When fame tastes sweet, how far can you go before it turns sour?  

With AI influencer robots taking the internet by storm, Mikah and his friends team up to make their own content. No robots, no AI, just human beings in all their fallible glory.

Mikah’s mukbang channel where he stuffs his face with food soars to great heights, but what will happen when his body can no longer fly?

• Funny, dramatic and with a deliciously dark ending, Sweet and Sour is perfect for those who love a Black Mirror twist
• Take the Korean culture trend of mukbang, add followers and fame – and get a twist you’ll never see coming
• Drawing on the author’s experience of working with influencers, the story explores internet culture and the pitfalls of AI

PRAISE FOR ISLAND OF INFLUENCERS:

‘This book was so much fun!’ @aquintillionwords

‘Like a modern day Hunger Games‘ @misswynnreads_

‘Seriously, you should all read it’ @thebookdragonsbooklair

Maggie McKay hardly knows what to do with herself. After an idyllic childhood of homeschooling with her mother and rough-housing with her older brothers, it’s time for Maggie to face the outside world, all on her own. But that means facing high school first. And it also means solving the mystery of the melancholy ghost who has silently followed Maggie throughout her entire life. Maybe it even means making a new friend – one who isn’t one of her brothers . . .

Funny, surprising, and tender, Friends with Boys by Faith Erin Hicks is a pitch perfect YA graphic novel full of spooky supernatural fun, with black and white illustrations. Don’t miss Faith’s other YA graphic novels: Hockey Girl Loves Drama Boy, One Year at Ellsmere, Nothing Can Possibly Go Wrong (with Prudence Shen) and Pumpkinheads (with Rainbow Rowell).

A magnificent tale of adventure, emotion and a girl who defies an empire set in the backdrop of sublime landscape – perfect for Christmas.

THE FIRST EVER WINNER OF THE WATERSTONES CHILDREN’S BOOK PRIZE

‘A dazzling, confident debut about power and personal discovery’ THE TIMES

‘A supremely satisfying read which really deserves to be called a page-turner’ THE GUARDIAN

‘A wonderful, swashbuckling read and an exceptional debut.’ BOOKS FOR KEEPS

When her father dies nobly in battle, fourteen-year-old Thirrin becomes Queen of the Icemark, a tiny kingdom forever caught between dangerous neighbours.

Thirrin must raise an army to protect her people from seemingly invincible Imperial invaders. Her search for allies takes her beyond her northern borders, to former enemies in The-Land-of-the-Ghosts and onwards to the frozen Hub-of-the-World.

But can she save her kingdom in time?

• A new stunning cover look for the previous winner of the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize
• A gloriously dramatic and heartfelt story about a remarkable girl who defies an empire
• Combines breathtaking description, steely-edged action and warm characterisation
• Perfect for junior Game of Thrones fans

‘The characters are so fresh, and the writing so vivid, that Hill should win many new recruits to fantasy fiction among 10- to 14-year-olds’ SUNDAY TELEGRAPH

‘A first novel with a distinctive and seductive voice’ THE INDEPENDENT

‘A wonderful, swashbuckling read and an exceptional debut’ BOOKS FOR KEEPS

‘A sensational new author who is going to take the children’s book world by storm ? read it, read it, read it’ THE BOOKSELLER