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Wundersmith Book Review Cover

Nevermoor (2) Wundersmith : The Calling of Morrigan Crow

Morrigan has made it into the Wundrous Society with the help of her patron Captain Jupiter North. She is thrilled .....

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Nevermoor (3) Hollowpox: The Hunt for Morrigan Crow Book Review Cover

Nevermoor (3) Hollowpox: The Hunt for Morrigan Crow

Now 13, Morrigan is well settled into her new life as a member of the Wundrous Society in Nevermoor. Her .....

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The Day I Fell Into A Fairytale

No one saw the strange mound in the middle of the night. The town common was dark and the only .....

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The Thirteenth Fairy

We’ve all heard Fairytales. Little Red Riding Hood and the wicked wolf, Sleeping Beauty and the terrible spell put on .....

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Deeplight

Fourteen year olds Hark and Jelt live in the Myriad – a group of islands that were once held in .....

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The Memory Thief Book Review Cover

The Memory Thief

Seth is a troll. Not the ugly, warty, smelly type of troll, but a troll that looks just like a .....

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Tiger Warrior (1) Attack of the Dragon King

Jack is playing his favourite computer game when his grandfather (Yeye) tells him something amazing but incredibly strange. Yeye reaches .....

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The Phantom Tollbooth

Milo is a boy who doesn’t know what to do with himself. He plods through his days, going through the .....

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How to Make a Pet Monster 2 Book Review Cover

How to Make a Pet Monster (2) Flummox

Artie loves his little monster Hodgepodge. Finding an ancient book about making monsters brought Hodgepodge into his life, but Artie’s .....

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The Mysterious Disappearance of Aidan S Book Review Cover

The Mysterious Disappearance of Aidan S

Aidan had tricked his younger brother Lucas before. Lies about Santa, the tooth fairy and even unicorns in the backyard .....

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Swamp Thing: Twin Branches Book Review Cover

Swamp Thing: Twin Branches

Identical twins they may be but Alec and Walker Holland couldn’t be more different if they tried. Walker is a .....

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Lightfall (1) The Girl & the Galdurian

Beatrice (Bea) lives with her grandfather in the land of Irpa. She helps her grandad make his potions that he .....

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These Witches Don't Burn Book Review Cover

These Witches Don’t Burn

Life is very complicated at the moment for Hannah. Not only is she trying to get over a painful breakup .....

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The Strange Worlds Travel Agency (1)

Flick (Felicity) knew there was something different about the scruffy little shop with the neat red and gold sign. What .....

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Wednesday Weeks and the Tower of Shadows Book Review Cover

Wednesday Weeks (1) and the Tower of Shadows

Wednesday loves Science, but she’s having trouble passing her School Science tests. Lately, every time she performs a class experiment, .....

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Lightfall 2 Shadow of the Bird Book Review Cover

Lightfall (2) Shadow of the Bird

Bea and Cad are still looking for her Grandfather, the Pig Wizard. After their dangerous adventure together they have discovered .....

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Lightfall (3) The Dark Times Book Review Cover

Lightfall (3) The Dark Times

Bea, her grandfather the Pig Wizard, and her Galdurian friend Cadwallader are in a group of refugees fleeing the battle .....

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Shadow and Bone Book Review Cover

Shadow and Bone (1) Grisha Trilogy

Alina Starkov and Malyen Oretsev have been practically inseparable since growing up together in an orphanage in Ravka. Now teens, .....

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Siege and Storm Book Review Cover

Siege and Storm (2) The Grisha Trilogy

Sailing on the True Sea and far from The Fold and all the havoc and death she helped The Darkness .....

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Ruin and Rising Book Review Cover

Ruin and Rising (3) Grisha Trilogy

After escaping The Darkling yet again, Alina, Mal and the scant remnants of her 2nd army, are holed deep below .....

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The Tunnel of Dreams Book Review Cover

The Tunnel of Dreams

Twins are special and identical twins even more so. Little do identical twins Arlo and Stefan know they contain powerful .....

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The Thing at Black Hole Lake Book Review Cover

Sticky Pines (2) The Thing at Black Hole Lake

Cripesauce, Crudberries & Fudgesicles! Something strange is STILL happening in the small town of Sticky Pines. Budding cryptozoologist Lucy has .....

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The Paper Bag Princess

Princess Elizabeth is very much in love with her Prince – Ronald. They were destined to be married, until… A .....

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Wolf Girl 7 Crash Course Book Review Cover

Wolf Girl (7) Crash Course

After saving hundred’s of animals, and now in charge of a train, Gwen appreciates the much faster way to travel. .....

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The Left-Handed Booksellers of London (1)

Now that Susan is 18, she is determined to move to London to find her father. Over the years her .....

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The Sinister Booksellers of Bath Book Review Cover

The Sinister Booksellers of Bath (2)

A few months have passed since Susan’s search for her father revealed another world that lives alongside our own. With .....

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The Boy who Grew Dragons Book Review Cover

The Boy who Grew Dragons (1)

Have you ever wanted your very own dragon? Maybe you’ve dreamed about flying on one high above your town or .....

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The Boy who Sang with Dragons Book Review Cover

The Boy who Sang with Dragons (5)

There is no shortage of dragons now from Grandpa’s garden Dragon fruit tree, and Tomas’ new little dragon Zing is .....

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The Beast of Buckingham Palace Book Review Cover

The Beast of Buckingham Palace

Alfred is a sickly boy. At least that’s what he’s been told over and over by his Nanny, and his .....

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A Monster Calls

A Monster has come walking. A Monster as old as time. He expects an answer to a question. He wants .....

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