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''A tender, elegant novel about the beauty and importance of friendship. Colin Morgan’s debut is one of the most moving books I’ve read in some time'' John Boyne*****''Soaring, lyrical and heart-breaking. A tender and important new voice in Irish writing'' Michelle Gallen''A fresh and authentic voice is found in this impressive and original debut about grief, loss and the enduring power of love'' Christine Dwyer Hickey***A tender coming-of-age story about friendship, first love, loss, and facing the ultimate question: who am I going to be? For fans of Douglas Stuart, Michael Magee, David Nicholls and Andrew O''HaganBrendan''s best friend, his only friend, is Ronan McCoy. He knows things about Brendan that no one else does: about his job washing the cars at Feeney’s Funeral Home, about the loneliness he sometimes feels even when surrounded by hundreds of others at school. But Brendan never told Ronan about the dark feeling that sits at the bottom of his stomach, the feeling that tells him something bad is coming. It never comes when Ronan''s around.Ronan is smart and sporty and popular, totally comfortable in his own skin: all the things that Brendan himself isn''t. But Ronan always makes him feel like a good friend, a good person, a better Brendan.Standing at the school gates on the first day of term, the dark feeling begins to form in Brendan''s stomach. And when Ronan doesn’t turn up, Brendan learns that something terrible happened to his best friend over the summer and he''ll never be the same again. Over the course of the final year of school, Brendan will have to learn to navigate the new shape of their friendship and find a place for himself in the world without Ronan to protect him.The Ballad of Ronan McCoy is a beautifully written, tender coming-of-age story about friendship and first love, loss and letting go, and the hopes and fears of a young man standing on the cusp of the rest of his life.

Level: KS2 For children going into Year 4 in the Autumn Learn the easy way with this summer activity book! Beat the 'summer slide' with our new summer activity book. Packed with fun, themed maths and English activities to keep Year 3 learning fresh – perfect preparation for Year 4. Each fun activity is designed to give your child a real sense of achievement. Included in this book: questions that enable children to practise the important skills learned at school. colourful activities that make learning fun and motivate children to learn at home. helpful tips and answers so that you can support your child’s learning.

Trapped at a luxurious resort off the coast of Florida, a group of elite teens are about to have a spring break they will never forget … but not all of them are coming home. The star-studded team of authors behind New York Times bestsellers Blackout and Whiteout returns with a thrillerfull of intrigue, betrayal, and heart-stopping romance. For Thurgood Marshall Academy's best and brightest–five friends who've been thick as thieves since kindergarten–this spring break is all about forgetting: they want nothing more than to wash away last year's tragedy, and the human-shaped hole it left in their friend group. It's a hole the new kid, Anthony Brooks, seems to fit right into. So when he invites the Five to join him on a private island for a week at his dad's luxury resort, they agree with zero hesitation. No one's counting on a freak tropical storm swooping in and killing the vibe. And speaking of killing, they're also ill-prepared for the mounting collection of dead bodies… including (another) one of their own. As their dream trip unravels, everything they tried to leave behind–secrets, lies, betrayals, dead best friends–seems to be washing up on the shore of their lives for everyone to see. Will any of them make it out alive? From the bestselling, award-winning team behind Blackout and Whiteout—Dhonielle Clayton, Tiffany D. Jackson, Nic Stone, Angie Thomas, Ashley Woodfolk, and Nicola Yoon—comes a thriller that begs the question: is it possible to outrun the worst thing you've ever done?

The brand new summer holiday romance for fans of Casey McQuiston, M. A. Wardell and Alexis Hall! *** ‘[A] sweet and sexy romance… the perfect book to bring to the beach’ Laurie Gilmore, #1 New York Times bestseller ‘Officially my new favourite book by Jack Strange… I also loved how connected I felt to the Greek setting’ ? *** In the sun-soaked street of Athens, Will might find that his love story might not be the one he’s expecting… Three years ago, Will turned down Ollie’s proposal. Now, he’s been invited to his ex’s wedding in Greece, the very place they once dreamed of saying “I do”. Faced with the consequences of his decision all those years ago, Will has twenty-five days to figure out whether to tell Ollie he made a mistake. But a chance encounter with his childhood friend Sam, who just happens to be impossibly handsome, complicates everything. Against the stunning backdrop of ancient ruins and vibrant nightlife, Will must confront his past, his desires, and the true meaning of love. Tropes: DestinationSecond ChanceChildhood friendsSelf-discoveryForced Proximity See why readers love 25 Days in Athens ‘The kind of messy, emotional, sun soaked romance that feels like a movie’ ? ‘My constant gay book recommendation for the rest of my life… such a fun book that just made me smile’ ? ‘Everything I didn’t even know I wanted… so much fun’ ? ‘Fun, sunny vibes… the perfect summer holiday romance’ ? 'The humour in this book had me chuckling out loud… his funniest story yet… highly recommend taking this one on holiday’ ? ‘The epitome of summer and it is the perfect romance read for anyone who craves Mamma Mia vibes all day long… an easy five star read for me’ ? ‘Heart tugging moments and a whole lot of desire and romance… great if you’re in the mood for something light hearted and funny’ ? 'This is a perfect vacation read, or when you need a vacation!’ ? 'Steamy! Spicy! So much to love about these characters’ ?

The complete collection of The New York Times No.1 bestselling and multi award-winning YA crime thriller quartet! Now a major BBC and Netflix TV series starring Emma Myers. • AGGGTM TV launched in Spring 24 on BBC Iplayer and Netflix with a second series to follow soon. • Holly Jackson was the no. 1 YA author in 2023 in value and volume. • A GOOD GIRL’S GUIDE TO MURDER was the no.1 bestselling YA title of 2023. • The AGGGTM series has sold over 10 million copies globally. • Holly Jackson won the inaugural TikTok Author of the Year award.

A thrilling and intoxicating cat-and-mouse thriller about envy, revenge and the price of perfection, from the acclaimed author of THE GOLDENS ‘An enthralling YA cat-and-mouse thriller with a toxic female friendship and a steely twist’ Guardian IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN HER … For reluctant online sensation Crystal, university is her chance to escape the clutches of her controlling vlogger family. She finally has evidence to destroy her mother's picture-perfect online image. What she needs now is someone she can trust to help her expose the truth and burn it all down. Crystal opens up to Alyssa, a fellow journalism student, and the two begin to form a friendship. But Alyssa is a secret superfan of Crystal’s family’s vlog – with an agenda of her own. Alyssa isn’t ready to say goodbye to her perfect surrogate family just yet … and she’ll do anything to be welcomed into the fold. Readers love Tell Your Friends: ‘This book completely blew me away. Easily one of the best thrillers I’ve read in a very long time’ ‘After loving The Goldens, this was one of my highly anticipated reads of 2026 and it did not disappoint!’ ‘Tell Your Friends has solidified Lauren Wilson as an auto-buy author for me! NO ONE writes toxic female friendship like Lauren Wilson!’ ‘Read this if you enjoy fast thrillers, dark academia and crazy social media obsessions’ ‘Amazing! It was like watching good reality TV, I just needed some popcorn to go with it’ ‘I love a good influencer drama thriller story and this delivered’ ‘So much fun… Tense and unique and intriguing, I was on the edge of my seat’ ‘Just when I thought I understood where the story was headed, it completely pulled the rug out from under me in the best way possible’ ‘A razor-sharp psychological thriller that forced me to look at my own feed with a new lens’ ‘Easily five stars!’

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES AND SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER! I.V. Marie's thrilling dark academia debut set at a magical boarding school in purgatory. For fans of Leigh Bardugo’s Ninth House, Olivie Blake's The Atlas Six and Naomi Novik's A Deadly Education. Welcome to Blackwood Academy: a boarding school located on the fringes of the afterlife. No one knows why they end up at Blackwood; but when they enter the school's arched gates the only way out is to be chosen for the Decennial – a series of magical trials held once a decade. The chosen pupil is offered a choice: graduate and join Blackwood’s magical elite, or venture into the unknown and cross over to the Other Side. Wren knows she has what it takes to win—unless, that is, her arch-rival (and subject of her tortured dreams) Augustine steals her spot. Irene has never cared about playing by the rules and will break whatever (and whoever) stands in her way, including her only friend, Masika. Olivier has given up securing the nomination. But he’ll stop at nothing to keep Emilio, from crossing over to the Other Side. All are determined to be Blackwood’s chosen candidate. All are determined to win. But this Decennial will be unlike any before. Six nominees. Four trials. One victor. The competitors are about to learn that there are some fates worse than death. "Packed with drama, intrigue, and romance, Immortal Consequences will have you enthralled from the very first page.” — Ava Reid, #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Study in Drowning

From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Never Never! The twisty, unconventional second-chance love story you didn't see coming concludes in the Love Me with Lies trilogy! 'Oh my HEART!! I can't believe it's OVER!! I'm emotionally battered from the highs and lows, but OMG, I loved it!!' ? 'Tarryn’s writing is PURE BRILLIANCE!! Caleb’s POV was ABSOLUTE PERFECTION' ? This is more than just a love story. This is a testament to a love so profound, it never goes away. But first, things will get messy. Caleb Drake never got over his first love. Not when he got married. Not when she got married. When life suddenly comes full circle, Caleb must decide how far he is willing to go to get the aloof and alluring Olivia Kaspen back. But for every action in life there is a consequence, and soon Caleb finds out that sometimes love comes at an unbearably high price. All the lies. All the passion. All the heartbreak. All wrapped up in the shattering conclusion to one of the most twisted love stories of all time. Praise for Tarryn Fisher: ‘Will leave the most sure-footed reader uneasy until the last word is read’ COLLEEN HOOVER 'I was hooked to the very last page’ ADELE PARKS ‘A perfect page-turner…a must-read’ WOMAN & HOME ‘A tortuous romance mystery that will keep you guessing’ SUNDAY POST ‘A fantastic thriller that asks the question: how well do we know the people we love? Filled with twists and turns you won't see coming’ POPSUGAR ‘Not just an original story but an equally original plot twist … an emotional and psychological crescendo that will keep readers on their toes until its final page’ USA TODAY Readers are OBSESSED with Thief and the Love Me With Lies series: 'What a beautiful mess' ? 'This series will forever have a place in my heart as one of my favorite series' ? 'I'm totally speechless!!!' ? 'I SWOONED so hard for Caleb' ? 'What an emotional, amazing, heartbreaking, bittersweet end to this phenomenal series that was!' ? 'This book left me wrecked. Utterly and totally' ? 'Unique, ugly, heart breaking but SO REAL. These characters are all flawed beyond reason and that is one of the biggest reasons why I love the series so much' ?

The story of a national treasure we won't soon forget – by the woman who knew him best. I mention you’ve been smoking. ‘He mustn’t!’ she says, alarmed. ‘There’s so much oxygen in your house he’d explode.’ There is a funny side to this — a cartoonish end: Johnnie Walker DJ Explodes! Just try not to take the house with you. In Johnnie Walker – Both Sides Now, his devoted wife Tiggy shares the final chapter of their life together: the slow, painful goodbye to the man she adored. She reflects on the soaring highs of Johnnie’s legendary Radio 2 career, as they navigate the heartbreak, frustration, and strange intimacy of anticipatory grief. This is an honest, deeply personal portrait of love and loss — a raw, life-affirming tribute to a remarkable life well-lived. With wit and unflinching clarity, Tiggy lays bare the emotional toll of caring for someone at the end of life, and the impossible task of letting go while still holding on. Not just for those who loved Johnnie Walker — this is for anyone who’s known the tangled, messy grace of caring, grieving and loving, all the way to the final breath.

From award-winning food writer and novelist Shahnaz Ahsan comes a heartfelt memoir: The Jackfruit Chronicles. With insight and love, Ahsan guides us through the vibrant flavours and captivating story of Bengali food and its place in Britain. Beginning with the arrival of her grandfather, Habib, in Manchester in the 1950s, this is a spellbinding journey not just through one family story, but also the broader tale of the Bangladeshi diaspora’s quest for a new life in Britain. Ahsan beautifully weaves together this narrative of migration and hope with treasured family recipes, including dishes like sour tomato broth, jackfruit kofta curry, lentil fritters, fish with clementine peels and much more. The Jackfruit Chronicles is a moving exploration of family, food and what it means to belong.

Each time the globe turns, murder strikes… 1597, London. When Beatrice’s husband returns from exploring the New World, he comes home with unexpected company: a mysterious woman, and an enormous painted globe. As Hugh refuses to explain who their female guest is, Beatrice’s foreboding grows. The unwieldy globe now strikes her as sinister – a reminder of the world of secrets pervading her household. Then one night, the great, hulking globe begins to turn of its own accord. Terrifying new illustrations appear on its face – and when untimely deaths ensue, Beatrice is convinced that the drawings are connected. Desperate to prove that she is not paranoid, Beatrice risks everything to uncover the truth. What sinister force is behind these killings? What really happened on Hugh’s excursion to the Americas? Who is the strange woman who won’t leave her house? And on this otherworldly map of murders, who will be painted as the final victim? *** ‘Deliciously gothic and twisty’ LUCY ROSE ‘Will make your head spin’ ANNIE GARTHWAITE

From the bestselling biographer and author of the book that inspired the BBC TV series – Jane Austen Rise of a Genius – comes a gorgeously escapist novel about the summer the greatest romance novelist fell in love ‘A glorious romantic retelling’ SUN ‘Delicious’ THE TIMES ‘The Jane Austen beach book fans have been waiting for' KIRKUS 1801, Sidmouth. The Austen family descends upon a fashionable seaside resort in Devonshire for a six-week holiday. Jane's brother, Frank, is on leave from the Royal Navy, and dearly wishes to unite his sister with his friend Captain Peter Parker. But another holidaymaker, a handsome stranger, catches sight of Jane and is determined to make her acquaintance. This rival to Captain Parker is Samuel Rose: a lawyer, literary man and abolitionist. As the weeks pass, Jane's relationship with both men brings about unexpected surprises. By the end of the summer, the course of her life will have changed forever. ‘I felt like I was reading a Jane Austen’ Kylie Pentelow, Woman’s Hour

The portrait of a beautiful girl with tumbling red hair takes on sinister undertones in this unnerving tale from much-loved, multi-award-winning author Anne Fine. Jess is delighted when she finds the perfect picture to cover up a dirty mark on her bedroom wall. The beautiful portrait of a girl with tumbling red hair is exactly the right size, and she doesn’t even have to pay for it! But when she hangs the painting in her room, Jess is tormented by disturbing nightmares featuring Araminta from the portrait. Her mum thinks Jess is making it all up, but she’s in for a shock when she experiences the power of the painting for herself … Particularly suitable for readers aged 9+ with a reading age of 7.

In July 1973, at the age of 21, Mark Constantine OBE started making herbal hair products while studying to become a trichologist. Over 50 years later he still works out of his first hair and beauty clinic in Poole High Street, although today as the head of the global cosmetics retailer LUSH. Dear John tells the rags-to-riches story of how a headstrong young man went from earning L20 a week treating hair and scalp conditions with homemade remedies, to becoming the major product inventor for the Body Shop. In 1988 he started, and later crashed, the mail-order company Cosmetics To Go, before rising from the ashes in 1995 and co-founding LUSH, the fresh, handmade cosmetics brand operating over 850 shops in over 50 countries. However, long before all this unfolded, two boys growing up in the seaside resort of Weymouth began a 60-year friendship, where one was the hare and the other the tortoise. That journey reached an epic climax in South Africa in 2012, which spurred the hare to run even harder than before. Another decade has passed and the tortoise has finally caught up again, and is the author of this expanded second edition of Dear John, which brings the often controversial life of Mark Constantine and the story of LUSH right up to date.

Wuthering Heights meets The Cruel Prince in this epic love story woven with fae magic and wild nature. Rose has spent her life being told cautionary tales about faeries and mists and moons and those who stray on to the moors after dark. But she can't resist the call of the Crag's wild beauty, and anyway, she doesn't believe in magic. Until she meets Hawkbit – a beautiful, mysterious boy who appears at their door one night as if from nowhere. Rose and Hawkbit form an instant bond, and Rose soon finds herself drawn deeper into the misty wildness at the edge of the moors where Hawkbit seems to belong. Here a new world opens up to Rose – one that makes her question everything. But as forces try to tear them apart, will Rose finally listen to their warnings, or will her pull towards Hawkbit end up pulling her into danger?

Critically acclaimed author Keith Gray masterfully grapples with the difficult dynamics of a tumultuous family environment in this compelling and bittersweet tale. When Ben sees a monstrous gargoyle creeping across the midnight rooftops, he’s desperate to tell someone. But Ben feels alone in his new home and is finding it hard fitting in at his new school. Ben’s dad doesn’t believe him. He’s always angry. He says Ben needs to act his age, stand up to the school bullies and “be a man”. But can Ben find the courage to stand up to the biggest bully of all? And every night the gargoyle creeps closer. Particularly suitable for readers aged 9+ with a reading age of 8.