The Secret Lives of Emma by Natasha Walker

The first in a snort-laugh inducing teen diary series featuring 14-year-old Lara Bloom (the clumsiest teenager in the whole world) as she navigates school, friends, crushes and the daily war she must wage against her Afro hair. The late Barber’s classic ghost story with a time travelling twist, now the subject of a new Sky Original film starring Mark Gatiss, Simon Callow and Tamsin Greig.Īn enchanting tale rooted in folklore, and a heart-warming story of family, love and loss. Rights French (Gallimard), German (cbj), Italian (Mondadori), options in five more Set in a broken, future England “where gunfights and monsters collide”, this is the exciting second title in a fantasy teen series by the bestseller Stroud. Rights World English (Simon & Schuster Children’s), options in Iran, Russia Eleven-year-old Ana and her ex-best friend Tio are the only people who wake up one morning, and they go on a mission to discover what happened. The fifth middle-grade novel from the award-winning Bristolian.

Rights French (Hachette Romans Jeunesse), Serbian (Vulkan), film and TV under optionĪn 11-plus adventure début where dark and strange things start happening when 13-year-old Tyrese attracts the attention of a malevolent spirit while visiting his family in Jamaica. “A modern-day Cinderella story about big dreams, classical music, identity and love”. “Fun and heartfelt” teen romance set between small-town France and New York City. Rights UK (Magpie), US (Inkyard), Spain (Editorial Hidra) “Mysterious and beautifully” illustrated YA graphic story set in the year 1890, following 15-year-old Lucie, who is sent away to live with distant cousins in a run-down castle in Normandy.Ī début supernatural YA fantasy set in a Cornish manor, featuring magic, romance and hidden secrets. With “thrills, spills, and jokes on every page”, the Alex Rider creator returns with his first Diamond Brothers detective novel in 15 years. Rights ANZ (University of Queensland Press) The wintery fourth book in the bestselling A Pinch of Magic series, following the adventures of the Widdershins sisters.Ī boy with an ever-changing face, one that reflects whatever people want to see, journeys to the mysterious Silver City to find out who he really is.Ĭharamba: L’Hotel pour Chats (The Hotel for Cats)Ī light and humorous tale for younger readers following a group of feline friends as they navigate the trials and tribulations of living in a cat hotel.Ī “wild” middle-grade fantasy featuring at least three impossibly daring escapes, a dragon with a fear of unicorns and “some stylish execution wear”. The egg hatches into a little monster, who becomes her best friend, but is then stolen. A bullied girl comes to terms with her stammer.Ī girl finds a mysterious egg and keeps it safe and secret.

The Secret Lives of Emma by Natasha Walker