The Head of the Saint Socorro Acioli (Author) Series:
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06 Mar 2014
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 224pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781471402906 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0290-6 ISBN10: 1471402908 EAN: 9781471402906 x Description: After walking for days across the harsh Brazilian landscape only to be rejected by his last living relative, Samuel finds his options for survival are dwindling fast - until he comes to the hollow head of a statue, perfect for a boy to crawl into and hide...Whilst sheltering, Samuel realises that he can hear the villagers' whispered prayers to Saint Anthony - confessing lost loves, hopes and fears - and he begins to wonder if he ought to help them out a little. When Samuel's advice hits the mark he becomes famous, and people flock to the town to hear about their future loves. But with all the fame comes some problems, and soon Samuel has more than just the lovelorn to deal with. A completely charming and magically told Brazilian tale, sure to capture your heart. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Red Ribbon Lucy Adlington (Author) Series:
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12 Jul 2018
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 304pp h198mm x w129mm x s17mm 224g ISBN13: 9781471407161 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0716-1 ISBN10: 1471407160 EAN: 9781471407161 x Description: Rose, Ella, Marta and Carla. In another life we might all have been friends together. But this was Birchwood. For readers of The Diary of Anne Frank and The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas. As fourteen-year-old Ella begins her first day at work she steps into a world of silks, seams, scissors, pins, hems and trimmings. She is a dressmaker, but this is no ordinary sewing workshop. Hers are no ordinary clients. Ella has joined the seamstresses of Birkenau-Auschwitz, as readers may recognise it. Every dress she makes could mean the difference between life and death. And this place is all about survival. Ella seeks refuge from this reality, and from haunting memories, in her work and in the world of fashion and fabrics. She is faced with painful decisions about how far she is prepared to go to survive. Is her love of clothes and creativity nothing more than collaboration with her captors, or is it a means of staying alive? Will she fight for herself alone, or will she trust the importance of an ever-deepening friendship with Rose? One thing weaves through the colours of couture gowns and camp mud - a red ribbon, given to Ella as a symbol of hope. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Love, Hate & Other Filters Samira Ahmed (Author) Series:
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01 Jan 2018
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 272pp h198mm x w129mm x s16mm 202g ISBN13: 9781471407147 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0714-7 ISBN10: 1471407144 EAN: 9781471407147 x Description: A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER. A romantic and relevant debut about Islamophobia and how it affects the normal life of a teenage girl. Maya Aziz dreams of being a film maker in New York. Her family have other ideas. They want her to be a dutiful daughter who wears gold jewellery and high heels and trains to be a doctor. But jewellery and heels are so uncomfortable . . . She's also caught between the guy she SHOULD like and the guy she DOES like. But she doesn't want to let Kareem down and things with Phil would never work out anyway. Would they? Then a suicide bomber who shares her last name strikes in a city hundreds of miles away and everything changes . . . Perfect for fans of Annabel Pitcher, WHEN DIMPLE MET RISHI and THE HATE U GIVE. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
If You Find This Matthew Baker (Author) Series:
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01 Apr 2015
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 368pp h198mm x w129mm x s20mm 226g ISBN13: 9781471404528 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0452-8 ISBN10: 1471404528 EAN: 9781471404528 x Description: Three boys, two grandpas, a tree, a map and some hidden treasure... Let the adventure begin. Eleven-year-old Nicholas Funes knows he's weird. He plays the violin far too well to be cool, he collects square roots and prime numbers and, weirdest of all, he talks to a tree who he believes is his brother. Plus, he doesn't have all that many friends. But even he is about to struggle with how strange his life is about to get. His long-lost and never-spoken-about Grandfather Rose turns up on Nicholas's doorstep one day, fresh out of a lifetime's prison sentence and suffering from dementia. Curious about this grandfather he's never known, Nicholas tries to unravel Grandfather Rose's stories. In particular, one about the family treasure that he hid years ago and that will be the solution to all their rather pressing financial woes. Because his mother needs to sell their house, and if they leave the house, they'll leave Nicholas's brother behind. And Nicholas is desperate to keep what little family he has together. With the help of two extremely unlikely allies, Nicholas must unwrap the secrets of his family's past in order to give them a shot at a future. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Voyage to the Volcano Tom Banks (Author) Series:
A Great Galloon book
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Pub Date:
01 Aug 2013
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 208pp h197mm x w18mm x s128mm 172g ISBN13: 9781471401701 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0170-1 ISBN10: 1471401707 EAN: 9781471401701 x Description: Captain Anstruther and his motley crew of sky-pirates are back for more adventures! Picking up the story where THE GREAT GALLOON ended, VOYAGE TO THE VOLCANO finds Stanley, Rasmussen and the rest of the Great Galloon crew on their way to the greatest party ever held: Count Heinz-Marie von Fforbes-Martinez of Eisberg's birthday party. Not everyone is in the party spirit though - poor Captain Anstruther is still searching for his kidnapped bride, Isabella, but he thinks the key to winning her back may lie in the heart of the Chimney Islands, a mind-boggling patchwork of volcanoes where Anstruther and Isabella first swore eternal love. Can he attend the party AND be reunited with his beloved? Stanley and Rasmussen must do battle once more with the Captain's nefarious brother Zebediah, encountering old friends, new friends and unexpected friends in frilly pink dresses along the way. Expect hilarity and chaos to ensue! _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Island M A Bennett (Author) Series:
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Pub Date:
25 Jul 2018
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 304pp h198mm x w129mm x s23mm 292g ISBN13: 9781471407536 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0753-6 ISBN10: 1471407535 EAN: 9781471407536 x Description: Seven students. One plane crash. No rules. Link is a fish out of water. Newly arrived from America, he is finding it hard to settle into the venerable and prestigious Osney School. Who knew there could be so many strange traditions to understand? And what kind of school ranks its students by how fast they can run round the school quad however ancient that quad may be? When Link runs the slowest time in years, he immediately becomes the butt of every school joke. And some students are determined to make his life more miserable than others . . . When a school summer trip is offered, Link can think of nothing worse than spending voluntary time with his worst tormentors. But when his parents say he can only leave Osney School - forever - if he goes on the trip, Link decides to endure it for the ultimate prize. But this particular trip will require a very special sort of endurance. The saying goes 'No man is an island' - but what if on that island is a group of teenagers, none of whom particularly like each other? When oppressive heat, hunger and thirst start to bite, everyone's true colours will be revealed. Let the battle commence . . . _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
STAGS M. A. Bennett (Author) Series:
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10 Aug 2017
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 304pp h198mm x w129mm x s22mm 283g ISBN13: 9781471406768 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0676-8 ISBN10: 1471406768 EAN: 9781471406768 x Description: Nine students. Three bloodsports. One deadly weekend. Shortlisted for the YA BOOK PRIZE 2018. A twisting thriller for fans of One of Us Is Lying and Pretty Little Liars. It is the autumn term and Greer MacDonald is struggling to settle into the sixth form at the exclusive St. Aidan the Great boarding school, known to its privileged pupils as S.T.A.G.S. To her surprise Greer receives a mysterious invitation with three words embossed upon on it: huntin' shootin' fishin' - an invitation to spend the half term weekend at the country manor of Henry de Warlencourt, the most popular and wealthy boy at S.T.A.G.S. Greer joins the other chosen students at the ancient and sprawling Longcross Hall, and soon realises that they are at the mercy of their capricious host. Over the next three days, as the three bloodsports - hunting, shooting and fishing - become increasingly dark and twisted, Greer comes to the horrifying reality that those being hunted are not wild game, but the very misfits Henry has brought with him from school... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Cruel Prince (The Folk of the Air) Holly Black (Author) Series:
The Folk of the Air
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Pub Date:
26 Jul 2018
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 384pp h198mm x w129mm x s28mm 369g ISBN13: 9781471407277 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0727-7 ISBN10: 1471407276 EAN: 9781471407277 x Description: 'Holly Black spins a thrilling tale of intrigue and magic in her newest novel... Unmissable for fans of Sarah J. Mass and the Grisha trilogy' Buzzfeed UK Of course I want to be like them. They're beautiful as blades forged in some divine fire. They will live forever . . . And Cardan is even more beautiful than the rest. I hate him more than all the others. I hate him so much that sometimes when I look at him, I can hardly breathe. One terrible morning, Jude and her sisters see their parents murdered in front of them. The terrifying assassin abducts all three girls to the world of Faerie, where Jude is installed in the royal court but mocked and tormented by the Faerie royalty for being mortal. As Jude grows older, she realises that she will need to take part in the dangerous deceptions of the fey to ever truly belong. But the stairway to power is fraught with shadows and betrayal. And looming over all is the infuriating, arrogant and charismatic Prince Cardan . . . _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Wicked King (The Folk of the Air #2) Holly Black (Author) Series:
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Pub Date:
08 Jan 2019
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Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback ISBN13: 9781471408038 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0803-8 ISBN10: 1471408035 EAN: 9781471408038 x Description: The enchanting and bloodthirsty sequel to the New York Times bestselling novel The Cruel Prince. 'Holly Black is the faerie Queen' Victoria Aveyard You must be strong enough to strike and strike and strike again without tiring. The first lesson is to make yourself strong. After the jaw-dropping revelation that Oak is the heir to Faerie, Jude must keep her younger brother safe. To do so, she has bound the wicked king, Cardan, to her, and made herself the power behind the throne. But Cardan does everything in his power to humiliate and undermine her, even as his fascination with her remains undiminished. When it becomes all too clear that someone close to Jude means to betray her, Jude must uncover the traitor and fight her own complicated feelings for Cardan to maintain control as a mortal in a Faerie world. Dramatic and thrilling fantasy blends with contemporary storytelling to create a fully realised world, filled with magic, politics and treachery. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
100 Days of April-May Edyth Bulbring (Author) Vera Brosgol (Cover design or artwork by) Series:
An April-May Book
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Pub Date:
01 Sep 2013
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 224pp h196mm x w14mm x s130mm 185g ISBN13: 9781471400513 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0051-3 ISBN10: 1471400514 EAN: 9781471400513 x Description: April-May is back, and this time she's brought friends! April-May is back for another year at Trinity College, and she still hasn't changed her socks. Sebastian, aka Edward, aka the boy with the lime-green eyes, is still drop-dead gorgeous and totally bad news. But then Fatty turns up. A giant of a boy who eats stew sandwiches and cries when no one's looking. And he's best friends with Sebastian. Awkward. Juggling the evil teacher Mrs Ho as her new live-in mom, along with a new brother (the devious Sam Ho), and a house with half a roof, April-May's life is as much of a mess as the crummy extension Fluffy is building out back. Before she knows it April-May is in an all-night dance-off and she's adopted a dog called Alistair. The less said about him the better. No wonder April-May's in counselling. It's a shame that she's the one giving all the guidance. 100 DAYS OF APRIL-MAY is the hilarious one-eyebrow-raised sequel to A MONTH WITH APRIL-MAY as she finds love, loses a dog and wins the World Cup. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
I Heart Beat Edyth Bulbring (Author) Series:
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Pub Date:
01 Feb 2014
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 224pp h197mm x w14mm x s128mm 185g ISBN13: 9781471400612 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0061-2 ISBN10: 1471400611 EAN: 9781471400612 x Description: Romance is what happens when you're busy doing something else Beatrice has got a deadbeat mum, an addiction to online messaging and an aversion to the sun. If she could stay inside all summer she most absolutely would. Except she's being shipped off to stay with her 'Grummer' - a grandmother she barely knows - while her mum has another go at rehab. If Beatrice is going to have any chance of having some peace she will need to distract Grummer with a husband. Unfortunately there aren't many eligible bachelors hanging around this cranky old dorp. Her plan is simple: identify the target, establish contact and ensure eternal love. But all does not go to plan for control-freak Beat. Suddenly she finds herself ditching the factor 50 for freckles from swimming in the reservoir; her cucumber and tea-only diet is overtaken by peanut butter sandwiches, and the very important 'rely on no-one' policy has to make room for Toffie; a boy with a bike, a shock of red hair and a love for the natural fauna of South Africa. Beat always knew that love was found in unexpected places. She just never thought that it might find her. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
A Month with April-May Edyth Bulbring (Author) Vera Brosgol (Cover design or artwork by) Series:
An April-May Book
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Pub Date:
01 Feb 2013
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 208pp h197mm x w13mm x s128mm 170g ISBN13: 9781471400292 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0029-2 ISBN10: 1471400298 EAN: 9781471400292 x Description: Move over Georgia Nicolson, April-May has just enrolled 'Life is not a bowl of cherries. Suck it up.' April-May loves boys with green eyes, reading at the back of class and wearing non-regulation socks. April-May hates stuck up rich kids and twominute noodles. Life at her new school would have been fine if Mrs Ho, the English teacher hadn't decided that April May was a no-good, troublemaker, bursary-kid. April-May decides that Mrs Ho has to go. Then April-May meets the drop-dead gorgeous Sebastian, befriends the total suck up mouth-breather Melly and things get a little more complicated. A MONTH WITH APRIL-MAY is a one-eyebrow-raised account of a teenager's trials and tribulations as she navigates a new school, a new family situation and a whole new way of life. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Cloud 9 Alex Campbell (Author) Series:
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Pub Date:
26 Aug 2015
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 336pp h198mm x w22mm x s128mm 272g ISBN13: 9781471403545 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0354-5 ISBN10: 1471403548 EAN: 9781471403545 x Description: Life's short. Enjoy it. This is the slogan of Leata, the wonder-drug that sixteen-year-old Hope has been taking since she was a child, just like the rest of her family. Well, the rest of the country really. For who would choose not to take it - a perfectly safe little pill that just helps 'take the edge off' life. Because everyone can do with a little help staying happy sometimes . . . Especially Hope, whose life is maybe not as perfect as she likes to make out on her blog. Tom's never taken Leata. Why would he? His family are happy as they are. At least they were, until the sudden death of his journalist father. The police are unequivocal: his dad killed himself. But Tom just can't believe it. Consumed by grief, he obsessively begins to unravel the trail that leads to his dad's final news story. And Hope is there to help. As a Leata-backed blogger, Hope wants to steer Tom into 'positive living'. Instead, her efforts take them down a path she could never have expected - into the murky underworld that lies beneath the surface of the 'happy' drug everyone wants to love . . . and the secrets it will kill to hide. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Land Alex Campbell (Author) Series:
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01 Sep 2014
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 384pp h197mm x w24mm x s127mm 309g ISBN13: 9781471402258 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0225-8 ISBN10: 1471402258 EAN: 9781471402258 x Description: A tense and passionate novel about choices, obsession, destiny and power The sea rose. Civilisation was wiped out, countries drowned. Out of the ashes of a desperate refugee camp, a new society was born, with a new place to call home: Land. Trapped by an aggressive sea, its citizens were bound to rules that saw the weak removed, marriage and children by approval only, and designated work for all. All for the greater good ... Decades later, and seventeen-year-old Christy's life is on the cusp of irrevocable change. She has become eligible for The Pairing, a carefully selected marriage of political and social convenience where romance is out of the question. Her grandmother, Cons, has also reached a significant age - sixty-six: soon the Selection Truck will arrive to take her away forever. Christy's only hope for protection lies with her errant rebel father ... but nothing goes as it's supposed to. As Christy finds a Pairing that might offer a new opportunity for love and security, she also uncovers a destiny that has been hidden from her; truths that have been disguised as childhood lies. With Cons' life under threat, Christy is forced to face a whole new world, one where she must choose between those she cares about and the greater good. A new life where she must play the reluctant rebel, revolutionary, lover ... and assassin. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Foulsham Edward Carey (Author) Series:
Iremonger Trilogy
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Pub Date:
02 Jul 2015
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 336pp h195mm x w20mm x s128mm 274g ISBN13: 9781471401633 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0163-3 ISBN10: 1471401634 EAN: 9781471401633 x Description: 'Roald Dahl by way of Charles Dickens' - Vox.com Dark, gothic and delightfully macabre, the Iremonger family return... Foulsham, London's great filth repository, is bursting at the seams. The walls that keep the muck in are buckling, rubbish is spilling over the top, back into the city that it came from. In the Iremonger family offices, Grandfather Umbitt Iremonger broods: in his misery and fury at the people of London, he has found a way of making everyday objects assume human shape, and turning real people into objects. Abandoned in the depths of the Heaps, Lucy Pennant has been rescued by a terrifying creature, Binadit Iremonger - more animal than human. She is desperate and determined to find Clod. But unbeknownst to her, Clod has become a golden sovereign and is 'lost'. He is being passed as currency from hand to hand all around Foulsham, and yet everywhere people are searching for him, desperate to get hold of this dangerous Iremonger, who, it is believed, has the power to bring the mighty Umbitt down. But all around the city, things, everyday things, are twitching into life... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Heap House Edward Carey (Author) Series:
Iremonger Trilogy
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Pub Date:
07 Aug 2014
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 416pp h192mm x w26mm x s130mm 337g ISBN13: 9781471401596 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0159-6 ISBN10: 1471401596 EAN: 9781471401596 x Description: 'Roald Dahl by way of Charles Dickens' - Vox.com The Iremongers have taken up what was not wanted and wanted it. Clod is an Iremonger. He lives in the Heaps, a vast sea of lost and discarded items collected from all over London. At the centre is Heap House, a puzzle of houses, castles, homes and mysteries reclaimed from the city and built into a living maze of staircases and scurrying rats. The Iremongers are a mean and cruel family, robust and hardworking, but Clod has an illness. He can hear the objects whispering. His birth object, a universal bath plug, says 'James Henry', Cousin Tummis's tap is squeaking 'Hilary Evelyn Ward-Jackson' and something in the attic is shouting 'Robert Burrington' and it sounds angry. A storm is brewing over Heap House. The Iremongers are growing restless and the whispers are getting louder. When Clod meets Lucy Pennant, a girl newly arrived from the city, everything changes. The secrets that bind Heap House together begin to unravel to reveal a dark truth that threatens to destroy Clod's world. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Lungdon Edward Carey (Author) Series:
Iremonger Trilogy
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Pub Date:
11 Aug 2016
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 512pp h198mm x w129mm x s30mm 404g ISBN13: 9781471401671 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0167-1 ISBN10: 1471401677 EAN: 9781471401671 x Description: 'Roald Dahl by way of Charles Dickens' - Vox.com The ghastly climax to the gothic Iremonger trilogy The dirt town of Foulsham has been destroyed, its ashes still smoldering. Darkness lies heavily over the city, the sun has not come up for days. Inside the houses throughout the capital, ordinary objects have begun to move. Strange new people run through the darkened streets. There are rumours of a terrible contagion. From the richest mansion to the poorest slum people have disappeared. The police have been instructed to carry arms. And rats, there are rats everywhere. Someone has stolen a certain plug. Someone is lighting a certain box of matches. All will come tumbling down. The Iremongers have come to London. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Moth Girls Anne Cassidy (Author) Series:
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Pub Date:
31 Dec 2015
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 304pp h196mm x w129mm x s19mm 248g ISBN13: 9781471405112 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0511-2 ISBN10: 1471405117 EAN: 9781471405112 x Description: Helplessly drawn like moths to the light, two girls go missing in an evocative and gripping tale . . . They called them the Moth Girls because they were attracted to the house. They were drawn to it. Or at least that is what is written in the newspapers that Mandy reads on the anniversary of when her two best friends went missing. Five years have passed since Petra and Tina were determined to explore the dilapidated house on Princess Street. But what started off as a dare ended with the two girls vanishing. As Mandy's memories of the disappearance of her two friends are ignited once again, disturbing details will resurface in her mind. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
No Shame Anne Cassidy (Author) Series:
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21 Sep 2017
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 224pp h198mm x w129mm x s13mm 168g ISBN13: 9781471406782 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0678-2 ISBN10: 1471406784 EAN: 9781471406782
x Description: The powerful companion to NO VIRGIN. From the author of the critically acclaimed, LOOKING FOR JJ, shortlisted for the Whitbread Prize in 2004 and the Carnegie Medal in 2005. Stacey Woods has been raped and now she has to go through a different ordeal - the court trial. But nothing in life it seems is black and white and life is not always fair or just. Suddenly it seems that she may not be believed and that the man who attacked her may be found not guilty . . . if so Stacey will need to find a way to rebuild her life again . . . A tautly told and important book, perfect for readers of Asking for It by Louise O'Neill. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
No Virgin Anne Cassidy (Author) Series:
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03 Nov 2016
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 192pp h200mm x w130mm x s10mm 160g ISBN13: 9781471405785 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0578-5 ISBN10: 1471405788 EAN: 9781471405785 x Description: From the author of the critically acclaimed, LOOKING FOR JJ, shortlisted for the Whitbread Prize in 2004 and the Carnegie Medal in 2005. A raw, powerful, moving tale about a girl attempting to deal with the aftermath of a sexual attack. My name is Stacey Woods and I was raped. Stacey is the victim of a terrible sexual attack. She does not feel able to go to the police, or talk about it to anybody other than her best friend, Patrice. Patrice, outraged, when she cannot persuade her to go to the police, encourages Stacey to write everything down. This is Stacey's story. A tautly told and important book, perfect for readers of Asking for It by Louise O'Neill. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Testing Joelle Charbonneau (Author) Series:
The Testing
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Pub Date:
10 Aug 2017
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Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 384pp h198mm x w129mm x s22mm 281g ISBN13: 9781471407000 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0700-0 ISBN10: 1471407004 EAN: 9781471407000 x Description: It's graduation day for sixteen-year-old Malencia Vale, and the entire Five Lakes Colony (the former Great Lakes) is celebrating. All Cia can think about-hope for-is whether she'll be chosen for The Testing, a United Commonwealth program that selects the best and brightest new graduates to become possible leaders of the slowly revitalizing post-war civilization. When Cia is chosen, her father finally tells her about his own nightmarish half-memories of The Testing. Armed with his dire warnings ("Cia, trust no one"), she bravely heads off to Tosu City, far away from friends and family, perhaps forever ... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Testing 2: Independent Study Joelle Charbonneau (Author) Series:
The Testing
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Pub Date:
10 Aug 2017
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 384pp h198mm x w129mm x s22mm 281g ISBN13: 9781471407017 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0701-7 ISBN10: 1471407012 EAN: 9781471407017 x Description: Cia Vale is now seventeen and has everything she ever dreamed of: a boy she loves, a place at the University and a future as one of the leaders of the United Commonwealth. The Testing should be nothing more than a blank space in her mind; an achievement to be celebrated, and then forgotten. But Cia remembers. As further evidence of the government's murderous programmes comes to light, Cia must choose whether to stay silent and protect herself and her loved ones, or expose The Testing for what it is. Above all, the University is a dangerous place, and Cia must remember the advice her father gave her: TRUST NO ONE. Second instalment of this critically acclaimed futuristic trilogy. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Testing 3: Graduation Day Joelle Charbonneau (Author) Series:
The Testing
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Pub Date:
10 Aug 2017
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 368pp h198mm x w129mm x s21mm 269g ISBN13: 9781471407024 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0702-4 ISBN10: 1471407020 EAN: 9781471407024 x Description: The United Commonwealth teeters on the brink of all-out civil war. Testing survivor Cia Vale knows that she alone can lead the rebellion against the government, but to do so she must risk the lives of those she loves, and gamble on the loyalty of her lethal classmates. In the electrifying conclusion to this bestselling trilogy, Cia must use all she's learned to fight for a future that's free from fear, and the stakes are higher than ever... Ready or not, it's Graduation Day. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Monkey's Secret Gennifer Choldenko (Author) Series:
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Pub Date:
29 Jul 2015
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 272pp h198mm x w17mm x s128mm 221g ISBN13: 9781471403521 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0352-1 ISBN10: 1471403521 EAN: 9781471403521 x Description: A segregated town, a hidden boy, a courageous girl - and a mystery in desperate need of solving. San Francisco, 1900. Thirteen-year-old Lizzy Kennedy is not like the other girls in her town. She'd much rather be helping her doctor father with his patients than be stuck in frilly dresses and learn how to dance - but unfortunately for her, society (and her Aunt Hortense) has other ideas about what is 'proper' for a young lady. This includes not poking your nose in other's people's business - but then Jing, their beloved housekeeper, gets stuck in the Chinatown quarantine. Fear rules San Francisco - fear of the Chinese, and mostly fear of the plague rumours that circle them. Lizzie knows she has to
help Jing, whatever the warnings. But what she doesn't expect to find is a strange boy hiding in Jing's room. The boy is called Noah. He says he's Jing's son - although Lizzie's never heard of him - and although he's escaped the quarantine, he can't risk leaving the house in case he gets rounded-up too. Lizzie wants to investigate, but it seems her questions only get people riled up. Is there really plague in San Francisco? What have the Chinese got to do with it? Just what or who is the mysterious 'monkey' - and what has his secret got to do with anything? Lizzie will have to use all of her courage, instinct and cleverness to unravel the mystery of the monkey's secret, save Jing, Noah and Chinatown - and maybe even her change her own destiny. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Ghost Bride Yangsze Choo (Author) Series:
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01 Aug 2013
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 400pp h198mm x w129mm x s24mm 318g ISBN13: 9781471400797 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0079-7 ISBN10: 1471400794 EAN: 9781471400797 x Description: A haunting, evocative and highly unusual romantic debut Seventeen-year-old Li Lan lives in 1890s Malaya with her quietly-ruined father, who returns one evening with a proposition - the fabulously wealthy Lim family want Li Lan to marry their son. The only problem is, he's dead. After a fateful visit to the Lim mansion, Li Lan finds herself haunted not only by her ghostly would-be suitor, but also her desire for the Lims' handsome new heir. At night she is drawn into the Chinese afterlife - a world of ghost cities, paper funeral offerings, monstrous bureaucracy and vengeful spirits. Enlisting the help of mysterious Er Lang (a dragon turned clerk) Li Lan must uncover the secrets of the ghost world - before she becomes trapped there forever. Drawing on traditional Malayan folklore and superstition, THE GHOST BRIDE is a haunting, exotic and romantic read perfect for fans of EMPRESS ORCHID and MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
To Kill a Kingdom Alexandra Christo (Author) Series:
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06 Mar 2018
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 368pp h198mm x w129mm x s21mm 269g ISBN13: 9781471407390 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0739-0 ISBN10: 147140739X EAN: 9781471407390 x Description: Dark and romantic YA fantasy for fans of Sarah J Maas - about the siren with a taste for royal blood and the prince who has sworn to destroy her. Princess Lira is siren royalty and the most lethal of them all. With the hearts of seventeen princes in her collection, she is revered across the sea. Until a twist of fate forces her to kill one of her own. To punish her daughter, the Sea Queen transforms Lira into the one thing they loathe most - a human. Robbed of her song, Lira has until the winter solstice to deliver Prince Elian's heart to the Sea Queen or remain a human forever. The ocean is the only place Prince Elian calls home, even though he is heir to the most powerful kingdom in the world. Hunting sirens is more than an unsavoury hobby - it's his calling. When he rescues a drowning woman in the ocean, she's more than what she appears. She promises to help him find the key to destroying all of sirenkind for good. But can he trust her? And just how many deals will Elian have to barter to eliminate mankind's greatest enemy?
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Close Your Eyes Nicci Cloke (Author) Series:
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23 Feb 2017
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 304pp h198mm x w129mm x s18mm 244g ISBN13: 9781471406218 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0621-8 ISBN10: 1471406210 EAN: 9781471406218 x Description: Southfield High School is oh so normal, with its good teachers, its bad, and its cliques. But despite the cliques, there's a particular group of friends who have known each other forever and know that they can rely on each other for anything. There's the twins: Vis, rebellious, kind, and just a tiny bit worried about what the hell she's going to do once this year is over, and Aisha, smart, quiet and observant. Then there's Remy, the loudmouth, and Gemma, who's more interested in college boys and getting into the crap club in town. And then there's Elise: the pretty one. But at the start of Year 11, when the group befriend the new boy, Elijah, things start to change. The group find themselves not as close as they used to be. Until one Tuesday, when the students are trapped inside the school building. And one of them has a gun. Close Your Eyes is the story of a school shooting which, through interviews, messages and questionable actions, asks: Who is truly responsible? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Follow Me Back Nicci Cloke (Author) Series:
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04 Feb 2016
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 336pp h198mm x w129mm x s19mm 247g ISBN13: 9781471405082 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0508-2 ISBN10: 1471405087 EAN: 9781471405082 x Description: A thrilling read, for fans of Gone Girl and We Were Liars. There was no sign of a struggle, they whisper to each other. She took her phone but left her laptop behind. Apparently, she'd met someone online, they write to each other in class, phones buzzing. She ran away. She was taken. The first time Aiden Kendrick hears about Lizzie Summersall's disappearance is when the police appear at his front door. He and Lizzie used to be friends; they aren't anymore. And when Aiden finds out that Lizzie had been talking to strangers on Facebook; that the police think she went to meet one of them, he begins to wonder how well he ever really knew her, and Aiden doesn't know it yet, but with Lizzie's disappearance his life is about to take a twisted and desperate turn. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Toxic Nicci Cloke (Author) Series:
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26 Jul 2018
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 304pp h198mm x w129mm x s17mm 224g ISBN13: 9781471406584 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0658-4 ISBN10: 147140658X EAN: 9781471406584 x Description: Sometimes parties are not all they are cracked up to be . . . the brilliant new novel from a Carnegie nominated author. Hope has never been happier. She's on her way to Crete, after a group of her friends have made her an honorary 'lad' and let her tag along on their boys' holiday. There's a slight complication in that one of those boys, Logan, is Hope's ex-boyfriend, but they're still friends and Hope's pretty confident it won't be too awkward. The next couple of days are exactly what Hope was hoping for - lazy days in the sun, and long, drunken conversations. She can't help but notice that Logan's flirting with her. Logan and Hope end up alone and Hope is horrified when, after she leans in to kiss him, Logan completely rejects her. Embarrassed and annoyed, Hope is on a mission to get drunk, and with the alcohol flowing, and the sun going down, Hope's starts having a great time. The next thing Hope knows, she's being woken up on the beach by two strangers. It's 9 o'clock the next morning and she can't remember anything about the previous night . . . what on earth happened? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Dog, Ray Linda Coggin (Author) Series:
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03 Mar 2016
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 208pp h198mm x w130mm x s12mm 171g ISBN13: 9781471403200 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0320-0 ISBN10: 1471403203 EAN: 9781471403200 x Description: A girl, a dog, a boy, a journey 'When my death came, it was swift. Swift as a racing horse.' Twelve-year-old Daisy has just died in a car crash. But in a twist of fate, and through a heavenly bureaucratic mistake, Daisy ends up not where she is supposed to be - but in the body of a dog. Daisy may now be inhabiting a dog's body, but inside she is still very much Daisy, and is as bouncy, loyal, positive and energetic as she ever was. Daisy's only thought is to somehow be reunited with her parents, whom she knows will be missing her. This is how she meets Pip, a boy who is homeless and on his own journey, and a lasting, tender and very moving friendship between boy and dog/girl is formed. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Boy with the Tiger's Heart Linda Coggin (Author) Series:
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05 Feb 2015
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 240pp h197mm x w15mm x s128mm 197g ISBN13: 9781471404580 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0458-0 ISBN10: 1471404587 EAN: 9781471404580 x Description: The call of the wild is powerfully realised in this thrillingly evocative modern-day fable A girl raised in the wild, a desperate race for freedom and a boy with a fiercely guarded secret... When Nona's guardian kills himself, she is immediately suspected of murdering him. In a world where nature and darkness are feared, where wild animals are held captive and cities are illuminated by permanent light, who will believe her innocence? Nona must flee with her only friend - a bear who is strangely human. In their desperate attempt to escape capture, Nona and her bear encounter two strange boys, Caius and Jay. Together, the four of them will hide, and fight, and make the deadliest of enemies in their desperate race to a forbidden place called The Edge - where nature is unrestrained, where there is light and shade, forest and mountain, and where there are no shackles or boundaries. A poetic, haunting and unforgettable modern fable about nature, society, and what it is that makes us human. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Bookshop Girl Chloe Coles (Author) Series:
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14 Jun 2018
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 240pp h198mm x w129mm x s14mm 179g ISBN13: 9781471407116 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0711-6 ISBN10: 147140711X EAN: 9781471407116 x Description: A hilarious tale of female friendship, bookshops and fighting for a cause - perfect for fans of Holly Bourne and Louise Rennison. Bennett's Bookshop has always been a haven for sixteen-year-old Paige Turner. It's a place where she can escape from her sleepy hometown, hang out with her best friend, Holly, and also earn some money. But, like so many bookshops, Bennett's has become a 'casualty of the high street' - it's strapped for cash and going to be torn down. Paige is determined to save it but mobilising a small town like Greysworth is no mean feat. Time is ticking - but that's not the only problem Paige has. How is she going to fend off the attractions of beautiful fellow artist, Blaine? And, more importantly, will his anarchist ways make or break her bookshop campaign? Written by debut author and bookseller Chloe Coles, this is the first in a new laugh-out-loud and sparky teen series that will make you want to rush out and start your own bookshop campaign! _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Bookshop Girl: Life's a Beach Chloe Coles (Author) Series:
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20 Sep 2018
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 208pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781471407338 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0733-8 ISBN10: 1471407330 EAN: 9781471407338 x Description: The second in a new laugh-out-loud and sparky teen series, perfect for fans of Holly Bourne and Louise Rennison. Holly and Paige are at a literary festival in Skegton-On-Sea. They've been looking forward to it for ages. It's one of the biggest book festivals around and there's a pop up bookshop tent and a lot of Big Shot Writers. It's basically like they're being PAID to go on a BFF HOLIDAY and SELL A FEW BOOKS! They had to beg their grumpy boss Tony to put their names forward. He ummed and ahhed and said he wasn't sure it was a good idea. But they're here at last and it's brilliant. Well, kind of. It's true that there's a diva of an author called Minnie, who dresses head to toe in pink, and insists that Paige picks fresh flowers for her signing table every day, even though it's raining. But along the way, Paige begins to find that there's quite a lot to learn from Minnie - not least, how to reach out for the things she wants . . . and the boy she likes. Written by debut author and bookseller Chloe Coles, this is the second in a new teen series that will make you want to rush out and take shelter in your nearest bookshop! _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
With Malice Eileen Cook (Author) Series:
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09 Jun 2016
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 304pp h198mm x w129mm x s19mm 244g ISBN13: 9781471405853 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0585-3 ISBN10: 1471405850 EAN: 9781471405853 x Description: Wish you weren't here . . . When Jill wakes up in a hospital bed with her leg in a cast, the last six weeks of her life are a complete blank. All she has been told is that she was involved in a fatal accident while on a school trip in Italy and had to be jetted home to receive intensive care. Care that involves a lawyer. And a press team. Because maybe the accident . . . wasn't just an accident. With no memory of what happened or what she did, can Jill prove her innocence? And can she really be sure that she isn't the one to blame? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Hanging Girl Eileen Cook (Author) Series:
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19 Oct 2017
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 320pp h198mm x w129mm x s18mm 236g ISBN13: 9781471406485 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0648-5 ISBN10: 1471406482 EAN: 9781471406485
x Description: A twisting, turning thriller from the author of With Malice Two girls, one fatal reading . . . because the truth always lies in the cards Skye's mother believes she has 'the gift' - the ability to see the future. Skye however can only see the opportunity to make money - and happily fleeces her gullible classmates into handing over their cash to hear their futures through Skye's well-worn tarot cards. But it's all for a good cause, right? Skye needs to save her hard-earned cash to go to New York with her best mate Drew. Then the local mayor's daughter, Paige, disappears - and Skye has a tip off about her whereabouts. Skye is uncomfortable about the source and masks the tip off as a vision. But things get wildly out of control when Paige is found murdered and Skye is a prime suspect . . . _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Vivian Versus America Katie Coyle (Author) Series:
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01 Sep 2014
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 320pp h197mm x w21mm x s128mm 259g ISBN13: 9781471403446 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0344-6 ISBN10: 1471403440 EAN: 9781471403446 x Description: For Vivian Apple, the end of the world was just the beginning Seventeen-year-old Vivian Apple has just travelled across the country, fended off roving bands of indoctrinated teenagers, re-evaluated everything she ever thought was true, and uncovered the dark secrets about the recent so-called 'Rapture' and the Church of America. And now, she must rescue her maybe-boyfriend Peter from the Church before the world is (supposedly) due to end, which is in less than three months. It's been a busy apocalypse so far. Stranded in a city on the verge of complete panic, and faced with a society in an ever-increasing state of breakdown, Vivian and her friend Harp don't even know where to begin looking for Peter. But then a tip leads them to Los Angeles, and the somewhat unlikely location of the Chateau Marmont hotel. Vivian must save the day - or she'll lose everything worth living for a second time... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Vivian Versus the Apocalypse Katie Coyle (Author) Series:
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01 Sep 2013
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 304pp h196mm x w20mm x s128mm 246g ISBN13: 9781471402173 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0217-3 ISBN10: 1471402177 EAN: 9781471402173 x Description: Putting the cult back in cult fiction, this is a darkly witty and sharply questioning debut A chilling vision of a contemporary USA where the sinister Church of America is destroying lives. Our cynical protagonist, sixteen-year-old Vivian Apple, is awaiting the fated 'Rapture' - or rather the lack of it. Her evangelical parents have been in the Church's thrall for too long, and she's looking forward to getting them back. Except that when Vivian arrives home the day after the supposed 'Rapture', her parents are gone. All that is left are two holes in the ceiling... Viv is determined to carry on as normal, but when she starts to suspect that her parents might still be alive, she realises she must uncover the truth. Joined by Peter, a boy claiming to know the real whereabouts of the Church, and Edie, a heavily pregnant Believer who has been 'left behind', they embark on a road trip across America. Encountering freak weather, roving 'Believer' gangs and a strange teenage group calling themselves the 'New
Orphans', Viv soon begins to realise that the Rapture was just the beginning. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Awe of Mercury Elon Dann (Author) Series:
Clockwise to Titan
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01 Jul 2014
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 608pp h198mm x w38mm x s130mm 475g ISBN13: 9781471401190 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0119-0 ISBN10: 1471401197 EAN: 9781471401190 x Description: How many escapes until freedom? Mo is a penitent on the Death Spiral, a subterranean, circular death row. Each day, he gets closer to pen 1, where he will be executed. Trapped with the snivelling Nonstop, and only word games to pass the hours, Mo has given up. Until the memory of Harete stirs something, and he plans his most desperate escape attempt yet, with a toothpick, the juice of a stomach-destroying chilli and a bucket of urine. Far above the Spiral, the Fartherland - his home - has disintegrated into an appalling civil war. Mo knows this was triggered by the Moth's liberation, and that he is to blame for the carnage and chaos. Mo vows revenge, but each escape is a step into an even more horrific reality than before. Unflinchingly told and truly unputdownable, AWE OF MERCURY is the stunning conclusion to CLOCKWISE TO TITAN. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Clockwise to Titan Elon Dann (Author) Series:
Clockwise to Titan
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01 Apr 2013
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 352pp h197mm x w24mm x s129mm 297g ISBN13: 9781471400957 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0095-7 ISBN10: 1471400956 EAN: 9781471400957 x Description: Like prison-break movie THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION with teenagers The story begins with Mo, Harete and Moth on the run, chased by the tyrannical forces of the Institute. Then, it flashes back to the weeks leading up to their break out. As the three teens follow a line of pylons towards the Other country and the hope of freedom, we see how they cobble together their friendship and the tools of their escape. As the teens weave together stories from their past, present and imaginations, the truth becomes harder and harder to bear. Only the long line of wires and the lure of another way of life pulls them towards their goal. A story of hope, peril and the fight against tyranny, written by a debut author with a degree in particle physics, every word is knocked against those surrounding it to form a fascinating action-packed read. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Jackdaw and the Randoms Stuart David (Author) Series:
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23 Sep 2015
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 240pp h198mm x w16mm x s128mm 197g ISBN13: 9781471404696 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0469-6 ISBN10: 1471404692 EAN: 9781471404696 x Description: Most people call me The Jackdaw. If they don't, I tell them they probably should. Meet fifteen-year-old Jack 'Jackdaw' Dawson, a young man with a serious plan. Daydreaming in class one day, Jack is hit over the head with an idea so blinding, so extraordinarily visionary and so downright fantastic he knows it can't fail. It's his ticket out of school - an app that will stop you from getting into trouble for daydreaming in class (ahem...) Fame, glory and tons of money seem just around the corner - but then Jack runs into a few problems. First of all, his warring parents are determined to push him into a career of their choosing (mum says office, dad says factory) without much thought as to what Jack might actually want. Secondly (and quite importantly) Jack doesn't know the first thing about making apps, and the only person who does wants nothing at all to do with Jack. That is, unless he does her a favour... which leads to someone else needing another favour, then another and another - until Jack finds himself sat upon a very precarious pile of promises to a whole bunch of random people. Can the Jackdaw complete his scheme, or is this too much for even his superior brain to cope with? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Lost Stars or What Lou Reed Taught Me About Love Lisa Selin Davis (Author) Series:
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06 Oct 2016
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 272pp h198mm x w129mm x s17mm 219g ISBN13: 9781471406195 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0619-5 ISBN10: 1471406199 EAN: 9781471406195 x Description: I'll be your mirror, reflect what you are, in case you don't know
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In the aftermath of her older sister's death, sixteen-year-old Carrie is taken under the wings of her sister's friends, and finds herself forsaking the science nerds of her former life and slipping into a daze of cheap beer and recreational drugs. Carrie - a talented guitar player and obsessive tracker of the coming Vira comet - is partying hard and fooling around with boys she doesn't even like, even though she's desperate for a boyfriend. Her mother, enveloped by grief at the loss of her eldest child, has retreated to a monastery in the Catskills that requires a vow of silence. With her family splintered apart, Carrie is overcome at times by uncontrollable rages and her father decides to send her to a boot camp for wayward teens. Compounding the shame, and to her horror, she is forced to wear work boots and a hard hat - boy poison. Then she meets Dean, a fellow musician and refugee from his own dark past. Throughout the summer Carrie learns more about Dean, about her sister's death, about her own family's past, and about herself...as well as about the Bee Gees, disco and the difference between wood and sheet-rock screws. Through love, music and her precious comet - and no small help from Lou Reed - Carrie fumbles her way through the complex web of tragedies and misunderstandings, to the heart of who she is and who she wants to be. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
All of the Above Juno Dawson (Author) Series:
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26 Aug 2015
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 336pp h199mm x w22mm x s129mm 272g ISBN13: 9781471404672 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0467-2 ISBN10: 1471404676 EAN: 9781471404672 x Description: A funny and moving love story about friends, first loves and self-discovery by the Queen of Teen 2014. When sixteen-year-old Toria Bland arrives at her new school she needs to work out who her friends are, all in a crazy whirl of worry, exam pressure and anxiety over fitting in. Things start looking up when Toria meets the funny and foul-mouthed Polly, who's the coolest girl Toria has ever seen. Polly and the rest of the 'alternative' kids take Toria under their wing. And that's when she meets the irresistible Nico Mancini, lead singer of a local band and it's instalove at first sight! Toria likes Nico, Nico likes Toria . . . but then there's Polly. Love and friendship have a funny way of going round in circles. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Margot & Me Juno Dawson (Author) Series:
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26 Jan 2017
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 416pp h198mm x w129mm x s25mm 330g ISBN13: 9781471406089 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0608-9 ISBN10: 1471406083 EAN: 9781471406089 x Description: How can you hate someone in the present and love them in the past? Shortlisted for the Lancashire Libraries Book of the Year 2018 Fliss's mum needs peace and quiet to recuperate from a long illness, so they both move to the countryside to live with Margot, Fliss's stern and bullying grandmother. Life on the farm is tough and life at school is even tougher, so when Fliss unearths Margot's wartime diary, she sees an opportunity to get her own back. But Fliss soon discovers Margot's life during the evacuation was full of adventure, mystery . . . and even passion. What's more, she learns a terrible secret that could tear her whole family apart . . . _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Mind Your Head Juno Dawson (Author) Gemma Correll (Illustrated by) Dr. Olivia Hewitt (Author) Series:
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07 Jan 2016
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 208pp h198mm x w129mm x s12mm 157g ISBN13: 9781471405310 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0531-0 ISBN10: 1471405311 EAN: 9781471405310
x Description: From the critically acclaimed author of THIS BOOK IS GAY, James Dawson, now writing as Juno Dawson. We all have a mind, so we all need to take care of our mental health as much as we need to take care of our physical health. And the first step is being able to talk about our mental health. Juno Dawson leads the way with this frank, factual and funny book, with added information and support from clinical psychologist Dr Olivia Hewitt. Covering topics from anxiety and depression to addiction, self-harm and personality disorders, Juno and Olivia talk clearly and supportively about a range of issues facing young people's mental health - whether fleeting or long-term - and how to manage them. With real-life stories from young people around the world and witty illustrations from Gemma Correll. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Say Her Name Juno Dawson (Author) Series:
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05 Jun 2014
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 304pp h198mm x w129mm x s17mm 224g ISBN13: 9781471402449 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0244-9 ISBN10: 1471402444 EAN: 9781471402449 x Description: Drip...drip...drip... In five days, she will come... Roberta 'Bobbie' Rowe is not the kind of person who believes in ghosts. A Halloween dare at her ridiculously spooky boarding school is no big deal, especially when her best friend Naya and cute local boy Caine agree to join in too. They are ordered to summon the legendary ghost of Bloody Mary: say her name five times in front of a candlelit mirror, and she shall appear... But, surprise surprise, nothing happens. Or does it? Next morning, Bobbie finds a message on her bathroom mirror - five days - but what does it mean? And who left it there? Things get increasingly weird and more terrifying for Bobbie and Naya, until it becomes all too clear that Bloody Mary was indeed called from the afterlife that night, and she is definitely not a friendly ghost. Bobbie, Naya and Caine are now in a race against time before their five days are up and Mary comes for them, as she has come for countless others before... A truly spine-chilling yet witty horror from shortlisted 'Queen of Teen' author James Dawson. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
This Book is Gay Juno Dawson (Author) Series:
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01 Sep 2014
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 288pp h198mm x w129mm x s17mm 213g Yes ISBN13: 9781471403958 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0395-8 ISBN10: 1471403955 EAN: 9781471403958 x Description: A funny and pertinent book about being lesbian, bisexual, gay, queer, transgender or just curious - for everybody, no matter their gender or sexuality Former PSHCE teacher and acclaimed YA author Juno Dawson gives an uncensored look at what it's like to grow up as LGBT. Including testimonials from people across the gender and sexual spectrums, this frank, funny, fully inclusive book explores everything anyone who ever dared to wonder wants to know - from sex to politics, how to pull, stereotypes, how to come-out and more. Spike Gerrell's hilarious illustrations combined with funny and factual text make this a must-read. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Under My Skin Juno Dawson (Author) Series:
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01 Mar 2015
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 320pp h197mm x w128mm x s21mm 261g ISBN13: 9781471402968 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0296-8 ISBN10: 1471402967 EAN: 9781471402968 x Description: Meet Molly Sue. Once she's under your skin there's no getting rid of her... Seventeen-year-old Sally Feather is not exactly a rebel. Her super-conservative parents and her treatment at the hands of high school bullies means that Sally's about as shy and retiring as they come - but all that's about to change. Accidentally ending up in the seedier side of town one day, Sally finds herself mysteriously lured to an almost-hidden tattoo parlour - and once inside, Sally is quickly seduced by its charming owner, Rosita, and her talk of how having a secret tattoo can be as empowering as it is thrilling. Almost before she knows what she is doing, Sally selects sexy pin-up Molly Sue, and has her tattooed on her back - hoping that Molly Sue will inspire her to be as confident and popular as she is in her dreams. But things quickly take a nightmareish turn. Almost immediately, Sally begins to hear voices in her head - or rather, one voice in particular: Molly Sue's. And she has no interest in staying quiet and being a good girl - in fact, she's mighty delighted to have a body to take charge of again. Sally slowly realises that she is unable to control Molly Sue... and before long she's going to find out the hard way what it truly means to have somebody 'under your skin'. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Spellslinger Sebastien de Castell (Author) Series:
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Pub Date:
26 Apr 2017
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 416pp h234mm x w153mm x s29mm 537g ISBN13: 9781471406119 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0611-9 ISBN10: 1471406113 EAN: 9781471406119 x Description: MAGIC IS A CON GAME. Kellen is moments away from facing his first mage's duel and the start of four trials that will make him a spellcaster. There's just one problem: his magic is gone. As his sixteenth birthday approaches, Kellen falls back on his cunning in a bid to avoid total disgrace. But when a daring stranger arrives in town, she challenges Kellen to take a different path. Ferius Parfax is one of the mysterious Argosi - a traveller who lives by her wits and the three decks of cards she carries. She's difficult and unpredictable, but she may be Kellen's only hope... The first in a rich and compelling fantasy series bursting with tricks, traps and a devious talking squirrel cat. Perfect for fans of THE DARK TOWER, FIREFLY, GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY, TERRY PRATCHETT, BEN AARONOVITCH and JIM BUTCHER. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Shadowblack: Book Two in the page-turning new fantasy series Sebastien de Castell (Author) Series:
Spellslinger
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Hot Key Books
Pub Date:
27 Sep 2017
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 352pp h234mm x w153mm x s25mm 457g ISBN13: 9781471406133 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0613-3 ISBN10: 147140613X EAN: 9781471406133 x Description: SORCERY IS A SCAM . . . Four months after fleeing his own people, Kellen has discovered he's an even worse outlaw than he was mage. It doesn't help that his only allies are a swaggering card player and a thieving squirrel cat. Then he meets Seneira, a blindfolded girl who isn't blind, and whose secrets get them caught up in a conspiracy of magic, blackmail and murder. Now Kellen must find the mage responsible before the entire frontier falls victim to the mystical plague known as the shadowblack. Perfect for fans of The Dark Tower, Firefly, Guardians of the Galaxy, Terry Pratchett, Ben Aaronovitch and Jim Butcher.
*** 'Magic with a Wild West flavour, served with flair.' Financial Times 'A bucket-load of tension is offset with humour, power struggles, lots of magic and some great characters. Fantasy junkies will devour with relish.' The Guardian 'gloriously escapist fantasy' The Observer _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Shadowblack: Book Two in the page-turning new fantasy series Sebastien de Castell (Author) Series:
Spellslinger
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Pub Date:
17 May 2018
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 368pp h198mm x w129mm x s21mm 269g ISBN13: 9781471406690 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0669-0 ISBN10: 1471406695 EAN: 9781471406690 x Description: SORCERY IS A SCAM . . . Four months after fleeing his own people, Kellen has discovered he's an even worse outlaw than he was mage. It doesn't help that his only allies are a swaggering card player and a thieving squirrel cat. Then he meets Seneira, a blindfolded girl who isn't blind, and whose secrets get them caught up in a conspiracy of magic, blackmail and murder. Now Kellen must find the mage responsible before the entire frontier falls victim to the mystical plague known as the shadowblack. Perfect for fans of The Dark Tower, Firefly, Guardians of the Galaxy, Terry Pratchett, Ben Aaronovitch and Jim Butcher.
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'Magic with a Wild West flavour, served with flair.' Financial Times 'A bucket-load of tension is offset with humour, power struggles, lots of magic and some great characters. Fantasy junkies will devour with relish.' The Guardian 'gloriously escapist fantasy' The Observer _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Spellslinger 3: Charmcaster: Book Three in the page-turning new fantasy series Sebastien de Castell (Author) Series:
Spellslinger
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Pub Date:
04 Oct 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 448pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781471406720 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0672-0 ISBN10: 1471406725 EAN: 9781471406720 x Description: The third book in the page-turning SPELLSLINGER fantasy series. Kellen, Reichis and Ferius are on their way to Gitabria, a city where amazing inventions are dreamed up and sold across the land of the Seven Sands. But when the three of them stumble across a tiny mechanical bird, magically brought to life, they quickly realise all is not as it appears. Meanwhile two strange Argosi appear, carrying secrets from Ferius' past, together with an unlikely Jan'Tep ally. And as time ticks on, all the cards in Ferius' deck point to the emerging tides of war . . . Perfect for fans of The Dark Tower, Firefly, Guardians of the Galaxy, Terry Pratchett, Ben Aaronovitch and Jim Butcher. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Spellslinger 4: Soulbinder Sebastien de Castell (Author) Series:
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Pub Date:
04 Oct 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 400pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9781471406157 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0615-7 ISBN10: 1471406156 EAN: 9781471406157 x Description: The fourth book in the page-turning SPELLSLINGER fantasy series. Kellen and his murderous squirrel cat, Reichis, are on their own. They've heard rumour of a mythical monastery, known as the Ebony Abbey. It's a place that outsiders can never find - but Kellen is getting desperate. He's been told that the monks inside the Ebony Abbey know more about the Shadowblack than anyone else - and that they even know how to cure it. Then Kellen and Reichis are separated and for the first time, Kellen must face the world alone - and venture deeper into shadow magic than he ever knew he could. Perfect for fans of The Dark Tower, Firefly, Guardians of the Galaxy, Terry Pratchett, Ben Aaronovitch and Jim Butcher. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
In Search Of Us Ava Dellaira (Author) Series:
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Pub Date:
06 Mar 2018
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 400pp h198mm x w129mm x s23mm 292g ISBN13: 9781471406515 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0651-5 ISBN10: 1471406512 EAN: 9781471406515 x Description: The gorgeous, warm-hearted new novel from Ava Dellaira, the author of the critically acclaimed LOVE LETTERS TO THE DEAD. Because the missing pieces always matter . . . Marilyn is in search of freedom. She grew up as a child actor, her mother's meal ticket out of mediocrity. But it's been a long time since she booked a job, and she and her mother have no choice but to move in with her volatile uncle. Marilyn is counting down the days until she can escape to college, and the promise of her own future. That is, until she falls in love with James, the boy downstairs, who shows her that her life is worth living in the present. At 17, Marilyn is about to learn that everything can change in an instant. Angie is in search of answers. She is mixed race and has never met her father, but she knows she looks and thinks a lot like him. Though Angie grew up with her devoted mother, Marilyn, she's always felt the absence of the man she never knew. But after discovering that her mother has been lying to her, Angie sets off on a road trip to Los Angeles, in search of an unknown uncle - and maybe even her dad. At 17, she hopes to finally find out the truth about where she came from so she can discover who she truly is. Told in two perspectives, Marilyn's in the late 90s, and Angie's today, IN SEARCH OF US is a sweeping inter-generational story about mothers and daughters, love and loss, holding on and letting go. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Love Letters to the Dead Ava Dellaira (Author) Series:
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Pub Date:
01 May 2014
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 336pp h198mm x w129mm x s19mm 247g ISBN13: 9781471402883 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0288-3 ISBN10: 1471402886 EAN: 9781471402883 x Description: Sometimes the best letters are the ones that go unanswered It begins as an assignment for English class: write a letter to a dead person - any dead person. Laurel chooses Kurt Cobain - he died young, and so did Laurel's sister May - so maybe he'll understand a bit of what Laurel is going through. Soon Laurel is writing letters to lots of dead people - Janis Joplin, Heath Ledger, River Phoenix, Amelia Earhart... it's like she can't stop. And she'd certainly never dream of handing them in to her teacher. She writes about what it's like going to a new high school, meeting new friends, falling in love for the first time - and how her family has shattered since May died. But much as Laurel might find writing the letters cathartic, she can't keep real life out forever. The ghosts of her past won't be contained between the lines of a page, and she will have to come to terms with growing up, the agony of losing a beloved sister, and the realisation that only you can shape your destiny. A lyrical, haunting and stunning debut from the protege of Stephen Chbosky (THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER). _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Ascension: A Phobos novel Victor Dixen (Author) Series:
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Pub Date:
27 Jun 2018
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 496pp h198mm x w129mm x s28mm 360g ISBN13: 9781471406843 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0684-3 ISBN10: 1471406849 EAN: 9781471406843 x Description: 'This thrilling space odyssey will keep you turning pages late into the night' C. J. Daugherty, author of NIGHT SCHOOL Six girls, six boys. Each in the two separate bays of a single spaceship. They have six minutes each week to seduce and to make their choices, under the unblinking eye of the on-board cameras. They are the contenders in the Genesis programme, the world's craziest speed-dating show ever, aimed at creating the first human colony on Mars. Leonor, an 18 year old orphan, is one of the chosen ones. She has signed up for glory. She has signed up for love. She has signed up for a one-way ticket. Even if the dream turns to a nightmare, it is too late for regrets. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Distortion: A Phobos novel Victor Dixen (Author) Series:
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Pub Date:
18 Oct 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 576pp h198mm x w129mm x s32mm 416g ISBN13: 9781471407062 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0706-2 ISBN10: 1471407063 EAN: 9781471407062 x Description: Six girls, six boys: looking for glory and romance on Mars They thought they were masters of their destiny. They are the twelve pioneers of the Genesis programme. They thought they were taking part in the most extraordinary of missions. In fact, they are the victims of the cruellest of plots. Leonor was looking for glory - and love - on Mars. She thought she would be able to open her heart there. But what she has done is open up a Pandora's box of her past ... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Aurabel: The edgiest mermaid ever written about Laura Dockrill (Author) Series:
Lorali
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Hot Key Books
Pub Date:
01 Jan 2017
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Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 304pp h198mm x w129mm x s18mm 244g ISBN13: 9781471404245 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0424-5 ISBN10: 1471404242 EAN: 9781471404245 x Description: Forget what you know about mermaids with Laura Dockrill's hilarious, riotous adventure not to be missed. It has been two years since Rory drowned, and Lorali is in Hastings, living the quiet life of a normal teenage girl. But her safe life on land won't last for long. Life in The Whirl has become a hotbed of underwater politics and as the council jostles to oust the king, one Mer in particular has her eye on Lorali as the key to her own rise to power. Meanwhile, Aurabel, a lowly Mer from the wrong side of the trench, is attacked by sea beasts and left for dead - and without a tail. Raging with righteous anger, she rebuilds herself a mechanical tail and reinvents herself as a fearless steampunk Mer seeking revenge. But she never expected the most important job that was about to drop into her lap. Laura Dockrill makes a dramatic return to the sea set in the same world as the sparkling and magnetic mermaid story, Lorali. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Big Bones Laura Dockrill (Author) Series:
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Pub Date:
08 Mar 2018
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 400pp h198mm x w129mm x s23mm 292g ISBN13: 9781471406928 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0692-8 ISBN10: 147140692X EAN: 9781471406928 x Description: The heartwarming new novel from the sparkling Laura Dockrill, introducing Bluebelle, and her moving, hilarious take on food, body image and how we look after ourselves and others. It's a food diary. I have to tell the truth. That's the point. Bluebelle, aka BB, aka Big Bones - is a sixteen-year-old girl encouraged to tackle her weight even though she's perfectly happy, thank you, and getting on with her life and in love with food. Then a tragedy in the family forces BB to find a new relationship with her body and herself. . . Tuck in for best mates, belly laughs, boys and the best Bakewell tart. ----Love for BIG BONES 'Big Bones is the book I wish I'd had as a teenager and Bluebelle is a friend I wish I had today. Laura has written a beautiful love letter to some of the most important things in life: friends, family and food.' Linsdey Kelk 'Stuffed with lashings of laugh-out-loud loveliness (just wait until you read about Bum Tills...), relatable real-life truths and love in all its complicated, dizzying forms (food-love, friend-love, sisterly-love, boy-love, self-love), this is, quite simply, the best YA book about self-esteem and body image I've ever read' Lovereading
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Lorali: A colourful mermaid novel that's not for the faint-hearted Laura Dockrill (Author) Series:
Lorali
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Hot Key Books
Pub Date:
02 Jul 2015
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Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 352pp h198mm x w129mm x s21mm 281g ISBN13: 9781471404221 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0422-1 ISBN10: 1471404226 EAN: 9781471404221 x Description: Colourful, raw, brave, rich and fantastical - this mermaid tale is not for the faint-hearted. Looking after a naked girl he found washed up under Hastings pier isn't exactly how Rory had imagined spending his sixteenth birthday. But more surprising than finding her in the first place is discovering where she has come from. Lorali is running not just from the sea, not just from her position as princess, but her entire destiny. Lorali has rejected life as a mermaid, and become human. But along with Lorali's arrival, and the freak weather suddenly battering the coast, more strange visitors begin appearing in Rory's bemused Sussex town. With beautifully coiffed hair, sharp-collared shirts and a pirate ship shaped like a Tudor house, the Abelgare boys are a mystery all of their own. What are they really up to? Can Rory protect Lorali? And who from? And where does she really belong, anyway? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
These Shallow Graves Jennifer Donnelly (Author) Series:
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Pub Date:
05 May 2016
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 496pp h197mm x w130mm x s30mm 394g ISBN13: 9781471405174 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0517-4 ISBN10: 1471405176 EAN: 9781471405174 x Description: A wealthy family. A deadly secret. A young woman with more to lose than she knows. Josephine Montfort is from one of New York's oldest, most respected, and wealthiest families. Like most well-off girls of the Gilded Age, her future looks set - after a finishing school education, she will be favourably married off to a handsome gentleman, after which she'll want for nothing. But Jo has other dreams and desires that make her long for a very different kind of future. She wants a more meaningful and exciting life: she wants to be an investigative journalist like her heroine Nellie Bly. But when Jo's father is found dead in his study after an alleged accident, her life becomes far more exciting than even Jo would wish. Unable to accept that her father could have been so careless, she begins to investigate his death with the help of a young reporter, Eddie Gallagher. It quickly becomes clear he was murdered, and in their race against time to discover the culprit and his motive, Jo and Eddie find themselves not only battling dark characters on the violent and gritty streets of New York, but also their growing feelings for each other. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Cell 7: The reality TV show to die for. Literally Kerry Drewery (Author) Series:
Cell 7
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Hot Key Books
Pub Date:
22 Sep 2016
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Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 400pp h198mm x w129mm x s23mm 292g ISBN13: 9781471405594 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0559-4 ISBN10: 1471405591 EAN: 9781471405594 x Description: Should she live or should she die? You decide. A heart-stopping thriller. Shortlisted for the Lancashire Libraries Book of the Year 2018. An adored celebrity has been killed. Sixteen-year-old Martha Honeydew was found holding a gun, standing over the body. NOW JUSTICE MUST PREVAIL. The general public will decide whether Martha is innocent or guilty by viewing daily episodes of the hugely popular TV show Death is Justice, the only TV show that gives the power of life and death decisions - all for the price of a premium rate phone call. Martha has admitted to the crime. But is she guilty? Or is reality more complicated than the images we are shown on TV? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Day 7: A Tense, Timely, Reality TV Thriller That Will Keep You On The Edge Of Your Seat Kerry Drewery (Author) Series:
Cell 7
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Hot Key Books
Pub Date:
15 Jun 2017
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Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 448pp h198mm x w129mm x s25mm 326g ISBN13: 9781471405693 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0569-3 ISBN10: 1471405699 EAN: 9781471405693 x Description: The tense and thrilling companion to Cell 7. Martha Honeydew has been released from the terrifying Cell 7. But despite her new freedom, the corrupt judicial system is still tracking Martha's every move. And Isaac, her only trusted friend, is now imprisoned in the very same cells she was. Isaac saved Martha's life, it is only right she now saves his.
But with Martha still a target, her chances of saving Isaac are remote. Martha begins to question whether it is ever possible to escape government scrutiny. Will Martha and Isaac ever reunite? Will they ever live in a better world? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Final 7: The electric and heartstopping finale to Cell 7 and Day 7 Kerry Drewery (Author) Series:
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Pub Date:
11 Jan 2018
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 464pp h198mm x w129mm x s26mm 337g ISBN13: 9781471406300 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0630-0 ISBN10: 147140630X EAN: 9781471406300 x Description: The newest high-octane addition to the thrilling Cell 7 series Martha and Isaac have escaped, but are now on the run - the government has branded them rebels and a danger to the public. Despite the rewards being offered for turning them in, Martha and her friends are safe in The Rises, the area of the city full of the poor and the powerless. But then the Prime Minister orders a wall to be built. Is it to keep those inside safe - or is it to imprison them? Martha needs to act, and to act fast, in a tale of breathtaking treachery that reaches right to the heart of those in charge... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Crystal Force Joe Ducie (Author) Series:
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Pub Date:
01 Apr 2015
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 288pp h198mm x w129mm x s18mm 233g ISBN13: 9781471404559 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0455-9 ISBN10: 1471404552 EAN: 9781471404559 x Description: With enemies on all sides, who can Drake really trust? On the run after escaping from what was supposed to be the world's most secure juvenile facility (and blowing it up in the process), Will Drake knows it's only a matter of time before the sinister Alliance catches up with him. But Drake is in need of an alliance of his own - knowing who to trust is becoming increasingly difficult, and after having been exposed to the highly unstable (and potentially deadly) Crystal-X whilst fleeing from the Rig, it looks like time might be running out for him all together. His arm has started to mutate into an impenetrable black crystal, and although it gives him a superhuman-like ability to fight, it might also be causing him to lose his mind. Surrounded by enemies and desperate for help, Drake and his escapee comrades are forced to form an uneasy partnership with a mysterious group who also claim to have been exposed to Crystal-X. They say they know how to use its powers for good - but can Drake really keep running forever? And who should he trust more - his supposed friends, or the voices in his head...? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Rig Joe Ducie (Author) Series:
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Pub Date:
01 Sep 2013
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 368pp h196mm x w25mm x s130mm 297g ISBN13: 9781471402197 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0219-7 ISBN10: 1471402193 EAN: 9781471402197
x Description: A new action-adventure hero is born... Fifteen-year-old Will Drake has made a career of breaking out from high-security prisons. His talents have landed him at the Rig, a specialist juvenile holding facility in the middle of the Arctic Ocean. No one can escape from the Rig. No one except for Drake... After making some escape plans and meeting the first real friends of his life, Drake quickly realises that all is not as it seems on the Rig. The Warden is obsessed with the mysterious Crystal-X - a blue, glowing substance that appears to give superpowers to the teens exposed to it. Drake, Tristan and Irene are banking on a bid for freedom - but can they survive long enough to make it? Drake is an action hero to rival Jason Bourne and the CHERUB team in this debut author's fantastically imagined sci-fi nightmare. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Boys Don't Knit Tom Easton (Author) Series:
Boys Don't Knit
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Hot Key Books
Pub Date:
01 Jan 2014
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 288pp h198mm x w20mm x s129mm 238g ISBN13: 9781471401473 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0147-3 ISBN10: 1471401472 EAN: 9781471401473 x Description: Meet Ben Fletcher, an Adrian Mole for a new generation Ben Fletcher must get to grips with his more 'feminine' side following an unfortunate incident with a lollipop lady and a stolen bottle of Martini Rosso from Waitrose. All a big misunderstanding of course. To avoid the Young Offenders unit, Ben is ordered to give something back to the community and develop his sense of social alignment. Take up a hobby and keep on the straight and narrow. The hot teacher he likes runs a knitting group so Ben, reluctantly at first, gets 'stuck in'. Not easy when your dad is a sports fan and thinks Jeremy Clarkson is God. To his surprise, Ben finds that he likes knitting and that he has a mean competitive streak. If he can just keep it all a secret from his mates...and notice that the girl of his dreams, girl-next-door Megan Hooper has a bit of a thing for him... Laugh-out-loud, often ridiculous, sometimes quite touching, and revelatory about the knitting world, BOYS DON'T KNIT is a must for boys and girls... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Girls Can't Hit Tom Easton (Author) Series:
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Pub Date:
01 Jan 2017
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 304pp h198mm x w129mm x s17mm 224g ISBN13: 9781471406102 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0610-2 ISBN10: 1471406105 EAN: 9781471406102 x Description: A funny, feminist teen story about knowing when to train . . . and when to fight. Fleur Waters never takes anything seriously - until she turns up at her local boxing club one day, just to prove a point. She's the only girl there, and the warm-up alone is exhausting . . . but the workout gives her an escape from home and school, and when she lands her first uppercut on a punching bag she feels a rare glow of satisfaction. So she goes back the next week, determined to improve. Fleur's overprotective mum can't abide the idea of her entering a boxing ring, why won't she join her pilates class instead? Her friends don't get it either and even her boyfriend, 'Prince' George, seems concerned by her growing muscles and appetite - but it's Fleur's body, Fleur's life, so she digs her heels in and carries on with her training. When she finally makes it into the ring, her friends and family show their support and Fleur realises that sometimes in life it's better to drop your guard and take a wild swing!
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Big Rock and the Masked Avenger: Match One Jim Eldridge (Author) Jan Bielecki (Illustrated by) Series:
Wrestling Trolls
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Pub Date:
01 Feb 2014
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 192pp h198mm x w13mm x s130mm 176g ISBN13: 9781471401930 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0193-0 ISBN10: 1471401936 EAN: 9781471401930 x Description: A total troll smack-down wrestle-fest. Just don't get in the way... Jack knows every wrestling move there is to know, and his dreams come true when he's recruited as a training assistant to Waldo's Wrestling Trolls. Little does Jack know that he's actually part troll, and that when his new family is in trouble he morphs into the terrifying Thud! He'll have to rescue princesses that don't need rescuing, avoid ambushes by goblins and build a team of Wrestling Trolls to take on Lord Veto's evil orcs in a battle for the tournament money. With eight full-colour pages of extra activities included. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Hunk and Thud: Match Two Jim Eldridge (Author) Jan Bielecki (Illustrated by) Series:
Wrestling Trolls
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Pub Date:
05 Jun 2014
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 192pp h198mm x w11mm x s129mm 148g Yes ISBN13: 9781471402340 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0234-0 ISBN10: 1471402347 EAN: 9781471402340 x Description: The second slam-down book in the hilarious WRESTLING TROLLS series Jack is doing fantastically well as the Wrestling Trolls training coach, Big Rock is winning matches, and the group are on their way to more gold and tasty rocks than they can count. All Jack has to do is keep his alter-ego THUD! under control... Nothing ever goes smoothly for Jack and his friends though, especially after Milo is kidnapped by evil goblins determined to get their greedy hands on Big Rock's winnings! The wrestling crew know that they will have to be very quick and very clever if they want to rescue Milo, but the goblins have some horrible plans up their sleeves, including putting Robin on the menu for lunch! With even more smack-downs, tie-clinches and backwards pinfalls, the second instalment of the WRESTLING TROLLS series has hunky wrestlers with hairy feet, a horde of vile villains and a little boy with a BIG personality. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Jack Versus Veto: Match Five Jim Eldridge (Author) Jan Bielecki (Illustrated by) Series:
Wrestling Trolls
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Pub Date:
04 Jun 2015
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 176pp h197mm x w12mm x s128mm 160g Jan Bielecki ISBN13: 9781471402678 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0267-8 ISBN10: 1471402673 EAN: 9781471402678 x Description: Rustlers, revenge and revelations - the Wrestling Trolls family are under attack! Disaster has struck the Wrestling Trolls family. Their grumpy but much-loved friend Robin has been stolen by a nasty band of horse rustlers, and it's up to the gang to get him back. In the second story, Jack is desperate to get back inside Lord Veto's castle to rescue a treasured family heirloom left to him by his parents before they died - but he finds a lot more than he bargained for ... In this penultimate adventure in the WRESTLING TROLLS series, the little band of friends must pull together and face their toughest challenges yet. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Thud in Trouble: Match Four Jim Eldridge (Author) Series:
Wrestling Trolls
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 176pp h197mm x w130mm x s12mm 160g Jan Bielecki ISBN13: 9781471402654 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0265-4 ISBN10: 1471402657 EAN: 9781471402654 x Description: The Wrestling Trolls are BACK, facing nasty bullies and vengeful villains. Here come the Wrestling Trolls with two great new adventures! Jack, Milo, Robin and Big Rock are back, and they have a new friend with them too Blaze, the magical phoenix. As usual, the gang are low on money, so they plan to come together as a family and make some dosh by taking on notorious bully Buster Gutt. Unfortunately, Buster is even meaner than they thought, and soon poor Jack finds himself and his alter-ego THUD in some seriously hot water... In the second story, villainous Lord Veto tries to break up the Waldo's Wrestling Trolls family. He plants seeds of doubt in Jack, which sets Milo off, and soon Princess Ava is caught in the middle of two very grumpy boys - when they have a wrestling tournament to fight! The brave Wrestling Trolls troupe must come together for glory once more in this hilarious and heartfelt series. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Final Showdown: Match Six Jim Eldridge (Author) Series:
Wrestling Trolls
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26 Aug 2015
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 176pp h198mm x w14mm x s130mm 170g Jan Bielecki ISBN13: 9781471402692 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0269-2 ISBN10: 147140269X EAN: 9781471402692 x Description: The Wrestling Trolls face their ultimate challenge - a fight for the troll kingdom! Lord Veto has been kidnapped and is being held at the dreaded Mount Doom. But now Jack knows the shocking truth - that his arch enemy is in fact his grandfather - he can't just abandon him. So the gang find themselves on the most unexpected mission of all: to save Lord Veto. But are they walking straight into a trap? In the second and final story the Wrestling Trolls face their most terrifying opponent yet. As the rightful heir to the troll throne, Jack must defeat Massive, the tyrannical troll who claims that he is the High King. In a wrestling match to end all wrestling matches, Jack must save not only himself, but his friends and his kingdom too. In this thrilling final adventure in the Wrestling Trolls series, the gang must pull together - even with their enemies - to fight for the very future of trollkind. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Giant Rumble: Match Three Jim Eldridge (Author) Jan Bielecki (Illustrated by) Series:
Wrestling Trolls
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01 Sep 2014
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 160pp h198mm x w11mm x s127mm 147g Yes ISBN13: 9781471402630 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0263-0 ISBN10: 1471402630 EAN: 9781471402630 x Description: The third slam-down book in the hilarious WRESTLING TROLLS series Waldo's Wrestling Trolls are back, and they're ready to rumble! But the villainous Lord Veto has other plans. Challenged to a Giant Rumble but suffering from a shortfall of wrestlers, Jack and his friends set out to find more participants for their great battle. But what starts as a fun-filled road trip in their trusty caravan soon becomes an action-packed adventure filled with dangers such as farting Billy Goats, poisonous spiders and evil servants of the wicked King Nugget. With their new taco-eating, super-bendy and even transfigurative friends at hand, will the Wrestling Trolls make it back alive - or better yet, to the match? This WRESTLING TROLLS story was created on The Story Adventure, where week by week Jim wrote a new chapter using ideas from school children - characters, locations and plot twists. See if you can spot them! _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Fearsome Dreamer Laure Eve (Author) Series:
Fearsome Dreamer
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 384pp h198mm x w22mm x s129mm 308g ISBN13: 9781471400834 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0083-4 ISBN10: 1471400832 EAN: 9781471400834 x Description: A sensual and provocative novel about the power and the peril of dreaming In the world of FEARSOME DREAMER, England has become Angle Tar - a technophobic and fiercely independent country holding its own against the mass of other nations that is World. Rue is an apprenticed hedgewitch in rural Angle Tar, but she knows she is destined for greater things. After being whisked off to the city by the enigmatic Frith, Rue becomes the student of White, a young Worlder with a Talent that is much in demand: White is no ordinary Dreamer - but then neither is Rue. Both can physically 'jump' to different places when they dream - and both have more power than they know.
Rue and White find themselves electrically attracted to each other - but who is the mysterious silver-eyed boy stalking Rue's dreams? And why is he so interested in her relationship with White? Is Rue about to discover just how devastatingly real dreams can be...? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Illusionists Laure Eve (Author) Series:
Fearsome Dreamer
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03 Jul 2014
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 416pp h200mm x w28mm x s130mm 335g ISBN13: 9781471402609 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0260-9 ISBN10: 1471402606 EAN: 9781471402609 x Description: A thrilling, seductive and electrifying new adventure set in the world of FEARSOME DREAMER A shocking new world. A dangerous choice. Two futures preparing to collide . . . Having left her soulmate White behind her in Angle Tar, Rue is trying to make sense of her new and unfamiliar life in World. Its technologically advanced culture is as baffling as is it thrilling to her, and Rue quickly realises World's fascination with technology can have intoxicating and deadly consequences. She is also desperately lonely. And so is White. Somehow, their longing for each other is crossing into their dreams - dreams that begin to take increasingly strange turns as they appear to give Rue echoes of the future. Then the dreams reveal the advent of something truly monstrous, and with it the realisation that Rue and White will be instrumental in bringing about the most incredible and devastating change in both World and Angle Tar. But in a world where Life is a virtual reality, where friends can become enemies overnight and where dreams, the future and the past are somehow merging together, their greatest challenge of all may be just to survive. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Monsters Emerald Fennell (Author) Series:
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26 Aug 2015
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 352pp h198mm x w129mm x s20mm 258g ISBN13: 9781471404627 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0462-7 ISBN10: 1471404625 EAN: 9781471404627 x Description: A blackly comic tale about two children you would never want to meet. Set in the Cornish town of Fowey, all is not as idyllic as the beautiful seaside town might seem. The body of a young woman is discovered in the nets of a fishing boat. It is established that the woman was murdered. Most are shocked and horrified. But there is somebody who is not - a twelve-year-old girl. She is delighted; she loves murders. Soon she is questioning the inhabitants of the town in her own personal investigation. But it is a bit boring on her own. Then Miles Giffard, a similarly odd twelve-year-old boy, arrives in Fowey with his mother, and they start investigating together. Oh, and also playing games that re-enact the murders. Just for fun, you understand... A book about two twelve-year-olds that is definitely not for kids. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Grinny: Grinny & You Remember Me Nicholas Fisk (Author) Series:
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04 Jul 2013
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 304pp h197mm x w18mm x s127mm 245g ISBN13: 9781471401459 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0145-9 ISBN10: 1471401456 EAN: 9781471401459 x Description: A re-issue of this forgotten favourite introduced by Malorie Blackman, Grinny will chill you to the core... This book is based on my diary and other writings of the Aunt Emma period. Later on, it all turned sour and I used to be almost frightened of the diary and writing the next page. Everything I had written seemed to add up to something horrible. The more I wrote, the more certain it seemed that the horror was true and would get worse. I did not keep a diary any more. Tim's diary charts the arrival of his mysterious Great Aunt Emma, an old lady who appears grinning on his doorstep and decides to stay. Nicknamed 'Grinny' for her constant eerie smile and mindless chatter, at first their aunt seems to be strange but harmless. But when Tim and his sister Beth make a horrifying discovery about their visitor, they realise that the safety of the entire planet is in jeopardy, and the silent invasion has already started. First published in 1973, GRINNY is a forgotten favourite, brought back to life by Hot Key Books and introduced by Malorie Blackman. A classic sci-fi story filled with suspense, danger and adventure, this is a special bind up-edition including both the original story, and the powerful sequel that continues Tim and Beth's encounter with Grinny in YOU REMEMBER ME! Grinny is a character whose sinister malevolence will continue to terrify readers, both old and new! _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Ophelia and The Marvellous Boy Karen Foxlee (Author) Series:
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06 Feb 2014
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 240pp h198mm x w15mm x s129mm 198g ISBN13: 9781471402395 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0239-5 ISBN10: 1471402398 EAN: 9781471402395 x Description: In which young Ophelia rescues a magical boy, battles the Snow Queen, and saves the world Eleven-year-old Ophelia might not be brave, but she certainly is curious. Her family are still reeling from her mother's death, and in a bid to cheer everyone up, her father has taken a job at a fantastically enormous and gothic museum in a city where it never stops snowing. Ophelia can't wait to explore - and she quickly discovers an impossibility. In a forgotten room, down a very dark corridor, she finds a boy, who says he's been imprisoned for three-hundred-and-three-years by an evil Snow Queen who has a clock that is ticking down towards the end of the world. A sensible girl like Ophelia doesn't quite believe him, of course, but there's no denying he needs her help. There are many other, darker, impossibilities in this museum too. Ghosts, wolves, Misery Birds, magical swords - and even fabled Snow Queens - will all do their very best to stop Ophelia and hurt her family. She will have to garner all her courage, strength and cleverness if she is to rescue this most Marvellous Boy - and maybe even save the world in the process. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Midnight Dress Karen Foxlee (Author) Series:
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07 Nov 2013
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 288pp h197mm x w18mm x s130mm 235g ISBN13: 9781471402371 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0237-1 ISBN10: 1471402371 EAN: 9781471402371 x Description: A tense and moving psychological thriller about choices, power and magic... All her life, Rose Lovell has moved from town to town with her alcoholic father. When they wash up in an Australian coastal sugarcane town, Rose wonders if maybe, finally, things will be different this time. On her first day at school, Rose meets Pearl Kelly, a popular, pretty and lively girl intent on tracking down her long-lost Russian father. She convinces Rose to join in with the town's annual Harvest Parade, and Rose agrees, despite thinking the whole thing is embarrassingly yokel. She has to find a truly special dress - one that will make it clear she is different to the rest of the girls in this town. And who better to help her than the local eccentric, Edie Baker, who knows all the town's secrets and whose own family is a rich tapestry of stories, including whispers of witchcraft and murder. Edie agrees on the condition that Rose will create the dress with her - a dress woven from scraps and secrets and stories. But when the girl wearing the midnight blue dress goes missing, the town will find it has secrets of its own to tell, and nothing can ever be the same again. THE MIDNIGHT DRESS weaves a mesmerising story of love, loss and longing to the very last page. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
When I Was Me Hilary Freeman (Author) Series:
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26 Aug 2015
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 272pp h199mm x w18mm x s129mm 223g ISBN13: 9781471404924 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0492-4 ISBN10: 1471404927 EAN: 9781471404924 x Description: One girl, two lives. Which is real? When Ella wakes up one Monday morning, she discovers that she is not herself and that her life is not her own. She looks different, her friends are no longer her friends and her existence has been erased from the internet. Even worse, years of her history appear to have been rewritten overnight. And yet, nobody else thinks that anything weird has happened. Desperate to cling on to her identity and to piece her life back together, Ella attempts to uncover what has happened to her. Does she have amnesia? Is she losing her mind? Or is she the victim of something more sinister? A tense and dark psychological thriller full of unexpected twists and turns about the random events and decisions that make us who we are. If you can't trust your own memories, then who can you trust? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Maggot Moon Sally Gardner (Author) Julian Crouch (Artist/Theatre Producer) (Cover design or artwork by) Series:
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03 Jan 2013
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 304pp h200mm x w130mm x s15mm 216g ISBN13: 9781471400445 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0044-5 ISBN10: 1471400441 EAN: 9781471400445 x Description: A starkly original and heartbreaking tale of friendship and rebellion Winner of the Carnegie Medal and a 2012 Costa Award winner. Narrated against the backdrop of a ruthless regime determined to beat its enemies in the race to the moon, MAGGOT MOON is the stunning new novel from award-winning author Sally Gardner. When his best friend Hector is suddenly taken away, Standish Treadwell realises that it is up to him, his grandfather and a small band of rebels to confront and defeat the ever-present oppressive forces of the Motherland. Utterly original and stunning, it is impossible not to be moved by MAGGOT MOON's powerful story and the unforgettable heroism of Standish. Now set in a font specially developed for dyslexic readers. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Maggot Moon Adult Edition Sally Gardner (Author) Series:
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31 Jan 2013
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 288pp h198mm x w18mm x s128mm 235g ISBN13: 9781471401893 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0189-3 ISBN10: 1471401898 EAN: 9781471401893 x Description: A starkly original and heartbreaking tale of friendship and rebellion A COSTA 2012 BOOK AWARD WINNER A boy, a friendship, a lie and some hard choices. The Motherland is a world in which individuality and difference are crushed but Standish Treadwell won't be subdued. Utterly original and stunning, it is impossible not to be moved by MAGGOT MOON's powerful story and the unforgettable heroism of Standish. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
My Side of the Diamond Sally Gardner (Author) Series:
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09 Aug 2018
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 240pp h198mm x w129mm x s14mm 179g ISBN13: 9781471406812 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0681-2 ISBN10: 1471406814 EAN: 9781471406812 x Description: An extraordinary tale about the search for love from the acclaimed Costa and Carnegie winning novelist Sally Gardner. Jazmin has been shunned ever since her best friend Becky disappeared. But Becky didn't just disappear - she jumped off a tall building and seemingly never reached the ground. It was as if she simply vanished into thin air. Did Jazmin have something to do with her disappearance? Or was it more to do with Icarus, so beguiling and strangely ever youthful, with whom Becky became suddenly besotted . . . Includes detailed and intriguing black and white illustrations throughout. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Door That Led to Where Sally Gardner (Author) Series:
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01 Jan 2015
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 288pp h180mm x w140mm x s25mm 240g ISBN13: 9781471401114 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0111-4 ISBN10: 1471401111 EAN: 9781471401114 x Description: When the present offers no hope for the future, the answers may lie in the past
AJ Flynn has just failed all but one of his GCSEs, and his future is looking far from rosy. So when he is offered a junior position at a London law firm he hopes his life is about to change - but he could never have imagined by how much. Tidying up the archive one day, AJ finds an old key, mysteriously labelled with his name and date of birth - and he becomes determined to find the door that fits the key. And so begins an amazing journey to a very real and tangible past - 1830, to be precise - where the streets of modern Clerkenwell are replaced with cobbles and carts, and the law can be twisted to suit a villain's means. Although life in 1830 is cheap, AJ and his friends quickly find that their own lives have much more value. They've gone from sad youth statistics to young men with purpose - and at the heart of everything lies a crime that only they can solve. But with enemies all around, can they unravel the mysteries of the past, before it unravels them? A fast-paced mystery novel by one of the country's finest writers, and a UKLA Book Awards 2016 shortlisted title, THE DOOR THAT LED TO WHERE will delight, surprise and mesmerise all those who read it. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Vincent Boys Abbi Glines (Author) Series:
The Vincent Boys
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17 Jan 2013
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 272pp h197mm x w17mm x s130mm 222g ISBN13: 9781471401213 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0121-3 ISBN10: 1471401219 EAN: 9781471401213 x Description: Red hot sexy romance! The new and uncut edition with extra-sexy content - a number one ebook bestseller. Beau Vincent is rude, bad, and dangerous to know. So why can't good girl Ashton Gray keep away from him? She already has the perfect boyfriend her town's local Prince Charming, Sawyer Vincent. But Sawyer is away for the summer, and in the meantime Ashton is bored, and the heat between her and Beau is undeniable - as well as irresistible. Ashton is about to unleash her bad girl - but what will she do when Sawyer comes home? And how will Sawyer react when he returns to find his girlfriend in the arms of his best friend - and cousin? THE VINCENT BOYS is a sexy, exciting and enjoyable romp through one steamy Alabama summer. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Night Shift Debi Gliori (Author) Series:
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03 May 2018
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 32pp h243mm x w297mm x s5mm 245g ISBN13: 9781471407383 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0738-3 ISBN10: 1471407381 EAN: 9781471407383 x Description: 'I cannot recommend this beautiful picture book about depression by Debi Gliori highly enough. It's a masterpiece.' - David Walliams, bestselling children's author SHORTLISTED for the 2018 KATE GREENAWAY MEDAL A UK nomination for IBBY's List of Outstanding Books for Young People with Disabilities 2019 A groundbreaking picture book on depression with stunning illustrations. With stunning black and white illustration and deceptively simple text, author and illustrator Debi Gliori examines how depression affects one's whole outlook upon life, and shows that there can be an escape - it may not be easy to find, but it is there. Drawn from Debi's own experiences and with a moving testimony at the end of the book explaining how depression has affected her and how she continues to cope, Debi hopes that by sharing her
own experience she can help others who suffer from depression, and to find that subtle shift that will show the way out. 'I have used dragons to represent depression. This is partly because of their legendary ability to turn a once fertile realm into a blackened, smoking ruin and partly because popular mythology shows them as monstrous opponents with a tendency to pick fights with smaller creatures. I'm not particularly brave or resourceful, and after so many years battling my beasts, I have to admit to a certain weariness, but I will arm-wrestle dragons for eternity if it means that I can help anyone going through a similar struggle.' 'Debi Gliori is amazing. Her pictures offer people an insight into depression that words often struggle to reach. She makes visible the invisible. And I for one want to thank her for that.' - Matt Haig, bestselling author of Reasons to Stay Alive p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Calibri; color: #1e497d; -webkit-text-stroke: #1e497d} span.s1 {font: 15.0px Calibri; font-kerning: none} span.s2 {font-kerning: none} _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
36 Questions That Changed My Mind About You Vicki Grant (Author) Series:
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19 Oct 2017
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 288pp h198mm x w129mm x s17mm 213g ISBN13: 9781471407086 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0708-6 ISBN10: 147140708X EAN: 9781471407086 x Description: 36 questions guaranteed to make two strangers fall head over heels in love with each other? What's not to like. A clever, wry, funny, romcom. For fans of The Rosie Project. Inspired by the real psychology study popularized by the New York Times and its "Modern Love" column, this contemporary YA/crossover is perfect for fans of Eleanor and Park, Jo Jo Moyes, Carrie Hope Fletcher and Cecila Ahern. Two random strangers. Thirty-six questions to make them fall in love. Hildy and Paul each have their own reasons for taking part in the psychology study (in Paul's case it is the $40, in Hildy's the reasons are significantly more complex). The study poses the simple question: Can love be engineered between two random strangers? Hildy and Paul must ask each other 36 questions, ranging from "What is your most terrible memory?" to "When did you last sing to yourself?" By the time Hildy and Paul have made it to the end of the questionnaire, they've laughed and cried and lied and thrown things and run away and come back again. They've also each discovered the painful secret the other was trying so hard to hide. But have they fallen in love? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Defy the Stars Claudia Gray (Author) Series:
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01 Jan 2017
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 432pp h198mm x w129mm x s24mm 315g ISBN13: 9781471406362 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0636-2 ISBN10: 1471406369 EAN: 9781471406362 x Description: A stunning blend of action-packed science fiction and love against the odds. Perfect for fans of the DIVERGENT series. Noemi is a young and fearless soldier of Genesis, a colony planet of a dying Earth. But the citizens of Genesis are rising up - they know that Earth's settlers will only destroy this planet the way they destroyed their own. And so a terrible war has begun. When Noemi meets Abel, one of Earth's robotic mech warriors, she realizes that Abel himself may provide the key to Genesis' salvation. Abel is bound by his programming to obey her - even though her plan could result in his destruction. But Abel is no ordinary mech. He's a unique prototype, one with greater intelligence, skill and strength than any other. More than that, he has begun to develop emotions, a personality and even dreams. Noemi
begins to realise that if Abel is less than human, he is more than a machine. If she destroys him, is it murder? And can a cold-blooded murder be redeemed by the protection of a world? Stranded together in space, they go on a whirlwind adventure through Earth's various colony worlds, alongside the countless Vagabonds who have given up planetary life altogether and sail forever between the stars. Each step brings them closer - both to each other and to the terrible decision Noemi will have to make about her world's fate, and Abel's. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Defy the Worlds Claudia Gray (Author) Series:
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28 Mar 2018
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 400pp h198mm x w129mm x s23mm 292g ISBN13: 9781471407055 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0705-5 ISBN10: 1471407055 EAN: 9781471407055 x Description: A stunning blend of action-packed science fiction and love against the odds. Perfect for fans of the DIVERGENT series. Noemi Vidal dreams of travelling through the stars one more time - but she is now an outcast from her home planet of Genesis after a forbidden trip through the galaxy with Abel, the most advanced cybernetic man ever created. But when a deadly plague arrives on Genesis, Noemi gets her chance. As the only soldier to have ever left the planet, it will be up to her to save its people...if only she wasn't flying straight into a trap. On the run to avoid his depraved creator's clutches, Abel believes he's said goodbye to Noemi for the last time. After all, the entire universe stands between them...or so he thinks. When word reaches him of Noemi's capture by the very person he's trying to escape, Abel knows he must go to her, no matter the cost. But capturing Noemi was only part of Burton Mansfield's master plan. In a race against time, Abel and Noemi will come together once more to discover a secret that could save the known worlds, or destroy them all. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Flight of the King C. R. Grey (Author) Series:
Animas
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21 Oct 2015
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 304pp h198mm x w18mm x s128mm 247g ISBN13: 9781471401312 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0131-2 ISBN10: 1471401316 EAN: 9781471401312 x Description: When animals and humans unite, amazing things can happen. Bailey and his group of friends are back at Fairmount academy, accompanied by Gwen, the Elder's apprentice. But all is not well. They quickly figure out that evil ruler Viviana has something planned for the day of her grand Progress Fair, and knowing Viviana, it won't be good. But their plans to stop her are swiftly torn apart. Taleth, the last white tiger and Bailey's only kin, is kidnapped. Bailey and Hal must follow her trail deep into the Dust Plains, but they could never have predicted the danger that they will find there. Meanwhile, Gwen and Phi are on a quest of their own having been entrusted with finding 'The Instrument of Change', they know their mission is an important one. But could Gwen be more special than she knows? Somehow, although they are separated, the friends must pull together. Because the fate of not just the kingdom, but the Animas bond itself, is in their hands... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Legacy of the Claw C. R. Grey (Author) Series:
Animas
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01 Nov 2014
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 320pp h198mm x w129mm x s19mm 256g ISBN13: 9781471401299 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0129-9 ISBN10: 1471401294 EAN: 9781471401299 x Description: In a world where humans have animal companions, one boy must fulfil his hidden destiny When Bailey enters the prestigious Fairmount Academy as a freshman, he is the only member of his class who doesn't yet have an Animas. And in a world where the bond between human and animal is the guiding principle to life, this makes him an outsider both at school and in the world at large. But Bailey is more important than he knows. He is the key to an ancient prophecy that will restore the rightful heir to the throne of a kingdom ripping at the seams. Through his budding friendships with Hal, Tori and Phi, along with the unlikely help of renegade teacher and former conspiracy theorist Tremelo, Bailey must learn to find his Animas, piece together the riddle of the prophecy and start on the path that will lead them all to their destinies. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Song of the Sword C. R. Grey (Author) Series:
Animas
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03 Nov 2016
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 240pp h198mm x w129mm x s15mm 195g ISBN13: 9781471401336 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0133-6 ISBN10: 1471401332 EAN: 9781471401336 x Description: After her defeat at the Progress Fair, Viviana is determined to return, and this time, she's building an army. With the Dominae strengthening, Tremelo, Bailey and the rest of their friends work feverishly to develop a device that could overpower Dominance once and for all. But when Tremelo is kidnapped, Bailey must take the lead in the fight to protect the bond. As they prepare for battle, Bailey uncovers a legend: a sword with the power to defeat Viviana is hidden somewhere in the kingdom. On an epic journey across Aldermere in search of the sword, the friends unravel startling secrets about the bond, Bailey's past, and each other. In this thrilling conclusion to the Animas trilogy, Bailey and his friends must risk everything to save the bond they treasure and restore the rightful king to the throne of Aldermere. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Edgeland Jake Halpern (Author) Peter Kujawinski (Author) Series:
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18 May 2017
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 272pp h198mm x w129mm x s16mm 202g ISBN13: 9781471405907 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0590-7 ISBN10: 1471405907 EAN: 9781471405907 x Description: The companion novel to the New York Times bestselling NIGHTFALL
Thousands of miles due south from the Polar North is is the island of Edgeland. Here, day and night last for 72 hours. And here is one of the natural wonders of this world: a whirlpool thirty miles wide and a hundred miles around. This is the Drain. Anything sucked into its frothing, turbulent waters is never seen again. Wren has spent most of her life on Edgeland, watching people bring their dead to the island's famous bone houses to be blessed and prepared for the afterlife. There the dead are loaded into boats with treasure and sent over the cliff, and into the Drain. Orphaned and alone, Wren dreams of escaping Edgeland, and her chance finally comes when furriers from the Polar north arrive with their dead, and treasure for their dead. With the help of her friend Alec, Wren plans to loot one of the boats before it enters the Drain. But the boat - with Alec and Wren onboard - is sucked into the whirlpool. What they discover beyond the abyss is beyond what either of them could have imagined. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Nightfall Jake Halpern (Author) Peter Kujawinski (Author) Series:
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27 Apr 2016
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 368pp h198mm x w129mm x s22mm 293g ISBN13: 9781471405730 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0573-0 ISBN10: 1471405737 EAN: 9781471405730 x Description: After fourteen years of Day, comes fourteen years of Night. Don't get left behind. On Marin's island, sunrise doesn't come every twenty-four hours - it comes every twenty-eight years. Now the sun is just a sliver of light on the horizon. The weather is turning cold. The shadows are growing long. The dark is rising. And soon it will be Night. The eerie Evening sunset is causing the tide to begin its slow roll out hundreds of miles, and so Marin, along with her twin brother Kana and the rest of the islanders, must frantically begin preparations to sail south, where they will wait out the long Night. But first the house must be made ready for their departure. Locks must be taken off doors. Furniture must be arranged just so. Tables must be set as if for dinner. The rituals are bizarre - unnerving, even - but none of the adults will discuss why things must be this way. And then just as the ships are about to sail, the twins' friend Line goes missing. Marin and Kana know where he has gone, and that the only way to rescue him is to do it themselves. And surely the ships will wait? Because Night is falling. Their island is changing. And something is stirring in the dark. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Isobel Journal: Just A Northern Girl From Where Nothing Really Happens Isobel Harrop (Author) Isobel Harrop (Illustrated by) Series:
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01 Nov 2013
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 208pp h210mm x w17mm x s161mm 450g Yes ISBN13: 9781471402272 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0227-2 ISBN10: 1471402274 EAN: 9781471402272 x Description: This full-colour throughout scrapbook is a true snapshot of contemporary teenage life THE ISOBEL JOURNAL is no ordinary snapshot of a contemporary teenage life. A charming and vivid narrative scrapbook of the eighteen-year-old author's sketches, mini-graphic novels, photographs and captions, it captures her wit, her observations and her creative talent as she takes us through the three central themes in her life: 'Love', 'Friends, Art and Otters' and 'Me'. Resonant of Laura Dockrill's MISTAKES IN THE BACKGROUND and with the powerful naive illustrative style of cult Japanese artist Yoshitomo Nara, this is a collector's gift for teenagers and all who have the teenage experience still in their hearts. Readers will emphasise with this witty and honest
journal of a girl getting to grips with impending adulthood. A must-have for all hipster teenagers and anyone who appreciates the raw creativity of youth. Enchanting and poignant. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Paperweight Meg Haston (Author) Series:
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02 Jul 2015
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 304pp h198mm x w129mm x s17mm 224g ISBN13: 9781471404566 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0456-6 ISBN10: 1471404560 EAN: 9781471404566 x Description: What doesn't kill you makes you stronger. Struggling to deal with her brother's death and a past she refuses to confront, Stevie knows she has problems. But she's still furious about the fact that she's been packed off to a health clinic, in the middle of nowhere, where mobile phones are banned and communication with the outside world is strictly by permission only. The regimented and obtrusive nature of the clinic and its staff is torture to the deeply private, obstinate Stevie - and don't even get her started on the other 'inmates'. All she wants is to be left alone... But as Stevie is about to find out, life is full of surprises. And she will prove herself stronger than she knows - even when her past finally catches her up in the most shocking and brutal way possible. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Book of Shadows Ruth Hatfield (Author) Series:
The Book of Storms
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17 Nov 2016
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 272pp h198mm x w129mm x s17mm 219g ISBN13: 9781471403026 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0302-6 ISBN10: 1471403025 EAN: 9781471403026 x Description: 'This is really something special . . . don't miss it' - The Bookseller Strange shadows are appearing over Danny's town. Where they land, people are drained of all colour and hope. Cars crash; people stand, directionless. Fleeing from the shadows, Danny knows Sammael is behind this horror. Danny knows the world must be saved; he knows that to do that, Sammael must be destroyed. Once again, Danny must overcome his belief that he's not brave, and face his greatest fears. Danny needs Cath. But first he must rescue her from underneath the shadows. Their only hope might be the mysterious Book of Shadows - but they will have to make it first. And is Danny doing the right thing? Can Sammael really be destroyed? The thrilling conclusion to The Book of Storms trilogy _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Book of Storms Ruth Hatfield (Author) Series:
The Book of Storms
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01 Nov 2014
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 304pp h197mm x w19mm x s128mm 246g ISBN13: 9781471402982 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0298-2 ISBN10: 1471402983 EAN: 9781471402982 x Description: A boy on a quest against the power of the storm Eleven-year-old Danny's parents are storm chasers - which sounds fun and exciting, and it is, so long as you aren't the son who has to wait behind at home. And one night, after a particularly fierce storm, Danny's parents don't come back. Stranger still, the old sycamore tree in Danny's yard seems to have been struck by lightning, and when he picks up a fragment of wood from the tree's heart, he finds he can hear voices ... including that of next door's rather uppity cat, Mitzy. The stick is a taro, a shard of lightning that bestows upon its bearer unnerving powers, including the ability to talk with plants and animals - and it is very valuable. So valuable, in fact, that it attracts the attention of a Sammael, an ancient figure of darkness and a buyer of souls. And he will do anything to get his hands on it ... And so begins a dangerous and daring quest. Danny, who is bewildered, alone and unaccustomed to acts of bravery, must confront his fears, find his parents and unravel the secrets of The Book of Storms ... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Colour of Darkness Ruth Hatfield (Author) Series:
The Book of Storms
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21 Oct 2015
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 256pp h197mm x w17mm x s130mm 245g ISBN13: 9781471403002 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0300-2 ISBN10: 1471403009 EAN: 9781471403002 x Description: A vibrant, powerful follow-up to the electrifying THE BOOK OF STORMS. Danny O'Neill hasn't had a single good night's sleep in the year since he discovered the book of storms. Exhausted and a social outcast, he wishes only to escape the shadowy figure of Sammael who controls his dreams and nightmares. Cath Carrera, from the other side of town, dreams of escaping her brutish father and spiteful step-family. So when she meets Barshin, a talking hare who offers her protection from her dad's latest violent rage, she doesn't think twice about going with him. But she didn't expect to find a place like Chromos: a vibrant, addictive dreamland built from her imagination, in all its colours. In return for his protection, Barshin wants Cath to deliver a message to Danny: he must rescue his cousin Tom from Sammael before it is too late. Together, the three must find a way to stop Sammael before he destroys Tom. But even with the help of talking plants and creatures, and a friendly stag, the journey to Chromos and beyond is a dangerous, near-impossible mission, and Danny and Cath will have to muster every scrap of bravery and ingenuity to have a hope of succeeding. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Grey Girl Eleanor Hawken (Author) Series:
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01 Feb 2014
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 272pp h198mm x w17mm x s128mm 225g ISBN13: 9781471401954 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0195-4 ISBN10: 1471401952 EAN: 9781471401954 x Description: A gripping, spooky sequel to THE BLUE LADY Poor Suzy thought she'd never get over the terrifying events from her time at St Marks, but she's resolved to put all thoughts of ghosts and murders (and school...) behind her as she sets off to stay in her aunt's country estate for the summer. Unfortunately, that quickly looks unlikely. Almost as soon as she arrives Suzy begins to feel watched, and she starts to see strange things. Things like a mysterious grey girl running towards the abandoned boathouse in the dead of the night. Is the girl real - or something altogether more sinister? Helped by the rather hunky Nate (not that Suzy's letting herself get distracted, of course) Suzy sets out to discover exactly what happened to this girl. She's determined not to let another ghost get the better of her, but she might not have any choice in the matter... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Girl From Everywhere Heidi Heilig (Author) Series:
The Girl From Everywhere
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01 Mar 2017
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 368pp h198mm x w129mm x s22mm 293g ISBN13: 9781471406652 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0665-2 ISBN10: 1471406652 EAN: 9781471406652 x Description: 'One of my absolute favourite reads of 2016, Heidi Heilig's debut captured me completely from the first page. A lushly written timetraveling adventure with an imaginative magical twist, real heart and real heartbreak, and a major dash of swoon.' - Alwyn Hamilton, author of Rebel of the Sands It was the kind of August day that hinted at monsoons, and the year was 1774, though not for very much longer. Sixteen-year-old Nix Song is a time-traveller. She, her father and their crew of time refugees travel the world aboard The Temptation, a glorious pirate ship stuffed with treasures both typical and mythical. Old maps allow Nix and her father to navigate not just to distant lands, but distant times - although a map will only take you somewhere once. And Nix's father is only interested in one time, and one place: Honolulu 1868. A time before Nix was born, and her mother was alive. Something that puts Nix's existence rather dangerously in question . . . Nix has grown used to her father's obsession, but only because she's convinced it can't work. But then a map falls into her father's lap that changes everything. And when Nix refuses to help, her father threatens to maroon Kashmir, her only friend (and perhaps, only love) in a time where Nix will never be able to find him. And if Nix has learned one thing, it's that losing the person you love is a torment that no one can withstand. Nix must work out what she wants, who she is, and where she really belongs before time runs out on her forever. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Ship Beyond Time: The thrilling sequel to The Girl From Everywhere Heidi Heilig (Author) Series:
The Girl From Everywhere
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01 May 2016
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 368pp h198mm x w129mm x s22mm 293g ISBN13: 9781471406164 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0616-4 ISBN10: 1471406164 EAN: 9781471406164 x Description: The breathtaking sequel to the acclaimed The Girl from Everywhere. Nix has spent her whole life journeying to places both real and imagined aboard her time-traveling father's ship. And now it's finally time for her to take the helm. Her future lies bright before her - until she learns that she is destined to lose the one she loves. Desperate to change her fate, Nix sails her crew to a mythical utopia to meet another Navigator who promises to teach her how to manipulate time. But everything in this utopia is constantly changing, and nothing is what it seems. Not even her relationship with Kash: best friend, thief, charmer extraordinaire. Heidi Heilig weaves fantasy, history, and romance together to tackle questions of free will, fate, and what it means to love another person. At the centre of this adventure are extraordinary, complicated, and multicultural characters who leap off the page, and an intricate, recognizable world that has no bounds. This sequel - and conclusion - to The Girl from Everywhere includes five black-and-white maps of historical and mythical locations. Fans of Alwyn Hamilton, Sarah J. Maas, and Outlander will be swept away. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Like Other Girls Claire Hennessy (Author) Series:
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25 May 2017
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 288pp h198mm x w129mm x s17mm 213g ISBN13: 9781471406348 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0634-8 ISBN10: 1471406342 EAN: 9781471406348 x Description: 'Magnificent ... I recommend highly' Marian Keyes Here's what Lauren knows: she's not like other girls. She also knows it's problematic to say that - what's wrong with girls? She's even fancied some in the past. But if you were stuck in St Agnes, her posh all-girls school, you'd feel like that too. Here everyone's expected to be Perfect Young Ladies, it's even a song in the painfully awful musical they're putting on this year. And obviously said musical is directed by Lauren's arch nemesis. Under it all though, Lauren's heart is bruised. Her boyfriend thinks she's crazy and her best friend has issues of her own... so when Lauren realises she's facing every teenage girl's worst nightmare, she has nowhere to turn. Maybe she should just give in to everything. Be like other girls. That's all so much easier ... right? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Nothing Tastes As Good Claire Hennessy (Author) Series:
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14 Jul 2016
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 336pp h198mm x w129mm x s20mm 268g ISBN13: 9781471405747 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0574-7 ISBN10: 1471405745 EAN: 9781471405747 x Description: 'Utterly magnificent' - Marian Keyes What happens when you give in to the voices in your head? Annabel is dead. And she's not happy about it. Despite having strived to be 'lighter than air' back when she was alive, the consequences of that yearning haven't quite sunk in yet. Julia Jacobs is fat. Which Annabel immediately notices when she's assigned as Julia's ghostly helper (don't even think about calling her a guardian angel). And as her helper, Julia's problem seems pretty obvious to Annabel. Fat = problem = unhappy. Sorted. The only trouble is that whatever is causing Julia to overeat is hidden deep within her. Annabel will have to get to know Julia to uncover this secret and 'fix' her. Annabel can become the voice of reason, Julia's source of strength. Except. . . all this time spent in someone's head has got Annabel thinking. Not just about food, but about her family too. And that maybe happiness can mean more than eradicating all the flesh from your bones. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Burn Monica Hesse (Author) Series:
A Stray Book
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01 Feb 2014
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 320pp h197mm x w20mm x s128mm 260g ISBN13: 9781471400599 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0059-9 ISBN10: 147140059X EAN: 9781471400599 x Description: The thrilling sequel to the action-packed sci-fi drama STRAY Lona Sixteen Always is about to become Lona Seventeen Always, but she isn't feeling much older or wiser. Unlike Fenn and the rest of the Path Strays, she is struggling to move on with her life. How can she look to the future when she knows almost nothing about her past? Lona feels like everyone's pressuring her to become 'normal' - even her beloved Fenn - and on top of this, she's been having strange, violent dreams. It almost feels like someone's trying to send her a message... In the bid to find out who she really is, Lona will fall headlong into a trap far more dangerous and cunning than she could ever have imagined. The Path was just the beginning ... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Stray Monica Hesse (Journalist) (Author) Series:
A Stray Book
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01 Jun 2013
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 352pp h197mm x w23mm x s128mm 283g ISBN13: 9781471400278 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0027-8 ISBN10: 1471400271 EAN: 9781471400278 x Description: What happens when you live a life that isn't yours? Lona Sixteen Always is not herself - quite literally. She lives her life virtually through the experiences of Julian, a boy who was chosen as a role model for the Pathers of Quadrant 1 - troubled children who have been 'rescued' by the government and put 'on-Path'. But one day Lona finds she can think for herself. And on top of that, the face of a familiar boy appears on her screen - Fenn, who she thought had moved on to a different stage of the Path last year. But he didn't. Fenn and other rebels like him have strayed from the Path, and now Lona must stray too. But life off-Path is strange and difficult, and Lona uncovers a secret that will threaten all their lives. Can there really be life after the Path? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Ghosts on Board: A SHRUNK! Adventure Fleur Hitchcock (Author) Series:
Shrunk!
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01 Jan 2015
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 192pp h199mm x w13mm x s130mm 184g ISBN13: 9781471403460 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0346-0 ISBN10: 1471403467 EAN: 9781471403460 x Description: Something spooky is happening in Bywater-by-Sea... Victor, the ghost, is desperate to get off dreary Black Hall Island, so he steals a ride on an unsuspecting tourist boat back to Bywater-by-Sea. Two other ghosts - the terribly vain Flora Rose and the lonely but friendly Billy - know he is up to no good, so they follow him. Victor soon realises that the town is not what it seems, and his new ordinary friends, Tom, Jacob and Eric, have some very unusual powers. While Tom is distracted, trying to stop a corporation from building a theme park over his Field Craft hut, Victor sees his opportunity to take over the world. This SHRUNK story was created on The Story Adventure website, where each week, Fleur wrote a new chapter inspired by ideas from hundreds of school children, whose names are printed in the back of the book. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Mayhem and Meteorites: A SHRUNK! Adventure Fleur Hitchcock (Author) Series:
Shrunk!
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01 Jan 2014
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 240pp h197mm x w11mm x s128mm 138g ISBN13: 9781471401169 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0116-9 ISBN10: 1471401162 EAN: 9781471401169 x Description: The sensational sequel to SHRUNK! the SUNDAY TIMES 'Book of the Week'! It seems all is quiet in the sleepy seaside town of Bywater-by-Sea until a meteorite falls to earth, landing in the middle of the Field Craft troop's outdoor
expedition camp. Now it's not just Tom with strange powers: trouble-maker Jacob can set things on fire and sensible Eric has the power to put them out. What's more, the excavation of the ancient castle has uncovered a mysterious glittering rock, and the dust is making Bywater-by-Sea even more eccentric than usual. NEWSFLASH: Meteorites are falling again in Bywater-by-Sea. Do NOT approach these mysterious glowing rocks. Side effects may include: heightened powers to shrink objects, water jets shooting from fingertips, firebomb fingers, ever-growing venomous sea snakes and naughty pink cockatoos. This and other magical mayhem is currently under investigation by renowned geologist Professor Lee. This SHRUNK story was created on The Story Adventure, where week by week Fleur wrote a new chapter using ideas from over 2,000 school children - characters, locations and plot twists. See if you can spot them! _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
SHRUNK! Fleur Hitchcock (Author) Andy Parker (Cover design or artwork by) Series:
Shrunk!
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01 Sep 2012
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 176pp h197mm x w10mm x s129mm 147g ISBN13: 9781471400070 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0007-0 ISBN10: 1471400077 EAN: 9781471400070 x Description: A squirrel, a hot dog stand, the planet Jupiter...what will get shrunk next? After Tom moves in with his grandmother next to the Bywater-by-Sea Model Village, he makes a wish on a shooting star and gets the curious ability to shrink things. The first thing he shrinks is Jupiter, then some sheep and a boat. But without Jupiter in place, the Earth is slowly being drawn towards the Sun. With the angry (and miniaturised) school bully yelling from his pocket, Tom has to return Jupiter and save Earth -- all while trying to make friends in his new home. Debut author Fleur Hitchcock has written a hugely imaginative and quirky story that is good, clean fun. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Trouble with Mummies Fleur Hitchcock (Author) Series:
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01 May 2013
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 176pp h196mm x w13mm x s128mm 147g ISBN13: 9781471400469 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0046-9 ISBN10: 1471400468 EAN: 9781471400469 x Description: Probably the first really noticeable thing was Mum coming back from the hairdresser's on Friday afternoon, wearing a small black beard. Sam comes home one day to find his family turning strange - his mum is redecorating using hieroglyphics and his dad is building a pyramid in the back garden. He hopes it's just a weird new fashion... but then the strangeness starts to spread. With the help of his friends Ursula, Henry and Lucy the Goat, Sam must save his town from rampaging Roman rugby players, hairdressers turned cavewomen, and a teacher who used to be a 'basket of kittens' but now wants to sacrifice the Year Ones to the Aztec sun god. As history invades Sam's world, will he be able to keep the Greeks away from the Egyptians and discover the cause of the Mummy madness? WARNING: contains dangerous dressing-up, mild historical violence and prolonged scary humour.
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The Yoghurt Plot Fleur Hitchcock (Author) Series:
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05 Jun 2014
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 160pp h197mm x w10mm x s128mm 135g ISBN13: 9781471403248 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0324-8 ISBN10: 1471403246 EAN: 9781471403248 x Description: Time travel, family, consequences and yoghurts. Oh, and gerbils. 'I don't want my life controlled by a fridge.' Humming in the kitchen of Bugg and Dilan's new home is a huge, mysterious fridge. Even when Bugg turns off the power, the light stays on. Plus, it's full of strange-looking yoghurts in glass jars with wax-paper lids. Should they? Shouldn't they? They do, but the yoghurts take them back to 1974. What follows is a desperate scramble across time and space, in which the siblings discover a 40-year-old time crime and become painfully aware that small changes they make in the past can have huge consequences for their future. Aided and hindered by go-for-it gerbil-fancier Lorna, they try to put everything back in order before time - and the yoghurts - run out completely. Another delightful, family-friendly adventure from the author of the Sunday Times Children's Book of the Week, SHRUNK! _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Wild Hunt Oskar Jensen (Author) Series:
The Stones of Winter
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07 Apr 2016
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 192pp h198mm x w130mm x s12mm 159g ISBN13: 9781471404146 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0414-6 ISBN10: 1471404145 EAN: 9781471404146 x Description: A thrilling tale of Norse Gods and a terrifying hunt . . . Astrid - a Viking Princess - and Leif (a poet) are on the run, having been banished from Denmark. They are trying to escape to Sweden. But Grimnir, a coldblooded assassin, has been sent to kill them. And that is the least of their worries, for Leif has managed to offend Odin, the king of the Norse Gods, which means the dreaded Wild Hunt - Odin's hunt - is after them, and ready to take their lives in revenge . . . An epic tale of battle, bloodshed and the terror of being hunted. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Scarlett Fever Maureen Johnson (Author) Series:
Suite Scarlett
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01 Jul 2014
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 352pp h197mm x w22mm x s128mm 284g ISBN13: 9781471403040 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0304-0 ISBN10: 1471403041 EAN: 9781471403040
x Description: A hilarious and heartfelt New York comedy from a crowned Queen of Teen Quite a bit has changed for Scarlett Martin over the last month. Mrs Amberson has moved down the street and opened the Amy Amberson Agency (AAA, frequently called by stranded motorists), and she's taken on Scarlett as her official assistant. Marlene seems to have had a personality transplant (she's being nice, for once), Spencer has accidentally become public enemy number one (his character murdered another very popular one on a hit show), and there is definitely something wrong with Lola. And as for Scarlett's love life? Well ... the less said about that the better. That would be enough for anyone to deal with, but unfortunately two new figures are about to enter Scarlett's life: fifteen-year-old Broadway star Chelsea Biggs and her brother Max. Suddenly, drama appears to have spread over all of New York City. Gossip pages, boys standing in trashcans, an ill-fated cake, murder on the steps of a courthouse, flying doughnuts, topiary abuse, a dog named Murray who wees whenever he sees hats ... and then an event that will change the Martin family forever. One thing is for sure: there's never a dull moment at the Hopewell Hotel. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Suite Scarlett Maureen Johnson (Author) Series:
Suite Scarlett
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01 Nov 2013
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 368pp h198mm x w22mm x s128mm 297g ISBN13: 9781471402029 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0202-9 ISBN10: 1471402029 EAN: 9781471402029 x Description: A hilarious romantic comedy set in New York City from the UK Queen of Teen If living in a famous art deco hotel minutes away from Central Park sounds like your idea of a pretty sweet deal - you should talk to Scarlett Martin. Having a hotel for a home really isn't all it's cracked up to be, especially when you've got no guests, no money and no prospects for any fun thanks to your parents putting you to work all summer. Luckily for Scarlett, the Hopewell is about to be shaken to its foundations with the arrival of Mrs Amberson, a glamorous travelling socialite who's planning on putting down some roots for a while - and hiring Scarlett as her assistant. With a new job, new friends, and (maybe) a new boyfriend on the horizon, Scarlett's summer is beginning to look a lot more interesting... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Key To The Golden Firebird Maureen Johnson (Author) Series:
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04 Jul 2013
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 320pp h198mm x w20mm x s128mm 262g ISBN13: 9781471401763 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0176-3 ISBN10: 1471401766 EAN: 9781471401763 x Description: There are lots of rules for the road, but none when it comes to the heart Life hasn't been the same for the Gold sisters since their father died. Brooks is not-so-quietly falling apart, May is desperately trying to keep everything and everyone together, and Palmer... well, who knows what's up with Palmer. May is sure if she could just learn to drive, life would be so much simpler. But with both her mom and Brooks permanently AWOL, getting her licence is looking hopeless - until Pete offers to teach her. Pete, the incredibly annoying boy-next-door who's like a brother to May... or is he? This summer May's going to have to learn to cope with a lot more than just Driver's Ed if she wants to keep her family together, get the guy and maybe - just maybe - earn the key to the Golden Firebird. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Shadow Cabinet: A Shades of London Novel Maureen Johnson (Author) Series:
Shades of London
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01 Feb 2015
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 384pp h197mm x w130mm x s23mm 308g ISBN13: 9781471401800 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0180-0 ISBN10: 1471401804 EAN: 9781471401800 x Description: In her weakest moment, Rory will find true strength Grieving, shaken, and feeling very much alone, Rory's life as a member of the Shades of London has changed irrevocably. It's only been a matter of hours since Stephen was taken from her, possibly for ever. Her classmate Charlotte is still missing, kidnapped by the same people who tried to take Rory. Rory is no longer a schoolgirl haplessly involved in the dealings of a secret government unit. She is their weapon in a matter of life and death. With hardly a moment to think for herself, Rory gets back to work. Charlotte must be found -- as must Stephen, if he is even out there. Lines must be drawn and forces rallied. Something is brewing under London, something bigger and much more dangerous than what has come before. The Shadow Cabinet holds the key to everything, and it is up to Rory to unravel its mysteries before time runs out... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Constable & Toop Gareth P. Jones (Author) Aron Wiesenfeld (Cover design or artwork by) Series:
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01 Oct 2012
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 384pp h195mm x w128mm x s20mm 280g ISBN13: 9781471400117 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0011-7 ISBN10: 1471400115 EAN: 9781471400117 x Description: A darkly comic Dickensian ghost story from Blue Peter Award winner Gareth P. Jones: it's not the dead you'll need to worry about! Sam Toop lives in a funeral parlour, blessed (or cursed) with an unusual gift. While his father buries the dead, Sam is haunted by their constant demands for attention. Trouble is afoot on the 'other side' - there is a horrible disease that is mysteriously imprisoning ghosts into empty houses in the world of the living. And Sam is caught in the middle - will he be able to bring himself to help? Blue Peter Award winner Gareth P. Jones has woven a darkly comic story, a wonderfully funny adventure that roams the grimy streets of Victorian London. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Death or Ice Cream? Gareth P. Jones (Author) Series:
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07 Jan 2016
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 256pp h198mm x w129mm x s15mm 191g ISBN13: 9781471404283 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0428-3 ISBN10: 1471404285 EAN: 9781471404283
x Description: Larkin Mills: The Birthplace of Death! Larkin Mills is no ordinary town. It's a place of contradictions and enigma, of secrets and mysteries. A place with an exquisite ice cream parlour, and an awful lot of death. An extraordinary mystery in Larkin Mills is beginning to take shape. First we meet the apparently healthy Albert Dance, although he's always been called a sickly child, and he's been booked into Larkin Mills' Hospital for Specially Ill Children. Then there's his neighbour Ivor, who observes strange goings-on, and begins his own investigations into why his uncle disappeared all those years ago. Next we meet Young Olive, who is given a battered accordion by her father, and unwittingly strikes a dreadful deal with an instrument repair man. Make sure you keep an eye on Mr Morricone, the town ice-cream seller, who has queues snaking around the block for his legendary ice cream flavours Summer Fruits Suicide and The Christmas Massacre. And Mr Milkwell, the undertaker, who has some very dodgy secrets locked up in his hearse. Because if you can piece together what all these strange folks have to do with one another . . . well, you'll have begun to unlock the dark secrets that keep the little world of Larkin Mills spinning . . . _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
No True Echo Gareth P. Jones (Author) Series:
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01 Jan 2015
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 256pp h198mm x w16mm x s128mm 211g ISBN13: 9781471404160 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0416-0 ISBN10: 1471404161 EAN: 9781471404160 x Description: Told with Gareth's signature wit, humour and thoughtfulness, this story examines the way stories shape our past, present and future Eddie is pretty certain nowhere could be more small-town, more boring, and more inconsequential than his home town of the Wellcome Valley. Unfortunately, he is about to be proved spectacularly wrong. Eddie's problems start with the arrival of Scarlett, a new girl in town who seems rather too confident and mysterious for your average schoolgirl. She attracts trouble (and Eddie) like a magnet, and she's apparently only interested in two very strange things - protecting the town's local crackpot scientist, and telling Eddie absolutely nothing about what on earth is going on. And why is she so interested in Eddie's long-dead mother? Things quickly go from weird to worse for Eddie, as he finds himself right in the middle of a dangerous mystery - one with consequences not just for him and Scarlett, but time itself. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Women in Battle Marta Breen & Jenny Jordahl (Author) Series:
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04 Oct 2018
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Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 128pp h272mm x w198mm ISBN13: 9781471408120 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0812-0 ISBN10: 1471408124 EAN: 9781471408120 x Description: Freedom. Equality. Sisterhood. WOMEN IN BATTLE is the book for anyone who wants to learn as much as possible about the history of feminism in as short a time as possible. Presented as a graphic novel and spanning 150 years of recent history, WOMEN IN BATTLE celebrates the fight for women's rights all over the world. Topics include the suffragette movement, female world leaders, abortion and contraception, gay marriage and #MeToo. Slowly but surely we are making progress. We need only dare to be heard.
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Jumblecat Archie Kimpton (Author) Kate Hindley (Illustrated by) Series:
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01 Jul 2014
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 256pp h197mm x w16mm x s128mm 207g Yes ISBN13: 9781471402784 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0278-4 ISBN10: 1471402789 EAN: 9781471402784 x Description: A hilarious and madcap adventure from a delightfully quirky debut author Billy Slipper is a fairly normal boy with a definitely not-so-fairly normal family. All he wants to do is add to his 'Collectabillya' (an assortment of weird and wonderful objects he finds) in peace, but his cleaning-mad mum (she even clingfilms the carrots!) and his fantastically horrid twin sister have other ideas. However, they don't bargain on Billy finding his best ever Collectabillya - Jumblecat! Jumblecat is a . . . well, a jumbled-up cat (who talks, by the way), and he's set to change the Slippers' lives forever. With the help of his batty old-lady next-door-neighbour, Billy must battle to win the town pet show (top prize: GBP10,000), find a vet who can un-jumble Jumblecat (price: GBP10,000), RESCUE Jumblecat when he is stolen (culprit: an insane taxidermyobsessed general) - and then stop Jumblecat from getting stuffed, all with the help of his dad's milk float. Sounds easy? Well, you just haven't met Jumblecat yet. Beautifully illustrated by the Greenaway Medal nominated artist Kate Hindley, JUMBLECAT is sure to capture your heart. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Porridge of Knowledge Archie Kimpton (Author) Series:
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07 May 2015
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 224pp h197mm x w14mm x s128mm 187g Kate Hindley ISBN13: 9781471402807 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0280-7 ISBN10: 1471402800 EAN: 9781471402807 x Description: Magic gloop, evil baddies and a ridiculous amount of food abound in this super-silly story Milk lives in the grubby seaside town of Slopp-on-Sea - a rubbish name for a rubbish town. But Milk's life is pretty rubbish too, so it fits. She loves her Granddad, but nowadays he's always wandering off somewhere, or asking her befuddled questions. Then one day, he comes back from one of his jaunts with a battered book in his hand containing a recipe for THE PORRIDGE OF KNOWLEDGE. Intrigued, Milk enlists the help of her friend Carp to try the recipe. At first it looks like all they've managed to create is a lump of malodorous goo - but then they notice the ants (who have been nibbling the porridge) building a mashed potato replica of the leaning tower of Pisa... So they decide to try it out on themselves. And the results are incredible! Suddenly Milk and Carp are the cleverest people in town - and Granddad is back to his normal self. Milk and Carp are about to discover that sometimes a little bit of knowledge goes a long way... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Catalyst S. J. Kincaid (Author) Series:
Insignia Trilogy
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01 Nov 2014
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 464pp h198mm x w30mm x s129mm 370g ISBN13: 9781471400711 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0071-1 ISBN10: 1471400719 EAN: 9781471400711 x Description: Tom Raines is about to break through the impossible... Tom Raines and his friends return to the Pentagonal Spire for a new year, eager to continue their training for the elite Intrasolar Forces. But they soon discover troubling changes. Strict new regulations, suspicious agents in positions of power and the revelation that the Spire is under military control. The trainees are now cadets. What begins as an irritating adjustment soon reveals a dangerous shift in reality. Those in control have a ruthless agenda. And when the military academy begins welcoming suspicious new cadets, they reveal a plan with horrifying worldwide ramifications. Tom is desperate to stop it, and it seems he is not alone. But when the enemy comes for Tom, how much can he endure in the battle to save himself? In this exhilarating, explosive and heart-rending conclusion to the INSIGNIA trilogy, CATALYST puts Tom and his intelligent, passionate and brave young friends through stunning tests, dangerous confrontations and into an impossible future they could never have predicted. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Insignia S. J. Kincaid (Author) Sammy Yuen (Illustrator) (Cover design or artwork by) Series:
Insignia Trilogy
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Pub Date:
02 Aug 2012
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 464pp h198mm x w129mm x s26mm 337g ISBN13: 9781471400001 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0000-1 ISBN10: 147140000X EAN: 9781471400001 x Description: What if playing computer games could save the world...and the Government's secret weapon was you? Tom Raines is suddenly recruited into the US Army to train as a virtual reality Combatant to see if he is good enough to help fight World War Three. Equipped with a new computer chip in his brain, it looks as if Tom might actually become somebody. But what happens when you start to question the rules? In this first part of a fast-paced, futuristic trilogy, S. J. Kincaid asks significant questions concerning the use of technology and the value of life. 20th Century Fox have pre-emptively bought the film rights for the first book in the series. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Vortex S. J. Kincaid (Author) Series:
Insignia Trilogy
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Pub Date:
04 Jul 2013
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 432pp h195mm x w27mm x s130mm 345g ISBN13: 9781471400421 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0042-1 ISBN10: 1471400425 EAN: 9781471400421 x Description: Tom is back for more action-packed adventure! Now in his second year as a superhuman cadet-in-training, Tom's been promoted to a mid-level member of the elite training corps known as Camelot Company, or CamCo. As training intensifies and the moment arrives to impress the multinational corporations who will make or break the cadets' careers, Tom finds himself drawn into a power struggle that's more dramatic - and with far higher stakes - than anything he ever imagined. There are nefarious new enemies to outwit, old friendships that take on new faces, a romance that Tom is encouraged to betray, and an increasing desire on Tom's behalf to demand nothing less than 'justice for all' - even if he sabotages his own future in the process. But what will his idealism cost? Filled with camaraderie, wit, action and intelligence, the second book in S. J. Kincaid's futuristic trilogy continues to explore fascinating and timely questions about power, politics, technology, loyalty and friendship. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Harvey Drew and The Bin Men From Outer Space Cas Lester (Author) Series:
Harvey Drew Adventures
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Pub Date:
06 Mar 2014
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 208pp h197mm x w13mm x s128mm 170g Yes ISBN13: 9781471402234 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0223-4 ISBN10: 1471402231 EAN: 9781471402234 x Description: A really rubbish adventure... in outer space Harvey Drew is an ordinary eleven-year-old who dreams of great adventures in outer space. The Toxic Spew is an intergalactic waste disposal ship. The two are on a collision course for chaos! After Harvey unwittingly responds to an alien signal, he is transported to the flight deck of The Toxic Spew by the ship's bad-tempered computer, who promptly loses his return address. Even though none of the crew have even heard of Earth, let alone met an Earthling, Harvey becomes Captain of the stroppy, pizza-obsessed, brave (but grubby) crew, and almost immediately has to save them from poisonous pink maggots, dangerous exploding space-rubbish and a multiple spaceship pile-up on Hyperspaceway B16. Luckily, leading his rabble crew out of danger isn't so different from captaining his football team, and it turns out Harvey is just the boy to save the day! _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Harvey Drew and the Bling Bots Cas Lester (Author) Series:
Harvey Drew Adventures
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Pub Date:
01 Oct 2014
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 224pp h197mm x w15mm x s128mm 185g ISBN13: 9781471402487 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0248-7 ISBN10: 1471402487 EAN: 9781471402487
x Description: Harvey Drew and the Toxic Spew crew return for another out-of-this-world adventure! Harvey thinks he has the best job in the world: he's stumbled into being captain of a real live space ship! Except it's the Toxic Spew - the filthiest, grubbiest, and definitely the most dysfunctional garbage ship in the known galaxy. And with the most argumentative and chaotic crew on board. While on their way to the next rubbish pick-up, the crew get word of a stranded cargo ship that happens to be carrying the most valuable substance in the Known Universe, and Beyond - Techno-tium. Whoever rescues the cargo gets to claim it. Thinking they will soon be disgustingly rich, the crew aims their ship towards the treasure. But they don't bet on running into the most notorious and ruthless pirates around: the Bling Bots from the planet SyBoorg! Harvey must try and save the day again - before the Toxic Spew gets disposed of itself, once and for all. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Harvey Drew and the Junk Skunks Cas Lester (Author) Series:
Harvey Drew Adventures
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Pub Date:
02 Jul 2015
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 256pp h198mm x w17mm x s130mm 205g Yes ISBN13: 9781471403347 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0334-7 ISBN10: 1471403343 EAN: 9781471403347 x Description: The Toxic Spew is back, and in even more trouble than usual. WOOP WOOP WOOP! ALARM ALARM ALARM! It's chaos once more on the bridge of the Toxic Spew. But this time, the ship's problems are of a most human nature - they've run out of food! Mutiny, cannibalism and plain old theft are suggested as potential problem-solvers, but Captain Harvey politely requests that the crew buck their ideas up and think of something else. At which point the ISS is mentioned - no, not the International Space Station! - the Interstellar Service Station . . . But the ISS is spookily deserted when the team arrive, and it's not long before Harvey suspects there's something fishy going on... and he's not just talking about the Spew's malfunctioning rubbish chute. Can Harvey unite his crew one more time and solve the mystery of the abandoned space station? Will Scrummage really eat Yargal if they don't find some food? And will Harvey EVER get home? Join the gang for another rip-roaring, spacehopping and (frankly) stomach-turning adventure on the universe's worst intergalactic rubbish truck - and see if you can spot the special input from kids on The Story Adventure! _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Brightling Rebecca Lisle (Author) Series:
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Pub Date:
01 Jan 2014
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 336pp h198mm x w21mm x s129mm 277g ISBN13: 9781471400575 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0057-5 ISBN10: 1471400573 EAN: 9781471400575 x Description: A fantastical twist on a classic story. Thrown out of the Knip and Pynch Home for Waifs and Strays, Sparrow is an orphan accompanied only by her loyal cat Scaramouch and a single clue to her real family. Sparrow travels to the town of Stollenback where, lost and afraid, she is taken in by Gloriana, a strange and colourful street girl. Sparrow thinks she has found a home in the 'nest' - a hideout for homeless girls run by the beautiful but menacing Miss Minter. Sparrow is taught to make matches and stay quiet, but all is not as it seems. And what does the vicious Tapper want with her? As Sparrow uncovers a web of strange and suspicious secrets she finds herself at the heart of an undercover smuggling trade with a price on her head. Kidnapped and locked in the dark coal cellar, Sparrow's dream of finding a family seems impossible.
A wonderful re-imagining of OLIVER TWIST, Sparrow's adventure realises the dark secrets of Dickensian London with a fantastical twist for younger readers. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Spin Rebecca Lisle (Author) Series:
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Pub Date:
01 Jan 2013
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 368pp h197mm x w23mm x s129mm 296g ISBN13: 9781471400230 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0023-0 ISBN10: 1471400239 EAN: 9781471400230 x Description: An orphan boy's triumph over adversity, with help from a fire-breathing, winged horse Stormy is an orphan and a kitchen skivvy. He tends the compost, he scrubs the floors, and watches feasts make their way up the mountain as he survives on bread and water. A skivvy is all that Stormy can hope to be. But Stormy has a secret. He wants to be a sky-rider, to soar amongst the clouds on spitfyres: flying horses that spit fire and smoke, and answer only to their riders. A chance meeting with an escaped convict turns Stormy's life upside down. Sent up to the Academy he uncovers a web of lies, deceits and neglect, at the centre of which lies the mysterious thirteenth horse. Can Stormy save Thirteen, defeat the dark forces at work within the Academy and prove himself worthy as a sky-rider? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Dramarama: The brilliant summer read from the author of We Were Liars E. Lockhart (Author) Series:
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Pub Date:
25 Jan 2017
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 320pp h198mm x w129mm x s19mm 256g ISBN13: 9781471406065 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0606-5 ISBN10: 1471406067 EAN: 9781471406065 x Description: From E. Lockhart, author of the New York Times bestseller and Zoella Book Club 2016 title, We Were Liars. Two teen theatre-fanatics. One dream. And SUMMER DRAMA CAMP. All-round theatre-enthusiast, Sarah - better known by her showbiz name, Sayde - is a girl with ambitions too big for the small and conventional town she lives in. Her life doesn't have the razzle-dazzle she craves. For once she wants to feel special, noticed and be the centre of attention. This summer Sadye has her talents set on Wildewood's prestigious theatre summer camp. And with her best friend Demi - a flamboyant falsetto, who is equally thrilled to be leaving their small town of Brenton - they will both experience a season of hormones, hissy fits, jazz hands, song and dance, true love and unitards! But despite all the glitz and glam, there comes rivalry and competition, and Sadye will have to prove her talents more than she has ever had to before. Summer at Wildewood will not only determine Sadye's future - but will also test her friendships. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Fly on the Wall: From the author of the unforgettable bestseller, We Were Liars E. Lockhart (Author) Series:
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Pub Date:
08 Sep 2016
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 192pp h198mm x w129mm x s12mm 158g ISBN13: 9781471406041 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0604-1 ISBN10: 1471406040 EAN: 9781471406041 x Description: From E. Lockhart, author of the New York Times bestseller and Zoella Book Club 2016 title, We Were Liars, comes a story about one girl who saw everything . . . 'I think this might be the best YA novel...I've ever read. It's hilarious, and it's so very smart. I mean, I'm serious...It's really amazing.' - John Green, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Fault in Our Stars At the Manhattan School of Art and Music, where everyone is unique, Gretchen Yee feels ordinary. It doesn't help that she's known as the shy girl who sits alone at lunch, drawing pictures of her favourite superhero, just so she won't have to talk to anyone. It's no surprise that Gretchen isn't exactly successful in the boy department. Her ex-boyfriend is a cold-fish-sometimes-flirty ex who she can't stop bumping into. Plus, she has a massive crush on a boy named, Titus but is too scared to make the first move. One minute he seems like a sensitive guy, the next, he's a completely different person when he's with his friends. She can't seem to figure boys out! Gretchen has one wish: to be a fly on the wall in the boy's locker room. What are boys really like? What do they talk about? This is the story of how one girl's wish came true. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Genuine Fraud E. Lockhart (Author) Series:
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Pub Date:
31 May 2018
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 288pp h198mm x w129mm x s17mm 213g ISBN13: 9781471407123 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0712-3 ISBN10: 1471407128 EAN: 9781471407123 x Description: Soon to be a major motion picture produced by stars of HBO series GIRLS, Lena Dunham and Jenni Konner From the author of the unforgettable bestseller WE WERE LIARS comes a suspenseful new psychological thriller - the story of a young woman whose diabolical smarts are her ticket into a charmed life. But how many times can someone reinvent themselves? You be the judge. Imogen is a runaway heiress, an orphan, a cook, and a cheat. Jule is a fighter, a social chameleon, and an athlete. An intense friendship. A disappearance. A murder, or maybe two. A bad romance, or maybe three. A girl who refuses to be the person she once was. Praise for GENUINE FRAUD 'Addictive and shocking feminist thriller' Lena Dunham
'A brilliant, twisty thriller - I loved it!' Karen M. McManus, bestselling author of One Of Us Is Lying 'It is so good and you will devour it in one sitting. Then re-read it immediately.' @gayleforman (Gayle Forman on Twitter) 'Compelling and unique, I was absolutely hooked' Jenny Blackhurst, bestselling author of How I Lost You _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Ruby Oliver 1: The Boyfriend List E. Lockhart (Author) Series:
Ruby Oliver
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Hot Key Books
Pub Date:
14 Jul 2016
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 256pp h198mm x w129mm x s16mm 207g ISBN13: 9781471405969 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0596-9 ISBN10: 1471405966 EAN: 9781471405969 x Description: From E. Lockhart, author of the New York Times bestseller and Zoella Book Club 2016 title, We Were Liars, comes this hilarious and heart-warming series. 15 Guys, 11 Shrink Appointments, 4 Ceramic Frogs and Me, Ruby Oliver Ruby Oliver is fifteen and has a shrink. But before you make up your mind about her, you should know that she has had a pretty awful (and eventful) past ten days. She has: lost her boyfriend (#13 on the boyfriend list), lost her best friend, lost all her other friends, did something suspicious with a boy (#10), did something advanced with a boy (#15), had an argument with a boy (#14), drank her first beer (someone handed it to her), got caught by her mom (ag!), had a panic attack (scary), lost a lacrosse game, failed a math test, hurt Meghan's feelings, became a social outcast, and had graffiti written about her in the girls' bathroom. But don't worry, Ruby lives to tell the tale. Through a special assignment to list all the boys she's ever had the slightest, little, any-kind-of-anything with, comes an unfortunate series of events that would be enough to send any girl in a panic. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Ruby Oliver 2: The Boy Book E. Lockhart (Author) Series:
Ruby Oliver
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Hot Key Books
Pub Date:
14 Jul 2016
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 224pp h198mm x w129mm x s14mm 182g ISBN13: 9781471405983 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0598-3 ISBN10: 1471405982 EAN: 9781471405983 x Description: From E. Lockhart, author of the New York Times bestseller and Zoella Book Club 2016 title, We Were Liars, comes this hilarious and heart-warming series.
A Study of Boy Habits and Behaviours from me, Ruby Oliver From E. Lockhart, author of the best-seller We Were Liars, and the highly-acclaimed The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks, comes this hilarious and heart-warming series. Here is how things stand at the beginning of newly-licensed driver Ruby Oliver's junior year at Tate Prep: Kim: Not speaking. But far away in Tokyo. Cricket: Not speaking. Nora: Speaking--sort of. Chatted a couple times this summer when they bumped into each other outside of school--once shopping in the U District, and once in the Elliot Bay Bookstore. But she hadn't called Ruby, or anything. Noel: Didn't care what anyone thinks. Meghan: Didn't have any other friends. Dr. Z: Speaking. And Jackson. The big one. Not speaking. But with a new job, an unlikely but satisfying friend combo, additional entries to "The Boy Book" and many difficult decisions help Ruby to see that there is, indeed, life outside the Tate Universe. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Ruby Oliver 3: The Treasure Map of Boys E. Lockhart (Author) Series:
Ruby Oliver
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Pub Date:
11 Aug 2016
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 256pp h198mm x w129mm x s16mm 207g ISBN13: 9781471406003 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0600-3 ISBN10: 1471406008 EAN: 9781471406003 x Description: From E. Lockhart, author of the New York Times bestseller and Zoella Book Club 2016 title, We Were Liars, comes this hilarious and heart-warming series. Noel, Jackson, Finn, Hutch, Gideon-and me, Ruby Oliver From E. Lockhart, author of the best-seller We Were Liars, and the highly-acclaimed The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks, comes this hilarious and heart-warming series. Things are looking good for Ruby Oliver. It's the thirty-seventh week that she's been in the state of Noboyfriend. Ruby's panic attacks are bad, and her love life is even worse, not to mention the fact that more than one boy seems to be giving Ruby a lot of their attention. Rumours are flying, and Ruby's already not-so-great reputation is heading downhill. Not only that, she's also: * running a bake sale * learning the secrets of heavy-metal therapy * encountering some seriously smelly feet * defending the rights of pygmy goats * and bodyguarding Noel from unwanted advances. In this third instalment to the Ruby Oliver series, Ruby tries to pin down two important things: real friendship, and true love - if such a thing exists. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Ruby Oliver 4: Real Live Boyfriends E. Lockhart (Author) Series:
Ruby Oliver
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Pub Date:
11 Aug 2016
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 240pp h198mm x w129mm x s15mm 195g ISBN13: 9781471406027 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0602-7 ISBN10: 1471406024 EAN: 9781471406027 x Description: From E. Lockhart, author of the New York Times bestseller and Zoella Book Club 2016 title, We Were Liars, comes this hilarious and heart-warming series. Yes. Boyfriends, Plural. If My Life Weren't Complicated, I Wouldn't Be Ruby Oliver From E. Lockhart, author of the best-seller We Were Liars, and the highly-acclaimed The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks, comes this hilarious and heart-warming series. Ruby Oliver is in love. Or it would be love, if Noel, her real live boyfriend, would call her back. Not only is her romantic life a shambles: * her dad is eating nothing but Cheetos * her mother's got a piglet head in the refrigerator * Hutch has gone to Paris to play baguette air guitar * Gideon shows up shirtless * and the pygmy goat Robespierre is no help whatsoever Will Ruby ever control her panic attacks? Will she ever understand boys? Will she ever stop making lists? (No to that last one.) Ruby has lost most of her friends. She's lost her true love, more than once. She's lost her job, her reputation, and possibly her mind. But she's never lost her sense of humour. The Ruby Oliver books are the record of her survival. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
We Were Liars E. Lockhart (Author) Series:
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Pub Date:
13 May 2014
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'So freaking good' - Sarah Dessen 'Such beautiful writing' - Libba Bray 'Beautiful and disturbing' - Justine Larbalestier 'Better than the hype' - Lauren Oliver We are the Liars. We are beautiful, privileged and live a life of carefree luxury. We are cracked and broken. A story of love and romance. A tale of tragedy. Which are lies? Which is truth? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks: From the author of the unforgettable bestseller WE WERE LIARS E. Lockhart (Author) Series:
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 352pp h198mm x w129mm x s21mm 281g ISBN13: 9781471404405 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0440-5 ISBN10: 1471404404 EAN: 9781471404405 x Description: Frankie is smart, sharp, funny . . . and possibly a criminal mastermind "As a girl, Frankie knows she is supposed to play by the rules, but the rules were made by Old Boys for boys and therefore are not her rules to begin with." - THE NEW YORK TIMES So Frankie Landau-Banks decides to take matters into her own hands, outsmarting the secret all-male society at her rich kid boarding school by tricking the members, including her own boyfriend, into believing her increasingly outrageous commands are their leader's. Undaunted by her male peers, Frankie contests the old-fashioned idea that it's the boys who rule the school proving that girls are not to be dismissed even by her own father, a former member of the all-male society himself! Witty and sharp from the author of We Were Liars, this book will "challenge girls' images of themselves, who they are in relation to boys and why." THE NEW YORK TIMES _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Being a Girl Hayley Long (Author) Gemma Correll (Illustrated by) Series:
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 224pp h198mm x w129mm x s13mm 168g Gemma Correll ISBN13: 9781471403903 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0390-3 ISBN10: 1471403904 EAN: 9781471403903 x Description: A funny, frank and fearless guide to being a girl Being a girl is not all sugar and spice. How can you possibly survive school and even think about talking to your crush when you have spots in places you didn't even know you had, your boobs are too big (or too small) and the friend drama is off the charts? Luckily, bestselling YA author and sixth-form teacher Hayley Long provides a straight-talking guide to puberty - from cattiness to kisses, and everything in between. With witty black-and-white illustrations by Gemma Correll throughout, BEING A GIRL tells you everything you need to know about surviving puberty, in an honest and humorous way.
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Sophie Someone Hayley Long (Author) Series:
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 272pp h197mm x w129mm x s17mm 222g ISBN13: 9781471404894 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0489-4 ISBN10: 1471404897 EAN: 9781471404894 x Description: Shortlisted for the Costa Children's Book Award. A remarkable tale of confusion and betrayal - and a very special girl called Sophie. 'Some stories are hard to tell. Even to your very best friend. And some words are hard to get out of your mouth. Because they spell out secrets that are too huge to be spoken out loud. But if you bottle them up, you might burst. So here's my story. Told the only way I dare tell it.' Sophie Nieuwenleven is sort of English and sort of Belgian. Sophie and her family came to live in Belgium when she was only four or five years old, but she's fourteen now and has never been quite sure why they left England in the first place. Then, one day, Sophie makes a startling discovery. Finally Sophie can unlock the mystery of who she really is. This is a story about identity and confusion - and feeling so utterly freaked out that you just can't put it into words. But it's also about hope. And the belief that, somehow, everything will work out OK. SOPHIE SOMEONE is a tale of well-intentioned but stupid parenting, shock, acceptance and, ultimately, forgiveness, written in a brave, memorable and unique language all of its own. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Nearest Faraway Place Hayley Long (Author) Series:
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 320pp h198mm x w129mm x s18mm 236g ISBN13: 9781471406263 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0626-3 ISBN10: 1471406261 EAN: 9781471406263 x Description: A powerfully told story of the love between two brothers in the aftermath of a family tragedy Griff and Dylan are driving into Manhattan with their parents when the worst happens. There is a terrible car accident and Dylan and Griff(1)s parents are killed. The boys are suddenly orphans with nowhere to go, until a kind aunt and uncle give them a new home in Wales. Now Dylan and Griff have everything they need - love, a happy home and a future. But Dylan is worried about Griff: whether he is OK, whether he is coping with his grief. He doesn't seem to want to speak about it or really acknowledge the loss of their parents. But Dylan needs to be even braver than Griff, because there is something very important he needs to face up to before he can move on. The heartbreaking new novel from award-winning author Hayley Long Winner of the Mal Peet Children's Book Award at the 2017 East Anglian Book Awards, the Tir na n-Og Award (English language) 2018 and the Staffordshire Libraries YTF2018 (Young Teen Fiction) Book Award Nominated for the Carnegie Medal 2018
Shortlisted for the Stockport Children's Book Award 2018, the Hillingdon Secondary Book of the Year 2018 and the Dudley Teen Book Awards 2018 _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Bullet Catcher Joaquin Lowe (Author) Series:
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04 Feb 2016
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 304pp h196mm x w129mm x s18mm 246g ISBN13: 9781471405068 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0506-8 ISBN10: 1471405060 EAN: 9781471405068 x Description: A coming-of-age tale reimagined as a searing Western epic. In the small town of Sand, populated by gunslingers and surrounded by endless desert, Imma washes dishes and grieves for a life she never had. She and her brother, Nikko, dreamed of escaping to become bullet catchers, a legendary band of outlaws who can deflect bullets with their hands. But they were wiped out years ago, Nikko with them. And leaving is impossible when walking into the desert means certain death. When she sees a stranger catch a man's bullet and turn it back on him, Imma knows it can only mean one thing: the bullet catchers live on, and this is her way out. Determined to follow him, Imma starts a journey that will take her to her physical extremes and force her to question just what family means and who she really is: bullet catcher or gunslinger; hero or monster. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
London Belongs to Us Sarra Manning (Author) Series:
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 272pp h198mm x w129mm x s17mm 219g ISBN13: 9781471404610 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0461-0 ISBN10: 1471404617 EAN: 9781471404610 x Description: 'Fast and funny and happy-making' Lisa Williamson, author of THE ART OF BEING NORMAL Twelve hours, two boys, one girl . . . and a whole lot of hairspray. Seventeen-year-old Sunny's always been a little bit of a pushover. But when she's sent a picture of her boyfriend kissing another girl, she knows she's got to act. What follows is a mad, twelve-hour dash around London - starting at 8pm in Crystal Palace (so far away from civilisation you can't even get the Tube there) then sweeping through Camden, Shoreditch, Soho, Kensington, Notting Hill . . . and ending up at 8am in Alexandra Palace. Along the way Sunny meets a whole host of characters she never dreamed she'd have anything in common with - least of all the devilishly handsome (and somewhat vain) French 'twins' (they're really cousins) Jean Luc and Vic. But as this love-letter to London shows, a city is only a sum of its parts, and really it's the people living there who make up its life and soul. And, as Sunny discovers, everyone - from friends, apparent-enemies, famous bands and even rickshaw drivers - is willing to help a girl on a mission to get her romantic retribution. A fast-paced, darkly funny love letter to London, boys with big hair and the joys of staying up all night. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Jepp, Who Defied the Stars Katherine Marsh (Author) Series:
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 400pp h198mm x w26mm x s128mm 321g ISBN13: 9781471400162 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0016-2 ISBN10: 1471400166 EAN: 9781471400162 x Description: A thrilling historical epic with an unlikely teenage hero Who says fate is written in the stars? Set in sixteenth-century Europe, JEPP is the thrilling, romantic and in turns heart-warming and poignant story of a teenage dwarf limited not only by his height but by his destiny. Although he appears to be bound for a lowly life as a court dwarf, Jepp has ambition, and he dreams of becoming a scientist and marrying the woman he loves. This highly original and unforgettable story is based on a real historical figure, and Jepp's story includes violence, love, astrology, astronomy, and even a beer-drinking moose. A Philippa Gregory for teens, JEPP is ideal for fans of adventurous, thought-provoking historical romance. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Boonie Richard Masson (Author) Series:
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 336pp h198mm x w21mm x s129mm 273g ISBN13: 9781471400254 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0025-4 ISBN10: 1471400255 EAN: 9781471400254 x Description: Orphaned and abandoned, JD's only hope is a man with his mouth sewn shut JD's father has been burnt alive by the Silver Men. His mother has run away. Lost in the desert without water, JD meets a strange old man whose mouth has been sewn shut. That man's secret will save his life. The search for his mother leads JD to the City, where he must face the true horrors of life under the Silver Men. Trapped inside the Pits of enslaved children scraping for water, he must risk everything and everyone he has ever loved in order to survive. BOONIE is a story of bravery, friendship, loss and hope that will stay with you long after the final page is turned. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Mother Tongue Julie Mayhew (Author) Series:
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 304pp h198mm x w129mm x s18mm 245g ISBN13: 9781471405945 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0594-5 ISBN10: 147140594X EAN: 9781471405945 x Description: If you leave home, is your heart left behind? Darya Ivanova is looking forward to September. She has looked after her little sister, Nika, since she was a baby. Now Nika is starting school. Maybe
Darya can find a job with her own tidy desk. Perhaps even a boyfriend. But when an unimaginable tragedy strikes, Darya's life plans are fractured. Stalled. She is afraid. What if she never knows real love? What if she never finds somewhere she belongs? If only she could get to Moscow. There, Darya could escape. There, she could become someone else . . . 'Magnificent' Independent on The Big Lie _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Red Ink Julie Mayhew (Author) Series:
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 320pp h198mm x w20mm x s127mm 258g ISBN13: 9781471400759 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0075-9 ISBN10: 1471400751 EAN: 9781471400759 x Description: Sometimes lies are safer than the truth When her mother is knocked down and killed by a London bus, fifteen-year-old Melon Fouraki is left with no family worth mentioning. Her mother, Maria, never did introduce Melon to a 'living, breathing' father. The indomitable Auntie Aphrodite, meanwhile, is hundreds of miles away on a farm in Crete, and is unlikely to be jumping on a plane and coming to East Finchley anytime soon. But at least Melon has 'The Story'. 'The Story' is the Fourakis family fairytale. A story is something. RED INK is a powerful coming-of-age tale about superstition, denial and family myth. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Big Lie Julie Mayhew (Author) Series:
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 368pp h198mm x w24mm x s129mm 296g ISBN13: 9781471404702 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0470-2 ISBN10: 1471404706 EAN: 9781471404702 x Description: Shortlisted for the Peters Book of the Year. A shocking story of rebellion and revelation set in a contemporary Nazi England. Jessika Keller is a good girl: she obeys her father, does her best to impress Herr Fisher at the Bund Deutscher Madel meetings and is set to be a world champion ice skater. Her neighbour Clementine is not so submissive. Outspoken and radical, Clem is delectably dangerous and rebellious. And the regime has noticed. Jess cannot keep both her perfect life and her dearest friend. But which can she live without? THE BIG LIE is a thought-provoking and beautifully told story that explores ideas of loyalty, sexuality and protest. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Electrical Venus Julie Mayhew (Author) Series:
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19 Apr 2018
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 288pp h200mm x w130mm x s15mm 216g ISBN13: 9781471407048 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0704-8 ISBN10: 1471407047 EAN: 9781471407048 x Description: Can this shocking new feeling be love, or is it electrickery? In a lowly side-show fair in eighteenth-century England, teenager Mim is struggling to find her worth as an act. Not white, but not black enough to be truly exotic, her pet parrot who speaks four languages is a bigger draw than her. But Alex, the one-armed boxer boy, sees her differently. And she, too, feels newly interested in him. But then Dr Fox arrives with his scientific kit for producing 'electrickery' - feats of electrical magic these bawdy audiences have never seen before. To complete his act, Fox chooses Mim to play the 'Electrical Venus'. Her popularity - and the electric-shocking kisses she can provide for a penny - mean takings are up, slop is off the menu and this spark between her and Fox must surely be love. But is this starring role her true worth, or is love worth more than a penny for an electrifying kiss? An intoxicating and atmospheric coming of age story set in the filth and thrill of a travelling show during the height of the Georgian Enlightenment. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Death & Co. D. J. McCune (Author) Series:
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 288pp h197mm x w18mm x s128mm 238g ISBN13: 9781471400926 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0092-6 ISBN10: 1471400921 EAN: 9781471400926 x Description: What sort of a life is death? Adam is a Luman, and it runs in the family. Escorting the dead from life into light, Adam must act as guide to those taken before their time. As his older brothers fall into their fate however, Adam clings to his life as a normal kid - one who likes girls, hates the Head and has a pile of homework to get through by Monday morning. When Adam gets a terrible premonition he realises that he must make a devastating choice, risking his life, his family and his destiny. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Fault Lines D. J. McCune (Author) Series:
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 352pp h198mm x w21mm x s130mm 286g ISBN13: 9781471402715 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0271-5 ISBN10: 1471402711 EAN: 9781471402715
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The Mortal Knife D. J. McCune (Author) Series:
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 304pp h197mm x w19mm x s130mm 248g ISBN13: 9781471402319 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0231-9 ISBN10: 1471402312 EAN: 9781471402319 x Description: The second part of the compelling DEATH & CO. series After breaking Luman law trying to stop a terrorist attack in London, Adam is looking forward to getting back to school and returning to normality. Unfortunately, Fate is standing in his way, and she goes by the name of Morta. Adam must weigh up what is most important: his friendships, school and being normal, or life as a Luman. There is only one place he can find the answers he needs. Adam must enter the Realm of the Fates and take control of a situation that is about to spiral dangerously out of control. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Tall Tales From Pitch End Nigel McDowell (Author) Series:
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01 Jun 2013
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 384pp h196mm x w25mm x s128mm 310g ISBN13: 9781471400407 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0040-7 ISBN10: 1471400409 EAN: 9781471400407 x Description: A richly imagined gothic tale of friendship, loss, rebellion and adventure Ruled by the Elders, policed by an unforgiving battalion of Enforcers and watched by hundreds of clockwork Sentries, Pitch End is a town where everybody knows their place. Soon-to-be fifteen-year-old Bruno Atlas still mourns the death of his Rebel father ten years ago, and treasures the book of stories he secretly uncovered: the Tall Tales from Pitch End. After discovering a chilling plot planned by the Elders, Bruno flees, escaping to the mountains where a bunch of disparate young Rebels are planning a final attack on Pitch End. With secrets and betrayal lying around every corner, Bruno will find himself fighting not only for his life, but the life of the town. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Black North Nigel McDowell (Author) Series:
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05 Jun 2014
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 432pp h198mm x w28mm x s130mm 347g ISBN13: 9781471400674 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0067-4 ISBN10: 1471400670 EAN: 9781471400674 x Description: Based on Irish legends and mythology, this is an enchanting new fantasy from the author of TALL TALES FROM PITCH END. The Divided Isle, once a place of peace and tranquillity, has been ravaged by war. Twins Oona and Morris live with their grandmother in a stone cottage in the quiet southern county of Drumbroken, but the threat of the Invaders of the Black North - the ravaged northern part of the island - is coming ever closer. When Morris, fighting against the Invaders, is kidnapped by one of the evil Briar Witches, Oona must journey to the unknown realms of the Black North in search of her brother. She is accompanied only by Merrigutt, a jackdaw with mysterious transformative powers, and a treasured secret possession: a small stone in the shape of a plum, but a stone that reveals truths and nightmares, and which the Invaders and their ruler, the King of the North, seek more than anything. Oona must keep the stone safe at all costs, and find her brother, before the King of the North extends his evil hold over the whole island and destroys it forever. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The House of Mountfathom Nigel McDowell (Author) Series:
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09 Mar 2017
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 400pp h198mm x w129mm x s24mm 318g ISBN13: 9781471404047 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0404-7 ISBN10: 1471404048 EAN: 9781471404047 x Description: 'THE HOUSE OF MOUNTFATHOM is the kind of book that turned me into a reader in the first place. It has the same clever interweaving of history and fantasy that I so admired in Nigel McDowell's previous books but is also filled with an utterly infectious kind of delight. The characters are so vivid and the world brims with the most gorgeous detail. And if this wasn't enough, the language itself is a pure joy. Nigel McDowell has left an extraordinary legacy behind, something of the imagination and something of the soul.' Eimear McBride, multi-award-winning author of A GIRL IS A HALF-FORMED THING 'Lyrical, ominous and utterly original, with a passionate sense of place and history, THE HOUSE OF MOUNTFATHOM is one of those books that pushes strange roots down into your mind.' Frances Hardinge, Costa Award-winning author of THE LIE TREE Luke Mountfathom knows he is special and odd. He is told so by everyone he knows. His parents are special and odd too - they are the keepers of the House of Mountfathom, a magnificent stately home where the wrong door could take you to a far away land, and strange animals appear to stalk the grounds at midnight. The house is his home - but it is also the headquarters of the Driochta, a magic-weaving group of poets, artists, politicians and activists charged with keeping the peace in Ireland. They have many powers - have mastered Mirror-Predicting and Smoke-Summoning and StormBreaching - and a final ability: that of Mogrifying; taking on a unique animal form. But Luke's idyllic existence at Mountfathom cannot last. Word reaches the House of protests across Ireland. There is a wish for independence, a rising discontent and scenes of violence that even the Driochta cannot control. In Dublin, death and disease is running rife in the tenements; a darkness is clogging the air, and is intent on staying. And when things quickly spin out of control for the Driochta, it is up to Luke, his cat Morrigan and his best friend Killian to worm out the heart of the evil in their land. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Black Cairn Point: Winner of the Scottish Teenage Book Prize 2017 Claire McFall (Author) Series:
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29 Jul 2015
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 272pp h198mm x w129mm x s17mm 219g ISBN13: 9781471404870 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0487-0 ISBN10: 1471404870 EAN: 9781471404870 x Description: Winner of the Scottish Teenage Book Prize 2017. A haunting YA thriller unfolds on an isolated beach. Heather agrees to a group camping holiday with Dougie and his friends because she's desperate to get closer to him. But when the two of them disturb a pagan burial site above the beach, she becomes certain that they have woken a malevolent spirit. Something is alive out there in the pitch-black dark, and it is planning to wreak deadly revenge. One year later Heather knows that she was very lucky to escape Black Cairn Point but she is still waiting for Dougie to wake from his coma. If he doesn't, how will she prove her sanity, and her innocence? A chilling and atmospheric thriller from unflinching and award-winning writer Claire McFall. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Shiver The Whole Night Through Darragh McManus (Author) Series:
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01 Nov 2014
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 352pp h198mm x w22mm x s130mm 284g ISBN13: 9781471404092 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0409-2 ISBN10: 1471404099 EAN: 9781471404092 x Description: A small town in Ireland, a chilling mystery, a teenage detective - and a message from the dead After months of misery and feeling ready to end it all, Aidan Flood wakes up one morning to find that local beauty and town sweetheart Slaine McAuley has done just that. Aidan suddenly discovers a new sense of purpose and becomes determined to find out what happened to her. The town is happy to put it down to suicide, but then one night Aidan gets a message, scratched in ice on his bedroom window: 'I didn't kill myself.' Who is contacting him? And if Slaine didn't end her own life ... who did? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
How Not to Be Weird Dawn McNiff (Author) Series:
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07 Apr 2016
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Little Celeste Dawn McNiff (Author) Series:
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01 Apr 2014
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 208pp h198mm x w14mm x s128mm 172g ISBN13: 9781471402425 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0242-5 ISBN10: 1471402428 EAN: 9781471402425 x Description: A heart-warming tale about magic, responsibility, mothers and daughters Eleven-year-old Shelley only leaves her bedroom for two minutes, but when she gets back, there's a real, true-life, lavender-eyed baby on her bed. It's far too noisy, smelly and heavy to be a ghost baby - so whose is it? It can't be her mum's - Shelley would have noticed - but it's not like she's around for Shelley to ask, anyway. She's too busy trying to get her horrible ex-boyfriend Scott ('the Toadstool') back, who Shelley definitely does NOT like as much as her mum does. But someone's got to look after the baby, and give her a name. 'Celeste' sounds good (in fact, it sounds kind of magical) and so Shelley and little Celeste embark on some rather messy adventures, gain some new friends and realise that maybe some wishes can come true after all... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Worry Magic Dawn McNiff (Author) Series:
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01 Feb 2015
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 256pp h200mm x w130mm x s15mm 211g ISBN13: 9781471403712 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0371-2 ISBN10: 1471403718 EAN: 9781471403712 x Description: Hilarious, heartfelt, and with family at its core, this comforting story is for anyone who just can't help worrying! Courtney is a worrier - she's worried about EVERYTHING, from her mum and dad's constant fights, to her Gran being ill, to the fact that her best friend Lois suddenly seems to be more interested in growing up and hanging out with mean girl Bex than with her. But then one day, during a particularly bad argument kicked off by her dad's discovery of a pig in their lounge (don't ask...), Courtney begins to feel a bit funny... a bit woozy... a bit like a dream is coming on - and then when she wakes up everything is better! Mum and dad are being nice to each other, the pig is going back to the animal shelter (really, don't ask...) and even Kyle, her older brother, seems to be making an effort. Courtney becomes sure that each time she feels woozy and has her dreams, she's magicking her problems and worries away. Her mum, dad and brother aren't so sure though. Can Courtney convince everybody that her worry magic dreams are the perfect way to solve her problems? Or should she learn to worry a little less and to ask for help in some non-magical places more?
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How to Be Bad: Take a summer road trip you won't forget Sarah Mlynowski (Author) Lauren Myracle (Author) E. Lockhart (Author) Series:
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Pub Date:
04 Jun 2015
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 352pp h199mm x w130mm x s23mm 283g ISBN13: 9781471404849 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0484-9 ISBN10: 1471404846 EAN: 9781471404849 x Description: When you're tired of being good, sometimes you gotta be a little bad ... Jesse, Vicks and Mel couldn't be more different. Jesse, a righteous Southern gal who's as thoughtful as she is uptight, is keeping a secret that she knows will change her life forever. Vicks is a wild child: seemingly cool, calm and collected on the outside, but inside she's furious at herself for being so anxious about her neglectful boyfriend. And Mel is the new girl in town. She's already been dismissed as just another rich kid, but all she wants is to get over some of her fears and find some true friends. But for all their differences, the girls discover they've got one thing in common - they're desperate to escape. Desperate to get the heck out of Niceville and discover their true 'badass' selves! Even if it's just for the weekend ... One 'borrowed' car later, it's time to hit the road and head for Miami. Hearts will be broken, friendships will be tested, and a ridiculously hot stranger could change the course of everything. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Beautiful and the Cursed Page Morgan (Author) Series:
The Grotesque Series
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Pub Date:
01 May 2013
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Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 352pp h197mm x w21mm x s128mm 285g ISBN13: 9781471401060 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0106-0 ISBN10: 1471401065 EAN: 9781471401060 x Description: A compelling gothic romance set in Victorian Paris Ingrid Waverly is a young woman to be reckoned with. Faced with her brother's mysterious disappearance after an abrupt move to Paris, she is determined to discover what has happened to him. Soon she and her sister Gabriella are drawn into a Parisian underworld more terrifying than they could ever have imagined, but watching over them are two impossible (and impossibly handsome) young men. Luc is a 'Dispossessed', an ancient gargoyle whose sworn duty it is to protect the humans who inhabit his abbey. Nolan has secrets of his own too. He is a member of the Alliance - a shadowy group dedicated to keeping Paris safe from the demonic forces that threaten to destroy it. Secrets, danger and hidden powers stalk the girls in this beautifully imagined paranormal romance that will keep readers gripped from beginning to end - and one thing is for sure - you'll never look at a gargoyle in the same way again... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Lovely and the Lost Page Morgan (Author) Series:
The Grotesque Series
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Pub Date:
01 May 2014
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 368pp h197mm x w22mm x s129mm 300g ISBN13: 9781471402555 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0255-5 ISBN10: 147140255X EAN: 9781471402555 x Description: Murder, romance and gargoyles... welcome to Victorian Paris Gabby and Ingrid may have saved their brother, but their journey is far from over. Ingrid must learn how to control her powers before they begin to control her. She wishes Luc would help her, but he's refusing... Meanwhile Gabby has thrown herself into the Alliance, despite the eye patch she now wears thanks to a hellhound. But there are major changes afoot. When Nolan returns from the trials of the traitorous Alliance members he brings his father and his cousin, whose first order is to remove Chelle, Ingrid, and Gabby from their duties - women are no longer welcome. But Paris needs hunters, especially now murder is sweeping the city again. Whole families are being slaughtered in their sleep, at the dinner table even while out in the family carriage. Just who or what is behind these slayings? The action, romance, and devastatingly dark secrets revealed in THE BEAUTIFUL AND THE CURSED continue as Ingrid and Gabby fight for their loves, their lives and their city. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Wondrous and the Wicked Page Morgan (Author) Series:
The Grotesque Series
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Pub Date:
01 May 2015
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 352pp h196mm x w21mm x s128mm 290g ISBN13: 9781471402746 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0274-6 ISBN10: 1471402746 EAN: 9781471402746 x Description: Alone and defenceless, can the Waverly family survive the final battle for their city? Ingrid Waverly has never been more alone, or more frightened. Her sister has fled to London in fear for her life, and Luc, the one person she thought she could rely on more than anyone else in the world, has also disappeared. No one will tell Ingrid where he has gone, but rumours of a fierce leadership battle amongst the supernatural forces who protect Paris are swirling, and Ingrid fears he has been forced into a dangerous position. And it is a dangerous time to be a leader in this city - the number of demons flooding Paris's streets are overwhelming, and Ingrid and her few allies cannot cope. All the signs point to some kind of final uprising from the Underworld - but how can it possibly be defeated when the only people who stand a chance of doing so are too busy fighting themselves? Once again, everything comes down to Luc and Ingrid, and whether they can draw on each other's strength as well as their own. And this time, love really must conquer all. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
KILLER T Robert Muchamore (Author) Series:
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Pub Date:
29 Aug 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 480pp h234mm x w153mm x s33mm 532g ISBN13: 9781471407505 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0750-5 ISBN10: 1471407500 EAN: 9781471407505
x Description: Our world is about to change in ways we can barely imagine. KILLER T is a novel about growing up in that world. Harry and Charlie are teenagers whose lives are shaped by a society that's shifting around them. He is a lonely Brit in his first term at a Las Vegas high school. She is an unlikely friend, who gets accused of mixing a batch of explosives that blew up a football player. The two of them are drawn together at a time when gene editing technology is starting to explode. With a lab in the garage anyone can beat cancer, enhance their brain to pass exams, or tweak a few genes for that year-round tan and perfect beach body. But in the wrong hands, cheap gene editing is the most deadly weapon in history. Killer T is a synthetic virus with a ninety per-cent mortality rate, and the terrorists who created it want a billion dollars before they'll release a vaccine. Terrifying. Romantic. Huge in scope. A story for our times. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Breakdown Sarah Mussi (Teacher) (Author) Series:
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Pub Date:
02 Oct 2014
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Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 432pp h197mm x w26mm x s129mm 374g ISBN13: 9781471401916 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0191-6 ISBN10: 147140191X EAN: 9781471401916 x Description: When society has fallen apart, it takes the power of stories to provide survivors with hope It is 2084. Nuclear radiation has poisoned the country. Society has fallen apart. Starvation is rampant, and power shortages have resulted in piles of obsolete gadgetry. Necessity has driven those who've survived to complete self-reliance, if they have the means to do so. For Melissa and her Nan, survival is just about possible, so long as they can guard the tiny crop of potatoes in their back garden and find enough fuel to cook on - and as long as they are safely barricaded inside their home by curfew. For after dark, feral dogs hunt, and violent gangs from the old Olympic Stadium (now a miserable ghetto) roam to loot and plunder. If they catch you, they are not merciful; so when Melissa falls into the hands of Careem's gang, her prospects look bleak. But Careem soon realises that she might just be more valuable alive, as a ransom victim. However, he hasn't reckoned with Melissa's resourcefulness. Soon part of his young gang are completely beguiled by Melissa and her story of a hidden valley in Scotland - a place that sounds like a comparative paradise, if they can get there. But apparently only Melissa knows the way, and only she can lead them there. But Melissa is hiding a secret. She has never been to Scotland in her life, let alone a mythically Elysian valley there. Can Melissa's stories keep her alive long enough to escape - or will they get her killed? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Tiffin Mahtab Narsimhan (Author) Series:
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Pub Date:
01 Apr 2014
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Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 176pp h197mm x w12mm x s128mm 148g ISBN13: 9781471402920 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0292-0 ISBN10: 1471402924 EAN: 9781471402920 x Description: A charming, heartbreaking and beautifully evocative novel about fate, friendship and family Every day in the vast and vibrant city of Bombay, thousands of dabbawalla delivery-men transport hundreds of thousands of freshly prepared lunches in tiffin boxes, straight from workers' homes and into their offices. Even though the city is a maze of streets, and the tiffins carry a delivery code only dabbawallas can understand, no lunch ever gets lost. Well, almost never...
When a secret note placed in a tiffin box goes astray, the consequences for a young boy are devastating. Separated from his mother and forced to work as a slave in a cafe, Kunal is sure that if he could just find his family, his life and his fortunes would change forever. Recruiting the help of a dabbawalla friend, Kunal vows to find his mother - and it seems the answer may lie with the tiffins once more. If a lost note was the beginning of his destiny, can he use another to change it? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Elites Natasha Ngan (Author) Series:
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Pub Date:
01 Sep 2013
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Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 368pp h196mm x w25mm x s128mm 295g ISBN13: 9781471401527 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0152-7 ISBN10: 1471401529 EAN: 9781471401527 x Description: A beautifully written futuristic romance 'There is a rumour that the Elites don't bleed.' Hundreds of years into the future, wars, riots, resource crises and rising sea-levels have destroyed the old civilisations. Only one city has survived: Neo-Babel, a city full of cultures - and racial tension. Fifteen-year-old Silver is an Elite, a citizen of Neo-Babel chosen to guard the city due to her superior DNA. She'd never dream of leaving - but then she fails to prevent the assassination of Neo Babel's president, setting off a chain of events more shocking and devastating than she could ever have imagined. Forced to flee the city with her best friend Butterfly (a boy with geneticallyenhanced wings), Silver will have to fight to find her family, uncover the truth about Neo-Babel and come to terms with her complicated feelings for Butterfly. Packed full of adventure, romance, exoticism and the power of friendship, THE ELITES is a highly compelling and beautifully written novel from a supremely talented debut author. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Memory Keepers Natasha Ngan (Author) Series:
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Pub Date:
01 Sep 2014
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Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 416pp h197mm x w25mm x s130mm 337g ISBN13: 9781471401541 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0154-1 ISBN10: 1471401545 EAN: 9781471401541 x Description: When you're chasing memories to survive, it's better to leave the past behind ... Seven is a thief with a difference - he steals downloadable memories from banks and memoriums to sell onto London's black market, trading secrets and hidden pasts for a chance at a future of his own. He makes sure he keeps some special stuff back to 'surf' himself though - it's the only real form of entertainment he can afford. But one night, as Seven is breaking into a private memorium in a wealthy part of London, he is caught in the act by one of its residents: Alba, the teenage daughter of London's most famous criminal prosecutor. Instead of giving him away, Alba promises to keep Seven's secret - as long as he allows her to go memory-surfing herself. In doing so, they discover a hidden memory about Seven's past, revealing a shocking secret about his childhood, the government and a mysterious experiment known as The Memory Keepers ... Now Seven and Alba will have to race against time to unlock the maze of The Memory Keepers - but can they keep themselves out of harm's way before the London Guard - and Alba's father - catches up with them? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Clariel: Prequel to the internationally bestselling fantasy series Garth Nix (Author) Series:
The Old Kingdom
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Pub Date:
04 Jun 2015
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 496pp h197mm x w30mm x s129mm 397g ISBN13: 9781471403866 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0386-6 ISBN10: 1471403866 EAN: 9781471403866 x Description: The highly anticipated prequel to Garth Nix's astonishingly successful OLD KINGDOM series - now available in paperback! Sixteen-year-old Clariel is not adjusting well to her new life in the city of Belisaere, the capital of the Old Kingdom. She misses roaming freely within the forests of Estwael, and she feels trapped within the stone city walls. It seems, too, that the city itself is descending into chaos, as the ancient rules binding Abhorsen, King and Clayr appear to be disintegrating. With the discovery of a dangerous Free Magic creature loose in the city, Clariel is given the chance both to prove her worth and make her escape. But events spin rapidly out of control. Clariel finds herself more trapped than ever, until help comes from an unlikely source - and at a terrible cost. Clariel must question the motivations and secret hearts of everyone around her - and it is herself she must question most of all. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Goldenhand: The latest thrilling adventure in the internationally bestselling fantasy series Garth Nix (Author) Series:
The Old Kingdom
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Pub Date:
01 Jun 2017
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 432pp h198mm x w129mm x s24mm 315g ISBN13: 9781471404467 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0446-7 ISBN10: 1471404463 EAN: 9781471404467 x Description: The hugely anticipated return to Garth Nix's New York Times bestselling Old Kingdom series. Lirael is no longer a shy Second Assistant Librarian. She is the Abhorsen-in-Waiting, with dead creatures to battle and Free Magic entities to bind. She's also a Remembrancer, and wielder of the Dark Mirror. When Lirael finds Nicholas Sayre lying unconscious after being attacked by a hideous Free Magic creature, she uses her powers to save him. But Nicholas is deeply tainted with Free magic and Lirael must seek help for him at her childhood home, the Clayr's Glacier. But even as she returns to the Clayr, a messenger is trying to reach Lirael with a dire warning from her long-dead mother, Arielle, about the Witch with No Face. But who is the Witch, and what is she planning? Once more a great danger threatens the Old Kingdom, and it must be forestalled not only in the living world, but also in the cold, remorseless river of Death.
Praise for Garth Nix: 'Sabriel is a winner . . . a world with the same solidity and four-dimensional authority as our own, created with invention, clarity and intelligence' Philip Pullman, author of the His Dark Materials series 'One of the best worldbuilders in fantasy . . . I love the Old Kingdom series' Brandon Sanderson
'There is no joy like returning to the Old Kingdom . . . Nix sets the standard for fantasy' Leigh Bardugo 'One of the greatest living fantasy writers . . . I will never get enough of the Old Kingdom' Sarah J. Maas _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
To Hold The Bridge: Tales from the Old Kingdom and Beyond Garth Nix (Author) Series:
The Old Kingdom
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Pub Date:
04 Jun 2015
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 512pp h198mm x w129mm x s30mm 404g ISBN13: 9781471404481 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0448-1 ISBN10: 147140448X EAN: 9781471404481 x Description: A masterful short story collection including a rarely seen OLD KINGDOM novella. Garth Nix proves he is a master of the short story with this intriguing collection of tales. Leading with the novella TO HOLD THE BRIDGE, fans of Garth Nix will be more than satisfied with the richly detailed and thrilling tale of Charter Magic and a deathly duel. Fans new and old will delight in the subsequent tales, including fantasy and science fiction, with witches, vampires, strange worlds and stranger creatures making their appearance. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Run Gregg Olsen (Author) Series:
A Vengeance Novel
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Pub Date:
01 May 2014
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 272pp h198mm x w16mm x s129mm 221g ISBN13: 9781471401855 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0185-5 ISBN10: 1471401855 EAN: 9781471401855 x Description: A twisted murder, a tangle of lies... Now Rylee must run for her life What if you discovered that everything you thought you knew about yourself was a lie? Rylee is fifteen. She comes home from school one afternoon to find the most shocking thing possible - her father dead, with a knife through his heart, and a key clutched in his hand. Her mother's purse is on the counter, but she appears to be long gone. A message in blood is written on the floor... RUN. With her brother in tow, Rylee begins a dark journey, one that will uncover horrific and chilling crimes and lead her to an unexpected and gruesome discovery about her real father and what - or who - is behind his insatiable desire to kill. By the journey's end Rylee's childhood is a long way behind her... RUN is the first title in the new Vengeance series, following Rylee as she begins to piece together the story of her life and to avenge unpunished crimes - starting with her own. This is DEXTER with a feisty female protagonist unlike any other in contemporary young adult fiction. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Paper Aeroplanes Dawn O'Porter (Author) Series:
Paper Aeroplanes
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Pub Date:
01 May 2013
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Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 272pp h196mm x w16mm x s128mm 223g ISBN13: 9781471400360 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0036-0 ISBN10: 1471400360 EAN: 9781471400360 x Description: I just can't imagine me without you... It's the mid-1990s, and fifteen year-old Guernsey schoolgirls, Renee and Flo, are not really meant to be friends. Thoughtful, introspective and studious Flo couldn't be more different to ambitious, extroverted and sexually curious Renee. But Renee and Flo are united by loneliness and their dysfunctional families, and an intense bond is formed. Although there are obstacles to their friendship (namely Flo's jealous ex-best friend and Renee's growing infatuation with Flo's brother), fifteen is an age where anything can happen, where life stretches out before you, and when every betrayal feels like the end of the world. For Renee and Flo it is the time of their lives. With graphic content and some scenes of a sexual nature, PAPER AEROPLANES is a gritty, poignant, often laugh-out-loud funny and powerful novel. It is an unforgettable snapshot of small-town adolescence and the heart-stopping power of female friendship. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Booby Trap and Other Bits and Boobs Dawn O'Porter (Author) Series:
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Pub Date:
19 Sep 2013
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Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 256pp h197mm x w17mm x s130mm 211g ISBN13: 9781471401428 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0142-8 ISBN10: 1471401421 EAN: 9781471401428 x Description: In aid of breast cancer charities. A collection of stories from famous names with one thing in common - boobs! Knockers, baps, bazoomas and hooters - big ones, small ones, man boobs, boob jobs and lopsided lady lumps - every boob tells a story. From teenage diaries that will make you laugh out loud and squirm with embarrassment, to heart-breaking first-hand celebrity confessions, journalist and author Dawn O'Porter is joined by celebrities such as Caitlin Moran, Chris O'Dowd, Jameela Jamil and Sarah Millican in a big book of all things booby. Bestselling authors also contribute with writing from Maureen Johnson, Marian Keyes, Patrick Ness, Laura Dockrill, James Dawson, Will Hill, Maude Apatow and Benjamin Zephaniah. This is a full-frontal insight into breasts, nips, pecs and all the other bits and boobs. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Circus of the Unseen Joanne Owen (Author) Series:
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Pub Date:
01 Nov 2014
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Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 304pp h198mm x w14mm x s130mm 174g ISBN13: 9781471401145 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0114-5 ISBN10: 1471401146 EAN: 9781471401145 x
Description: Staying alive isn't easy in the world of the dead After an accident at her grandmother's house, Rosie is transported to a strange and sinister world populated by a cast of carnivalesque characters who reside in the Circus of the Unseen. Reigning over them is an old woman called Mother Matushka, who guards the threshold between life and death and has extraordinary powers over all around her. This is an in-between world, a bizarre and trapped existence, but Rosie is not like the others here. She seems to be hovering between the world of the living and the world of the dead, and even seems to have the power to challenge Mother Matushka. Can Rosie escape Mother Matushka's formidable rule and a world in limbo? And can she solve another mystery - one that lies at the heart of her grandmother's life? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The End of the World As We Know It Iva-Marie Palmer (Author) Series:
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Pub Date:
01 Mar 2014
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 304pp h197mm x w20mm x s128mm 250g ISBN13: 9781471402531 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0253-1 ISBN10: 1471402533 EAN: 9781471402531 x Description: A sharp and witty post-apocalyptic high school comedy drama Sarabeth Lewis knows that anyone who's anyone will be at Teena McAuley's party this weekend. As it turns out, anyone who isn't anyone will end up in Teena's basement. This will include Sarabeth. But come the morning after, they're actually pretty glad of that fact... You know it's going to be a bad day when you emerge from a party you're not supposed to have been invited to in the first place to find the house destroyed and almost everyone you know in bits. Quite literally, in Sarabeth's case. Whilst she and the rest of the school's outcasts have been locked in the basement, the world appears to have ended - Sarabeth, Leo, Evan and Teena (who accidentally locked herself in the basement too...) have unwittingly become survivors of an alien invasion. Now they'll have to put their differences aside for long enough to save their town, themselves and quite possibly the world - and use everything they've got (including glittery face-paint) to squish some serious alien butt. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Distance Between Me and the Cherry Tree Paola Peretti (Author) Denise Muir (Translated by) Series:
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Pub Date:
09 Aug 2018
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Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 208pp h198mm x w129mm x s15mm 198g ISBN13: 9781471407550 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0755-0 ISBN10: 1471407551 EAN: 9781471407550 x Description: 'A simply told, bitter-sweet story, with a powerful poetic message' - Jacqueline Wilson A novel for all ages about a young girl losing her sight, inspired by the author's own life story. For fans of Wonder, The Little Prince and The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly. Mafalda is a nine-year-old girl who knows one thing: some time in the next six months her sight will fail completely. Can Mafalda find a way through a seemingly dark future and still go to school, play football and look after her beloved cat? With the help of her family, and her friends, Mafalda needs to discover the things that will be important to her when her sight has failed. A moving, empowering tale of courage and determination that will inspire young and old.
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Anything That Isn't This Chris Priestley (Author) Series:
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Pub Date:
23 Sep 2015
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Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 480pp h197mm x w31mm x s129mm 382g Yes ISBN13: 9781471404641 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0464-1 ISBN10: 1471404641 EAN: 9781471404641 x Description: Shortlisted for the Peters Book of the Year. Seventeen-year-old Frank Palp lives in a grim little apartment, in a grim little building, in an exceedingly grim (and rather large) city. Cobbled streets and near-destroyed bridges lead one through Old Town and Old New Town, and war-damaged houses stand alongside post-war characterless, concrete hutches. Most people walk hunched over, a habit from avoiding snipers, but others are proud to stand tall and make the world take notice . . . This is a city full of contradictions, and Frank is no exception. He mostly hates his life, he definitely hates the ludicrous city he is forced to live in and he absolutely with complete certainty hates the idiots he's surrounded by . . . and yet he is in love. A love so pure and sparkling and colourful, Frank feels sure it is 'meant to be'. His love is a reward for all the terrible grey that he is surrounded by - which would be great, if the girl in question knew he existed. And then one day, the perfect sign lands in his lap. A message, in a bottle. A wish, for 'anything that isn't this'. The girl who wrote this is surely his soulmate - and now he just needs to find her. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Superpowerless Chris Priestley (Author) Series:
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Pub Date:
15 Jun 2017
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 352pp h198mm x w129mm x s20mm 258g Black and white illustrations ISBN13: 9781471404979 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0497-9 ISBN10: 1471404978 EAN: 9781471404979 x Description: 'Deeply moving' The Financial Times David is sixteen. A pretty ordinary boy, in most ways - he just wants to hang out in his bedroom, reading his dad's old comics. Comics that are full of his heroes - those figures whose lives are charmed, special, unique. Life hasn't been easy recently for David, though. His father died just a couple of years ago, he has a fractious relationship with his mum, and he has fallen out with his best friend. But, David has a secret, which he hasn't told anyone. He has superpowers. He can soar through the air, he has superhearing, he feels and hears everything super-keenly. So life should be easier, then, shouldn't it? But somehow it's not - and when David gets involved with the girl next door, gorgeous Holly Harper, he begins to realise just how very complicated it can get. David's harbouring another secret, a deeper darker one, and on this journey from boyhood to manhood, will he have the courage to face up to it? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Diamonds & Deceit Leila Rasheed (Author) Series:
At Somerton
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Hot Key Books
Pub Date:
02 Jan 2014
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 400pp h198mm x w25mm x s128mm 322g ISBN13: 9781471402135 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0213-5 ISBN10: 1471402134 EAN: 9781471402135 x Description: The Averley family return for more historical scandal, romance and decadence The London Season of 1913 is in full swing, and Rose has never felt more out of place. She can't help but feel like a servant dressed up in diamonds and silk. Then she meets Alexander Ross, a young Scottish duke. Rose has heard all sorts of gossip about Alexander, but he alone treats her as a friend. Rose should know better than to give her heart to a man with a reputation, but it may already be too late. Meanwhile, Ada's also feeling miserable. She should be happy - she's engaged to a handsome man who shares her political passions and has promised to support her education. So why does she feel hollow inside? She knows that without this marriage, her family will be ruined, but it seems that in matters of love, the Averleys can only follow their hearts... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Secrets & Sapphires Leila Rasheed (Author) Series:
At Somerton
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Hot Key Books
Pub Date:
03 Jan 2013
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 304pp h197mm x w18mm x s128mm 245g ISBN13: 9781471400865 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0086-5 ISBN10: 1471400867 EAN: 9781471400865 x Description: DOWNTON ABBEY meets GOSSIP GIRL in this racy first instalment of an exciting new sequence One house, two worlds, dark secrets... The year is 1910. For the past decade, the Averley family has lived a life of luxury in India, but now they must return to Lord Averley's ancestral estate, the sprawling, majestically beautiful Somerton Court. As the household staff hastily prepare for the family's arrival, they receive shocking news: Lord Averley is bringing back a fiancee with three children of her own, and on top of that, there are rumours of a terrible scandal surrounding Lord Averley's resignation as Lieutenant Governor of Bengal. As the family settles in, tensions arise both upstairs and downstairs. Lady Ada must choose between her honour and her heart, Sebastian must fend off ruinous threats from a former servant (and lover...) and gentle housemaid Rose will find herself at the centre of a scandal so enormous it could destroy the Averleys' reputation forever. With plenty of scheming, scandal and sauciness, SECRETS & SAPPHIRES is a thrilling period-drama perfect for fans of Jilly Cooper and DOWNTON ABBEY. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
V for Violet Alison Rattle (Author) Series:
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07 Apr 2016
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 304pp h197mm x w130mm x s21mm 249g ISBN13: 9781471403811 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0381-1 ISBN10: 1471403815 EAN: 9781471403811 x Description: Battersea, 1961. London is just beginning to enter the swinging sixties. The world is changing - but not for sixteen-year-old Violet. She was born at the exact moment Winston Churchill announced Victory in Europe - an auspicious start, but now she's just stuck in her family's fish and chip shop dreaming of greatness. And it doesn't look like fame and fortune are going to come calling anytime soon. Then she meets Beau. Beau's a Rocker - a motorcycle boy who arrives in an explosion of passion and rebellion. He blows up Violet's grey little life, and she can't believe her luck. But things don't go her way for long. Joseph, her long-lost brother, comes home. Then young girls start going missing, and turning up murdered. And then Violet's best friend disappears too. Suddenly life is horrifyingly much more interesting. Violet can't believe its coincidence that Joseph turns up just as girls start getting murdered. He's weird, and she feels sure he's hiding something. He's got a secret, and Violet's got a dreadful feeling it might be the worst kind of secret of all . . . _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Beloved Alison Rattle (Author) Series:
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01 Mar 2015
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 304pp h199mm x w130mm x s19mm 248g ISBN13: 9781471403798 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0379-8 ISBN10: 1471403793 EAN: 9781471403798 x Description: Escape from a bullying mother takes one young woman to an even more dangerous place. Alice Angel has known only a life of rules, restriction and punishments as she strays from the rigid path of Victorian proprietary that her mother has set out for her. A constant disappointment to all but her doting father, she longs for the day that she might break free from the stifling atmosphere of her mother's rule. After a chance encounter with a charming stranger, and a final incident with her family that sees her condemned to the madhouse, Alice sees her opportunity to run and grasps it with both hands. She escapes to join the Agapemonites in their Abode of Love, where ex-Reverend Henry Prince rules his isolated colony of women as their Beloved. Prince ignites a passion in Alice that she never knew existed, and she dares to think she might be free at last. But as Alice becomes more deeply drawn into the life of Prince's strange religious sect, secrets are revealed that seem to hint at a darker nature lurking behind the man's charm. Instead of freedom, is Alice in fact more trapped, alone and in danger than ever before? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Madness Alison Rattle (Author) Series:
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01 Mar 2014
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 336pp h197mm x w20mm x s127mm 270g ISBN13: 9781471401039 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0103-9 ISBN10: 1471401030 EAN: 9781471401039 x Description: A thrilling Victorian tale of dangerous obsession and betrayal Sixteen-year-old Marnie lives in the idyllic coastal village of Clevedon. Despite being crippled by a childhood exposure to polio, she seems set to follow in her mother's footsteps, and become a 'dipper', escorting fragile female bathers into the sea. Her life is simple and safe. But then she meets Noah. Charming, handsome, son-of-the-local-Lord, Noah. She quickly develops a passion for him - a passion which consumes her. As Marnie's infatuation turns to fixation she starts to lose her grip on reality, and a harrowing and dangerous obsession develops that seems certain to end in tragedy. Set in the early Victorian era when propriety, modesty and repression were the rule, this is a taut psychological drama in which the breakdown of a young woman's emotional state will have a devastating impact on all those around her. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Quietness Alison Rattle (Author) Series:
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01 Mar 2013
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 288pp h197mm x w17mm x s130mm 233g ISBN13: 9781471401015 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0101-5 ISBN10: 1471401014 EAN: 9781471401015 x Description: A gripping, moving and haunting Victorian drama from a debut author When fifteen-year-old Queenie escapes from the squalid slums of nineteenth-century London, she has no idea about the dangers of the dark world she is about to become embroiled in. Initially thrilled at being taken on as a maid for the seemingly respectable Waters sisters, Queenie comes to realise that something is very wrong with the dozens of strangely silent babies being 'adopted' into the household. Meanwhile, lonely and unloved sixteen-year-old Ellen is delighted when her handsome and charming young cousin Jacob is sent to live with her family. She thinks she has finally found a man to fall in love with and rely on, but when Jacob cruelly betrays her she finds herself once again at the mercy of her cold-hearted father. Soon the girls' lives become irrevocably entwined in this tension-filled drama. THE QUIETNESS is a novel of friendship and trust in the darkest of settings. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Outcaste Ellen Renner (Author) Series:
Tribute
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01 Apr 2015
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 352pp h196mm x w22mm x s128mm 285g ISBN13: 9781471400650 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0065-0 ISBN10: 1471400654 EAN: 9781471400650
x Description: Zara is on a quest for revenge - but is she amongst friends, or the bitterest of enemies? Fleeing from the dangerous and powerful mage society she has betrayed, Zara has taken refuge in the Maker city of Gengst, where she knows she will face persecution and death if her identity is uncovered. She must live without magic, and even though she can finally be with the man she loves, her new life is far from the utopia she had dreamt it would be. As the Knowledge Seekers work together to build machines powerful enough to end the centuries-long war between the mages and the non-magical Makers, Zara finds her loyalties and love tested to breaking point. She must face the evil that is her heritage, uncover the truth behind the childhood tragedy that haunts her - and find the strength to believe in herself. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Tribute Ellen Renner (Author) Series:
Tribute
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01 Mar 2014
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 336pp h197mm x w21mm x s128mm 275g ISBN13: 9781471400315 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0031-5 ISBN10: 147140031X EAN: 9781471400315 x Description: Betrayed by her own father, Zara has waited years for revenge, and will stop at nothing to get it What if your greatest enemy was yourself? Zara is a mage, one of the elite in a world where magic is power, and the non-magical majority are oppressed and enslaved. When her Tribute slave and best friend is killed for the crime of literacy, Zara vows revenge by spying for the rebel Knowledge Seekers. But her bravery and magical skill are tested to the limit when a hostage from the other side of the Wall arrives at her palazzo. Sensing a kindred spirit, she promises to help him - but before she can, her secret is discovered. Hunted by her own kind, she must convince the Knowledge Seekers she is really on their side. But can she convince herself? Pain, romance, defiance and revenge combine in this powerfully written - and breathtakingly envisioned - YA fantasy. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Cherry Lindsey Rosin (Author) Series:
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25 Aug 2016
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 368pp h198mm x w129mm x s22mm 293g ISBN13: 9781471405761 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0576-1 ISBN10: 1471405761 EAN: 9781471405761 x Description: There's a first time for everything . . . Layla, Alex, Zoe and Emma are four best friends with not a lot in common. Well, except one thing . . . But they're determined to lose 'that thing' by the time they graduate high school. Yes, the time has come to Do It. To make love. To have all the sex. It's momentous, it's huge, it's important and it's lifechanging. Or . . . is it? Although each of the girls sets out with a pretty certain idea of what the Big Moment will be like, as they'll discover, life doesn't always work out the way you expect. And in their search for something huge, important and life-changing, they'll discover that they already have it - in each other. This classic coming-of-age story is both funny and frank. It's a story about friendships and growing-up, choices and mistakes, first times and last times. Above all, it's a story about having the time of your life with the people that you love. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Belle Epoque Elizabeth Ross (Author) Series:
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05 Sep 2013
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 336pp h198mm x w22mm x s129mm 267g ISBN13: 9781471402081 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0208-1 ISBN10: 1471402088 EAN: 9781471402081 x Description: In the fight to be the most beautful, the ugly face of bohemian Paris is revealed When sixteen-year-old Maude runs away to Paris, her romantic dreams vanish as quickly as her savings. Increasingly desperate for money, she answers a mysterious advert: 'Young Women Wanted for Undemanding Work. Apply In Person To The Durandeau Agency.' But the work is very strange indeed. Maude discovers she is to be a repoussoir - an ugly young woman hired by Parisian socialites to enhance their beauty. Maude is humiliated - but faced with destitution, what choice does she have? Quickly (and secretly) selected as the perfect companion for the Countess Dubern's daughter Isabelle, Maude is thrown into a decadent world full of parties, glamour and astonishing cruelty. Maude finds that academic Isabelle is equally disenchanted with the Parisian social scene, and the girls form a tight bond. But when bohemian artist Paul and the handsome Duke d'Avaray are introduced into the girls' lives, their friendship will be tested to its limits. The girls are about to discover the true meaning of being beautiful... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Disappearing Duchess Imogen Rossi (Author) Series:
The Last Apprentice
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01 Aug 2013
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 208pp h197mm x w18mm x s128mm 172g ISBN13: 9781471401831 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0183-1 ISBN10: 1471401839 EAN: 9781471401831 x Description: A thrilling magical mystery set in a re-imagined Renaissance Venice Twelve-year-old Bianca feels like the luckiest girl in Venice. She's apprenticed to the most famous painter in the world - Annunzio di Lombardi - and she's learning all the tricks of the trade in the most glamorous and powerful place in the city: the Duchess's Palace. But one night disaster strikes. Bianca's beloved Lombardi is given a poisoned cup of wine at a party, and collapses - but not before giving Bianca a magical paintbrush, which allows her to travel through hidden doorways throughout the city. Bianca will have to use all of her pluck, courage and cunning to find out who tried to hurt her master - and to discover what is wrong with the Duchess, who is behaving very strangely indeed... THE LAST APPRENTICE is a delightful and exciting mystery perfect for middle-grade readers looking for feisty heroines, sinister baddies and a good dash of magic and suspense. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Dark City Imogen Rossi (Author) Series:
The Last Apprentice
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Pub Date:
01 Mar 2014
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 224pp h197mm x w14mm x s130mm 184g ISBN13: 9781471402500 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0250-0 ISBN10: 1471402509 EAN: 9781471402500 x Description: Beyond La Luminosa lies a darker path... Only three weeks have passed since the treacherous Filpepi and the Baron tried to depose Duchess Catriona, and although they seem to have disappeared forever, Bianca can't stop worrying about where they might be and what lies beyond her old master's magical paintings. Her friends are still full of adventure though, and there is also the very important business of running di Lombardi's studio to attend to! But her new responsibilities as Head of the Royal Studios are hard, and she is puzzled by the strange messages di Lombardi still seems to be sending her from beyond the grave. What is the meaning of the medallion and magical paint mix he left her in his will? And why does she keep finding herself in a strange, yet completely familiar city at night? Why is she so at home there - and who is the beautiful lady who looks a lot like Bianca? Bianca will have to be at her plucky, bright and adventurous best if she wants to find the answers to all the mysteries lurking in the dark city of Oscurita... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Painted War Imogen Rossi (Author) Series:
The Last Apprentice
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01 Aug 2014
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 224pp h197mm x w15mm x s130mm 184g ISBN13: 9781471402616 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0261-6 ISBN10: 1471402614 EAN: 9781471402616 x Description: Bianca must fight for the city and the people she loves It is a dangerous time to be a citizen of the beautiful and enchanting city of La Luminosa. Bianca knows that an attack from the city's sinister twin, Oscurita, is coming any minute, but no one believes her, and she is forced to watch as the Duchess Catriona's court is tricked into an alliance with Duchess Edita's. Soon the magical barriers that keep the two cities apart begin to disintegrate, and the true nature of the villainous Edita is revealed. Paintings begin to flood with water from the dark city's canals, and it seems Bianca and her magical paintbrush may be the only ones who can save La Luminosa. But with her mother still trapped in Oscurita, and her own loyalties tested to breaking point at home, just whose side will Bianca find herself on in the battles of the painted war? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Almost Grace Rosie Rowell (Author) Series:
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01 Apr 2015
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 224pp h197mm x w10mm x s129mm 184g ISBN13: 9781471401275 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0127-5 ISBN10: 1471401278 EAN: 9781471401275
x Description: For the first time in my life I feel like there is a chink of light, another way. Spook's world is raw, cut down to what matters. He is the first person I've met who seems free. Grace and her Cape Town friends are renting a house on the coast - after exams it's their rite of passage into adulthood. Yet 'maturity' means different things to each of them. Brett and Louisa have plans - university, travelling - but Grace is uncertain of her future. Anxiety drives her to take control of whatever she can, starting with her own body, and it is starting to worry those around her. When Grace meets Spook - an older, nomadic surfer - their attraction is instant and his relaxed familiarity and assured confidence catch her off-guard. Can she allow herself to lose control, and fall in love? An evocative, beautifully-told story of identity, relationships and freedom, set in contemporary South Africa. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Leopold Blue Rosie Rowell (Author) Series:
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Pub Date:
01 Jan 2014
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 272pp h198mm x w17mm x s129mm 228g ISBN13: 9781471401251 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0125-1 ISBN10: 1471401251 EAN: 9781471401251 x Description: A tense and moving South African coming-of-age story about family, friendship and first romance Meg Bergman is fifteen and fed up. She lives in a tiny town in rural 1990s South Africa - a hot-bed of traditionalism, racial tension and (in Meg's eyes) ordinariness. Meg has no friends either, due largely to what the community sees as her mother's interfering attempts to educate farm workers about AIDS. But one day Xanthe arrives - cool, urban, feisty Xanthe, who for some unknown reason seems to want to hang out with Meg. Xanthe arrives into Meg's life like a hurricane, offering her a look at a teenage life she never knew existed. But cracks quickly begin to show in their friendship when Meg's childhood friend Simon returns from his gap year travels. LEOPOLD BLUE is an emotionally taut and beautifully written story from a debut author with a mesmerising voice. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Special Forces Cadets 1: Siege Chris Ryan (Author) Series:
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Pub Date:
26 Sep 2018
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Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 224pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781471407253 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0725-3 ISBN10: 147140725X EAN: 9781471407253 x Description: From the bestselling author of STRIKE BACK, Chris Ryan returns with a new action-packed series. Tough enough? Smart enough? Max will require all his skills just to stay alive as a Special Forces Cadet... A top-secret government programme needs a crack team of undercover military operators. They must have awesome levels of determination, endurance and fitness. They must be able to think on their feet. The recruits undergo the most rigorous and testing selection process the modern military can devise. And in order to operate in circumstances where adult forces would be compromised, the recruits must be under sixteen. Only a few are tough enough and smart enough to make it . . . And once out in the field, they will require all their skills just to stay alive. Which is what happens when Max Silver, Abby Asher, Lukas Channing and Sami Hakim are sent into an armed siege in an inner-city school . . . _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Sky Run Alex Shearer (Author) Series:
Cloud Hunters
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Pub Date:
01 Oct 2013
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 272pp h197mm x w18mm x s129mm 223g ISBN13: 9781471400841 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0084-1 ISBN10: 1471400840 EAN: 9781471400841 x Description: A fantastical adventure through the world of the Cloud Hunters. In a world where islands float above the sun and Cloud Hunters sail the skies for water, orphans Gemma and Martin live with their 120-year-old great, great, grand aunt Peggy and the sky-cat Botcher on a remote rock miles from civilisation. When Peggy decides they should visit City Island to register at school, the group embarks on a trip that will take them through uncharted territories, navigating a very dangerous sky. Encountering cloud pirates, sky rats and an axe murdering motel owner, Gemma and Martin must learn to fend for themselves, and fight for what's right in a perilous world. In this sequel to Alex Shearer's CLOUD HUNTERS, SKY RUN returns to a fantasy world filled with adventure, escapism and a sense of magic at every turn. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Cloud Hunters Alex Shearer (Author) Joe Wilson (Cover design or artwork by) Series:
Cloud Hunters
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04 Jul 2013
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 288pp h198mm x w20mm x s128mm 236g ISBN13: 9781471400452 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0045-2 ISBN10: 147140045X EAN: 9781471400452 x Description: A beautifully imagined adventure set in a world where islands float in the sky Hunting the skies is not for the faint-hearted. In a world where water is scarce and deadly jellyfish swim through the sky, mollycoddled teenager Christien dreams of excitement and danger. When he meets the exotic and alluring Jenine and her family of Cloud Hunters, he becomes determined to fulfil that dream... In a richly imaginative tale, perfect for both boys and girls as they launch themselves into the world of fiction as independent readers, Alex Shearer creates a Dahl-esque fantasy that roams through realms of magic, wonder and adventure. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Ministry of Ghosts Alex Shearer (Author) Series:
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01 Oct 2014
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 256pp h197mm x w16mm x s128mm 211g ISBN13: 9781471403880 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0388-0 ISBN10: 1471403882 EAN: 9781471403880 x Description: A spooky, funny mystery with ghost-hunting, useless adults ... and tea
Thruppence and Tim don't know what they're getting themselves into when they ring the bell at the house with dusty windows and a tarnished name plate to enquire about the advertised 'Saturday Person'. What could be so difficult about an unspecified Saturday job? Well, had that name plate been properly cleaned, Thruppence and Tim might not have been so keen to enter ... Pressured by the stern Minister Beeston from the Department of Economies, the Ministry of Ghosts has been given three months to prove the existence or non-existence of ghosts, or else it will be shut down! As it seems that children are particularly magnetic to ghosts and supernatural beings, Thruppence and Tim are added to their ghost-catching team. And although neither of them are scared by talk of ghosts or monsters, they couldn't have imagined the truth behind what they will find ... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Follow Me: The Amateurs 2 Sara Shepard (Author) Series:
The Amateurs
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Pub Date:
27 Sep 2017
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 288pp h198mm x w129mm x s17mm 213g ISBN13: 9781471406324 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0632-4 ISBN10: 1471406326 EAN: 9781471406324 x Description: 'A classic whodunit with a contemporary edge' Cecily Von Ziegesar, praise for The Amateurs Everyone knows Chelsea Dawson. Day and night, her tens of thousands of followers on Instagram watch her every move. So when she goes missing from the sunny beachside town of Lafayette, it makes headlines. The police are searching everywhere for her kidnapper, but when eighteen-year-old Seneca Frazier sees Chelsea's picture, she knows instantly who took her. Chelsea looks exactly like her friend Aerin Kelly's murdered sister - and Seneca's own mother, who was killed five years ago. Seneca's suspicions are confirmed when the killer contacts her, threatening to hurt Chelsea if Seneca goes to the police with what she knows. Seneca makes the only move she can, reaching out to Aerin and Maddox and Madison Wright, her friends from Case Not Closed, an amateur crime-solving community. Together they go to Lafayette to work the case, to save Chelsea, and to bring the killer to justice. But the killer has a plan of his own. He wants Seneca and her friends in Lafayette, but he wants them to play by his rules. One wrong step could mean the end for Chelsea - or the Amateurs. The second book in the thrilling new crime series from bestselling author Sara Shepard. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Last Seen: The Amateurs 3 Sara Shepard (Author) Series:
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Pub Date:
26 Sep 2018
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Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 336pp h198mm x w129mm x s19mm 247g ISBN13: 9781471407314 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0731-4 ISBN10: 1471407314 EAN: 9781471407314 x Description: 'A classic whodunit with a contemporary edge' Cecily Von Ziegesar, praise for The Amateurs The stakes are higher than ever in this third instalment of THE AMATEURS, as Aerin finds herself kidnapped by the killer she knows all too well, and her friends must work to solve a puzzle laid out by the villain in order to save her. At first, the mystery they're tasked with seems to have nothing to do with Aerin or her kidnapper. But as Seneca, Maddox and Madison hit the Jersey Shore to gather clues, they begin to uncover the true background of the killer and the horrors that shaped him into who he is. The scavenger hunt leads them to the family of a recently kidnapped boy and dark secrets they could never have seen coming. As Aerin struggles to play nice with the person who killed her sister in order to buy herself time, her friends work feverishly against the ticking clock that could mean her life, and every clue
they uncover leads Seneca to suspect she's more connected to the killer's history than she ever realised ... With nail-biting suspense, twisted secrets and non-stop action, this final installment in #1 New York Times bestselling author Sara Shepard's THE AMATEURS series will shock and delight even the savviest of readers with its big reveal. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Amateurs Sara Shepard (Author) Series:
The Amateurs
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Pub Date:
06 Oct 2016
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 336pp h198mm x w129mm x s20mm 268g ISBN13: 9781471405266 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0526-6 ISBN10: 1471405265 EAN: 9781471405266 x Description: Everyone's dying to know the truth . . . When Aerin Kelly was eleven, she idolised her seventeen-year-old sister, Helena, and they did everything together. They made Claymation movies and posted them to YouTube. They made fun of Windmere-Carruthers, the private school they attended, they invented new flavours for their parents' organic ice cream shop, and they dressed up their golden retriever, Buster. But when Helena went into senior year things started to change. Rather than being Aerin's inseparable sister, she started to push her away. Then, on a snowy winter's day, Helena vanished. Four years later, Helena's body is found. Wracked with grief and refusing to give up on her sister, Aerin spends months trying to figure out what exactly happened to Helena and who killed her. But the police have no leads. A young, familiar officer named Thomas wants to help and suggests she checks out a website called Case Not Closed. Hesitantly, she posts, and when teenagers Seneca and Maddox show up on her doorstep offering to help investigate she accepts in desperation. Both have suffered their own losses and also posted to the site with no luck, so they are hoping this case might be the one they crack. But as their investigation begins, it seems that maybe it's no accident that they are all together, and that maybe the crimes have something - or someone - in common. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Good Girls Sara Shepard (Author) Series:
The Perfectionists
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Pub Date:
02 Jul 2015
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 288pp h198mm x w129mm x s17mm 213g ISBN13: 9781471404320 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0432-0 ISBN10: 1471404323 EAN: 9781471404320 x Description: They're good girls . . but no one's perfect . . . Mackenzie, Ava, Julie, Parker and Caitlin are five senior high-school girls who seem to have it all. Top grades, beautiful looks, music scholarships, sports captaincies... even the boys of their dreams. But there's just one small flaw in their apparently perfect facade. They're wanted for a murder they didn't commit. Sure, they talked about killing rich bully Nolan Hotchkiss, but they didn't go through with it. It's just a coincidence that Nolan died in exactly the way they planned . . . right? Except Nolan wasn't the only one they fantasised about hurting in film class that day. And now someone seems to have found their list, and is carrying out their very particular revenges in their name. Who is really behind these killings? Who can they truly trust? And who will be the next to die?
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The Perfectionists Sara Shepard (Author) Series:
The Perfectionists
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Pub Date:
01 Oct 2010
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 272pp h198mm x w129mm x s16mm 202g ISBN13: 9781471404344 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0434-4 ISBN10: 147140434X EAN: 9781471404344 x Description: At Beacon Heights High, Nolan Hotchkiss is king. His charm, wealth and good looks are deceptively seductive, and many are the students whose lives and reputations have been ruined by them. All while Nolan continues to reign, unquestioned and undisrupted. Until now, that is. Mackenzie, Ava, Julie, Caitlin and Parker don't seem to have much in common. Each has her own friends, dramas and goals. But one thing they do share: they all have a deep hatred of Nolan Hotchkiss. And they all think it's about time he paid for the things he's done. They come up with the perfect murder - a hypothetical murder, of course. It's all wishful thinking ... until they wake up one morning to find that their wish has come true. Nolan has been killed - in exactly the way they planned. The thing is, they didn't do it. So who did? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
All the Ways the World Can End Abby Sher (Author) Series:
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Pub Date:
27 Jul 2017
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 320pp h198mm x w129mm x s18mm 236g ISBN13: 9781471406546 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0654-6 ISBN10: 1471406547 EAN: 9781471406546 x Description: Heartfelt, funny, clever YA fiction to appeal to fans of Jandy Nelson, John Green, Jennifer Niven and Ava Dellaira Lenny is preparing for the apocalypse. Every night, she researches vacuum decay, designer pathogens, that inexplicable sleeping sickness knocking people out in Kazakhstan. Not many sixteen-year-olds are this consumed with the end of the world. But Lenny needs to have some sense of control. Her dad is dying of cancer. Her best friend Julian is graduating early and moving three states away. She's having to rehearse for a toe-curling interpretive dance show at school, and deal with her mum's indefatigable jolliness and smoothie-making in the face of the disaster they are confronting. The one thing keeping her hopeful is Dr Rad Ganesh - her father's oncologist. Surely Lenny can win him round to her charms - and he can save her father? An infectiously funny story with an unforgettable heroine: a story about having to learn to let go of what you hold most dear - and learning to survive. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Sunflowers in February Phyllida Shrimpton (Author) Series:
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08 Feb 2018
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 384pp h198mm x w129mm x s22mm 281g ISBN13: 9781471406881 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0688-1 ISBN10: 1471406881 EAN: 9781471406881 x
Description: Lily has died in a car accident. The trouble is, Lily's really not at all sure she wants to 'move on' . . . This funny, heartbreaking novel is perfect if you loved John Green or The Lovely Bones. Lily wakes up one crisp Sunday morning on the side of the road. She has no idea how she got there. It is all very peaceful. And very beautiful. It is only when the police car, and then the ambulance, arrive and she sees her own body that she realises that she is in fact . . . dead. But what is she supposed do now? Lily has no option but to follow her body and she sees her family - her parents and her twin brother - start falling apart. And then her twin brother Ben gives her a once in a deathtime opportunity - to use his own body for a while. But will Lily give Ben his body back? She is beginning to have a rather good time . . . A moving, startlingly funny and yet achingly sad debut novel from a stunning new talent. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
As Black as Ebony Salla Simukka (Author) Series:
Snow White Trilogy
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29 Jul 2015
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 176pp h198mm x w13mm x s130mm 169g ISBN13: 9781471403101 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0310-1 ISBN10: 1471403106 EAN: 9781471403101 x Description: The final story in the thrilling Nordic crime series The Snow White Trilogy, an international success published in 52 territories worldwide and soon to be a Hollywood film. 'Fans of Nesbo and Larsson won't be disappointed' Publishers Weekly Secrets turn to poison in this YA Scandi crime thriller where Lumikki Andersson must uncover a dark personal truth to outwit her murderous stalker. . . Lumikki has a new boyfriend - easygoing, gorgeous Sampsa - but she is unfaithful in her dreams, longing for the electrifying touch of her ex, Blaze. Then the threats start arriving, from someone who seems to know Lumikki intimately. Sharing her fears risks deadly consequences, so now she is more alone than ever. When Blaze suddenly reappears, Lumikki is torn. She can't deny the chemistry between them, but can she trust him? To stop the killer, Lumikki must uncover a dark secret that has haunted her family for years. AS BLACK AS EBONY is the final dramatic chapter in the thrilling, contemporary 'Snow White' trilogy by award-winning author Salla Simukka. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
As Red As Blood Salla Simukka (Author) Series:
Snow White Trilogy
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26 Jan 2017
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 240pp h198mm x w129mm x s16mm 192g ISBN13: 9781471406645 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0664-5 ISBN10: 1471406644 EAN: 9781471406645 x Description: The first story in the thrilling Nordic crime series The Snow White Trilogy, an international success published in 52 territories worldwide and soon to be a Hollywood film. 'Fans of Nesbo and Larsson won't be disappointed' Publishers Weekly The streets of Finland are frozen and white with snow. And nothing is as red against snow as blood . . . Seventeen-year-old Lumikki Andersson is hardly your average teenager. She lives by herself in the city of Tampere, Finland, and has a firm rule to mind nobody's business but her own. But that
rule is put to the test when she happens upon five hundred washed euro notes hanging up to dry in her school's darkroom, and it is shattered once Lumikki realises who owns them. Caught in an increasingly tangled web of deception, corruption and danger, Lumikki finds herself navigating Tampere's dark underbelly in her quest to expose its shocking connection to the international drugs trade. Lumikki is smart, but is she smarter than a master criminal? Can she bring down the infamous 'Polar Bear' - or will she become another one of his victims? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
As White as Snow Salla Simukka (Author) Series:
Snow White Trilogy
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02 Nov 2017
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 224pp h198mm x w129mm x s13mm 168g ISBN13: 9781471406669 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0666-9 ISBN10: 1471406660 EAN: 9781471406669 x Description: The second story in the thrilling Nordic crime series The Snow White Trilogy, an international success published in 52 territories worldwide and soon to be a Hollywood film. 'Fans of Nesbo and Larsson won't be disappointed' Publishers Weekly Lumikki Andersson may be innocent, but she's no Snow White . . . Three and a half months have passed since Lumikki was left for dead in a snowdrift, a bullet wound in her thigh and frostbite creeping into her skin. But the scorchingly hot streets of Prague in summer provide a welcome contrast to that terrifying time, and now Lumikki just wants to move on - forget the events of the past year - and escape her parent's oppressive concern. She's alone again, which is just how she likes it. But Lumikki's peaceful solitude is about to be shattered. She is approached on the street by a nervous young woman, who, unbelievably, thinks she might be Lumikki's long-lost sister. Lumikki is unconvinced - although Zelenka's story seems to ring true, there's something weird about her. Something jumpy, and suspicious. And it turns out Lumikki is right to be wary, as Zelenka is part of a dangerous religious cult. On the run for her life again, Lumikki must once more draw on her all her powers of resolve and strength if she is to survive. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Counting Stars Keris Stainton (Author) Series:
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26 Aug 2015
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 336pp h198mm x w21mm x s130mm 272g ISBN13: 9781471404634 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0463-4 ISBN10: 1471404633 EAN: 9781471404634 x Description: A new life in a new city - what could possibly go wrong . . . ? When eighteen-year-old Anna leaves school and moves to Liverpool, she feels like her life is finally beginning. She's landed her dream job at a theatre, and she's moving into an exciting (if not slightly run-down) houseshare on a buzzing street lined with shops, bars, and buskers. Best of all, her new flatmates are kind, welcoming and a lot of fun - what more could she ask for? But her new life is also a little overwhelming. Anna's job quickly falls through, and then she realises that although her new friends are great, they're also a little mixed-up... and it's not long before Anna starts using her blog to talk about her experiences, from the hilarious to the ridiculous to the little-bitscary. But when Anna spills a bigger secret than she can handle, suddenly the consequences are all too real. She'll have to prove she has the mettle to make it in the big city, or risk losing everything she thinks she wants. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Lily, the Pug and the Christmas Wish Keris Stainton (Author) Series:
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05 Nov 2015
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 176pp h198mm x w129mm x s10mm 134g ISBN13: 9781471405129 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0512-9 ISBN10: 1471405125 EAN: 9781471405129 x Description: When a town's Christmas wishes get mixed-up, can one little girl and her dog put them right? The little town of Pinewood can't wait for Christmas this year. They're going to celebrate by putting up a giant Christmas tree in the town square, and asking all the townspeople to hang a Christmas wish on its branches. Everyone is feeling very festive, including nine-year-old Lily - although she's not sure she believes in wishes. Then a very strange storm blows in, scattering all the wishes... ...and Lily wakes up the next morning to a bit of a surprise. Bug, her adorable pug puppy, can talk! It's magic - and a wish come true! But it's not Lily's wish... Lily and her little brother James soon discover that something must have happened during the storm - the town's wishes have been granted, but to all the wrong people! Lily, James and Bug must work out which wish belongs to who, and sort everything out before Christmas Eve - otherwise no one will get what they want for Christmas. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
My Heart Goes Bang Keris Stainton (Author) Series:
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28 Jun 2018
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 320pp h198mm x w129mm x s18mm 236g ISBN13: 9781471406829 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0682-9 ISBN10: 1471406822 EAN: 9781471406829 x Description: 'Keris is one of my favourite YA authors' Sophia Bennett, author of LOVE SONG Ella, Lou, Issey, Liane and Paige are determined to make the most of this second year at uni. They want to have fun, but they want to focus on work. There's no time for relationships. Except with each other. And even that's not guaranteed. Ella and Lou have always been close, but there's tension between Issey and Liane, and none of them even knows Paige all that well. But when Ella finds a magazine article with a list of men they should date before they're 21 (someone who's been on telly? Check; someone who's got tatoos? Check;) they vow to complete the list before finishing university and set about it with a lot more enthusiasm than they do their studies ... but will any of them end up with a full house? And when a secret from their first year comes out, it looks as if some of them might not be completing university, never mind the list ... MY HEART GOES BANG is about lectures, essays, hangovers, and flatmates; it's about found families, finding yourself, and falling in love with people you never expected to fall in love with. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
One Italian Summer: 'Gentle and romantic. A holiday in itself' Rainbow Rowell Keris Stainton (Author) Series:
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04 May 2017
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 256pp h198mm x w129mm x s16mm 207g ISBN13: 9781471406386 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0638-6 ISBN10: 1471406385 EAN: 9781471406386 x Description: 'Gentle and romantic. A holiday in itself.' Rainbow Rowell 'I flew through ONE ITALIAN SUMMER. It's a perfect summer read with a gorgeous setting, warm characters and a bittersweet evocation of life after tragedy.' Sophia Bennett, author of LOVE SONG Milly loves her sisters more than anything - they are her best friends. But this holiday is different. The loss of their dad has left a gaping hole in their lives that none of them know how to fill. Heartbreak is a hard thing to fix ... Still, there is plenty to keep the girls busy in Rome. A family wedding. Food, wine, parties and sun. And of course Luke .... Luke is hot, there is no way around that. And Milly will always have a crush on him. But this summer is about family, being together, and learning to live without Dad. It isn't about Luke at all ... is it? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Portal 24 Meredith Stroud (Author) Series:
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01 Sep 2013
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 240pp h198mm x w16mm x s130mm 198g ISBN13: 9781471402104 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0210-4 ISBN10: 147140210X EAN: 9781471402104 x Description: A tense and thrilling time travelling action-adventure When teen con-artist Darius is approached by a mysterious government agent about joining a 'Project Oberon', he has no idea what to expect. Certainly not that Project Oberon is actually a top-secret experiment which sends teens back through time to prevent disasters before they happen! Before Darius has time to wonder why he's been chosen, his first mission arrives in the form of a huge electromagnetic weapon of mass destruction, which will kill millions of people in New York - unless Darius and the team can stop it. They're confident; it's all in a day's work for these teen wonders, but what they don't bet on is evil mastermind Ludd. And what they don't know is that Ludd knows the deadly secret behind Project Oberon. If Darius and the gang don't make it back to the portal within twenty-four hours, then they'll be lost in time forever... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Our Chemical Hearts Krystal Sutherland (Author) Series:
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04 Oct 2016
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 336pp h198mm x w129mm x s19mm 247g ISBN13: 9781471405839 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0583-9 ISBN10: 1471405834 EAN: 9781471405839 x Description: A bittersweet, funny, sad story of friendship, first love, and heartache, all rolled into one spellbinding tale, from a stunning debut novelist. For fans of John Green, Rainbow Rowell and E. Lockhart. Henry Page, a hopeless romantic and film buff, is smitten as soon as Grace Town walks into his classroom. But Grace - who looks in need of a good bath, is dressed in guy's clothing, and walks with a cane - is unlike any leading lady he's ever obsessed over. And when Henry and Grace are both offered positions as editors of their high school newspaper, the mystery of Grace begins to captivate him. Why does she visit a graveyard every afternoon? What secret does she keep locked away in her bedroom? Above all, why is Grace Town so deeply sad? Before he knows it, Henry is sure that he is the one to unlock her happiness. But Grace is capricious, changeable, infuriating, and, above all, damaged. Henry will need to be the strongest he has ever been to survive this particular love story. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
A Semi Definitive List of Worst Nightmares Krystal Sutherland (Author) Series:
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05 Sep 2017
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 368pp h198mm x w129mm x s21mm 269g ISBN13: 9781471406614 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0661-4 ISBN10: 147140661X EAN: 9781471406614 x Description: A funny, moving love story about facing fears hand in hand - one snake/spider/potentially unstable fourth-floor balcony at a time. From acclaimed author of OUR CHEMICAL HEARTS, Krystal Sutherland. Esther Solar's family is . . . unusual. Her father hasn't left the basement in six years. Her brother is terrified of darkness. Esther isn't afraid of anything - because she avoids pretty much everything. Elevators are off limits, as are open spaces, crowds, family pets, birds, needles, haircuts, dolls and mirrors. But when Esther is pickpocketed by her cocky old classmate Jonah Walker, Esther and Jonah become surprising friends. Jonah sets a challenge: every week they must work their way through the world's fifty most common phobias. Skydiving, horse riding, beekeeping, public speaking, reptilehouses - they plan to do it all. Soon their weekly foray into fear becomes the only thing that keeps them tethered to reality, and to each other. But each is keeping a secret from the other, a secret that threatens to rip them apart. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
That Burning Summer Lydia Syson (Author) Series:
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01 Oct 2013
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 336pp h197mm x w21mm x s129mm 274g ISBN13: 9781471400537 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0053-7 ISBN10: 1471400530 EAN: 9781471400537 x Description: Full of passion, this wartime coming of age story is about a girl, a boy and a crash-landing Romney Marsh, July 1940. When invasion threatens, you have to grow up quickly. Sixteen-year-old Peggy has been putting on a brave face since the fall of France, but now the enemy is overhead, and the rules are changing all the time. Staying on the right side of the law proves harder than she expects when a plane crash-lands in the Marsh: it's Peggy who finds its pathetic, broken pilot; a young Polish man, Henryk, who stays hidden in a remote church, secretly cared for by Peggy. As something more blossoms between the two, Peggy's brother Ernest's curiosity peaks and other secrets come to light, forcing Peggy and Henryk to question all the loyalties and beliefs they thought they held dear. In one extraordinary summer the lives of two young people will change forever, in a tense and gripping historical drama from Lydia Syson, the author of the acclaimed A WORLD BETWEEN US. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
A World Between Us Lydia Syson (Author) Jan Bielecki (Cover design or artwork by) Series:
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01 Oct 2012
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 288pp h196mm x w14mm x s128mm 235g ISBN13: 9781471400094 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0009-4 ISBN10: 1471400093 EAN: 9781471400094 x Description: An epic romance set against the backdrop of the Spanish Civil War Spain, 1936. Felix, a spirited young nurse, has travelled to Spain to help the cause of the Republicans in the Spanish Civil War. But she is also following Nat, a passionate young man who has joined the International Brigades fighting Franco. And George - familiar George from home - is not far behind, in pursuit of Felix ... As Spain fights for its freedom against tyranny, Felix battles a conflict of the heart. With the civil war raging around her, Felix must make choices that will change her life forever. An epic and moving historical adventure from debut author Lydia Syson. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Terror Kid Benjamin Zephaniah (Author) Series:
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28 Aug 2014
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 208pp h198mm x w129mm x s13mm 144g ISBN13: 9781471401770 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0177-0 ISBN10: 1471401774 EAN: 9781471401770
x Description: What is a terrorist? A shocking, moving and timely novel about the choices that shape us. Rico knows trouble. He knows the look of it and the sound of it. He also knows to stay away from it as best he can. Because if there's one thing his Romany background has taught him, it's that he will always be a suspect. Despite his efforts to stay on the right side of the law, Rico is angry and frustrated at the injustices he sees happening at home and around the world. He wants to do something - but what? When he is approached by Speech, a mysterious man who shares Rico's hacktivist interests, Rico is given the perfect opportunity to speak out. After all, what harm can a peaceful cyber protest do...? From the bestselling author of REFUGEE BOY comes a powerful novel about justice, trust and idealism gone wrong that will make you look again at your definition of a terrorist. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Hope is our Only Wing Rutendo Tavengerwei (Author) Series:
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03 May 2018
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 256pp h198mm x w129mm x s15mm 191g ISBN13: 9781471406867 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0686-7 ISBN10: 1471406865 EAN: 9781471406867 x Description: A novel set in Zimbabwe about hope - and its power to heal a family, a friendship or even a nation. For fifteen-year-old Shamiso, struggling with grief and bewilderment following her father's death, hope is nothing but a leap into darkness. For Tanyaradzwa, whose life has been turned upside down by a cancer diagnosis, hope is the only reason to keep fighting. As the two of them form an unlikely friendship, Shamiso begins to confront her terrible fear of loss. In getting close to another person, particularly someone who's ill, isn't she just opening herself up to more pain? And underpinning it all - what did happen to her father, the night of that strange and implausible car crash? Rutendo Tavengerwei's extraordinary debut takes an honest look at hope, and the grit and courage it can take to hang on to it. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Trollhunters: The book that inspired the Netflix series Guillermo del Toro (Author) Daniel Kraus (Author) Sean Murray (Illustrated by) Series:
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01 Nov 2016
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 336pp h198mm x w129mm x s20mm 268g ISBN13: 9781471405181 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0518-1 ISBN10: 1471405184 EAN: 9781471405181 x Description: The book behind the Netflix series - a funny and gruesome fantasy adventure for fans of Pan's Labyrinth. In San Bernardino, California, children are going missing. The townspeople don't believe the rumours of trolls, but fifteen-year-old Jim Jnr knows that they're a real threat. At night, is anyone safe? Now a Netflix original series, created by Dreamworks Animation.
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Beware that Girl Teresa Toten (Author) Series:
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12 Jan 2017
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 336pp h198mm x w129mm x s20mm 268g ISBN13: 9781471406393 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0639-3 ISBN10: 1471406393 EAN: 9781471406393 x Description: For fans of Gossip Girl and Pretty Little Liars comes a tense thriller of secrets, lies and obsession. Kate O'Brien has always been known as the scholarship kid, running away from a terrible past and overcoming obstacles, some more sinister than others. She's determined to make a better life for herself. She deserves it. And at the elite Waverly school, Kate is willing to do whatever it takes to climb the social ladder and land her spot at Yale. There's one girl in particular who catches Kate's eye. Olivia Michelle Sumner, all born blonde and rich and just messed up enough for Kate to latch on to. As for Olivia, she's a damaged girl, looking to be mended. She finds something promising in Kate. A study buddy. A best friend. A sister she never had. But even a vulnerable girl like Olivia has her own dark past to contend with. When the handsome and whip-smart Mark Redkin joins the Waverly administration, he manages to woo the whole student body, paying particular attention to Olivia - an affair she very much wants to keep to herself, especially from Kate. And as a man who knows just how to get what he wants, Kate realises that Mark poses a huge threat, in more ways than she is willing to admit. A deeply twisted YA novel that will have you guessing until the very last line. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Trouble is a Friend of Mine Stephanie Tromly (Author) Series:
Trouble is a Friend of Mine
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29 Jul 2015
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 320pp h197mm x w20mm x s128mm 259g ISBN13: 9781471404856 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0485-6 ISBN10: 1471404854 EAN: 9781471404856 x Description: Shortlisted for the Peters Book of the Year. Preparing to survive a typical day of being Digby's friend wasn't that different from preparing to survive the Apocalypse When Digby first shows up on her doorstep, Zoe Webster is not impressed. He's rude, he's smart, and he doesn't take 'no' for an answer. But before she knows it, Digby has dragged her into a series of hilarious and dangerous situations all related to an investigation into the kidnapping of a girl from their high school. A kidnapping that may be connected to the tragic disappearance of his own sister eight years ago. Peppered with razor-sharp dialogue, this is a romance that is decidedly unromantic, a crime novel where catching the crook isn't the only hook, and a debut novel you won't forget. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Trouble Makes a Comeback Stephanie Tromly (Author) Series:
Trouble is a Friend of Mine
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01 Dec 2016
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 304pp h198mm x w129mm x s18mm 244g ISBN13: 9781471404993 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0499-3 ISBN10: 1471404994 EAN: 9781471404993 x Description: 'A funny, realistic teen crime caper. This book sings.' Jesse Andrews, author of ME AND EARL AND THE DYING GIRL (praise for TROUBLE IS A FRIEND OF MINE) A brilliantly funny romantic comedy - with infectious characters, wry humour, and breakneck dialogue, this sequel to Trouble is a Friend of Mine is perfect for fans of John Green, Jesse Andrews and Ally Carter. After a fall semester of fiascos: getting arrested, then kidnapped, then blown up in an explosion (all thanks to the weird, but brilliant Philip Digby), Zoe Webster is looking forward to a quiet spring. Now that Digby has left town, she's finally built a regular high school life for herself. She's dating Miles; she knows girls she considers friends; she's learning to enjoy being normal and semi-popular. Which of course is when Digby comes back: He's got a new lead on his missing sister and he needs Zoe's help. Suddenly Zoe is tussling with a billionaire archvillain, locking horns with armed goons, and digging into what makes the Digby family tick, even as she tries to navigate the confusing and emotionally fraught world of high school politics and locker-room drama. After all, it's hard to explain Digby to a boy like Miles, especially when Zoe isn't sure how she feels about Digby herself - or how he feels about her. Now that Digby's back, get ready for another hilarious whodunit filled with razorsharp dialogue, ridiculously funny action, and the most charismatic, dynamic duo you've ever met. And just try to stay out of trouble. We dare you. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Trouble Never Sleeps Stephanie Tromly (Author) Series:
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24 Apr 2018
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 304pp h200mm x w127mm x s20mm 228g ISBN13: 9781471406416 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0641-6 ISBN10: 1471406415 EAN: 9781471406416 x Description: 'A funny, realistic teen crime caper. This book sings.' Jesse Andrews, author of ME AND EARL AND THE DYING GIRL (praise for TROUBLE IS A FRIEND OF MINE) Now that Digby's back in town, he's plunged Zoe (and their Scooby Gang of friend/enemy/perfect rich girl Sloane, nerd-tastic genius Felix, and genuine good-guy, aw-shucks handsome Henry) back into the deep end on the hunt for his kidnapped sister. He's got a lead, but it involves doing a deal with the scion of a wildly rich, powerful family, not to mention committing treason. Now that Zoe and Digby are officially together, she's definitely up for whatever closure this new caper might offer, even though this mystery will come with a twist neither expected . . . _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Birdy Jess Vallance (Author) Series:
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02 Jul 2015
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 272pp h198mm x w18mm x s128mm 225g ISBN13: 9781471404665 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0466-5 ISBN10: 1471404668 EAN: 9781471404665 x Description: A darkly compulsive tale of friendship and obsession. Frances Bird has been a loner for so long that she's given up on ever finding real friendship. But then she's asked to show a new girl around school, and she begins to think her luck could finally be changing. Eccentric, talkative and just a little bit posh, Alberta is not at all how Frances imagined a best friend could be. But the two girls click immediately, and it's not long before they are inseparable. Frances could not be happier. As the weeks go on, Frances finds out more about her new best friend - her past, her secrets, her plans for the future - and she starts to examine their friendship more closely. Is it, perhaps, just too good to be true? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
To Be Perfectly Honest: Gracie Dart book 2 Jess Vallance (Author) Series:
Gracie Dart Series
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07 Feb 2019
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 192pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781471407673 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0767-3 ISBN10: 1471407675 EAN: 9781471407673 x Description: The second book in a brilliantly funny YA series featuring the trials and embarrassing tribulations of teenager Gracie Dart. 'Gracie Dart is the screamingly funny YA heroine I've been waiting for' - Harriet Reuter Hapgood Following her new zest for life, Gracie decides she has had enough of lies. Instead, her new mantra is to be brutally honest to everybody she meets with hilarious results. As ever, Gracie gets herself in embarrassing situations, muddling her way through the good, the bad and the awkward. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Yellow Room Jess Vallance (Author) Series:
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28 Jul 2016
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 272pp h198mm x w129mm x s17mm 219g ISBN13: 9781471405815 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0581-5 ISBN10: 1471405818 EAN: 9781471405815 x Description: If you receive a letter telling you your father has died, what do you do? Anna's father left when she was very young and Anna, now 16, is living with her ambitious, unemotional, scientist mother. Then she receives a letter from her father's current girlfriend, Edie, with some shocking news: her father has died. Edie would like to meet Anna because she has something for
her from her father. Anna's friends think Edie is not to be trusted and that she should steer clear. But Anna is drawn to Edie: her warmth, her character, her ability to rustle up delicious meals, all of which it seems her own mother is seemingly incapable of... and the way she can tell Edie the secret that is buried inside her, that she cannot bring herseft to tell her mother or her best friends. A taughtly told, compelling tale about mothers and their daughters - and the lengths that some will go to, to make their dreams come true. 'Creepy, hilarious, heart-breaking and totally addictive' Lisa Williamson, author of The Art of Being Normal _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Blindsided Natalie Whipple (Author) Series:
A Transparent Book
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Hot Key Books
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Hot Key Books
Pub Date:
01 Jan 2014
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 336pp h198mm x w20mm x s129mm 278g ISBN13: 9781471402159 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0215-9 ISBN10: 1471402150 EAN: 9781471402159 x Description: An action-packed and hilarious sequel that will have you gasping, laughing, and wondering about the choices which make us grown-ups - 'normal' or not. Three months after Fiona has escaped from her father's crime syndicate, all seems well in her tiny town of Madison, Arizona. She and Seth are happy together - apart from the teensy fact that Fiona is jealous that Seth can see through her invisibility - and her family and friends are safe. But when the local syndicate and even the army show up, it's clear there's more going on in the town than she could have ever imagined. It seems like these huge powers are interested in the old Radiasure factory - could they be reproducing the infamous drug that caused mutations? - and everyone suspects Fiona of knowing more than she should. As Fiona and her friends try to cover their tracks, they discover that they do have some dangerous knowledge. Though at first determined to stop anyone from remaking Radiasure, Fiona learns a secret that could change everything, including her invisibility. Torn between her own desires and the greater good, Fiona might be too blindsided to see the real villain coming. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Fish Out of Water Natalie Whipple (Author) Series:
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Hot Key Books
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01 Feb 2015
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 336pp h200mm x w21mm x s129mm 280g ISBN13: 9781471404306 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0430-6 ISBN10: 1471404307 EAN: 9781471404306 x Description: 'People like to think fish don't have feelings - it's easier that way - but as I watch the last guppy squirm in his bag, his eyes seem to plead with me. I get the sense that it knows just as well as I do that bad things are on the horizon.' Mika Arlington has her perfect summer all planned out, but the arrival of both her estranged grandmother and too-cool Dylan are going to make some very big waves in her life. Told with Natalie Whipple's signature whip-smart wit and warmth, this is a story about prejudice, growing up and the true meaning of sticking by your family. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Transparent Natalie Whipple (Author) Series:
A Transparent Book
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Hot Key Books
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Hot Key Books
Pub Date:
01 May 2013
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 288pp h196mm x w18mm x s128mm 237g ISBN13: 9781471400766 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0076-6 ISBN10: 147140076X EAN: 9781471400766 x Description: Fiona is invisible, and her dad - an infamous crime lord - will stop at nothing to control her power. High school is hard when you're invisible. Fiona McClean hates her family, has had to move to a new school and seems to be completely invisible to the boy she likes. So far so normal, right? But Fiona really is invisible. She doesn't even know what colour her own hair is. Born into a world where Cold War anti-radiation pills have caused genetic mutations, Fiona is forced to work for her mind-controlling mobster father as the world's most effective thief. When her father announces she must become a murdering assassin, Fiona and her telekinetic mother make a break for freedom. Running to a small Arizonian town, Fiona finds that playing at 'normal life' with a mother on the edge, a brother she can't trust, and a boy who drives her crazy is as impossible as escaping her father. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Bad Apple Matt Whyman (Author) Series:
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Hot Key Books
Pub Date:
07 Apr 2016
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 352pp h198mm x w129mm x s20mm 258g ISBN13: 9781471404207 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0420-7 ISBN10: 147140420X EAN: 9781471404207 x Description: A riotous dark comedy teeming with delightfully unacceptable behaviour. Like all good law-abiding citizens, sixteen-year-old Maurice no longer considers going off the rails as just a teenage phase. It can only mean the mark of a troll . . . But these trolls aren't confined to causing trouble online: now they're in our homes, on our streets and have ruined life as we know it. As a rule Maurice tries to avoid trouble - until the day he crosses paths with Wretch, a very bad apple indeed. And with tensions rising, can these two teens put their differences aside in order to survive? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Boy Kills Man Matt Whyman (Author) Series:
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Hot Key Books
Pub Date:
03 Jul 2014
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 144pp h198mm x w129mm x s8mm 112g ISBN13: 9781471403965 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0396-5 ISBN10: 1471403963 EAN: 9781471403965
x Description: Nothing is more unsettling in this world than a kid with a gun . . . On the streets of Medellin, Colombia, actions speak louder than words, and the rule of the bandidos is the only law worth listening to. Like most kids of their age, Shorty and Alberto work for their local cartel. They run cigarettes, offer protection . . . and occasionally assassinate someone. The work is tough, and dangerous, but the boys are commanding respect like they've never known, and the money's pretty good too. But then one day Alberto disappears. And Shorty realises that he is never coming back. A gangster's life is cheap, and when revenge can be bought for only a few pesos, everyone has their price . . . _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Savages Matt Whyman (Author) Series:
The Savages
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Hot Key Books
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Hot Key Books
Pub Date:
01 Jun 2013
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 288pp h197mm x w17mm x s128mm 235g ISBN13: 9781471400384 ISBN13: 978-1-4714-0038-4 ISBN10: 1471400387 EAN: 9781471400384 x Description: They'd love to have you for dinner Sasha Savage is in love with Jack Greenway - a handsome, charming, clever... vegetarian. Which would be acceptable if it weren't for the fact that Sasha's family are very much 'carnivorous', with strong views to boot. Behind the respectable family facade all is not as it seems. Sasha's father Titus rules his clan with an iron fist, and although her mother Angelica never has a hair out of place, her credit card bills are shocking and her culinary skills are getting more... 'adventurous' by the day. As for Sasha's demonic brother Ivan? Well, after accidentally decapitating a supermodel in their family bathroom his golden boy image is looking wobbly. To the outsider the Savages might look like the perfect family, but there is more to them than meets the eye. When the too-curious private detective Vernon English starts to dig for darker truths, this tight knit family starts to unravel - as does their sinister and predatory taste in human beings... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________