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Amber uses her dreams and imagination to find ways of solving her problems in her father's absence, in this encouraging and gutsy middle-grade novel.

Inspired by Shakespeare's "The Tempest", this immersive young adult novel tells the story of Moss's isolated life with her father on a remote island intact in a sunken world, exploring themes of illusion and transformation.

Reissued with this edition, Dara makes her own way towards her dreams of becoming an actress, highlighting themes of adoption, determination and standing up to prejudice.

A new edition of the fun adventure story set at a hidden sanctuary for extinctly strange animals, such as dodos, dinosaurs and dragons. Now optioned for a movie by Cirrina Studios, directed by William Joyce, due for release in 2019, it features a new jacket image. Ages: 7+

JUVENILE FICTION / Action & Adventure / General

Lexie tells a family-rending lie about an heirloom necklace in the aftermath of her grandmother's death, and so it falls on Lexie to bring the family back together in this exploration of guilt and reconciliation for younger readers.

Includes all five books in the best-selling Maze Runner series by James Dashner.

In a tragic tale of loss, love and life, this debut YA novel will appeal to fans of "The Fault In Our Stars" and "All The Bright Places". Talking to Jonah every day via text, tweets and email, Tess's world collapses when she discovers that he's died. Left contemplating how well she really knew him, Tess and her father come together to try and learn the answers to her questions. Ages: 14+

A tour de force retelling of Shakespeare's "The Tempest" from the author of the Printz Honor Book "Stolen"--a mesmerizing tale of magic, faith, and love about one girl's voyage of discovery.

Turning so many conventions on their head, Day gives us a story that can make you rethink the world, make you laugh, and make you bite your fingernails off, all while falling in love with her characters. Highly recommended!"--James Dashner, author of "The Maze Runner.

A rip-roaring fantasy adventure from a young debut talent about an ordinary boy swept up into a secret world of magic, in the vein of "Tuesdays at the Castle.

The sequel to Funke's #1 "New York Times"-bestselling classic, "Dragon Rider" is repackaged in new edition, part of the series relaunch.

Arianwyn has flunked her witch's assessment, so she's declared an apprentice and sent to the town of Lull in disgrace. But remote Lull is not as boring as it seems. Soon, however, a sinister darkness begins to haunt Arianwyn's spells.

A quirky novel with dark Dahl-esque humour, from a Welsh debut author who is Consultant in Communicable Disease Control for Public Health in Wales! When Alice Dent gets a cold, it has some strange side-effects, but she's determined not to be taken away by the Best Minister for Everything Nicely Perfect. Ages: 7+

The Empire Strikes Back" meets beetles in the chilling, darkly funny second book of a series about one amazing boy, his loyal friends, and some amazingly intelligent beetles.

The twins are in bed when it happens: they hear a sound like a wet cabbage hitting the wall, a clattering on the roof tiles, then a tapping at the window. It's a girl with a broken wing - and she's come to stay.

Twelve-year-old Zak is plane-wrecked on an abandoned research outpost in the Antarctic with his sister and parents. Here, a series of nightmarish occurrences and bizarre visions suggest a link to something else - a presence beneath the ice - which only Zak can understand ...

Christopher is 'Proper': a real boy with a real soul, orphaned in a fire. He works for an engineer, a maker of the eccentric, loyal and totally individual mechanicals who are Christopher's best friends. But after an accident, Christopher realizes he isn't as Proper as he thought ...

The beetle adventure continues as Darkus and his friends seek wicked Lucretia Cutter's secret Biome in the Amazon rainforest. If they can't stop her from unleashing her hoard of giant Frankenstein beetles, the planet will never be the same again ...The final book in the Beetle trilogy, following Beetle Boy and Beetle Queen, the former of which has sold in 36 territories worldwide and was the winner of the Branford Boase Award 2017.

Jess is allergic to the sun. She lives in a world of shadows, peeking at the other children in the playground beyond her curtained house. One night, she sneaks out, exploring the empty playground she's longed to visit. Beyond, she discovers a beautiful impossibility: a magical garden wrought of ice ...