SEASON HIGHLIGHTS
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland Macmillan Children’s Books, 25 June, hb, £20, 9781529002461
Fiction 9–12 Riddell reimagines the
Lewis Carroll classic in a brand new full-colour hardback gift edition, replete with foiled jacket and ribbon marker. Publication ties in to a major new Alice in Wonderland exhibition at the V&A.
Izzy Burton (illus) Stella and the Seagull Oxford University Press, 2 July, pb, £6.99, 9780192774682
Picture books When Stella’s little seagull
friend gets ill from the plastic stuck in its tummy, Stella wants to do anything she can and is soon campaigning for change. An empowering story from two début talents; Stevens is an environmentalist and Burton an artist and filmmaker.
Sarah Driver, Fabi Santiago (illus) Once We Were Witches Egmont Books, 9 July, pb, £6.99, 9781405295543
Fiction 9–12 In a world where magic is
Chris Hoy
Be Amazing! Get Inspired To Be the Best You Can Be Walker Books, 4 June, pb, £9.99, 9781406394733
PSHE & Citizenship
Published in time for the Tokyo Olympics,
the six-time Gold medallist aims to help young readers discover their confidence and build resilience and self-belief in an inspirational non-fiction guide.
July
Clara Vulliamy Marshmallow Pie the Cat Superstar HarperCollins Children’s Books, 9 July, pb, £6.99, 9780008355852
Fiction 7–9 Marshmallow Marmaduke
Vanilla-Bean Sugar-Pie Fluffington-Fitz-Noodle is a big, posh, fluffy (and grumpy) cat. And his new owner has grand plans to turn Pie into a Star! First in a new series from the author of the Dotty Detective and Mango and Bambang books.
Kat Ellis Harrow Lake Penguin, 9 July, pb, £7.99, 9780241397046
Fiction 12–16 Bingeable, addictive and
Tom Percival Meesha Makes Friends Bloomsbury Children’s Books, 9 July, pb, £6.99, 9781526612953
Picture books Meesha loves making things,
but she finds it hard to make friends. The latest in the excellent series of inclusive picture books, this time ideal for helping children to navigate social situations and learn how to be accepting.
Emma Carroll, Kaja Kajfez (illus) The Ghost Garden Barrington Stoke, 15 July, pb, £6.99, 9781781129005
Fiction 9–12 Carroll makes her Barrington
Stoke début with an “evocative and spine-tingling” story of childhood on the brink of the First World War. Other highlights on their list include The House of Clouds (June) by Lisa Thompson and Sequin and Stitch (April) by Laura Dockrill.
unforgettable, says Puffin of this YA horror, which was acquired in a six-figure pre-empt. Set in a sinister small town stuck in the past, feeding on the cult horror movie that put it on the map, with an unexpected twist on every creepy classic.
banished, two sisters grow up with no idea who they really are. From the author of The Huntress trilogy, a new Middle Grade fantasy series, promising parallel worlds and dangerous witch-hunts.
Meg Rosoff The Great Godden Bloomsbury YA, 9 July, hb, £12.99, 9781526618511
Fiction 12–16 Rosoff moves to Bloomsbury
for her first YA novel in several years, following one family over the course of a summer when everything changes. “Heady and timeless”, says Bloomsbury, positioning it alongside I Capture the Castle or Bonjour Tristesse as an essential coming-of-age read.
Lisa Williamson First Day of My Life David Fickling Books, 2 July, hb, £10.99, 9781788451536
Fiction 12–16 It’s GCSE results day. Frankie’s
best friend, Jojo, is missing. And so is a baby… DFB leads with “a love letter to best-friendship” from the consistently excellent Williamson. Other highlights from the list include Jenny Downham’s Furious Thing in paperback (June).
may be herself. Won at auction and a major acquisition for Usborne, which dubs it The Handmaid’s Tale meets Children of Blood and Bone.
Namina Forna The Gilded Ones Usborne Publishing, 9 July, pb, £7.99, 9781474959575
Fiction 12–16 First in an epic fantasy
Georgina Stevens,
series set in an ancient West African-inspired world in which a woman’s greatest weapon
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