The Vagrants
£10.99The much-anticipated first novel from the Guardian First Book Award-winning Chinese writer.
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The much-anticipated first novel from the Guardian First Book Award-winning Chinese writer.

It is an exciting day for Alfie. His painting is entered in the children’s painting competition at the Harvest Fair. His friends Bernard, Kevin and Louise have done paintings too, but when the winners are announced not everyone is happy with their prize. Then Alfie comes up with a brilliant solution.

Greg’s dad, Frank, is on a mission – a mission to make this wimpy kid, well, less wimpy. All manner of ‘manly’ physical activities are planned, but Greg just about manages to find a way out of them. That is until military academy is mentioned and Greg realizes that he’s going to have to come up with a very special excuse.

The classic, worldwide bestseller from the author of East of the Mountains. With an introduction by Nicholas Evans

On one of the most important days of her husband’s presidency, Alice Blackwell considers the strange and unlikely path that has led them to the White House, and faces contradictions years in the making. Weaving race, class, wealth and fate into a tapestry, this novel lays bare the pleasures and pain of intimacy and love.


Alvina’s two grannies want to do different things, but Alvina thinks of a way they can compromise so the grannies can become the best of friends.

Alfie is not quite sure how the birthday party he’s been invited to is going to turn out, and wishes his mother could be there. In the end, he has a marvellous time, but not quite in the way he anticipated.

David Sedaris’s ability to uncover the hilarious absurdity teeming just below the surface of everyday life is elevated to wilder and more entertaining heights in this sixth essay collection. Sedaris proceeds from bizarre conundrums of daily etiquette to the most deeply resonant human truths.

240 pages on acid-free, ivory-coloured paper. Expandable inner pocket. Size: 21 x 13cm.

<p><b>A large format board book from Roger Priddy, <i>Let's Pretend Builders Tool Kit</i>–perfect for the little builders in your life!</b> <p/>This book and kit contains a full set of tools to allow curious builders to start building right away. Sturdy press-out pieces provide hours of creative, imaginative play, plus the included tools will allow children…

<p><b>A large format board book from Roger Priddy, <i>Let's Pretend Princess Party Set</i>–perfect for the little princess in your life!</b> <p/>Sturdy press-out pieces provide hours of creative, imaginative play, plus an included tea set reveals everything that's needed for afternoon tea. <p/><i>Let's Pretend </i>is a creative series of activity books which stimulate imagination and provide…


It’s a brand-new year and a brand-new journal and Greg is keen to put the humiliating (and secret!) events of last summer firmly behind him. But someone knows everything – someone whose job it is to most definitely not keep anything embarrassing of Greg’s private – his big brother, Rodrick.

The tree house lands in Wild West America but there’s no one around. Has it landed in a ghost town? When a gang of nasty horse thieves gallop past, it’s not long before Jack and Annie are swept up in another adventure. With their new cowboy friend, Slim, they set out across the prairie to rescue Slim’s mare from the horse thieves.

After a break from their trips in the tree house, Jack and Annie are delighted to find that it’s back! Morgan le Fay needs their help, but they’ll have to become Master Librarians first, and that means solving four riddles.