the power of generosity and love, and how a community suffers when they disappear. … read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
- audiobook
"The antidote to anger is tenderness, and the antidote to discord is reconciliation."-Kelly Barnhill, The Ogress and the Orphans
"Life is long, after all. And over time, the paths we take tend to intertwine and overlap."-Kelly Barnhill, The Ogress and the Orphans
"Books are funny things. The ideas and knowledge contained inside their pages have mass and velocity and gravity. They bend both space and time. They have minds of their own. There is a power in a boo…"-Kelly Barnhill, The Ogress and the Orphans
"So maybe the Reading Room is magic because books really are magic. I read once that books bend both space and time, and the more books you have in one place, the more space and time will bend and twi…"-Kelly Barnhill, The Ogress and the Orphans
19. The Lost Whale
By: Hannah Gold
4.40
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A gorgeously written standalone from the acclaimed author of The Last Bear, Hannah Gold's second no… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
- contemporary
"A patchwork of blue, emerald and turquoise, with white horses dancing like diamonds on the surface. The water stretched out forever until it melted into the sky."-Hannah Gold, The Lost Whale
20. The 1,000 Year Old Boy
By: Ross Welford
4.21
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
The astonishing, beautiful new story for all readers of 10 and over from the bestselling and Costa-… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
"Would you like to live forever? I’m afraid I cannot recommend it. I am used to it now, and I do understand how special it is. Only I want to stop now. I want to grow up like you."-Ross Welford, The 1,000 Year Old Boy
"I long to grow up, to be a man. I long to be in a hurry to do something, before time runs out. I long for the feeling that life is precious, that I have to cram as much as I can into every sun-drench…"-Ross Welford, The 1,000 Year Old Boy
"I long to grow up, to be a man. I long to be in a hurry to do something, before time runs out. I long for the feeling that life is precious, that I have to cram as much as I can into every sun-drench…"-Ross Welford, The 1,000 Year Old Boy
21. The Comet
By: Joe Todd-Stanton
4.34
Format: 32 pages, Hardcover
When Nyla is forced to leave her home in the country to start life again in the city, all she can t… read more
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- childrens
22. Grandpa's Stories
By: Joseph Coelho
4.43
Format: 32 pages, Hardcover
One young girl reflects on a year with her beloved grandpa. She remembers the fields and parks they… read more
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- childrens
23. Luna Loves Library Day
By: Joseph Coelho
3.97
Format: 32 pages, Hardcover
Luna loves library that's the day she spends with her dad. Exploring the shelves they find magic, … read more
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- childrens
24. The Tale of the Whale
By: Karen Swann
4.04
Format: 32 pages, Hardcover
Where land becomes sky and sky becomes sea, I first saw the whale and the whale first saw me. . … read more
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- childrens
25. Children of the Quicksands
By: Efua Traoré
4.08
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
City girl Simi is sent to stay with her long-lost grandmother in a remote Nigerian village. Ther… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
26. The Shark Caller
By: Zillah Bethell
4.42
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
Desperate to become a shark caller to avenge the death of her parents, Blue Wing is instead charged… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
- contemporary
"Kubilang kau itu munafik. Begitulah menurutku! Kau mengatakan apapun yang sesuai untukmu pada satu waktu dan mengubah faktanya kapanpun kau mau."-Zillah Bethell, The Shark Caller
"Yang masih hidup seharusnya lebih diutamakan daripada yang sudah mati. Itu kata Chimera. Dan dia benar. Yang mati sudah tiada. Kita memang harus menghormati mereka, kita memang harus mengenal mereka,…"-Zillah Bethell, The Shark Caller
"Kurasa orang sama seperti saat mereka dilahirkan. Ada hal yang terjadi pada kita sepanjang hidup yang mungkin mengubah kita, tapi hanya sedikit. Orang itu seperti batu di pantai—laut akan menerjang b…"-Zillah Bethell, The Shark Caller
"Itu bukan salahmu. Aku tahu aku bilang begitu, tapi sebenarnya bukan. Aku hanya marah, dan saat aku marah, aku mengatakan hal-hal yang tidak seharusnya." "Hal-hal yang benar," ujar Siringen. "Bukan. …"-Zillah Bethell, The Shark Caller
27. Ajay and the Mumbai Sun
By: Varsha Shah
4.01
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
A high-stakes adventure story full of heart from debut author Varsha Shah – winner of the Times/Chi… read more
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- childrens
- middle grade
- india
- contemporary
- audiobook
28. Giddy Goat
By: Jamie Rix
3.66
Format: None pages, Paperback
Being a mountain goat is no fun when you are scared of heights! Stand poor Giddy on a mountain ledg… read more
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- childrens
29. Don't Worry William (Picture Ladybirds)
By: Christine Morton-Shaw
3.93
Format: 32 pages, Paperback
A little bear getting up at night to visit the kitchen reassures his teddy bear that there is nothi… read more
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30. Oh Monty!
By: Susannah Lloyd
3.67
Format: 32 pages, Paperback
Tiddles and Monty's owner has the most marvellous thing to show them. A cake, freshly baked and wit… read more
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31. Flying Up the Mountain: A Novel
By: Elizabeth-Irene Baitie
4.17
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
The companion to Crossing the Stream is a moving story of friendship and a timely reminder of our d… read more
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