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Priya is pretending that everything is fine. But things are not fine. Her parents argue the whole time – but nothing must spoil the façade of a perfect home life. She is being bullied into ‘helping’ with homework to the detriment of her own. She is torn between her gymnastics – and her friends. She […]
Ruby is desperate – desperate to get good marks for schoolwork so her mother will allow her to the drama Camp. Ruby lives for Drama. As does her best friend Deva, who also wants to go to the Camp. Neither are great scholars, so why is Deva behaving oddly? What is the little earpiece that […]
Kass Kennedy is sixteen. She has been tricked by her best friend, Thea, into auditioning for a new big brother-like reality show called Lie or Die. She actually fails the audition but then, as a contestant mysteriously drops out, she is brought in as first reserve. In the game, the majority of the inhabitants of […]
Jacob Edward Stacey known as Jake is thirteen in 1996. He is being bullied mercilessly at school. He also has anorexia nervosa which he terms ‘the voice’. The ‘voice’ tells him repeatedly that he is unworthy of the food, love and affection which all humans need. He is admitted to Whispering Pines Hospital Anorexia Treatment […]
Maya Pratik has always wanted to be a doctor. She is seventeen and very studious, a fact which is much appreciated by her seemingly traditional British Indian parents. Every sentence her mother says appears to Maya to begin with, ‘This will look good on your medical school application.’ Maya’s parents have one strict rule: you […]
On the surface this YA mystery, set against the backdrop of a pressurised high school environment, would seem to be about a missing girl, a scandal and the corruption caused by power and privilege, but appearances can be deceptive. This multi layered debut novel uses the tropes of fake dating and Mean Girls style behaviour, […]
Science fiction always seems such a refreshing change from the ever-present fantasy novels that fill our bookshelves and Alistair Chisholm has shown us his skill in this genre with his acclaimed previous stand-alone novels such as Orion Lost and Adam-2. But with I am Wolf we are presented with the first book in what will […]
Here is a captivating new history series which gets off to a flying start with this fantastic paperback about the Ancient Egyptians. Written by popular author and podcaster Greg Jenner who communicates his love of history in a most engaging way. Likewise, his expert consultant, Dr Campbell Price, Egyptologist at Manchester Museum, conveys great enthusiasm […]
Ferris Foster, a 10 year-old talented cartoonist, enjoys drawing his comic, The Hoot, featuring the amazing Astoundog, and selling it to his classmates, but he is very disappointed when his annoying next-door neighbour, Destiny Dean, wins the end-of-term art challenge. He is equally miffed when Destiny’s films of her poodle Princess Foo Foo doing tricks […]
Audrey is ten years old. She has lived on the same street since she was born. She has twin siblings, two best friends and a stamp collection and she also has a secret. We first meet Audrey in a London police station and she is just starting to tell the story of how she ended […]
10-year-old flame-haired Ember Spark, living in a village called Yawn, supposedly in Scotland, loves the stories in her comics about her heroine Gutsy Wonder, and longs for an adventure of her own. Since her dad had walked out, she’s withdrawn from her friends and is even more bored than ever. Then one morning, on the […]
Rosa lives in Austria, but what will happen when the family leaves their home in the face of persecution? What will they be able to take with them? When in the half-title page and dedication, and in the first openings with the narrative, Rosa looks out over sunny, yellow-saturated Vienna, all seems right with the […]
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