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"Perfectly captures how it feels to be an outsider. I loved it." Tamsin Winter Fifteen year old Sander wishes he was like everyone else. But he has Silver-Russell syndrome, a condition that affects one in a hundred thousand. It means he is smaller than...

Muriel Spark's classic novel of the power of loyalty and influence now available in a stunning package that is accessible for all readers. At an Edinburgh school in the 1930s, glamorous, outspoken Miss Jean Brodie is quite certain of her role...

Adrian Mole is suffering the traumas of first love, parental divorce and spots. He also believes he is an intellectual just waiting to be discovered. In his diary he writes the intimate secrets he can't tell anybody else.Book InformationISBN...

No. 1 New York Times bestsellersWaterstones Children's Prize-winning author"Gripping." The Times"Outstanding." The Guardian"Essential." Teen Vogue"Pure magic." The ObserverDiscover #1 New York Times bestselling author Angie Thomas with her two critically...

A sequel to the universally acclaimed Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, continuing in the story of the Logan family in Mississippi during the Depression. The children, especially Cassie, are happy in their warm, stable family but outside is a climate of fear...

James is adopted. He knows that to work out his future he has to make sense of his past. He embarks on a journey to find his birth-mother who tells her own story in this moving and powerful novel. James's adoptive parents are proud of his...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781907359729Author Sven NordqvistFormat HardbackPage Count 28Imprint Hawthorn PressPublisher Hawthorn PressWeight(grams) 360gDimensions(mm) 297mm * 210mm *...

The second completely original tie-in novel to the hit NETFLIX show. When Archie, Betty, Veronica and Jughead take a road trip, they discover that their small-town problems seem to follow them wherever they go... ...

The second completely original tie-in novel to the hit NETFLIX show. When Archie, Betty, Veronica and Jughead take a road trip, they discover that their small-town problems seem to follow them wherever they go... ...

The Book of Kells is the most famous hand-coloured book in the world. Here's your chance to colour some of the drawings as the monks did over a thousand years ago. Choose from over sixty drawings of heavenly figures, Biblical people, fantastic...

Nic Stone, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Dear Martin, creates two unforgettable characters in one hard-hitting story about class, money - both too little and too much - and how you make your own luck in the world. The perfect next read for...

Terrifying. Romantic. Huge in scope. A story for our times.Harry and Charlie are teenagers whose lives are shaped by a society that's shifting around them. He is a lonely Brit in his first term at a Las Vegas high school. She is an unlikely friend, who...

Terrifying. Romantic. Huge in scope. A story for our times.Harry and Charlie are teenagers whose lives are shaped by a society that's shifting around them. He is a lonely Brit in his first term at a Las Vegas high school. She is an unlikely friend, who...

When Mo makes friends with a little wild beast, her family are horrified - wild beasts are dangerous. But could this wild beast save baby Babba from a hungry lynx and become a friend to the whole family? And then what would they call him? DOG! ...

'Has everything I like: humour, action, great characters and awesome mythology!' Rick Riordan, bestselling author of Percy Jackson 'A new star is born.' Eoin Colfer, bestselling author of Artemis Fowl The...

A bestselling summer read as heartbreaking as The Lovely Bones and as gripping as Jenny Downham's Before I Die. **Now a major Netflix movie starring Zoey Deutch, Halston Sage, Logan Miller, Kian Lawley*'Gossip Girl meets Groundhog Day' Grazia'Tender,...

Precious Ramotswe is on holiday, staying with her Aunty Bee at safari camp deep in the Botswana countryside, and is excited when a new lion arrives. Not just any lion but an actor-lion called Teddy with his own film crew! But when the four-legged movie...

'Spellbinding, fast-paced and deeply romantic.' Aiden Thomas'A blast of heart-racing magic you won't want to miss.' Andrew Joseph White'Story alchemy unlike any other.' A. R. Capetta'A thrilling, expansive adventure.' Elana K. ArnoldThree young...

Squeeeak ... Thwop ... Thwop ... Dwoooooerrrp! Dad sings his magical whale songs to Mum and baby Finn, far, far away across the huge ocean. When Finn gets lost, can the other sea creatures help him to send a message of his own?About the AuthorGERRY...

Noah's dad, Paine, is a kind but slightly irresponsible fisherman who is passionate about saving the local Florida aquatic life.When Paine discovers that a local businessman is running a scam from his casino boat, he takes the law into his own hands,...

In this exhilarating companion to Printz Award winner and National Book Award finalist Ship Breaker, Paolo Bacigalupi brilliantly captures a dark future America that has devolved into unending civil wars, driven by demagogues who recruit children to...

Out of the Easy is set against the vivid backdrop of 1950s New Orleans. Written by New York Times bestselling author Ruth Sepetys, this novel has something for everyone: love, mystery, murder, blackmail and warmth.Josie Moraine wants out of The Big Easy...

I was about to live a sixteen-year-old's dream.House on the beach.No parents.Parties whenever we wanted.Boys wherever we wanted.April and her best friend, Vi, are living by themselves. Of course, April's parents don't know that. They think she's living...

Quirky tales of derring-do and mystery, from a much-loved author and multi-award-winning author. Perfect to thrill and chill. The children of Weir(d) Street are lazing about one sunny day when they challenge each other to tell stories of all...

From the acclaimed author of When We Collided comes a vibrant, compelling story of love, loss, faith, and friendship. Lucy Hansson was ready for a perfect summer with her boyfriend, working at her childhood Bible camp on the lake and spending quality...

It's time for... bed! Not yet! Elephant must floss, to make his teeth gloss! Then I'll brush furry bear. Please brush your own hair! Follow one mischievous child as she delays getting ready for bed, and has some amazing wildlife...

Betty Plum has never been in love. She's never even kissed a boy. But when H.O.T. Toby starts school it's like Betty has been hit with a thousand of Cupid's arrows. It's like a bomb has exploded - a love bomb! More than ever Betty wishes her mum...

A touching and compelling tale of a young girl's love for her horse. Brilliantly illustrated in soft and sensitive black and white by the fabulously talented Gary Blythe, this is sure to delight all young pony fans. Particularly suitable for struggling,...

When sixteen-year-old Daniel befriends Josef Gerlach, he feels the old man is haunted by a secret from his past. Sure enough when Josef gives him his teenage diary to read, Daniel discovers a shocking story of rebellion and struggle. The diary tells...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781847452740Author Helen BarberFormat PaperbackImprint Girls Gone By PublishersPublisher Girls Gone By Publishers

Written by Toby Ibbotson, son of the bestselling author Eva Ibbotson, this exceptional middle grade story is captivating, heartfelt and brilliant in equal measure. When a storm hits a small and sleepy town, it ravages every ...

Rewind to junior year in Rosewood, Pennsylvania, to a winter break no one has ever heard about...Fat snowflakes fall onto manicured lawns, quilted stockings hang over marble fireplaces, and everyone is at peace, especially Hanna, Emily, Aria, and Spencer...

Enter the world of Septimus Heap, Wizard Apprentice. Magyk is his destiny. Septimus faces a perilous quest to find Nicko and Snorri, who have been trapped back in time. Everyone at the Castle is realising that Nicko and Snorri's chances of coming...

Khalid, a fifteen-year-old Muslim boy from Rochdale, is abducted from Pakistan while on holiday with his family. He is taken to Guantanamo Bay and held without charge, where his hopes and dreams are crushed under the cruellest of circumstances. An...

Each night before bed, Georgie thinks about what she'll grow the next day. One morning she finds she's grown a dragon! This dragon isn't like her other plants: it doesn't like the sun, the soil, being watered, and it's much much, more troublesome... ...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781907359934Author Sven NordqvistFormat HardbackPage Count 130Imprint Hawthorn PressPublisher Hawthorn PressWeight(grams) 594gDimensions(mm) 257mm * 196mm *...

From the New York Times bestselling author, Paper Towns is soon to be a major motion picture (summer 2015) starring The Fault in our Stars sensation Nat Wolff and Cara Delevingne. Quentin Jacobsen has always loved Margo Roth Spiegelman, for Margo...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781847453327Author Lorna HillFormat PaperbackImprint Girls Gone By PublishersPublisher Girls Gone By Publishers

The Many Half-Lived Lives of Sam Sylvester explores healing in the aftermath of trauma and the fullness of queer joy. In this queer contemporary YA mystery, a nonbinary autistic teen realizes they must not only solve a 30-year-old mystery but also...

A new look for the first book in Roderick Gordon and Brian Williams's bestselling series! 'It's well paced, exciting and - in places - frightening and bloody.' THE GUARDIAN Fourteen-year-old Will Burrows lives...