Two gorgeous books in one! Welcome to the weird and wonderful world of Ally Love, age 13. Think your family are fruitcakes? Meet the Love children! There's oh-so-perfect Linn (aged seventeen going on seventy), dippy Rowan, who is always away with the fairies, and space-cadet little brother Tor. Oh yes - and Ally. The normal one. It's not easy being normal in Ally's world...
Weekly ballet classes are Harriet Morton's only escape from her intolerably dull life. So when she is chosen to join a corps de ballet which is setting off on a tour of the Amazon, she leaps at the chance to run away for good.
Performing in the grand opera houses is everything Harriet dreamed of, and falling in love with an aristocratic exile makes her new life complete. Swept away by it all, she is unaware that her father and intended fiancé have begun to track her down . . .
A Company of Swans is a sweeping tale of romance, freedom and the beauty of dance from award-winning author, Eva Ibbotson.
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.
I Am Thunder is the Branford Boase Award-winning debut YA novel which questions how far you'll go to stand up for what you believe.
Fifteen-year-old Muzna Saleem is used to being invisible. So no one is more surprised than her when Arif Malik, the hottest boy in school, takes a sudden interest.
But Arif is hiding a terrible secret and, as they begin to follow a dark path, Muzna faces an impossible choice: keep quiet and betray her beliefs, or speak out and betray her heart.
Muhammad Khan's stunning, multi-award winning YA writing gets right to the centre of what it means to be an urban teenager today.
'An uplifting, empowering novel with hope at its heart' Observer Children's Book of the Week
'Funny and clever - a perspective long overdue in British fiction' Alex Wheatle, author of Crongton Knights
'This one is special . . . punches well above the weight of most debuts' The Times
'This assured, hopeful debut feels unprecedented and essential' Guardian
With help from his grandma, Josh finds a way to quieten his overactive ‘Brian’ in this gently humorous and empathetic tale about family and mental health by bestseller Helen Rutter.
Josh has always called his brain Brian, and Brian can sometimes be his best friend, helping Josh with tests and giving him brilliant moneymaking ideas. But he can also be Josh’s worst enemy, keeping him awake at night worrying, and telling him that his family’s problems are all Josh’s fault.
When the arguments at home get really bad, Josh is sent to live with his grandma, who lives in a weird shack in the middle of nowhere. At first Brian’s voice gets louder and louder, and Josh feels out of control. But as he helps his grandma in the garden, growing their own food, and with all the jobs that need to be done around the shack, Josh starts to realise that she understands him and Brian better than anyone.
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An irresistible series about chosen family, high stakes thievery, and what it really means to do good. Perfect for fans of M.G. Leonard and Anthony Horowitz.
It's Gabriel's second year at Crookhaven School for Thieves. And with a tricky Break-In challenge to the teacher's section of the library to attempt, plus a new class called Reclamation, his Miscreant year is already off to a busy start.
Then Gabriel and his friends learn about Maravel's Maze. Hidden deep beneath the lake, forgotten about by the school, it's a labyrinth of obstacles. Each tests a crook-related skill - and all are nearly impossible.
But the impossible has never stopped Gabriel's crew before, especially not when there's something at the heart of the maze that they all desperately want...
The second book in the 'criminally good' Crookhaven series, the secret school where students are taught to do wrong, so that one day, they can put the world to rights.
Best friends Julie and Lydia are back in this hilarious sequel to Amy Ignatow's breakout novel!After spending all of fifth grade studying popularity together, Julie and Lydia are finally ready to put their hard-earned lessons to use in junior high. But before they can, tragedy strikes: Lydia's mom gets a job in London for six whole months! Before Lydia can say ""fancy a cup of tea?"" she's thrust into a new school, where she earns a reputation as ""the Violent American."" Meanwhile Julie's stuck navigating the cliques of American junior high on her own, where she is adopted by a group of troublemaking eighth graders known as the Bichons. The two best friends will have to learn to keep in touch and stand on their own, assisted as always by their trusty notebook. Amy Ignatow's signature sense of humor is on full display in this satisfying sequel.
It’s Freddy’s first day of school, and he needs to get ready. But school is big, it’s far away, and it’s full of strangers. Luckily, Freddy remembers he has work to do—in space! When his mom reminds him to put on his shoes, he pulls on his moon boots instead and blasts off. Captain Freddy’s adventures in space may just make him ready for his big day back on Earth.
Amy feels like everything is going wrong. For a start, she's just found out she isn't going to the same high school as everyone else. Add to that her annoying younger brothers, Pops' worsening dementia and Cassie, her supposed best friend, being meaner than ever, and Amy's summer is not looking promising. Especially when Mum tells her they're moving in with Gran and Pops for the holidays . all the way on the other side of town.
But then she discovers who lives over the road from her grandparents: Jay, the kind, quiet boy from school. Soon Amy realizes that friendship isn't always about who talks the most and the loudest, who does the most exciting things or throws the coolest parties. Sometimes a friend is just someone to talk to, someone to listen. But when outside pressures start to creep back in, can Amy hang on to her summer of silver linings?
A humorous and heartfelt story of new friends, fresh starts and silver linings, for fans of Jacqueline Wilson, Lisa Thompson and Cath Howe.
""A perfect book for Year 6 and 7 readers, and such an evocative and moving story."" - Phoebe Demeger, CLPE Librarian.
Praise for DIGGER AND ME:
""A wonderful tale, told with heart, hope and a shiny wet nose.""?- Gill Lewis, author of?SWAN SONG
""A really special book.""?- Hilary McKay, author of?THE SKYLARKS' WAR
""A story full of humanity.""?- Cath Howe, author of?ELLA ON THE OUTSIDE
Life isn’t easy for Johnny. He is trying to help his mum, he is looking after his little brother and he is going to a new school. Then Liam Clarke starts to bully him and it all begins to get a lot worse. But when Johnny gets some very surprising help from an unexpected source his life takes a dramatic turn.
A magical story about finding your place and having the courage to fly.
A collection of classic children’s stories from the world’s best-loved children’s author, Enid Blyton. School life has never been so splendid.
Jolly hockey sticks! It's the twins' first year at St Clare's - that means three terms of adventures in the same volume for the first time! The Twins at St Clare's - Pat and Isabel O'Sullivan plan to give everyone at their new school a few surprises. But it's them who are in for a shock... The O'Sullivan Twins - Pat and Isabel are determined to work hard this term. But it's just so tempting to play a few tricks on Mam'zelle... Summer Term at St Clare's. New girl Carlotta has a secret past! What will happen when sneaky Prudence tells the rest of the class? Watch out! There's trouble at St Clare's!
Enid Blyton is arguably the most famous children’s author of all time, thanks to series such as The Wishing-Chair, The Faraway Tree-, The Mysteries, The Famous Five and The Secret Seven. Her school stories – including the St Clare’s and Malory Towers series are the perfect books for girls who are experiencing their own adventure at school.
