The hilarious adventures of everyone’s favourite bear, Paddington, now a major movie star!
“Goodness gracious!” cried Mrs Bird. “What on earth’s that bear doing now?”
Nothing is ever straightforward where Paddington is concerned. Whether he’s going to school, visiting the seaside or attempting to keep fit – one thing always leads to another.
For more than sixty years, Paddington Bear has touched the hearts of adults and children worldwide with his earnest good intentions and humorous misadventures.
Miss Bubble is a super-cool teacher at Topley Primary School. The children in Rainbow Class have lots of fun with her. When Miss Bubble ends up in a spot of trouble, her parrot Shriek and her cat Milkshake try their best to help. But they need Rainbow Class to come to the rescue...
An epic, emotional, breathtaking story of love and loss set amid the Syrian revolution. Burning with the fires of hope and possibility, AS LONG AS THE LEMON TREES GROW will sweep you up and never let you go.
This brand new paperback edition contains exclusive bonus short story Joy. Set in the world of Lemon Trees, it features never-before-seen moments between Salama and Kenan.
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SHORTLISTED FOR THE BRITISH BOOK AWARDS DISCOVER BOOK OF THE YEAR
'This is an important book. Everyone should read it' - Elizabeth Laird, award-winning author of Welcome to Nowhere
'Wrenching and lyrical' - Samira Ahmed, New York Times bestselling author of Internment
'Hauntingly beautiful ... a must read' - Huda Fahmy, author of Huda F Are You
A year ago, before the revolution, Salama watched her brother marry her best friend, Layla, and wondered when her own love story might begin. Now she works at the hospital – helping those she can, closing the eyes of those she can’t. Layla and her unborn baby are all Salama has left.
Unless you count Khawf. But he’s a hallucination; a symptom of the horrors she’s seen. Every day he urges Salama to leave. Every day she refuses.
Until she crosses paths with Kenan, the boy with the vivid green eyes, who wants to stay and risk his life for everything Syria could be …
'...this poignant and disarming story is full of heart and its crescendo will give you tingles' Attitude Magazine
'Outstanding' Irish Examiner
Sam has known his sister Jessica all his life. Tonight is the first time they're going to meet.
Sam Waver has always been a loner: bullied, struggling at school, with parents who have very little time for him. The one person he has always been able to rely on is his beloved older sibling - but when they announce that they are transitioning, Sam's life is thrown upside down. He's convinced nothing will ever be the same again - but as Sam is about to discover, nothing is more constant than love.
A moving and heartfelt portrait of one family's journey to acceptance, from a master storyteller.
'A story with so much heart that the pages practically pulse. Both funny and moving... this is a must-read for all ages' Irish Independent
A fin-tastic tale of friendship and adventure, perfect
for fans of Lemony Snicket and Edward Scissorhands!
'Charming and delightful ... a whimsical adventure story stuffed
to the flippers with fish puns and fun' SAM SEDGMAN
'I loved this story of fish, friendship and finding yourself.'
A.F. STEADMAN
'The story has been polished like a pebble in a gift shop
… so charming and quirky is our voyage' THE TIMES
Marina lives in Merlington, a fish-obsessed seaside town.
Unfortunately, she doesn't care for fish; she loves telling stories.
Marina finds her best story yet when she explores
the ruined, haunted pier: a boy called William with a head of tentacles
and crab claws for hands. He has lived on the pier all his
life, cared for by a fisherman who has since disappeared and who
warned him always to remain hidden.
Together, the pair
resolve to unravel the mystery of his past – but danger
isn't far away ...
The debut novel by Richard Pickard, a fresh new voice
in children's fiction and winner of the Times/Chicken House Chairman's
Choice Award 2019.
A funny, dark, core middle-grade story touching on themes
of lies, storytelling, secrets, acceptance and, of course, fish!
Perfect for fans of Lemony Snicket's A Series of
Unfortunate Events and Edward Scissorhands!
Tom's Midnight Garden meets The Secret
Garden in this mystical, classic-feeling adventure!
'A beautiful book that touches on friendship and the unbreakable
bond between a protective parent and her child.' THE
SUN
'Elegant, assured, sad and hilarious' GUARDIAN
Jess is allergic to the sun. She lives in a world of shadows and
hospitals, peeking at the other children in the playground from
behind curtains. Her only friend is a boy in a coma, to whom she
tells stories.
One night she sneaks out to explore the empty playground she's
longed to visit, where she discovers a beautiful impossiblity: a
magical garden wrought of ice.
But Jess isn't alone in this fragile, in-between place ...
We're launching a startling debut talent into the middle-grade
market in this classic-feeling magical-realist story, full
of wonder and warmth.
A tale of loneliness, friendship and the healing power
of love, set between the real, contemporary world and world of
ice and magic - sure to capture the imaginations of readers.
Shadows of classics such as Tom's Midnight Garden and The
Secret Garden, contemporary
setting yet utterly timeless in feel and theme.
Shortlisted for the YA Book Prize 2018
HOW DO YOU KNOW WHO TO TRUST WHEN YOU CAN'T EVEN TRUST YOURSELF?
I look at my hands. One of them says FLORA BE BRAVE.
Flora has anterograde amnesia. She can't remember anything day-to-day: the joke her friend made, the instructions her parents gave her, how old she is.
Then she kisses someone she shouldn't, and the next day she remembers it. It's the first time she's remembered anything since she was ten.
But the boy is gone. She thinks he's moved to the Arctic.
Will following him be the key to unlocking her memory? Who can she trust?
THE ONE MEMORY OF FLORA BANKS is the unforgettable YA novel to take home this summer.
""Barr's YA debut is a riveting page-turner that will keep you hooked till the end."" - Entertainment Weekly
""An icily atmospheric story with a captivating hook...A pacy page-turner that packs a significant emotional punch"" - Guardian
""Gripping. . . We promise you won't see the end coming."" - HelloGiggles
""a winning mix of a John Green/ Rainbow Rowell-style sharpness and sensitivity but underlined with a darker edge"" - View Magazine
""Do yourself a huge favor and grab this atmospheric, unique mystery for your Memorial Day weekend getaway."" - Bustle.com
""An absorbing, original and definitely memorable book."" - S Magazine
""An extraordinarily moving and original novel, a story of secrecy and lie, love and loss that manages to be both heart-breaking and life-affirming ...This is Barr's first novel for teenagers and it is as brave as Flora herself"". - Daily Mail
Bored with her little brother Pog's childish games, Dindy decides that she's finally grown-up enough for a real adventure. While her mother is sleeping and the servants are busy, she takes Pog deep into the tea gardens, a place they are never supposed to go alone.
Terrified by wild animals and snubbed by the local children, Dindy starts to realize how little she really knows about India, even though it's the only place she's ever called home. But little does she know her life is about to be turned upside down when her mother is taken ill and her father tells her they are leaving India, for good.
Dindy and the Elephant by Elizabeth Laird is a wonderful portrait of a young British child coming to terms with leaving her beloved childhood home, while at the same time realizing that many of the things she has been raised to believe are wrong.
Dylan Malone, aka Beaky, has a habit for telling porkies - every time he opens his mouth, out pops a whopper. But then his long-suffering sister shoves him into the truth-telling machine at Madame Shirley's Marvellous Emporium of Peculiarities. Now Beaky can't tell a lie - not even a teeny-weeny one - and a truth-telling Beaky is even worse...
It is the summer holiday and Joe Robinson and his cousins are staying with their granny in Muddlemoor village. The problem is . . . Muddlemoor is a hotspot for crime.
When Granny’s precious cake recipe goes missing days before the Great Village Bake Off, Joe, Tom and Pip are FLABBERGASTED. They KNOW that one of the neighbours has stolen it but the question is, WHO?
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"At once fun, twisty and insightful, This Book Kills is a gripping murder mystery that will keep you on the edge of your seat." Adiba Jaigirdar, YA Book Prize winning author of Hani and Ishu's Guide to Fake Dating
There's a murderer on the loose in an elite boarding school... But who is going to be next? This Book Kills is the YA thriller of 2023, perfect for fans of Holly Jackson and Karen McManus.
"I'll make it clear from the start: I did not kill Hugh Henry Van Boren. I didn't even help. Well, not intentionally."
When Hugh Henry Van Boren, one of the most popular and richest kids in Jess Choudhary's school, is found dead, the student body is left reeling and wondering who the murderer could be... Jess, a student under strict instructions to keep her record clean or risk losing her scholarship, finds herself at the centre of the investigation when it's revealed that Hugh died in the exact same way as a character in a short story she wrote.
And then Jess receives an anonymous text thanking her for the inspiration.
With time running out, Jess knows if she doesn't solve this mystery she'll finally have something in common with Hugh Henry.
She'll be dead too.
