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Rachel never faced her own ghosts. Instead, she chose to become one. I must not make that same mistake. It’s 1874 in southern Maine when eighteen-year-old aspiring writer Agnes Alder arrives at Ravenfield Hall, an old manor house situated along a jagged patch of coastline. She’s been invited...

In the 80th anniversary year, Jackie French explores the dropping of the bombs at Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945, which ended World War 2. 1942. Japan has bombed Sydney Harbour. Sixteen-year-old Ossie lies about his age to protect his country, even though it means abandoning his only...

An all-female detective agency righting wrongs at the end of the nineteenth century; infiltrating a scandalous upper class world straight out of Bridgerton and using their wit and bravery to unmask a villain. Felicity Vane may be a mathematical genius, but getting her family to understand her...

Set against the backdrop of gathering war, A Song for Summer is an unforgettable love story from master storyteller Eva Ibbotson and read by actress Emilia Fox. When Ellen Carr abandons grey, dreary London to become housekeeper at an experimental school in Austria, she soon knows she's found her...

Fly By Night, read by actress Lesley Sharp, is a breathtaking adventure story, set in reimagined eighteenth-century England, and is the stunning debut novel from Frances Hardinge, author of the Costa Award winning The Lie Tree. As the realm struggles to maintain an uneasy peace after years of...

A compellingly beautiful tale of magic, intrigue and deception, set against the backdrop of eighteenth-century Paris on the cusp of revolution. Paris in 1789 is a labyrinth of twisted streets, filled with beggars, thieves, revolutionaries – and magicians . . . When seventeen-year-old Camille...

Vera was made for vengeance. Lithuania, 1943. The Nazis have killed Ezra’s daughter. He can’t bring Chaya back from the dead, but he can craft something in her image — a golem, infused with pointed rage, to avenge Chaya’s death. A Nazi killer made with kishuf, an ancient and profane...

"This is not just a story of the violence of fascism, but of the burning joy of freedom, and the exhilaration of shaping, with sweat and blood, a better world."** From critically acclaimed author Kip Wilson comes this gripping coming of age historical fiction novel in verse about Gerda Taro, a...

“Every war has turning points and every person too.” Fifteen-year-old Daisy is sent from Manhattan to England to visit her aunt and cousins she’s never met: three boys near her age, and their little sister. Her aunt goes away on business soon after Daisy arrives. The next day bombs go off...

Anita de la Torre never questioned her freedom living in the Dominican Republic. But by her 12th birthday in 1960, most of her relatives have emigrated to the United States, her Tío Toni has disappeared without a trace, and the government’s secret police terrorize her remaining family because...

An epic and exhilarating story of deception, love and revenge, from the extraordinary Sunday Times and New York Times number-one-bestselling author of DIVINE RIVALS. Perfect for fans of Leigh Bardugo, Sarah J Maas and Shelby Mahurin. Brienna is an arden, a student of the five passions – art...

A treasured antique rifle gets into the wrong hands in this YA novel by the Newbury Award–winning author: "a truly mesmerizing tale, from beginning to end" (Publishers Weekly). In 1768, gunsmith Cornish McManus painstakingly crafted his masterpiece: a rifle of extraordinary beauty and accuracy...

"A deliciously twisted gothic fantasy you'll want to read again and again, with characters you'll adore, prose that'll spellbind you, romance you'll swoon over, and a mystery that'll keep you guessing until the last stunning twist." —Diana Urban, author of These Deadly Games From the author of...

Power . . . Love . . . Scandal. There's never enough to go around . . . True love conquers everything - or so Gloria Carmody crazily believed. She and her runaway lover, Jerome Johnson, can barely scrape together cash for their rent, let alone have a moment to whisper sweet nothings in the dark...

Set against the backdrop of the Civil Rights Movement, a young woman finds herself at the center of a firestorm. “This historical fiction novel is a must-have. It keeps the reader engaged with vivid depictions of a time that most young people can only imagine.”—Voice of Youth Advocates...

A thrilling new fantasy about the lengths two sisters will go for each other from Rebecca Ross, the extraordinary Sunday Times and New York Times number-one-bestselling author of DIVINE RIVALS. Perfect for fans of Ember in the Ashes, Sky In the Deep, and Court of Fives. Two sisters… one...

When Annie returns to her home village after a long absence, she rediscovers the diary she kept the year she turned 16, the year that changed her life. We follow Annie as she navigates a blossoming love story with a handsome soldier and her growing affection for an evacuee child. With tender and amusing moments, this story—set in a small English village during World War II—explores love, resilience, and loss with a fresh new voice.

Bill möchte mehr sein als der Junge, über den alle lachen. Obwohl er als Pferdeflüsterer außergewöhnliches Talent besitzt, haftet ihm auf der Shiloh-Ranch noch immer der Ruf des ungeschickten Außenseiters an. Nur sein Großvater Old John und der Indianer Kajika glauben an ihn und sind überzeugt, dass er seinen eigenen Weg finden wird. Als Trail-Boss James Averill einen großen Viehtrieb nach Miles City übernimmt, erhält Bill die Chance, sich unter erfahrenen Cowboys zu beweisen.

Passez la porte de Lapis-Lazuli House et laissez-vous guider par la plume aiguisée et sarcastique d'Emma M. Lion. Un charme à la Jane Austen, un humour résolument moderne. Emma est de retour à Londres depuis deux mois et profite du printemps avec une malicieuse abnégation.

In 1914 Venice, Carla Herzog, a nobleman’s thirteen-year-old daughter, has a chilling premonition of murder. When it comes true, her zealous father believes Carla to be a witch. How better to expel his possessed child’s wickedness than to remand her to the headmistress of a brutal children’s reformatory?