Children's / Teenage fiction: Science fiction

  • Inside

    £8.99

    Naya has been navigating the disappearing doors, shifting windows, and size-changing rooms of her indoor city her whole life. She will do anything to be accepted into the city’s governing body and police force, the NSDE, and anything to make her mother, the General, proud. So when her mother asks her to take on a top-secret, dangerous assignment, to spy on the Spiravits, a dangerous enemy with powers no one understands, she accepts. Naya knew the risks in leaving the safety of her indoor home, but she never thought the Spiravits would be so human, especially as she starts getting closer to two siblings, Zayn and Anice. And that Outside would be quite so – wonderful. What if everything she thought she knew was wrong? How can she complete her mission when she can no longer tell truths from lies?

  • The Starlight Rebel

    £8.99

    The year is 3897, and life on Earth is a neon dream, all flashing lights and buzzy noise – and no one remembers that behind the illuminated shell above them there’s a night sky filled with stars. As she turns 11, neurodivergent, freckled Astrifer Nova is nothing like her sporty, high-achieving twin brother, Blaze. And on the day of her Work Path Allocation ceremony which determines the course of her life, she is crushed when she gets assigned to something as boring as the sock factory. But all is not as it seems, and as she uncovers layers of hidden truths all around her, Astrifer discovers that the world is bigger than she ever imagined – and that it’s up to her and a motley crew of new friends (including one from very far away) to challenge the status quo. Turns out, their differences may be exactly what the planet needs.

  • The Dagger and the Flame

    £9.99

    In the dark underbelly of a Paris-inspired fantastical city, two rival assassins are pitted against each other in a deadly game of revenge, where the most dangerous mistake of all is falling in love??

  • Domain

    £8.99

    Teenager Porter Simms lives with surrogate parents and only a distant memory of his real ones: a car in the snow, a set of electrodes on his forehead, playing chess with his dad on an iPad – and then the accident. When a friend of his parents locates him, Porter is persuaded to try this experimental technology again – only now it has evolved to give him abilities that most people could only dream of. And this time it’s a game with global stakes. Now Porter is able to ‘channel’ data wirelessly to his brain – a.k.a. his ‘domain’: from martial artist to concert pianist, free climber to linguist, a menu of abilities at the blink of an eye. But there’s a major catch: he is permanently online, a device of the government, and every time he uses the skills, he loses a part of himself. To make matters worse, an unseen enemy wants him taken offline – permanently.

  • The Wild Robot on the Island

    £12.99

    Enter the world of the #1 New York Times bestselling THE WILD ROBOT with this enchanting and timeless picture book

  • Mech Brigade

    £7.99

    ‘The cockpit is a lonely place when it feels like your mech is your enemy’. On his 13th birthday, Miles joins the war against alien Spinners. As a child soldier piloting a mech robot, he’s humanity’s last hope. But Miles is no ordinary recruit – he’s the son of Professor Riley, the missing genius behind the mechs. Now, Miles must master a rogue mech called Ironclad, find his father and save the world. Some birthday.

  • The Unlikely Diary of Prince Kal the Alien

    £7.99

    The first book in a hilarious new diary format series from Ross Welford, the bestselling author of Time Travelling with a Hamster.

  • Best of All Worlds

    £14.99

    Kenneth Oppel’s most explosive YA yet, a thrilling speculative novel about clashing politics, first love and human survival set within the imprisonment of a dome against an invisible enemy.

  • Augmented

    £8.99

    In a future where humans are enhanced to ensure the survival of society Akaego fights to prevent her power to grow plants from being weaponised by a corrupt regime. In a near future London where extreme weather has depleted plant life, sixteen-year-olds must surgically augment an ability to ensure humanity’s survival. Having spent years training as a coder Akaego moves to a music academy after the discovery of her rare ability – she can project a vocal frequency that accelerates plant growth. As Akaego learns to use her new skill and is chosen for a prestigious internship with the Mayor she begins to feel like she can really make a difference to society – and it doesn’t hurt that the Mayor’s gorgeous son, Joon, seems to be flirting with her.

  • Game Zero

    £7.99

    Eden’s visit to The Escape sees her dropped into a world of puzzles and peril with no way out. She must find the keys, climb the levels and meet her fate. But what if she’s not playing the game? Maybe the game is playing her. A thought-provoking story about the power that games give us to reimagine the world.

  • Sputnik’s guide to life on Earth

    £7.99

    An uplifting, funny adventure of family, faith and a very annoying alien from master storyteller and UK Children’s Laureate 2024-2026 Frank Cottrell Boyce, with illustrations throughout by Steven Lenton.

  • Roswell Johnson saves the world!

    £8.99

    Eleven-year-old Roswell Johnson is obsessed with conspiracies about extra-terrestrial life, an interest he inherited from his late father. When Roswell is accidentally abducted by aliens, his biggest dream comes true – he learns that aliens are real! But when he discovers Earth is in grave danger, he must join forces with a team of quirky extra-terrestrials, including two bickering Grays, a humourless Cyborg, a germophobic Mantis, an overly confident Furgarian, and an over achieving Pleiadean to save his planet from a tyrannical invasion.

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