“A bounteous larder of a book with all the bewitching ingredients needed for a potent magical retelling of a classic fairytale. The result – An evocative, poetic and enigmatic brew that is bold, striking, confident and keeps you hungry for more.” Laura Dockrill A dark, feminist retelling of The Children of Lir told in hypnotic […]
A powerful YA novel in verse about a boy who is wrongfully incarcerated. One fateful night, an altercation escalates into tragedy. ‘Boys just being boys’ turns out to be true only when those boys are white. At just sixteen years old, Amal Shahid’s bright future is upended: he is convicted of a crime he didn’t […]
“Rapturously witty and atmospheric, with a gutsy, likable heroine and a dusting of theatrical magic, this is the best kind of escapism: a box of chocolates in book form.” GUARDIAN From the author of A Sky Painted Gold… A snow-dusted love story. In the Autumn of 1931, eighteen-year-old Freya Trevelyan runs away from her home […]
From the author of Tin. “Assurance, imagination and an understated ability to pluck the reader’s heartstrings confirm Kenny as a writer of serious talent.” GUARDIAN Sometimes the monsters take us. Sometimes we become the monsters. Mirabelle has always known she is a monster. When the glamour protecting her unusual family from the human world is […]
“It’s passionate, important and Wheatle’s best novel yet.” The Times Moa is fourteen. The only life he has ever known is toiling on the sugar cane plantation for endless hot days, fearing the vicious whips of the overseers. Then one night he learns of an uprising, led by the charismatic Tacky. Moa is destined to […]
THE COUNTRY IS UNDER ATTACK Twins Viktor and Nadya are twelve years old when Hitler’s Germany declares war on the Soviet Union. As the Nazi army crushes the defending forces and enemy planes appear overhead, they are hurriedly evacuated from their home. ‘WHATEVER HAPPENS, STAY TOGETHER’ Their parents told them to look after each other, […]
ACHUKA Book of the Day 11 Sep 2020 Described as “Stephen King meets Hitchcock for the Netflix generation”. Lola Nox is the daughter of a celebrated horror filmmaker – she thinks nothing can scare her. But when her father is brutally attacked in their New York apartment, she’s swiftly packed off to live with a […]
ACHUKA Book of the Day 2 Sep 2020 “as beautifully brutal as it is heartfelt and devastating … the book evokes that sense of excitement, awkwardness and heartache of first love” Brian Conaghan Joe and Imogen seem like the perfect couple – they’ve been in a relationship for years and are the envy of their […]
‘The novel’s attention to detail is remarkable, a true historian at work. It is also a thriller and a troubled love story. You won’t want to put it down. I lived every moment. Highly recommended” Carol Drinkwater First title published as adult fiction from this excellent YA author. Sent to Germany in the chaotic aftermath […]
ACHUKA Book of the Day 31 Aug 2020 “An absorbing family mystery set in contemporary London, full of the complex, charismatic characters.” OBSERVER From the multi-award-winning author of Indigo Donut, an addictive mystery that refuses to let you go long after you turn the final page. Can Becks piece the jigsaw together and find her sister […]
“A fresh, phenomenal fantasy that begs readers to revel in its brilliant world” KIRKUS Tarisai has always longed for the warmth of a family. She was raised in isolation by a mysterious, often absent mother known only as The Lady. The Lady sends her to the capital of the global empire of Aritsar to compete […]
“A hilarious, exhilarating, touching debut novel, filled with failure, self-discovery, resilience and glitter.” GUARDIAN Fall wig first into a world of big hair, high heels and even higher stakes in George Lester’s debut novel Boy Queen. Robin Cooper’s life is falling apart. While his friends prepare to head off to University, Robin is looking at […]
An engaging and thought-provoking novel from one of the UK’s most popular YA authors. Freya’s story is pieced together through multiple narration, as other characters come to terms with what she has been through. When Sophie receives a parcel from her best friend, Freya, she expects it to contain the reason why Freya left town […]
ACHUKA Book of the Day 19 Aug 2020 Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick Aug 2020 Becky Albertalli meets Jenny Han in a smart, hilarious, black girl magic, own voices rom-com by fantastic debut talent, Leah Johnson. Liz has always believed she’s too black, too poor, too awkward to shine in her small, rich, prom-obsessed town. […]
ACHUKA Book of the Day 15 Jul 2020 Times Children’s Book of the Week 18 July 2020 “A gorgeously written tale with a sublime lyricism to it… the story resonates across the ages, holding a mirror up to contemporary Britain.” — Catherine Bruton “Elen Caldecott presents the sensory world of Late Antique Britain – clothes, […]
ACHUKA Book of the Day 13 Jul 2020 A new YA graphic novel from French illustrator Elizabeth Holleville… Being a teenager is hard enough without finding out your new best friend is a 60-year-old ghost… Louise spends every summer at her grandmother’s house with her older sister and their cousins. But this summer, Louise realises […]
ACHUKA Book Of The Day 23 June 2020 Times Children’s Book of the Week 13 Jun 2020 YA novel set in Zimbabwe telling a story about freedom, inter-generational friendships and forgiving the past. Tumi desperately wants to make the Zimbabwean national swimming team. Only in swimming does he escape the hatred and exclusion that his […]
ACHUKA Book of the Day 19 Jun 2o2o Shortlisted for Carnegie Medal 2020 A powerful coming-of-age story about grief, guilt and the risks a Filipino-American teenager takes to uncover the truth about his cousin’s murder. When Jay Reguero hears of his cousin Jun’s death, everything changes. Although years have passed since they were last in […]
Carnegie Medal Winner 2020 ACHUKA Book of the Day Fri 8 Nov 2019 & Thu 18 Jun 2020 Sunday Times Children’s Book of the Week, 27 Jan 2019 Irish News Book of the Week, 22 Jan 2019 “The beautiful culmination of a series of stories about two brothers facing complex emotional and practical issues and […]
A LGBTQ+ thriller. Dylan is forced to come out after his secret relationship with Ellis is exposed on social media, but to his surprise, everyone is really supportive – or appears to be. But Dylan’s and El’s happiness is short-lived, and following a tragic accident, Dylan begins to realize how little he knows about the […]
ACHUKA Book of the Day Mon 15 Jun 2020 Shortlisted for 2020 Waterstones Children’s Book Prize Fourteen joyous, funny and life-affirming essays about growing up from gal-dem’s talented writers. gal-dem, the award-winning online and print magazine, is created by women and non-binary people of colour. In this thought-provoking and moving collection of fourteen essays, gal-dem’s […]
ACHUKA Book of the Day 10 Jun 2020 Shortlisted for Waterstones Children’s Book Prize 2020 Seventeen-year-old Layla Amin is forced into an internment camp for Muslim-Americans along with her parents. With the help of newly-made friends also trapped within the camp, Layla begins her fight for freedom, leading a revolution against the internment camp’s Director and […]