'I couldn't put it down' Karen M. McManus
'Every line reads like an incantation' V.E. Schwab
SECRETS. LIES. SUPER-BAD CHOICES. WITCHCRAFT. This is Our Crooked Hearts - a gripping mystery crossed with a pitch-dark fantasy from Melissa Albert, global bestselling author of The Hazel Wood.
In our family, we keep our magic close, but our secrets closer . . .
Ivy's summer kicks off with a series of disturbing events. As unnatural offerings appear on her doorstep, she's haunted by fragmented memories from her childhood, suggesting there's more to her mother, Dana, than meets the eye.
Dana's tale starts the year she turns sixteen, when she embarks on a major fling with the supernatural. Too late she realizes that the powers she's playing with are also playing with her.
Years after it began, Ivy and Dana's shared story will come down to a reckoning between a mother, a daughter and the dark forces they never should have messed with.
'Electrifyingly brilliant' Katherine Webber
'Riveting' Angeline Boulley
During a long lonely summer, Flip explores the mysteries of the nearby marshes.
When he stumbles upon an abandoned Victorian house, he discovers that not everything is as it seems.
He realises he is trapped in the pages of a famous book and that the strange people he meets are all convinced he’s someone else.
Now he must work with faces old and new to stop this grim story from becoming his new reality.
For boys and girls who love Minecraft, a graphic novel adventure that uses over 750 images to transport young readers into the world of the game they love most.
Enrollment at Redstone Junior High is at an all-time low since word got around that hostile mobs were spotted on campus. Principal Redstone will do just about anything to keep students from leaving to attend the rival school, Combat Junior High, but a growing unease is making this difficult. To make matters worse, frightened creepers alert Pixel that the S.A.M.D. is still alive and well and trying to harvest innocent mobs for their drops.
When Tina suggests hosting a school party to boost morale, Pixel and her friends play along and devise their own secret plan to trap the S.A.M.D. and its evil leader, Smite. Will Pixel and her friends succeed in luring their enemies to the party so they can battle to the finish, or will Tina's plan for revenge and Smite's dark powers stop them dead in their tracks? With creepers on the scene, one thing is sure: This party will end with a bang.
Two sisters, two very different lives: the next edge-of-your-seat thriller by Sophie McKenzie, author of the bestselling, Girl Missing.
Asha has spent her life on an island community built on the principle of truth. But she discovers she has been lied to about something huge – a secret sister called Willow.
Willow has always believed her twin sister died years ago. So when she receives a message in the middle of the night from a girl claiming to be Asha, she doesn’t know what to think.
Can they piece together the truth about their pasts and find their way back to each other?
From New York Times best-selling author Amy Tintera, a high-stakes sci-fi adventure about a teen girl who will do anything to escape her troubled home—even if that means joining a dangerous monster-fighting squad. Perfect for fans of Warcross and Renegades.
Seventeen-year-old Clara is ready to fight back. Fight back against her abusive father, fight back against the only life she’s ever known, and most of all, fight back against scrabs, the earth-dwelling monsters that are currently ravaging the world. So when an opportunity arises for Clara to join an international monster-fighting squad, she jumps at the chance.
When Clara starts training with her teammates, however, she realizes what fighting monsters really means: sore muscles, exhaustion, and worst of all, death. Scrabs are unpredictable, violent, and terrifying. But as Clara gains confidence in her battle skills, she starts to realize scrabs might not be the biggest evil. The true monsters are the ones you least expect.
Another edge-of-your-seat adventure from the award-winning author of Escape Room, Christopher Edge, read by Max Dowler. This audiobook is enhanced by original music, bringing the cinema to you. A trip to the cinema will never be the same...
When Lucas meets his friends at the local cinema - nicknamed 'The Black Hole' - they're excited about the movie marathon ahead. Non-stop action, blockbuster special effects and all the snacks they can eat. But as the lights go down, Lucas, Ash, Maya, Caitlin, and Finn watch in disbelief as a jet-black tidal wave comes crashing out of the cinema screen and the five friends find themselves swept into an epic adventure.
Secret hideouts. Prehistoric monsters. Lost cities. Impossible missions. Being the hero of your own film should feel like fun. But as the cliffhanger scenes they're pitched into become ever more perilous, Lucas and his friends start to wonder if these movies are really make believe. Can they save the day before the end credits roll? The fate of the world might just depend on it...
Cover illustration by David Dean.
Black Hole Cinema Club theme songs composed by Aaron Lampert.
The edge-of-your-seat YA thriller you've been looking
for ...
'What a debut. So tense – and it didn't lead where I
thought it was going.' SUE WALLMAN, author of YOUR
TURN TO DIE
'Frankenstein meets Heathers. Bonnie and
Clyde for the digital age, Every Line of You is a gripping
thriller about the power of AI and a fresh twist on the intensity
of first love.' AMY MCCAW, author of MINA AND THE
UNDEAD
'Big issues are explored in this thrilling,
high-concept page-turner that I devoured in two sittings.'
PAULA RAWSTHORNE, author of SHELL
Lydia has been creating her AI, Henry, for years – since
before her little brother died in the accident that haunts her nightmares;
since before her dad walked out, leaving her and Mum painfully
alone; since before her best friend turned into her worst
enemy.
Now, Henry is strong, clever, loving and scarily capable: Lydia's
built herself the perfect boyfriend in a hard-drive filled with
lines of code.
But what is Henry really – and how far is he willing
to go to be everything Lydia desires?
EVERY LINE OF YOU's twist after twist will have everyone
talking about Lydia and Henry's complex Bonnie-and-Clyde relationship
Elements of thriller, psychological drama and love: Her
meets Girl, Interrupted with hints of Black
Mirror
This dark, modern twist on young love explores the complexity
and scope of artificial intelligence while also examining
bigger themes of humanity, revenge, grief, love and forgiveness
From the author of The Last Chance Hotel comes
an exciting fantastical mystery series - think Harry Potter meets
Agatha Christie!
'Blending magical adventure with Golden Age crime mystery,
this delightfully atmospheric spin-off from the author of The
Last Chance Hotel confirms Thornton's place as one of the
most original children's writers around.' WATERSTONES
Magic must never be misused ...
When there's a murder in the village and a hag is heard howling
at the local inn, secret witch Raven Charming realizes she could
have a rival – one who practises the worst kind of magic.
With the help of amateur sleuth, Mortimer Scratch, and Nightshade,
a talking cat with a feline sense of detection, she sets out
to solve what's been going on ...
A magical murder mystery perfect for fans of Robin Stevens
and Harry Potter
Book 1 in a new spin-off series from the author of The
Last Chance Hotel, chosen as Waterstones Book of the Month
and nominated for the CILIP Carnegie Award
Features fan-favourite Nightshade as the star of her
very own mystery!
Praise for THE LAST CHANCE HOTEL:
'A jolly, atmospheric mystery.' THE TIMES
'All kinds of fun' THE OBSERVER
'[A] mash-up of murder mystery and fantasy ... full of great
characters, plot twists and intriguing detail.' METRO
'Featuring magical antics, a talking cat and a locked-room
murder mystery, Seth's story reads like an old-school whodunnit
with added wizards and spells' BOOKTRUST
A teenage girl is pulled into investigating the truth behind her new boarding school’s decades-old legend, in this debut speculative mystery by Tomi Oyemakinde.
Just because they let you in . . . it doesn't mean they'll let you out.
When Ife joins Nithercott School through its prestigious Urban Achievers Program, she knows immediately that she doesn't fit. Wandering its echoing halls, she must fend off cruel taunts from the students and condescending attitudes from the teachers. When she finds herself thrown into detention for the foreseeable future, she strikes up an unlikely alliance with Ben, a troublemaker with an annoyingly cute smile. They've both got reasons to want to get out of Nithercott - Ben's brother is missing, and no one seems to be bothering to find him.
For Ife, it's just another strange element of this school that doesn't care about its students. But as more and more people start going missing, including one of Ife's only friends, she starts to feel haunted.
Who is the figure she's started seeing in the shadowy halls, who looks mysteriously like herself? And is there any truth in to the strange urban legend that travels the school like mist . . . the legend of the Changing Man?
'The Changing Man is compulsively readable and utterly thrilling . . . Tomi Oyemakinde is an exciting new voice' - Katherine Webber, author of Twin Crowns
In the future-fantasy world of RWBY, Rooster
Teeth's hit animated webseries, teens train to become warriors.
Join the fight in this epic official original novel from E.C. Myers
and RWBY's head writers!
Don't miss this exclusive, original story straight from award-winning
author E.C. Myers and RWBY's head writers, Kerry
Shawcross and Miles Luna!
