Close your eyes and make a Christmas wish . . .Oliver wants to give his best friend Lara the happy Christmas she deserves, and he hatches a plan - with disastrous consequences.Zoe just hopes the season will pass without a hitch for her and her almost four-year-old - but the universe seems to have other ideas.Hannah is determined to show her girlfriend just how much she loves her - if only she could ...

‘An astonishing novel’ The Independent‘A terrific tribute to the Brontë’s' Guardian* * * * *I am William Lee: brute; liar, and graveside thief.But you will know me by another name.Heathcliff has left Wuthering Heights, and is travelling across the moors to Liverpool in search of his past.Along the way, he saves Emily, the foul-mouthed daughter of a Highwayman, from ...

Close your eyes and make a Christmas wish . . .Oliver wants to give his best friend Lara the happy Christmas she deserves, and he hatches a plan - with disastrous consequences.Zoe just hopes the season will pass without a hitch for her and her almost four-year-old - but the universe seems to have other ideas.Hannah is determined to show her girlfriend just how much she loves her - if only she could ...

What if Little Red Riding Hood asked the wolf to save her from the woodcutter? Why would Hansel and Gretel run away from their home to seek out the witch's oven? These and other questions are answered in the Marrain Chronicles, which take a playful approach to retelling well-known tales without shying away from their darker aspects. This collection brings together the first four Marrain stories, originally published individually, in a single volume for the first time: "Why, Grandmother", "...

Casey needs a family of her own: the joys and the sorrows, people who love her, and a place she belongs—what Zorba the Greek called “the full catastrophe”—and she’s determined to make it happen.Adrift in the world after losing her father to a heart attack when she was eleven and her mother to cancer soon after, the death of her sole sibling eight years later only strengthens her resolve.Casey marries, has three children, and though she struggles with grief and a shaky sense...

'There is no more carefully chosen yet eclectic anthology series in existence in Britain today' – Susan Haigh, The Short ReviewBest British Short Stories invites you to judge a book by its cover – or more accurately, by its title. This new series aims to reprint the best short stories published in the previous calendar year by British writers, whether based in the UK or elsewhere. The editor's brief is wide ranging, covering anthologies, collections, magazines, ne...

When James and Eamon go to a week of Nature Camp and stay at Eamon's grandparents' house, it turns out that their free time spent staying inside, eating waffles, and playing video games is way more interesting than nature.But sometimes things work out best when they don't go exactly as planned.This Caldecott Honor-winning book is a moving and hilarious celebration of young boys, childhood friendships, and the power of the imagination, where Marla Frazee captures the very es...