ACHUKA Book of the Day 16 Jan 2020 The transport ship Orion is four months out of Earth when catastrophe strikes – leaving the ship and everyone on board stranded in deep space. Suddenly it’s up to thirteen-year-old Beth and her friends to navigate through treacherous and uncharted territory to reach safety. But a heavily-damaged […]
ACHUKA Book of the Day Tue 14 Jan 2020 The fifth novel of Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children… This signed Waterstones Worldwide Exclusive Edition includes a deleted chapter. Please check availability if purchasing some time after publication [Jan 2019]. Waterstones says: “With its merging of text and haunting photography to create a gloriously gothic atmosphere like […]
“An engrossing first novel by Katharine Orton…this is fantasy at its glutinous best.” The Daily Telegraph, Books of the Year The frozen Siberian wastes hold many terrors for Lina and her best friend Bogdan, especially with an evil sorceress and a pack of wolves on their tail. A terrifically atmospheric and exciting debut from a […]
Join Lily, Robert and Malkin on a fantastic voyage of terror and triumph, in the fourth and final Cogheart Adventure… Swept into the bright hustle and bustle of New York, Lily, Robert and Malkin discover shadowy secrets lie beneath its surface. For there are chilling goings-on in their hotel… A strange boy held captive, haunted […]
A brilliantly original spin on the detective genre, the Double Detectives – aka twins Ali and Tulip – must use all the hospital-based knowledge they have acquired from their surgeon mother to crack an intriguing medical mystery. With a winning central duo and a gripping puzzle at its heart, Cure for a Crime heralds a really […]
There’s a new craze in town for smart speakers and everyone has got one. At first they seem super helpful, but Tyler and her friends soon start to get suspicious. It’s as if these virtual assistants are really the ones in control – but no-one else seems to notice. It’s not long before the assistants […]
Sunday Times Children’s Book of the Week 12 Jan 2019 The stunning new 10+ story from the bestselling and award-winning author of Time Travelling with a Hamster, for anyone who loved the humour of WALL-E, the action of Star Wars and the deeply touching emotion of ET. A small village in the wilds of Northumberland is […]
ACHUKA Book of the Day Mon 6th Jan 2020 Waterstones Children’s Book of the Month January 2020 In selecting it as their first Children’s Book of the Month for 2020, Waterstones says of this book: “Introducing a heroine as loveable, feisty and roguish as Robin Hood, Sri Lankan-raised author Nizrana Farook’s debut is children’s fiction […]
Shortlisted for Edward Stanford Children’s Travel Book of the Year Award Maya has to escape. She’s on the run in a country she doesn’t know and has no idea who to trust. Raul is escaping too – travelling back to his home where a terrible tragedy happened, ready to stir up trouble. When their paths […]
Times Children’s Book of the Week 30 Nov 2019 Grannies, knitting and magical sheep combine in this heart-warming adventure from Elka Evalds, illustrated by Teemu Juhani! Will’s beloved granny made cakes and knitted itchy jumpers – that’s what he thought. But when she passes away and dodgy Jasper Fitchet moves in to their village, dark […]
Times Children’s Book of the Week 7 Dec 2019 Jake and the other finalists in a writing competition have been invited to a stately house for a tour like no other. As their guide leads them through grand rooms, hidden nooks and magnificent grounds, they hear the stories of seven ghosts who haunt the halls. […]
A debut children’s novel from this well-known illustrator. The Magic Place is a timeless fable about breaking free from the dark and embracing a bewitching new world of possibility. “The text is witty and perfectly integrated drawings include caricature and tender understatement.” Nicolette Jones, SUNDAY TIMES Waterstones No related posts.
f.p. 1961 tr. from Dutch by Laura Wilkinson Laurenzo and Jiacomo are identical twins, as alike as two drops of water. No one can tell them apart (which comes in very handy for playing tricks on their teachers). And no one can split them up. But when tragedy strikes their carefree young lives, they must […]
The first book in a fresh, funny new series for readers aged 7+, illustrated by Alex G. Griffiths… When little spider Milton discovers he’s been branded deadly on social media – and is targeted by pest-killers BugKILL – he fears for his life and the future of his species. Alongside his BFFs, big hairy Ralph […]
Proving as at home with younger fiction as he is with the complex themes of his teen writing, Reynolds weaves a wonderfully nuanced series of stories around the daily ritual of the walk home from school. Never afraid to confront serious issues but always handling them with sensitivity and wit, Look Both Ways is marvellous […]
Sunday Times Children’s Book of the Week 10 Nov 2019 A thrilling and beautiful new novel from the best-selling author of The Wolf Princess. Marina’s father, a naval captain, has been away for most of her life – certainly since her mother died – and yet Marina feels the pull of an ocean she’s never known. […]
“A book to read in a day and remember for a lifetime,” says Jacqueline Wilson. A beautiful and heart-wrenching middle grade debut, full of love, healing, friendship and hope. When eleven-year-old Addie goes to stay with a foster-care family on a remote Exmoor farm in the midst of a very cold winter, she is full […]
ACHUKA Book of the Day Thu 14 Nov 2019 Books Are My Bag Readers Children’s Fiction Award Winner 2019 Aya is eleven years old and has just arrived in Britain with her mum and baby brother, seeking asylum from war in Syria. When Aya stumbles across a local ballet class, the formidable dance teacher spots […]
Times Children’s Book of the Week 12 Oct 2019 The reigning queen of historical children’s literature returns with a characteristically classy narrative that brings the paranoia and superstitions of seventeenth-century England to full-blooded life. Sinister gentry and rumours of witchcraft blight the life of young Fortune Sharpe in this eerie tale based on real-life events. […]
“Littler’s debut is wild, funny, lavishly illustrated and filled with excitement.” GUARDIAN Edwin really doesn’t want to be a big brother. Forced to move house, start a new school and make way for this unwelcome interloper in his parents’ affections, he feels like everything is chaos. But things might not be as bad as he […]
An exciting adventure of loss, magic and friendship. A heartfelt story of a girl in a race-against-time. Coral sees the world around her through a rainbow of colours not visible to others – an afternoon of adventure is Treasure Island Gold but a morning with a maths test is Stormy Canyon Grey. When her beloved […]
A lyrical and dreamlike story of two brothers in conflict amidst the devastation of WWII London. Harry Black wakes in hospital to learn that his brother Ellis has almost certainly been killed by a V2 rocket falling during a German air raid on London. In a state of wounded delirium, Harry’s mind begins to blur […]