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A beguiling and absorbing novel from the winner of the Waterstones Children's Book Award: when Leila returns home to help her mother during flood season, she finds Arthur, the boy she's thought about since leaving school; but if she is to move on with her life, she must confront the past and its many demons…
An uplifting and exciting celebration of books and reading, perfect for young children.
Join a family determined to have a great day at the beach, a funny, heartwarming and relatable new picture book from exciting debut author-illustrator Rose Grover.
Printz Medalist and Newbery Honor winner Daniel Nayeri crafts this beautiful paean to storytelling and the bonds of family. Based on powerful memories of Nayeri visiting his grandfather, this story-within-a-story brings a young boy in a hot car ride across the desert. The destination is an oasis, where gardens perfume the air, and tales are lovingly told. Here is the gate to a magical world full of princesses, valiant brothers, dangerous giants, and one perfect, enchanted lemon. Will any of the brothers be able to foil the giant, retrieve the lemon, and free the princess? In the warm embrace of Nayeri’s storytelling, readers will lean into the enchantment until the story’s end. Rahele Jhompeur Bell creates the two gorgeous visual strands of the tale-one inspired by the frames and jewel-like colors of Persian miniatures, the other a tender, richly textured rendering of a contemporary family. Together, the author and artist cast a deli
Imagine an old museum with more secrets than anyone could ever guess. A school trip that ends in murder. A crime unsolved for decades – but who did it? Now, Ava and Luke are on the case, following the clues left in a new box of murders. Using School workbooks, museum records, secret recordings and letters the siblings start to unravel the mystery of a body in the basement. But can they discover what really happened – before the killer strikes again? YOU know the facts. YOU have all the clues. Can YOU solve the mystery before they do?
The summer holidays have finally arrived, and Daisy is bored – but she’s glad she won’t have to see her worst enemy Chloe for a while. She longs for a proper holiday at the seaside – building sandcastles, eating lots of ice-cream and maybe even spotting a mermaid in the sea! Daisy’s sister, Lily, wants to come too, but she uses a wheelchair which can make trips to the seaside tricky. Especially with all that sand! Daisy’s summer gets a bit more exciting when she starts looking after her neighbours’ dog, Scruff. Daisy has always wanted a dog of her own to walk and cuddle! She knows Scruff would love a trip to the seaside just as much as her. Will Daisy, Lily and Scruff get their holiday and maybe even have a seaside sleepover?
The hotly-anticipated YA crime thriller debut from bestselling and award-winning author, Jennifer Pearson. Perfect for fans of Holly Jackson and Ravena Guron.
Felix Green has a talent – a talent that often gets him into a lot of trouble – he can foresee the future. And he’s not the only one! When his latest prediction comes true, he soon finds himself whisked off to join the secret underground Future Agency. Here he starts to learn the tools to protect the country from the natural disasters set to befall it – summoning animal star constellations down from the sky, dream weaving and speaking to ghosts. When a dark spectre infiltrates the Future Agency, only Felix can unmask the culprit and save the agency from destruction.
When Maisie travels with her dad to the Pyramids to research his book, How to Break Codes, she thought they’d mainly be looking at hieroglyphs. But after being drawn into a race to discover a secret tomb, Maisie finds herself having to survive a scorpion attack, a sandstorm and a hot air balloon ride after becoming lost in the desert. With adventure at every turn, Maisie is in for a surprise as what she really discovers is another truth about herself. But is she ready to face it?
The portrait of a beautiful girl with tumbling red hair takes on sinister undertones in this unnerving tale from much-loved, multi-award-winning author Anne Fine.
An ode to female friendship and girlhood, this is the YA debut from YouTuber, podcaster and presenter, G. Forsyth Read, perfect for fans of The Summer I Turned Pretty and The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants.
A group of kids are sent to a summer camp and must make decisions and work as a team on a set of mental and physical challenges - think THE CRYSTAL MAZE meets the challenges section of each TRAITORS episode!
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