‘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…

The very first in our new Mini Guppy imprint – meet intrepid heroine Amelia Cheeseheart, and her banana-loving spider bestie, Webster!  A comic-form mystery series for emerging readers starring sparky mouse aviator, join Amelia and Webster as they investigate mysterious goings-on in their home at the museum – things are going missing, and are found in the Ancient Egyptian room. What on earth is Cleo the Cat Mummy up to? Amelia Cheeseheart saves the day! With fun Egyptian facts at the back of the book, this comic-form early…

The evocative and moving story of two very different girls in contemporary London who discover a family connection stretching back over 100 years before in the faraway country of India, at a tumultous time in its history; friendships spanning the centuries. Evie and Maryam are in the same class at school, uneasily thrown together at the start of a new term as they start a project together looking into their family trees. The two girls don’t think they have much in common – Maryam feels like an outsider school…

 Ajay is scared of everything – spiders, heights, the dark – you name it, Ajay is scared of it! So when his two best friends persuade him to sign up for the year 7 trip to Merrywood Activity Centre, he knows he’s about to be pushed WAY out of his comfort zone. Faced with the killer combination of outdoor pursuits, homesickness and getting teased by the popular and competitive Ollie, Ajay feels like a total failure. But when a twilight orienteering challenge goes horribly wrong, Ajay is forced…