Set on one of Britain's tough and often brutal council estates, Gun Dog is a powerful story about the struggle to succeed in a place where the lawless operate without fear and the good are consistently failed by the agencies of law and order.
Hard-hitting and achingly real, this carefully crafted YA novel from the multi-award-winning author of My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece is a moving tale of sexuality, mental health and modern family life.
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.
Winner of the Esther Glen Medal for Junior Fiction 2015 Storylines Notable Book Award 2015 'Conrad Cooper is the most lovable fictional character I have come across since Frankie Parsons in The 10pm Question .
Perfect for fans of Kelly Yang and Jessica Kim, this joyful, moving middle grade contemporary follows a big-hearted Taiwanese American girl as she aims to gain her familys acceptance and save her favorite boba tea shop by selling her handcrafted amigurumi dolls.
The Parent TrapmeetsThe Holidayin this heartwarming and funny story of two girls, one American and one British, who become friends and confidantes when their families swap houses, from the acclaimed author of Glitter Gets Everywhere.
From Lisa Moore Rame, author of the Walter Honor Awardwinning A Good Kind of Trouble, comes her debut middle grade fantasyan absorbing, imaginative adventure about a Black boy who has the magical ability to bring maps to life.
Facing a world dually altered by climate change and those who profit from it, Yolanda Cicern will have to fight to save the last known beehive from extinction in this stirring new adventure by award-winning author Pablo Cartaya.
From New York Times bestselling author and news anchor Raymond Arroyo comes the first book in the Turnabout Tales seriesa picture book biography of one of America's most famous inventors, Thomas Alva Edison, and a story about never giving up.
A heartfelt and hopeful middle grade novel from Jacquetta Nammar Feldman, author of the Junior Library Guild Gold Standard SelectionWishing Upon the Same Stars, about family, joy, and growing up in the aftermath of a natural disaster.
Admission meets American Panda in this propulsive, poignant YA contemporary novel about a teen who, after getting rejected from her dream college, forges her own acceptance and commits to living a lie.
In this thrilling sequel to the spellbinding (Booklist starred review) and mesmerizing (Publishers Weekly starred review) middle grade fantasy adventure Cece Rios and the Desert of Souls, Cece and her sister Juana must journey into the stronghold of Devils Alley to challenge the criatura king El Cucuy.
Fans of Emma Lord, Rachel Lynn Solomon, and Alex Light will love this clever, charming, and poignant debut novel with a masterful slow-burn romance at its core about a girl who must decide whether to pursue her dreams or preserve her relationships, including a budding romance with her ex-best friend, when an app she created goes viral.
Winner of the Crystal Kite Award, this touching story explores what it mean to be a good friend, how you should react to a bully, and makes the events of September 11th, 2001 personal.
Destiny doesn't factor into seventeen-year-old adoptee Maddie's rational world, where numbers and scientific probability have always proven to be the only things she can count on as safe and reliable.
Called the perfect childrens introduction to environmental issues by Fred Krupp, president of the Environmental Defense Fund, Our House Is Round gently guides young readers through a smartly narrated conversation illuminating the concept of global connection and environmental cause and effect.
Against the backdrop of the high-stakes and intensely competitive equestrian sport of show jumping, Finny, a fifteen-year-old girl in California, adopts an emaciated, untrained horse without her parents' knowledge.
"Kindermärchen mit Pfiff" lädt junge Leserinnen und Leser zu einer spannenden Sammlung von 27 Geschichten ein, die Abenteuerlust, Fantasie und wichtige Lebenslektionen miteinander verbinden.
An elementary school teacher's manual for using A Land Remembered to teach language arts, social studies, and science coordinated with the Sunshine State Standards of the Florida Department of Education.
An inspiring coming-of-age story told in prose and ';spare, lyrical' verse (The Horn Book Magazine) from award-winning author Margarita Engle about a girl falling in love for the first time while finding the courage to protest for women's right to vote in 1920s Cuba.