NEW RELEASES

Young Adult

  • Annie and Maeve have grown up in very different circumstances. They don't have a whole lot in common, so when they end up in the same class and are essentially forced into a friendship, neither one is very impressed.
    Both girls are blind - Maeve since birth, and Annie due to a fairly recent accident. According to most of the adults in their lives, this should be the basis for a beautiful friendship. Annie and Maeve disagree.When overlapping friends, birthday parties, pesky classmates, school camp, concert auditions and holiday sleepovers conspire to force the girls into hanging out, they realise that they might have more in common than
  • they could have guessed.
    Their shared disability isn't the reason they decide to be friends, but they both learn that sometimes it is a true revelation to find someone who totally gets some of the things you're going through.
Annie And Maeve Are Definitely NOT Friends Olivia Muscat $17.99
  • Twelve-year-old Crow is a thief.
    Scraping a living on the winding streets of Starsgard, Crow works for the leader of the criminal underworld, stealing from the city’s wealthy ruling class. But when a routine job takes Crow to the home of a mysterious sorcerer, his whole life is turned upside down – and after a planned heist goes wrong, leaving Crow alone and with nowhere to turn, he finds himself a new position as the sorcerer’s apprentice.
    Before long, Crow is introduced to the ancient art of dream magic – catching dream essence and using it to create dreams for the rich citizens from whom he
  • once stole. But when Crow learns of an ancient strain of nightmare magic that threatens to unleash devastation on Starsgard, he must make a terrible choice… and decide who he can really trust.
Crow: Thief of Magic Fiona Dixon $17.99
  • 1851, LONDON
    Six months have passed since the grand opening of the Great Exhibition -- and Albertine and her family couldn't be happier.
    But the season of good fortune ends abruptly when a Royal Jewel goes missing and Albertine's friend, dearest Blot, is accused of its theft. Determined to prove Blot's innocence, Papa launches an investigation. Yet despite his best efforts, the true thief cannot be found.
    With time running short before Blot is imprisoned, Albertine hatches a plan. She will enlist the help of the grown-up with the
  • sharpest eyes she knows: her ghost-governess, Nanny Tobbins.
    Residing in the graveyard has, however, turned Nanny quite odd and managing her is rather difficult.
    Will Nanny Tobbins' presence assist Albertine in clearing Blot's name, or will it make matters worse?
Nanny Tobbins and the Midnight Plan Lucie Stevens $18.99
  • Win the throne or destroy an empire. Either way, it begins with murder.After twenty-four years, the Emperor of Orrun's reign is at an end. In the dizzying heat of mid-summer, seven exceptional warriors, trained at rival monasteries, will compete to replace him.Then one of them is murdered.It falls to the brilliant but idiosyncratic scholar Neema Kraa to investigate. But as she hunts for a killer, darker forces are gathering . . .
The Raven Scholar Antonia Hodgson $24.99
  • I didn't always live with seven old people and one middle-aged cavoodle called Christine ...
    Claudia Smith's parents have left her to (temporarily) live with her grandparents at Boonside Heights Retirement Village while they're away on a once-in-a-lifetime cruise.
    The only good thing? The most popular kids at school, Yasmin and Zayn Bassal, have turned up to visit their grandmother.
    The not-so-good thing? Orpheus McAdoo, the most annoying kid at school, is hanging around like a bad smell.
    When the discovery of a mysterious note
  • has the oldies in a fluster, Claudia sees an opportunity for the unlikely foursome to get together and solve the mystery. There's just one problem ...
    They don't have a single clue.
The Clueless Guide to Solving a Mystery Samera Kamaleddine $17.99
  • Miri, an eighteen-year-old hopeful Jungian student, discovers she's pregnant in 2025.Aleita, sixteen, shelters in the library, the one place free of jolts to her digital implant in 2125.Interwoven between them stands Sylvie, spinning tapestries to save her life and the kingdom. Sylvie exists in the pages of a mysterious fairytale titled The Girl at the Threshold.Miri, Aleita and Sylvie each need to make a choice in their search for the truth. All three are connected through time by heartbreak, a desperate need to save the environment and a search for family and community.An expansive verse novel about the parallel journeys of three extraordinary girls carving
  • out their own histories - and each other's.
Once Upon Tomorrow Karen Comer $19.99
  • It's 2045 and the world is full of tech. Eddie has a bot in his ear giving him advice all day, and classroom bots keeping track of him at school. The streets are full of bird-drones, and gametech is amazing.
    But tech can't help the police find a missing boy called Theo. When they abandon the search, Eddie and his friends sneak out to look for clues. What they find doesn't seem to make sense.
    Then strange things start happening to Eddie. He's never been sporty but suddenly he's a brilliant runner. He has excellent night vision-and there are hair-like feathers growing out of his skin.
  • It's exciting. And it's terrifying.
    But does the strangeness have anything to do with Theo's disappearance? And could it help Eddie find the missing boy?
The Wild Unknown Emily Gale $16.99
  • For as long as anyone can remember, the De Luca witches and the wealthy Barrion family have been sworn enemies. Ever since the curse that changed their fates forever. Now, if a Barrion falls in love with you, you'll die.
    But when Penny Emberly's mother becomes the curse's latest victim, she must bring together two bitter rivals, Alonso and Corey, in order to save her mum's life and stop the feud for good.
    But as the trio navigates unpredictable magic, the tangled web of their family histories, and complicated attractions, it becomes clear that there's more than dark secrets at play.
The Glittering Edge Alyssa Villaire $22.99
  • Phoebe "Phibs" Ray is never more at home than when she’s underwater. Six months ago, she and her four closest friends found social media fame after discovering a handful of ancient gold coins in the Florida Keys. Now, their final summer together after high school, they’re taking one last trip to a distant Australian island to do what they love most – scuba dive.
    While diving a local reef, Phibs discovers a spectacular underwater sea cave, rumored to be a lost cave with a buried treasure. But when Phibs and her best friend Gabe surface from the cave, they notice that they're undergoing strange changes. Oozing gashes that don’t heal. Haunting whispers in
  • their heads... Something has latched onto them, lurking beneath their skin, transforming them from the inside out.
    When treasure hunters arrive, desperate to find the location of the cave and hold Phibs’ group for ransom, she’ll do anything to keep her friends safe. In the process she learns that, of all the dreadful creatures of the sea, she might be the most terrifying of them all.
Out of Air Rachel Reiss $26.99
  • Most travellers are running from—or searching for—something. But not Shadowhunter Matthew Fairchild and his loyal golden retriever, Oscar Wilde. No. Matthew is searching for himself aboard the Majestic, a grand 19th century ocean liner sailing from Greece to Constantinople. But he isn’t sure what he’s looking for yet. It might be himself.
    Matthew wants nothing more than to mourn the death of a friend and peacefully enjoy his travels before reuniting with his friends James Herondale and Cordelia Carstairs at the London Institute of Shadowhunters—a secret society of angel-blooded humans who protect the mundane world from
  • demons and Downworlders. But that’s interrupted when someone is murdered on the ship—and a vampire Downworlder lurks in the darkness.
    Together with Sylvain Verlac, a mysterious and captivating Parisian Shadowhunter with a secret grief of his own, Matthew must find the murderer on the Majestic before death strikes again.
A Sea Change Cassandra Clare $24.99
  • On the isolated island of Brack, the people live by an ancient bargain: every year, a sacrifice must be made to the Glimm, the creature that haunts the salt marshes.
    Eight years after the monster spared her, 16-year-old Lotta tends the Council's sacrificial horses and keeps her distance from the villagers who whisper about her fate.
    But something is stirring. The island is dying. It hums beneath her feet, and a song threads through her dreams. Is the Glimm calling Lotta back?
    A chance encounter with Moss, a village outcast, will change both their lives, and the
  • fate of the island, forever.
    To uncover Brack's deepest secrets, Lotta and Moss will need to trust each other and risk everything they hold dear.
    Because on Brack, monsters come in many forms.
Song of the Saltings Rachael King $24.99
  • It's Year Twelve exam time, and Hilzy has a lot on her plate. She's just lost her job, she and her sister Max are struggling to make ends meet, and her childhood best friend Imogen recently dobbed them in to child services. The friendship is over.
    There's a new spark of joy when Hilzy grows closer to Dawn, the hippy girl who's had a crush on her for ages. But when Hilzy ends up in hospital with a busted knee, it's only Imogen who understands what it's really like living with an invisible disability. Things are falling apart, but maybe it's not all on Hilzy to put them back together again.
Tearing Myself Together Anna Whateley $19.99
  • It's the February after Gaea's defeat. Camp Jupiter, like everyone else, should be celebrating. But something is causing chaos.
    Mysterious, sinister incidents are wreaking havoc throughout the camp. Suspicion quickly falls on Claudia, the Fourth Cohort's newest probatio. After all, the mischief started shortly after she stumbled into camp.
    To find out the truth, delve into the pages of Claudia's diary. Through her eyewitness accounts, you'll visit the crime scenes (aka the camp grounds) including a row of seats in the coliseum, an underground aqueduct tunnel . . .
  • And you'll be right alongside Claudia when she discovers an ancient secret that may hold the key to Camp Jupiter's safety.
Camp Jupiter Classified Rick Riordan $19.99
  • Forget what you know about Cleopatra, the Egyptian queen with a fantastic hairstyle. That's only part of the story. Before she was a ruler, Cleopatra was a girl with a fierce ambition: to become pharaoh.
    When twelve-year-old Cleopatra and her father, Pharaoh Ptolemy XII, flee to ancient Rome in 59 BCE after Cleopatra's sister seizes the throne, they are in serious trouble. It's up to Cleopatra to raise enough gold to hire an army, gain the support of powerful allies, and take back her country's land.
    Three years later she had become the most famous pharaoh in history.
Cleopatra: The Girl Who Would Be King Jackie French $16.99
  • After winning their school quiz Dante and Virgil are ready for a rest. When Virgil suggests they go to Camp Sulfur Springs Dante agrees, what could possibly go wrong?
    A LOT! Endless rain, sharing a cabin with his nemesis and being hit by a stray arrow are only the beginning of Dante's woes.
    Just when things seem like they can’t get any worse, the rival camp across the lake, start taking every opportunity to taunt Dante and the rest of the Sulfur Springs campers. Dante and Virgil decide their only chance for redemption is to beat them at the end-of-summer boat race by any means possible. . .
Dante N. Ferno: Camp Catastrophe Brian Gordon $16.99
  • Do you ever think about the animals we share our streets with?
    Well, they think about us. And talk about us. Quite a lot, actually. And, boy, do they have opinions!
    Duck, Mouse and Dog have decided that the fancy new coffee shop in town is bad news.
    It's time for the animals of Redhill to UNITE and RUFFLE SOME FEATHERS before it's too late!
Look Who's Talking! (Humorous stories) $16.99
  • Rowan loves working as a wildsmith – a person who can heal and speak to animals. So when she discovers her beloved pegasus has a long-lost family, she jumps at the chance to reunite them.
    But she soon finds herself deep in enemy territory, a long way away from her own family. She’ll need the help of new friends – and old ones – to escape.
    Will she ever make it home again?
Wildsmith 3: The Hidden Sea Liz Flanagan $19.99
  • Guided by a mysterious message, Cori, Tarn and Jem sail north to meet the secretive Loyalists, who will help them on their quest for the Oceanforged Armour.
    Instead, the Loyalists warn of a looming disaster. Unless Cori can master all the powers of the Champions before it strikes, Aquinta will be doomed.
    The Loyalists believe that a piece of armour may be hidden in Mutemount. But sea monsters once lurked in those waters, and no one who has travelled near the silent island in the last century has ever returned …
The Silent Island Amelia Mellor $16.99
  • The trip of a lifetime might be the death of them all.The students of LA's elite Warner Prep can't wait for their Senior Excursion-five days of Instagrammable adventure in one of the world's most exclusive locations. This is not your average field trip.
    Which is why eight students can't believe their bad luck when they end up on a digital detox in an isolated Colorado ski chalet. Their epic trip is panning out to be an epic bore . . . until their classmates start dropping in a series of disturbing deaths. The message is clear- this trip is no accident.
    And when a blizzard strikes, secrets are
  • revealed, betrayals are exposed, and survival is at stake in a race to the bitter end.
The Bitter End Alexa Donne $22.99

Childrens

  • Birds warble their happy tune.The garden sprouts wild daisies.The world sings a serenade:'Hello to you, Spring Baby!'
Hello Spring Baby! Jess Racklyeft $19.99
  • Everyone in the neighborhood was getting ready for the party.Everyone knew somebody on the guest list. . . .This was the day the dead returned.There's a party tonight, but Cala doesn't want to go. While her family prepares for the celebration, Cala grieves her grandfather and tries to pretend she's not afraid.But when she is separated from her family at the cemetery, Cala encounters four mysterious riders who will show her she is actually quite brave after all.
The Invisible Parade Leigh Bardugo & John Picacio $36.99
  • Dear Broccoli,Last night at dinner you were on my plate. AGAIN. Please don't come back.From,Frank.
    Dear Frank,I am afraid I cannot grant your request. The matter is out of my florets.Most respectful regards,Broccoli
    A deliciously funny picture book that is sure to make even the pickiest of eaters look at their dinner in a new light.
Dear Broccoli Jo Dabrowski & Cate James $24.99
  • 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
  • Somewhere, towards the beginning of time, a mountain rose from the ocean and came to rest above the clouds.Life sang a lullaby, and the mountain slept for many millions of years.Until one day, when the world became too silent for sleep ...
When The Mountain Wakes Matt Shanks $29.99
  • If we were dogs, what kind would we be?I'd be a big dog! And you'd be a little dog.Woof!Join two friends as they bark and growl, woof and howl - and maybe even quack - in a romp that makes room for everybody's ideas.
If We Were Dogs Sophie Blackall $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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