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The Treasure Seekers

Emma — Thu, 05 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

November 1918. Stanley is convinced that the stained-glass window in the church that Martha's late grandfather removed during the war is the protection the village needs to solve all its problems, including his mother's sickness. But Martha refuses to help him search for the window panels, wanting to keep her beloved grandfather's secrets safe. When Stanley becomes ill as well, Martha realises she must act to help him. She begins her search for the panels, even as her father struggles with his own inner-turmoil in the aftermath of the war. As the people who are most important to them suffer, Martha and Stanley step up their search. Can all the panels be found before it's too late?

Blood Moon

Emma — Thu, 02 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Lie or Die survivor Kass is back and blackmailed into competing in the reality TV sequel, Blood Moon. Lured to a mysterious castle location, Kass discovers that these contestants will go to extreme lengths for fame, fortune, and revenge, and that far from being on the run, the Lie or Die killer has prepared a deadly comeback. Kass has just three nights of the Blood Moon to identify the Werewolves and save her friends. Lie or Die was just a rehearsal. Reality TV just got deadlier. Welcome to Blood Moon.

Michael the Great Globetrotting Sausage Dog

Emma — Thu, 11 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Michael and Stanley are embarking on the race of a lifetime as they compete to win the TV show, Chase Around the World! Michael is determined to get his paws on the glitter-globe trophy. But with Stanley Big Dog intent on having fun, can they come out on top?

Hero the Highway Girl

Emma — Thu, 04 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000

An exhilarating novel, set in a Georgian world of highwaymen and tricksters, starring heiress Hero Devine. Hero is a girl who can hold her own, as notorious, charming, highwayman Jack Giles discovers to his cost when he tries to hold up her coach. Accompanied only by her pet wolf Flow, Hero is escaping a childhood beset by the darkest horrors and she soon recruits Jack to her own urgent mission: to change the dreadful fate ordained for her by her evil family. As a reluctant Jack is drawn into her terrifying world, he discovers that she may hold the clues to his own mysterious past.

Grimstink

Emma — Thu, 10 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Alien Grimstink has travelled ninety thousand light years to annihilate all life on Earth. 13-year-old Layla Tenby has travelled half a mile to deliver leaflets for affordable fence panels. But, when they swap places, Grimstink finds himself battling traffic wardens and the Subway sandwich ordering system, while Layla is zapped to a strange planet and left fighting for the future of the galaxy whether she wants to or not (spoiler: she does not want to). Is Reece, Layla’ s annoying younger brother, key to the galaxy’ s survival, or will his friendship with new bestie Grimstink lead them all to impending doom?From black holes to shopping precincts; from mining satellites to old people’ s homes; from quantum spaceships to the middle aisle of Aldi. Is this the end of all life on Planet Earth? ? or the beginning of a beautiful friendship?

Skrimsli

Emma — Thu, 03 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Who are you if you've never seen another face like yours? Where do you belong if you don't know where your home is? What do you call yourself when others call you 'freak'? Set in a world where animals and humans can sometimes share their thoughts, this story traces the early life of Skrimsli, the tiger sea captain who stole readers' hearts in 'The Song that Sings Us'. He and his friends, Owl and Kal, must first escape the clutches of tyrannical circus owner Kobret Majak and his twin assassin-acrobats, then stop a war and save an ancient forest! Skrimsli and his friends are helped by desert princess the Palatine and her eagle, a chihuahua who thinks she's a wolf, a horse with heart of gold and the crew of a very unusual ship.

Project pony

Emma — Thu, 01 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Natalie has had enough of her mum's boyfriend, but what's the best way to get him out of their lives for good? Perhaps going away with Mum and best friend Ashlin to the Own Your Own Pony week will persuade Mum that Natalie and horse riding are all they need.

Fishfolk

Emma — Thu, 10 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000

The High-and-Dry is a windswept land that is being fast lost to the ever-growing sea. The only things left are seagulls, seaweed, twins Luna and Oona, and their Grandad Mull. Luna and Oona have grown up listening to Grandad Mull’s stories about the dastardly shape-shifting fishfolk who live in the sea around them and cause the waves to swallow the shore with their spells. Storms sent by fishfolk are the reason why Grandad Mull is all that is left of their family, he says. But when Luna and Oona meet a fishfolk for real, Luna begins to question her grandfather’s stories much to Oona’s confusion.
A strikingly original and moving fable for our times from debut author Steven Quincey-Jones. With black and white woodcut-style illustrations.

Feather

Emma — Tue, 08 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Huw always pops in to see his nan onthe way home from school – she bakeshim cakes and never fusses about hishomework. And so it’ s a great shock when,one day, Nan forgets his name, and callshim Hywel – the long-unmentionable nameof her late brother. As Nan slowly slips intothe grip of dementia, Huw and his friendsgo on a quest to learn more about Hyweland what happened to him.