In the deep, dark woods, there’s a small, lonely cottage. And in that cottage lives Fox. Alone. Which is perfectly fine, thank you very much. Fox doesn’t need anyone else to entertain him, or to look after him. There used to be someone … but Fox doesn’t talk about them.
Splitting Hairs is the hilarious new Hugh Dunnit Mystery opening with a reluctant trip to Mr Popczyk’s ‘Hair Goes Nothing’ hairdressers for Hugh’s annual school photo haircut.
Ella is heading out for New Year’s Eve when one of her persistent migraines takes over. Ever since her diagnosis, she has been struggling to keep up with normal life. In a change of plans, when Ella arrives at her aunt’s house to babysit, the door is wide open, she smells gas and sees her two cousins’ unconscious by the door. As the gas clouds her mind, she drags them outside, but she knows she has left someone behind …
Control Alter Delete is a bold, thought-provoking addition to the YA science fiction and dystopian genre, set in a world that feels both dazzlingly futuristic and uncomfortably familiar.
This final instalment in the Paper Dragons trilogy offers a satisfying conclusion to Zhi Ging’s quest. With the realm in peril from the greed-fueled ambitions of C’yo B’Ahon Ami, Zhi Ging and her friends must race to stop her from advancing self-serving plans and endangering others. At the same time, Zhi Ging must try to complete her transformation into a full Cyo B’Ahon, succeeding in challenges set by her teachers in Hok Woh.
How often do you get to read about a town full of bugs? Meet Dash the firefly, who has one wing smaller than the other, and Dribble the snail, who likes to take his time, adopted brothers who are never far apart. They may always be in trouble but they will always help the other to get out of said trouble! Join our unlikely heroes as they encounter a master criminal plot involving a crystal worm, ancient custard, a stolen Roboslug (that Dribble invented) and some dung beetles who are up to no good …
Already the author of vampire tales in the Mina series published by UClan, Amy McCaw embraces further vampiric tropes in this full Dracula retelling.
Full of plot twists, We Three Witches is set in 1930s York and tells the villain origin story of Viola Samphire. Viola is seventeen, part of a coven of four witches, and respected as a practitioner of divination using knucklebones. But her life is turned upside down after a catastrophic fire kills one of the coven members, Edie. The trauma leaves Viola able to see the dead, meaning she can still speak to and touch Edie and all the other Earthbound souls that roam around York.
This reimagined story of the myth of Bluebeard is not for the faint hearted. The House Saphir is not only a ghost story, but a romantic fantasy (romantasy) tale. Every box on the romantasy checklist has been ticked; there is a bestiary, magic, rituals to the gods, and a haunted mansion. On top of that, we have a murder and family secrets to uncover on the way.
Below the surface, in the mysterious inky depths of the sea, lie tales of treasure and tragedy. Not all of the stories are disasters, but all contain an air of mystery and adventure. Shipwreck tells the story of some of the world’s most famous sunken ships and their underwater discoveries.
