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The brand-new snowy, festive, feel-good, rom-com from bestselling Beth Garrod, perfect for fans of To All The Boys I've Loved Before and The Kissing Booth. Molly hates Christmas. And it's not even her fault. Her mum...

"This is an anthology to contemplate, revisit and relish" - LoveReading4Kids'It's time we told our story too. The melanin speaks for itself.' - George the PoetPart of a Story That Started Before Me is an extraordinary new collection of poems chosen by...

Can opposites ever really attract? When star-crossed lovers Karim and Zara's worlds collide, they have to work out just how far they're willing to go to give their love a chance. When Karim and Zara meet, sparks shouldn't fly.They've got nothing in...

My Story: Blitz is a thrilling wartime tale about two siblings evacuated to Wales. It's 1940, and with London under fire Edie and her little brother are evacuated to Wales. Miles from home and missing her family, ...

"A grieving teen fights Asian hate by finding her voice in this complex, timely story." -Kirkus (starred review)"With a layered, sensitive voice, Ho's weighty novel delves into themes of racism, classism, loss, and healing." -Publishers Weekly (starred...

'Read this book, and then rethink everything else.' Danielle Strickland 'A feast of insight and reflection on what just leadership should look like.' The Rt Reverend Dr Jonathan Gibbs 'This book will change the way you lead.' The Rt Reverend Dr...

With a foreword by Faridah Abike-Iyimide, author of Ace of Spades'Something is rotten in the state of Denmark'The King of Denmark is dead. When Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, meets the King's ghost and discovers he was murdered, he swears vengeance against...

Romance. Drama. And plenty of spice. You are invited to . . . MY BIG, FAT DESI WEDDING.A prophecy of disaster.A world where your soulmate's thoughts appear on your skin.A boy forbidden from attending his brother's wedding.A supernatural love that spans...

ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL NOVELS OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY 'This novel is a packet of surprises as we have no idea what's going to happen next' GUARDIAN 'One of the greatest writers of our time' TONI MORRISON 'Devilishly funny and academically solid:...

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...

WINNER OF THE CHILDREN'S AFRICANA BOOK AWARDS 2024 OBSERVER BEST BOOKS OF 2023 IRISH TIMES BEST BOOKS OF 2023 SUNDAY TIMES CHILDREN'S BOOK OF THE WEEK An outstanding YA novel of family love, loss, and life lived between two cultures, by an astonishing,...

GUARDIAN YA BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2023 WINNER OF THE 2024 STONEWALL YOUNG ADULT AWARD From a Stonewall Honor-winning author comes a sweeping story of three generations of boys in the same Iranian family. Perfect for fans of Last Night at the Telegraph...

'Prepare to be enchanted' SunThe magical Sunday Times bestseller by Laini Taylor, author of the Daughter of Smoke and Bone trilogy*********The dream chooses the dreamer.Since he was five years old, Lazlo Strange has been obsessed with the mythic lost...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781989605172Author Rae KnightlyFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Poco PublishersPublisher Poco PublishersWeight(grams) 299gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 127mm...

A coming of age story, a love story, an earthquake story and a story of finding your way back from grief. Eddy Smallbone (orphan) is grappling with identity, love, loss and religion. It's two years since he blew up his school life and the earthquakes...

Wealthy, popular Charlotte and quiet, working class Drew couldn't be more different, but both face a common enemy at Cooke's Academy in the form of the Stewards - an elite group of students whose power to manipulate school culture is feared by pupils and...

With a foreword by Talia Hibbert, author of Get a Life, Chloe Brown‘We that are true lovers run into strange capers’Banished from her ambitious uncle’s court, the lovesick Rosalind flees to the forest with her cousin, Celia. Disguised as the handsome...

A stunning full-colour illustrated gift hardback of the second book in Philip Pullman's world-famous and beloved His Dark Materials trilogy. The perfect gift for every fan, of any age. "What is he? A friend, or an...

Board: CEM 11+ Subjects covered: Mathematics Type: Skills Test For Ages: 10 to 11 "Great quality, imaginatively written" Dr Samina Rashid, 11+ tutor Prepare for the CEM 11+ tests with authentic multiple-choice Verbal Reasoning tests. Packed...

* NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST * PRINTZ HONOR BOOK * WALTER HONOR BOOK * ASIAN/PACIFIC AMERICAN AWARD FOR LITERATURE HONOR BOOK *From New York Times best-selling and acclaimed author Traci Chee comes We Are Not Free, the collective account of a...

After closing a time loop fiasco in The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya (Vol. 5), our protagonist Kyon is ready to start a new year with a blank slate--no time travel, no apocalyptic worries, and maybe some actual peace and quiet with the SOS...

The popular Haruhi Suzumiya series returns with another collection of surprising and quirky short stories starring our heroine and the SOS Brigade, comprised of the high school's extraordinary students. Short prose pieces help establish where the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780414090835Author The Hon Sir William BlairFormat PaperbackImprint Sweet & MaxwellPublisher Sweet & Maxwell Ltd

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593482100Author Kim JohnsonFormat HardbackPage Count 416Imprint Random House Books for Young ReadersPublisher Random House USA Inc

Limbic is Peter Scalpello's glittering ode to sex, intimacy, and queer discovery. Taking us on slippery nights out fuelled by chemsex, on drunken lads' holidays, and into the quiet violence of small domestic moments, this is a world where tracksuits hide...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsCommended for Caldecott Medal 2023.Book InformationISBN 9781534439467Author Jason ReynoldsFormat HardbackPage Count 384Imprint Atheneum BooksPublisher Atheneum...

SHORTLISTED: 2022 CBCA Book of the Year, Older ReadersSHORTLISTED: 2022 Victorian Premier's Literary Awards, Indigenous Writing PrizeSHORTLISTED: 2022 NSW Premier's Literary Award, Indigenous Writers' PrizeSHORTLISTED: 2022 Adelaide Festival Awards,...

'My first thought is that it's a pig that someone has lost to the river. Perhaps it fell off one of the barges that choke up the Thames. They're a constant feature, toiling up and down, day and night, giving off black smoke that clings to the water.' ...

Bridge has always been a bit of an oddball, but since she recovered from a serious accident, she's found fitting in with her friends increasingly hard. Tab and Em are getting cooler and they don't get why she insists on wearing novelty cat ears every day...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781646143795Author Darcie Little BadgerFormat HardbackPage Count 400Imprint Levine QueridoPublisher Levine QueridoWeight(grams) 748g

It is August in Paris and budding art historian Khayyam should be having the time of her life - but even in the City of Lights she can't stop worrying about the mess she left back home in Chicago. Only when she meets a cute young Parisian - who happens...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781338608366Author Sarah KuhnFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Scholastic USPublisher Scholastic USWeight(grams) 249gDimensions(mm) 208mm * 137mm * 20mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781838453473Author Bethan JamesPage Count 32Imprint Scamp PublishingPublisher Scamp Publishing

In Book 6 in the series, readers take a step into a time warp in five short stories. Head back to events from the previous books, and previously unseen scenes and perspectives to uncover mysteries that had been left unanswered.Live Alive Kyon peruses...

A Time Best YA Book of All Time (2021) In this "searing work of historical fiction" (Booklist), Coretta Scott King Award-winning author Sharon M. Draper tells the epic story of a young girl torn from her African village, sold into slavery, and stripped...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780375843068Author Tanita S. DavisFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint EmberPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 255gDimensions(mm) 210mm * 143mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781774920886Author Katherena VermetteFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Portage & Main PressPublisher Portage & Main PressWeight(grams) 454g

'A wild, adventurous romp that will leave you breathless at every turn' Hafsah FaizalOnce upon a time, there was a horrible girl . . . Vanja Schmidt knows that no gift is freely given, not even a mother's love. The adopted goddaughter of Death and...

Winter Park and Bobby Bae are Korean American high school juniors whose families have been friends since the kids were making crayon art. They, however, are repulsed by each other. Winter is MIT-bound, comfortable keeping people at arm's length, and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780440226673Author Rosa GuyFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Random House USA IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 119gDimensions(mm) 173mm *...