FICTION 12-16
Internationally bestselling author of Beetle Boy writes a thrilling, mystery adventure about friendship, bravery and the wonderful world of birds starring a birdwatching detective called Twitch.
Nightshade Anthony Horowitz 6th May, pb, £7.99, 9781406390629 Get ready for action, adrenaline and adventure in the latest explosive Alex Rider mission, now in paperback.
Skywake: Invasion Jamie Russell 4th March, pb, £6.99, 9781406397512 Casey Henderson is obsessed with smash-hit game SkyWake and she’s good at it too. Little does she realise it’s actually an alien training tool created by an evil extraterrestrial race.
Zephyr
murderer and fortune teller Catherine Monvoisin.
Fiction 12–16 Years Abrams
The Time Traveller and the Tiger Tania Unsworth 1st July, pb, eb, £7.99, 9781788541718 Multi-layered novel rich in adventure and mystery and historical and conservation themes.
The Summer of Impossibilities Rachael Allen 15th April, pb, £6.99, 9781419754043 Four mismatched girls spend an unforgettable summer together in this funny, heartfelt YA novel for fans of The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. Now in paperback.
Algonquin Young Readers
Bright Burning Stars AK Small 7th April, hb, £8.99, 9781616208783 “A compulsively readable story. I was breathless and battling tears up until the very last stunning turns onstage and beyond. A dazzling, heart-wrenching début”—Nova Ren Suma.
The Key to Finding Jack Ewa Jozefkowicz 7th April, pb, eb, £6.99, 9781789543582 About the unbreakable bond between siblings. Deals with sacrifice, courage, family, friendship and the power of living life to the full.
Skin Taker Michelle Paver 1st April, hb, eb, £12.99, 9781789542417 Danger, magic and nonstop adventure await Torak, Renn and Wolf in a devastating Dark Time that threatens everything they know. The clans will be tested as never before.
Allen and Unwin
Future Girl Asphyxia 4th March, pb, £10.99, 9781911679004 Explores what it means to come of age as a deaf teenager against the backdrop of a near- future Melbourne on the brink of environmental catastrophe.
Tiger Daughter Rebecca Lim 10th June, pb, £6.99, 9781911679028 Wen Zhou is determined to create a future for herself more satisfying than the life her parents expect of her. Compelling novel about growing up Asian in Australia.
Circus Maximus: Race to the Death Annelise Gray 3rd March, hb, eb, £12.99, 9781800240575 Ben Hur meets National Velvet in the ultimate 9-12 adventure story by début children’s author.
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The Cooking Club Detectives Ewa Jozefkowicz 10th June, hb, eb, £12.99, 9781789543605 Meet Erin, her puppy Sausages and friends as they swap recipes and pots for clues and culprits and try to solve the mystery of why their cookery club is closing.
Amulet
Saint Ivy: Kind At All Costs Laurie Morrison 27th May, hb, £11.99, 9781419741258 Thoughtful middle-grade novel about caring for others and for yourself and what it truly means to be kind and vulnerable.
Poison Priestess Lana Popovic 15th April, hb, £12.99, 9781419745928 Book 2 in the Lady Slayers series about French
The Bookseller Buyer’s Guide Children’s
Between Perfect and Real Ray Stoeve 15th April, hb, £12.99, 9781419746017 After being cast as Romeo, Dean realises he wants everyone to see him as he really is—a trans man—and not just play one on the stage.
Rivals Tommy Greenwald 1st April, hb, £12.99, 9781419748271 From award-winning Game Changer author comes a story about two student athletes searching for stardom, a young reporter searching for the truth and a crosstown basketball rivalry that goes too far.
Thanks a Lot, Universe Chad Lucas 13th May, hb, £11.99, 9781419751028 Moving début for anyone who’s ever felt like they don’t belong.
Up for Air Laurie Morrison 15th April, pb, £6.99, 9781419751424 Dive into the paperback of this middle-grade novel about competitive swimming, changing friendships and finding your place.
Andersen Press Junk
Malorie Blackman, Melvin Burgess 1st July, pb, eb, £7.99, 9781783448456 Celebrate 25 years of the classic Carnegie Medal-winning teenage novel reissued for a new generation with an introduction by Blackman and additional material about the book’s controversial history.
The Short Knife Elen Caldecott 4th March, pb, £7.99, 9781783449781 Poetic, unique story of family, identity and language set as the Saxons invade Britain in the 5th Century.
We Played With Fire Catherine Barter 4th February, pb, £7.99, 9781839130069 Gothic tale inspired by the incredible true story of the Fox Sisters, who made their fortune in 19th-century America by speaking to ghosts.
Tremendous Things Susin Nielsen
We Were Wolves Jason Cockcroft 6th May, hb, £12.99, 9781839130571 From Blue Peter Book Award-winner Jcomes a beautifully illustrated and darkly spellbinding story of a boy awaiting his father’s return from prison as an ancient woodland awakes.
Not My Problem Ciara Smyth 3rd June, pb, £7.99, 9781839130854 “Derry Girls” meets “Sex Education” in this outrageously funny YA novel from the author of The Falling in Love Montage.
Ballantine Books
When You Were Everything Ashley Woodfolk 9th March, pb, £8.50, 9781524715946 Heartfelt and ultimately uplifting novel follows one 16-year-old girl’s breakup with a friend through two concurrent timelines
3rd June, hb, £12.99, 9781839130618 Fabulously funny and heartwarming novel. Wilbur hopes to reinvent himself and win the girl of his dreams but is he trying too hard?
ultimately proving that even endings can lead to new beginnings.
Balzer + Bray
A Song of Wraiths and Ruin Roseanne A Brown 10th June, pb, £7.99, 9780062891501 Fantasy duology inspired by West African folklore in which a crown princess and a refugee find themselves on a collision course to murder each other despite their growing mutual attraction.
Three Bullets Melvin Burgess 1st July, hb, £12.99, 9781839130502 When her home is destroyed, Marti must strike out on a mission of her own in this near-future dystopia about race, gender and survival from the godfather of YA.
A Psalm of Storms and Silence Roseanne A Brown 10th June, hb, £12.99, 9780062891525 Highly anticipated second book in the immersive fantasy duology that began with the bestselling A Song of Wraiths and Ruin.
Love in English Maria E Andreu 4th February, hb, £12.99, 9780062996510 Fresh, breakout YA novel layered with themes of immigration, cultural identity and finding your voice in any language.
Strange Creatures Phoebe North 8th July, hb, £12.99, 9780062841155 Riveting, honest and unsettling contemporary novel about a girl whose brother mysteriously disappears.
Pumpkin Julie Murphy 27th May, hb, £12.99, 9780062880451 Return to the world of Murphy’s bestselling Dumplin’ in this fun and final companion novel about drag, prom and embracing your inner queen.
Where the Rhythm Takes You Sarah Dass 10th June, hb, £12.99, 9780063018525 Lush, romantic début novel inspired by Jane Austen’s Persuasion and set in the author’s native Trinidad and Tobago.
Barrington Stoke
The Deep-sea Duke Lauren James 4th February, pb, £7.99, 9781781129593 Climate refugees are landing on Dorian’s home planet but can he and Hugo help them? Dive into a strange new sci-fi world with this imaginative
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