FICTION 9-12
Silas, a young boy with speech problems, enters a hidden world where language is the power to rescue them.
Little Tiger Group
How to Be a Human Karen McCombie 1st April, pb, £6.99, 9781788951098 When the Star Boy’s space-pod crashes to Earth, he encounters Wes and Kiki and follows them into school and into their lives.
Skyborn
Sinaed O’Hart 10th June, pb, £6.99, 9781788953054 Pennyworth’s Travelling Circus has seen better days but for Bastjan it’s home. Then the ringmaster makes a deal with a mysterious man, putting more than just the circus in danger.
Me and the Robbersons Ruth Urbom (tr), Siri Kolu 10th June, pb, £6.99, 9781788953177 On holiday, Maisie becomes part of a gang of bandits. When she discovers that the police are on their trail, Maisie decides she isn’t ready to be rescued.
Digger and Me Ros Roberts 13th May, pb, £6.99, 9781788953207 James splits his life between his mum’s and dad’s houses. The one constant is Digger, his dog and best friend. So when Digger gets sick, it changes everything.
Agent Zaiba Investigates: The Haunted House Annabelle Sami, Daniela Sosa 1st April, pb, £6.99, 9781788953368 When a new family move to the village strange things start happening. Rumour has it their house is haunted but Zaiba isn’t so sure. Can she find the real culprit?
Macmillan Children’s Books
The Swallows’ Flight Hilary McKay 27th May, hb, eb, £12.99, 9781529033335 Return to the world of the Costa Award-winning Skylarks’ War in McKay’s heartbreaking follow- up—a World War II story that spans generations and crosses the divides of conflict.
How to Be a Hero: The Land of Lost Things Cat Weldon, Katie Kear (illus) 8th July, pb, eb, £6.99, 9781529045055 Second epic How to be a Hero adventure for fans of How to Train Your Dragon.
Rumaysa Radiya Hafiza, Rhaida El Touny (illus), Areeba Siddique (illus) 1st April, pb, eb, £6.99, 9781529038309 Magical, empowering and funny fairy tale retelling from début middle-grade author.
The Fire Cats of London Anna Fargher 24th June, pb, eb, £7.99, 9781529046878 Two wildcats race against time in a breathtaking adventure of courage and loyalty in this new story from the author of The Umbrella Mouse.
Vega Jane and the Maze of Monsters David Baldacci, Tomislav Tomic (illus) 15th April, pb, eb, £7.99, 9781529037944 Second instalment in master storyteller’s bestselling Vega Jane series, now in a revised and reillustrated edition.
Beauty and the Bin Joanne O’Connell 18th February, pb, eb, £6.99, 9781529032574 Saving the world, one bath bomb at a time. This is Jacqueline Wilson for the eco-generation in a fresh and funny début.
The Orphans of St Halibut’s: Pamela’s Revenge Sophie Wills, David Tazzyman (illus) 15th April, pb, eb, £6.99, 9781529013399 The adventures of the mischievous orphans of St Halibuts continue in the side-splitting sequel to The Orphans of St
Murder on the Safari Star MG Leonard, Sam Sedgman 4th February, pb, eb, £6.99, 9781529013108 Journey to southern Africa in another high-stakes Adventures on Trains mystery from bestselling authors.
Noah’s Gold Frank Cottrell-Boyce 13th May, hb, eb, £12.99, 9781529048261 Fabulous new novel from multi-award-winning author of Millions. Packed with mystery, adventure and laughs.
Halibuts, illustrated by million-copy-selling Tazzyman.
Wave Riders Lauren St John 10th June, pb, eb, £7.99, 9781509874248 High seas adventure— Swallows and Amazons meets Abi Elphinstone— from the bestselling author of the Laura Marlin Mysteries and Kat Wolfe Investigates.
The Curse of the Deadly 7 Garth Jennings 4th February, pb, eb, £7.99, 9781509899357 The Deadly 7 are back one last time for the finale to the hysterical Monster adventure series by the “Sing” director.
Journey to the River Sea Eva Ibbotson, Katie Hickey (illus) 13th May, pb, eb, £6.99, 9781529066197 Beautiful new edition celebrating the 20th anniversary of this gorgeous award-winning classic adventure.
Blabber Mouth & Sticky Beak Morris Gleitzman 1st April, pb, eb, £6.99, 9781529022773 Two hilarious but heartwarming stories in one book from one of Australia’s bestselling authors and featuring a very unusual and outspoken heroine.
SERIES
Casson Family Hilary McKay 4th March, pb, eb, £6.99, 9781529033 Saffy’s Angel vol 1 212 Caddy Ever After vol 4 236 Caddy’s World vol 6 250 Forever Rose vol 5 274 Indigo’s Star vol 2 298 Permanent Rose vol 3 311 Entertaining and award- winning series.
Matador
Symphony Strange and the Amazing Annabatya De Vole Beverley Bowry 28th April, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781800462212 Spellbinding adventure story. Ridiculously batty school storyline features the narrator, Symphony, and her new BFF Annabatya, who is a very individualistic girl with a secret superpower.
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