When Pearl discovers a newspaper clipping showing a picture of her dad holding the baby he found abandoned outside a hospital, it sets off a chain of events of betrayal, obsession, murder. And it all started with a lie. Perfect for fans of Cynthia Murphy and Holly Jackson.
A hilarious middle-grade debut. Hockey girl Fleur is used to balancing her two different cultures from her English Mum to her West Indian Nan but when she discovers that she can talk to animals she finds herself in a whole new world! Can her new powers help her take down Celeste ‘The Best’ the hockey-loving, ankle-smashing new girl, once and for all? Perfect for fans of Maz Evans.
Longlisted for The Juniper Book Award 2023. Beware the Twig Man, the Twig Man’s hex. Beware the Twig Man, or you’ll be NEXT! It’s been a year since nearly-twelve-year-old Ari’s older sister, Lana, ran away. Except Ari knows what really happened. She was taken by the Twig Man, the creepy monster that’s haunted the woods for one hundred years. No one else will listen, so it’s down to Ari to save his sister. But he had better hurry, as Ari finds himself next on The Twig Man’s list…
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