This heartwarming picturebook tells the tale of a girl who sets sail from her fishing village to explore the wonders of the world. In a small boat that is ‘scruffy and scratched, but as strong as can be,’ the girl journeys ‘on the glittering sea, humble and quiet but brave as can be.’ Each night the other villagers watch her return home empty-handed and ask her ‘what did you get?’ But the brave little girl just smiles.
When Kofi gets a scholarship to a prestigious school, his dream of being an athlete seems within reach. However, the changing dynamic of old friendships, pressure from his mum to excel academically, the expectations of his community, being the only Black working-class student in his year, and a jealous new classmate are just some of the challenges facing him
Set in a South Asian-inspired world, The Ivory Key opens in a tangle of family and political tensions. Told from the point-of-view of four royal siblings: Vira, the self-doubting queen who needs to return magic to her failing kingdom; Riya, the sister who defected to a band of vigilantes; Ronak, the brother who wants to run away; and Kaleb, the brother who was framed for their mother’s death.
Kian loves to play football with his best mate Azeem. However, when the chance arises to join the local team with his buddy, Kian is very reluctant. What’s even stranger is that he’s the best footballer on the estate.
Noah, a teen trans boy, is eager to join a club at his new school so everyone will see him for his true gender. So, preferably this club would be the most masculine club possible, but when sports don’t start for a few months all that’s left is an Italian club known for loving football and Lamborghinis, which he figures is good enough! However, Noah soon realises this club is actually a cover for a covert operation run by its members, the Borrow a Boyfriend Club.
Edie is an eleven-year-old girl with Cerebral palsy, who is beginning secondary school. She and her best friend Oscar are inseparable until they find out they have been put in different classes. Now Edie must figure out how to make new friends, navigate a new school, and figure out where she fits into this new life.
There’s nothing quite like the discovery of someone who loves you wholly and completely for who you are and every version of yourself you’ve ever been. That’s who Penny and Tate are for each other, they just haven’t quite figured it out yet. Growing up with moms who were best friends, Penny and Tate have been together through thick and thin while stuck in the never-ending tension of undiscovered feelings. When their moms combine their households, the girls are finally forced to face their feelings.
Erin, her parents, and her younger sister Lena go on a camping holiday in Wales. They’re going to visit their grandfather and see where their mother and deceased aunt grew up. When Erin meets Bess she is both fascinated and repelled by Bess’s abrasive manners but ends up going into the nearby forest with her. There, Erin discovers her love of birds and nature when a bird she names Fable befriends her.
Navigating loss can be tough. Sixteen-year-old Noori’s grief is made even tougher as family tensions rise, leaving her feeling completely alone. Seventeen-year-old Aamir is running away from his past, and his grief. Over a week, the two become intertwined. Bonding over their shared love of Rumi’s poetry, their feelings of isolation and the unexpected invisible thread that links them together.
Saffron is a first-year university student navigating friendship shifts, family tensions, and a fraught relationship with her body. Amara Sage delivers a sharp and emotionally resonant exploration of the complex pressures shaping young women’s identities in the digital age.
