“A gripping, emotional, suspenseful, and ultimately hopeful story about loss, survivor’s guilt, and learning to find love and trust again. Put The Lucky Ones on your 2020 TBR list—you do NOT want to miss it!” —Karen M. McManus, New York Times bestselling author of One of Us Is Lying May is a survivor. But she […]
Convinced that his brother was in trouble, Nathan decides to retrace Al’s footsteps. As he does, he meets Megan, Al’s former classmate, who is as determined as Nathan to keep Al’s memory alive. Together they start seeking answers, but will either of them be able to handle the truth about Al’s death when they eventually […]
“In a tightly crafted series of punchy, often heartbreaking poems, Mann’s brilliant, coruscating verse novel lays out the anatomy of Amber’s revolution, and the tentative first flowerings of hope and change.” GUARDIAN REVIEW Run, Rebel is a trailblazing verse novel that thunders with rhythm, heart and soul – perfect for fans of Sarah Crossan, Elizabeth […]
ACHUKA Book of the Day Fri 27 Mar 2020 Graphic novel adaptation of Newbery Medal-winning book. The reviews speak for themselves: “Offers powerful visuals to an already-cherished narrative. A slam-dunk thrill” KIRKUS “Impressive attention to detail, the powerful, dynamic illustrations fizz with energy…” BOOKTRUST “With lively poems that use basketball as a metaphor for life, […]
The first novel in a brand new trilogy where evil hides in plain sight and love cuts deeper than any blade. The opening chapter in an electrifying new Shadowhunters cycle, Chain of Gold steps back into the fantasy Edwardiana of Clare’s earlier work to create a sweeping saga of romance, magic, mermaids and warlocks. The Last […]
The powerful story of two siblings struggling to endure extreme poverty, by the author of the multi-award-winning, BookTrust ‘Future Classic’ Boy 87. Lola’s life is about to become unrecognisable. So is Lola. Everything used to be comfortable. She lived in a big house with her family, where her biggest problems were arguing with her little […]
Flora doesn’t do people, not since the Incident that led to her leaving school midway through her GCSEs. The Incident that led to her being diagnosed with bipolar II. The Incident that left her in pieces. Until Hal arrives. He’s researching a story about a missing World War I soldier, and he wants Flora’s help. […]
LGBT romantic comedy with a twist. Physics genius Caro Kerber-Murphy knows she’s smart. With straight As and a college scholarship already in the bag, she’s meeting her two dads’ colossal expectations and then some. But there’s one test she’s never quite been able to ace: love. Laura is the author of fiercely funny feminist comedy […]
ACHUKA Book of the Day Wed 18 Mar Thrilling and dark, yet rich with humour and compassion, this novel marks the debut of a new voice in fantasy and features a protagonist with Down’s syndrome. Agatha patrols the sea wall with pride, despite those in her clan who question her right to be there, because […]
ACHUKA Book of the Day Thu 12 Mar 2020 Timely dystopian boarding school YA debut about a virulent virus. Read this and be grateful the coronavirus is not the Tox. A New York Times bestseller, Wilder Girls is Rory Power’s visceral and unputdownable YA debut. It’s been eighteen months since the Raxter School for Girls was […]
ACHUKA Book of the Day Wed 11 Mar 2020 A sequel to Matt Killeen’s debut espionage thriller, Orphan Monster Spy, which was shortlisted for both the Branford Boase Award and the Costa Children’s Book Award, whose judges summarised the book as “A compelling, darkly thrilling debut – tense, cinematic and brilliant.” Sarah is used to […]
Publishing April 2nd 2020 Told in vivid and emotional poetry, this is the story of a childhood spent between New York and South Carolina, and of never truly feeling at home in either place. Of growing up as an African-American girl in the 1960s and 1970s, in the wake of the Civil Rights movement. […]
ACHUKA Book of the Day Thu 20 Feb 2020 An exclusive short story from the Branford Boase winning author of I Am Thunder, written for World Book Day 2020. One of this year’s special £1 titles. Fifteen-year-old Salma Hashbi has been caught with her boyfriend in a totally humiliating misunderstanding. Instantly accused of being easy, […]
ACHUKA Book of the Day Tue 18 Feb 2020 A contemporary romance that makes the reader think of politics and issues of culture and discrimination. The lead characters are a Jewish boy and a Muslim girl with a mutual interest in politics and door-to-door canvasing. Waterstones says, “Heartwarming, poignant and very, very funny, Yes No Maybe […]
ACHUKA Book of the Day 14 Feb 2020 In Letters of Note: Love, Shaun Usher gathers together some of the most powerful messages about love ever composed, whether inspired by love’s first blush or the recriminations at its ending, the regrets of unrequited feelings and the joys of passions known. Includes letters by: Simone de […]
ACHUKA Book of the Day Wed 5 Feb 2020 Times Children’s Book of the Week 27 April 2019 Now in paperback. Hardback still available here. When Allison runs away from home she doesn’t expect to be taken in by Marla, an elderly woman with dementia, who mistakes her for an old friend called Toffee. Allison […]
ACHUKA Book of the Day Wed 29 Jan 2020 The sequel (and middle book in a trilogy) to Waterstones Children’s Book of the Year category winner Children of Blood and Bone… The Waterstones Exclusive Edition has blue sprayed edges, matching endpapers with clan symbols and a bonus, Q&A with the author… After battling the impossible, Zelie […]
sequel to the international bestseller One of Us is Lying It’s been a year since the events of that novel, but nothing has settled for the residents of Bayview. Not now someone has started playing a sinister game of Truth or Dare. Choose truth? You must reveal your darkest secret. Choose dare? Well, that could […]
Sunday Times Children’s Book of the Week 26 Jan 2020 15-year-old Kat wants to do GOOD FEMINISM, although she’s not always sure what that means. She also wants to be a writer, get together with Hot Josh (is this a feminist ambition?), win at her coursework and not make a TOTAL EMBARRASSMENT of herself at […]
Times Children’s Book Of The Week 25 Jan 2020 WINNER OF THE 2018 TIMES/CHICKEN HOUSE CHILDREN’S FICTION COMPETITION When Iseabail is employed by a wealthy merchant to be his daughter’s companion, her life changes forever. Transported from her remote island home to the Scottish borderlands, Iseabail is unnerved both by her precocious young charge and […]
Veronica is top of her class – and somehow she’s found herself gazing in disbelief at a positive pregnancy test. Even worse, her ex-best friend and the high school’s legendary malcontent, Bailey, is the only one there to help. In this warm and darkly funny road trip story, Veronica and Bailey drive a thousand miles […]