Children’s / Teenage fiction: True stories told as fiction

Multi-award-winning author Tom Palmer returns with a thrilling naval adventure inspired by the incredible history of the Second World War Arctic convoys.

Nazi Germany is a dangerous place for a girl with a stammer - and although her father tries to keep her safe, Ingrid can't help feeling like she's let him down.

When sixteen-year-old Dolly Shepherd is offered the chance to take to the sky in a hot-air balloon, there's no way she's going to turn it down.

SUMMER 1914When Fran uncovers a bone in the garden of Longbarrow House on the same afternoon that Leo breaks his leg, it is just the first in a series of strange and unsettling coincidences.

Mining for tin in deep, dangerous trenches is the only life that Tono has ever known.

November 1920.

Winner of the Young Quills Historical Fiction AwardNominated for the Carnegie MedalMaggie has witnessed impossible things.

Shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal and the UKLA Book AwardWinner of the Young Quills Historical Fiction Award Shortlisted for the YA Book Prize, Diverse Book Award and Iris AwardLonglisted for the YA Jhalak Prize Nobody free till everybody free.

Winner of the middle grade STEAM Book PrizeOrdinary is what most people are and I am not.

Stubby was a brave soldier, a loyal friend.

Meet Ada Lovelace, the British mathematician and daughter of poet Lord Byron.

Bobby the dog lived 150 years ago.

Could you eat 8 kilos of cow's brain in fifteen minutes?

A fact-filled and captivating recounting of Apollo 13's nail-biting mission to the moon and the disaster that derailed it, from Blue Peter Book Award winner David Long.

Tom Palmer celebrates the unsung athletic heroes of the Armistice in a powerful intergenerational tale of the fell-running messengers on the front-line of war.

Master storyteller Tom Palmer returns with a deeply moving and beautifully told novel of friendship and belonging, inspired by the incredible true story of the Windermere Boys.

Can Jack and his teammates survive the horrors of war to get the chance to play football again?

Too much wine.

Treachery, adventure and the dream of freedom from slavery converge in this stunning historical adventure, inspired by the real-life story of William and Ellen Craft, and brought to a modern teen audience by Carnegie Medal winning author Tanya Landman.

Jemma knows who did the murder.

Addictive, swoonful, good-girl-meets-bad-boy romance.

The first in a bewitching new series, mixing friendship, secrets and spells - perfect for fans of Jacqueline Wilson, Soman Chainani's The School for Good and Evil, Ever After High, Disney's Descendants and Zoella's Girl Online.

A heartwarming canine adventure series for boys and girls aged 6+.

A heartwarming canine adventure series for boys and girls aged 6+.

A heartwarming canine adventure series for boys and girls aged 6+.

A heartwarming canine adventure series for boys and girls aged 6+.

Third and final instalment of this critically acclaimed young adult alternative historical series that began with Front Lines and Silver StarsIt's 1944, and it feels to everyone like the war will never end.

Before he wrote 'A Series of Unfortunate Events', before the Baudelaires became orphans, even before the invention of Netflix, Lemony Snicket asked all the wrong questions.

A classic and heartfelt war story from War Horse author and former Children's Laureate, Michael Morpurgo.

'Be afraid .

With this powerful, hope-filled story of overcoming one's obstacles, readers will close this book and feel inspired to leave a legacy of their own.

From the world of Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls comes a historical novel based on the life of Dr.

From the world of Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls comes the historical novel based on the life of Junko Tabei, the first female climber to summit Mount Everest.

From the world ofGood Night Stories for Rebel Girlscomes a story based on the exciting real-life adventures of Ada Lovelace, one of the worlds first computer programmers.

From the world ofGood Night Stories for Rebel Girlscomes a story based on the life of Madam C.

In May 1939, nearly one thousand German-Jewish passengers boarded the M.

Being a good citizen means standing up for what's right-and here's just the way to start.

This is the story of a young boy who is a page for the Earl, King Harold of England.

A story of the days when England and Spain struggled for the supremacy of the sea.

The true story of two boys who launched a Lego Man into space!

When Cylin Busby was nine years old, she was obsessed with Izod clothing, the Muppets, and a box turtle she kept in a shoebox.

From love triangles and cheaters to summer romances, these stories will touch every teens heart.

A New York Times/New York Public Library Best Illustrated Children's BookOne of NPR's Best Books of 2022Chicago Public Library's Best of the Best Informational Books for Younger Readers of 2022A School Library Journal Best Book of 2022A Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books 2022 Blue Ribbon BookThe Society of Illustrators' Dilys Evans Founders Award Winner 2022A Bank Street College School of Education Best Book of the YearZahra Marwan is a recipient of the United Nations Minority Artist Award on StatelessnessAn evocative picture book debut that tells the true story of the author's immigration from Kuwait to the United States.

A New York Times/New York Public Library Best Illustrated Children's BookOne of NPR's Best Books of 2022Chicago Public Library's Best of the Best Informational Books for Younger Readers of 2022A School Library Journal Best Book of 2022A Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books 2022 Blue Ribbon BookThe Society of Illustrators' Dilys Evans Founders Award Winner 2022A Bank Street College School of Education Best Book of the YearZahra Marwan is a recipient of the United Nations Minority Artist Award on StatelessnessAn evocative picture book debut that tells the true story of the author's immigration from Kuwait to the United States.

It was 1945 and Romek Wajsman had just been liberated from Buchenwald, a brutal concentration camp where more than 60,000 people were killed.

In the late morning of May 29, 1953, the sun was shining brightly and a gentle breeze was blowing on the highest elevation of the world--and two men were there to witness it for the first time ever.

In the late morning of May 29, 1953, the sun was shining brightly and a gentle breeze was blowing on the highest elevation of the world--and two men were there to witness it for the first time ever.

A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year Award-winning and New York Times bestselling author Brendan Kiely starts a conversation with white kids about race in this ';well-executed and long overdue' (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) introduction to white privilege and why allyship is so vital.

March through history and discover twenty-five groundbreaking protest movements that have shaped the way we fight for equality and justice today in this stunningly illustrated and sweeping book!

';Historical fiction at its best.