Jordan Lees, Vivienne To (illus) The Whisperwicks: The Impossible Trials
Puffin, 27th, £14.99, HB, 9780241625071
In this sequel to The Labyrinth of Lost and Found, Benjamiah is transported back to the labyrinthine streets of Wreathenwold, where he is reunited with Elizabella, and finds himself on a quest involving a strange collection of fairytales.
Sangu Mandanna, Kristina Kister (illus) Vanya and the Wild Hunt
Macmillan Children’s Books, 6th, £12.99, HB, 9781035044757
A girl who can speak to books is swept into a world of magic, and joins a school for monster-hunters and archivists after a terrifying creature attacks her home.
Tom Mitchell
The First Kid in Space HarperCollins Children’s Books, 13th, £7.99, PB, 9780008597276
A boy discovers that a trip to space is not what it seems when he is invited to take part in a competition, organised by the third-richest person in the world. Funny, fast-paced adventure from the author of How to Rob a Bank.
Brogen Murphy Wildlands PRH Children’s, 6th, £7.99, PB, 9780241728109
A large part of England has been rewilded in this dystopia, set 25
years in the future, and when two sisters get lost in the wilderness they must use their wits and determination to get out alive. A key release for PRH in March.
LD Lapinski Artezans:
The Whispering World Orion Children’s Books, 13th, £7.99, PB, 9781510110137
In this sequel to The Forgotten Magic, Elodie and Ed Crane, possessors of hidden and unseen magic, end up shipwrecked on an island. Elodie hears sinister whispers, and as those whispers grow louder, she fears the nightmarish legends of the past are closer than anyone realises.
Beth O’Brien Wolf Siren HarperCollins Children’s Books, 27th, £7.99, PB, 9780008642013
Red is increasingly drawn to the woods where her grandmother disappeared in this reimagining of the
Little Red Riding Hood story. Red is visually impaired like debut author O’Brien, who is the founder of Disabled Tales, a website dedicated to discussing fairytales and folklore.
Loris Owen
The Cyber Ciphers of Eartha Quicksmith Firefly Press, 13th, £7.99, PB, 9781915444820
In the final book in the Eartha Quicksmith trilogy, Kip, Albert, Leela and Timmi travel beneath the earth’s crust to try to stop a mine that is threatening global catastrophe.
Ally Sherrick Rebel Heart Chicken House, 13th, £7.99, PB, 9781915026996
The daughter of a Royalist nobleman sets out to find help when her home is besieged by Cromwell’s army. But who can she trust in a world full of turncoats, enemy soldiers and spies? Civil War-set adventure from the author of Black Powder.
Misa Sugiura
Momo Arashima Duels the Queen of Death Puffin, 6th, £8.99, PB, 9780241638033
Momo is forced into a terrible bargain when Izanami, the treacherous goddess of death, threatens the life of someone she loves. Third in a series.
Pari Thomson, Elisa Paganelli (illus) Greenwild: The City Beyond the Sea
Macmillan Children’s Books, 27th, £7.99, PB, 9781035021161
In this sequel to The World Behind the Door, Daisy Thistledown and the Five O’Clock Club try to find the legendary Iffenwild, a mysterious city hidden beyond the sea and lost to time, while being pursued by the Grim Reapers.
Mel Taylor-Bessent Imagination Island: Race to Echoes Edge
Farshore, 27th, £7.99, PB, 9780008642501
In the second Imagination Island adventure, the racers create mascots to help them face the challenges, which include passing through a forest full of evil fairies and pulling the plug out of the ocean.
Catherine Wilkins, Katie Abey (illus) Café Chaos: My Family Is Not a Piece of Cake
Nosy Crow, 13th, £7.99, PB, 9781805132660
Hope Crumble has a lot to deal with at her family’s
chaotic café, as well as various eccentric family members, including a dramatic sister, cocky cousin and mad auntie. When the café is at risk of failing, Hope puts all her efforts into saving the business. This funny and relatable story will appeal to fans of Jacqueline Wilson, as well as children who, like Hope, have to stand up to their family to make their wishes heard.
Jacqueline Wilson The Seaside Sleepover Puffin, 27th, £12.99, HB, 9780241684115
Daisy and her sister Lily want to have a sleepover at the beach in this summery adventure from Wilson. Third in a series.
Teenage & YA Holly Black
The Prisoner’s Throne Hot Key Books, 6th, £8.99, PB, 9781471411441
In this conclusion to the Stolen Heir duology, Prince Oak has impossible choices to make because war is looming and treachery can be found in every corner.
Alexandra Bracken Silver in the Bone: The Mirror of Beasts
Quercus Children’s Books, 13th, £9.99, PB, 9781786541758
In this conclusion to Silver in the Bone, Tamsin returns to the real world and makes the shocking discovery that she is cursed. She must also stop Lord Death by finding the legendary Mirror of Beasts, even if she has to enlist the help of Emrys, her rival-turned-lover- turned-enemy. Previously published in hardback.
Brian Conaghan Stealing Happy Bloomsbury, 13th, £7.99, PB, 9781526653987
When Sonny finds out that his mum has been borrowing money from notorious loanshark Chick Lennon, he decides to repay the debt using Chick’s own ill-gotten gains. Sonny has Tourette’s, which means he shouts out “rob Chick Lennon”, but he knows he has to do all he can to keep his family out of trouble.
Elora Cook In the Company of Killers Hodder Children’s Books, 20th, £9.99, PB, 9781444979343
When Tasha Nicastro’s father and sister are murdered, she finds out that her family runs the most powerful mafia family in New York and vows vengeance on
the mob behind the hit. This fast-paced drama, pitched as Gossip Girl meets The Sopranos, is being simultaneously released with Little, Brown Books for Young Readers in the US.
Kevin Crossley-Holland Kata and Tor Walker Books, 6th, £7.99, PB, 9781406399059
Tor, the youngest son of Harald Hardrada, King of Norway, falls in love with an Anglo-Saxon girl in this romance, set during the time when Vikings were making their mark across Europe. Packed with historical detail, this teen novel will appeal to fans of The Last Kingdom.
Elizabeth Eulberg Take a Chance on Me Scholastic, 13th, £8.99, PB, 9780702341670
When a video of Evie confronting a cheating ex goes viral, she flees to London, where she meets a charming busker called Aiden. A sweet romantic comedy that romanticises London, as well as young love.
Megan Freeman A Better Nightmare Chicken House, 13th, £8.99, PB, 9781915947253
Emily, a girl living in a facility because of her disease, meets a boy who tells her she
isn’t really sick in this dark, contemporary fantasy from Freeman, who also works for a children’s mental health charity.
Connie Glynn Tales from the Shadow Library: The Cursed Melodies
PRH Children’s, 6th, £14.99, HB, 9780241646144
The new novel from Glynn, author of The Rosewood Chronicles, charts the story of twins Astrid and Jonas, who are “kept away from nature” as doctors believe they share something “twisted and demonic... trees sing of their histories”. Reading material was not available in time for this preview but PRH acquired the trilogy in a six-figure deal.
Rosamund Hodge What Monstrous Gods Magpie, 13th, £9.99, PB, 9780008650704
A girl must forge a pact with a god or die in this romantic fantasy, loosely inspired by Sleeping Beauty.
Clara Kumagai Songs for Ghosts Zephyr, 6th, £14.99, HB, 9781803288086
A Japanese-American
teen struggling with heartbreak discovers a box of letters written by a young woman in Nagasaki in 1911, and goes on a journey that throws up revelations about his own family history. A coming- of-age story about family, identity and sexuality from the author of Catfish Rolling.
James A Lyons Out in Greenwood SRL Publishing, 18th, £9.99 pb, 9781915073402
A 15-year-old who has recently come out meets Johann, who has come over from Sweden, in this LGBTQ+ romance.
Natalie Lucy Searching for the Remarkable in Things
ZunTold, 19th, £8.99, PB, 9781915758132
In this debut novel by historian Lucy, a young woman finds a collection of
historical letters after the death of her mother.
Shelby Mahurin Scarlet Veil: The Shadow Bride
Electric Monkey, 27th, £16.99, HB, 9780008582500
A vampire and the woman who tried to kill him prove that true love can conquer anything in this conclusion of the Scarlet Veil duology, set in the world of the popular Serpent & Dove series.
Ginny Myers Sain When the Bones Sing Electric Monkey, 13th, £9.99, PB, 9780008626716
A teenager comes from a long line of women who can hear the bones of the dead sing, and when there is a killer on the loose she must find the truth about how and why the victims died. Coming-of-age supernatural mystery.
Kathryn Purdie The Deathly Grimm Magpie, 27th, £16.99, HB, 9780008588380
In the conclusion to the Forest Grimm duology, Clara and Axel fight woodsmen with incomprehensible riddles, ladies who will drag you into an eternal dance and ghosts with the power to wield the forest against them to find out the identity of the murderer.
Aamna Qureshi A Witch’s Guide to Love and Poison
Hodder Children’s Books, 27th, £18.99, HB, 9781444978711
Bisma, a witch living in the enchanted forest, must work with the annoying son of the
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