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Pizza Pete and the Missing Magic
Pizza Pete is back in his second pizzatastic story! Pete and his dad return to Accringham to see Anna, Archie and Useless the dog after a glorious summer selling pizzas from their van. He’s worried about starting the school term and seeing his friends after such a long time. But when the magical potions go missing, and Pete discovers one of his friends is behind the theft, he has to summon all his courage to save the day – plus making use of some magic! Pete is back…
BIGG SCHOOL: Secret Crush
The third story in the Bigg School series, stories about a class of Year Sevens starting out at the Henry Bigg Academy. Each book tells the story from a different character – and now it’s Astrid’s turn!
Astrid likes being different. Who cares if most of her classmates think she’s a bit odd? She’s happy being exactly who she is.
When new boy Teddy joins the school, Astrid discovers that they have loads in common – he loves reading the same fantasy books and joins the Scribble Society too. But…
Apocalypse Cow
WINNER OF THE 2022 GUPPY OPEN SUBMISSION COMPETITION!
Mel loves Sasha and dreams of a day that Sasha might reciprocate her feelings (even though she’s straight) – so the fact that it’s thirty degrees outside in January and hasn’t rained for a year simply passes her by. She’s just about coping with being the only ‘out’ lesbian in school and all the sniping Janis and Ella aim her way, as well as her dreary Saturday job with the stupidly posh Dorian…
But when domestic animals suddenly lethally turn…
The Grimmelings
A spell-binding fantasy adventure of loyalty, courage and being careful what you wish for…
Ella knows that words are powerful. So she should have known better than to utter a wish and a curse on the same day – the day that Josh Underhill went missing… Who is Gus, the boy with the impish grin, who seems to appear in answer to her wish? And what does the black horse want? Ella soon discovers that her grandmother’s warnings of creatures that dwell in the lake are more than just…
Latest news…
Revealing the 23 writers on the Guppy Open Submission YA longlist 2024!
Thank you so much for sending in your entry for Guppy’s open submission window. We were so impressed with the standard of writing, the original ideas and the incredible energy…
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Guppy Open Submission Competition 2024 update
We are really enjoying reading all the fantastic YA submissions we received last month – what a lot of talent there is out there! Thank you all for your patience.…
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What it means to win the Guppy Open Submission Award! OR Sorrel spills the beans.
Every day, I still wake up completely baffled that I won the Guppy Open Submission in 2022. It’s especially bizarre that because I won the Guppy Open Submission, I now…
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The Guppy Open Submission Competition 2024 is here!
It’s that time again – where we get ready to open the portholes here at Guppy Books and welcome submissions from unpublished and unagented authors for our annual competition. This…
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