Waterstones Amazon Bookshop “You know, when you live in a time of progress, it seems that progress is the only possible way. The idea that everything we’d gained, all of those hard-won rights, could be taken away from us, and that open minds could be closed again? But then the Outrage happened.” Welcome to England, […]
ACHUKA Book of the Day 6 May 2021 Waterstones Amazon Bookshop “In this 360-page graphic novel, the London-born Windsor-Smith moves out of his more customary fantasy mode to reappraise the values of the United States, his adopted homeland of over fifty years. Central to his critique is the monster shown in close up on the […]
Waterstones Amazon Bookshop The Dark Lady is the debut YA novel from Akala, musician and founder of the Hip-Hop Shakespeare Company. A pickpocket with an exceptional gift. A prisoner of extraordinary value. An orphan haunted by dreams of the mysterious Dark Lady. Henry is an orphan, an outsider, a thief. He is also a fifteen-year-old invested with magical powers […]
Waterstones Amazon Bookshop Trust no witch… Iraya Adair has spent her life in a cell. Heir of an overthrown and magically-gifted dynasty, she was exiled from her home on the island nation of Aiyca when she was just a child. But every day brings her closer to freedom – and vengeance. Jazmyne Cariot grew up […]
Waterstones Amazon Bookshop “An adorable diary of love’s gut punches.” KIRKUS on Heartstopper1 ““The thing I really love most about making comics is being able to express emotions in a story without having to use any words. My favourite scenes in Heartstopper are the ones where there is no dialogue, you completely understand how everyone […]
Waterstones Amazon Bookshop This debut—from indie press, Arachne Books—is a page-turning gothic mystery and contemporary coming-of-age story rolled into one. “A spell-binding slice of Cornish Gothic” Piers Torday “Gripping, atmospheric, moving and with the glow of myth and fantasy intertwined with sharp depictions of family life.” Adele Geras “Zed moves from London to Cornwall with […]
ACHUKA Book of the Day 28 Apr 2021 Waterstones Amazon Bookshop “Comparisons to Crazy Rich Asians are apt, as the author details the wild spending and luxurious lifestyles of the superrich. But this story is filled with mistaken identity, a gaggle of intoxicated groomsmen, five lovably hilarious sisters, and slapstick humor that leans more toward the […]
Waterstones Amazon Bookshop From the author of Dial A For Aunties… Nobody knows Delilah like Logan does. Nobody. He makes sure of it by learning everything he can through her social media and watching her through a hidden camera he has trained on her house. Some might call him a stalker. Logan prefers to be […]
Waterstones Amazon Bookshop The sequel to THE LOOP Luka is in prison again – but this time it’s worse. He’s in the Block, a place where reality and simulation start to blur. But an audacious breakout reunites Luka and his friends at last. Hiding out in the heart of the destroyed city, Luka realises the […]
ACHUKA Book of the Day 21 Apr 2021 Times Children’s Book of the Week 17 Apr 2021 Waterstones Amazon Bookshop “Stroud does not compromise. Scarlett is unpleasant, hard to love; Albert is irritating, weak. Yet through skill and good writing we begin to love and understand this odd couple, mini-me John Waynes, and by the […]
ACHUKA Book of the Day 19 Apr 2021 Times Children’s Book of the Week 3 Apr 2021 Waterstones Amazon Bookshop “It’s cut like a gemstone. Turn the pages, and facets gleam.” Hiliary McKay “Each narrative underscores the suffocating social expectations unique to their small rural communities, challenging the stereotype that nothing ever happens in them. […]
ACHUKA Book of the Day 13 Apr 2021 Sunday Times Children’s Book of the Week 25 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 […]
ACHUKA Book of the Day 12 Apr 2021 Waterstones Amazon Bookshop “George’s work gets to the essence of war and the experiences of the human beings caught up in it.” Jeremy Bowen “The Paul Nash of our era.” Michael Morpurgo “While photography is good in what it can reveal; drawing has that ability to have […]
Waterstones Amazon Bookshop The Hollow sisters – Vivi, Grey and Iris – are as seductively glamorous as they are mysterious. They have black eyes and hair as white as milk. They share the same birthday, spaced exactly two years apart. The Hollow sisters don’t have friends – they don’t need them. They move through the corridors […]
Waterstones Amazon Bookshop “This standout work of historical fiction combines meticulous research with tender romance to create a riveting bildungsroman. San Francisco, “with its steep stairways and sudden glimpses of the bay between tall, narrow buildings,” is almost a character itself. Interspersed flashbacks that detail the personal histories of Lily’s parents and Aunt Judy and […]
Waterstones Amazon Bookshop After five years at secondary school spent without any friends, Peyton King starts sixth form college determined that things will be different. Whatever happens, she will make friends at any cost. When she finds the friends she’s always dreamed of, including an actual boyfriend, she’s happier than she’s ever been. But when […]
Waterstones Amazon Bookshop The world is suffering an infertility crisis, the last natural birth was over twenty years ago and now the only way to conceive is through a painful fertility treatment. Any children born are strictly monitored, and if you are deemed an unfit parent then your child is extracted. After witnessing so many […]
Waterstones Amazon Bookshop An uproarious grab bag of short fiction, mining and exaggerating the social anxieties that plague us all and twisting them into funny, deeply resonant, and ultimately reassuring psychological thrills. There’s a story about a mood ring that tells the absolute truth. One about social media followers who literally follow you around. And one […]
ACHUKA Book of the Day 2 Apr 2021 Times Children’s Book of the Week 27 Mar 2021 Waterstones Amazon Bookshop The wonderful cover illustration is by David Litchfield. Sylvia, brave-hearted and rebellious, moves out of Newcastle into wild, rural Northumberland. She feels alien in this huge, silent, seemingly empty landscape. Then she meets Gabriel, a […]
Waterstones Amazon Bookshop 17-year-old Mina, from England, arrives in New Orleans to visit her estranged sister, Libby. After growing up in the town that inspired Dracula, Mina loves nothing more than a creepy horror movie. She can’t wait to explore the city’s darkest secrets – vampire tours, seedy bars, spooky cemeteries, disturbing local myths… And […]
ACHUKA Book of the Day 31 Mar 2021 Waterstones Amazon Bookshop “The plot weaves, ducks and dives, but always convincingly and always a mixture of the beliefs and customs of the Ojibwe and of white American culture.” BfK 5 STAR review “A suspenseful tale filled with Ojibwe knowledge, hockey, and the politics of status.” KIRKUS […]
Waterstones Amazon Bookshop “Profoundly powerful, subtle and effective, this superb debut evokes the deep-rooted mistrust, anger and antagonism lingering in the wake of the Troubles, as well as a new, tentative flowering of hope and love.” GUARDIAN Derry. Summer 2016. Aidan and Iona, now eighteen, were both born on the day of the Northern Ireland […]
Waterstones Amazon Bookshop Leah is the perfect survivor. She was seven years old when she saw her mother and sister killed by a troubled gang member. Her case hit the headlines and her bravery made her a national sweetheart: strong, courageous and forgiving. But Leah is hiding a secret about their deaths. And now, ten years […]
