SHORTLISTED FOR INDIE BOOK AWARDS 2025
‘Doku’s fairytale-inspired story is a warm hug of a book. Unashamedly feel-good, with gorgeous artwork and a romantic love story that readers can lose themselves in’ Bookseller Highlights of Autumn 2024
A wonderfully romantic love story perfect for teen readers – the first in a full-colour graphic novel series
Fairytale Rule No.1: All the best fairytales start with ‘Once upon a time . . .’
First-year student Brielle, a daydreamy book lover, knows everything there is to know about fairytales. Returning to the city of Rosebridge four years after moving away, she attends Once Upon a Time University, with the intention of living her fairytale dream. And when she meets Bear, shy vice-captain of the Princes rugby team, at the bookshop where she works, Brielle’s dream is off to a good start.
Determined to forget the past, and with an unexpected new relationship blossoming, Brielle feels she’s finally living the dream. That is, until she discovers that she’s not the only one hiding something . . .
*DOUBLE-WINNER KPMG CHILDREN'S BOOKS IRELAND AWARDS 2025*
*SHORTLISTED YOTO CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR WRITING 2025*
*LONGLISTED UKLA BOOK AWARD 2025*
*A 2025 READ FOR EMPATHY BOOK*
*SUNDAY TIMES IRELAND BEST CHILDREN'S BOOKS 2024*
""A fantastically clever novel"" - Sarah Crossan
""Everyone who loved Derry Girls, this is the book for you!"" - Sarah Webb
""Full of authentic humour, youthful hyperbole and hope"" - Big Issue, Books of the Year 2024
""A smart, deeply moving book"" - The Irish Times
""A beautifully written romance that pulls you in different directions"" - Scotland on Sunday
""Authentic humour and heartbreak"" - The Sunday Times Ireland
A bittersweet romance that takes a new look at teen pregnancy, the magic and mess of first relationships, and a young woman's right to choose her own future.
Beneath the New Year's Eve fireworks, shy science-nerd Mel and slacker songwriter Sid get pregnant on their first date. Any sixteen-year-olds would expect trouble – but this is Northern Ireland 2018, where abortion is still illegal. Mel's religious parents insist she must keep the baby, whilst Sid's feminist mum pushes for a termination.
Mel and Sid are determined to do this together, but they soon discover that pregnancy is totally different for boys and girls. When their relationship starts to fall apart under all the pressure, Mel finds herself feeling alone with the impossible dilemma of the Little Bang growing inside her.
""Deeply true. A book to press into the hands of others"" - Deirdre Sullivan
Fleeing from an Anti-Tractionist sect, the Green Storm, Tom and Hester
are left drifting in the frozen Ice Wastes, slowly dying of
cold after the Jenny Haniver's engines have failed. They are saved
at the last minute, finding Anchorage, a once-beautiful ice city
that has fallen on hard times. Crippled by plague, there are barely
fifty souls on Anchorage now, and the teenage margravine has
made a desperate choice. They are heading for America, the Dead
Continent...
Christmas baby Noelle has her first big crush and it's on a boy named Will who's a Christmas Eve baby! In addition to being incredibly cute, Will is just about the nicest boy Noelle has ever met. Is he this friendly to everyone though? Noelle isn't sure if Will's goodwill toward her is simply holiday spirit... or maybe something more?
'I just devoured this spectacular story in one sitting... a future classic if I've ever read one' - Laura Noakes, author of Cosima Unfortunate Steals a Star
No one wanted to hear Estie's side of the story. Now she's on a mission to make sure the truth is heard . . . A page-turning mystery novel in verse about identity, friendship and learning to use your voice, with accessible text and beautiful illustrations throughout, perfect for fans of Matt Goodfellow.
When twelve-year-old Estie is expelled from school, she's sent to stay with her aunt in Scotland over the summer. Even though nobody, not even her mum, asked to hear her side of the story.
Estie's determined to keep her barriers up and stick to herself until the holidays are over. But when she comes across an intricately folded paper castle with a secret message written inside - a message from someone desperate to tell their own unbelieved story - a chord is struck, and Estie can't help but follow the clues to the next piece of artwork. Who are these messages from? And what will their secret reveal about the town?
In helping to uncover the anonymous artist's truth, Estie just might find the words to tell her own. . .
Deeply romantic and extraordinarily suspenseful, Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse, and Breaking Dawn capture the struggle between defying our instincts and satisfying our desires. This stunning set makes the perfect gift for fans of this bestselling vampire love story.
Have no fear! The frightened foursome are back in this this wickedly funny and phobia-inducing sequel to School of Fear!
Everyone is (still) afraid of something...
Madeleine Masterson is deathly afraid of bugs, especially spiders;
Theodore Bartholomew is petrified of dying;
Lulu Punchalower is terrified of confined spaces;
Garrison Feldman is frightened by deep water. . .
After discovering that each of her former students has secretly regressed, headmistress Mrs. Wellington brings Madeleine, Theo, Lulu, and Garrison back for a mandatory summer of retraining. Facing their fears is terrifying enough, but when they are joined by a fifth student things start to get even scarier.
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.
From number one New York Times bestselling author Sarah Dessen comes a big-hearted novel about a girl who reconnects with a part of her family she hasn’t seen since she was a little girl – and falls in love, all over the course of a magical summer.
Emma Saylor doesn’t remember a lot about her mother, who died when she was ten. But she does remember the stories her mom told her about the big lake that went on forever.
Now it’s just Emma and her dad, and life is good, if a little predictable . . . until Emma is unexpectedly sent to spend the summer with her mother’s family – her grandmother and cousins she hasn’t seen since she was a little girl.
When Emma arrives at the Lake, and spends more time with her mother’s side of the family, she starts to feel like she is two different people . To her father, she is Emma. But to her new family, she is Saylor, the name her mother always called her.
Then there’s Roo, the boy who was her very best friend when she was little. Roo holds the key to her family’s history, and slowly, he helps her put the pieces together about her past. It’s hard not to get caught up in the magic of the Lake – and Saylor finds herself falling under Roo’s spell as well.
But when it’s finally time to go back home, which side of Emma Saylor will win?
