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Picture book
Birdsong / He Korihi is a charming trilingual, tricultural 1 to 10 counting book for 010-year-olds. It is beautifully illustrated with a mix of familiar native and introduced birds just as Aotearoa has a mix of indigenous and immigrant peoples. The rhyming...
Graphic novel
Shakespeare's Twelfth Night like you've never seen it - or read it - before! Classics in Graphics: Twelfth Night has been adapted into a graphic novel by expert authors, Steve Skidmore and Steve Barlow, with illustrations by Wendy Tan Shiau Wei. Experience the...
For the first time since entering the Inner Palace, Felia is starting to rue her position as the 31st consort. After all, it means she only gets to see Macron once every three months. The tea party hosted by the king might be Felia s only chance to deepen...
A twisty, dark royalcore fantasy that takes the courtly intrigue of Hamlet and infuses it with the vicious ambition of the Boleyn family. For readers who love Holly Black and Sarah J. Maas.
A star hockey player and his biggest critic must reexamine their assumptions about each other when forced to work together at an after-school job in this feel-good young adult rom-com debut about breaking the ice. Luke Dawson and Harper Braedon could have been...
Eighteen-year-old Briar Winters must untangle the horrifying eldritch secrets of her picture-perfect coastal town in order to save the boy she loves after he disappears from time itself.Historic Loch Creek is a witchy New England tourist trap but it's just a...
The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Crimson Moth (published as Heartless Hunter in North America) weaves an epic love story of a magical girl, the boy she left behind, and a deadly curse.'Lush, dark, and romantic. I could have remained lost in the...
Curl up this winter with Snowed in at the Wildest Dreams Bookshop, a gorgeously cosy, grumpy x sunshine romcom for fans of Lynn Painter and Jenny Han. When snow falls, sparks fly...Ivy's first term at art college hasn't gone to plan. Lacking in friends and...
From best-loved YA thriller author, Cynthia Murphy comes an explosive new mystery! True-Crime obsessed Paige and her family move across the Atlantic to her father's eerie hometown and it's not long before she uncovers the town's dark history-a string of...
From bestselling and award-winning author Benjamin Dean comes a dark, decadent and deadly YA thriller following the perfectly privileged lives of spoilt rich kids and the messy, murderous things they'll do to get what they want. For fans of How to Die Famous,...
This is what happens when you put a pair of unemployed teenagers in charge of a sudden death investigation. What we lack in investigative skills we make up for in free time. Heidi's meant to be having the time of her life on exchange in Switzerland, but...
Dark academia meets The Stepford Wives in this new YA mystery thriller from the bestselling author of Eleanor Jones is Not a Murderer. Meg McLean is a scholarship student at the ultra-elite Douglas College. Meg's younger sister, Liza, is along for the ride,...
Like all ruinous things, he came from the abyss. Kidan Adane has finally embraced her darkness. She's killed without remorse, broken Uxlay University's most sacred law by inviting elusive rogue vampires, the Nefrasi, into their campus, and made a truce with...
Elka has been banished to the forest by her wicked mother, who rules the city with an iron first. She is cursed to remain there forever unless she takes the hearts of seven men. Six have been slain and a wounded huntsman stumbles across her path, destined to...
The Cruel Prince meets Powerless in this dark academia romantasy that will tattoo itself onto your heart. In the cursed Kingdom of Aragoa, the punishment for magic is death. Even the students at Vandenberghe Academy aren't spared. When Viola Sinclair's deadly...
From Pulitzer Prize-winning author Oscar Hijuelos comes a "frank, gritty, vibrant, and wholly absorbing" (Booklist, starred review) young adult novel set in the late 1960s about a haunting choice and an unforgettable journey of identity, mis-identity, and all...
Could Rome be where the heart is? Sixteen-year-old Scottish-Italian Livia feels like an outsider, spending the summer in her grandmother's bar in Rome. Smug local boy Giulio works there too, and quickly becomes Livia's nemesis. She is not going to be the...
A fluffy, cosy happily-ever-after YA rom-com for 12+ readers with a strong seasonal commercial hook and full of our favourite book tropes- forced proximity, unexpected pairings and first love representation. Just like Romeo, he's falling for Juliet. Juliet...
Layered with devastating revelations and twisty romance, this heart-pounding sequel to Nightweaver will leave readers racing toward the truth about Aster and her destiny. I am vengeance. Fury. Power. Seventeen-year-old pirate Aster Oberon faces a stunning new...
The utterly addictive new YA thriller with a twist you'll NEVER guess... A nail-biting summer mystery, for fans of ONE OF US IS LYING and WE WERE LIARS.Seven liars in the circle. Only one can survive...Seven teens arrive for a school retreat - only to find an...
An electrifying dystopian novel packed with a tantalizing love triangle, gripping political intrigue, and a Bachelor-style competition from the critically acclaimed author of The Dividing Sky, Jill Tew. An electrifying dystopian novel packed with a tantalizing...
A blood-curdlingly spooky and darkly funny romance about how falling in love is scary AF, perfect for fans of Wednesday and Heartstopper. When Gray gets a text from a wrong number, he's pretty sure it's a serial killer-or worse, his ex-on the other end of the...
Knives Out meets Belladonna in this gorgeously gothic queer YA horror and dark romance about an inherited estate, murderous relatives, and a garden with a taste for blood, from the New York Times bestselling author of Don't Let the Forest In and The Boy Who...
A spin-off story to the beloved Finding Famous, Candice Jalili is back with another story in the Mashad Family universe: a laugh-out-loud, larger-than-life YA romance that brings reality TV down to earth. The tabloids wish they could give you gossip this jaw...
This sequel to young adult romantasy Divine Mortals, which Kirkus Reviews recommended for fans of Sarah J. Maas and Rebecca Yarros, delivers sizzling romance and epic stakes. Mona is tasked with saving the world and everyone she loves-but what can she do when...
Squid Game meets Dear Justyce in an explosive young adult novel about a teenage girl on death row who competes on a reality show in hopes of winning her freedom. Squid Game meets Dear Justyce in an explosive young adult novel about a teenage girl on death row...
A chosen-one YA fantasy debut novel inspired by Asian culture with a richly developed world-perfect for fans of Elizabeth Lim, Amelie Wen Zhao, and Sue Lynn Tan. Sozo was born cursed. Called a monster. Raised to hide. But Sozo is done running. Abandoned by her...
One of Marie Claire's 18 Most-Anticipated Mystery-Thrillers of 2025 Sadie meets The Female of the Species in this YA thriller starring Nev, one of eight missing girls from a group home called Sister's Place-and the only one who returned. One of Marie Claire's...
"A hilarious and charming descent into love, fake dating, and actual Hell. I couldn't stop grinning." - Aiden Thomas, New York Times bestselling author of Cemetery Boys A swoon-worthy YA rom com about an ambitious college student whose plans get derailed when...
A small town, a fall festival, and an old flame ... Gilmore Girls meets Jenny Han in this seasonal YA romance. ?? 'All swoon and fall vibes!' Lynn Painter, bestselling author of Better Than the Movies Ellis has a plan: apply to Columbia University, study...
Even after defeating her murderer, Prince Ren, Mingshin has no time to rest. The youngest prince's shocking death leaves the royal family shaken, and Mingshin is determined to get answers. She soon discovers that Wen was killed by a magical olfactory-delivered...
From the bestselling author of Threads that Bind and Hearts that Cut comes a brand-new compulsive romantasy about a girl obsessed with the dark and the shadowy magical prince she falls in love with, perfect for fans of Holly Black and Laini Taylor. From the...
From the author of Escape Room comes a new pulse-quickening read! How do you outrun danger when you're trapped at sea? Welcome to No Exit. The place for you, so that others are safe. Vesper thought a ten-day cruise would be the perfect escape from her troubled...
If you knew the world was ending, who would you save? And would they let you? Sixteen-year-old Winnie Bray is a liar. As the resident psychic at an oddities shop, Winnie truly can see the future. But her customers only want reassurance, and Winnie only wants...
To most people, Piper Sail looks like a rich girl with little potential, but she surprises everyone, including herself, when she starts investigating her best friend's disappearance. Perfect for fans of Agatha Christie and Maureen Johnson, The Lost Girl of...
The Inheritance Games gets the royal treatment in this paperback original thriller that combines courtly intrigue, succession drama, and romance.Ruby has never found a puzzle she couldn't solve. Even though she's destined to spend the rest of her life as a...
Romance, friendship, and bone-chilling fear fill the pages of this "haunting modern-day folktale" (April Genevieve Tucholke, author of Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea) about a teen whose repressed memories begin to surface when a body is discovered in...
An extraordinary faerie tale of magic and mystery, romance and danger, described by Stephenie Meyer as 'a remarkable debut'. Laurel is an ordinary fifteen-year-old high school girl. But something incredible is happening to her. She is changing.Now Laurel is...
A magical romance blossoms in the follow-up to WINGS, the bestselling novel described by Stephenie Meyer as "a remarkable debut". "I can't just storm in and proclaim my intentions. I can't 'steal' you away. I just have to wait, and hope that someday you'll...
Laurel faces the fight of her life to save everything , and everyone, she loves. This is the final part of the extraordinary faerie tale which began in the bestselling novel WINGS described by Stephenie Meyer as 'a remarkable debut'. Laurel lived happily as an...
The third instalment of Aprilynne Pike's extraordinary faerie tale of magic and mystery, romance and danger, described by Stephenie Meyer as "a remarkable debut". On the first day of Laurel's senior year there are two new arrivals. Tamani - the electrifying...
Heavy is the head that wears the crown. The epic finale to the cut-throat dark fantasy romance, Inferno's Heir. Perfect for fans of Six of Crows and These Violent Delights.Praise for Inferno's Heir:'A mesmerizing debut fantasy.' - Rebecca Yarros, No.1 New York...
You Should See Me in a Crown meets Black girl magic--literally--in this enchanting rom-com about a reluctant witch caught up in a faking dating scheme. Witches and humans have always had issues. Cayden is well aware of that: her witch mom was shunned by her...
Jasmin has always known that monsters are real. And they wear ordinary faces. When she was a child, she witnessed her famous, adored grandfather attempt to kill her grandmother. Now Jasmin is eighteen, watchful and curious. She hangs out at the local college,...
For fans of Chloe Gong comes aslow-burn, enemies-to-lovers romantasy in which a young Shanghai woman must work with her ex, the London prince, to save their rival courts-if she doesn't kill him or fall back in love with him first.It's been nine years since the...
In this haunting story about family, legacy, and sacrifice, a young Black girl living in a Texas sundown town must find the courage to stand up for what's right even when it means facing impossible choices-perfect for fans of Dear Martin and The Hate U...
An action-packed dystopian drama following a group of neurodivergent teenagers on their quest to free the British people from an army of cloned soldiers.It's the last days of the war. The fate of humanity is at stake. The stage is set for the Underdogs' final...
An action-packed dystopian drama following a group of neurodivergent teenagers on their quest to free the British people from an army of cloned soldiers.War is raging. Numbers are dwindling. It's a dangerous world for an underdog.The Underdogs of Spitfire's...
A near-future war novel, where neurodiverse teenagers who escaped an attack on their school become the last hope of freeing the British people.One million cloned soldiers. A nation imprisoned. A group of neurodiverse rebels fighting back.Britain as we know it...
A fun, colourful companion to Duck Goes Meow, winner of the 2023 NZ Children's Best Picture Book award and its sequel How to Be a Cat. A kind duck asks, "What can you say?" and Duck says Meow! and Oink! and Neigh! Duck is back-and this time, Duck has...
Toota-toot-toot! Will the driver of the rubbish truck be a waver? "Full of fun, energy and laughs. Little ones will LOVE it!" Giles Andreae. A verbally interactive picture book that invites kids to ask, Will the Driver be a Waver? With six different vehicles...
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