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  • Sea Witch

    Sea Witch

    • Sarah Henning
    • HarperCollins Publishers
    • ISBN13: 9780008300845
    • Published: 31-07-2018

    The fairy tale you thought you knew... The story of the Sea Witch, the villainess from Hans Christian Anderson's classic tale The Little Mermaid, told from the viewpoint of the Sea Witch when she was a twelve-year-old girl... Evie has been wracke...

  • The Survival Game

    The Survival Game

    • Nicky Singer
    • Hachette Children's Group
    • ISBN13: 9781444944525
    • Published: 26-07-2018

    'A wonderful, surprisingly delicate story about a teenager making her way home to Scotland in a world remade by climate change (aimed at YA readers but, like all good children's books, good for adults too)' Lucy Mangan, i Weekend In a world full of checkpoints and controls, can love and...

  • The Cruel Prince (The Folk of the Air)

    The Cruel Prince (The Folk of the Air)

    • Holly Black
    • Hot Key Books
    • ISBN13: 9781471407277
    • Published: 26-07-2018

    First in the bestselling Folk of the Air trilogy. The sequels - The Wicked King and The Queen of Nothing - won the Goodreads YA Best Fantasy in 2019 and 2020. Nominated for the CILIP CARNEGIE MEDAL 2019. "Of course I want to be like them. They're beautiful as blades forged in some divin...

  • Cyril and Pat

    Cyril and Pat

    • Emily Gravett
    • Pan Macmillan
    • ISBN13: 9781509857272
    • Published: 12-07-2018

    Cyril and Pat is a very funny, rhyming story about friendship from everybody's favourite picture book creator and twice winner of the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal, Emily Gravett.'Enormous fun to read aloud.' - GuardianCyril is the only squirrel in Lake Park, and he's very...

  • Blue Monster Wants It All!

    Blue Monster Wants It All!

    • Jeanne Willis, Jenni Desmond
    • Little Tiger Press Group
    • ISBN13: 9781848698321
    • Published: 12-07-2018

    \"...A wild and witty adventure with exuberantly naive pictures.\" - The Sunday TimesBlue Monster loves brand new things. A fancy new hat . . . a shiny submarine . . . a fabulous funfair . . . and a paradise island, all of his own. But he's still not happy! What will it take for Bl...

  • The Cook and the King

    The Cook and the King

    • Julia Donaldson, David Roberts
    • Pan Macmillan
    • ISBN13: 9781509813773
    • Published: 12-07-2018

    There once was a very hungry kingWho needed a cook like anything . . .. . . but the king is very fussy; he tries all the cooks in the kingdom, but no one is good enough. Then he spots Wobbly Bob. Maybe Bob can whip up his favourite dinner? But how will Bob be able to cook for...

  • The Truth About Lies

    The Truth About Lies

    • Tracy Darnton
    • Little Tiger Press Group
    • ISBN13: 9781847159489
    • Published: 12-07-2018

    SHORTLISTED FOR THE WATERSTONES CHILDREN'S BOOK PRIZEJess has an incredible memory. She can remember every single detail of every single day since she was eleven. But Jess would rather not be remarkable and, after years of testing at the hands of a ruthless research team, she has finally...

  • Everything All at Once

    Everything All at Once

    • Steven Camden
    • Pan Macmillan
    • ISBN13: 9781509880034
    • Published: 12-07-2018

    *Winner of the 2019 CLiPPA award*An achingly beautiful collection of poems about one week in a secondary school where everything happens all at once. Zooming in across our cast of characters, we share moments that span everything from hoping to make it to the end of the week, facin...