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  • The Umbrella Mouse

    The Umbrella Mouse

    • Anna Fargher, Sam Usher
    • Pan Macmillan
    • ISBN13: 9781529003970
    • Published: 02-05-2019

    A timeless tale of courage, resistance and friendship, The Umbrella Mouse is a heart-stopping adventure drawing on the true stories of animals caught in the conflict of WWII, winner of the 2019 Sainsbury's Book Prize for Fiction and selected for Waterstones Book of the Month. 1944,...

  • We Won an Island

    We Won an Island

    • Charlotte Lo
    • Nosy Crow Ltd
    • ISBN13: 9781788000413
    • Published: 02-05-2019

    One of The Telegraph's Top 50 Books of 2019! When Luna's family win an island, Luna thinks it will solve everything AND she can finally get a donkey! But things don't go entirely to plan - no one expects Luna's younger brother to win a Sheep Pageant, for example - and the secret festival they...

  • Level Up

    Level Up

    • Tom Nicoll, Anjan Sarkar
    • Little Tiger Press Group
    • ISBN13: 9781788950718
    • Published: 02-05-2019

    Videogame-obsessed Flo gets more than she bargained for when she finds herself INSIDE her favourite game. Turns out, virtual reality isn't as much fun when it's not so virtual. When Flo's engineer mum creates a device that will make her image appear in her videogames, Flo can't wait to u...

  • The Tide

    The Tide

    • Clare Helen Welsh, Ashling Lindsay
    • Little Tiger Press Group
    • ISBN13: 9781788810852
    • Published: 02-05-2019

    Grandad doesn't remember things like he used to. But I love him as much as I always have. And I know that he loves me. A story about families, laughter, and how we can help a loved one with dementia live well.

  • Can You See Me?

    Can You See Me?

    • Libby Scott, Rebecca Westcott
    • Scholastic
    • ISBN13: 9781407195674
    • Published: 02-05-2019

    With diary entries written by eleven-year-old Libby Scott, based on her own experiences of autism, this pioneering book, written in collaboration with esteemed author Rebecca Westcott, has been widely praised for its realistic portrayal of autism. Tally is eleven years old and she's jus...

  • You've Been Werewolfed

    You've Been Werewolfed

    • Tom McLaughlin
    • Oxford University Press
    • ISBN13: 9780192766915
    • Published: 02-05-2019

    A laugh-out-loud mystery series with a new hilarious case for our heroic nerds to crack in each book.  When Tyler is sent to summer camp, she can't resist packing one of her latest science projects - the Hologramaphone 3000.  Problem is, some of the phone's functions have EXTREME side-e...

  • No Ballet Shoes in Syria

    No Ballet Shoes in Syria

    • Catherine Bruton
    • Nosy Crow
    • ISBN13: 9781788004503
    • Published: 25-04-2019

    Aya is 11 years old and has just arrived in Britain with her mum and baby brother, seeking asylum from war in Syria.  When Aya stumbles across a local ballet class, the formidable dance teacher spots her exceptional talent and believes that Aya has the potential to earn a prestigious ballet sc...

  • The Secret Summer

    The Secret Summer

    • Ali Standish
    • Hachette Children's Group
    • ISBN13: 9781408343685
    • Published: 18-04-2019

    Discover an island of buried secrets ... A captivating coming-of-age story from the Carnegie-nominated author of The Ethan I Was Before Miranda misses her mum. The mum who used to laugh at her jokes and take her to Disneyworld. But something happened that stopped all that - now Miranda'...