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Juniper and Hadley spend their days apprenticing at a bakery and performing at the local inn. But when a stranger makes an unusual order at the bakery, the friends set out on a journey to forage the magical mushrooms needed to make the requested pastries. Along the way, Juniper and Hadley stumble across a mystery too compelling to ignore: Something has been coming out of the woods at night and eating the local farmers' crops, leaving only a trail of glowy goo behind. What started as a simple er...

The No.1 bestselling author of The Why Mummy series, Gill Sims, is back with her very first book for young YA readers! Fourteen-year-old Emily is gloomily spending the summer with her mum’s best friend Uncle Tom, helping him renovate his house, instead of being at home hoping the gorgeous Toby will ask her out. Worse, she’s broken her phone and left her iPad at her dad’s house. How is she supposed to survive without her tech, her BFF and her social life? No one...

A soldier who conjures shadows.A princess cursed to dance.A mystery none can solve.The people of the Silver Isle are brutes. Savages who live in darkness for half the year. They are not to be trusted, or so Princess Isadora has been raised to believe. As Crown Princess of the Golden Isle, she is the shining light of her kingdom. But Issy is hiding a dark curse that cannot be broken. And all who attempt it end up dead...Anders is a son of the Silver Isle, a soldier afflicted with shadow magic. Th...

In a flash of blinding light, magic unfurled, memories returned, and mysteries deepened. Ellayne, newly freed from her curse, has no time to celebrate. Her enemies continue to pursue her, leaving her no safe harbor. But she has no time to dwell on her own welfare; Ellayne must rescue her father from the spell imprisoning him. Freeing her father should be straightforward; nothing near as complex as breaking her own curse. Yet it comes with its own dangers and fears. When tragedy strikes close...

Cousins Yasmin and Ruby have always been rivals, but both sides of the story are exposed in this cleverly composed clean-teen novella from Karen McCombie. Ruby can’t stand her “perfect” cousin Yasmin. Yasmin is pretty, popular and has a gorgeous boyfriend Max. She’s set to get excellent grades in her GCSEs and her parents won’t stop going on about how brilliant she is. Ruby always feel small and hopeless around Yasmin, and whenever she gets any attenti...