Flora and Henry are pawns in a game played by eternal adversaries
Love and Death. Born a few blocks from each other and meeting years
later when their mutual love of music sparks an even more powerful
connection.
My Dad is a Loser is a madcap must-read for boys who love funny books such as Mr Gum and Wimpy Kid.
For all non-loserish dads and their sons. Read this little book to find out why I, Barry Loser, am definitely not at all loserish, even though my dad definitely is. Praise for my other book, I Am Not A Loser, which is about 8 million times longer than this one:
‘Brilliant’ – My mum.
‘Amazing’ – Also my mum
Jim Smith’s hilarious illustrated books with their distinctive style and comedy genius make him (and Barry, of course) the coolest – or ‘keelest’ – new writer of books for kids who love to have fun when they read. Fans of Diary of a Wimpy Kid or David Walliams will love Barry Loser’s stories. Jim is also the creator of Waldo Pancake.
The tense, tender must-read book of the summer – perfect for fans of Louise O'Neill and Sara Barnard
‘You make me feel like there’s something good in the world I can hold on to,’ Aaron says. He kisses me again, draws me so close it’s almost hard to breathe. ‘I love you, Gem. And I promise I’ll hold your heart forever.’
When Gemma meets Aaron, she feels truly seen for the first time. Their love story is the intense kind. The written-in-the-stars, excluding-all-others kind. The kind you write songs about.
But little by little their relationship takes over Gemma's life. What happens when being seen becomes being watched, and care becomes control?
Told in both Gemma's and Aaron's words, this is a raw, moving exploration of gaslighting in teenage relationships that skewers our ideas of what love looks like.
What happens when an online friend becomes
a real-life nightmare?
Roisin hasn't made a single friend since moving from Ireland to
Massachusetts. In fact, she is falling apart under constant
abuse from a school bully, Zara. Zara torments Roisin in person
and on social media. She makes Roisin the laughingstock of
the whole school.
Roisin feels utterly alone... until she bonds with
Haley online. Finally there's someone who gets her. Haley
is smart, strong, and shares anti-mean-girl memes that make Roisin
laugh. Together, they are able to imagine what life could look
like without Zara. Haley quickly becomes Roisin's lifeline.
Then Zara has a painful accident, police investigate, and Roisin
panics. Could her chats with Haley look incriminating?
Roisin wants Haley to delete her copies of their messages, but
when she tries to meet Haley in person, she can't find her anywhere.
What's going on? Her best friend would never have lied to her,
right? Or is Haley not who she says she is...
With twists, turns, and lightning-fast pacing,
this is a middle-grade thriller about bullying, revenge, and tech
that young readers won't be able to put down.
Praise
for Friend Me:
""Friend Me is a heart-racing escalation from toxic
teen power play and the dangers of social media to a darkly searing
near-future thriller. A stunning debut.""
- Elizabeth Wein, New York Times bestselling
author of Code Name Verity
A heartbreaking story about finding yourself and your people, from the bestselling author of If I Stay, a major film starring Chloë Grace Moretz. For fans of The Perks of Being a Wallflower, John Green and Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist.
'I got this whole-body feeling . . . it was like a message from future me to present me, telling me that in some way we weren’t just bound to happen, that we had, in some sense, already happened. It felt . . . inevitable.'
So far, the inevitable hasn’t worked out so well for Aaron Stein.
While his friends have gone to college and moved on with their lives, Aaron’s been left behind in the Cascade Mountains of Washington State, running a failing bookshop with his dad, Ira. What he needs is a lucky break, the good kind of inevitable.
And then he meets Hannah. Incredible Hannah – magical, musical, brave and clever. Could she be the answer? And could they – their relationship, their meeting – possibly be the inevitable Aaron’s been waiting for?
Drama Queen is very excited. Her teacher has just announced that their school play is to be Snow White and the Seven Dwarves. She loves to act and dance and sing and she is determined to get the part of Snow White. But her path to fame is strewn with obstacles and the excitement is very tiring.
Liz has always believed she's too black, too poor, too awkward to
shine in her small, rich, prom-obsessed midwestern town. She hopes
to become a doctor and has a plan that will get her out of Campbell,
Indiana, forever. But when the financial aid she was counting
on unexpectedly falls through, Liz's plans come crashing down
. . .
A fun, flirty teen debut from Wattpad phenom Alex Light about a fake relationship and real love. Perfect for Jenny Han fans.
It’s been years since seventeen-year-old Becca Hart believed in true love. But when her former best friend teases her for not having had a boyfriend, Becca impulsively pretends she’s been secretly seeing someone.
Brett Wells has it all. As captain of the football team and one of the most popular guys in his school, he should have no problem finding someone to date, but he’s always been more focused on his future than who to bring to prom.
When he overhears Becca’s lie, Brett decides to step in and be the mystery guy. It’s the perfect solution: he gets people off his back for not having a meaningful relationship and she can keep up the ruse that she’s got a boyfriend.
Acting like the perfect couple isn’t easy, though, especially when you barely know the other person. But with Becca still picking up the pieces from when her world was blown apart years ago and Brett just barely holding his together now, they begin to realize they have more in common than they ever could have imagined.
When the line between what is pretend and what is real begins to blur, they're forced to answer the question: Is this fake romance the realest thing in either of their lives?
A wildly creative Gothic fantasy retelling of Frankenstein, This Monstrous Thing is a wholly new reimagining of the classic novel by Mary Shelley and is perfect for fans of retellings such as Cinder by Marissa Meyer, fantasy by Libba Bray and Cassandra Clare, and alternative history by Scott Westerfeld. In an alternative fantasy world where some men are made from clockwork parts and carriages are steam powered, Alasdair Finch, a young mechanic, does the unthinkable after his brother dies: he uses clockwork pieces to bring Oliver back from the dead. But the resurrection does not go as planned, and Oliver returns more monster than man. Even worse, the novel Frankenstein is published and the townsfolk are determined to find the real-life doctor and his monster. With few places to turn for help, the dangers may ultimately bring the brothers together-or ruin them forever.
