Perfect for fans of 13 Reasons Why. 'A gripping, eye-opening YA novel that I wish I could put in everyone's hands.' Pretty Little Memoirs ************************************************************* 'Death should never meet the young. But it did. Thanks to my brother, death made fourteen new friends that day. Maybe even fifteen, if you count Charlie.' At sixteen, Sam Macmillan is supposed to be thinking about girls, homework and his upcoming application to music college, not picking up the pieces after the school shooting that his brother Charlie committed. Yet as Sam desperately tries to hang on to the memories he has of his brother, the media storm surrounding their family threatens to destroy everything. And Sam has to question all he thought he knew about life and death, right and wrong. Endorsed by Amnesty International UK for reminding us that human rights belong to all of us. ************************************************************* Praise for Dear Charlie: 'At its searing best the novel demonstrates how the perpetrator of a despicable act can still be loved, forgiven and very missed' The Financial Times 'A very important book... a powerful book that will stay with you.' Culturefly 'An exceptional novel on a controversial and relevant subject today.' The Bookbag 'An incredibly moving, heartfelt and thought-provoking novel' Black Plume 'You know this book is going to go straight to your heart and rip a little bit of it out.' Long Story Short 'If you're after a truly thought-provoking book this is well worth a read.' Bibliowormed 'Utterly heartbreaking and so beautifully written.' Goodreads reviewer

*Little Badman and friends return in a second hilarious and action-packed adventure, for fans of David Baddiel and David Walliams* Praise for Little Badman and the Invasion of the Killer Aunties: 'Wildly over the top and satisfying' The Observer New Review Children's Book of the Month 'This book is bonkers but proper funny- it's Drake meets James Bond' Match of the Day Magazine ________ 'You've probably heard of me, right? Little Badman. No? Oh. Well . . . doesn't Matter. You will do one day. I'm gonna be big.' I'm Humza Khan, the greatest eleven-year-old rapper Eggington ever had. I've also faced deadly alien slugs, killer aunties and double maths. But now, I (and my best friend Umer I guess) face something even scarier - my dad! He's pretty fed up with us being naughty, so he's sending us away . . . to school. But this is not ordinary school. This is a special summer school in Pakistan, and man something weird is going on - someone has been messing with time! I may have to save the world again . . .

Sixteen year old Solomon has agoraphobia. He hasn't left his house in three years, which is fine by him. At home, he is the master of his own kingdom--even if his kingdom doesn't extend outside of the house.

Ambitious Lisa desperately wants to go to a top tier psychiatry program. She'll do anything to get in.

When Lisa finds out about Solomon's solitary existence, she comes up with a plan sure to net her a scholarship: befriend Solomon. Treat his condition. And write a paper on her findings. To earn Solomon's trust, Lisa begins letting him into her life, introducing him to her boyfriend Clark, and telling him her secrets. Soon, Solomon begins to open up and expand his universe. But all three teens have grown uncomfortably close, and when their facades fall down, their friendships threaten to collapse as well.

A board book featuring Thing One and Thing Two--from Dr. Seuss's The Cat in the Hat--that's perfect for back to school! Written in super-simple rhyme, this sweet, sturdy board book follows Thing One and Thing Two as they spend a typical day at school. From riding the school bus, learning their ABCs and numbers, reading, making art and music, playing outside, and visiting with a class pet, Dr. Seuss's beloved Things reassure toddlers that school is a fun place to learn. Perfect for back to school, this is an ideal way to introduce the very youngest children to the magic of Dr. Seuss!

Lien is die oudste kind in ’n disfunksionele huishouding, waar die status van die gesin van welgesteld tot armblankes verander het weens die misbruik van trustfondse deur haar prokureurspa, nou ’n gevangene, en haar ma weens haar onvermoë om die situasie te verwerk, ’n alkoholis word. Al wat oorbly van die glans van ’n vroeë lewe is ’n woordlose video met grepe uit gelukkige tye saam. Die besorgheid van ’n buurtannie help in die donkerste ure van die gesin, terwyl dit nodig word vir Lien om uit te spring om brood op die tafel te sit.

Vir haar en haar jonger broer, Braam, oor wie sy besorg is, is daar aanpassingsprobleme by die nuwe skool, maar deur veral twee vriende, Wouter en Mimi, elk met hulle eie verwondheid, herwin Lien vir haar ’n eie plek. Sy doen naskool loswerkies vir ’n inkomste, veral om die aand kos op die tafel te kry en te spaar vir wanneer sy eendag oorsee kan gaan. Die behoeftes van die gesin kan egter nie alleen deur die wisselvallige inkomste aangespreek word nie.

Terwyl haar ma se alkoholisme tot tragiese dieptes verval, begin sy in ’n vermomming op ’n straathoek bedel, waar sy randkarakters soos Roos en Tibbey leer ken en sy geleidelik hulle vertroue en vriendskap wen. Ondanks uitdagende omstandighede slaag sy daarin om ’n verantwoordelikheidsin te kweek wat hulle posisie as gesin ook geleidelik positief beinvloed. Die wyse waarop sy op haar gesins- en persoonlike uitdagings reageer, help haar om te groei, haar roeping te vind en vrede te maak met haar verlede.

Vanaf die aangrypende openingstoneel word die aandag geboei met stilistiese vernuf, oortuigende karakterisering en geloofwaardige ruimte-beelding. Die skrywer het ’n oorspronklike aanslag wat gereflekteer word in die oorspronklike taalgebruik en skerp, vermaaklike dialoog. Respek vir die woord staan sentraal in hierdie manuskrip.

Die gang van gebeure word so gestruktureer dat die leser meegevoer word en dit moeilik vind om die manuskrip neer te sit. Die narratief word effektief afgewissel met beskrywings van klanklose ou video-grepe. ’n Uitgebreide verwysingsraamwerk van musiek en ander motiewe word deurgaans gehandhaaf en uitgebou – so word die verhaal effektief gelaai met sekondêre betekenislae.

Hierdie verhaal spreek ook van ’n maatskaplike gewete wat dit vierkantig plaas binne die konteks van ons sosio-politieke landskap. Dit is ’n verhaal wat die leser subtiel uitdaag om verantwoordelikheid te neem vir sy eie geluk en om die goeie in mense en situasies raak te sien, wat werklik ’n vars briesie is.

Jessica is a worrier. She worries about everything, and that includes what to bring to class for 100th Day. Nothing she can think of seems right.

100 ice cubes?

Too melty.

100 marshmallows?

Too sticky.

100 toothpicks?

Too pointy.

Jessica counts, adds, and multiplies her way to the 100th day of class. And in the end, with the loving support of her family, finds the answer to her 100th Day worries.

New York Times bestselling author Jack Chabert knows how to keep young readers on the edge of their seats! Pick a book. Grow a Reader!This series is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line, Branches, aimed at newly independent readers. With easy-to-read text, high-interest content, fast-paced plots, and illustrations on every page, these books will boost reading confidence and stamina. Branches books help readers grow!Eerie Elementary is hosting a haunted house for the town's Eerie Day celebration! But mad scientist Orson Eerie has his own plans for this creepy holiday. Pumpkins attack and Sam gets trapped in a hayride maze! Can the hall monitors find a way to save their school and the rest of the town? Will they finally defeat this mad scientist FOR GOOD?

Everybody tells Ladybug her drawing is not an elephant, but a giant ball of fluff. But... is it? A pleasantly colorful book, printed in stone paper, that invites readers to be imaginative and creative.In school, the forest children had fun discovering the names of distant jungles, jumping around in the schoolyard, learning new songs. Miss Dragonfly asked their students to draw an elephant as homework. Ladybug's friends Snail, Firefly and other colleagues were the first to show their masterpiece. Ladybug surprised everyone by drawing a giant ball of fluff. There was no sign of the pachyderm! All the forest animals were worried: why would she have drawn something like that? Miss Dragonfly couldn't believe it, so she warned Ladybug's parents. It was not like her to do such thing... Who knows! Maybe she needed an ear exam... People in the forest started gossiping... But she could not be any healthier! Soon enough, Ladybug made it clear that perhaps they were wrong prejudging her creativity.

When Samantha Steadman starts high school at a boarding school in the Ukahlamba Drakensberg mountains, little does she know that she will soon be engaged in an ecological war for the survival of the endangered leatherback turtle.

Their adventures range from dangerous night-time skirmishes with illegal fishermen, to crazy antics for television cameras. Samantha and her friends - rich and sassy Jessie Delaney, and cabinet minister's daughter Nomusa Gule - take the fight from the classroom to the open seas.

Back at school, they have to deal with romances and heartbreaks, a joint musical production with the neighbouring boys' school, encounters with an eccentric bunch of teachers, conflicts with parents and skirmishes with bitter rivals.

Together they will need to find the strength to cope, and the hope that comes from knowing that individuals can make a difference.

In die laaste boek in die gewilde trilogie begin Lehandi se matriekjaar slegter as ’n rugbywedstryd wat uitgereen het. Haar ma is verloof en Prissie die Vissie is saam met haar strooimeisie. En dit terwyl Lehandi alweer single is. Boonop het die nerd Peyton van vakansie af teruggekom met spiere en kontaklense. En alles verander skielik handomkeer, 180 grade in die verkeerde rigting, wanneer haar vorige BFF Reqita weer terugstap in haar lewe in.

Could you disconnect from your phone for six weeks? An eccentric entrepreneur has challenged Esther's year group to do just that, and the winners will walk away with GBP1,000. For Esther, whose dad, sister and baby nephew live thousands of miles away in New York, the prize might be her only chance to afford flights for a visit ... But can she really stay disconnected for long enough to win? Particularly suitable for struggling, reluctant or dyslexic readers aged 13+

The super (like, actually, with powers and stuff) series from the amazingly talented Sophy Henn, award-winning author and illustrator of Bad Nana! The perfect read for children aged 7, 8, 9 and upwards, and for fans of Dork Diaries, Tom Gates, Amelia Fang, Wimpy Kid and Dog Man.

BEING A SUPERHERO IS THE BEST THING EVER, RIGHT? WRONG!

HELLO! My name is PIZAZZ and I’m a superhero . . . You probably think that’s really AWESOME, and while it can be, it’s also REEEEEEEAAALLLLY annoying.

I guess it was sort of going OK (I say, “sort of” – I still have to wear a silly cape and save the world all the time) until this NEW KID showed up, and started WOWING everyone with their super powers. Yep, SUPER POWERS – just what this town needs, another super . . . Who just happens to have the coolest name ever: Jett.

And now, because of Serena and her gang of Populars, I have to compete against Jett in an almighty and ultimate SUPER-OFF.

But it’s fine. I mean, even if I lose, there’s space for two SUPERS in this school, isn’t there?!

Hilariously narrated by reluctant superhero Pizazz, and brimming with Sophy’s distinctive illustrations and comic-book strips.

A classic children’s book from best-loved Bill's New Frock author, former Children’s Laureate Anne Fine. Perfect for readers aged between 7 and 9 and fans of The Midnight Gang and Pamela Butchart's Wigglesbottom Primary series.

It’s Ivan’s first day at his new school, and Boris is told to look after him, and translate for him, because Ivan can only speak Russian. After all, St Edmund’s is a civilized school. Only problem is, Ivan isn’t civilized. So when Ivan starts greeting people as ‘lowly shivering worms’, and asking for words in English like ‘crush’ and ‘mutilate’, Boris realises that he’s going to have his work cut out for him. And that’s just the start of the day . . .

Anne Fine’s fun school stories have been delighting children for more than 20 years, winning her awards such as the Smarties Book Award and Carnegie Medal along the way.

All of the children love Mr Kazarian the librarian. He makes learning fun, and his library is their favourite place to hang out. What they don't know is that Mr K is actually an alien, sent to Earth to study the habits of these bizarre creatures called humans. When four of his pupils discover his human hologram disguise, Mr K's research is in jeopardy ... unless a trip to space will persuade them to keep his secret? A science-fiction graphic adventure with lots of actual science!

NEW STUDENT GETS OLD TEACHER

The bad news is that Cara Landry is the new kid at Denton Elementary School. The worse news is that her teacher, Mr. Larson, would rather read the paper and drink coffee than teach his students anything. So Cara decides to give Mr. Larson something else to read -- her own newspaper, The Landry News.

Before she knows it, the whole fifth-grade class is in on the project. But then the principal finds a copy of The Landry News, with unexpected results. Tomorrow's headline: Will Cara's newspaper cost Mr. Larson his job?

Welcome, readers, to the imaginative brain of Omar! You might not know me yet, but once you open the pages of this book you'll laugh so hard that snot will come out of your nose (plus you might meet a dragon and a zombie - what more could you want?).

My parents decided it would be a good idea to move house AND move me to a new school at the same time. As if I didn't have a hard enough time staying out of trouble at home, now I've also got to try and make new friends. What's worse, the class bully seems to think I'm the perfect target.

At least Eid's around the corner which means a feast (YAY) and presents (DOUBLE YAY). Well, as long as I can stay in Mum and Dad's good books long enough...

The combination of Zanib Mian's hilarious text and Nasaya Mafaridik's fantastic cartoon-style illustrations make the PLANET OMAR series perfect for fans of Tom Gates and Wimpy Kid.

Previously published as 'THE MUSLIMS', this was the winner of the Little Rebels Award in June 2018. The text has been revised, expanded with new scenes and re-illustrated.

Trapped and alone on the salt marshes, Jodie is troubled by a haunting presence in this eerily atmospheric ghost story from multi-award-winning author Hilary McKay. Jodie never wanted to come on the residential trip to the field centre. A loner at school, she's forced into a dormitory with other girls from her class who don't understand her and talk about her behind her back. Even though they're not trying to be mean, Jodie feels excluded and miserable, and eventually escapes out onto the salt marshes in search of a little dog she can hear barking in the distance. But the salt marshes are dangerous and Jodie gets trapped by the incoming tide. Stuck in the sucking mud, will anyone even notice that she's gone? And where is the little dog that keeps barking so mournfully ...?

Red, White, & Royal Blue meets The West Wing in Jasper Sanchez's electric and insightful #ownvoices YA debut, chronicling a transmasculine student's foray into a no-holds-barred student body president election against the wishes of his politician father. Optics can make or break an election. Everything Mark knows about politics, he learned from his father, the Congressman who still pretends he has a daughter and not a son. Mark has promised to keep his past hidden and pretend to be the cis guy everyone assumes he is. But when he sees a manipulatively charming candidate for student body president inflame dangerous rhetoric, Mark risks his low profile to become a political challenger. The problem? No one really knows Mark. He didn't grow up in this town, and his few friends are all nerds. Still, thanks to Scandal and The West Wing, they know where to start: from campaign stops to voter polling to a fashion makeover. Soon Mark feels emboldened to engage with voters-and even start a new romance. But with an investigative journalist digging into his past, a father trying to silence him, and the bully frontrunner standing in his way, Mark will have to decide which matters most: perception or truth, when both are just as dangerous. "Mind-bogglingly good. This is a novel that every teen needs." -Kacen Callender, author of Felix Ever After "Charming, stunning, and unapologetically queer." -Mason Deaver, bestselling author of I Wish You All the Best and The Ghosts We Keep

The fifth book in the hilarious Magnificent Mabel series, highly illustrated throughout and with three short stories - perfect for newly-confident readers. Meet Mabel - she's MAGNIFICENT. Sometimes life isn't fair for Mabel Chase. Like for instance she isn't allowed to go Trick or Treating on HALLOWEEN because she has to visit a relative instead. And even though there's a monster living under her bed, her parents STILL won't let her have a brand-new high-up bunk bed which wouldn't have ANY hiding spots for monsters. And NO-ONE at school believes her when she spots aliens in the playground. But none of that matters in the end ... because Mabel is still MAGNIFICENT. But none of that matters in the end ... because Mabel is still MAGNIFICENT. Look out for: Magnificent Mabel and the Rabbit Riot Magnificent Mabel and the Christmas Elf Magnificent Mabel and the Egg and Spoon Race Magnificent Mabel and the Magic Caterpillar