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Sabri Louatah
Imagine a technology that can undermine deepfakes in a post-truth world torn apart by separatism and segregation… The year is 2022. A wave of panic is sweeping across the globe in the wake of a new, u…
The Forgotten Girls
Lizzie Page
Elaine was typing out letters from POWs and reminding herself that she would not cry. Poor Sam in Burma doubted whether he would ever see his children again. “Tell them they mean the world to me.” Com…
On the Up
Alice O'Keeffe
Sylvia lives in a flat on a council estate with her not-quite-husband Obe and their two young children. She dreams of buying a house on a leafy street like the one she grew up in. If she closes her ey…
Explorers on Black Ice Bridge
Alex Bell
In the third magical Stella Starflake adventure the explorers meet gargoyles, sea-gremlins, mermaids, red devil squids – even a Gentleman Flamingo! Ice princess Stella Starflake and her father Felix a…
The Private Joys of Nnenna Maloney
Okechukwu Nzelu
Shortlisted for the 2020 Desmond Elliott Prize How do you begin to find yourself when you only know half of who you are? As Nnenna Maloney approaches womanhood she longs to connect with her Igbo-Niger…
Palace of Blood
CE Bernard
No crown in the world is worth losing the person you love most. The fight for the English throne has broken out. When the enraptured king gives the order to hunt down his own son, the queen resorts to…
The 7 Lives of Léo Belami
Nataël Trapp
In Nataël Trapp’s brilliant, page-turning novel, the philosophical question of “free will versus destiny” takes on a gripping, life-or-death urgency. Leo is a film-loving, solitary seventeen-year-old,…
A Most Peculiar Toy Factory
Alex Bell
Bestselling author Alex Bell serves up mystery and dark humour aplenty in this Roald Dahl-esque middle-grade tale of toys brought to life. Shadows of teddy bears flit across windows. Dolls whisper beh…
Rose Desert
Violaine Huisman
“Violaine Huisman confirms her unique talent… This is a boldly literary work, an account of a metamorphosis.” —LE MONDE After a breakup that leaves her devastated and depleted, Violaine leaves New Yor…
When I Was Yours
Lizzie Page
A beautiful and emotional wartime historical novel – heartbreaking, moving and unforgettable. 1939. War has broken out – hundreds of children are evacuated to the countryside to keep them safe from th…