Zhu journeys from life as a peasant girl to war and the heights of power. This is a traditional Chinese tale reimagined in a subversive new way, for fans of <i>The Song of </i><i>Achilles</i> and <i>Across the Nightingale Floor. </i>
Conrad the cat detective and retired police detective Lulu Lewis travel to Oxford on their canal boat and investigate a case of art theft in a grand country manor house.
<b>A wise, funny fable about how we don't need to like the same things to find our perfect pal, from the illustrator of<i> I'm Sticking With You</i>.</b>
Billy is an eleven-year-old boy with a big dream. He wants to be a stand-up comedian when he grows up: delivering pinpoint punch-lines and having audiences hang on his every hilarious word. A tough career for anyone, but surely impossible for Billy, who has a stammer. How will he find his voice, if his voice won't let him speak?
<b>Riding high on her recent victory, Zhu Yuanzhang is now the Radiant King </b><b>- brilliant, ambitious and unstoppable in her quest for greatness</b><b>. But she will soon discover the price of her ruthless decisions may be too high to bear.</b>
Deadly storms have ravaged Mina's homeland for generations. Her people believe the Sea God curses them. In an attempt to appease him, each year a beautiful maiden is thrown into the sea to serve as his bride. Shim Cheong is to be sacrificed, and Mina throws herself into the water in her stead, setting out to wake the Sea God and bring an end to the killer storms once and for all.
A story of survival - and of enduring hope in the face of unspeakable hardship - on an extraordinary journey, made by Peter, a boy of five, through war-torn Europe in 1944 and 45. Peter soon realises that this new adventure is really a nightmare, watching bombs falling from the blue sky outside Vienna, and learning maths from his mother in Belsen.
There's a ghost in Richard's wardrobe. Every day he carries out a series of rituals that he believes will keep the ghost trapped inside. He tries to tell his friends and family, but they dismiss his worries and concerns as being part of his OCD. But then one day, the wardrobe door is opened... And that's when the hauntings begin. An own-voices novel about mental health, family, friendship, confronting fear and accepting change.
<p><b>An inspiring story about the incredible things that can happen when you give something a try, from award-winning author Catherine Emmett and bestselling illustrator Claire Powell.</b><br> </p>