Children’s Fiction

Acclaimed author Eve Ainsworth tackles the increasing expense of football for working-class kids in this touching story of family community and beating the odds.

A manga adaptation of the bestselling novel All You Need Is Kill from the creator of the smash-hit Death Note.

From Alan Gratz the highly acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of the blockbuster Refugee comes a thrilling new multi-perspective novel this time centered around D-Day.

Late in life Felix finds himself back where he started living in an aged-care home that reminds him of his childhood orphanage. Hes not happy. His body might be old but his spirit is still youthful. When he learns that a dear friend from his early years is in terrible danger Felix doesnt hesitate. He makes his second orphanage escape goes back to Poland and throws himself into a daring and dangerous journey with a new young friend. Felix knows it might be the end of him but he hopes it will allow him to do something first.

Lara Jean is having the best senior year ever! Shes head over heels in love with her boyfriend her dads getting remarried and Margots coming home for the summer.

Clementine is a genius. She can calculate pi to 69689 places remembers the exact moment she was born and dreams in Latin. Shes also a mouse. And when she escapes from the lab which has bred her Clementine discovers that its not enough to be the smartest mouse in history if she wants to survive in the real world - especially while the scientists who kept her are trying to recover their prize specimen. So together with her new human friends Clementine must find a way to earn her freedom - for good.

"Alyssa the Snow Queen Fairy makes sure that everyone is happy throughout winter in both the human and fairy worlds.

AMARI IS MAGICAL! ANGIE THOMAS An epic middle grade supernatural adventure series soon to be a major movie starring Marsai Martin. Perfect for readers aged 8 and fans of Percy Jackson Skandar and the Unicorn Thief and Men in Black.

Do you like chicken? Oscar asked me. I nodded. Then take a wing. Oscar offered me his arm and we linked each other into the school hall. Edie has cerebral palsy but shes used to it because shes spent her whole life being a bit wobbly. She cant wait to start secondary school with her best friend Oscar and share sausage rolls with him at breaktime. But when Oscar scuppers these plans by getting his first ever girlfriend GROSS Edie eventually decides to stop feeling sorry for herself and find a boyfriend so she can prove to Oscar shes grown up too.

Maurice an amazing cat who has survived on the toughest streets in the whole of Discworld comes up with an idea involving talking rats and a stupid-looking child playing the flute. Everyone knows the stories about rats and pipers.

A heartwarming tale of courage set against the backdrop of the Second World War about a deserted village a lifelong friendship and one very adventurous cat!

Rachel and Kirsty meet on the ferry on the way to magical Rainspell Island for a holiday with their families.

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American Monsters

Meet the Washingtons - the most scandalous royal family ever! HRH Princess Samantha has always been a royal rebel. Shes the spare not the heir so no one minds too much who she dates or how hard she parties. It helps that her sister Princess Beatrice is literally perfect. Shes demure sweet and beautiful and she knows that the crown always comes first - no matter what her heart might really want. But theyre not the only ones with their eye on the throne. Daphne Deighton might be newly noble but she won Prince Jeffersons heart once and shell do anything to get back into the courts favour - and his bed. If only she knew that her competition was a common nobody - plain little Nina Gonzalez the daughter of the kings secretary. Together these four young women must navigate the drama gossip scheming and sizzling romance of the most glorious court in the world.

Beatrice Washington now rules America as its first ever queen but her family are more concerned about rushing through her arranged marriage to a man she barely knows. No one can know that her heart really belongs to her bodyguard - but even their love is under threat. Meanwhile Princess Samantha is under more scrutiny than ever before - and she still longs to be with her sisters fiancé. But with no sign of Beas wedding being called off shes surprised to find someone else catching her eye.

Amina is desperate to win a place on the Sunshine Stables showjumping team. Its her chance to prove herself - and to show off the talents of Nutmeg her gorgeous palomino pony. But is it worth winning at all costs? Clever little Nutmeg is ready to show her what really matters.

Colin Singleton always falls for girls named Katherine and hes been dumped by all of them.

Keeps one reading long after the lights should have been out - Robin Hobb Read the explosive New York Times bestselling debut thats captivated readers worldwide. Set to be a major motion picture An Ember in the Ashes is the book everyone is talking about.

Tahir spins a captivating heart-pounding fantasy Us Weekly The sequel to the explosive New York Times bestselling debut AN EMBER IN THE ASHES thats captivated readers worldwide.

This collection of 30 stories about animals of all shapes and sizes will charm children aged 6 and up. From pet puppies to woodland wildlife garden birds to pond-dwelling frogs Enid Blyton was a devoted and knowledgeable animal-lover. Readers who feel the same way are bound to love her wonderful stories about our furry friends - and scaly feathery or fluttery ones too!

A cast of creative creatures take centre stage in this theatrical Barrington Stoke debut from Blue Peter Book Award shortlisted author Laura Wood.

When Annas romance-novelist father sends her to an elite American boarding school in Paris for her senior year of high school she reluctantly goes and meets an amazing boy who becomes her best friend in spite of the fact that they both want something more.

My mother says that all things can be turned to tales. I thought she meant tales like fish tails but I was wrong. She meant tales like this tales that are stories. But this tale of mine is very like a fish tail too. Annie has never been like the other girls. Her mam tried sending her to school when she was small but Annie couldnt seem to make words or numbers stick. She prefers instead to be swimming in the sea or sunbathing on the shore at Stupor Beach her head full of tales. She should have been a fish her mam always tells her and Annie knows the truth of it. Then a stranger who comes to town is struck by the beauty and the wonder of her and Annie Lumsden realises that perhaps she really is half a creature from the sea.

Every day is the same for Rhiannon.

When Apples mother returns after eleven years of absence Apple feels whole again. She will have an answer to her burning question - why did you go? And she will have someone who understands what it means to be a teenager - unlike Nana. But just like the stormy Christmas Eve when she left her mothers homecoming is bitter sweet and Apple wonders who is really looking after whom. Its only when Apple meets someone more lost than she is that she begins to see things as they really are.

Join Harrison Beck and Uncle Nat on their thrilling sixth adventure as they climb aboard the night train to Narvik travelling to the Arctic Circle to see the northern lights for Christmas.

Welcome to Camp Reset a summer camp with a difference.

The highly acclaimed cult classic about family friendship and first love from award-winning author Benjamin Alire Sáenz.