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Young Adult

  • Save the date . . . for a killer wedding!
    True-crime-obsessed Lara Oyinlola is heading to Lagos for her favourite cousin, Dérin’s, wedding. It’s going to be a holiday filled with glitzy dress-fittings, glamorous parties and, of course, the star-studded event of the year. But everything isn’t perfect in Dérin’s world. She’s been receiving anonymous threats telling her to cancel the wedding . . . or face dire consequences.
    This is the moment Lara’s been waiting for: put her sleuthing knowledge to work and solve a real-life mystery. As Lara
  • investigates, what she doesn’t expect to uncover is a web of secrets, malicious crimes, and near‑death encounters which promise to tear the family apart for good . . .
    With sinister secrets, bitchy bridesmaids, annoying exes, and a gossip-loving amateur detective, this gripping mystery thriller from a standout debut author and award-nominated BookTokker will have readers hooked.
Til Death Busayo Matuluko $22.99
  • Everglade loves to hate witches. And as the daughter of the last witch, Wren Westerly is the most hated person in town. She can only imagine what would happen if the townspeople found out she can actually see magic ... even if she has no idea how to use it.
    But when magic leads Wren to an enchanted necklace and reveals her secret, it's not just Everglade chasing her. It's the Eater - a terrifying creature who is determined to drain all magic from the world, and who really, really wants that necklace.
    Leaving Everglade with nothing but the necklace, two accidental travel companions,
  • and directions from a goat, Wren finds herself in a new and infinitely more magical world. And she's the only one who can save it from the Eater. That is, if she can figure out magic.
    No pressure.
    Welcome to the world of Everglade, where the truth about witches is tangled with lies and being yourself is the biggest risk of all.
Everglade 1 Rise of The Witch Kitty Black $17.99
  • When Morrigan is invited into Nevermoor's wealthy Silver District, she discovers a world of extravagance and a family mystery she's eager to unravel. She could never imagine where it will lead: a white wedding, a golden dragon and a red pool of blood.Embroiled in suspicion and danger, Morrigan leaps headfirst into a murder investigation, while also grappling with her ever-growing Wundersmith powers. And although her friends are there to help, she fears that could change if they learn she's keeping a terrible secret of her own.As shadowy forces awaken in Nevermoor, can Morrigan find a killer and solve the mystery in her own past . . . before the clock strikes midnight?
Silverborn Jessica Townsend $18.99
  • Red Solo cups? Check. Snacks? Check. Abandoned mansion full of countless horrors that won’t let you leave? Check. The Deinhart Manor has been a looming shadow over town for as long as anyone can remember, and it's been abandoned for even longer. When the final Deinhart descendent passes, the huge gothic manor is up for sale for the first time ever. Which means Arden can steal the keys from her mom’s real estate office . . . It’s time for a graduation party that no one will ever forget. Arden and her friends each have different reasons for wanting to throw the party to end all parties. But when the manor doors bar everyone inside and the walls begin to bleed, all anyone wants to do is make it out alive.
Killer House Party Lily Anderson $34.99
  • The woods are hiding a secret… but then so is Red…
    Red is not allowed to go into the woods. Everyone knows that they are dangerous – because of their strange magic and the wolves that lurk there… But Red finds herself increasingly drawn to the woods and the place where her grandmother disappeared without a trace three years ago. When the woodcutter fails to return home one night and wolves are spotted close to the village boundary, fear drives a deep and dangerous divide between the villagers and the nature they live alongside.
    Only Red seems to hold the key – but she
  • has a secret, and exposing it could ruin her family forever …
Wolf Siren Beth O'Brien $17.99
  • Vengeance is a killer.
    A killer is stalking and murdering sorcerers, and Valkyrie Cain is next on his list.
    While hunting down a cult of magical terrorists intent on taking their revenge on the mortal world, Skulduggery and Valkyrie are drawn into a murder investigation with unsettling similarities to a case they just closed – the case that nearly took the lives of both Valkyrie’s sister and girlfriend.
    With the body count rising, a special night approaches – a night where the elite of sorcerer society will gather on a remote island to witness a ceremony that could
  • change that society forever.
    Speeches will be made, champagne will be sipped, and two things will become terribly, distressingly clear…
    No one is safe. And not everyone will make it out alive.
A Heart Full of Hatred Derek Landy $19.99
  • The house has secrets of its own . . . After a tragedy rips her life apart, Carina Marshall is looking to reinvent herself in her mother’s homeland of Jamaica. With her new gig as the au pair for the wealthy and powerful Hall family at Blackbead House, Carina wants nothing more than to disappear into their world of mango trees, tropical breezes and glamorous parties. At first, Blackbead House seems like the perfect escape. Carina’s job is pretty easy, her boss is very welcoming and her new friends, especially the handsome and charismatic Aaron, help to ease the loneliness she’s felt for a long time.
  • But new beginnings don’t come easy. Because Carina isn’t who she says she is, and Blackbead House already knows . . .​
Honeysuckle & Bone Trisha Tobias $22.99
  • Adrasteia Dantes always knew she’d be a pirate captain. She just didn’t know she’d be seventeen years old when it happened. Adra takes the helm of the Worldeater after her half brother Cameron attacks their father and steals a priceless treasure map. Now, the young captain has only one desire: revenge. She will restore her father’s honor by killing her brother, reclaiming the map he stole, and finding the legendary treasure at the grave of the first pirate king. But when Adra discovers her brother’s ship destroyed and his crew dead—spare a sole survivor—she learns there’s something lurking in the sea that’s killing pirates, taking entire ships down with ease. Adra takes the surviving girl prisoner in hopes of tracking down Cameron,
  • but no one will survive to see the treasure if they don’t find and stop the Devourer first. If Adra wants to save her ship, she’ll have to strike a deal to help the Devourer reclaim something that was taken from her long ago. But it seems that their individual quests for vengeance might be leading them to the same end. . . .
The Devourer Alison Ames $34.99
  • Have you ever gotten lost in a book? Entranced into the world of a mysterious old story of Alice Springs published a hundred years ago, Millie, a Warlpiri teenager, is sucked up by a willy willy and transported to 1924. Here she meets a crew of oddly familiar young people, Sonny, Beryl and Spike. As the group compare notes, they realise the Alice Springs of the past and the future are not as different as they seem...
Desert Track Mary Wells & Linda Wells $22.99
  • Célie’s life is over. She took her final breath trying to save the people she loves—including the powerful and enigmatic vampire king, Michal, who refused to let her go. When Célie wakes, she cannot walk in the sun; she can hear her friends’ heartbeats and she craves their blood. Michal has cursed her to the eternal existence of a vampire.
    But Célie isn’t the only dead roaming the earth. Her sister, Filippa, has returned as a shadow of her former self, and other revenants are rising from their graves intent on revenge. The fragile balance between life and death has broken, awakening an even darker force—and he is coming for Célie,
  • ready to claim her as his Bride. With the fate of their world at stake, Célie and Michal must set aside their searing attraction to mend the veil and right the balance, once and for all.
The Shadow Bride Shelby Mahurin $22.99
  • Meet the Heist squad. AKA a motley crew of hot-headed misfits who HATE each other but LOVE chocolate. But then they discover a sinister chocolatey plot, right in the bowels of their high school, that will threaten the entire human race with utter annihilation. Can they put aside their differences to achieve the most audacious chocolate heist EVER and save the world?
Heist 1: The Great Chocolate Caper Joel McKerrow $17.99
  • Rehya is a hunter with uncanny magical abilities - and magic has long been outlawed in Mennama Valley.
    Every winter, on the night of the Blood Moon, young women enter forced marriages for the valley's advancement and prosperity. But this year Governor Kyra has decreed that girls of just fifteen must become Blood Moon Brides, making Rehya eligible. 
    When her Pa dies, Rehya's plans of escape evaporate and she is paraded in front of suitors on Show Day. And when she is chosen to be a bride, she lashes out.
    As punishment, she is sent to the Nest.
  • There Rehya must decide: should she submit to the life of a Blood Moon Bride, or rebel - and risk everything to fight for justice?
Blood Moon Bride Demet Divaroren $19.99
  • Two strangers, each with their own complicated relationship to Death-Cast, help each other learn to live.
    Paz Dario stays up every night, waiting for the Death-Cast call that would mean he doesn’t have to keep faking his way through this lonely life. After a devastating day, Paz decides he’s done waiting around for Death-Cast. If they say he’s not dying, he’ll just have to prove them wrong. But right before Paz can die, a boy saves his life.
    Alano Rosa is heir to the Death-Cast empire that encourages everyone to live their best lives, but he doesn’t feel in control of his own existence thanks to his father. And with a
  • violent organisation called the Death Guard threatening Alano, his End Day might be closer than he thinks. It’s time to live.
    Fate brings Paz and Alano together. But they must survive the tragic trials ahead so no one dies at the end.
The Survivor Wants to Die at The End Adam Silvera $29.99
  • When you're 12 years old and 6 foot tall, you'd better be prepared for a hilarious ride through that notoriously tricky first year of high school.

    The problem with Bird Day is that all everyone does is go birdwatching.
    Alma's not very interested in birds.
    But when she manages to see an extremely rare purple-bellied parrot, it's big news.
    She's practically, almost, nearly, entirely famous!
  • The only problem is no one else saw the parrot ...
    And no one saw Alma see the parrot ...
    And no one has seen the parrot since.
    When some so-called 'experts' suggest Alma didn't see the bird at all, she's determined to prove them wrong, no matter what.
The Girl Who Cried Bird Katherine Collette $17.99
  • When Delores Mackenzie is chased home by a restless spirit, she is sent to the mysterious Uncles in Edinburgh Old Town to learn how to control her unusual 'gifts'. Scared and alone, she finds her new home at the Tolbooth Book Store is full of curious surprises: some welcome, others less so. But when a sinister apparition threatens the lives of her strange new housemates, Delores must gather all her strength to save them.
The Dark And Dangerous Gifts of Delores Mackenzie Yvonne Banham $17.99
  • 'Hello,' said the umbrella.
    'Gosh,' said the boy. The umbrella's handle was carved in the shape of a dog’s head, with a very long snout and a shiny nose and ears that flopped back. 'You can talk.'
    'I suppose I can,' said the umbrella.
    'Do you have a name?' asked the boy.
    'No,' said the umbrella. 'Do I need a name?'
    'Yes,' said the small boy. 'You need one for someone to let you in at the front door, and another name to be let out the back door.'
  • Brought to life by a careless sorcerer, Pernickety Boo is a well-educated umbrella with unexplored magical powers – and after he is left behind on the London Underground by his forgetful creator, Pernickety must find an owner: someone who will truly love him.
    So when Pernickety meets young Sylvie Moonshine and is welcomed into her home, he thinks that all of his prayers have been answered. But there are plenty of other people who are also interested in the magical umbrella, and who threaten to separate Pernickety from his beloved Sylvie, unless he can find a way to stop them.
Pernickety Boo Sally Gardener $19.99
  • Leah and Charlie are handling their family's loss in very different ways. Their choices push them down dangerous and perilous paths which eventually collide, sending shockwaves through their community. This astounding, compulsive novel explores love, power, money, art and asks: what matters most in the end?
Let The Light in Jenny Downham & Louis Hill $22.99

Childrens

  • What’s more powerful than a secret wish? A wish you say out loud. Anything paints a tender picture of a father and daughter moving into a new home. Dad brings a birthday cake for the new apartment to celebrate their new beginning and tells his daughter she can wish for anything (or, more precisely, “three Anythings”). Over the course of the day, she wishes for some of her favorite things, including a rainbow and “the biggest slice of pizza in the whole world." But she keeps some of her wishes inside. Because what she really wants is to go back home to their old apartment, with its big blue bathtub and space in the closet for hide-and-seek. When she finally admits this last wish, her dad takes her on a journey, and by the book’s final pages, she is home . . . in every way that matters.
Anything Rebecca Stead $26.99
  • When Little Rabbit meets the Moon, the two play, dance and discover the wonders of nature in the quiet time before dawn. Charming nighttime sceneries and critters fill the pages of this gentle story that bridges Earth and Space.
Little Rabbit And The Moon Inda Zahri and Claire Wee $24.99
  • From the comfort of home to the adventure of the great outdoors, from family to first encounters with nature, Welcome to the World revels in the joy that comes with sharing this new world with children, and seeing it through their eyes.
    A perfect read-aloud story for sharing from Julia Donaldson and Helen Oxenbury.
Welcome to The World Julia Donaldson $14.99
  • Get ready to meet Barbara the beetle and Derek the squirrel who (through the power of poo) help a wise-cracking seed turn into a handsome tree . . . and become a wonderful book! And GUESS WHAT? It's the book that you're holding! A book to be loved, shared and cherished forever. Perfect for fans of Jon Klassen and Oliver Jeffers.Tactile jacket cover with a surprise underneath! Have fun with turn-around pages. If you are looking for a laugh-out-loud picture book about the wonder of trees, books and stories.... this is for you!
Once I Was a Tree Eoin McLaughlin $24.99
  • Join the narrator, as they proudly introduce the reader to their prized collection, featuring BIG things to small things ... and spiky things to wobbly things!
    Each page is bursting with humor, and they are interactive too, with children encouraged to interact with the book, with invitations to point, make noises, clap their hands and think about what they could collect.
These Are my Rocks Bethan Woollvin $24.99
  • A celebration of the unparalleled creative partnership of Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler, packed full of fun facts, behind-the-scenes information and never-before-seen illustrations. With a foreword by Rob Brydon. Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler have been working together for over thirty years, creating some of the world’s best-loved picture books, including The Gruffalo, Room on the Broom, Stick Man and Zog. Discover more about their early lives, how their creative partnership began, and dive deeper inside the wonderful worlds of all your favourite characters and stories. Packed with full-colour illustrations, sketches and photographs, in a stunning hardback edition, The Amazing World of Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler is a must-have gift for fans of Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler, and is perfect for all the family to enjoy together. Published by Macmillan Children's Books and Alison Green Books.
The Amazing World of Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler Julia Donaldson $49.99
  • hey reached a giant lemon tree.The old woman sat up, tapping an urgent finger against the window.'Hay! Hay! Hanna zarr'et ha. Hay!''She's saying that Hanna planted this tree,' Mama said as Dad pulled over.'It's a beautiful tree, shajrah hhelweh,' Mama said to the old woman.When a little girl, Safiya, and her family help Maryam, a lost and confused stranger by the side of the road, to find her way home, they begin to understand who she is and the rich and remarkable life she has lived. Through kind-natured Safiya, we come to see Maryam, a woman who had been made invisible by society because of her ethnicity, race, religion, language, age and now dementia.With Arabic text interspersed throughout, A Lemon for Safiya is a wonderful exploration of language, diversity and culture.
A Lemon For Safiya Jemima Shafei-Ongu $24.99
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