The fifth title in the Bigg School series! This time, Cleo tells her story. Obsessed with being the prettiest and most popular girl at school, Cleo thinks getting braces is the worst thing that could happen to her. But as more and more things go wrong, Cleo realises she’s not just unlucky – she’s cursed! Forced to ask a seriously unstylish classmate for help, Cleo is surprised to find herself having fun. Could there be more to life than looking good? ‘The perfect books for anyone starting secondary school….

A masterful graphic novel retelling of the million-copy bestseller from Kenneth Oppel, with illustrations from hugely talented illustrator, Christopher Steininger! Shade is a young silverwing bat, the runt of his colony. But he’s determined to prove himself on the long, dangerous winter migration to Hibernaculum, millions of wingbeats to the South. During a fierce storm, he loses the others and soon faces the most incredible journey of his young life… A stunning adaptation of a tale that’s been winning hearts for twenty-five years…

Unsure where she fits in at her new school and reeling from the unexpected death of her dad, Ava finds herself drawn to Dustin, a troubled older boy who performs rituals in the woods to communicate with the crows, messengers between this world and the afterlife. When the crows offer to return her beloved nan’s memories, Ava must decide whether she will pay their price and exchange a soul for a soul. A moving sparely told story of grief, dementia and loss, for young and old adults alike.

‘A masterpiece – as soon as you finish, you’ll want to talk to someone about it’ DAVID LEVITHAN When Xavier wakes up on the first morning of an enforced family weekend away with his pregnant stepmum and dad, he doesn’t recognise where they are – it’s as if the house has inexplicably been transported to the set of a video game, inside an impenetrable dome where the family have been ‘donated’ chickens, goats, wheat to help them survive. There is no trace of their mysterious captors and no way…