Waterstones Amazon Bookshop Evie and Lottie are twin sisters, but they couldn’t be more different. Evie’s sharp and funny. Lottie’s a day-dreamer. Evie’s the fighter, Lottie’s the peace-maker. What they do have in common is their Jewishness – even though the family isn’t religious. When their mother gets a high-profile job and is targeted by […]
Waterstones Amazon Bookshop “Thoroughly satisfying novel of love, loss, and reconciliation is not to be missed.” KIRKUS Jamal’s best friend, Q, doesn’t know that he died, and that he’s about to die . . . again. He doesn’t know that Jamal tried to save him. And that the reason they haven’t been friends for two […]
ACHUKA Book of the Day 19 Jan 2021 Waterstones Amazon Bookshop [unlisted] After all those years of hard work and her single Chinese-American mother’s many sacrifices, 12 yr-old Ana-Marie Jin, reigning U.S. Juvenile Figure-Skating Champion, is determined not to let anything spoil her dream of achieving another national title. But she is far from thrilled to […]
BookTrust Book of the Day 16 Jan 2021 Waterstones Amazon Bookshop “Perfect comic timing” BookTrust Welton Blake has done it! He’s asked out Carmella McKenzie – the best-looking girl in school – and she’s only gone and said yes! But just as he thinks his luck is starting to change, Welton’s phone breaks, kick-starting a series […]
Waterstones Amazon Bookshop “Bracken builds a rich world around a skeleton of ancient Greek mythology that is perfect to read on a dull weekend and sure to delight readers.” KIRKUS “ambitious worldbuilding and breakneck pacing” PUBLISHERS WEEKLY “a ferocious triumph” BOOKLIST From the No.1 New York Times bestselling author of The Darkest Mindscomes a high-octane […]
ACHUKA Book of the Day 14 Jan 2021 Waterstones Amazon Bookshop “A resounding success.” KIRKUS With his King Lord dad in prison and his mom working two jobs, seventeen-year-old Maverick Carter helps the only way he knows how: slinging drugs. Life’s not perfect, but he’s got everything under control. Until he finds out he’s a […]
ACHUKA Book of the Day 11 Jan 2021 Waterstones Amazon Bookshop “A rich, compelling read that is emotive and expressive without forcing empathy from the reader. Both brightly funny and darkly tragic, it is fresh in its honest portrayal of difficult themes.Readers will fall into this narrative of succeeding against overwhelming odds amid deep trauma.” […]
Waterstones Amazon Bookshop A speculative YA thriller, tackling themes of traditional gender roles and power dynamics Jude is running out of time. Once a year, lucky young men in the House of Boys are auctioned to the female elite. But if Jude fails to be selected before he turns seventeen, a future deep underground in […]
Waterstones Amazon Bookshop ‘Britain’s female Stephen King’ Daily Mail Welcome to Chapel Croft. For Rev Jack Brooks and teenage daughter Flo it’s supposed to be a fresh start. New job, new home. But, as Jack knows, the past isn’t easily forgotten. And in a close-knit community where the residents seem as proud as they are haunted by […]
Times Children’s Book of the Week 3 Jan 2021 Waterstones Amazon Bookshop “a moral story about overcoming self-interest to look after others, and a compelling drama” The Times It’s GCSE results day. Frankie’s best friend, Jojo, is missing. A baby has been stolen. And more than one person has been lying. Frankie’s determined to find […]
ACHUKA Book of the Day 6 Jan 2021 Waterstones Amazon Bookshop Are you a teen who thrills to be terrified? This book is for you. Promoted as “Point Horror for the social media generation” [The book is published by Scholastic] We love the striking jacket design. Young, brunette women are being attacked in London. 16-year-old, […]
Waterstones Amazon Bookshop A blistering horror-thriller that will grip you from its very first page. From the author of the New York Times bestselling Wilder Girls comes a twisty thriller about a girl whose past has always been a mystery – until she decides to return to her mother’s hometown, where history has a tendency […]
Waterstones Amazon Bookshop “This debut has a terrific voice: very funny and spirited with a sex-positive message.” The Bookseller “Exactly the book everyone needs right now. Witty, light, clever and absolutely absorbing.” The School Librarian Love is for Losers by Wibke Brueggemann is a hilarious, life-affirming debut novel about all the big stuff: love, sex, […]
Waterstones Amazon Bookshop “Dark, demanding and delicious.” KIRKUS from the author of The Hazel Wood… A highly anticipated collection of twelve deeply creepy pitch-dark stories each with a gorgeously illustrated lino print title page by Nick Hayes. In this brutal and beautiful world a young woman spends a night with Death, brides are wed to a […]
Waterstones Amazon Bookshop “Ma successfully creates vivid settings in Los Angeles and China as she uncovers important issues facing Asian Americans, including family expectations, identity, sacrifice and honour.” School Library Journal “Soap-opera–worthy twists are grounded by ties to significant events in contemporary Chinese history in this meaningful debut.” KIRKUS The first book in an epic […]
Seventeen-year-old Margot Allan was a respectable vicar’s daughter and madly in love with her fiance Harry. But when Harry was reported Missing in Action from the Western Front, and Margot realised she was expecting his child, there was only one solution she and her family could think of in order to keep that respectability. She […]
ACHUKA Book of the Day 17 Dec 2020 This book may be more than twenty years old but, as Kirkus said of the original publication in 1998, “its message is one that always bears repeating.” I dipped into the opening chapter expecting to read only the first few pages (ACHUKA generally prefers to highlight books […]
“A powerful, gripping story of online grooming…should be read in every class of every secondary school…add to your reading pile.” Annie Everall “A chilling read full of suspense.” Keren David 14-year-old Holly is lonely. Her parents are never around after gran’s crisis and best friend Amy has gone to Canada, loved-up with her new boyfriend, Gabe. Holly […]
“A treasure chest of a fantasy debut, as rich in well-drawn characters as it is in treachery, secrets and desire.” Samantha Shannon “An epic love story based in a politically driven, fantasy landscape; this is an immersive story that crackles with passion and intensity.” Sunday Independent “Corcoran writes with a vividness that draws the reader […]
ACHUKA Book of the Day 10 Dec 2020 Times Children’s Book of the Week 5 Dec 2020 “In classic McManus fashion, perspectives shift, providing insights into the three cousins’ distinct stories and personal motives while maintaining a steady pace that leaves readers flipping pages. Every twist is gasp-inducing, and the ending will satisfy some and […]
Nominated for 2021 Carnegie Medal “Blood Moon is one of the best YA debuts I’ve read in years. Moving, compelling and bold, it filled me with such hope. It’s a very special book.” Louise O’Neill “A powerful, fiercely feminist novel that normalizes menstruation and confronts destructive cyberculture.” KIRKUS A debut verse novel about periods, sex […]
ACHUKA Book of the Day 17 Nov 2020 From the bestselling author of Frankly in Love comes a contemporary YA rom-com where a case of mistaken identity kicks off a string of (fake) events that just may lead to (real) love. “The book cautions readers against judging character based solely on outward appearances. Part of […]
A strong debut novel exploring racist unfairness in the US justice system. Book summarised by The Horn Book: Tracy is running out of time. It’s been seven years since her father was wrongly convicted of a double murder. Every week, Tracy writes to Innocence X, an organization that represents people who are unjustly convicted and […]
ACHUKA Book of the Day 30 Oct 2020 We cannot recommend this book highly enough… A book made for shuttered winter reading. Buy three copies – one for yourself, one to give to an adult friend, and one to an older child or teen hungry to have their vocabulary broadened. Those who follow our Twitter […]