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Winter, 1942, and eighteen months since the Germans invaded the beautiful island of Jersey. For Joe, Spinner, Clem and Ginger, memories of carefree days are fading. They try to lift everyone's spirits with their band, and they play tricks on the enemy. The local newspaper is controlled by the Germans, there's no post to England and telephone calls are monitored. Everybody is hungry. 16 year-old Clem is angry. His brother's been killed in action and his father is unwell. Then he and Joe discover that Russian slave labourers have been brought to Jersey to build bunkers for the German army. These prisoners are beaten, starving and desperate. The gang devise a plan. What if they can help the prisoners? Risking life and limb, they embark on an adventure to help in any way they can. But danger lurks in every corner and will it make it worse?Jacqueline King is a Channel Islander living in Somerset.

A Young Adult novel by acclaimed author Jenny Moore. Ninety-nine years of winter.   Ninety-nine years since the first white-haired, three-thumbed slettbyrd - the scourge of the Gjördish people - was born.   Ninety-nine years since the red-cloaked Slettseeker arrived to destroy every last slettbyrd child... ...with Janeck's baby sister next on the list.  To save her, 14-year-old Janeck Potetsky will have to relearn everything he thought he knew about the world. He'll have to take on the wild, snowy wastelands and the brutal prejudices of a century-long regime. He'll have to defeat the all-powerful Slettseeker... or die trying.

It's been a year since a body found floating in the murky waters of the Thames thrust penniless Joe, Edie, Ottilie and Jack into the criminal underbelly of Victorian London. The Mudlarks, now raised from poverty, are pursuing their own ventures. But their new-found security is shattered when Jack crosses paths with a fearless street urchin called Flea. Flea knows the whereabouts of a deadly treasure hidden deep beneath London, and he needs their help to recover it. Yet they are not the only ones on the trail of the treasure, and the dark sewers beneath Hampstead hold forces more sinister than anything the Mudlarks have faced before. As they face criminals, cutthroats and things far worse, familiar faces will force Jack to confront memories he had struggled to forget, and the Mudlarks will fight to survive on their most monstrous adventure yet.

Miriam Halahmy has written a novel which brings the Brontës alive for a new generation of readers. Themes of women's rights, inequality and poverty are illuminated in beautiful character-driven storytelling. In a world of increasing inequality and global attacks on women's rights, this is a novel for our time.

'And then came the session where I felt I would give up. I felt frustrated as I'd worked so hard on trying to speak but the most important words; the worst ones, had simply not come out. I implied I would not necessarily come back the following week and as I got up to leave the room, Pat said, 'Try detaching from it entirely. Try writing it as a fairy story. Start with the words, once upon a time there was a little girl'. That evening, I tried. I sat on my bed and typed on the note's app of my phone Once Upon A Time ... and finally, four decades after the abuse began, the words started to flow.' This book documents the therapeutic journey undertaken by Sophie and her therapist, Pat. It includes all chapters of the fairy tale and the drawings Sophie created to help her make sense of her experiences and to reconnect with herself. It also contains the many in-between session conversations Pat and Sophie had by email, WhatsApp, and texts, with important insights into how to work safely with trauma. Essential reading for all therapists, counsellors, health professionals, educators, and social workers, interested in understanding or working with survivors of child sexual abuse, and for those who are survivors of sexual abuse, The Flying Child - A Cautionary Fairy Tale for Adults- Finding a purposeful life after Child Sexual Abuse through compassionate and creative therapy - is a must- have for your bookshelf. Today, Sophie is a survivor activist, writer, founder and managing director of The Flying Child: a non-profit, National Lottery Community Funded organisation improving the awareness of child sexual abuse and the consequences of trauma. The core aim of The Flying Child is to normalise speaking about CSA. The Flying Child Project brings lived experience into the heart of professional settings, providing training in Education, Social Work and Healthcare. Pat Walsh is an experiential and intuitive counsellor with over forty years' experience of working in trauma. Her background in nursing and occupational therapy taught her that to heal properly, wounds must be deeply cleansed, and purpose and meaning must be established to build any long -lasting recovery. She brings these learnings into her therapeutic work with survivors of sexual violence and childhood sexual abuse.

'My first thought is that it's a pig that someone has lost to the river. Perhaps it fell off one of the barges that choke up the Thames. They're a constant feature, toiling up and down, day and night, giving off black smoke that clings to the water.'Joe (15) and Edie (13) are orphans living in Victorian London. Forever worried that they will be sent to the dreaded workhouse, they scratch out a living the best way they can by mudlarking on the foreshore of the River Thames and selling their finds to the nortorious Hempson. One day they discover something macabre, and it will change their lives forever. The Grinning Throat is the first in the trilogy of The Mudlark Mysteries. Written by award winnng author, Kate Wiseman, it is historical fiction at its best. Suitable for readers from age 9 and upwards

Dan's dad is evolving.

Yan Harris is VERY EXCITED.Well, of course she is. It¿s summer, she¿s got over her depression and she¿s in London for a week with her BFF Chelsea. After seventeen years in a sleepy village where everybody just knows them as The Chinese One and The Brainy One¿ life is calling.It¿s a pretty cool prospect¿ if Chel can stop worrying about discourse in the Nordhelm fandom long enough to enjoy it. Chelseäs worried about Yan, too, to Yan¿s annoyance.Barely sleeping, barely eating, getting increasingly gobby, having an ¿ ahem ¿ close encounter in a toilet, giving a Tory MP a good kick in the shins, and running around kind of literally screaming¿ well, it¿s all just good summer fun, isn¿t it?Isn¿t it?In the desperate battle of Yan vs. bipolar disorder, does the poor disease really stand a chance?Written by an author who lives with bipolar herself, this is a hilarious yet edge-of-your-seat ride, with friendship at its heart. Perfect for fans of Holly Bourne and Alice Oseman.¿This book nails it¿not just the vertiginous flights of bipolar, but also the pure joy of youth.¿ ¿ Marya Hornbacher, author of Wasted and Madness: a Bipolar Life¿Cleverly written, fast-paced and engaging. I rattled through it, desperate to know what happened.¿ ¿ Nicola Morgan, author of Blame My Brain ¿You don''t want to miss this story, it will hit you like a tidal wave.¿ ¿ Lucas Maxwell, UK School Librarian of the Year 2017 ¿It¿s impossible not to fall in love with Yan.¿ ¿ Tabitha Suzuma, author of Forbidden and A Note of Madness ¿Authentic, dazzling and a vivid demonstration of why neurodivergent "own voices" are so important.¿ - Eric Lindstrom, author of Not if I See You First and A Tragic Kind of Wonderful  ¿Witty, inventive and incredibly immersive. Yan is a brilliant, heart-breaking character.¿ -Elen Caldecott, author of The Short Knife

The Game Weavers is a futuristic novel set in darker times. An LGBTQ love story both fantastical and yet contemporary.

Reviews for Always Here for You:'Truly gripping.'Saffia Farr, Editor, JUNO Magazine'A must-read of our times.'WRD Magazine'A heart-stopping portrayal. Essential reading for teens and parents of teens - this book may well save lives.'MIRIAM HALAHMYAngela Kiverstein'A crucial read - current and compelling.'Penny Joelson'Poignant, powerful and educational.'Emma Suffield, SLA UK School Librarian of the Year 2018'Impossible to put down.'Lucas Maxwell, Portable Magic Dispenser'A very important book.'From Bee With Love 'Compelling, insightful and urgently important.'Fallen Star Stories'A poignant book with a very important message for teens.'A Beautiful Chaos'A must read for all parents.'Motherhood: The Real Deal'Incredibly well crafted.'My Chestnut Reading Tree'An important reminder about online safety for a generation that often take the validity of their online relationships for granted.' Sarah ChurchillMiriam Halahmy's novel explores the realities of online grooming. It is told from the perspective of 14 year old Holly. Holly is a middle class girl from Brighton. She lives with Mum and Dad who love her, care about her but due to circumstances such as work pressure and Gran's loneliness and fragility after the death of Granddad, leave her at home alone. This would not be unreasonable in normal circumstances but Holly is at a particularly vulnerable time. Her best friend since nursery school has moved away to Canada. They had been inseperable and Holly has no friends at school. The novel follows Holly trying to make new friends and alongside this, meeting Jay, a boy online. The novel uses text messages and whatsapp messaging to tell the story of how Jay, another fourteen year old from a different school, become hopelessly engrossed in each other. Jay messages Holly all of the time, at 2am, at 3am and becomes desperate and sometimes sulky, when Holly doesn't message him back. Holly is flattered and soon even her newly forming school friendship group seem unimportant to her as she is increasingly flattered by and absorbed by Jay. But is he all her seems?Or is there something more sinister happening. With the debate raging about Smart phones and teenagers access to social media, this novel is ever more significant. It is pacy and gripping and easy to read. It would do well in all bookstores and in school libraries. It should be a classic for the PSHE reading list. Miriam Halahmy's Always Here for You was nominated for the Carnegie Medal

Slotting in beside THE MACHINE GUNNERS and WAR HORSE, A CAKE FOR THE GESTAPO tells the story of a fictional gang of kids in Jersey during the German Occupation in WW2, weaving in very real islanders¿ own stories of the Occupation at its core ¿ A history that has never before been told in children¿s literature June 1940. Jersey. Joe makes light of his father¿s unpredictable anger, and Spinner tries to ignore the school bully, Percy, while dealing with her own mounting fears. As for Ginger, her cousin, he¿s nervous of the biggest bully of all, Hitler, while her neighbour, farmer¿s son Clem, is apparently just keeping his head down. But on the sly, Clem is learning to box, has hidden a gun and he¿s going to deal with Percy ¿ and possibly the Germans ¿ all by himself. All the same, none of them believes the Germans will actually invade. Then the island is bombed, Joe is injured and outrage turns to terror as the Germans arrive and their grip on the peaceful island tightens. Initially, the adults avoid direct confrontation, while the gang is determined to go further, aiming to destroy German morale and trip them up in their every move. At first, they simply play tricks on the soldiers, but as the situation worsens, their defiance escalates, leading them all into terrible, mortal danger. As the Occupation wears on, and deprivation turns to starvation, a distinct plan emerges for the kids - the successful elimination from the island of a Gestapo sergeant, the cruel and repugnant Viktor.

Milly and Charlie are back in another adventure, this time battling the mysterious Brothers of Brimstone. What has happened to Sir Byron De Bohun's Brain? How can our two intrepid heroes save Miss Martinet from the evil curse threatening to destroy Blaggards from within.

Jiddy is a survivor. Rescued at birth, she grows up in Robin Hood's Bay, a village harbouring a dangerous secret. Just as romance blossoms and Jiddy finally feels like she belongs, figures from the past threaten to tear her world apart... A thrilling tale of one girl's search for identity and love, set against a backdrop of smuggling and violence