Recommended reading books for primary & secondary aged children in the UK
Here’s our selection of top new titles coming out in Summer 2025. These reading recommendations include picture books, poetry, early and middle-grade fiction; young adult novels and non-fiction.
The Girl With Gills is an original and exciting novel that features a likeable main protagonist who will hold the reader’s attention throughout. The world-building here is so seamless it’s almost unnoticeable – rich with mental imagery.
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