Daisy's worst ever enemy Chloe is desperate to win back her friends so she announces she's going to have THE BEST SLEEPOVER IN THE WORLD. Chloe's party is going to have a swim in a luxury pool, a special makeover for every guest, and a real live meeting with a social media superstar. All Chloe's old friends are invited, even Daisy's best friend Emily. But Daisy is left out. Daisy's sister Lily is non-verbal but she's learned Makaton at her new special...

Jack is sixteen. He's obsessed with the beautiful Annabel, the ghost of his mother, and nose hair. 'I have just written a great poem. A Classic. One that's so good University Professors will read it, badly, in front of hundreds of students twenty years after I die to prove to the world what a jewel what a gift what a gem I gave what a poet I was.'.

Alice Lawrence is the sole witness in her sister?s murder trial. � And in the year since Claire?s death, Alice?s life has completely fallen apart. Her parents have gotten divorced, she?s moved into an apartment that smells like bologna, and she is being forced to face her sister?s killer and a courtroom full of people who doubt what she saw in the corn maze a year prior. � Claire was an all-American girl, beautiful and bubbly, and a theater star....

N. D. Wilson, author of Leepike Ridge and 100 Cupboards, returns with an action-packed adventure that will captivate fans of both Percy Jackson and Indiana Jones with lost civilizations, ancient secrets, and buried treasure. For two years, Cyrus and Antigone Smith have run a sagging roadside motel with their older brother, Daniel. Nothing ever seems to happen. Then a strange old man with bone tattoos arrives, demanding a specific room. Less than 24...

When Fionn Boyle sets foot on Arranmore Island, it begins to stir beneath his feet ... Once in a generation, Arranmore Island chooses a new Storm Keeper to wield its power and keep its magic safe from enemies. The time has come for Fionn's grandfather, a secretive and eccentric old man, to step down. Soon, a new Keeper will rise. But, deep underground, someone has been waiting for Fionn. As the battle to become the island's next champion rages, a...

Winner of the Tonight Show Summer Reads with Jimmy Fallon. Tomi Adeyemi conjures a stunning world of dark magic and danger in her West African-inspired fantasy debut Children of Blood and Bone. They killed my mother. They took our magic. They tried to bury us. Now we rise. Z�lie remembers when the soil of Or�sha hummed with magic. When different clans ruled - Burners igniting flames, Tiders beckoning waves, and Z�lie?s Reaper mother summoning...

Pearl and Vally Cole live in a bookshop. And not just any bookshop. In 1893, Cole?s Book Arcade in Melbourne is the grandest bookshop in the world, brimming with every curiosity imaginable. Each day brings fresh delights for the siblings - voice-changing sweets, talking parrots, a new story written just for them by their eccentric father. When Pearl and Vally learn that Pa has risked the Arcade - and himself - in a shocking deal with the mysterious...

When twelve-year-old Lara Finkel starts her very own detective agency, FIASCCO (Finkel Investigation Agency Solving Consequential Crimes Only), she does not want her sister, Caroline, involved. She and Caroline don't have to do everything together! But Caroline won't give up. When she brings Lara the firm's first mystery--why did Dad burn the brisket he was making for Shabbat dinner?--Lara relents, and the mysteries start piling up. But soon, Lara...

Milo, Mia and Birdy are on a countryside holiday when they wander into an enchanted wood. Among the whispering leaves, there is a beautiful tree that stands high above the rest. The Magic Faraway Tree is home to many remarkable creatures including a fairy called Silky, her best friend Moonface and more. Little Birdy is only too happy to find that fairies are real. Even her older brother and sister are soon won over by the magic of the Faraway Tree...

'So good I read it twice' - Hilary McKay, author of The Skylarks' War 'This thrilling time-slip adventure oozes magic and heart' - Bookseller EDITOR'S CHOICE When Charlie's longed-for brother is born with a serious heart condition, Charlie's world is turned upside down. Upset and afraid, Charlie flees the hospital and makes for the ancient forest on the edge of town. There Charlie finds a boy floating face-down in the stream, injured, but alive. But...