Waterstones Amazon Bookshop The start of an exciting new series full of Billie’s laugh-out-loud observations and doodles! There is a new girl at Billie’s school, and Billie takes it upon herself to show her around, teach her the Biscuit Laws, and remind her that yes, two women can get married (after all, Billie’s mums’ wedding […]
ACHUKA Book of the Day 13 Apr 2021 Waterstones Amazon Bookshop “Have you ever wondered during the last year: Are the Government telling us everything? Are the papers trying to scare us? Are they making things up? They’re probably not. But there have been times when statesmen told lies, when newspapers invented the facts, when […]
ACHUKA Book of the Day 9 Apr 2021 Blackwell’s Children’s Book of the Month April 2021 Waterstones Amazon Bookshop Gafferty Sprout is a Smidgen. A Smidgen looks like a human, sounds like a human, and loves chips with curry sauce like a human – if humans were three inches tall. If you took a human […]
Waterstones Amazon Bookshop A new, pacy thriller from the author of the Clifftoppers adventures. It’s a long, hot summer. As the water drains away from the reservoir, a car emerges. And there seems to be a body in it, a body that then disappears… Daniel and Florence start to investigate and uncover a long-ago robbery, […]
Waterstones Amazon Bookshop Emmy is brilliant at the computer game, Illusory Isles. Her avatar is a powerful fire elemental with magma claws and flaming breath. When Emmy’s gaming video gets a front-page feature, thousands of devoted fans flock to watch her battle the ultimate online baddie, the Mulch Queen herself. Life at school is the […]
Waterstones Amazon Bookshop The award-winning author of the Cogheart series, stirs up magic, myth and history in his truly captivating Barrington Stoke debut. When the lighthouse no longer shines, what else has the power to guide you to shore? Deryn’s father is the lighthouse keeper on Featherstone Island, keeping the lantern lit to protect passing boats […]
Waterstones Amazon Bookshop An inventive and inspiring new middle grade novel from the author of Bloom. This is the story of Kirsten, an apparently happy and successful 11-year-old YouTube star who meets a ship that comes alive… and is claimed by it as its new captain as it breaks free from its dry dock. Inspired […]
Waterstones Amazon Bookshop ‘The most unusual book about the lives of dogs I’ve ever read. It’s a dog world out there in Gill Lewis’ accomplished storytelling. Not sure I’ll ever look at a dog again the same way. Unforgettable.” Michael Morpurgo “A masterpiece of animal writing. Lewis’s deep love and understanding of dogs shows on […]
Waterstones Amazon Bookshop Yusuf’s older sister is getting married. He’s ready for the delicious food, the fun with his cousins and the many presents… but he’s NOT ready to take her place as the responsible one. His only option: cause some chaos and ruin the wedding. The first book in a new series from Knights […]
Waterstones Amazon Bookshop I’m Amber Roberts. Just your average teenager. Life revolves around school and my best mate, Vi. Nothing too dramatic, and certainly nothing dangerous. Well. That’s how things used to be. But now, my life is way more complicated: Mum and Dad have a massive secret and Vi’s being all moody. But, bigger […]
Waterstones Amazon Bookshop For as long as she can remember Rumaysa has been locked away in her tall, tall tower, forced to use her magic to spin straw into gold for the evil Witch and unable to leave. Until one day, after dropping a hijab out of her small tower-window, Rumaysa realizes how she might […]
Waterstones Amazon Bookshop “a joyful mash-up of robots, conservationism and school story” GUARDIAN First in a new series… Join Harley, her robot dog Sprocket and best friend Cosmo for problem-solving adventures and mysteries in Inventia, a world where science rules and technology grows in the forest; and where exploding science projects, giant slugs and runaway […]
Waterstones Amazon Bookshop The third book in a fun, fresh and exciting new detective series, for newly independent readers. Previously: Agent Zaiba Investigates 1: The Missing Diamonds Agent Zaiba Investigates 2: The Poison Plot Determined to be the world’s greatest detective, Zaiba is always on the lookout for a crime to solve! When a new […]
Waterstones Amazon Bookshop “Crammed with wisecracking corvids and outrageous wordplay, it’s engagingly light-hearted, Pratchettesque comic fantasy.” GUARDIAN The first in a wickedly funny new series about an aspiring pacifist in a brutal kingdom! On Brutalia violence is a way of life. Ravenous ravens circle overhead, monstrous grot bears cause chaos and the streets are bulging […]
ACHUKA Book of the Day 25 Mar 2021 Waterstones Amazon Bookshop “Yang’s book has two main strengths. Its first strength is its characterisation. Mia and her family leap off the page. Very quickly the reader comes to care deeply about the family and their aspiration. Equally significant is the way Yang manages to describe the […]
Waterstones Amazon Bookshop In the Wilderness, where magic and nature collide, there are magical creatures and strange powers at work. In this story the Wild Things – a group of children who have taken on the characteristics of the wild creatures they are named after – find that their camp has been destroyed by a […]
ACHUKA Book of the Day 23 Mar 2021 Waterstones Amazon Bookshop Inspired by the real events of the Kindertransport and the refugee children who came to Britain just before war was declared. [First published in US, 2019] Rudi is nine. His own country is no longer safe for Jewish children and he is being sent […]
Waterstones Amazon Bookshop A a family story—told in graphic novel format—that shines a light on the challenges faced by refugees and people desperate to escape war-torn countries and find a new home. What would you do if your home wasn’t safe any more? Bea and her family are trying to live as if everything is normal. […]
Waterstones Amazon Bookshop Imagine Smidge’s delight when, one day, a little man with a propeller on his back appears hovering at the window! It’s Karlsson and he lives in a house on the roof. Soon Smidge and Karlsson are sharing all sorts of adventures, from tackling thieves and playing tricks to looping the loop and […]
Waterstones Amazon Bookshop “This is the second collection of stories built round Tola and her family in Lagos; it is a delight. Atinuke is a storyteller herself and these are stories that demand to be read aloud. They are just the right length, full of atmosphere, built round situations that arise out of Tola’s everyday.” […]
Waterstones Amazon Bookshop “a hard-hitting, gripping read, full of fierce courage in the face of injustice” GUARDIAN Heart-stopping adventure based on real historical events… Kereen Getten takes readers on a journey of sisterhood, struggle and survival from Jamaica to Britain. Ruth has always known her half-sister Anna isn’t like her – her almost-white skin means […]
Waterstones Amazon Bookshop It is the summer holiday and Joe Robinson and his cousins are staying with their granny in Muddlemoor village. The problem is . . . Muddlemoor is a hotspot for crime. When Granny’s precious cake recipe goes missing days before the Great Village Bake Off, Joe, Tom and Pip are FLABBERGASTED. They […]
Waterstones Amazon Bookshop Debut historical adventure novel, described as “Ben Hur meets National Velvet”. Circus Maximus, the greatest sporting stage of the ancient Roman world, where the best horses and charioteers compete in a race to the death, and one girl dreams of glory. Twelve-year-old Dido dreams of becoming the first female charioteer at the great […]