Longlisted for the Carnegie Medal 2014 From pilchards to piranhas: a fishy tour-de-force with art by Oliver Jeffers. Even tastier with chips. ...

10 year old Archie Crumb is having a tough time. Picked-on at school, picked last for any team, his dad has a new wife & little daughter & not much time for Archie, & his mum is struggling. But things start looking up when Archie comes off his bike, bumps his head, & literally sees stars… ...

A magical fantasy adventure full of twists & turns perfect for fans of Harry Potter, Spook’s Apprentice & Artemis Fowl. ...

Jones is twelve, & he’s an orphan. If his parents were still alive, they’d be worried sick about him. That’s because he’s an apprentice monster-hunter – fighting ogres, trolls & other foul creatures that live in the Badlands. Most people think these beasts only exist in nightmares & fairy tales. Jones & his mentor, Maitl&, know better. They’re a hidden part of our own world. & when Maitland is killed in an ogre hunt, Jones is forced to take on a critter that nobody else dares to tackle. But all Jones secretly wants to be is an ordinary boy & escape from the magical world… A marvellous fantasy which brings a world of monsters to life For younger fans of Harry Potter & The Spooks’ Apprentice Fantastically rich, descriptive writing full of fast-paced action Vividly blends the ordinary world with a dangerous magical one“ Delightfully magical & brilliantly told.” Abi Elphinstone Supplied as a pack of 30 copies. ...

Jones is twelve, & he’s an orphan. If his parents were still alive, they’d be worried sick about him. That’s because he’s an apprentice monster-hunter – fighting ogres, trolls & other foul creatures that live in the Badlands. Most people think these beasts only exist in nightmares & fairy tales. Jones & his mentor, Maitl&, know better. They’re a hidden part of our own world. & when Maitland is killed in an ogre hunt, Jones is forced to take on a critter that nobody else dares to tackle. But all Jones secretly wants to be is an ordinary boy & escape from the magical world… A marvellous fantasy which brings a world of monsters to life For younger fans of Harry Potter & The Spooks’ Apprentice Fantastically rich, descriptive writing full of fast-paced action Vividly blends the ordinary world with a dangerous magical one“ Delightfully magical & brilliantly told.” Abi Elphinstone Supplied as a pack of six copies. ...

The Boy with Wings is the brilliantly exciting, action-packed, middle-grade adventure from award-winning & much-loved comedian & actor, Lenny Henry. Highly illustrated throughout by Keenon Ferrell. ...

Alberto lives alone in the town of Allora where fish fly out of the sea & everyone knows everybody’s business. There he makes coffins for the great & small, but being the only coffin maker in town can be lonely. That is until a little boy & a magical bird enter his life & change it forever. ...

Two girls…one guy…things could get complicated. Zoe & Layla have been friends all their lives, despite being very different. Then Layla’s big brother Kyle brings home a new friend from school & everything changes… Told in alternating viewpoints between Layla & Zoe, this is a warm, sweet & funny look at friendship & change. ...

The classic story of living under the Taliban – now adapted into a dazzling graphic novel. Eye-opening in so many ways. A world where 50% of the population is trapped indoors, banned from leaving the house, might sound like the stuff of dystopian fiction. But in Afghanistan, that’s daily life. Since the Taliban took over, eleven-year-old Parvana has been stuck in her family’s one-room home. Like all females, she’s banned from going to school, playing in the streets & shopping at the market. So when the Taliban hauls away her father, Parvana realises she has a BIG problem. There’s no one else to support her family. It’s starve or survive. But to become the family’s breadwinner, she’ll have to take the ultimate risk: disguising herself as a boy… A brilliant graphic adaptation of Deborah Ellis’s classic novel Beautiful colour pictures taken from the 2017 animated film Set in Afghanistan during the early years of the Taliban regime An incredible story of repression, courage & the will to survive ...

Follow up to The Breakfast Club Adventures: The Beast Beyond the Fence. Highly illustrated & perfect for reluctant readers, this is a big adventure packed full of humour & heart. ...