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'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...

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 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...

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...

Winner of the Tir na n-Og Award Shortlisted for the Young Quills Historical Fiction Award Longlisted for the Carnegie Medal It is the year 454AD. The Roman Empire has withdrawn from Britain, throwing it into the chaos of the Dark Ages. Mai has been...

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...

The moving story of a Kashmiri boy soldier, from a prize-winning Irish author.It's an ordinary morning at nine-year-old Rafiq's school in rural Kashmir when the silence of dawn prayers is ripped apart by gunfire. Soldiers of the Kashmir Freedom Fighters...

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

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.' ...

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 9781942876977Author Mary S FosiFormat PaperbackPage Count 184Imprint Spears Media PressPublisher Spears Media PressWeight(grams) 240gDimensions(mm) 216mm *...

Penguin Readers is an ELT graded reader series for learners of English as a foreign language. With carefully adapted text, new illustrations and language learning exercises, the print edition also includes instructions to access supporting material...

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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Children's Book Council - Children's & Teen Choice Book Awards 2024. Short-listed for Bram Stoker Awards 2024.Book InformationISBN 9781536236187Author Cynthia...

A Freeman Award Winner for Young Adult Literature For two teens, falling in love is going to make a world of difference in this beautifully translated, bold, and endearing novel about love, loss, and the pain of racial discrimination. As a Korean...

In this complex and emotionally resonant novel about a Metis girl living on the Canadian prairies, debut author Jen Ferguson serves up a powerful story about rage, secrets, and all the spectrums that make up a person-and the sweetness that can still live...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781685132163Author Ruth Marks EglashFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Black Rose WritingPublisher Black Rose WritingWeight(grams) 449gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780525515593Author Malla NunnFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint G.P.Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers'Publisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912196340Author Ann and Peter SansomFormat PaperbackImprint Smith|Doorstop BooksPublisher Smith|Doorstop Books

With junior year starting in the fall, Harrison feels like he's on the precipice of, well, everything. Standardized testing, college, and the terrifying unknowns and looming pressures of adulthood after that-it's like the future wants to eat him alive...

'Laini Taylor is so damn good and like no other' Leigh BardugoThe limited 5th Anniversary edition of the 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...

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

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593118801Author Kim JohnsonFormat HardbackPage Count 336Imprint Random House Books for Young ReadersPublisher Random House USA Inc

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781338863420Author Alice OsemanFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint Scholastic PressPublisher Scholastic PressWeight(grams) 363gDimensions(mm) 213mm * 137mm...

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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307976116Author Walter Dean MyersFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint EmberPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 181gDimensions(mm) 211mm * 141mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789355992505Author George S ClasonFormat PaperbackPage Count 130Imprint Diamond Pocket Books Pvt LtdPublisher Diamond Pocket Books Pvt LtdWeight(grams)...