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Winning is a good thing, isn't it? Everyone in first year is really excited about the big prize in the English essay competition - four months in France - and Alice has a good chance of winning. Megan loves writing essays, but she doesn't want to...

Winning is a good thing, isn't it? Everyone in first year is really excited about the big prize in the English essay competition - four months in France - and Alice has a good chance of winning. Megan loves writing essays, but she doesn't want to...

Tom Crean was one of ten children who grew up on a farm near Anascaul in County Kerry. He loved adventure and, at the age of 15, he ran away to join the British Navy and sail around the world. While his ship was moored in New Zealand, Tom met Captain...

Roll up! Roll up! For the second exciting instalment in The Big-Top Mysteries series, packed with all the fun of the circus and an intriguing new mystery to be solved ... Roll up! Roll up! A new season is about to begin at the Shortbread...

Are Bobbie and her Gran risking too much to save the Eagles from poachers? Gill Lewis takes to the picturesque Scottish Highlands for a stunning new wildlife adventure. Bobbie is thrilled that a golden eagle has settled in the forest near her...

A fun caper from a popular author, with brilliant illustrations from the master of creepy black-and-white inky doodles, Chris Mould. Particularly suitable for struggling, reluctant and dyslexic readers aged 7+ When Robbie and Gaz hear a...

'Honour,' I repeated, wondering how such a small word could have caused so much trouble.When Sat's sister, Jas, is married off into the Atwal family she changes, she's quiet and distant. But Sat's too busy with his own life; his girlfriend, his friends,...

With dark curls to die for glamorous Estra, along with the loyal companionship of her horse, Silverado, and tame wolf, roams the faraway and mystical lands of Azbathria, where she encounters adventures and is forever being rescued by the dark and...

'A marvellously exciting - and thought-provoking - time-travelling murder mystery. Smart, funny, moving, atmospheric - I laughed a lot, cried once, could not stop reading, and now actually believe in time travel' Simon MasonMillie has seven days to save...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780948877261Author Iain Crichton SmithFormat PaperbackPage Count 60Imprint Association for Scottish Literary StudiesPublisher Association for Scottish...

Today is a very special day. It is the President's birthday and everyone in the Aras is preparing a birthday party. So while the President is sent out to the Phoenix Park, preparations get underway. The pigeon puts up the bunting, the hairy biker mows...

Sakuta finds himself in the biggest predicament of his life when his girlfriend Mai findsout that his middle-school crush, Shoko, has been living with him due to unavoidablecircumstances. With less than a month until Christmas and his relationship in...

It's spring mid-term, and Alice has invited Megan to visit her in Dublin. Megan is hoping for a nice trouble-free few days with her best friend. No such luck! She soon discovers that Alice is once again plotting and scheming. It seems that Alice's Mum...

When an American-style residential camp is set up in the grounds of an English stately home, the teenage camp counsellors are looking forward to a fun summer of activities. But right from the outset, things don't feel quite right at Camp Miller...

According to Ponyboy you're either a Greaser or a Soc. Coming from the wrong side of town, he's a Greaser and his high school rivals are the Socs - the kids who have the money, the attitude and can get away with anything. The Socs love to spend their...

A roaringly brilliant, colourful and funny large-format book all about dinosaurs from the talented wildlife illustrator and bestselling author, Matt Sewell Meet the huge Diplodocus, with a tail it could crack like a...

From two-time Carnegie Medal winner Patrick Ness comes an enthralling and provocative new novel chronicling the life - or perhaps afterlife - of a teen trapped in a crumbling, abandoned world.A boy called Seth drowns, desperate and alone in his final...

Bramble the cow lives on an old farm where she has lots of friends. But she has a problem - she hates loud noises! She doesn't like the buzzing of bees, or the sound of the wind during a storm, or the farmer's combine harvester. And she doesn't like the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060598242Author C. S. LewisFormat HardbackPage Count 784Imprint ZonderKidzPublisher ZondervanWeight(grams) 1216gDimensions(mm) 239mm * 162mm * 55mm

Follow Larry the Leprechaun around Ireland, and see if you can find him in Belfast, the Skelligs or viking Dublin! But it won't be easy: he is hiding in the middle of Irish dancers, traditional musicians, climbers, tourists, hurlers and many others. ...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781914345036Author Lu HerseyFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Tangent BooksPublisher Tangent Books

Uncovering secrets is like undoing braids, one at a time…  Abidemi can’t wait for summer, her last one at home in Ennistymon before she heads off to college. She’s ready to say goodbye to school, spend some time learning new braids and hairstyles – and...

SKYE and SUMMER TANBERRY are identical twins, and Skye loves her sister Summer more than anyone else in the world. They do everything together, but lately Skye's been feeling like second-best - it's the story of her life. And when her friend Alfie...

NOW A MAJOR NETFLIX FILM! Along for the Ride is a captivating young adult novel from New York Times Number One bestseller Sarah Dessen, about learning to let go and enjoy life. Auden has always felt like the odd one out.Since her parents' divorce she's...

In the dead of night, the Immortal rises . . . welcome to the Town of the Turned.  'A riotously absorbing horror-comedy for readers of 12 and up.' – Guardian After Sel Archer and his friends uncover a conspiracy that turns the whole world upside down, it...

Just before summer vacation begins, Sakuta encounters Shoko Makinohara, a junior high school girl with the same name and face as his first love. But Shoko should be in college by now. That's confusing...and as if that wasn't bad enough, another...

Soon to be a major motion picture produced by stars of HBO series GIRLS, Lena Dunham and Jenni KonnerFrom the author of the unforgettable bestseller WE WERE LIARS comes a suspenseful new psychological thriller - the story of a young woman whose...

Jake and the other finalists in a writing competition have been invited to a stately house for a tour like no other. As their guide leads them through grand rooms, hidden nooks and magnificent grounds, they hear the stories of seven ghosts who haunt the...

The stunning sequel to Gayle Forman's international best seller, If I Stay - Now a major film starring Chloe Grace Moretz.If you had a second chance at first love . . . would you take it?It's been three years since Mia walked out of Adam's life. And...

Gossip Girl but make it royal - a Black LGBTQ+ royal reimagining full of scandalous secrets, rollercoaster romances and one hell of a mystery, from the award-winning author Benjamin Dean. 'Scandalous, funny and deliciously compelling!' Catherine Doyle,...

Children's literature legend Michael Morpurgo teams up with illustration star Sam Usher for a rollicking countryside adventure story, now in a Little Gems edition for more parents and children to share together. The frogs always beat the toads...

A teen girl's rising star attracts the attention of a sinister figure in this chilling young adult thriller from Goosebumps author R.L. Stine.Tania is having the best year of her life. She has a hot new boyfriend, she landed the starring role in a...

Bella the Goose lives with William in cottage by the sea. When William goes out fishing in his boat Bella wants to go too and flies after him, but William thinks the sea is no place for a goose. But Bella comes into her own when they are shipwrecked, and...

After a terrible storm, the Kingdom of Birds is looking for a leader. Will it be the bird with the loveliest song, or the brightest plumage? The fastest in the air, or underwater? The bird who flies highest, or those who stick together and work as a...

Children are used to hearing about how important it is to protect nature, but they may not fully understand how the natural world can positively impact their emotional wellbeing. With that in mind, this book shows children how nature can be fun,...

Mildred D.Taylor's much-loved classic, for readers aged 12+, Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry follows a feisty African-American girl - Cassie Logan - as she grows up in Mississippi during the Great Depression and learns the shocking realities of racism...

Fudge-a-Mania is the fourth book in the wonderfully hilarious Fudge series from the iconic Judy Blume.Fudge is five - and he's driving his older brother, Peter, mad, as usual!Going on holiday with Fudge - and baby Tootsie, Turtle the dog and Uncle...

A fun football story from one of the UK's top writers of sports fiction for children, re-packaged in an appealing chunky new edition. As with all titles in the Conkers series, the book benefits from lots of fun extras, activities and quizzes. ...

When an explosion rips through the chemistry lab at Dublin’s Raven’s Hill School and six girls are injured, the first thought is that it’s an experiment gone wrong. Then the Gardaí start investigating and declare it a potential bomb attack. But – if so –...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Michael L. Printz Award Winner 2006.Book InformationISBN 9780142402511Author John GreenFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam...