Family

In 1937, Mary Margaret Joyce is born in the Tuam Home for unwed mothers. After spending her early years in an uncaring foster home, she is sentenced by a judge to an industrial school, where she is given the name Peg, and assigned the number 27. Amid one...

A grim discovery brings disturbing revelations in this chilling ghost story from the late Marcus Sedgwick. While mucking about in the ruins of an old farm while on holiday in Yorkshire, James hears strange laughter echoing around the walls. The ghost...

Chosen as one of Time Magazine's 100 Best Young Adult Books of All Time, Gullstruck Island is a vibrant and exciting novel, in a beautifully imagined setting, by Frances Hardinge, the Costa Award winning author The Lie Tree.On Gullstruck Island the...

If you've already experienced MAXIMUM RIDE: THE ANGEL EXPERIMENT, stop right here - just turn the page, and hold on tight! As for the rest of you - meet Max, Fang, Iggy, Gasman, Nudge and Angel; six unforgettable kids (and a dog). With some major...

Fifteen-year-olds Tasha and Josie are near-neighbours who never thought they had anything in common. But when their families let them down, they find themselves unlikely allies in a battle for survival. On the margins of adulthood, these two girls also...

Edward is four years old when he is locked away with his mother by her abusive, alcoholic partner, Harris. By the time an elderly neighbour spots his pale face peering through a crack in the boarded-up window and raises the alarm, he is seven. Rescue...

Ben Tomlin has been an only child for thirteen years. So when his research-scientist parents bring home a baby chimp to raise as a human child, Ben's life is turned upside-down. Teaching a baby chimp how to understand language is not his idea of fun,...

The fantastic follow-up to Time After Time and Stand By Me Families are so complicated! Molly's dad seems so lonely. He lives on his own, he won't get a pet, he doesn't get on with his brother ... Best friends Molly and Beth suspect his problems lie...

Brand new edition of a bestselling thriller.Nathan's world is turned upside down when his dad's falsely accused of a murder. He sets out to prove the police is wrong, but time is not on his side. Can he convince them that his dad's not guilty?...

Life has taught Kadie to be cynical and not to trust anyone. She thinks she is prepared for everything, but then she meets Lips, also an outsider. However she has secrets of which she must let go, if she is to make a stab at friendship and love. Can...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781481496872Author V C AndrewsFormat PaperbackPage Count 2064Imprint Simon PulsePublisher Simon PulseWeight(grams) 2109gDimensions(mm) 213mm * 145mm * 124mm

Dylan Mint has Tourette's. His life is a constant battle to keep the bad stuff in - the swearing, the tics, the howling dog that seems to escape whenever he gets stressed. But a routine visit to the hospital changes everything. Overhearing a hushed...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593372593Author Joy McCulloughFormat HardbackPage Count 400Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA Inc

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781781335895Author Ben PinningtonFormat PaperbackPage Count 180Imprint Rethink PressPublisher Rethink PressWeight(grams) 140g

When a little girls baby brother is born, she begins to investigate the mystery of the breast as she sees her mother breastfeed the new arrival. This beautifully illustrated book reminds children and adults alike of the special bond between mother and...

Milly the cow munches grass with her friends, drinks gallons of water, makes cow pats in the field, and visits the milking parlour with her farmer. Milly's milk is then put into cartons and made into butter, cheese and yoghurt. There is a simple quiz at...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsLong-listed for National Book Award Nominee 2024.Book InformationISBN 9780593857168Author Randy RibayFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint KokilaPublisher Penguin Young...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781035866410Author Peter H. StoneFormat PaperbackPage Count 162Imprint Austin Macauley PublishersPublisher Austin Macauley Publishers

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780064403689Author Katherine PatersonFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint HarperCollinsPublisher HarperCollinsWeight(grams) 181g

The author of The Radio 2 Book Club Pick The Shelf returns with a new hilarious, thought-provoking and funny novel.'Genius, funny and thought-provoking. 5 stars' Carrie Hope Fletcher'Helly's writing is filled with such humour and warmth, it makes me...

Caddy's World is the prequel to Hilary McKay's laugh-out-loud, award-winning Casson Family series.Best friends, boyfriends, problem parents, pink hair. Brothers, sisters, fireworks and unexpected babies. Welcome to Caddy's World.Travel back to when Caddy...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780061431852Author Melina MarchettaFormat PaperbackPage Count 432Imprint HarperCollins PublishersPublisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc

Cassandra Mortmain lives with her bohemian and impoverished family in a crumbling castle in the middle of nowhere.Her journal records her life with her beautiful, bored sister, Rose, her fading glamorous stepmother, Topaz, her little brother Thomas, and...

"When you came out of my tummy, the first thing you looked for was my breast." This beautifully illustrated book tells the story of the powerful bond shared between a mother and her newborn baby. You, me and the breast is part of a delightful...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781484725382Author Kelly Loy GilbertFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint HyperionPublisher HyperionWeight(grams) 420gDimensions(mm) 208mm * 138mm * 20mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsCommended for Pura Belpre Award (Author) 2021.Book InformationISBN 9781984812285Author Jenny Torres SanchezFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Viking Books for Young...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250619914Author Nadine Jolie CourtneyFormat PaperbackPage Count 432Imprint Square FishPublisher Square FishWeight(grams) 318gDimensions(mm) 211mm * 137mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781524715908Author Ashley WoodfolkFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Ballantine Books Inc.Publisher Random House USA Inc

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Moonbeam Awards Gold Medalist (Young Adult Fiction - Mature Issues) 2021 (United States).Book InformationISBN 9781635830637Author Nikki BarthelmessFormat...

The future can be rewritten. On the eve of her twelfth birthday, Beatrice Crosse runs away from her adoptive home only to encounter the ghost of England's most famous prophetess. The witch offers her treasure, but can she be trusted? Bea must wrestle her...

A powerfully told story of the love between two brothers in the aftermath of a family tragedyGriff and Dylan are driving into Manhattan with their parents when the worst happens. There is a terrible car accident and Dylan and Griff(1)s parents are...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Edgar Allan Poe Awards (Young Adult) 2018. Commended for Newbery Medal (Children's) 2018 and Coretta Scott King Award (Author) 2018 and Michael L. Printz Award...

Tweety is struggling. Battling depression and faced with parents and friends who don't fully understand what's happening, sixteen-year-old Tweety feels like no one is listening and there's nowhere to turn to. Until she stumbles across Desi Girl Speaking,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781473316805Author L M MontgomeryFormat PaperbackPage Count 322Imprint Read & Co. Children'sPublisher Read & Co. Children'sWeight(grams) 408gDimensions(mm)...

'LUSCIOUS AND HYPNOTIC . . . A gripping, powerful story of family, sisterhood. I gulped it down! - Madeline Miller, author of Song of Achilles and Circe'An incredible achievement - a rich literary fairy tale' Robert Dinsdale, author of The...

A beautiful book for children and their families, Milky Moments celebrates the joy of childhood and mothering, and normalises breastfeeding as a part of day-to-day life. Delightfully illustrated scenes are complemented by lyrical rhyming text that...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781368094733Author Candice JaliliFormat HardbackPage Count 416Imprint HyperionPublisher HyperionWeight(grams) 516gDimensions(mm) 217mm * 146mm * 34mm

'This was a beautifully written story about loss, guilt, love and finding yourself. Virginia MacGregor has created a page turning book that flowed from start to finish' Books Love Readers 'A beautiful, evocative story . . . an extraordinary...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsNominated for Kentucky Bluegrass Award 2021.Book InformationISBN 9780553537741Author Jennifer LongoFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint EmberPublisher Random House USA Inc

Gaia Gill is the last person in the world anyone would expect to go missing. Beautiful, athletic, and recently accepted to a prestigious college, she has everything to look forward to-but the night of her going-away party at the Moon Mountain ski resort,...