‘Absolute brilliance . . . Extraordinary.’ Hannah Gold
‘Original, ingenious.’ Jonathan Stroud
‘I loved this from beginning to end.’ Kiran Millwood Hargrave
‘Unputdownable.’ MG Leonard

In the city of Temstown, for the first time in twenty years . . . Vampires are prowling the streets.

The only way to make the city safe again is by culling the undead with a stake through the heart. But vampire slayers are in dangerously short supply.

Then three girls, Mina, Buffy and Bella, discover a mindblowing secret. Could they alone have the powers to cure – not cull – vampires?

Temstown is about to welcome its very own vampire healing company, and their first case is perilously close to home . . .

9+ readers will devour the atmospheric setting, the vampish powers and the gothic details – including a talking raven – perfect for fans of Murder Most Unladylike, The Swifts and TV show, Wednesday.

‘Superb.   About community and voices and standing up for yourself‘ Phil Earle, British Book Award-winning author of  When the Sky Falls

Bridie works hard to feed her family, selling matches on the streets of Victorian London. After an incident leaves her with only three matches left, the magical strike of each one sees her tumble into visions of a brighter future. Realizing she has the power to change her own fortune, Bridie leads the match factory workers out on strike, achieving the remarkable through their unity and courage.

A defiant and empowering retelling of the classic you thought you knew, based on real-life events, this stunning collaboration brought to life in glorious spot colour introduces a bold new heroine for future generations to treasure.    

‘Bridie is a feminist icon, with a story that is all too relevant. There is so much power in these beautiful pages’ Katya Balen, winner of the Carnegie Medal

‘A defiant, elegantly illustrated story’  Sunday Times Culture

‘A brilliant story of collective power that champions community and kindness’ Abi Elphinstone

‘A powerful strike right to the heart, burning with courage, that should light a beacon of hope for young readers’ Piers Torday

‘A timely read that might prompt discussion’ Observer

‘[Lauren] Child’s vivid spot-colour illustrations elegantly complement the fierceness of the story’ Guardian

‘A masterful interweaving of fairytale and fact with social action and strong women at its heart’ Smriti Halls

The English seaside, 1920s

A world famous escape artist . . .
A suitcase full of secrets . . .
And a death-defying stunt . . .

When Harry Houdini comes to visit the seaside town of Sidford-on-Sea, Glory and her friend Dennis are first in-line to see him. He is there to perform a daring trick: he will jump off the town pier in chains, pitching himself into the water below. But when Glory outsmarts the infamous Houdini, she is suddenly sucked into his world, and finds herself tasked with looking after his precious trunk – the one that contains all his secrets.

With Houdini in danger, Glory and Dennis are thrown deep into an adventure that takes them all the way to Coney Island in America, and the dark underbelly of its amusement parks . . .

‘Utterly thrilling.’ Abi Elphinstone
‘Magical.’ Katya Balen
‘An absolute cracker.’ Hilary McKay
‘A page-turning, plot-twisting, mind-bending treat.’ Piers Torday
‘Bursting with excitement, action and heart.’ Jasbinder Bilan
‘Emma Carroll at her dazzling, storytelling best.’ Phil Earle

‘A joyously animal-packed adventure.’ – Hilary McKay, Costa Award-winning author of The Skylark’s War

In 1946, Rosa Sweetman, a young Kindertransport girl, is longing for her family to claim her. The war in Europe is over and she is the only child left at Westwood, a rambling country estate in the north of England, where she’d taken refuge seven years earlier.

The arrival of a friend of the family, Yara Fielding, starts an adventure that will take Rosa deep into the lush beauty of the Amazon rainforest in search of jaguars, ancient giant sloths and somewhere to belong. What she finds is Yara’s lively, welcoming family on the banks of the river and, together, they face a danger greater than she could ever have imagined.

Featuring places and characters known and loved by fans of Journey to the River Sea (including, among others, Maia, Finn, Miss Minton and Clovis) this spectacular story tells of the next generation and the growing threats to the Amazon rainforest that continue to this day.

The future has a lot to learn from the past in this time-travelling adventure that explores the before and after of global warming.

On one side of the underwater street is the remains of a house . . . It’s beautiful here, and eerie, a lost kingdom, a ghost village . . .

It’s the near-future and Britain is having yet another heatwave. Of course, the government have put in the normal curfews for this kind of weather, and shops are forced to shut again. For Polly, it’s the sort of heat that makes her do wild, out-of-character things just to cool down.

Like face her fear of deepwater. Essential when she and her brother have been sent to their aunt’s eco lake-side house for the summer.

But Truthwater Lake is beginning to dry up. As the water level diminishes, a lost village emerges. Swimming over the rooftops at midnight, Polly dives down and is suddenly able to breathe, to hear church bells and bird song . . . Polly has discovered an underwater gateway . . . to the past!

‘Absolutely gorgeous.’ Hilary McKay
‘Gripping.’ Guardian, Best Books of 2022
‘Spellbinding.’ School Reading List
‘Gorgeously told.’ Nicola Penfold, LoveReading Book of the Month
‘Exhilarating.’ FT

February, 1941. After months of bombing raids in London, twelve-year-old Olive Bradshaw and her little brother Cliff are evacuated to the Devon coast. The only person with two spare beds is Mr Ephraim, the local lighthouse keeper. But he’s not used to company and he certainly doesn’t want any evacuees.

Desperate to be helpful, Olive becomes his post-girl, carrying secret messages (as she likes to think of the letters) to the villagers. But Olive has a secret of her own. Her older sister Sukie went missing in an air raid, and she’s desperate to discover what happened to her. And then she finds a strange coded note which seems to link Sukie to Devon, and to something dark and impossibly dangerous.

‘Superb.   About community and voices and standing up for yourself‘ Phil Earle, British Book Award-winning author of  When the Sky Falls

Bridie works hard to feed her family, selling matches on the streets of Victorian London. After an incident leaves her with only three matches left, the magical strike of each one sees her tumble into visions of a brighter future. Realizing she has the power to change her own fortune, Bridie leads the match factory workers out on strike, achieving the remarkable through their unity and courage.

A defiant and empowering retelling of the classic you thought you knew, based on real-life events, this stunning collaboration brought to life in glorious spot colour introduces a bold new heroine for future generations to treasure.    

‘Bridie is a feminist icon, with a story that is all too relevant. There is so much power in these beautiful pages’ Katya Balen, winner of the Carnegie Medal

‘A defiant, elegantly illustrated story’  Sunday Times Culture

‘A brilliant story of collective power that champions community and kindness’ Abi Elphinstone

‘A powerful strike right to the heart, burning with courage, that should light a beacon of hope for young readers’ Piers Torday

‘A timely read that might prompt discussion’ Observer

‘[Lauren] Child’s vivid spot-colour illustrations elegantly complement the fierceness of the story’ Guardian

‘A masterful interweaving of fairytale and fact with social action and strong women at its heart’ Smriti Halls

‘Unputdownable storytelling. I loved it.’ – Hilary McKay, Costa Award-winning author of The Skylark’s War

In 1946, Rosa Sweetman, a young Kindertransport girl, is longing for her family to claim her. The war in Europe is over and she is the only child left at Westwood, a rambling country estate in the north of England, where she’d taken refuge seven years earlier.

The arrival of a friend of the family, Yara Fielding, starts an adventure that will take Rosa deep into the lush beauty of the Amazon rainforest in search of jaguars, ancient giant sloths and somewhere to belong. What she finds is Yara’s lively, welcoming family on the banks of the river and, together, they face a danger greater than she could ever have imagined.

Featuring places and characters known and loved by fans of Journey to the River Sea (including, among others, Maia, Finn, Miss Minton and Clovis) this spectacular new chapter in the story tells of the next generation and the growing threats to the Amazon rainforest that continue to this day.

Britain, 1962

‘Who are you?’ I asked.
‘You don’t know who I am? You mean, it’s not been on the news?’
The girl glanced from Ray to me and back again.
‘It’s better I don’t tell you,’ she said firmly.

Nothing ever happens in World’s End Close. So when Stevie discovers a runaway girl in her coal shed, the first thing she does is fetch her best friend, Ray. Both are dying for a bit of adventure, and when the girl begs for help, they readily agree.

Yet they soon realise they’ve taken on more than they bargained for. The girl, Anna, reveals she’s on the run from people who are trying to poison her. Meanwhile, on the news, the Americans and Russians are arguing over missiles in Cuba.

As the threat of war grows, Anna’s behaviour becomes more mysterious. And when Stevie unearths a dark family secret, she wonders if Anna has come to World’s End Close on purpose, with a special message just for her . . .

An enthralling thriller, perfect for our tumultuous times.

‘The queen of historical fiction at her finest.’ The Guardian

‘A superb feat of storytelling.’ Hilary McKay, author of The Skylark’s War

‘One of our best writers of historical fiction for children.’ The Times

‘Carroll’s most compelling book yet.’ Ross Montgomery, author of The Midnight Guardians

‘The Hilary Mantel of children’s fiction.’ The Telegraph