A Telegraph best new children's bookA Daily Mail book of the yearLondon, September 1940. Deep in the Underground, taking shelter from the bombs, four teenagers meet.Without the Blitz, they never would have met.Fourteen-year-old Ella walks with a limp. Some days, she feels like a laughing stock. Other days, like no one sees her at all. Quinn is fifteen, fancy and fearless. S...

Part love-letter to New York, part portrait of a girl and a city in crisis as Hurricane Sandy hits New York City.When Emilia de Wit ran away to New York City, she planned everything to a T. Plane ticket, purchased. Cute apartment, rented online. Subway map, printed and highlighted. This was no ordinary trip -- this was Emilia's declaration of independence. Her chance to escape the disaster her life has become. To get away from the horrible scandal that has rocked Amsterdam, the sca...

From the bestselling author of Talking to Alaska comes a hilarious, heart-warming summer adventure. For fans of Ross Welford and Helen Rutter.THE TIMES CHILDREN'S BOOK OF THE WEEK'This funny, award-winning novel by Dutch writer Woltz is original and touching — and has two wonderfully memorable characters…’ Sally Morris, Daily MailIt’s the first day of the holidays and Sam is roaming the island of T...

11-year-old Sam is spending the holidays with his family on the Dutch island of Texel, but no one is having fun. His older brother has broken his ankle; his mum is plagued by migraines; and the morbidly imaginative Sam decides to prepare for the day his family might die by practicing loneliness. But when 12-year-old whirlwind Tess catapults herself into his life, Sam’s only option is to follow her lead. Tess wants to find her father, who doesn’t even know she exists. Together they come up ...

A powerful story of two unlikely friends brought together by the love of a dog‘Timeless and clever.’ Sophie DahlSometimes rivals just need a helping paw...It only takes one day at their new school for Parker and Sven to become mortal enemies. Parker's had a terrible summer and just wants to be invisible, while Sven is desperate to make an impression and be known as anything other than "that boy with epilepsy."

A powerful story of two unlikely friends brought together by the love of a dog‘Timeless and clever.’ Sophie DahlSometimes rivals just need a helping paw...It only takes one day at their new school for Parker and Sven to become mortal enemies. Parker's had a terrible summer and just wants to be invisible, while Sven is desperate to make an impression and be known as anything other than "that boy with epilepsy."

**#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “Get ready to be swept up in a whirlwind romance. It absolutely charmed me.”—Reese Witherspoon (A Reese’s Book Club Pick)“The perfect book to get lost in . . . Josie Silver’s characters sneak their way into your heart and stay.”—Jill Santopolo, author of The Light We LostTwo people. Ten chances. One unforgettable love story.**Laurie is pretty sure love at first sight doesn’t exist anywhere but the movies. But then, ...

Globe & Mail bestselling Lesley Crewe's new novel brings readers to 1960s Montreal & features a nosy would-be child detective searching for the truth about her mother. It's 1967 in Montreal, the Expo is in full swing, and Audrey Parker has just moved with her dad to Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, a whole new neighbourhood full of different kinds of people to spy on. Audrey is a lot of things: articulate, disarming, forthright. And, as her father reminds her often, indecently nosy. Audrey scribbles e...

Perfect for readers of The Tattooist of Auschwitz and The Nightingale, and inspired by real events, a gripping story of love, loss and t****wo orphaned girls separated by war.'Exciting and tragic . . . beautifully written' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐'Absorbing and emotional' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐'A stunning book based on true events' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐'A fa...

‘The Silk Code had me absolutely hooked… A great storyline full of bravery, trust, love, survival, betrayal and determination.’ NetGalley reviewer, ★★★★★Based on the true story of ‘Englandspiel’, one woman must race against the clock to uncover a traitor, even if it means losing the man she loves.England, 1943:Deciding to throw herself into war work, Nancy Callaghan joins the Special Operati...

"A stunning historical saga of hardship and desire in wartime. . . . Readers won't be able to turn the pages fast enough [in this] . . . unique take on the traditional World War 2 tale." ― Library JournalFrom bestselling and eight-time Christy Award–winning author Lynn Austin comes a remarkable novel of sisterhood, self-discovery, and romance set against the backdrop of WW2.1950. In the wake of the war, Audrey Clar...

National BestsellerAn intimate and personal debut collection of short fiction from the bestselling author of The Berry Pickers.The stories in Waiting for the Long Night Moon explore the Indigenous experience from an astonishingly wide spectrum in time and place—from contact with the first European settlers, to the forced removal of Indigenous children, to the present-day fight for the right to clean water. Amanda Peters po...