Waterstones Amazon WARNING: Contains very violent scenes recommended for mature YA readers “Impeccably translated by Sam Bett and David Boyd, the book is full of masterly set pieces of violence, scenes of senseless bullying so lucid you can almost feel the pain yourself. To call these moments cinematic is perhaps to do them an injustice. […]
Waterstones Amazon Bookshop “Three young, queer Brazilian men grapple with the realities of living with HIV in Rocha’s audacious debut… At times explicitly educational, this treatise on community provides comfort in an often homophobic world, with strong-willed drag queens; drunken, ecstatic nights; and blossoming lovers. Simply fearless.” KIRKUS Henrique has had HIV for three years. Ian has […]
Waterstones Amazon Bookshop A compelling, incendiary, and unputdownable thriller with a shocking twist, Faridah Abike-Iyimide delves deep into the heart of institutionalized racism with this compulsive debut. Hello, Niveus High. It’s me. Who am I? That’s not important. All you need to know is…I’m here to divide and conquer. – Aces Welcome to Niveus Private […]
Waterstones Amazon Bookshop The dramas, the traumas, the rumours – it’s time to expose it all… The Perks of Being a Wallflower meets Mean Girls in this scathingly funny and relatable high-school takedown from the queen of UKYA. Working on the school newspaper, Paige is used to dealing with fake stories. How popular girl Grace […]
Waterstones Amazon Bookshop A revelatory YA novel about a transgender teen grappling with identity and self-discovery while falling in love for the first time. Felix Love has never been in love – and, yes, he’s painfully aware of the irony. He desperately wants to know what it’s like and why it seems so easy for […]
Waterstones Amazon Three authors. Three appealing and relatable characters. One smart YA novel about a trio of unlikely friends who team up to take down the school cyberbully. Popular Ady seems cool and confident at school, but at home her family is falling apart. Brainiac Kate wants to pursue her dreams of playing music, even […]
ACHUKA Book of the Day 21 May 2021 Waterstones Amazon Bookshop “A lush and darkly twisted modern fairy tale.” KIRKUS “A swirling, simmering cauldron of genres – part mystery, part horror, part fantasy and part contemporary family drama, dealing with themes of grief, death, guilt and the complex bonds between sisters.” CULTUREFLY “Readers who are both […]
Waterstones Amazon “An authentic and compassionate look at the ups and downs of teenage life and living with Tourette syndrome.” KIRKUS A harrowing yet hopeful account of a teen living with Tourette Syndrome and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder . . . and contemplating his own morality. Ten: three little letters, one ordinary number. No big deal, […]
Waterstones Amazon Bookshop “O’Donoghue’s intriguing story takes in myth, history, tensions between Catholic and Protestant, and race in Ireland. Helping the repentant Maeve search for the missing girl is Lily’s nail-polish wearing brother Roe, formerly Rory, who is the essence of fluidity in a novel that’s all about the power of liminal spaces.” The Financial Times […]
Waterstones Amazon Bookshop “Told in alternating chapters of poetry and prose, this intense, unflinching story asks what it means to be repaired and reveals the forces that bring people back together after being torn apart. Eve and her mother are White; Spanish-speaking Thomas’ grandmother came from Puerto Rico; and Eve’s mother’s partner is a woman […]
Waterstones Amazon Bookshop “The novel hits its stride in the second half as Izumi returns to the States and focuses on her personal growth and evolving relationships with each of her parents, developments that are thoughtfully fleshed out. This royal romp comes together for a strong finish.” KIRKUS “A refreshing and spot-on depiction of Japanese Americans […]
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 […]