Waterstones Amazon Bookshop When sixteen-year-old Lilly arrives in Castello, she isn’t impressed. A secluded town in the Italian mountains is not where she saw her last years of high school playing out. Divided for generations by a brutal clan-family war, the two halves of Castello are kept from destroying each other by the mysterious General, a […]
ACHUKA Book of the Day 2 Aug 2022 Waterstones Amazon Bookshop “If you’re looking for a gentle, beautifully written and witty book to take on your holidays then you won’t go far wrong with Elizabeth Laird’s The Misunderstandings of Charity Brown – you might, once you’ve devoured it, even pass it on to the children!” […]
ACHUKA Book of the Day 29 Jul 2022 Times Children’s Book of the Week 18 Jun 2022 Waterstones Amazon Bookshop “The art is sometimes spare and monochrome before shifting to a bright and striking palette as Griffin deploys aesthetics that enliven the rich flow and rhythm of Reynolds’ words. The two skillfully go back and […]
Waterstones Amazon Bookshop “Themes of family relationships and incremental growth take precedence over romance in the evenly paced plot. The true appeal here is watching Izumi rise to royal expectations while reaffirming her personal values. A solid sequel about a princess finding her voice.” KIRKUS Sequel to Tokyo Over After. When Japanese-American Izumi Tanaka learned her […]
Waterstones Amazon Bookshop A gripping near-future thriller: love triangles, betrayals and fights for freedom in a world turned upside-down. Impressive debut. Welcome to the Arcadia. Once a luxurious cruise ship, now it is home to the stranded. For forty years, they have lived, and died, on the water. A place of extreme haves and have-nots, […]
Waterstones Amazon Bookshop “Readers will be entranced as themes of heritage, betrayal, and erasure are brought to life with vivid details in this riveting, fast-paced volume that lives up to its predecessor. All characters are Black. An absorbing story with tantalizing hints of more to come.” KIRKUS Sequel to Beasts Of Prey. Koffi, gifted with powerful […]
ACHUKA Book of the Day 21 Jul 2022 Waterstones Amazon Bookshop A genre-bending YA that weaves together inner-city life and a wildly dangerous fairytale universe. Cover illustration by Alex Cabal. Rapunzella is imprisoned in an enchanted forest made of her own Afro and the might of the evil King Charming seems unstoppable. But is it? […]
Waterstones Amazon Bookshop When teen reality star Anton Frazer unveils his latest stunt – a live-streamed, citywide game of Tag in which the prize is to be one of his live-in acolytes – his fans go wild. The whole world is watching. The contestants are kitted out with body cams, GPS trackers and pressure sensors […]
ACHUKA Book of the Day 19 Jul 2022 Times Children’s Book of the Week 16 Jul 2022 Waterstones Amazon Bookshop “Deep, dark and indelible.” The Times “Steeped in themes of growth and acceptance, a solid continuation of an impactful first installment.” KIRKUS “An exceptional sequel.” Publishers Weekly “I write without a map. I never know […]
ACHUKA Book of the Day 14 Jul 2022 Waterstones Amazon “Unapologetically tackles biphobia, generational trauma, misogyny, and slut-shaming… this intensely personal and moving narrative adeptly captures the often nerve-wracking complexity of queer adolescence.” Publishers Weekly “A story about intergenerational love; understanding ghosts, both internal and external; and becoming a person who will allow others to love […]
ACHUKA Book of the Day 5 Jul 2022 Waterstones Amazon Bookshop “LaDelle does a fantastic job of bringing the complex, dynamic personalities and relationships of her characters to life while highlighting romantic, familial, and platonic love as well as self-love. Strong pacing allows the storylines to flow organically. Readers will find themselves hooked from the […]
2022 Boston Globe–Horn Book Nonfiction Award Honour Book Waterstones Amazon Bookshop “The strength of the volume is its focus on real children, including five-year-old Matin from Afghanistan, his friends Ahmad and Hashmat, and his ten-year-old sister Mobina and her friends. Both text and photos compassionately humanize young refugees who, despite coping with unimaginable trauma, have […]
ACHUKA Book of the Day 28 Jun 2022 Shortlisted 2022 YA Book Prize Sunday Times Children’s Book of the Month 5 Sep 2021 Waterstones Amazon Bookshop “Fadugba’s debut dazzles, particularly when it comes to dialogue—the London slang flows with ease, adding to the sense of place. Themes of code-switching, found families, and loss resonate strongly […]
Waterstones Amazon Bookshop “This is a fast-paced, captivating inside look at what lies behind the glitz of the K-pop industry. Alice’s road to fame highlights cultural differences, self-discovery, sisterhood, and empathy. The narrative is laced with blog posts that help move the story forward and give background information. Korean dialogue is romanized. An entertaining read unveiling […]
ACHUKA Book of the` Day 20 Jun 2022 Waterstones Amazon This book is published for adults (by Australian indie publisher, Text) but is a sequel to the author’s YA novel Stolen and, as such, can be recommended for readers of that earlier book, and indeed to any YA readers who routinely mix the reading of […]
ACHUKA Book of the Day 16 June 2022 Waterstones Amazon Bookshop “About much more than just racism toward Chinese Americans, this novel deftly tackles the precarious moments surrounding the end of high school and the beginning of college, when romantic and familial relationships are complicated, changing, and all-consuming. Quiet yet powerful, complex, and grounded in the […]
Waterstones Amazon Bookshop Part road-trip drama, part comedy and part romance. Ever since the sudden deaths of his parents, seventeen-year-old Hugh has developed a serious preoccupation with endings. Things get a little complicated when he meets Olivia Moon, a high-school outcast who can’t die. But if he wants to learn more about her impossible power, […]
Waterstones Amazon Bookshop “Tension and terror mount as the intelligently crafted, viscerally plotted story lines converge. Atmospherically tense prose and vividly sketched, true-to-life characters add depth, resulting in a tale both spellbinding and bingeworthy.” Publishers Weekly “Albert’s tale of mothers and daughters examines fraught choices and forgiveness against a cleverly insidious backdrop that will leave […]
Waterstones Amazon Bookshop “Follmuth’s humorous debut lightly addresses discrimination faced by women of color in STEM, as well as issues of privilege and resource accessibility, set within an upbeat romantic comedy populated by a sympathetic and inclusive cast. The characters’ struggles are realistic, and the romantic chemistry is palpable, making this a joyful read.” Publishers […]
Waterstones Amazon Bookshop A bare-all, refreshingly honest guide for teens. Being a teen is tough enough without having to navigate the minefields of discovering sex, love and bodies. And sex education at school doesn’t always cut it. Sex educator and journalist Milly Evans is here to help. As a young adult who is still figuring […]
Waterstones Amazon Bookshop Elsie has a crush on Ada, the only person in the world who truly understands her. Unfortunately, they’ve never met in real life. Ada lives an ocean away. Nevertheless, Elsie has decided it’s now or never to tell Ada how she feels — that is, until her long-lost best friend Joan walks […]
Waterstones Amazon Bookshop A gripping sequel to The Gilded Ones. It’s been six months since Deka freed the goddesses in the ancient kingdom of Otera, and discovered who she really is… but war is waging across the kingdom, and the real battle has only just begun. For there is a dark force growing in Otera – a […]
Waterstones Amazon Bookshop Twin sisters separated at birth and raised into entirely different worlds are about to get to know each other’s lives a whole lot better… Bestselling authors, Catherine Doyle and Katherine Webber, joined forces on an utterly compelling YA romantic fantasy bursting with high-stakes adventure and crossover appeal about twin princesses separated at […]