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Tom Gates: Five Star Stories

by Liz Pichon

The top-of-the-class, extra special 21st book from multi-million copy selling author and illustrator Liz Pichon

A feel-good, laugh-out-loud, packed-with-pictures Tom Gates story! Q: Who wants their FIVE STAR funny story included in Oakfield School’s story book? A: EVERYONE! But what will Tom write about? Inspiration strikes when he looks at his excellent collection of ODD OBJECTS and remembers the funny stories behind each one.

Cutie Colouring: Cafe Cuties: Colouring Book

by Scholastic (Author) and Suzanne Washington (Illustrator)

Welcome to a little corner of colouring joy with Cutie Colouring: Cafe Cuties! Discover the perfect way to relax with favourite cafe treats from around the world. Each colouring page features simple images with clear outlines to fill with your favourite colours.

• The perfect gift for friends and family or yourself!
• Sweet and simple cafe themes for calm and cute colouring fun
• A gentle and peaceful way to pass the time
• Illustrated on one side to help prevent bleed-through (don’t forget to use a protective paper sheet if using markers!)

Bree Boyd is a Legend

by Leah Johnson

It’s not everyday your life gets turned upside down by magical powers! Boyds are born to stand out: Bree’s dad is celebrated professor, her mum is a state senator, her brother is on his way to professional basketball stardom and her sister is a prima ballerina. But where does Bree fit in? Sure, she just won the Regional Spelling Bee and is well on her way to Nationals, but lately something doesn’t feel quite right. With her new friends Ellie, Abby and Sam, Bree is realizing that there’s more to life than being the best. Not to mention this tiny, pesky thing she keeps trying to forget about – her newfound powers! But when an old friend comes back to town, things get out of control. So many feelings from Bree’s past come bubbling to the surface, and Bree starts to lose control of her powers. Will Bree find her way back to who she used to be? Or will she finally embrace who she is?

Ella Jones vs The Sun Stealer

by Lucy Edwards

12-year-old Ella Jones has been blind for two years and is navigating her new world with the help of her guide dog Maisie, her sister Poppy and her best friend Finn. One day, on a visit to central London with her family, a light in the world is suddenly extinguished, causing panic and chaos as people are plunged into pitch black. A pagan god of light, Lugh, has been released from his millennium-old-prison by a shadowy villain and, out for revenge on humans, has brought darkness down on the world. But Ella is the hero the world needs: she is used to living her life in darkness every day, and is able to keep calm and work out a plan to defeat Lugh and return light to the world.

Hunt for the Golden Scarab

by M. G. Leonard (Author) and Manuel Sumberac (Illustrator)

Sim and his mum never live anywhere long. When dangerous strangers appear one night, Sim discovers why. His mum has been keeping secrets: she has the power to open doors in time.

Running for their lives, Sim and his friends are determined to outwit the sinister Council of Keys and be the first to find Nefertiti’s lost tomb and a powerful door to Ancient Egypt. They must piece together long-hidden clues if they are to solve the mystery of her golden heart scarab. Can they find it before the Council finds them?

The Grandest Game

by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

A RUTHLESS GAME. Welcome to the Grandest Game, a life-changing competition run by billionaire heiress Avery Grambs and the four infamous Hawthorne brothers, whose family fortune she inherited.

SEVEN MYSTERY PLAYERS. Swept away to a luxury private island, some of the players are in it for money. Some for power. Some for reasons all their own . . . And admidst it all is the enigmatic and irresistible Grayson Hawthorn, tasked with a vital role.

LOVE AND LIVES AT STAKE. But as sparks fly and tensions rise it soon becomes clear that everyone has secrets, and those seven players will do whatever it takes to win.

Island of Whispers

by Frances Hardinge (Author) and Emily Gravett (Illustrator)

The award-winning, bestselling Frances Hardinge and Emily Gravett unite for the first time to conjure up a thrilling fairy tale of ghosts and magic, highly illustrated throughout with a luscious blue ink.

On the island of Merlank, the Dead must not be allowed to linger. The very sight of their ghosts can kill you. When young Milo is thrust into the role of Ferryman following his father’s sudden death, he is the one who must carry away the Dead.

Pursued by a vengeful lord and two malignant magicians, Milo must navigate strange and perilous seas where untold threats whisper in the mist. Does he have the courage and imagination to complete his urgent mission?

A Game of Scandal

by Laura Wood (Writer) and Mercedes DeBellard (Illustrator)

Felicity Vane may be a mathematical genius, but getting her family to understand her academic ambition is proving difficult. As her first social season is fast approaching, it might be time to take matters into her own hands.

Infiltrating the glamorous world of The Lucky Penny and winning her university fees over a game of cards could be the perfect plan… if only it weren’t for the interference of Ash, the piratical and frustratingly handsome owner who accuses her of cheating.

Now, Felicity finds herself thrown into the latest investigation of the Aviary – a fearless, covert group of female investigators – and caught up in a dangerous game of cat and mouse with the worst villain they have faced yet.

Vern: Custodian of Universe

by Tyrell Waiters

On the edge of burnout, Vern decides to return to his family in the Sunshine State to start over. Starting a new dead-end job as a custodian at Quasar-a local science facility with a shady motive-he shrugs on his uniform, grabs a mop and bucket, and trudges off to clean up. Black holes? Space-time anomalies? Galactic ooze? Things aren’t entirely what they seem at Quasar, and when Vern accidentally plugs in a mysterious machine and finds himself standing on the brink of the destruction of every planet in the Multiverse, he finds himself presented with the greatest question of all: what is the point?

Cloud Nine

by Sue H. Cunningham

Sixteen-year-old Evangeline has been dead for decades. Her accidentally heroic demise secured her a spot on Cloud Nine, the luxurious top tier of the Afterlife – but it turns out that even paradise can get boring. After a century of terminal niceness, Evvy volunteers to train as a celestial guide. Now it’s her job to watch over people during their final hours on earth, ensuring they don’t screw up their chances of a decent Afterlife. Evvy isn’t averse to bending the rules, and she always gets results – until she makes the fatal mistake of falling for a living boy. Why can Tom see Evvy when he’s not scheduled to depart yet? And how can she make this work when he’s alive, she’s dead, and fraternising with Beforelifers is absolutely forbidden? Suddenly, Evvy is facing the biggest challenge of her Afterlife…