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  • Tremendous Things

    Tremendous Things

    • Susin Nielsen
    • Andersen Press Ltd
    • ISBN13: 9781839130618
    • Published: 03-06-2021

    Wilbur has spent his teens being bullied and now he's sure he's nothing but a loser: his best friend is 85 years old, and his only talent is playing the triangle in the school band. Things start to look up when a mix-up with the French exchange programme results in Wilbur being assigned a<span...

  • When the Sky Falls

    When the Sky Falls

    • Phil Earle
    • Andersen Press Ltd
    • ISBN13: 9781783449651
    • Published: 03-06-2021

    1941. War is raging. And one angry boy has been sent to the city, where bombers rule the skies. There, Joseph will live with Mrs F, a gruff woman with no fondness for children. Her only loves are the rundown zoo she owns and its mighty silverback gorilla, Adonis. As the weeks pass, bonds deepe...

  • Raising Hell

    Raising Hell

    • Bryony Pearce
    • UCLan Publishing
    • ISBN13: 9781912979547
    • Published: 03-06-2021

    Meet Ivy Elisabeth Mann -' I know what you are thinking, but I'm not half faery, or demon, or angel or anything like that. Mum's a Body Shop consultant living in a bungalow in Birmingham and Dad enters crosswords.' Once upon a time, Ivy and her friends did a very stupid thing and now th...

  • Children of the Quicksands

    Children of the Quicksands

    • Efua Traore
    • Chicken House
    • ISBN13: 9781913322366
    • Published: 03-06-2021

    In a remote Nigerian village, twelve-year-old Simi is desperate to uncover a family secret ...  City girl Simi is sent to stay with her long-lost grandmother in a remote Nigerian village. There's no TV, internet or phone. Not a single human-made sound can be heard at night, just the noise of b...

  • Twitch

    Twitch

    • M. G. Leonard
    • Walker Books Ltd
    • ISBN13: 9781406389371
    • Published: 03-06-2021

    From the internationally bestselling author of Beetle Boy and the Adventures on Trains series, comes the first book in The Twitchers, a brand new mystery adventure series celebrating friendship, bravery and the incredible world of birds, starring a birdwatching detective called Twitch!<b...

  • The Secret Detectives

    The Secret Detectives

    • Ella Risbridger
    • Nosy Crow Ltd
    • ISBN13: 9781788006002
    • Published: 03-06-2021

    A gripping, beautifully written historical mystery, from an incredible new voice in children's fiction. 'The body seemed to fall for a long time. There was no splash, or if there was it was lost in the waves. Isobel was frozen to the spot for a moment - and then her common sense caught...

  • Stella and the Seagull

    Stella and the Seagull

    • Georgina Stevens, Izzy Burton
    • Oxford University Press
    • ISBN13: 9780192774682
    • Published: 03-06-2021

    Spurred into action when her seagull friend gets poorly from eating plastic, young Stella is soon on a campaign for change. A beach clean up and plastic straw ban sparks her whole community into action and soon Stella is making a big impact. And it's not long before the little seagull and all...

  • Hurricane Child

    Hurricane Child

    • Kacen Callender
    • Scholastic
    • ISBN13: 9780702310218
    • Published: 03-06-2021

    Winner of the Stonewall Book Award and the Lambda Literary Award By National Book Award winner Kacen Callender, this exquisite novel reminds us that grief and love can open the world in mystical ways.  Caroline Murphy is a Hurricane Child. Being born during a hurricane is unlucky, and 1...