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  • One: WINNER OF THE CARNEGIE MEDAL 2016

    One: WINNER OF THE CARNEGIE MEDAL 2016

    • Sarah Crossan
    • Bloomsbury Children's books
    • ISBN13: 9781526614858
    • Published: 19-08-2021

    'Here we are. And we are living. Isn't that amazing? How we manage to be here at all.'  Grace and Tippi don't like being stared and sneered at, but they're used to it. They're conjoined twins - united in blood and bone. What they want is to be looked at in turn, like they truly are two...

  • A Cat Called Waverley

    A Cat Called Waverley

    • Debi Gliori
    • Otter-Barry Books Ltd
    • ISBN13: 9781913074630
    • Published: 12-08-2021

    Born in a city park, Waverley is looked after by his best friend, Donald. Until, one fateful day, Donald signs up to fight in a war-zone far away. Loyal and patient, the homeless little ginger cat waits for his friend at Edinburgh's Waverley Station. He waits... and waits. Years go by but Wave...

  • Hide and Seek

    Hide and Seek

    • Robin Scott-Elliot
    • Everything with Words
    • ISBN13: 9781911427247
    • Published: 12-08-2021

    Thrilling new page turner by Robin Scott-Elliot author of The Tzar's Curious Runaways and The Acrobats of Agra. Paris, 1942. When Amelie Dreyfus hides in her mother's wardrobe it's a game; when she comes out it's a matter of life or death. With her family taken, Amelie has to fend for herself...

  • The Elephant in the Room

    The Elephant in the Room

    • Holly Goldberg Sloan
    • Bonnier Books UK
    • ISBN13: 9781800780002
    • Published: 05-08-2021

    It's been almost a year since Sila's mum travelled halfway around the world to Turkey, hoping to secure the immigration paperwork that would allow her to return to her family in the United States.The long separation is almost impossible for Sila to bear. But things change when Sila accompanies...

  • The Climbers

    The Climbers

    • Keith Gray, Tom Clohosy Cole
    • Barrington Stoke Ltd
    • ISBN13: 9781781129999
    • Published: 05-08-2021

    In this compelling story of teenage rivalry and friendship, award-winning author Keith Gray captures the subtle agonies and reality of life growing up in a small town. Sully is the best climber in the village. He can scale the Twisted Sister's tangled branches and clamber up Double Trun...

  • Every Line of You

    Every Line of You

    • Naomi Gibson
    • Chicken House Ltd
    • ISBN13: 9781913322014
    • Published: 05-08-2021

    The edge-of-your-seat thriller you've been looking for this summer ...  Lydia has been creating her AI, Henry, for years - since before her little brother died in the accident that haunts her nightmares; since before her dad walked out, leaving her and Mum painfully alone; since before her bes...

  • Never Mess With a Pirate Princess

    Never Mess With a Pirate Princess

    • Holly Ryan, Sian Roberts
    • Little Tiger Press Group
    • ISBN13: 9781788818704
    • Published: 05-08-2021

    Princess Prue was sweet and fair, till PIRATES stole her teddy bear! Don't they know?! You NEVER mess with Prudence - pirate AND princess! A feisty, mould-breaking heroine for adventure-hungry toddlers.

  • Cruel Castle

    Cruel Castle

    • Bryony Pearce
    • Little Tiger
    • ISBN13: 9781788953214
    • Published: 05-08-2021

    They thought the island was the end. It was only the beginning... Having survived the horrors of Savage Island, Grady is now stuck working for Gold, the psychopath who masterminded the gruesome competition. Sent on a "team-building exercise" in a remote castle, he starts to plot his escape.  B...