- Sale!Gracie Fairshaw is delighted to get a sneak preview of the Children's Ballet's Christmas spectacular. But when the curtain rises, things go horribly wrong for the young dancers.'A delightfully engaging mystery.' Katherine Woodfine'A magical rollercoaster of a ride.' Marie Basting
- Sale!202ppGoing to the Moon is SO last century, so how difficult can it be-even for a ten-year-old-to follow in the footsteps of Neil Armstrong and the Apollo astronauts? Meet Matilda, the girl who'll give it her best shot to learn everything she needs to learn in order to get there herself.
- Sale!419ppA life-affirming and powerful coming of age verse novel that shines a light on chronic illness, who we are and how we live.
- Sale!320ppPacked with mystery, adventure and laughs, Noah's Gold is the exciting novel from the bestselling, multi-award-winning author of Millions and Cosmic, Frank Cottrell-Boyce. Fully illustrated in black and white throughout by Steven Lenton, this is perfect for readers of 9+.
- Sale!320ppHeart-achingly funny, touching and brilliantly clever, Millions is a fantastic adventure about two boys, one miracle and a million choices.'Pure gold' Scotsman
- Sale!304ppAdam has found something incredible in a rubbish dump in London.A mysterious, mythical, magical animal. A Tyger. And the tyger is in danger.
- Sale!Winner of the Costa Book Award for Best First Novel (2015)The British Book Awards Book of the Year 2016360ppThe Loney recounts the Easter of 1976 when a group of Catholic pilgrims from London journey to the wilds of Lancashire for a retreat, during which they hope to cure the narrator's mute, mentally disabled brother, Hanny.
- Sale!184ppThe electrifying novel from the Booker shortlisted author of Everything Under.'A short sharp explosion of a gothic thriller' Observer
- Sale!Shortlisted for the Man Booker International Prize and the Dublin Literary Award268ppNobody can leave an island. An island is a cosmos in a nutshell, where the stars slumber in the grass beneath the snow. But occasionally someone tries . . .Translated from the Norwegian by Don Bartlett and Don Shaw'Easily among the best books I have ever read' Eileen Battersby, Irish Times'A beautifully crafted novel . . . Quite simply a brilliant piece of work' Charlie Connolly, New European'A blunt, brilliant book' Tom Graham, Financial Times
- Sale!Winner of the Best Translated Book Award in 2011.201ppIn the deep winter snows of a Swedish hamlet, a strange young woman fakes a break-in at the house of an elderly artist in order to persuade her that she needs companionship.'The True Deceiver is a quiet masterpiece...the novel is haunting, complex and mysterious' The Age, Melbourne'The True Deceiver glitters with the kind of sharpness that might just cut you... It is one of Jansson's most deceptively quiet, most astonishing compositions' Ali Smith
- Sale!SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA POETRY AWARD SHORTLISTED FOR THE T. S. ELIOT PRIZE SHORTLISTED FOR THE FORWARD PRIZE FOR BEST COLLECTION'A Blood Condition is one of the most arresting and beautiful set of poems of this or any year' Guardian, Books of the Year 2021
- Sale!Longlisted for the International Booker Prize 2022240pp'An artfully plotted tale about race, privilege and guilt... careful reading proves richly rewarding' Lucy Poescu, The Observer'A compelling exploration of the fraught reality of race relations in Brazil ... there is much that English-speaking readers stand to gain from the considered, quiet fury of Paulo Scott's novel, not least the expansion of and challenge to modern-day discourses on race.' Laura Garmeson, Times Literary Supplement
- Sale!224ppTranslated by Polly Barton, Sam Bett, David Boyd, Daniel Joseph, Aiko Masubuchi, and Helen O’HoranNamed a Most Anticipated Book of 2021 by Thrillist, The Millions, Frieze, and Metropolis JapanThe first English-language publication of the work of Izumi Suzuki, a legend of Japanese science fiction and a countercultural icon.
- Sale!A Story Told In Poems By Joseph Coelho, illustrated by Kate MilnerNominated for the Kate Greenaway Medal 21, and shortlisted for CILLIP Carnegie Medal 21Intense imaginative power combines with brilliant poetic technique in a major new work by one of the leading poets writing for young people.
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