A startlingly original modern classic about learning to face your fears.
Lily just wants things to go back to the way they were: before she got sick, before her parents decided to have another baby. So when she’s sent away to stay with her grandmother while her mum has the baby, Lily is determined to go home. But she doesn’t expect to find people in her house – people who look like her parents, but definitely aren’t…
Together with some unlikely animal companions, Lily must face her fears and summon the courage to break into her own house, and defeat ‘The Replacements’ before the night is out.""
Allegorical and atmospheric, this is a modern classic to treasure, perfect for fans of Coraline and A Monster Calls.
'A book of such wit and flair and delight: the kind of book you finish and immediately begin again, so that you can live again alongside the characters.’ - Katherine Rundell, bestselling author of Rooftoppers
Love fairy tales? Love animals? Love laugh-out-loud storytelling? Look no further!
Cindergorilla loves to dance. She longs to go to the Saturday Night Disco Ball, where the other gorillas strut their stuff, but her horrid aunt and cousins, Gertrude and Grace always say no. Instead Cindergorilla must stay home and do the housework!
But all that changes when Cinder gets a visit from her Hairy Godmother . . .
The second hilarious title in a fun-filled fairytale series with empowering messages for young readers!
Perfect for fans of The Fairytale Hairdresser and The Lion Inside series.
Look out for:
Rabunzel
Coming soon:
Snowy White
Mouse has a plan for every emergency. He knows how to survive a fall from a plane, what to do in quicksand, and how to bewilder a charging bull. But nothing - nobody - could be prepared for Marv Hammerman. Marv Hammerman, Neanderthal man, is twice as big as anyone else in the class, and when he is out to get someone, he usually succeeds.
'Joey Pigza, you need a life!' Grandma wants Joey to find a friend, stop running around after his Nutty parents, and start looking after himself. But Joey's got other plans - he's going to be Mr Helpful. Can Joey the secret superhero succeed in his mission to keep everybody Smiling?
Joey's dad is well and truly wired!
After months of nagging, Joey Pigza is finally allowed to spend the summer holidays with his dad. But he soon finds out why Mom was so worried. If people think Joey has problems, they should meet his dad!
Joey's dad insists he can cope without medication and that Joey can too. Joey so wants to believe his dad is right - but Joey remembers just how manic he felt before he got help. Can Joey live life his dad's way - or will the chaos take over?
In this powerful second novel from from Muhammad Khan, critically acclaimed author of the Branford Boase Award-winning I Am Thunder, fifteen-year-old Ilyas learns to throw off the pressures of school, family, friends and enemies.
Running. That's all Ghost (real name Castle Cranshaw) has ever known. But Ghost has been running for the wrong reasons -until he meets Coach, an ex-Olympic Medallist who sees something in Ghost: crazy natural talent. If Ghost can stay on track, literally and figuratively, he could be the best sprinter in the city. Can Ghost harness his raw talent for speed, or will his past finally catch up to him?
READ THE RUN SERIES:
Ghost. Lu. Patina. Sunny. Four kids from wildly different backgrounds with personalities that are explosive when they clash. But they are also four kids chosen for an elite middle school running team-a team that could qualify them for the Junior Olympics if they can get their acts together. They all have a lot to lose and a lot to prove. Not only to each other, but to themselves.
When Simone's new teacher mistakes her for a boy called Simon, the trouble really begins - and it doesn't stop! Simone is constantly getting into trouble, even though she doesn't mean to (most of the time). Fruitloops and Dipsticks is a laugh-out-loud coming-of-age novel about a tough (but sensitive) girl (who's pretending to be a boy) who comes to accept her family's - and her own - eccentricities, and learns a lot about life and love along the way. 'This is an extraordinarily good book. It's so rich; it's full of really strong characters and relationships - grandfather, mother, mother's new boyfriend, teacher, new classmates, first boyfriend/girlfriend - told through the eyes of a 12-year-old girl. Ulf Stark can do everything in just one sentence: happy and sad, dry and funny. Julia Marshall, publisher 'I love how this book is cheekily subversive and so good-hearted; it exactly captures how it feels to be twelve - when you realise that the adults in your life are a bit embarrassing and flawed (but you still need and love them), and you get your first crush (but are determined not to get all mushy about it). I really stand behind this book, and can't recommend it highly enough.
It's hilarious and absurd and completely realistic! I can't imagine anyone not loving it.' Jane Arthur, assistant publisher
One girl's search to find her father, using the internet, some boys and quite a lot of hairspray from debut YA novelist Ellie Phillips.
Sadie Nathanson spends her life trying to survive the excruciating embarrassment of simply existing.
SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA BOOK AWARD 2020
SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKS ARE MY BAG READER AWARDS 2021
'Brilliant and impactful' - Pandora Sykes
This is the story of one family, one dreamy summer – the summer when everything changes. In a holiday house by the sea, in a big, messy family, one teenager watches as brothers and sisters, parents and older cousins fill hot days with wine and games and planning a wedding.
Enter the Goddens – irresistible, charming, languidly sexy Kit and surly, silent Hugo. Suddenly there’s a serpent in this paradise – and the consequences will be devastating.
From bestselling, award-winning author Meg Rosoff comes a lyrical and quintessential coming-of-age tale – a summer book that’s as heady, timeless and irresistible as Bonjour Tristesse and I Capture the Castle but as sharp and fresh as Normal People.
Featuring a bonus essay from Meg Rosoff on her experiences of summer, this is THE unmissable book of the summer.
From the author of How I Live Now, one of TIME magazine's 100 Best YA Books of All Time.
People have made fun of me for long enough. Now it's time I got my own back...' Jemma has had to move from the city to the middle of nowhere. She doesn't mind, because Tim, her boyfriend, is at uni close by. But then Jemma gets a text message that threatens to ruin her life - and makes her wonder just how loyal her new friends really are. Barrington Stoke specialise in books for reluctant, struggling and dyslexic readers.
