new coming-of-age sci-fi novel, ‘Stranger Things’ meets ‘The Breakfast Club’

A freak electro-magnetic pulse leaves 17-year-old Bo and six other teenagers trapped inside a building in the British seaside resort of Blackpool, desperately trying to work out what just happened, why they can’t get out, and how to survive the weirdest weekend of their lives.
Dealing with each other’s egos and issues is nothing compared to the fallout unleashed by the solar event, because hidden beneath the building they discover it has activated a powerful energy device called blackloop.
As blackloop starts affecting everyone and everything in its vicinity, can Bo, who’s still grieving the loss of her mum, summon the courage to confront her fears, realise she’s falling in love, and make a move on Karim before it’s too late?

£8.99

classic middlegrade eco-adventure story for readers aged 7-13

Life for Alice and the five other children living on the remote Scottish island of St Kilda was challenging enough, but when the strange C-Bean Mark 3 shows up and they discover only Alice can control it, their whole world changes. The C-Bean transports them far and wide to New York, Australia and the Amazon rainforest, and soon leads them to realise there are forces at work that have put the whole planet in jeopardy. Caught up in a dizzying whirl of time travel, where they arrive by accident in the past and are later imprisoned against their will in the future, Alice and her friends find themselves at the mercy of a motley crew of animals, prisoners, cyborgs and orphans. It’s only when her desperate attempts to get back to her own time seem doomed, that Alice finally sees the truth and finds the courage to act.

£13.99

a YA tale that asks ‘does it have to cost the earth to find out who we really are?’

Shortly before the fall of Atlantis, genetic engineers prepare three new prototypes, Kam, Mel and Leon, for field testing. They are the first humans who have blue eyes and the ability to shapeshift.

As climatic conditions on Earth spin rapidly out of control, it seems that the future of Atlantis depends entirely on whether the three test subjects can find a way to work together to solve the deepening crisis.

But first they need to find each other.

£9.99

a warm-hearted collection of poems for readers of all ages

50+ poems celebrating the adventure of growing up, of belonging to a family, of coming to terms with our feelings about the world around us.

In lively, understated and often funny verse, Sarah Holding shares her love of words and her sense of wonder about nature. These read-out-loud poems will appeal to anyone who’s got the hang of reading and inspire them to try writing poems of their own.

Written during lockdown, ‘How to write a poem’ is Sarah Holding’s first collection of poetry. It was published on National Poetry Day, October 7th 2021.

£4.99