When Athena dies in a freak accident, June steals her unpublished manuscript and publishes it as her own under the ambiguous name Junipor Song.
As evidence threatens June's stolen success, she will discover exactly how far she will go to keep what she thinks she deserves.
Into the sideways world by Ross Welford
When twelve-year-olds Willa and Manny hear of a mysterious animal prowling their town, they are determined to prove it is real. Following the creature into a cave one full moon, they are swept into an alternate, ideal, world - one where pollution and conflict have been conquered decades ago and even their own families seem happier.
But when they return, no one believes them. How will they prove it exists.
Queer city: gay London from the Romans to the present day by Peter Ackroyd
This LGBTQ+ History month, read an entertaining account of 2,000 years of gay London by award-winning historian and novelist Peter Ackroyd.
The book is filled with fascinating facts and stories about the experiences of London’s gay population including tales of gladiators, pirates, servants and kings!
The totally disastrous school-trip of Lottie Brooks by Katie Kirby
After a summer of meeting handsome French boys and getting a tiny bit sunburnt. OK, fine - a lot sunburnt, Lottie's heading off on a week-long residential school trip. A whole week away from embarrassing parents and Toby's tasty air biscuits!
But the trip soon turns into a total disaster. The other girls staying at the camp are MEGA-MEAN, best friend Jess is spending all her time with new girl Isha, and Lottie's diary gets stolen!
Who knew a school trip could cause so much DRAMA?!o one believes them. How will they prove it exists.
Music in the dark by Sally Magnusson
A story of unlooked-for love in later life, told through the brutality of the Highland Clearances and their lasting effects.
One night a stranger seeking lodging knocks on the door of Jamesina’s flat near Glasgow. They discover that they are linked by a shared past - the eviction of Greenyards, Strathcarron in 1854 thirty years earlier.
A moving story, beautifully told.
Little Bear's Spring by Elli Woollard and Briony May Smith
A beautifully illustrated book about the changes that Spring brings.
Knitted rabbits: 20 easy knitting patterns for cuddly bunnies
This book contains a wide variety of rabbits to knit, from fun and quirky, to cute and cuddly - and you don't have to clean up after them!
Sharing this beautifully illustrated book is a fun way to help little ones learn to count. The gentle rhyming story might even become a bedtime favourite.
I remember Paris by Lucy Diamond
A writing job offers Jess the chance to return to Paris. She is delighted, especially since her subject is iconic artist Adelaide Fox who wants to tell her life story.
But Adelaide is keeping secrets from her, and Jess soon realises she will have to confront her own past in the city. Can Jess find out the truth - even if it means changing both of their lives for ever?
An escapist summer read perfect for the build up to the Olympics!
Impossible creatures by Katherine Rundell
Christopher discovers his grandfather is the guardian of an entrance to a magical world. When the protection to the world becomes thin, creatures start breaking through.
Mal, a character from the other world, arrives with a flying coat. Seeking a baby griffin, she is being chased by a killer. Mal, Christopher, and the griffin start an urgent quest across the wild splendor of the Archipelago where Mal lives.
They seek the truth, with huge consequences for both their worlds.Sharing this beautifully illustrated book is a fun way to help little ones learn to count. The gentle rhyming story might even become a bedtime favourite.
Read what it was like for the first brave men involved in D-Day from sea, shore and air as we mark 80 years since the D-Day landings in Normandy, France.
Jack is looking forward to the school trip to the D-Day landing beaches. But when his dad is called up to action and things at home spiral out of control, everything Jack believes about war is thrown into question.
Finding comfort only in the presence of his loyal dog, Finn, Jack is drawn to the heart-wrenching true story of one particular D-Day paratrooper.
On 6 June 1944, Emile Corteil parachuted into France with his dog, Glen - and Jack is determined to discover their fate.
The Walled Garden by Sarah Hardy
It is 1946 and the men are home from the war with their bodies healing but their psychological wounds running deep. Lonely and increasingly afraid of the man her husband has become, Alice must try to pick up the pieces of her marriage and save Oakbourne Hall from total collapse. She begins with the walled garden.
A captivating love story set in Suffolk.
Lenny In The Garden by Ken Wilson-Max
Lenny is in the garden with Mummy. While Mummy does some gardening, Lenny plays along.
This simple and endearing story of parent and child sharing an everyday activity is perfect for reading with young toddlers.
Everybody wants to rule the world: Britain, sport and the 1980s by Roger Domeneghetti
Travel back to the 1980s.
To Botham's Ashes and the Brixton riots. To the Moscow Olympics and the miners' strike. To the Crucible Theatre and the Falklands.
Explore the journey to now and discover how sport became part of our national story. Discover how sport both drove and responded to cultural change in society.
A trip down memory lane for those who enjoyed watching sport in the 1980s.
Thief on the track by Ellie Robinson
With the Paris Olympics this month, lots of us are thinking of medals.
How would you feel if your hard-earned gold medal was stolen?
This action-packed story, written by a multi gold medal-winning Paralympian, aims to solve the mystery of a missing award.
The life impossible, Matt Haig
An uplifting book about hope and new beginnings.
When retired Maths teacher Grace Winters is left a run-down house on a Mediterranean island by a long-lost friend, curiosity gets the better of her. She arrives in Ibiza with a one-way ticket, no guidebook and no plan.
Among the rugged hills and golden beaches and searches for answers about her friend's life, and how it ended. What she uncovers is stranger than she could have dreamed. the 1980s.
Paul the Peacock by Tilly Matthews
Meet Paul, the pampered, penthouse-dwelling peacock and Norris, his loyal Loris friend.
This is funny, beautifully illustrated book about the value of friendship and gratitude. It is a lovely story to share with early years children.
The 'Tichborne Trial' trial has caught the attention of Mrs. Eliza Touchet, a widowed Scottish housekeeper, and all of England.
Is the defendant who he claims to be? Mrs Touchet is sceptical.
Andrew Bogle is a key witness, with everything at stake. Once enslaved in Jamaica's Hope Plantation, he understands the rich deceive the poor and that people are easily led.
In a world of hypocrisy, deciding what's true is complicated.
Cane Warriors tells the story of Moa, a 14-year-old boy who has only ever known life on the sugar cane estates of the 18th century.
Moa is to be a cane warrior, and fight for the freedom of all the enslaved people in the nearby plantations.
This book is inspired by a real-life rebellion in British-owned slave plantations in Jamaica.
The astonishingly intimate story of Elon Musk, a fascinating and controversial innovator.
A rule-breaking visionary who has helped lead the world into the era of electric vehicles, private space exploration and artificial intelligence.
Shortlisted for the Financial Times business book of the year award and chosen as a book of the year by Apple, Amazon, The Times and Financial Times.
The age of enchantment by Anna James
This new fantasy series introduces twins Juniper and Rafferty. They come from the island of Weatherwhy where children are born with the magic of a season.
Juniper, though, is an Enchanter and possesses the magic of all seasons.
Her invitation to learn how to use her powers at Thistledown Academy threatens to split her from her twin. Rafferty follows his sister and soon becomes caught up with a secret society.
Their adventures show them just how much there is to enchantment.
