WINNER SHEFFIELD CHILDREN'S BOOK AWARD 2019, YA CATEGORY.WINNER REDBRIDGE CHILDREN'S BOOK AWARD 2019.SHORTLISTED WATERSTONE'S CHILDREN'S BOOK AWARD 2019.WORLD BOOK NIGHT TITLE 2019.– and many more.'It was the day the clocks went back. That's when I decided to kill him.'Humorous and heartbreaking debut novel with the fresh, funny, honest voice of a 14-year-old Geordie lad recounting the trials and tribulations of family life...

'A story with great heart, and wisdom, which shows the healing power of true friendship' Ele Fountain, author of Boy 87.Written with humour and heart, Sofa Surfer looks at what it means to be homeless.Malcolm Duffy's debut novel Me Mam. Me Dad. Me., about domestic violence, won the YA category of the Sheffield Children's Book Award 2019, the Redbridge Children's Book Award 2019, was shortlisted for the Waterstones Children'...

Two very different boys, one new family, a shared struggle and a big secret.Tommy is talented, cool, a young offender, and dyslexic.Ryan is smart, uncool, well-behaved, and dyslexic.The two develop an unlikely friendship.As Ryan helps Tommy to read, a secret is revealed that will change their lives forever.Prize-winning Malcolm Duffy's third novel explores the joys and challenges of dyslexia in a story full of his hallmark heart and ...

Bloomsbury presents Dead Straight Line by Malcolm Duffy, read by George Bray.Two unlikely worlds collide as prize-winning Malcolm Duffy explores the life-changing repercussions of a single action in a game gone wrong.Sixteen-year-old Rory is a rule-breaker, a risk taker, a maverick. As a kick he comes up with a game called Dead Straight Line. The idea is simple – wherever you happen to be, you’ve got to get home in a dead straight line. Across the ...

Bloomsbury presents Me Mam. Me Dad. Me. by Malcolm Duffy, read by Ross Adams.WINNER SHEFFIELD CHILDREN'S BOOK AWARD 2019, YA CATEGORY.WINNER REDBRIDGE CHILDREN'S BOOK AWARD 2019.SHORTLISTED WATERSTONE'S CHILDREN'S BOOK AWARD 2019.WORLD BOOK NIGHT TITLE 2019.– and many more.'It was the day the clocks went back. That's when I decided to kill him.'Humorous and heartbreaking debut novel with the fresh, funny, honest voice of a 14-year-old Geor...

Bloomsbury presents Seven Million Sunflowers by Malcolm Duffy, read by Amrita Acharia.Escaping war is only half the battle as the Kovalenko family swap Ukrainian dangers for life with a British family.15-year-old Kateryno and her family live in Kharkiv. Their lives are shattered when on February 24th 2022 the Russian army invades. Their apartment block is struck by a missile. After weeks living in their basement, Kateryno, her mother, and brother, decide to leave, joining s...

WINNER OF THE FCBG CHILDREN'S BOOK AWARD 2025, OLDER READERS' CATEGORYEscaping war is only half the battle as the Kovalenko family swap Ukrainian dangers for life with a British family.15-year-old Kateryno and her family live in Kharkiv. Their lives are shattered when on February 24th 2022 the Russian army invades. Their apartment block is struck by a missile. After weeks living in their basement, Kateryno, her mother, and brother, decide t...

'***Razor sharp, fast moving, and impossible to put down... This is Malcolm Duffy at the top of his game.***' – Brian Conaghan, author of Treacle TownTwo unlikely worlds collide as prize-winning Malcolm Duffy explores the life-changing repercussions of a single action in a game gone wrong.Sixteen-year-old Rory is a rule-breaker, a risk taker, a maverick. As a kick he comes up with a game called Dead Straight Line. The idea is simple – wherever you ...

Malcolm Duffy's debut novel Me Mam. Me Dad. Me won the YA category of the Sheffield Children's Book Award 2019, was shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Prize 2019 and selected for World Book Night.Written with humour and heart, Sofa Surfer looks at what it means to be homeless. 15-year-old Tyler's teenage angst turns to outright rebellion when his family leave London for a new life in Yorkshire. He's angry with his parents about the upheaval and furious at losing his home. Wi...

Two boys, one struggle.Tommy and Ryan are as different as night and day. A young offender, Tommy is tough and cool. Ryan is a good student, well-behaved, and definitely not cool.Forced to become a family, the two discover their shared dyslexia and develop an unlikely friendship.As Ryan helps Tommy crack the code of reading, a secret is revealed that will change their lives forever...Packed with his hallmark heart and humour, prize-winning Malcolm Duffy explo...

Player Profile: Name: Simon 'SPECKY' MageeAge: 13Code: Australian Rules FootballTeam: Booyong High Lions, Under 14'sPosition played: Star forward. Known for his SPEC-tacular marking ability and for kicking plenty of goals.What to expect this season: Specky comes face to face with a tough, talented player by the name of Derek 'Screamer' Johnson. He was res...

Puffin Classics: the definitive collection of timeless stories, for every child.T**om tucked a blanket round him, drew up a chair by the fire and watched Willie fall asleep. The tales he had heard about evacuees didn't seem to fit Willie. 'Ungrateful' and 'wild' were the adjectives he had heard used, or just plain 'homesick'. He was quite unprepared for this timid, sickly little specimen.Britain, 1940. With World War Two raging all around, young ch...