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Publisher: Starboard

When I met the wolf for the first time, I had no idea that within a week I’d walk a hundred kilometres to save his life.

When Lumi arrives in Lapland, her aunt and uncle warn her of the wild white wolf. But when Lumi meets him and learns he’s being hunted, she decides to do whatever it takes to save his life.

With the help of local boy Oskár, she sets off on a perilous quest across snowy fells to reach the national park where Wolf will be safe. To survive, Lumi must trust the things that make her who she is: her sharp senses, the patterns she sees in the forests, and her fierce determination – before the hunters catch up.

An unforgettable story of friendship, bravery and belonging by an award-winning Finnish neurodivergent storyteller. Beautifully illustrated with forest diary pages. Perfect for readers 8-12+.

Imagine if Hercule Poirot was a beaver… A fast-paced crime caper for readers aged 7+ with black and white illustrations.

Ten-year-old Jacob Oolong lives with his eccentric great aunt, Lady Petronella Oolong in the penthouse flat of Odd-Doings House.

They arrive home one afternoon to find an enormous heart shaped box of delicious chocolates has arrived for Lady Oolong. And these aren’t any old chocolates though. These are from Eclair’s (Est. 1844) and are the most wonderful and the most expensive chocolates in the entire world.

But the next morning – SHOCK HORROR! – they’ve vanished! Not just gone… STOLEN!

With his great aunt prostrate in her nightie with shock, it’s up to Jacob to find out who has taken them, but he’ll need help. He calls in a private detective who, rather surprisingly, is a beaver living on the floor below them. Enter… J. Algernon Pickle.

Together, J. Algernon Pickle and Jacob set about investigating this very confusing mystery. Things take an unexpected turn when it becomes clear that the chocolates could only have been stolen by someone who lives in Odd-Doings House. But WHO could it be?

Waking up in a wood one night, with know memory of who they were or the lives they had lived before, Ember, Blue and Caine know only to run. A year on, the three strangers have become family to one another, living on the streets using their wits and ingenuity to survive, with a secret that they share – they can Flip into animals.

As if life isn’t hard enough, the park where they live is subject to a 9pm night curfew due to a gigantic dark creature that the press have called “The Night Terror.” The kids don’t believe in the creature, until they are confronted by the huge beast and need to run for their lives…

For all those children (and adults) who have thought about what animal they would be if they could be anything, for the love of fantasy novels, crime thrillers and sci-fi, the latest novel from acclaimed author J.J.Arcanjo (of Crookhaven fame) is guaranteed to be a big hit to a broad range of readers.

Great as a source for prediction, a rich text for grammar, an opener for discussion on trust and relationships in PSHE or simply an enjoyable whole class read or addition to the class bookshelf, this book will be in hot demand in UKS2/KS3  as the plot twists and turns until the end.

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