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Georgie and Jem aren't just best friends anymore; now Georgie's mum and Jem's dad are together, they're going to be sisters! School is a bit more challenging. Miss Eagle wants the whole class to start a self-esteem project. They'll write their biggest secrets on pieces of paper and then float them up into the sky on balloons, and their worries will disappear. Then disaster! The ball of secrets disappears instead, and suddenly no one's secrets are safe.

Emmeline Widget has never left Widget Manor, and that's the way she likes it. But when her scientist parents mysteriously disappear, she finds herself being packed off on a ship to France, heading for a safe house in Paris. Onboard, she is befriended by an urchin stowaway called Thing. But before she can reach her destination, she is kidnapped by the sinister Dr Siegfried Bauer. Dr Bauer is bound for the ice fields of Greenland to summon a legendary monster from the deep. And he isn't the only one determined to unleash the creature. The Northwitch has laid claim to the beast, too.

From the Waterstones Book Prize shortlisted author of A Boy Called Hope and The Boy Who Sailed the Ocean in an Armchair. Mabel has a suitcase full of worries - it turned up just after her dad disappeared and before her mum started dating Gavin. She worries about big things and little things and shoves them into her suitcase until it’s so full it might explode....

When 17-year-old, Eva Olsen, awakes after a horrific accident that has left her bed-bound, her parents are right by her side. Devoted, they watch over her, night and day, in the attic room of their family home in the forests of Norway. But the accident has left Eva without her most recent memories, and not everything is as it seems. As secrets from the night of the accident begin to surface, Eva realises she has to escape her parents' house and discover the truth. But what if someone doesn't want her to find it?

Eve knows what her colleagues had for lunch last April. She remembers everyone who passes through the care home she works at long after they've gone. Like her museum of tiny treasures, her life is small and manageable. And what if you couldn't even remember your name? 'Adam' is found wandering down the central reservation of the M25. He has no memory of how he came to be there. As Eve works with Adam to help him discover who he once was, her world begins to open up. But when Adam remembers his past, can Eve possibly be part of his future?

Shy girl Tom Ginger is the world’s unlikeliest hero – until she discovers that her new braces have the power to act as radio transmitters, allowing her to tune into the conversations of her new super-evil head teacher. Suddenly it’s up to Tom to save the school from Miss Fortune’s dastardly plans. Can she do it? Perfect for fans of Sam Copeland’s Charlie Changes into a Chicken and Danny Wallace's Hamish series.

Primrose Farm is Rachel’s very own slice of heaven. Come rain or shine there’s always a pot of tea brewing by the Aga, the delicious aroma of freshly baked puddings, and a chorus of happy memories drifting through the kitchen. But the farm is in a spot of trouble. As the daffodils spring, Rachel must plant the seeds of change if she wants to keep the farm afloat, and it’s all resting on a crazy plan. She’ll need one family cook book, her Mum Jill’s baking magic - and a reason to avoid her distractingly gorgeous neighbour, Tom.

Natalie Jackson might keep up appearances on Instagram, but in reality her fiancé has just jilted her after the birth of their baby and she’s moved back in with her mum. Life isn’t exactly going to plan! So when she enters the village raffle for the holiday of a lifetime, she thinks she has no chance of winning. But her name is pulled out – and, as luck would have it, so is a ticket bought by her childhood nemesis: Will Brimble. Surely a romantic holiday for two is the worst idea ever...right?

Orphaned at birth, Eliza lives with her beloved Grandparents in a waterlogged Somerset cottage surrounded by willow beds where she ekes out a living making laundry baskets and eel traps. Although poor she is content, until childhood friend Clem regales her with tales of his adventures along the river and she begins to wonder what life is like beyond the Droves. When fate brings handsome, wealthy Theo to her workshop she is instantly attracted and a rosy future beyond the Droves beckons.

Amelia and Sam are helping out at Animal Ark when twin sisters come into the surgery with their pet hamster. The only thing the girls can agree on is that there's something wrong with their pet, who has stopped eating. When the poorly hamster escapes at the village food fair, everyone must work together to find him – even the twins!

Olivia Gordon decided to find out how, exactly, modern science saved her son’s life. Crossing medical memoir with popular science, The First Breath is an investigation into the pioneering fetal and neonatal care bringing a new generation into the world, who would not have lived if they had been born only a few decades ago.

A thrilling tale of friendship and courage - Maggie Blue, strongwilled and isolated, sees her enemy from school taken through a window to a parallel world by one of their teachers and determines to follow, whatever the cost. With the help of irascible cat, Hoagy, they discover a world where happiness is being stolen - and they must do everything they can not to be caught up in its web of destruction.

Ana, who lives in a small Oxfordshire village, came from Liverpool carrying a secret. Her life is now on the straight and narrow, though, and she has a blossoming career as a policewoman. But when a vigilante starts to practice their own kind of justice on her watch, and then a body is discovered in the woods, Ana's contentment is shattered as the past comes flooding back to haunt her. Soon Ana must make a choice—turn her back on the girl she used to be . . . or embrace the bitterness and rage she has buried for so long.

Emma and I did everything together—including getting kidnapped. As teenagers, we were both taken but only I survived. I promised myself that I would tell my story, and Emma's story, when the time was right. Life is good. I have a home, a dog, and a woman who loves me—but I'm a complete fraud. Worse still, someone knows it. One way or another, I'll find the person who is threatening me.

High-flying lawyer Sara O’Neil had it all; the career, the money, the prestige. And then she jumped to her death. Cassandra Harlow never expected to see her friend fall from their office rooftop. Someone knows what really happened. But the only people who might know the truth are a secret women-only society, Inside, whose promise is to fast-track your career. But if Sara was part of it and they helped facilitate her rise to the top, could they also be the reason she came crashing down to earth?

Everyone at the palace is busily preparing for a grand ball! But mischievous kitten Bella is busy getting up to mischief! Her playful curiosity is putting everything out of place and the King and Queen are not happy! They remind Princess Katie that Bella's behaviour is her responsibility. Can the princess and her friend Becky keep Bella out of trouble for the big event?

Princess Katie's greatest wish is to have a kitten of her own to care for. So when she discovers a litter of kittens in the forest, it's a dream come true! But back at the palace she realizes that one of the kittens is missing . . . Can Katie and her best friend Becky find Pixie and bring her to safety? With short chapters, black-and-white illustrations and fabulous facts about kitten care.

Princess Katie is excited about her winter holiday in the snowy mountains, but she's going to miss the kittens. Then Katie discovers that Suki sneaked into her luggage and has come along for an adventure! But being a small kitten in an unfamiliar place is very tricky and Suki finds that she's got lost. Can Katie and Becky find the kitten before night falls?

There's great excitement in the palace. The Queen is having a baby! Princess Katie and her best friend Becky are busy helping to prepare for the new arrival. Ruby, the silver and white kitten, is desperate to help too, but her efforts keep landing her in trouble! When Princess Katie and Becky go to find her, she's nowhere to be found. Where could the mischievous little kitten have got to?

Poppy is a very friendly kitten. She wants to play with Prince Edward, who is visiting Starlight Palace. But the prince thinks cats are silly and he teases little Poppy. So, when Poppy and the prince disappear at the same time, Princess Katie is suspicious. Could Poppy be in trouble? With short chapters, black-and-white illustrations and fabulous facts about kitten care.