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Karenwallee
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Book nerd, book blogger & teacher.
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We promised a giveaway at 7k so here we are!

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July 23, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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#THIRST is apparently best read (a) before night falls and (b) away from open water. Thanks for this very brave review,
@karenwallee.bsky.social. 🤓🙏
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June 2, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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We're giving away £1,000 of National Book Tokens! 🤩

To celebrate one year of National Book Tokens Discover – the website and email programme curated by our team – we're giving away £100/€120 gift cards to spend in bookshops. 📚🩵

Enter now: www.nationalbooktokens.com/summer-win?u...
May 8, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Publishing 3/7, Cruise Ship Kid is the debut novel by Emma Swan that brilliantly combines adventure, mystery & humour, & is going to make the perfect summer holiday read.

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Cruise Ship Kid- Emma Swan
Silver has lived on a cruise ship for most of her life; her best friends are all pensioners and she's never had a best friend her own age; h...
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April 27, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Enjoying a final lie-in of the holiday with a new book. Love this series so can't wait to dive back in. @jasonrohanauthor.bsky.social @nosycrowus.bsky.social
April 27, 2025 at 6:28 AM
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💫SUMMER TERM GIVEAWAY 💫

Anyone can book a free virtual school visit here:
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To win an audio copy of The Great Fox Revealed and a class set of 30 postcards

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Winner picked 28/4.
April 22, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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I revealed the title and cover of THE CHANGELING CHILD, and got lots of lovely comments about it from people who loved my first book about fearsome faeries. 😊
April 25, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Publishing 5/6, today's book post looks gripping. I can't wait to dive into Exit Stahe Death @avaeldred.bsky.social @uclanpublishing.bsky.social
April 25, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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A wonderful verse novel filled with magic and mystery, The House at the Edge of the World by Nadine Aisha Jassat, illlustrated by @flaviasorr.bsky.social is the story of Amal and her family who inherit a mysterious old house. Out 08/05 @orionbooks.bsky.social @hachettechildrens.bsky.social
April 23, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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🌟💚🧚 BOOK NEWS 🧚💙🌟

I’m delighted to announce THE CHANGELING CHILD and reveal the stunning cover by Thy Bui.
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Saga and Alfred return to Faerie on a new thrilling adventure with fearsome faeries.
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Find out more and pre-order 🙏: hsnorup.com/the-changeling…#kidlitukuk
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April 23, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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A powerful and brilliant new story by @elnorrywriter.bsky.social a story of 2 different children who run away from home. A story of hope and human connection. Absolutely can’t recommend this enough. Check out my review here @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social tomsbookcorner.wordpress.com/2025/04/23/r...
Runaways by E.L.Norry
The Book in Rhyme… “Introducing July and Jamie, both alike in age, Living in the same city though on a very different page, July in the foster system recently back with mother, Jamie’s dad left yea…
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April 23, 2025 at 5:32 PM
I'm heading to see foe my next book and I'm really looking forward to this.
April 23, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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A brilliant start to a horror filled new series by Jennifer Killick her usual masterful combination of scares, laughs and heart is just sublime! Can’t wait for the rest of the series. @farshorebooks.bsky.social tomsbookcorner.wordpress.com/2025/04/21/s...
Serial Chillers – The Witch in the Woods by Jennifer Killick
The Book in Rhyme… “Welcome to Hazard – A town of horrors galore, With the world’s largest sinkhole and so much more. Countless mysteries remain unexplained, Disappearances, deaths, and histo…
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April 21, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Publishing 3/7, The Last Journey is a book that will break & warm your heart in equal measure. It's a wonderful story with a true hero at its heart.
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The Last Journey - Stacy Gregg
Pusskin has lived a privileged life with 11-year-old Lottie, who clearly adores him; however, when the birds and insects begin to disappear,...
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April 16, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Excited to curl up with Wolf Mountain.
Very grateful to @simonandschuster.bsky.social for sending it to me.
April 16, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Oooh, The House At The Edge Of The World sounds like a book I'm going to love. Huge thanks for sending it my way @orionbooks.bsky.social
April 16, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Sooo excited to read this. 😍
And the title of Ministry of Unladylike Activity 3 is … A Stocking Full of Spies! Out on the 11th of September 2025! And keep an eye out for the full cover, being revealed very soon …
April 16, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Publishing 5/6, Shadow Thieves is an utterly gripping book that's begging to be gobbled up in 1 sitting.
Here's my review.
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Shadow Thieves - Peter Burns
Tom and his friends have lived their lives fending for themselves whilst trying to dodge the workhouse; shining shoes to make ends meet as w...
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April 16, 2025 at 10:37 AM
I tried to start I Am Raven last week but had only read 1 line when a child in my class begged to borrow it! This morning, there's nobody around so I'm going in. @alastairc.com @nosycrow.bsky.social
April 15, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Super excited that part of my review for Wish You Were Her has been turned into this graphic 😍. Publishing 5/5, it stole a piece of my heart & I'm SO pleased to have the chance to shout about it again
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Here's my review
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April 14, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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It’s Daisy Wells’s birthday, and to celebrate @puffinbooksuk.bsky.social have released this lovely special edition of Arsenic for Tea! With stencilled edges & a brand new intro from me, it’s available from all good bookstores, including @waterstones.bsky.social! www.waterstones.com/book/arsenic...
April 13, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Intriguing post waiting for me at home this evening. Publishing in June, Shadow Thieves arrived at the perfect time & I'm diving straight in. Huge thanks @farshorebooks.bsky.social for sending this my way.
April 9, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Publishing 10/4, I was very excited to get home tonight to find a copy of I Am Raven waiting for me. I'm really looking forward to reading it @alastairc.com @nosycrow.bsky.social
April 7, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Publishing 24/4, Bite Risk Cold Blood is the thrilling finale to a brilliant series & 1 I've loved from the very beginning. Here's my review @sjwills.bsky.social
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Bite Risk Cold Blood - S J Wills
With everything changing in Tremorglade, Sel just wants to keep a low profile but with the idea of a cure for turning on the horizon, thin...
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April 7, 2025 at 8:52 PM