21st March 2025
David Higham Associates
Night Creatures: Firefly Robert Macfarlane, Luke Adam Hawker (illus) Macfarlane’s text and Hawker’s illustrations combine for a story exploring “the power of hope in a world of shadows and darkness”. First in a trilogy.
Agent Jessica Woollard UK Magic Cat
The Seaside Sleepover Jacqueline Wilson Third title in Wilson’s bestselling middle-grade Sleepovers series, full of “relatable details and gentle confidence- building messages”.
Agent Caroline Walsh UK
Puffin
Redemption Ark Eilis O’Neal A group of teenage criminals on an intergalactic cruise spaceship must compete for a literal “get out of jail free card”, the reluctant stars of a reality TV show where nothing and no one is quite what they seem.
Agent Christabel McKinley
Under a Fire-Red Sky Geraldine McCaughrean The award-winner and bestseller’s newest is an “utterly immersive and unforgettable novel set during the London Blitz, inspired by McCaughrean’s firefighter father”.
Agent Veronique Baxter UK Usborne, US Flatiron
A Match Made in Hell Charlotte Ingham “The fiery sexual tension of Icebreaker meets A Witch’s Guide to Fake Dating a Demon” in a “scorching” fantasy romance where a woman makes a deal with the Devil to escape a hell dimension – only to fall for him instead.
Agent Maddalena Cavaciuti
UK Hot Key, US Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
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Agent Louise Lamont (on behalf of Strange), Neil Dunnicliffe (acting for Smy)
World Walker, Spanish Trillas, Danish, Dutch
Eve White Literary Agency
Circle of Liars Kate Francis “Gripping” YA thriller in which seven trapped teenagers are forced to turn against one another for survival.
Agent Ludo Cinelli
UK Usborne, US Sourcebooks, English audio Bolinda, Netherlands, Poland
Cecily Sawyer: How to Be a Spy Iona Rangeley A “thrilling, mysterious and very, very funny” new adventure series from the award-winning author of Einstein the Penguin.
Agent Eve White World HarperCollins Children’s
Not Going to Plan Tia Fisher The Carnegie Shadowers’ Choice-winning author returns with a “taboo-busting” narrative verse YA novel about gender identity, consent and shame.
Agent Eve White World Hot Key
Fishfolk Steven Quincey-Jones Twins Oona and Luna start to question their grandfather’s tales of shape-shifting fishfolk in this original, moving and funny middle-grade fable.
Agent Steven Evans World Firefly Press
Kid Rex to the Rescue! Mayo Agard-Olubo Household chores are reimagined as daring superhero adventures in this “thrilling and dynamic” debut picture-book series.
Agent Ludo Cinelli World Hachette Children’s
Gemma Cooper Agency
Mission Classified: Echostrike Yusof Hassan High-stakes action- adventure middle-grade series “for fans of Alex Rider and Young Bond”.
Agent Gemma Cooper
UK Usborne, US Random House Books for Young Readers
The House With Chicken Legs Runs Away Sophie Anderson The sequel to the bestselling and award- winning The House With Chicken Legs, which was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal and sold in 25 languages.
Agent Gemma Cooper UK Usborne, US Scholastic Agent Hannah Sheppard
The Big Bad Wolf Murder PG Bell “Red Riding Hood meets Alex Rider”, in which a girl framed for killing the big bad wolf goes on the run to try to find the real murderer and clear her name.
Agent Gemma Cooper UK Usborne, US Feiwel & Friends
Silverborn: The Mystery of Morrigan Crow Jessica Townsend The fourth book in Townsend’s bestselling and award-winning Nevermoor series, which has sold over 2.5 million copies worldwide.
Agent Gemma Cooper
UK Hachette Children’s, US Little, Brown, Australia/ New Zealand Hachette Australia, Croatia, Denmark, Finland, France, Hungary, Indonesia, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Ukraine
Agent Louise Lamont World English Farshore
Lockett and Wilde’s Dreadfully Haunting Mysteries Lucy Strange, Pam Smy (illus) A new middle-grade series featuring creepy cases and a pair of supernatural sleuths: Matilda and her best friend Edgar, who happens to be a ghost.
UK & US HarperCollins Children’s, Netherlands, France, Germany, Italy
Summer under the Stars Kate Mallinder “Bucketloads of fun” second story following up on Cam, Hetal, Sasha and Nell from Summer of No Regrets as they take a road trip together and rediscover what good friendship really is.
Agent Hannah Sheppard UK Firefly
UK & US HarperCollins Children’s, Netherlands, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Portugal
Inkbound: Meticulous Jones and the Shadow Compass Philippa Leathley The second in the series has a tombstone appearing in the magical city of New London, and Metty’s name is engraved on it…
Hannah Sheppard Literary Agency
Inkbound: Meticulous Jones and the Skull Tattoo Philippa Leathley ( 4) Ten-year-old Meticulous (Metty) Jones’ magical tattoo reveals she’s fated to be a murderer… but who is she destined to kill, and is a fating ever wrong?
Agent Hannah Sheppard
LBA
The No Secrets Club Tamsin Winter Three friends at a new school form a no-secrets club – but as their classmates turn to them for advice, hidden secrets come to light; “for fans of the Babysitters Club”.
Agent Luigi Bonomi UK & Commonwealth Usborne
A Beautiful Evil Bea Fitzgerald A “grumpy x sunshine” reimagining of the Pandora myth from the bestselling author of The End Crowns All and Girl, Goddess, Queen.
Agent Hannah Schofield
World Penguin, France Nathan, World Spanish Planeta, Brazil, Germany cbj, Italy Mondadori, Poland
Clem Fatale Has Been Betrayed Eve Wersocki Morris The first in a “thrilling” illustrated middle- grade series featuring the youngest, fiercest gangster in London Town on the trail of her missing dad.
Agent Louise Lamont UK & Commonwealth Little Tiger
Secrets on the Shore Katherine Woodfine Aimed to coincide with the 10th anniversary of Woodfine’s Clockwork Sparrow series, showing how Sophie and Lil got their first secret agent mission.
Madeleine Milburn Agency
Our Wicked Gifts Kathryn Foxfield Bestseller Foxfield’s sinister fantasy thriller “for fans of Ninth House, House of Hollow and The Inheritance Games”, with the toxic family dynamics of Succession and a romance at its core.
Agent Chloe Seager
UK & Commonwealth Simon & Schuster, North America Random House Children’s
What Makes a Monster Emily Cooper Fourth Wing meets Heavenly Bodies for a YA audience, in this stunning romantic fantasy from the author of Season of Fear.
Agent Chloe Seager
UK & Commonwealth Magpie, German Bramble
The Heirs Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé “Knives Out meets The Umbrella Academy” in this YA thriller from the bestselling author of Ace of Spades.
Agent Chloe Seager
UK & Commonwealth Usborne, North America Macmillan
This Treacherous Night Marina Stevenson A multi-point of view YA heist fantasy “in the vein of Six of Crows and A Tempest of Tea”, in which a group of magic-wielding teens embarks on a quest to free the God of the Sun.
Agent Maddy Belton
Mordecai Villin and the Soul Snatcher Robbie Mann “Action-packed” middle- grade fantasy series from a debut voice that “will appeal to fans of Percy Jackson, Alex Rider and Skulduggery Pleasant”.
Agent Chloe Seager
Bologna Children’s Book Fair Agents’ Hotlists
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