Firefly 2022 Catalogue

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January 2022

February 2022 Monster Max and the Marmalade Ghost Book 2

The Blue Book of Nebo Manon Steffan Ros

January 2022 £7.99 160pp 14+ 978-1-913102-78-4 (paperback)

Robin Bennett Illustrated by Tom Tinn-Disbury

Audio c/o Firefly Press

February 2022 £6.99 192pp 7–9 fiction 978-1-913102-82-1 (paperback)

Dylan was six when The End came; when the electricity went off for good, and the ‘normal’ 21st-century world he knew disappeared. Now he’s 14 and he and his mam have survived in their isolated hilltop house above the village of Nebo in north-west Wales, learning new skills, and returning to old ways of living. Despite their close understanding, the relationship between mother and son changes subtly as Dylan must take on adult responsibilities. And they each have their own secrets, which emerge as, in turn, they jot down their thoughts and memories in a found notebook - the Blue Book of Nebo. A tender, tragic postapocalyptic story, told with great simplicity and power.’ Imogen Russell Williams, The Guardian

World English rights c/o Firefly Press

Max is an ordinary boy, except that he can turn into a monster when he burps... Max and Peregrine are volunteering at an old people’s home, when strange things start to happen. One resident is walking on the ceiling, one is riding their wheelchair through walls, and Reggie says his marmalade is haunted. Max and Peregrine try to help, but things get really sticky, Max falls out with his (joint) best friend, and just when it can’t get any worse, someone kidnaps Frankenstein... Time to ‘Protect and Do Good Stuff!’

Bonkers from start to finish. And I mean that in a GOOD way. Philip Ardagh

An uplifting and thoroughly heart-warming take on the post-apocalyptic novel, this has all the markers of a modern classic. Lauren James

Robin Bennett has set up and run over a dozen successful businesses from dog-sitting to tuition to translation. The list is quite exhausting. Robin is married with three young children. He spends his time between Pau in the Pyrenées and Henley-on-Thames. @writer_robin

Manon Steffan Ros was born in Snowdonia and worked as an actress before becoming a writer. She writes in Welsh for adults and children and has won numerous awards. The Blue Book of Nebo was adapted by the author from the Welsh novel Llyfr Glas Nebo, which won three awards at the Welsh Book of the Year and the National Eistedfodd prose medal. She lives in north Wales with her sons.

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Tom Tinn-Disbury loves to draw (except bicycles, bicycles are really hard to draw!) He lives in Rugby, Warwickshire with his wife and two sons, and his grumpy dog, Wilma.

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March 2022

April 2022 Has Anyone Seen Archie Ebbs?

Libby and the Parisian Puzzle

Simon Packham

Jo Clarke illustrated by Becka Moor

April 2022 £7.99 224pp 9–12 fiction 978-1-913102-72-2 (paperback)

March 2022 £7.99 224pp 8–12 fiction 978-1-913102-70-8 (paperback)

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World English rights c/o Firefly Press

Archie Ebbs has the perfect life. Good friends, a nice home and classmates who laugh at (nearly) all his jokes. But all that is about to change. As his family has to face unsettling times, Archie has his own worries… Is he really starting to become invisible?

Mystery-lover Libby is excited but nervous when she’s sent to live with her aunt while her mother is working abroad. Her Aunt Agatha is the headmistress of an extraordinary travelling school that moves from country to country. Libby joins it in Paris, where she is just starting to find her feet, when Agatha is arrested, accused of a daring jewel robbery. Can Libby and her new best friend Connie find the real thief and save her aunt?

It kept me guessing till the end. I LOVED it! Emma Carroll A thoroughly entertaining mystery that will leave you longing for hot chocolate and croissants in a Parisian café. Katherine Woodfine Coming in January 2023 Libby and the Highland Heist Jo Clarke is an award-winning book blogger and primary school librarian. Her hugely successful blog, BookloverJo, keeps her actively involved in the children’s book community and she has been a judge for both the British Book Awards and the Alligator’s Mouth Book Awards. This is her first book. @bookloverJo

Has Anyone Seen Archie Ebbs is a hugely empathetic read that’s warm, fun and full of heart. Ben Davis

Humour, empathy, a mystery to solve and a touch of magic. Archie’s story is a call to pay attention to people around us ... and a reminder that, with the wrong luck, any of us could become an Archie Ebbs. Claire Fayers

Simon lives in Horsham with his wife Deborah and an elderly cat called Pax. In a previous life as an actor and musician he has performed with the likes of Dame Judi Dench and Wayne Sleep as well as playing the violin for a dancing duck at a supermarket in Leicester. Has Anyone Seen Archie Ebbs? is his seventh book for younger readers.

Becka Moor is a children’s book illustrator living in Manchester. She studied at Glyndwr University, graduating in 2012. Since then, she has worked on a variety of young fiction, non-fiction & picture books. @BeckaMoor 4

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May 2022

June 2022

June 2022 Major and Mynah

Call Me Lion

May 2022 £6.99 144pp 6+ fiction 978-1-913102-74-6 (paperback)

June 2022 £7.99 160pp 9-12 fiction 978-1-913102-89-0 (paperback)

Join SPUD, the Super Perceptive Undercover Detectives, on their first, fast-paced detective adventure.

Leo’s love of dancing is getting him through the heatwave, but his selective mutism means he’s unlikely to be able to perform in the end-ofsummer dance show. But how can someone who can’t talk to anyone outside his family ever hope to dance in the West End?

Karen Owen Illustrated by Louise Forshaw

Camilla Chester Cover illustration Irina Augustinovich

World rights (excl German and audio) c/o Firefly Press

UK and Commonwealth (excl Canada) rights c/o Firefly Press

Getting your first hearing aids can be nerve-wracking; especially when you have to wear them to school. When Callie realises her new hearing aids - ‘the Slugs’ as she calls them - give her the unique ability to communicate with Bo the Mynah bird, some of her worries are lifted. In fact, having a pair of eyes in the sky might come in handy... The duo team up with Callie’s best friend, Grace, as they set out to catch a local thief. Includes high-speed chases, a very peckish bird and purple POO! A new mystery series, illustrated by Louise Forshaw and perfect for reluctant readers.

When chatty Richa moves in next door, he worries that his inability to talk to her will be a barrier between them. But when he learns her secret, it becomes clear that she needs his support as much as he needs hers. With Richa’s help, will Leo be able to follow his dreams?

Major and Mynah Book 2 March 2023 £6.99 144pp 6+ fiction 978-1-915444-03-5 (paperback) World rights c/o Firefly Press

SPUD have a new case! When gold coins are stolen from an exhibition during Callie and Grace’s school trip to the Tower of London, they create a plan to track down the thief with the help of Bo, the spy in the sky.

You had me at purple poo! Mo O’Hara, author of Agent Moose

Full of humour and mischief.

A heartwarming story of courage and determination in the face of adversity.

Karen Owen is a skilled storyteller Sarah Todd Taylor, author of Max the Detective Cat

Karen Owen fell in love with books and stories at a young age. When she couldn’t read, she daydreamed so it was only natural that when she grew up she should spend her days reading, writing and daydreaming for a living. Karen has been a journalist, a creative writing teacher, and an author. @AuthorKarenOwen

Camilla Chester is a dog walker who writes. She’s been a finalist in two national children’s writing competitions, for the National Literacy Trust and Mslexia, and has self-published three novels. Call Me Lion is her first traditionally published novel. @camillacauthor

Louise Forshaw lives near Newcastle upon Tyne with her fiancé and three noisy Jack Russell terriers. To date, Louise has illustrated over seventy children’s books. Find her on Twitter and Instagram @Munkey_Pants

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July 2022

July 2022

Sept 2022

August 2022 Stupendous Sports: Fantastic Football Book 2

The Myriad Mysteries of Eartha Quicksmith Book 2

Robin Bennett Illustrated by Matt Cherry

Loris Owen

July 2022 £7.99 330pp 9+ fiction 978-1-913102-87-6 (paperback)

August 2022 £6.99 128pp 8+ fiction 978-1-913102-91-3 (paperback)

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Welcome back to faraway school of invention, Quicksmiths College of Strange Energy, where Kip and his friends must take a rollercoaster journey through time and space to uncover new secrets and defeat old enemies.

Fantastic Football is the second book in the Stupendous Sports series. It is best described as Horrible Histories for a sport with a remarkably big fan base.

With the Ark of Ideas resisting even Professor Steampunk’s attempts to learn its secrets, the team is at a loss as to how to fulfil the mission set by renaissance genius Eartha Quicksmith. But then a dream discovery and a freak accident send Kip and Timmi hurtling on a dangerous quest through impossible worlds. Can they escape the Myriad Pirates, and can Leela and Albert help them unravel Eartha’s new riddles and find their way safely home again? Full of adventure, invention, teamwork and a large helping of sideways thinking, this is an action-packed, riddle-filled sequel.

Stupendous Sports: Rampaging Rugby Book 1 World rights c/o Firefly Press

£7.99 9-12 fiction 978-1-913102-31-9

First in MG series Stupendous Sports, which aims to do for PE what Horrible Histories did for Year 7 History with Mr Simkin.

Welcome to the dazzling new world of Quicksmiths, where you will encounter Strange Energy, the Mowl, Wormholes, Dark Forces and the tantalising riddle of the Ark of Ideas. When Kip Bramley receives a cryptic invitation, delivered by a beetle-shaped drone which appears to be breathing, his world will change forever. Soon he finds himself chasing riddles and solving puzzles on a crazy treasure hunt set 400 years earlier by a mysterious genius. As things get dangerous, it seems much more is at stake for Kip and his family than winning top marks at his strange new school…

Loris Owen has lived in Europe, Africa and the Middle East. A former communications and content specialist, her home is now in Kent where she runs a small business and also spends her days hunting for interesting combinations of words. @writingloris 8

Fantastic Football is a team read.

£6.99 128pp 8+ fiction 978-1-913-102-60-9

The Ten Riddles of Eartha Quicksmith Book 1

Shortlisted for the Leicestershire Libraries Book Awards

For fans of football, their parents (and their grandparents) but also young readers who go for something entertaining to dip into and, like the game itself, to share with friends.

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Each chapter has cartoons, player tips your coach won’t tell you, irreverent explanations (accurate where it matters), fascinating facts and – yes – funny stories. The aim is to teach kids about the sport but with a light touch and just as much about the spirit of the game as the rules.

Robin Bennett has obsessed over sport since losing both his front teeth in a ruck aged 12. He is an author and entrepreneur who has written several books for children and on business.

Matt Cherry grew up writing about and drawing monsters before he was told to stop wasting pencils and get a job. He now lives on the Kent coast with his wife and two pet children. Firefly Press

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September 2022

Sept 2022 Safe Book 2 Vanessa Harbour

The Shadow Order Rebecca F. John

September 2022 £7.99 288pp 9-12 fiction 978-1-913102-93-7 (paperback)

September 2022 £7.99 320pp 9–12 fiction 978-1-913102-95-1 (paperback)

In the chaotic last days of World War II, Jacob and Kizzy are tricked into a journey that goes very wrong. Their guardians at the Lipizzaner stables think they are simply helping to fetch some rare horses, but the con artist just needs them to get over the border. Far from home, they are attacked and only just escape. They hide in a seemingly deserted mansion, but someone fires at them. Investigating, they find it shelters not only forty abandoned horses but a small band of lost children, displaced by the war.

One year on from the day the shadows shifted and began to show, not people’s shapes but their truest selves, teenage friends Teddy, Betsy and Effie plan to risk all and watch the winter sun rise over Copperwell, in defiance of the Shadow Order. But from their hidden vantage point the three shocked friends witness a mysterious woman shout a dire warning, before being arrested, beaten and dragged away in handcuffs.

World rights c/o Firefly Press

World rights c/o Firefly Press

With the Nazis and Russians heading towards them, how can Kizzy and Jakob keep them safe and get them all home?

Flight Book 1

The event leads them on an extraordinary series of dangerous adventures as they discover more about the disturbance in the natural world surrounding Copperwell, battle to save their city and start to recognise their truest selves. Rebecca F. John is the author of four books for adults including The Haunting of Henry Twist, which was shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Award. Her short stories have been broadcast on BBC Radio 4 and BBC Radio 4Extra and shortlisted for the Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award. Rebecca lives in Swansea with her dogs, where she writes, reads, and walks to excess.

Hazel Hill is Gonna Win this One

August 2018 £6.99 240pp 9-12 fiction 978-1-910080-76-4 (paperback)

Maggie Horne

World rights c/o Firefly Press

October 2022 £7.99 272pp 9–12 fiction 978-1-913102-97-5 (paperback)

Longlisted for the Branford Boase Award 2019 Shortlisted for the Sheffield Children’s Book Award Read for Empathy recommended read 2020

UK and Commonwealth c/o Firefly Press

Girls in Hazel’s school are being harassed by an anonymous person online, someone who seems to know all about their insecurities and dreams. With no one willing to stand up and face the bully, how will Hazel be able to prove her suspicions? Hazel Hill is Going to Win This One confronts bullying, both online and in person, to give children the power to stand up for themselves and speak out against harassment.

A thrilling MG World War Two adventure. Can Jakob and Kizzy escape with the Lipizzaner stallions over the mountains, away from the Nazi officer who wants to kill them all?

I absolutely love this book! It’s a stunningly good adventure story with all the big heart, sharp style and fast pace of a classic children’s novel. Amanda Craig

Maggie Horne is a writer and editor who grew up near Toronto, Canada. She studied at Oxford Brookes University, where she obtained both a BA in Publishing Media and a wife, which was a pretty good deal. She’s now a dog and human mother living outside of Ottawa with her family. Her writing has been featured in Catapult and on Medium’s Mental Health and LGBTQ pages. HAZEL HILL IS GONNA WIN THIS ONE is her first novel.

Vanessa Harbour is Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing at the university in Winchester. She was previously Academic and Business Consultant at the Golden Egg Academy and now writes online courses. She has written for the Bookseller on being a disabled author. 10

Sept/Oct 2022

Oct 2022

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October 2022

Oct 2022

Hardbacks

Oct 2022

Honesty and Lies

The Song that Sings Us Nicola Davies Cover illustration by Jackie Morris

Eloise Williams

October 2022 £7.99 pp 9–12 fiction 978-1-913102-99-9 (paperback)

October 2021 £14.99 420pp 12+ fiction 978-1-913102-49-4 (hardback)

UK and Commonwealth c/o Firefly Press.

UK and Commonwealth rights c/o Firefly Press

Winter in London, 1601.

Harlon has been raised to protect her younger siblings, twins Ash and Xeno, and their outlawed power of communicating with animals. But when the sinister Automators attack their mountain home, Xeno is kidnapped and Harlon and Ash are separated. In an epic and dangerous environmental adventure they must all journey alone through ice fields, forests, and over oceans, to try to find each other and fulfil a mysterious promise made to their mother.

In a court where fortunes can rise or fall in a moment, The Queen’s Girl is the tale of Honesty and Alice, two 13-year-old maids in Elizabeth I’s court. Both are trying to survive as storytellers in their own way - one wanting attention as a performer and one trying to pass unnoticed as a spy. In such a precarious world and with assasination attempts being planned behind closed doors, their friendship will put both their lives in danger.

Storytelling on the most poetic scale – strange, bloody, grand and unforgettable. The Guardian

Nicola Davies writes children’s non fiction and fiction about the natural world and our relationship with it. She has been shortlisted for the Branford Boase and the Blue Peter Book Awards. Nicola lives in West Wales.

Gaslight

2017 £6.99 204pp 9-12 fiction 978-1-910080-54-2 (paperback)

Seaglass

2018 £6.99 264pp 9-12 fiction 978-1-910080-80-1 (paperback)

The Red Gloves and Other Stories

Wilde

Catherine Fisher

March 2020 £6.99 224pp 9-12 fiction 978-1-913102-18-0 (paperback)

September 2021 £12.99 192pp 9–12 fiction 978-1-913102-68-5 (hardback)

Elen’s Island

World rights c/o Firefly Press

March 2015 £5.99 144pp 7–9 fiction 978-1-910080-20-7 (paperback)

Two stepbrothers share one nightmare; red gloves that reach for your throat; a changing room where a stranger asks to swap lives with you; the dangers of owing a favour, and a ghost in the rain. An expert storyteller weaves nine spells in this unmissable, fairy-tale inspired collection. Fear mixed with wit, heart and magic.

Eloise Williams grew up in Llantrisant and lives in Saundersfoot, Pembrokeshire, very close to the beach where she walks her dog Watson Jones. She worked in the theatre in wardrobe, then studied Drama. After working for over ten years as an actress, she studied for a Masters in Creative Writing at Swansea University. Eloise was the inaugural Children’s Laureate Wales from 2019-2021. Honesty and Lies will be her fifth book with Firefly Press. 12

Catherine Fisher is a poet and children’s author from South Wales. Her bestselling books include the Clockwork Crow trilogy, The Snow-Walker trilogy, the Oracle trilogy, the Incarceron series and the Chronoptika series. Firefly Press

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Jennifer Killick

Jennifer Killick Alex Sparrow and the Zumbie Apocalypse Book 3

Crater Lake Evolution Book 2

Jennifer Killick

May 2021 £7.99 320pp 9–12 fiction 978-1-913102-64-7 (paperback)

Jennifer Killick

September 2019 £6.99 288pp 8–12 fiction 978-1-913102-04-3 (paperback)

World rights (excl German) c/o Firefly Press

World rights c/o Firefly Press

Just when you thought it was safe to go back to sleep…

Selected for the Summer Reading Challenge 2020

It’s five months since the Crater Lake Year Six school trip from hell, and Lance and his friends have struggled with the transition to high school. But now things have got strange in their hometown of Straybridge: there’s been an explosion at the university, a mysterious creature has escaped, the town is under curfew and Lance’s mum is acting seriously weird. Cut off from help, can Lance reunite Katja, Chets, Ade, Big Mak, and new friend Karim to tackle an enemy straight out of their nightmares…

Third in the Alex Sparrow series, this Christmas middle-grade story sees the ‘Zumbies’ on the loose in Cherry Tree Lane. A bonkers story of unlikely superheroes, an evil genius, a zombified keep-fit class and a very angry octopus. BookTrust

Alex Sparrow and the Furry Fury Book 2

May 2018 £6.99 304pp 8–12 fiction 978-1-910080-74-0 (paperback) World rights c/o Firefly Press

Catching the school’s runaway guinea pigs is not really giving Alex job satisfaction, but how can he find a bigger test for his and Jess’s awkward superpowers?

Just the right sort of scary and spirited, with plenty of Killick’s trademark humour. Fiona Noble, The Bookseller

Alex Sparrow and the Really Big Stink Book 1

May 2017 £6.99 256pp 8–12 fiction 978-1-910080-56-6 (paperback)

Crater Lake Book 1

World rights c/o Firefly Press

March 2020 £7.99 240pp 8–12 fiction 978-1-913102-20-3 (paperback)

Alex Sparrow is a super-agent in training. He is also a human liedetector. Working with Jess, who can communicate with animals, they must find out why their friends – and enemies – are all changing into polite and well-behaved pupils. And exactly who is behind it all.

World rights (excl French, German and Japanese) c/o Firefly Press

A Times Children’s Book of the Week A BookTrust 2020 pick and Bookbuzz selected title

Mo, Lottie and the Junkers

Welcome to Crater Lake: the Year Six school trip where your first day just might be your last…

April 2019 £6.99 304pp 8–12 fiction 978-1-910080-92-4 (paperback)

Maybe it’s the bloodstained man who tries to stop the coach. Maybe it’s the absence of welcoming staff, but something is definitely not right at Crater Lake Activity Centre.

World rights c/o Firefly Press

Selected for the Summer Reading Challenge 2019 Mo Appleby’s ordered life is turned upside down when he and his mum move in with his new stepdad and stepsisters. But there is something very strange going on in Mo’s old house across the road.

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Howlingly funny horror for beginners ... Killick has a fine ear for comic dialogue. Alex O’Connell, The Times

Jennifer Killick is the bestselling author of six books for Firefly. She lives in Uxbridge, in a house full of children and animals.

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Then, at night, things get much, much stranger… Lance and his friends, Chets, Katja, Big Mak and Adrianne, find themselves in a fight for survival and must work together to defeat a swarm of enemies. But whatever happens they must never, ever, fall asleep! Firefly Press

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2021

YA

Hardbacks

Teen/ YA Fiction

Grow

YA The Boy who Drew the Future

Luke Palmer

July 2021 £7.99 384pp 14+ fiction 978-1-913102-39-5 (paperback)

Rhian Ivory

September 2015 £7.99 260pp 11+ fiction 978-1-910080-26-9 (paperback)

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There won’t be any explosions in this book.

Nominated for the CILIP Carnegie Medal In this compelling thriller, can the future be redrawn?

Sorry if that’s a problem… A white supremacist group and its violent leader target fifteen-year-old Josh, who is struggling to cope with his father’s recent death at the hands of terrorists.

Rhian got her first publishing deal at 26. She has written six YA novels and is a Patron of Reading in Buckinghamshire.

The Territory trilogy Sarah Govett

‘This unsettling yet compelling debut deserves a place on many bookshelves.’ Claire Hennessy, The Irish Times

UK and Commonwealth rights c/o Firefly Press

Luke Palmer is a poet, author, secondary school teacher and a graduate of the Bath Spa Creative Writing course. He lives in Wiltshire with his young family. Grow is his first novel.

Limited space requires limited numbers... It’s 2059: Fifteen-year-old Noa Blake and her friends must sit an exam to determine if they can stay in The Territory – the only safe land in a post globalwarming flooded Britain – or be banished to the wetlands where they will probably die. Can she and her friends survive and break the system which is sending thousands of teens to their deaths?

Longlisted for the 2022 Yoto Carnegie medal Longlisted for the 2022 Branford Boase Award Featured on the Sunday Times 2021 Books of the year list

The Wanderer Josie Williams

The Territory

May 2015 £7.99 208pp 12+ fiction 978-1-910080-18-4 (paperback) WINNER of Trinity Schools Book Award (TSBA) for in a trilogy, shortlisted novel, the first Fiction Prize A gripping debut House Children’s The Times/ Chicken

The Territory, Escape Book 2 TAA exam: need

October 2021 £7.99 288pp 14+ fiction 978-1-913102-66-1 (paperback)

to study

5th June 2059

Oct 2016 £7.99 208pp 12+ fiction 978-1-910080-46-7 (paperback)

UK and Commonwealth rights (ex Canada and audio) c/o Firefly Press

The Territory, Truth Book 3

SB Hayes (Poison

April 2018 £7.99 232pp 12+ fiction 978-1-910080-70-2 (paperback)

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looming. year old with exams have another normal 15 The richest children Noa Blake is just n, normal isn’t normal. Except in The Territory their necks and can download informatio of a node on the back to study. bypassing the need Noa and the other of dwindling resources, competing is In a flooded world to compete. And work cut out even exam will be shipped TAA ‘Norms’ have their the fails death. anybody who everything – because of misery, if not certain which means a life off to the Wetlands, directions at once? is being torn in two when your heart But how to focus

… dystopian novel thought-provoking system. A thrilling and about our education with a lot to say The Times too tension was almost page one... The debut.’ me hooked from and compelling ‘The Territory had an accomplished Don’t Look Back) much to bear ... Heart and

The Wanderer is a heartrending love story that crosses between life and the after-life. For those who enjoy teenage romances and all things spooky, this YA novel about a ‘wanderer’ in love is a must read.

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‘Brilliantly plotted, utterly gripping’ Gemma Malley

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Behind Closed Doors Miriam Halahmy

Josie Williams is the pseudonym of an international bestselling author, whose New Adult romances have sold over 860,000 copies in English, and whose first novel, the YA romance The Boy Who Sneaks in My Bedroom Window, was an international bestseller translated into many languages. 16

Sarah is the author of the critically acclaimed The Territory trilogy. The first book was shortlisted for The Times Chickenhouse Children’s Fiction Prize, won the Gateshead YA Book Prize in January 2017 and won the Trinity Schools Book Award 2018.

July 2018 £7.99 336pp 14+ fiction 978-1-910080-78-8 (paperback)

UK and Commonwealth and audio rights c/o Firefly Press

Uplifting YA novel about teenage homelessness, hoarding, friendship and love. Firefly Press

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Miriam Halahmy writes novels, short stories and poetry. Hidden (2011) was nominated for the CILIP Carnegie Medal and was Sunday Times Children’s Book of the Week.

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YA/Middle Grade

YA & Middle Grade

Middle Grade

Middle Grade

Too Dark to See Chloë Heuch

Lori and Max and the Book Thieves

World rights c/o Firefly Press

October 2020 £6.99 176pp 8–12 fiction 978-1-913102-35-7 (paperback)

Catherine O’Flynn

July 2020 £7.99 236pp 15+ fiction 978-1-913102-16-6 (paperback)

Sion and Kay are drawn slowly into a secret and intense relationship, meeting in a ruined cottage on the mountain. But when Sion’s terrifying, abusive father finally finds them, will Kay lose everything again?

UK and Commonwealth rights c/o Firefly Press

A stolen phone and an unruly dog; a buried lunchbox and an antique children’s book. Lori and Max must dig through layers of lies to solve two mysteries that affect their friends and families.

Chloë Heuch lives on the north Wales coast with her partner, two children, dog and psychopath cat. She has a Creative Writing MA from Lancaster University. Too Dark to See is her first novel.

Lori and Max Catherine O’Flynn

September 2019 £6.99 188pp 8–12 fiction 978-1-913102-02-9 (paperback)

Rebel with a Cupcake Anna Mainwaring

April 2020 £7.99 240pp 15+ fiction 978-1-913102-27-2 (paperback)

UK and Commonwealth rights c/o Firefly Press

Longlisted for the Branford Boase Award 2020 Shortlisted for the UKLA book awards

UK and Commonwealth c/o Firefly Press

Jess makes her own cupcakes and she eats them, too. That is until Own Clothes Day, when a wardrobe malfunction leaves Jess exposed, and a mean girl calls her the one thing that’s never bothered her before: fat.

Tulip Taylor Anna Mainwaring

June 2019 £7.99 300pp 12+ fiction 978-1-910080-97-9 (paperback) UK and Commonwealth c/o Firefly Press

I’m a Celebrity meets Pride and Prejudice for teens. A warmhearted and funny feminist page-turner for our social-mediacontrolled times.

When some charity money goes missing and Max disappears, wannabe detective Lori seems to be the only person who doesn’t think Max has stolen it and run away. Even the police don’t want to investigate and suddenly Lori finds she has a real crime on her hands. Anna Mainwaring read The Lord of the Rings when she was seven and hasn’t stopped reading since. She lives in Cheshire, UK, with her family.

The Clockwork Crow trilogy Catherine Fisher

World rights c/o Firefly Press. Book 1 sold in the US, Russia, China, Germany, Scandinavia and Turkey.

The Monster Spotter’s Handbook

Seren Rhys is on her way to a new life at the remote house of Plas-y Fran, but when she gets there the happy family Christmas she had hoped for turns out to be an illusion. Because Tomos has been missing for a year and a day, and if the strange and dangerous Family have really taken him, who would be mad enough to try and get him back? Armed with a talking bird who might not be telling the truth, a magical snow-globe and her own indomitable courage, Seren sets off on a journey into a midnight world of snow and stars, to an ice palace unlocked only by a Door of Blood and Tears.

June 2021 £6.99 256pp 9–12 fiction 978-1-913102-47-0 (paperback)

The Clockwork Crow Book 1

Matt Cherry

World rights c/o Firefly Press

When the mysterious Monster Spotter’s Handbook is passed down to eleven-year-old Edwin Spook, a brain-boggling world of monsters is opened before him. Matt Cherry grew up writing about and drawing monsters before he was told to stop wasting pencils and get a job. He now lives on the Kent coast with his wife and two pet children where he still writes and draws everyday … only this time with a pen. 18

Catherine Flynn’s adult novel What Was Lost was the winner of the Costa First Novel Award, the Newcomer Award at the Nibbies, was shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award and long-listed for the Orange and Booker prizes.

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October 2018 £6.99 192pp 9–12 fiction 978-1-910080-84-9 (paperback) Shortlisted for the Blue Peter Book Awards 2019 Winner of the Tir na n’Og Welsh Children’s Book Awards 2019 Nominated for the Carnegie Medal 2020

Full of deep fairytale resonance, Catherine Fisher's writing stands out in the mind's eye like blood drops on snow. The Guardian

The Velvet Fox Book 2

October 2019 £6.99 208pp 8–12 fiction 978-1-913102-08-1 (paperback)

The Midnight Swan Book 3

October 2020 £6.99 224pp 8–12 fiction 978-1-913102-37-1 (paperback)

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Little Horror

Bigfoot Mountain

October 2021 £6.99 192pp 9–12 fiction 978-1-913102-51-7 (paperback)

April 2021 £6.99 272pp 9–12 fiction 978-1-913102-41-8 (paperback)

Rita may be a baby, but she has the mind (and attitude) of a teenager. She may be new to walking but she’s as wisecrackingly clever as anyone in Key Stage 3. She knows she is not a normal toddler but when her parents disappear and a sinister clown and an ice-cream van seem to be hunting her down, even a soft-play centre might not be safe... Imagine The Fugitive – if Harrison Ford was two feet tall and wearing Pampers.

Minnie and her stepfather, Dan, are stuck in their small cabin at the foot of the mountain struggling to come to terms with the death of her mother – and with each other. But when Minnie and her friend Billy discover four giant footprints on a mountain trail, everything changes.

Daniel Peak

Roderick O’Grady

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Kaayii and his clan have to move across the mountain to escape huge forest fires, but find their ancient paths blocked by new holiday cabins… As Minnie and Kaayii’s paths unexpectedly entwine, they must help each other, and heal their families.

Manchester-based Daniel Peak is a BAFTA and International EMMY award-winning TV scriptwriter, and one of the lead writers on CBBC’s Horrible Histories and Lee Mack’s Big Night Out. Daniel’s new show, spoof police procedural Code 404, premiered in 2020 on Sky and NOW TV.

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Keeper of Secrets Sarah J. Dodd

September 2021 £6.99 304pp 9–12 fiction 978-1-913102-45-6 (paperback)

A beautiful and engrossing tale of a mighty child, a magnificent forest and the mysteries which bind us all in the best ways – this is a rich and powerful book, a real triumph of love, wisdom and storytelling. Horatio Clare

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Eleven-year-old Emily doesn’t think Badgers Cottage – where she’s moved with her father after her mum died – will ever be home. But there is something here that needs her: a bright pair of eyes in the darkness. In the middle of a fierce battle between a project to rewild lynx in the woods, and local farmers, Emily tries to save a motherless baby lynx. But she has no idea how far she’ll have to go to protect him.

Roderick O’Grady is an actor who has worked in London and New York. His stage play, A Foolish Fancy – How Not to Get Ahead in the Theatre, was a Time Out critic’s choice on the London Fringe. He has voiced the audiobook for Bigfoot Mountain, his first children’s book.

Sarah J. Dodd grew up in the north of England and gained a PhD in plant ecology before becoming a primary school teacher. Keeper of Secrets is her first novel. 20

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Fiction for 8-12s & poetry

Middle Grade & Poetry

Fiction for 7-9s

Fiction for 7-9s

Ant Clancy – Games Detective

Ray-Chay is the new virtual reality game that everyone s playing and the world loves its eccentric billionaire creator, Kody Crunch.

Walker: The Mystery of the Missing Millions

July 2019 £6.99 176pp 9–12 fiction 978-1-910080-99-3 (paperback)

Ant loves gaming and feels like the only person who can’t get into Ray-Chay. But when something goes very wrong with the game, Ant is determined to help.

March 2021 £6.99 160pp 7–10 fiction 978-1-913102-53-1 (paperback)

Ruth Morgan

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A thrilling new case for the boy detective who can talk to dogs

Can Ant and his friends work out the real deadly game behind the game?

Ten-year-old Walker walks people’s dogs because he can’t have a dog of his own, and gets drawn into mysteries because dogs can talk to him. After crooked billionnaire Arlington Wherewithal goes to prison, his wife asks Walker to keep looking after his dogs. Walker finds out a gang is trying to make her tell them the hiding place of Arlington’s missing millions. Walker tries to help – but when he gets too close he is kidnapped by the gang!

Ruth Morgan was born in Carmarthen and grew up in Llandovery. She has written fiction, poetry and plays for children of all ages and scripts for animation and radio. She lives in Penarth, south Wales, in a family of enthusiastic gamers who also love real life adventures.

Can Walker, his friend Anje and the dogs save themselves, stop the crooks and solve the clues to find the money?

Daydreams and Jellybeans Alex Wharton Illustrated by Katy Riddell

January 2021 £6.99 64pp 7–11 poetry 978-1-913102-43-2 (paperback) World rights c/o Firefly Press

This is a lovely, warm collection of poems that hail from a place of wonder and mystery. Joshua Seigal

Walker

Written and illustrated by Shoo Rayner

March 2019 £6.99 160pp 7–10 fiction 978-1-910080-90-0 (paperback)

From the winner of the Rising Stars Award 2019 run by Firefly Press and Literature Wales

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Edited by T.S. Eliot prize winner Philip Gross

All Walker wants is a dog, but his mother is allergic to them, so he sets up a business walking other people’s dogs – with no idea where they will lead him!

The Week Junior Book of the Week From hairy jellybeans to beautiful daydreams, the poems within this debut collection are to be enjoyed. They aim to spark familiarity and inclusion, and expand the mind in curious and imaginative ways. Written for 7–11 year olds, and beautifully illustrated by talented young illustrator Katy Riddell, these poems use rhythm, rhyme and free verse, and are ideally suited to performance in a school setting, nurturing a love of language, reading, confidence and self-expression. Alexander Wharton is a writer and poet. He is a senior building surveyor in Torfaen, South Wales. He has been published regularly in The Caterpillar, Wales Haiku Journal, Hedgerow and I am not a silent Poet. He collaborated with The Reading Realm in January 2020 where five of his poems featured on the educational iTunes App. A regular compere of Cardiff Arts free festival, he visits schools to perform his poetry and facilitate writing workshops. Katy Riddell grew up in Brighton and was obsessed with drawing from a young age. Since graduating with a BA Hons in Illustration and Animation from Manchester Metropolitan University, she has worked on Pongwiffy, Midnight Feasting and The International Yeti Collective. She lives and works in Brighton.

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The Dragon Trilogy Shoo Rayner

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In this much-loved series inspired by Arthurian legend, Harri makes his own dragon for a school project, and begins an extraordinary adventure.

Shoo Rayner began his career as an illustrator in a garden shed near Machynlleth. He drew for Michael Morpurgo and Rose Impey, but editors kept encouraging him to write. Many years, and over 200 books later, Shoo, well known for his many fast-paced series for newly confident readers, has over 268,000 subscribers on his two YouTube ‘how to draw’ channels and is a regular at live events across the UK.

Dragon Gold

2014 £5.99 160pp 7–9 fiction 978-1-910080-04-7 (paperback)

Dragon White

2015 £5.99 136pp 7–9 fiction 978-1-910080-30-6 (paperback)

Dragon Red

March 2017 £5.99 144pp 7–9 fiction 978-1-910080-48-1 (paperback)

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Fiction for 7-9s

Fiction for 7-9s

Fiction for 7-9s

Fiction for 7-9s

The Thimble Monkey Superstar series

Grace-Ella: Pixie Pandemonium Book 3

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Thimble Wonga Bonkers Book 3

February 2020 £5.99 168pp 7–9 fiction 978-1-913102-10-4 (paperback)

When Mum goes away for the week, Jams, Dad and Thimble are left with just thirty quid for groceries. Dad makes a shopping list – but when Thimble gets hold of the supermarket trolley, everything goes bananas!

Sharon Marie Jones Illustrated by Adriana J. Puglisi

June 2021 £5.99 160pp 7–9 fiction 978-1-913102-62-3 (paperback)

Jon Blake’s previous books include the bestselling You’re a Hero Daley B, Stinky Fingers’ House of Fun and The Last Free Cat.

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When Buddy the pixie smuggles himself into her backpack after Witch Camp, Grace-Ella lets him stay, even though her cat Mr Whiskins tells her pixies are trouble. She takes him to school – but he soon escapes and causes all kinds of mischief. It’s all fun, until, searching for Buddy, Grace-Ella sees someone stealing the school’s charity fund. Will anyone believe her? With her best friends, a naughty pixie and of course Mr Whiskins by her side, can Grace-Ella save the school fair?

Martin Chatterton’s own books include Monster and Chips (OUP) and some of the Middle School books with James Patterson. He has illustrated many books, including stories by Julia Donaldson and Tony Bradman.

Thimble Monkey Superstar Book 1

April 2016 £5.99 160pp 7–9 fiction 978-1-910080-34-4 (paperback) Shortlisted for the Laugh Out Loud Awards 2017 Selected for the Reading Agency’s Summer Reading Challenge 2017 and Toppsta’s Summer Reading Guide 2017

Spell-binding tale of friendship and magic. Claire Fayers on Grace-Ella: Witch Camp

Life is never boring now that Jams and his family have a monkey to look after. Jams and his mum love Thimble, but Dad is determined to get rid of him - to a zoo, a school, even a demolition site. But when Jams and his dad are in mortal danger, Thimble proves once and for all why he is a Monkey Superstar! Thimble is very clever and very naughty - and just the best friend Jams has been waiting for.

Grace-Ella: Spells for Beginners Book 1

Thimble Holiday Havoc Book 2

November 2017 £5.99 168pp 7–9 fiction 978-1-910080-66-5 (paperback)

Sharon Marie Jones Illustrated by Adriana J. Puglisi September 2016 £5.99 144pp B&W illustrations 7–9 fiction 978-1-910080-42-9 (paperback)

Jams lives with his mum, dad and his best friend Thimble, a hugely clever monkey who isn’t exactly one of Dad’s biggest fans. (Don’t tell anyone what Thimble did with the superglue...) When Mum organises a house-swap holiday to France, what can possibly go wrong? Then Thimble and Dad find the keys to a speedboat, a drill and a makeshift burglar outfit...

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Grace-Ella: Witch Camp Book 2

Sharon Marie Jones Illustrated by Adriana J. Puglisi October 2019 £5.99 160pp 7–9 fiction 978-1-913102-06-7 (paperback) World rights c/o Firefly Press

The Sea House

Lucy Owen Illustrated by Rebecca Harry

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April 2019 £6.99 128pp 5+ fiction 978-1-910080-82-5 (paperback) World rights c/o Firefly Press

Lucy Owen is a newsreader and presenter for BBC Wales.

One night grieving nine-year-old Coral cries so much that she fills her house with tears. When she wakes, she finds a magical underwater world packed with exciting sea creatures, right inside her own home.

Rebecca Harry lives in Cardiff and has illustrated for Macmillan, Nosy Crow and many others.

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Sharon Marie Jones was born and raised in mountainous North Wales, immersed in magical folktales of giants and fairies. She now lives near Aberystwyth with her husband and sons. She studied English and Education at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth, graduating with first-class honours. She worked as a primary school teacher for 12 years, before becoming a full-time author.

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Coming in 2023 The Sleeping Stones Beatrice Wallbank

February 2023 £7.99 272pp 9-12 fiction 978-1-915444-05-9 (paperback) World rights c/o Firefly Press

Coming in 2023

Coming in 2023

Summer Under the Stars Kate Mallinder

Beatrice Wallbank grew up in Mid Wales, surrounded by sheep. When not wandering about in wild places thinking about stories she works backstage in theatre, storytelling in a different form.

May 2023 £7.99 272pp 12+ fiction 978-1-913102-85-2 (paperback)

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Sequel to the much-loved Summer of No Regrets, the four friends drive across France, each hiding a secret. As they tackle first love, perfectionism and complicated families, they get lost, fall out and rescue a kitten, but can they get to Sasha’s dad’s wedding on time?

Prepare for the storm Gruff lives on a small island full of legends, off the coast of Wales. When Mat and her family arrive, Gruff thinks he sees the sea in her eyes. Strange things start happening; the myth of the sleeping stones may be true, and soon Gruff and Mat must risk everything to save their island from an ancient anger. A brilliant MG debut about belonging, friendship and nature.

The Dark and Dangerous Gifts of Dolores Mackenzie Yvonne Banham

£7.99 9-12 fiction 978-1-915444-07-3 (paperback) World rights c/o Firefly Press

Yvonne Banham has completed two years of study with the Golden Egg Academy and is one of the network organisers for SCBWI Scotland. She grew up on a small island off the Cumbrian coast and spent lots of time huddled on blustery beaches with a book or three.

The dead have swirled around Delores Mackenzie ever since she can remember, keeping her company when living children refused. Now they want more, and Delores must seek the help of the mysterious Uncles in Edinburgh’s Old Town to try to control her gifts. But when a sinister apparition threatens the life of her new friends, has Delores learnt enough to save them? A shapeshifting, ghost-filled, paranormal whydunnit with a grumpy gargoyle and a touch of Tartan Noire!

Asking for a Friend Kate Mallinder

June 2020 £7.99 272pp 12+ fiction 978-1-913102-29-6 (paperback) UK and Commonwealth rights c/o Firefly Press

Three friends, each with their own secrets, take an unforgettable trip.

Fireblood

Summer of No Regrets Kate Mallinder

Sam Stewart

£7.99 9-12 fiction

May 2019 £7.99 252pp 12+ fiction 978-1-910080-94-8 (paperback)

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Dragons don’t exist. But they used to… In an attempt to save their father, Finn and Tula are sucked from their familiar but hidden Bristol home, into a world they never knew even existed. Discovering their father’s secret link with dragons, the siblings must help save him and the world they know, and find out the truth of their heritage.

After their exams four sixteen-year-old best friends pledge to live a summer regret-free, taking risks however much it scares them.

Kate Mallinder lives with her husband and four children near Ashby-de-la-Zouch in Leicestershire. She grew up in Solihull and went to college in Leeds.

Sam Stewart was born in Zambia, grew up in South Africa and now lives in England with her two children. She has been fascinated by fire since a very early age when she accidentally set her bedroom alight, and though Fireblood features some spontaneous blazes and a fair amount of unexpected flame she has been very careful with anything burny ever since.

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Coming in 2023

Coming in 2023

Coming in 2023

Michael the Amazing Mind-reading Sausage Dog Terrie Chilvers

Aubrey and the Terrible Spiders Book 3

£7.99 8-12 illustrated fiction 978-1-915444-13-4 (paperback)

Horatio Clare Illustrated by Jane Matthews

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June 2023 £7.99 288pp 9–12 fiction 978-1-913102-12-8 (paperback)

Michael’s dream is to go from being an unknown pup to a Hollywoof sensation and global superstar. But becoming famous is no walkies in the park… First he has to find his special talent, and then make sure his less-than-glamorous assistant, Stanley Big Dog, doesn’t bring the house down about their ears!

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When the animals start rebelling, and Aubrey is stung by a very polite wasp, he realises there is something weird going on in the valley below Rushing Wood. And as he’s the only boy he knows of who can talk with animals, he is determined to find out what.

Terrie Chilvers writes funny middle-grade fiction and non-fiction. She works freelance as a copywriter and social media consultant but is most happy when teaching a dog to high-five or taking a picture of her Eggs Benedict to post on Instagram. Terrie lives in London where she is the doting aunt to two long-haired sausage dogs.

With help from his friends Ariadne the house spider, Silvio the silverfish and Lupo the Husky pup, the young warrior sets out to find the terrible spiders and their genius creator Big B and, just maybe, save the world.

Aubrey and the Terrible Yoot Book 1

Lethe Claire Fayers

£7.99 9-12 sci-fi 978-1-915444-15-8 (paperback) World rights c/o Firefly Press

​​ Fern and Tapper should never have met. Fern lives with her inventor dad in Swansea, the capital city of Earth. Tapper comes from a galaxy far, far away and his space submarine has only stopped at Earth for an emergency repair. But when Fern’s dad loses his memory, Fern and Tapper set off into the rivers of space to save him.

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Claire Fayers writes comic fantasy featuring swashbuckling pirates, evil magicians, heroic librarians and man-eating penguins. She grew up in South Wales, studied English in Canterbury, and is now back in Wales where she spends a lot of her free time tramping around castles in the rain, looking for dragons.

Sept 2015 £7.99 212pp 7–12 fiction 978-1-910080-28-3 (paperback) World English rights c/o Firefly Press

Aubrey is a rambunctious boy who tries to run before he can walk and has crashed two cars before he is old enough to drive one. But when his father, Jim, falls under the horrendous spell of the Terrible Yoot, everything changes. With the help of the creatures of Rushing Wood, Aubrey sets out to break the spell. Everyone says his task is impossible, but Aubrey will never give up, even if he must fight the unkillable spirit of despair – The Terrible Yoot – itself!

Aubrey and the Terrible Ladybirds Book 2

May 2017 £7.99 244pp 7–12 fiction 978-1-910080-50-4 (paperback) World English rights c/o Firefly Press

Digging for Victory Cathy Faulkner £7.99 9-12 fiction 978-1-915444-11-0 (paperback)

Strange Tales Daniel Morden

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£7.99 8-12 illustrated fiction 978-1-915444-17-2 (paperback)

Stunning middle-grade debut verse novel set in the Second World War When twelve-year-old Bonnie’s brother, Ralph joins the RAF to fly in the Second World War Bonnie is devastated. Then Mr Fisher is billeted in Ralph’s room, and Bonnie immediately suspects he’s a conscientious objector. But where does he go at night, and is everything really as it seems… 28

It’s the Easter holidays, you’ve just become as small as an earwig, the swallows are back (and offering you rides), and a spider wakes you up in the middle of the night and asks you to save the world. Then, as if that weren’t enough, the Ladybirdz turn up from Bohemia to find Rushing Wood does not want them…

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Eerie traditional and supernatural stories from around the world … only for the bravest readers! Sometimes funny, poignant, chilling and downright frightening, always fascinating.

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Horatio Clare’s first book, Running for the Hills, an acclaimed account of a Welsh childhood, won a Somerset Maugham Award, was longlisted for the Guardian First Book Award and saw Horatio shortlisted for the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year. His first book for children, Aubrey and the Terrible Yoot won the Branford Boase Award 2016 and the sequel Aubrey and the Terrible Ladybirds was nominated for the CILIP Carnegie Medal 2018. His essays and reviews appear regularly in the national press and on BBC radio. Follow Horatio on Twitter @HoratioClare

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Pete and the Five-a-Side Vampires Malachy Doyle, ill. Hannah Doyle £5.99 pb 978-1-910080-10-8 eb 978-1-910080-11-5 World rights c/o Firefly Press

Steve and the Singing Pirates Dan Anthony, ill. Huw Aaron £5.99 pb 978-1-910080-32-0 eb 978-1-910080-33-7 World rights c/o Firefly Press

Dottie Blanket and the Hilltop Wendy Meddour, ill. Mina May £4.99 pb 978-1-910080-12-2 eb 978-1-910080-13-9

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The Jewelled Jaguar Sharon Tregenza £6.99 pb 978-1-910080-64-1 eb 978-1-910080-65-8 World rights c/o Firefly Press

The Shiver Stone Sharon Tregenza £6.99 pb 978-1-910080-08-5 eb 978-1-910080-09-2

Fug and the Thumps Malachy Doyle £5.99 pb 978-1-910080-68-9 eb 978-1-910080-69-6

Editor and co-founder Janet Thomas

Commercial Director Robin Bennett

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Fiction for 14+

Lost on Mars Paul Magrs £7.99 pb 978-1-910080-22-1 eb 978-1-910080-23-8

Three Strikes Lucy Christopher, Kat Ellis and Rhian Ivory £7.99 pb 978-1-910080-86-3 eb 978-1-910080-87-0

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The Martian Girl Book 2 Paul Magrs £7.99 pb 978-1-910080-44-3 eb 978-1-910080-45-0

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Editor Rebecca Lloyd

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The Heart of Mars Book 3 Paul Magrs £7.99 pb 978-1-910080-58-0 eb 978-1-910080-59-7

Blackfin Sky Kat Ellis £7.99 pb 978-1-910080-00-9 eb 978-1-910080-01-6

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Alien Rain Ruth Morgan £7.99 pb 978-1-910080-38-2 eb 978-1-910080-39-9

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Dog Town Lu ze Pastore Illustrated by Reinis P tersons. Translated by Žanete V vere Pasqualini £6.99 pb 978-1-910080-72-6

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