Children's & Teens

Marcus is a young baker in Ancient Rome, living with his family in the shadow of the murderous Emperor Littleboots. When a slave boy shoves the reins of a sleek, beautiful horse into Marcus' hands seconds before he is killed by a soldier, Marcus knows he's in danger - because the horse is Incitatus, the Emperor's most prized and powerful animal.

Matthew is trapped in his bedroom by crippling OCD and spends most of his time staring out of his window as the inhabitants of Chestnut Close go about their lives. Until the day he is the last person to see his next door neighbour's toddler, Teddy, before he goes missing. Matthew must turn detective and unravel the mystery of Teddy's disappearance.

A crumbling stone soldier sits on a bench in the park and only Owen understands how important he is ... A touching story of loss and remembrance from Lisa Thompson, the award-winning author of The Goldfish Boy.

Telling a little white lie now and then is harmless, right? But what if it leads to you being a household name and international celebrity? Cole is the boy who fooled the world and finds himself trapped in a huge web of lies... can he break free?

Tabby's fed up of Grandad, his silly stories and his smelly dog. But when she stumbles on a mysterious cliff-top house, suddenly Grandad's stories don't seem so ridiculous ... A poignant and uplifting story of family, connection and imagination, from the Blue Peter Book Award shortlisted author of Owen and the Soldier.

A boy who finds speaking difficult enters a hidden world of talking animals, a world where language is power. Can he find his voice to help the wolves outsmart the clever foxes?

"The Fox's Tower takes everything you knew, or thought you knew, about nature and the animal kingdom, and turns it on its head." - Piers Torday, author of The Last Wild trilogy

A rainy day. Three kids in a park. A dinosaur spring rider. A bag of chalk. The kids begin to draw... and then... magic! The children draw the sun, butterflies, and a dinosaur that amazingly come to life.

Nevermoor meets Narnia in this spectacular magical adventure with an environmental twist from Pari Thomson, an unforgettable new voice in children's fantasy.

Seth is the oppressed kitchen boy at the remote Last Chance Hotel. But when a strange gathering of magicians arrives for dinner, their leader is poisoned. A locked-room murder investigation ensues - and Seth is the main suspect. Can he solve the mystery and clear his name, especially when magic's afoot?