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  Destiny Ink: Baking Mix-Up

  Adeola Sokunbi

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  Destiny uses her creativity to overcome her worries! The fourth in the brilliant new highly-illustrated chapter book series, perfect for readers moving on from Tom Percival's BIG BRIGHT FEELINGS picture books and fans of JOJO & GRAN GRAN.
  Destiny is really excited to enter a baking competition, it's going to be INKTASTIC!But when her cake doesn't turn out how she expected, she feels disappointed. Destiny's best friend suggests baking together. Destiny isn't sure but she uses her trusty sketchbook to work through her worries and gets lots of great ideas. Have you read these INKTASTIC adventures?
  
  - Destiny Ink: Sleepover Suprise - Inclusive Children's Book Awards 2025, Fiction Longlist
  
  - Destiny Ink: Talent Show Magic
  
  - Destiny Ink: Birthday Secret
  Praise for Destiny Ink:
  "This is a warm and reassuring chapter book about friendship, anxiety and coping with new experiences" - Frank Cottrell-Boyce, The Times "It promotes positive friendships, familial relationships and attitudes without being condescending... an engaging choice for readers exploring early chapter books" -  Booktrust

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  Away With Words

  Sophie Cameron

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  Set in a world where words appear physically when people speak, AWAY WITH WORDS explores the importance of communication and being there for those we love.
  
  Gala and her dad, Jordi, have just moved from home in Cataluña to a town in Scotland, to live with Jordi's boyfriend Ryan. Gala doesn't speak much English, and feels lost, lonely and unable to be her usual funny self. Until she befriends Natalie, a girl with selective mutism. The two girls find their own ways to communicate, which includes collecting other people's discarded words. They use the words to write anonymous supportive poems for their classmates, but then someone begins leaving nasty messages using the same method – and the girls are blamed. Gala has finally started adapting to her new life in Scotland and is determined to find the culprit. Can she and Natalie show the school who they really are?
  
  An intriguing, thoughtful and lyrical exploration of how we express ourselves, for fans of Katya Balen, A POCKETFUL OF STARS and Lisa Thompson.

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  The Four Friends: Birthday

  Kieran McGee

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  Spencer faces a simple dilemma: how can he find the perfect birthday present for his friend Anna when he has no idea what she wants? For years, Anna has always managed to surprise Spencer with fun and exciting gifts, and this year, he's determined to return the favour. But Anna is a tough person to read, and to make matters worse, a school trip to New York – a trip Spencer had almost forgotten about – is just around the corner. How will he ever find the right gift in time? And will his friends, Charlie and Brock, be any help at all? Time is running out, and Spencer is desperate to get it right.

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  Cat-astrophe

  Annette McLachlan

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  Ten-year-old Lucy loves cats. She understands them, and they her. When the circus arrives in town, she tickles a lion and cuddles a chimpanzee. This left her wanting to know more about animal behaviour. In her Saturday morning job at a veterinary clinic, she meets a variety of animals.
  
  The vet is astounded when he discovers Lucy's ability to calm animals and communicate with them, something very rare.
  
  Lucy and her mother have the opportunity to visit London, where her uncle is a vet at the London Zoo. As Lucy tours the zoo, she learns details about the zoo's inhabitants, including a Silverback Gorilla and a spitting chimp.
  
  Then, a catastrophic event occurs.

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  SPYGLASS: Mastermind of Mayhem

  David Solomons

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  The first book in a laugh-out-loud new series of hilarious, action-packed spy adventures from number one bestselling, multi-award-winning author, David Solomons. If you like James Bond with a dash of Johnny English, this is for you...
  
  
  When Adam and his friends accidentally reveal the secret location of ex-MI6 quartermaster, Professor Goodspeed, they don't expect supervillains to turn up on their doorstep, looking for his most dangerous invention. Drawn into a dastardly plot, the friends must rescue the Professor and take on evil Dr Toe and all his henchmen to boot.
  
  
  It's going to take buckets of bravery, a truckload of gadgets - including a flying bike, a robot-shark shield and, the deadliest of weapons, a glitter glue grenade - along with A LOT of luck to defeat the bad guys and stop them taking over the world.
  
  
  At least the summer holidays won't be boring...
  
  
  A fast-paced, funny adventure series, packed with illustrations.
  
  
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  - SPYGLASS: Coldfinger

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  Only This Beautiful Moment

  Abdi Nazemian

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  2019 – Moud is an out gay teen living in Los Angeles with his distant father, Saeed. When Moud gets the news that his grandfather in Iran is dying, he accompanies his dad to Tehran, where the revelation of family secrets will force Moud into a new understanding of his history, his culture, and himself.
  
  1978 – Saeed is an engineering student with a promising future ahead of him in Tehran. But when his parents discover his involvement in the country's burgeoning revolution, they send him to safety in America, a country Saeed despises. And even worse – he's forced to live with the American grandmother he never knew existed.
  
  1939 – Bobby, the son of a calculating Hollywood stage mother, lands a coveted MGM studio contract. But the fairy-tale world of glamour he's thrust into has a dark side…
  
  Set against the backdrop of Tehran and Los Angeles, this tale of intergenerational trauma and love is an ode to the fragile bonds of family, the hidden secrets of history and all the beautiful moments that make us who we are today.

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