In a world of dragons, song spells and battles, Patch Brightwater is a boy in disgrace. Thrown in jail for playing a forbidden spell, he is no one's idea of a hero. But then he discovers that the evil Piper of Hamelyn is on the loose. With the help of his friends Wren and Barver, Patch must stop the Piper sparking the biggest battle of them all...

Thirteen-year-old Aiden can't breathe in his crowded family home. Running is his only respite from four loud sisters and involved, touchy-feely parents. Then his mum makes an announcement: she's having another baby. Only, this time it's not for her; she will be a surrogate for gay couple Justin and Atif.

Aiden is incensed. As if his family wasn't embarrassing - or big - enough already. But he's also scared. Aiden thinks he might be gay, and he's really struggling to accept this possibili...

Jesse's teacher has set their class a history project - they can research any topic they like, they just have to investigate something that matters to them. The only problem is, Jesse can't think of anything...

Until they stumble upon their cousin's old diary in a dusty attic. Lisa was a teenager in the 1980s, and from the hearts doodled around a girl's name on the cover, it seems she was LGBT, just like Jesse, who's recently come out as non-binary.

In Lisa's diary, Jesse learns about...

From award-winning and critically acclaimed Sophie Anderson, comes a fairy-tale story of courage, friendship and trusting yourself, in an adventure through a winter wonderland. The perfect read for the whole family this Christmas.

I wish the snowgirl would come to life. Then I would have a friend, a real friend I could trust, and I wouldn't feel so alone.

When Tasha builds a snow girl with her grandpa, all she wants is for her to be real. If only wishes on snow could come tr...

Marinka dreams of a normal life, but her house has chicken legs and moves on without warning. For Marinka's grandmother is Baba Yaga, who guides spirits between this world and the next. Marinka longs to change her destiny and sets out to break free from her grandmother's footsteps, but her house has other ideas...

Three kids face shipwrecks, survival and pirates in the latest adventure from bestselling and award-winning author Jenny Pearson.

Today we are going to follow the others and leave this island. So, in case we don't make it, here is the story of the Spectacular Survival of Sebastian Sunrise (and Lina and Étienne too).

Sebastian Sunrise and his two best friends, Lina and Étienne, are in a bit of trouble. They are stranded on a desert island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean...

The Island of Morovia is shaped like a broken heart. The humans live on one side of the island, and the alkonosts - the bird-people - live on the other. But it wasn't always this way...

Linnet wishes she could sing storms, like her father, Nightingale - and bring the two sides of her island together again. For her land has been divided by a terrible tragedy, and Linnet has been banished with her father to the deepest swamps, leaving behind her best friends, Hero and Silver.

So w...

A monstrously funny illustrated adventure from super-talented debut author-illustrator Jamie Hammond, for fans of Loki, Grimwood and Monster Hunting for Beginners,Engaging illustrations on every spread make this the perfect book for reluctant middle-grade readers,An instantly engaging story about hunting monsters and finding friends in unexpected places, filled with scares, laughs, fights, booby-traps and unforgettable characters

Landfill has lived his whole life as a scavenger, running with wooflers, swimming with turtles and feasting on fresh gull. Old Babagoo has always looked after him, on one condition - follow his rules. NEVER COME LOOKING OUTSIDE. NEVER RISE ABOVE THEWALL. But despite the dangers, Landfill longs to see Outside. And some rules are made to be broken.

Found abandoned in a bear cave as a baby, Yanka has always wondered where she is from. When she has to flee her house, looking for answers about who she really is, a journey far beyond one that she ever imagined begins: from icy rivers to smouldering mountains meeting an ever-growing herd of extraordinary friends along the way.