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Shortlisted for the Costa Book Award and YA Book Prize, and a Sunday Times Best Book of the Year. Coercive behaviour and women’s rage are tackled in this hard-hitting YA novel from the bestselling author of Before I Die.

Join bestselling comics sensation Jamie Smart for this hilarious, addictive collection of stories, available in a new chunky format! 

 

Celebrate the world’s greatest stories and their fascinating creators, in the newest instalment of an award-winning graphic novel series!

 

From the editorial team behind Horrible Histories comes this lively, inspirational biography of the world's most famous freedom fighter.

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A fully illustrated novel from comics creator Neill Cameron! Perfect for fans of Diary of a Wimpy Kid and Tom Gates. 

POW! PEW! FWOOSH! Meet Freddy – the most super-amazing superhero robot EVER. His unbelievably Amazing Robotic Abilities are mind-blowingly cool. But it turns out that teachers get really angry when you use your rocket boosters in class. Which is rather a problem for Freddy…

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A brand new YA novel from bestselling, award-winning author Lisa Williamson! A love letter to best friendship, first loves and unexpected surprises, and a powerful reminder that every day is the first day of the rest of your life.

Best friends Frankie and Jojo do everything together - so when Jojo goes missing on GCSE results day, Frankie knows something must be seriously wrong. Then news breaks that a baby has been stolen. When Frankie finally gets a return call from Jojo and hears a crying baby in the background, she can't help but jump to conclusions. She asks her ex-boyfriend Ram to help her track down Jojo but he's less than convinced by her theory. Jojo is the most reliable person he knows - there's got to be another explanation. Right?

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From the author of the phenomenal His Dark Materials series comes the next chapter in the story of Lyra Silvertongue...

Lyra is now studying at St Sophia's College, Oxford, with her daemon Pantalaimon. 

But, for the first time there are serious divisions between the two. 
Lyra is questioning everything she once held dear. Pan misses the impulsiveness of their youth. 

When an act of terrible violence breaks the peace of the Oxford night, Lyra and Pan's relationship reaches a crisis and they are drawn, far from home, into the dangerous factions of a world they had no idea existed.

The Secret Commonwealth is truly a book for our times; a powerful adventure and a thought-provoking look at what it is to understand yourself and to grow up and make sense of the world around you. 

*Exclusive to the paperback edition, Chris Wormell's new original illustrations bring Lyra's world vividly to life.*

Available now in paperback!

 

We are proud to be publishing a timely illustrated guide by Ben Martynoga to de-mystify the coronavirus for readers of all ages.

The Virus is an essential and entertaining guide to the microscopic threat that has come to dominate all our lives, for readers aged 9 to 99. 

In The Virus, publishing in July 2020, neuroscientist and science writer Ben Martynoga takes us on a fascinating, sometimes funny, and occasionally scary journey through the world of viruses, breaking down what they are, how they work, and – crucially – how humanity can overcome them.

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FAST AND FURRY-OUS!

Welcome to the woods. It’s chaos in there!

Join bestselling comics sensation Jamie Smart for this hilarious collection of stories*, available in a new chunky format for the first time! 

Bunny and his friends Weenie the Squirrel, Pig (the pig), Action Beaver and Skunky the Inventor lived a peaceful life in the forest – until Monkey’s rocket crash-landed and he decided to take over!

Now Monkey is causing mayhem, Bunny is determined to put a stop to it, and... what's that? It's an out of control shark tank, ruining a lovely picnic!

Available from 2nd July in a 256-page chunky, full colour paperback, Bunny vs Monkey is perfect for fans of Dog Man!

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