This March we’re absolutely thrilled to be publishing The Nowhere Thief  – a mind-bending multiverse adventure about theft, family, and finding your home from Alice M. Ross.

And today we’re very pleased to be sharing the first few chapters of the book – you can read an extract below!

Twelve-year-old Elsbeth has an extraordinary power: she can travel to parallel worlds and bring objects back with her. But as freak weather events become more frequent and a strange boy, Idris, starts to turn up everywhere she travels, she has to ask herself: does her gift come with a price?

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The Nowhere Thief  will be published on March 2nd – you can order a copy from Waterstones here, Bookshop.org here, or from Amazon here. Do let us know on socials what you thought of the first few chapters when you’ve finished reading!

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We’re absolutely thrilled to be publishing Press Start! Game On, Super Rabbit Boy!, and Press Start! Super Rabbit Boy Powers Up! next month – the first two books in a full-colour series of graphic novels about, and for, kids who love gaming by Thomas Flintham.

And today we’re delighted to be sharing a preview of the first two books – you can read the first few chapters of each below!

Join Sunny as he and Super Rabbit Boy take on the world, one move at a time!

In the first book, Sunny’s favourite game is Super Rabbit Boy and he loves to pit his skills against King Viking who hates fun and happiness and wants to steal Singing Dog and bring sadness to Animal Town FOR EVER! Can Sunny help Super Rabbit Boy get to Level 6 and rescue Singing Dog and restore joy to Animal Town? Only if he defeats the Robot Army, dodges the Robo-Crabs and Lakes of Lava before battling King Viking himself!Has Sunny got the skills? Has Super Rabbit Boy eaten enough super magical carrots (SPOILER: origin story)? You’ll have to read and find out …

Read an extract from Press Start! Game On, Super Rabbit Boy! here:

In Super Rabbit Boy Powers Up!, King Viking is planning to build a Super Robot to destroy EVERYTHING and Super Rabbit Boy must find the Super Power Up component before King Viking does. He has a map and his BRAVERY and SKILLS. Can he break the evil wizard’s curse, defeat the gobbling goblins and solve the riddles he finds in the Cold, Cold Caves? Or will King Viking get there first and DOOM EVERYTHING. You’ll have to read and find out …

Read an extract from Press Start! Super Rabbit Boy Powers Up! here:

This month we’re absolutely thrilled to be publishing Alice Éclair, Spy Extraordinaire! A Spoonful of Spying – the second in a delectable new series for 9+ readers by Sarah Todd Taylor.

Inventors and artists have gathered in Paris for the World Fair. All eyes are on the aeroplane exhibition – these incredible machines will take humanity to new heights! Alice suspects that some of these inventors are in terrible danger, but no one will believe her. Surrounded by enemy spies, Alice will need to use every trick in the recipe book if she’s to keep her friends safe and stop France’s greatest invention from falling into the wrong hands.

With a half-baked plan and a dash of daring, Alice must foil the enemy’s plot before the whole thing boils over…

And today we’re very pleased to be sharing the first few chapters of the book – you can read an extract below!

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Alice Éclair, Spy Extraordinaire! A Recipe for Trouble will be published on January 12th – you can order a copy from Waterstones here, Bookshop.org here, or from Amazon here.

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This January we’re absolutely delighted to be publishing There’s a Beast in the Basement! – the next hilarious (mis)adventure in the Baby Aliens series from Pamela Butchart.

And today we’re very pleased to be sharing the first few chapters of the book – you can read an extract below!

Chaos and mayhem reign as Izzy and her friends take on another hilarious (mis)adventure. There’s no such thing as an ordinary day at school when they’re around… Izzy and her friends overhear their head teacher talking about “missing treasure” and “running out of time”. They know this means there’s TREASURE buried in the school somewhere and that Mr Graves wants it all for himself. So Jodi says they’ve got to find it first, and they should start by searching the staffroom. After seeing things they will never forget, they head to the basement. Gary Petrie’s dad is working down there and he’s seen something SHINY! So they send Zach’s cat down with a camera strapped to her head and study the footage carefully. What they see is SHOCKING and CHANGES EVERYTHING. It’s not treasure in the basement, it’s a BEAST with SHINING EYES and it’s coming to get them! RUN!!!

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There’s a Beast in the Basement! will be published on January 12th – you can order a copy from Waterstones here, Bookshop.org here, or from Amazon here. Do let us know on socials what you thought of the first few chapters when you’ve finished reading!

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This November we’re absolutely delighted to be publishing Murder At Snowfall  – a gripping thriller for readers who like danger and mystery and chills and spills from the comfort of their sofas from Fleur Hitchcock, author of Mouse Heart and Murder In Midwinter.

And today we’re very pleased to be sharing the first few chapters of the book – you can read an extract below!

When Lucas and Ruby find an abandoned trunk covered in snow, Lucas says there’s bound to be a body inside. Ruby laughs but what if he’s right? Nervously she starts to open it, and immediately wishes she hadn’t. From that moment on, they’re drawn into a thrilling mystery, one that they have to solve before the falling snow smothers all trace of wrongdoing…

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Murder At Snowfall will be published on November 3rd – you can order a copy from Waterstones here, Bookshop.org here, or from Amazon here. Do let us know on socials what you thought of the first few chapters when you’ve finished reading!

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This October we’re absolutely thrilled to be publishing Wren  – a dark, gothic adventure set on the island of Anglesey in North Wales from Lucy Hope, author of Fledgling.

And today we’re very pleased to be sharing the first few chapters of the book – you can read an extract below!

Wren lives in an ancient castle in the mountains near the sea. The wind whistles through it and the walls sing to her. Wren is busy inventing things, and her father is busy disapproving.

But the castle contains a mystery and as Wren is drawn further into it, she realises the answer lies in the very foundations of her home, foundations that are being shaken to their core…

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Wren will be published on October 6th – you can order a copy from Waterstones here, Bookshop.org here, or from Amazon here. Do let us know on socials what you thought of the first few chapters when you’ve finished reading!

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This October we’re absolutely thrilled to be publishing The Big Book of Mysteries  – a captivating new gift title featuring over 100 real-life mysteries that might just give you goosebumps, from Tom Adams & Yas Imamura. With atmospheric artwork, compelling case studies and a seriously stand-out neon cover, this is a haunting collection of mysteries that you won’t be able to put down!

And today we’re very pleased to be sharing the an exclusive extract from the book – you can read the preview below!

Does the Loch Ness monster really exist? What ever happened to the crew of the Mary Celeste? And where exactly are the Hanging Gardens of Babylon?

Get ready to be amazed as you uncover the world’s greatest mysteries, from Bigfoot to the Bermuda Triangle. Including alien abductions, haunted houses, mind-blowing natural phenomena and much more, this book will explain the extraordinary – unless the extraordinary can’t be explained, of course. Then you’ll just have to make up your own mind . . .

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The Big Book of Mysteries will be published on October 6th – you can order a copy from Waterstones here, Bookshop.org here, or from Amazon here.

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This September we’re absolutely thrilled to be publishing Always, Clementine  – a funny, wise and heartwarming story, with a truly one-of-a-kind hero, from the author of the highly-acclaimed I, Cosmo and My Life as a Cat, Carlie Sorosiak.

And today we’re very pleased to be sharing the first few chapters of the book – you can read an extract below!

Clementine is a genius. She can calculate pi to 69,689 places, remembers the exact moment she was born, and dreams in Latin.

She’s also a mouse.

And when she escapes from the lab which has bred her, Clementine discovers that it’s not enough to be the smartest mouse in history if she wants to survive in the real world – especially while the scientists who kept her are trying to recover their prize specimen. So, together with her new human friends, Clementine must find a way to earn her freedom – for good.

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Always, Clementine  will be published on September 6th – you can order a copy from Waterstones here, Bookshop.org here, or from Amazon here.

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This August we’re absolutely thrilled to be publishing And Everything Will Be Glad to See You  – a forceful, passionate and uplifting collection of poems by women and girls that is guaranteed to inspire, delight and empower. Selected by Ella Risbridger and gorgeously illustrated by Anna Shepeta, this is the perfect gift to begin a lifelong love of poetry.

And today we’re very pleased to be sharing the first few chapters of the book – you can read an extract below!

From well-loved poets, including Maya Angelou, Wendy Cope, Lucille Clifton and Christina Rossetti, to newer voices such as Amanda Gorman, Yrsa-Daley Ward and Ada Limón, this outstanding collection from talented anthologist Ella Risbridger has poems for every mood and every moment. Ella’s selection is wide-ranging but accessible and will appeal to poetry lovers both young and old alike.

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And Everything Will Be Glad to See You will be published on September 1st – you can order a copy from Waterstones here, Bookshop.org here, or from Amazon here.

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This August we’re absolutely thrilled to be publishing Running out of Time – a thrilling, unputdownable debut from an incredible new voice in children’s fiction, Simon Fox.

And today we’re very pleased to be sharing the first few chapters of the book – you can read an extract below!

When Alex and his father are forced to flee their home to escape a brutal government, they begin a life-threatening journey across Europe. But when they are separated before they can reach Britain, Alex finds himself alone, with only his extraordinary gift to keep him alive.

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Running out of Time will be published on August 4th – you can order a copy from Waterstones here, Bookshop.org here, or from Amazon here.

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