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A story of first love that is also a thriller. Leo has run out of time. Almost. Are there enough days, hours and minutes left for him to learn how to live, love and catch a killer?

The hilarious to sequel to Small! Sunday Times Book of the Week . Can Harvey Small escape the zombie lions and the Unspeakable Circus? How to deal with vampires, werewolves and tooth fairies- and keep your cool!

Everything can seem possible on a London bus surrounded by strangers but the past lies in wait, ready to ambush thoughts and lives. You are on the 13, North London, heading for Boundary Road and no one is travelling light. Everyone has got something to share: love, desires, illusions and sometimes a touch of madness.

By the acclaimed author of The Tzar's Curious Runaways, the Acrobats of Agra and Hide and Seek, a spine chilling story about survival, betrayal and self-discovery at the time of the Berlin air-lift. Berlin, 1948. A city besieged. A boy reaches for the sky.

A whirlwind of a story with talking tigers, a knitting elephant and a clever monkey. But something sinister is happening- magicians keep disappearing and not only magicians, clowns, animals and trapeze artists. Can Maggie and Josh, outstanding pickpockets, solve the mystery of the Kingdom of Broken Magic?

When her parents disappear, 12 -year-old Raven McKay is put into foster care with Kitty Stromsoe in the town of Grave's Pass. It's not an ordinary town. It's a town where the living and the dead live side by side, but few wear their identity on their sleeves. Enter a world full of ghosts and goblins where few can be trusted and no one is safe.

From the author of the best-selling Elsetime, shortlisted for The Awesome Book Award, winner of the Wells Festival of Literature Award Children's Book Award, a magical story about a girl who can't forget. When Piaf discovers that everyone in Paris has forgotten the events of the last year, she knows she must capture the memory thief.

From the acclaimed author of The Wolf Road and Shadow Town, a daring sequel about Toby, the hero of Shadow Town, which can also be read as a standalone. An assassin has sneaked into Balthsar and is preparing to kill Queen Tamurlaine at her coronation. Can Toby save her?

Bridget Jones's Diary meets Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine-a story of unpredictable passions, unforgettable characters and the battle of Narvik. A tender and funny novel that explores that deepest places of the heart and the weird logic of the mind.

When Harvey accidentally sets fire to his headteacher's trousers, Mum decides it's time for a BIG change and packs him off to Madame Bogbrush's School for Gifted Giants.But Harvey's not a giant. He's a boy on stilts. And if his classmates find out, they'll stomp him into a sandwich!

A stunning collection of seventeen stories by a vibrant mix of established and emerging writers. The best short story collection to come out of lockdown! Contributors include A L Kennedy, Helen Simpson, Alison Moore, Stephen S.Thompson and Amanda Craig.

Paris, 1942. Amelie Dreyfus joins the French Resistance-a page turning story of danger, betrayal and courage.

One day Patrick found a polar bear in his freezer. How did it get there? Monty seems to have come to stay!

From the author of The Wolf Road, picked by The Times & Sunday Times, FT, Guardian and Irish Times as one of the Best Children's Books of 2020, a compelling thriller of a boy caught up in a land of shadows ruled by a mysterious queen. The first in a stunning new series..

Rita Wong lives an ordinary life in Morecambe. That's until she pursues a dragon called Lester Thyme into Neon City, a place where the streets are dark with magic. Rita and Lester become detective for hire . Nothing is what it seems in Neon city and they will have to learn fast to survive the week

A story of a a young girl's abusive relationship with an older man. Eleanor is perceptive funny and warm but she is no match for Scott.

Kyle Halfpenny is taking care of her dad who is preparing for the end of the world. Touching, unpredictable and deftly woven, the narrative moves between the real world and the imagined. An outstanding debut about isolation, loyalty and hope.

Betrayal, rejection, Kadie has known it all. She's tough and prepared for everything. Everything except love.'A stunning new voice. I was immediately sucked in by the quality of her writing.' Patrice Lawrence

Agra 1857, the Indian rebellion. Three children are trying to make their way through a country at war with a circus tiger in search of safety. Will they reach the jungle in time for Tonton the tiger to survive? Will they find Kamal the fire-eater and Bea's lost brother? Based on the true story of a lost circus.