Format: Chapter book

Heir of Storms

Chapter book

HEIR OF STORMS is an epic romantasy in the style of TWIN CROWNS and early Sarah J. Maas with a touch of THE HUNGER GAMES.

I am the girl who wove the storm that shook the world.
And I’m coming for my crown.

When Blaze came into the world, she almost drowned it.

Blaze, a Rain Singer, is born into one of the most powerful fire-wielding families in the empire. Her birth summoned a devastating storm that resulted in the deaths of thousands, and she has spent her life as an outsider, reviled and feared.

When Blaze and her twin brother, Flint, are selected to compete in the Choosing Rite, the trials which decide the future rulers of the empire, she’s suddenly thrust into the limelight – and into battle.

Threats abound at the Golden Palace, where intrigue and romance await with not one but two handsome suitors: the enchanting Crown Prince and a dangerously alluring newcomer at court.

As her powers strengthen and her fellow competitors fall, the throne is suddenly within her grasp. But in order to take the crown, she’ll have to leave behind the stories that others have told about her and find the courage to write her own.

Skipshock

Caroline O’Donoghue

Chapter book

MARGO AND MOON WERE ON TWO DIFFERENT TRAINS, IN TWO DIFFERENT WORLDS.
THEY NEVER SHOULD HAVE MET – BUT THEY DID.
AND NOW THEY ARE RUNNING OUT OF TIME.

A dazzlingly inventive sci-fi fantasy romance from the bestselling Irish author of The Rachel Incident and host of Sentimental Garbage, now available in paperback.

WINNER of the Children’s Books Ireland Judges’ Special Award
Shortlisted for the Books Are My Bag Awards
Shortlisted for the Irish Book Awards

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Margo is on a train when she slips into another dimension, passing from the height of Irish summer into the chill of an alien winter, from a 24-hour day to one that begins and ends in just six hours. From a stranger on the train – a travelling salesman by the name of Moon – she learns that New Davia is part of a world scarred by uprisings, travel bans and world sealings. Power is determined by time – who has it, who doesn’t, and who has the freedom to travel between time zones.

Can Margo find a way to get back home – or will she choose to stay in a world where her youth is slipping away faster than ever before, but where she may have found the only person with whom she would choose to spend eternity?

Traumaland

Josh Silver

Chapter book

The deliciously dark new thriller from award-winning YA author Josh Silver, perfect for fans of Black Mirror and Holly Jackson.

Welcome to TraumaLand. You are now Jack.

Your story will start in 3… 2… 1…

Eli has been in a near-fatal accident, which has left him with no memory and no emotions. According to his therapist, he suffers from an Overwhelming Emptiness.

Desperate to feel something again, Eli winds up at TraumaLand, an underground club where crowds of emotionally numb party-goers seek a new thrill. Through hyper-real virtual reality simulations, they can experience nightmarish events happening to other people.

But when Eli immerses himself in Jack’s story, he starts to suspect there may be a darker – more dangerous – truth to the club.

Our Infinite Fates

Laura Steven

Chapter book

THE NUMBER ONE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

A star-crossed lovers romance that spans a millennia, for fans of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, They Both Die at the End and One Day

They’ve loved each other in every lifetime. They’ve killed each other in every one.

Evelyn can remember all her past lives. She can also remember that in every single one, she’s been murdered before her eighteenth birthday.

The problem is that she’s quite fond of the one she’s in now, and more importantly, her sister needs her for bone marrow transplants to stay alive. So now she has to:

find the centuries-old enemy who hunts her through each life and destroy them forever

figure out exactly why she’s being hunted in the first place,

try quite hard not to fall in love with them

…again.

This edition features an exclusive bonus chapter!

Everyone’s falling for Our Infinite Fates . . .

A Beautiful Evil

Bea Fitzgerald

Chapter book

The eagerly anticipated new YA Greek myth re-imagining from Bea Fitzgerald, TikTok superstar and Sunday Times bestselling author of Girl, Goddess, Queen.

Pandora is the first human woman – made by the gods on Olympus for one simple purpose: to love and be loved by her new husband, the titan Epimatheos.

The only problem? He wants nothing to do with her.

Hurt and confused, Pandora struggles to find meaning in her new life. What’s the point of being given all these gifts by the gods, if she can’t get this infuriating, awful, frankly very rude man (with an admittedly quite nice face) to love her? Maybe she’s failing at her life’s purpose. Or maybe she’s destined for an entirely different one . . . ?

As Pandora and Matheos work to uncover why she was created, that fated connection between them feels increasingly difficult to ignore. And with that comes terrible risk. Because Matheos’s traitorous brother, Prometheus, is a seer – and before the gods captured him he issued a final warning: that Pandora and Matheos’s love will be humanity’s doom.

So . . . what do you do when faced with an all-powerful love . . . that just happens to threaten the end of the world?

Pandora’s about to find out.

A glorious sunshine/grumpy romantic re-imagining of the Pandora myth, from the bestselling author of Girl, Goddess, Queen and The End Crowns All

Mondays Are Murder

Ravena Guron

Chapter book

From the bestselling author of This Book Kills comes a deadly new YA thriller of murder, mystery and mind-blowing twists. Perfect for fans of Holly Jackson and Karen M. McManus.

Seventeen-year-old Kay left her sleepy hometown after the devastating death of her friend, Ivy. But when Kay is forced to come back, she receives an anonymous letter that turns her life upside down.

The letter tells her that there will be a thrill on Tuesday, a wreckage on Wednesday, treachery on Thursday, a fire on Friday, sabotage on Saturday, a stabbing on Sunday – and her murder on Monday.

And if Kay can’t figure out who is behind the threats, the worst day of the week is about to get deadly…

Heartbreaker

Anika Hussain

Chapter book

A feisty enemies to lovers romcom from the YA Book Prize shortlisted author of This is How You Fall in Love. Perfect for readers of Jenny Han, Joya Goffney and Adiba Jaigirdar!

HE BROKE HER BEST FRIEND’S HEART. NOW SAACHI PLANS TO BREAK HIS.

MAY THE BEST HEARTBREAKER WIN . . .

Saachi would do anything for her best friend. So when school bad boy Fahim breaks Mona’s heart, Saachi is hellbent on getting revenge. It’s time to put him in his place once and for all.

And so begins Operation Heartbreaker: Saachi will make Fahim fall in love with her and then pull the plug on him – just like he does to every girl he’s ever dated. Simple.

Except as she spends more time with Fahim, against her better judgement, she finds herself falling for him. Unable to talk to Mona about her mixed emotions, and with the mission veering dangerously off course, Saachi will have to embrace her role as a heartbreaker or potentially end up with her own heart broken . . .

Enter Eddie Shakespeare

Barbara Henderson

Chapter book

Eddie Shakespeare was the playwright’s very much lesser-known younger brother, but Barbara Henderson brings him thoroughly to life in this lively and imaginative novel for 9-12s.

Eddie is confident, reckless and desperate to follow his brother to the theatres of London and escape his fate as Stratford’s next glovemaker apprentice. His adventurous nature will draw children into the story initially, before he uncovers a plot against his brother Will, hatched by jealous rivals (Christopher Marlowe among them) and the pace really picks up. I really enjoyed all the accurate historical and theatrical detail Henderson has woven into the book – children will really get a feel for London at the time, as well as Tudor theatre – like boys playing women, the raucous and unpredictable nature of open air theatres, and the quick changeover of plays, players and playwrights.

I also liked the inclusion of a new friend for Eddie in Reasonable, a silk master’s apprentice, and the first Black person he has ever met. You can tell Henderson loves to write stories peppered with and threaded around historical fact – she does it so well. The plot remains simple and uncomplicated throughout.

Overall, it’s a great way to introduce children to Shakespeare and Tudor London!

Detective Thingy Majiggy

Cecelia Ahern

Chapter book

A funny, magical and hugely original new series from internationally bestselling author Cecelia Ahern.

Mia is ten years old and has just moved to her new foster home with Detective Lucy. And Mia has a secret – she can speak to inanimate objects. That’s not the weird part, though – the amazing thing is that the objects speak back! Hats, toasters, pens – Mia can understand them all.

And with the help of these everyday objects, Mia can SOLVE MYSTERIES! Like for instance – how exactly did a fire start in her new classroom…?

Warm, funny, highly original and illustrated throughout in black and white, this is the start of a brand-new series for 7+ readers by beloved, globally bestselling author Cecelia Ahern.

The Summer My Wishes Came True

Radhika Sanghani

Chapter book

When everything she wishes for starts coming true, Ayesha discovers what will really make her happy. A book about tween friendships, with a sprinkling of magic, from award-winning journalist and author Radhika Sanghani. Perfect for fans of Lottie Brooks and Dork Diaries.

Ayesha can’t wait for summer camp, it’s going to be the best two weeks ever with her best friend Nikki. But Nikki’s changed over the summer and things don’t feel the same between them. When Ayesha overhears Nikki telling their roommates she’s immature, Ayesha is embarrassed and wishes her life could be different.

The next day Ayesha realizes everything she wishes for is coming true. Lie-in in the morning? Tick! Pizza for lunch? Tick! Nikki to be her best friend? Tick! Suddenly Nikki’s hanging out with her again, and then Ayesha wishes for Nikki to get a part in the camp’s musical, and now she’s playing the lead role.

But their friendship still isn’t the same. Ayesha thinks she needs a part in the musical too, so she makes another wish, even if her actions have taken a role in the musical from someone else who would really love it. She’s got everything she’s ever wished for, but will her wishes really make her happy? This summer isn’t turning out to be everything she hoped for…