Children/Young Adult
A Spoonful of Spying (Alice Éclair, Spy Extraordinaire!)
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This exuberant romp of a spy thriller is set against the backdrop of a fictionalised grand exhibition like the one which took place ...Read Review
Blackbeard’s Treasure
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AdventureChildren/Young AdultNautical
In 1718, eleven-year-old Abigail lives a cosseted, if rather lonely, life as a plantation owner’s daughter in the Caribbean. Secretly, her best friend ...Read Review
The Mystery of Raspberry Hill
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Children/Young AdultMystery/Crime
Stina is a girl of about nine who comes from a large, poor family in Helsinki in 1920 and who has TB. She is ...Read Review
That Self-Same Metal (The Forge & Fracture Saga, Book 1)
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Children/Young AdultHistorical Fantasy
Set in 1605 London, sixteen-year-old Joan Sands is one of the King’s Men: a group of actors under the patronage of King James ...Read Review
Stateless
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1937. Stella North has been chosen to represent Britain in Europe’s first youth air race. As the only female, she wants to do ...Read Review
Hoops: A Graphic Novel
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Women’s sports teams still wrestle for pay and promotion to match those offered to male athletes, and the journey to equity can ...Read Review
Snow & Poison
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De la Cruz’s lush retelling of “Snow White” is set in 17th-century Bavaria. The central figure is Sophie, the Duke of Bavaria’...Read Review
The Lost Year: A Survival Story of the Ukrainian Famine
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This dual-timeline narrative begins in 2020 with 12-year-old Matthew, homebound because of Covid lockdowns and separated from his journalist father posted to Europe. Because ...Read Review
The Agency for Scandal
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If you fancy a rip-roaring YA adventure, look no further than this novel which features feisty Victorian heroine Isobel Stanhope. She’s leading ...Read Review
An Improbable Season (Unexpected Seasons, 1)
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1817, and three young women travel to London for their first season with very mixed feelings. Thalia Aubrey is not looking for a husband ...Read Review