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Reading is a fundamental part of growing up and here you will find a whole world of fiction to accompany children on their journey through life. Classic picture books like The Tiger Who Came to Tea enchant successive generations, whilst authors such as David Walliams, Jacqueline Wilson and Malorie Blackman come to feel like the reader’s personal property. Dive into our unbeatable, diverse range of children’s fiction books where reading is celebrated for all.
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Our Bestselling Children's Fiction Books

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: No Brainer (Book 18)
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Diary of a Wimpy Kid: No Brainer (Book 18)
Jeff Kinney
£14.99   £11.99
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Impossible Creatures
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Impossible Creatures
Katherine Rundell
£14.99
Hardback
Bunny vs Monkey: The Impossible Pig
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Bunny vs Monkey: The Impossible Pig
Jamie Smart
£12.99   £9.99
Hardback
The Blunders
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The Blunders
David Walliams
£14.99   £7.49
Hardback
The Miraculous Sweetmakers: The Frost Fair
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The Miraculous Sweetmakers: The Frost Fair
Natasha Hastings
£7.99   £6.49
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A Christmasaurus Carol
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A Christmasaurus Carol
Tom Fletcher
£14.99   £12.99
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The Dinosaur that Pooped a Reindeer!
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The Dinosaur that Pooped a Reindeer!
Tom Fletcher
£7.99   £6.49
Paperback
The Hunger Games
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The Hunger Games
Suzanne Collins
£8.99
Paperback
The Baddies
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The Baddies
Julia Donaldson
£7.99   £6.49
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What the Ladybird Heard at Christmas
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What the Ladybird Heard at Christmas
Julia Donaldson
£7.99   £6.49
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The Jolly Christmas Postman
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The Jolly Christmas Postman
Allan Ahlberg
£12.99
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How Does Santa Go Down the Chimney?
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How Does Santa Go Down the Chimney?
Mac Barnett
£12.99   £10.99
Hardback
If He Had Been with Me
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If He Had Been with Me
Laura Nowlin
£8.99   £7.49
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Divine Rivals
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Divine Rivals
Rebecca Ross
£14.99   £12.99
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That's Not My Christmas Tree...
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That's Not My Christmas Tree...
Rachel Wells
£12.99
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Our Bestselling Picture Books

The Dinosaur that Pooped a Reindeer!
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The Dinosaur that Pooped a Reindeer!
Tom Fletcher
£7.99   £6.49
Paperback
The Baddies
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The Baddies
Julia Donaldson
£7.99   £6.49
Paperback
What the Ladybird Heard at Christmas
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What the Ladybird Heard at Christmas
Julia Donaldson
£7.99   £6.49
Paperback
How Does Santa Go Down the Chimney?
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How Does Santa Go Down the Chimney?
Mac Barnett
£12.99   £10.99
Hardback
The Nightmare Before Christmas
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The Nightmare Before Christmas
Tim Burton
£8.99
Paperback
The Night Before Christmas
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The Night Before Christmas
Clement C. Moore
£7.99
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The Wobblysaurus
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The Wobblysaurus
Rachel Bright
£7.99   £6.49
Paperback
You Can't Let an Elephant Pull Santa's Sleigh
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You Can't Let an Elephant Pull Santa's Sleigh
Patricia Cleveland-Peck
£7.99   £6.49
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Supertato: Presents Jack and the Beanstalk
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Supertato: Presents Jack and the Beanstalk
Sue Hendra
£7.99   £6.49
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We're Going on a Sleigh Ride
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We're Going on a Sleigh Ride
Martha Mumford
£7.99
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There's a Dinosaur in Your Book
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There's a Dinosaur in Your Book
Tom Fletcher
£7.99   £6.49
Paperback
Stick Man
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Stick Man
Julia Donaldson
£7.99
Paperback
One Snowy Night
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One Snowy Night
Nick Butterworth
£8.99
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The Polar Express
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The Polar Express
Chris Van Allsburg
£7.99
Paperback
Tabby McTat Foiled Edition (PB)
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Tabby McTat Foiled Edition (PB)
Julia Donaldson
£7.99   £6.49
Paperback
The Great Storm Whale
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The Great Storm Whale
Benji Davies
£7.99   £6.49
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Penguin Huddle
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Penguin Huddle
Ross Montgomery
£7.99   £6.49
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Meet the Dinosaurs
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Meet the Dinosaurs
Caryl Hart
£7.99   £6.49
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Will You Be My Friend?
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Will You Be My Friend?
Sam McBratney
£7.99
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Snail in Space
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Snail in Space
Rachel Bright
£7.99   £6.49
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Waiting For Froggo
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Waiting For Froggo
Alice Courtley
£7.99
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Frog's Day Out
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Frog's Day Out
Julia Donaldson
£7.99
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There's a Wolf in Your Book
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There's a Wolf in Your Book
Tom Fletcher
£7.99
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Night Flight
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Night Flight
Katie Cottle
£7.99
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The Magic Pet Shop: Puppicorn
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The Magic Pet Shop: Puppicorn
Matilda Rose
£7.99
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Zebracadabra!
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Zebracadabra!
Kes Gray
£12.99
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Luna Loves Gardening
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Luna Loves Gardening
Joseph Coelho
£12.99
Hardback
A Monster Princess Shark Adventure
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A Monster Princess Shark Adventure
Sarah Coyle
£7.99
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Grey
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Grey
Laura Dockrill
£14.99
Hardback
Dim Sum Palace
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Dim Sum Palace
X Fang
£12.99
Hardback

Favourite Characters for Baby & Toddlers

Paddington Bear
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Our Bestselling Fiction Books for 5 to 8-Year-Olds

Guinness World Records 2024
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Guinness World Records 2024
Guinness World Records Limited
£22.00   £11.00
Hardback
A Christmasaurus Carol
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A Christmasaurus Carol
Tom Fletcher
£14.99   £12.99
Hardback
Bunny vs Monkey: The Impossible Pig
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Bunny vs Monkey: The Impossible Pig
Jamie Smart
£12.99   £9.99
Hardback
Beano Annual 2024
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Beano Annual 2024
D.C.Thomson & Co Ltd
£11.99   £9.99
Hardback
Match Annual 2024
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Match Annual 2024
Pan Macmillan
£9.99   £7.99
Hardback
Kay’s Incredible Inventions
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Kay’s Incredible Inventions
Adam Kay
£14.99   £11.99
Hardback
Minecraft Annual 2024
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Minecraft Annual 2024
Mojang AB
£9.99   £7.99
Hardback
Dog Man 11: Twenty Thousand Fleas Under the Sea
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Dog Man 11: Twenty Thousand Fleas Under the Sea
Dav Pilkey
£12.99   £9.99
Hardback
Dog Man
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Dog Man
Dav Pilkey
£9.99
Paperback
Bunny vs Monkey
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Bunny vs Monkey
Jamie Smart
£9.99
Paperback
Isadora Moon and the Frost Festival
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Isadora Moon and the Frost Festival
Harriet Muncaster
£9.99   £8.49
Hardback
The Boy Who Slept Through Christmas
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The Boy Who Slept Through Christmas
Matt Lucas
£12.99   £9.99
Hardback
The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark
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The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark
Jill Tomlinson
£6.99
Paperback
The Rupert Annual 2024
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The Rupert Annual 2024
Rupert Bear
£10.99   £8.99
Hardback
The Worst Witch
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The Worst Witch
Jill Murphy
£7.99
Paperback
Stories for Christmas
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Stories for Christmas
Enid Blyton
£7.99   £6.49
Paperback
The 156-Storey Treehouse
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The 156-Storey Treehouse
Andy Griffiths
£7.99   £6.49
Paperback

Coming Soon in 5-8

Bunny vs Monkey: Bunny Bonanza!
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Bunny vs Monkey: Bunny Bonanza!
Jamie Smart
£12.99   £6.49
Hardback
Dog Man 12: The Scarlet Shedder
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Dog Man 12: The Scarlet Shedder
Dav Pilkey
£12.99   £6.49
Hardback
Pablo and Splash
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Pablo and Splash
Sheena Dempsey
£8.99   £7.49
Paperback
Officer Clawsome: Lobster Cop
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Officer Clawsome: Lobster Cop
Brian "Smitty" Smith
£8.99   £7.49
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Bronte Tempestra and the Lightning Steeds
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Bronte Tempestra and the Lightning Steeds
Bex Hogan
£7.99
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Peng and Spanners
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Peng and Spanners
Steve Webb
£9.99
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Two and a Half Wishes
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Two and a Half Wishes
Paula Harrison
£6.99
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Bumble and Snug and the Jealous Giants
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Bumble and Snug and the Jealous Giants
Mark Bradley
£7.99
Paperback
The Firefighter's Kitten
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The Firefighter's Kitten
Holly Webb
£6.99
Paperback
Grimwood: Attack of the Stink Monster!
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Grimwood: Attack of the Stink Monster!
Nadia Shireen
£6.99
Paperback
Courage Out Loud Volume 3
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Courage Out Loud Volume 3
Joseph Coelho
£7.99
Paperback
Kitty and the Snowball Bandit
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Kitty and the Snowball Bandit
Paula Harrison
£6.99
Paperback
Bad Panda: Mites, Camera, Action!
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Bad Panda: Mites, Camera, Action!
Swapna Haddow
£7.99
Paperback
Black History for Every Day of the Year
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Black History for Every Day of the Year
David Olusoga
£25.00   £20.00
Hardback

Favourite Characters for 5-8 Year Olds

Dr Seuss
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Our Bestselling Fiction Books for 9 to 12-Year-Olds

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: No Brainer (Book 18)
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Diary of a Wimpy Kid: No Brainer (Book 18)
Jeff Kinney
£14.99   £11.99
Hardback
Impossible Creatures
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Impossible Creatures
Katherine Rundell
£14.99
Hardback
The Blunders
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The Blunders
David Walliams
£14.99   £7.49
Hardback
Guinness World Records 2024
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Guinness World Records 2024
Guinness World Records Limited
£22.00   £11.00
Hardback
The Miraculous Sweetmakers: The Frost Fair
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The Miraculous Sweetmakers: The Frost Fair
Natasha Hastings
£7.99   £6.49
Paperback
Beano Annual 2024
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Beano Annual 2024
D.C.Thomson & Co Ltd
£11.99   £9.99
Hardback
The Completely Chaotic Christmas of Lottie Brooks
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The Completely Chaotic Christmas of Lottie Brooks
Katie Kirby
£14.99   £11.99
Hardback
Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Chalice of the Gods
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Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Chalice of the Gods
Rick Riordan
£16.99   £12.99
Hardback
Kay’s Incredible Inventions
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Kay’s Incredible Inventions
Adam Kay
£14.99   £11.99
Hardback
Murder Most Unladylike
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Murder Most Unladylike
Robin Stevens
£7.99
Paperback
The Last Bear
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The Last Bear
Hannah Gold
£7.99
Paperback
Minecraft Annual 2024
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Minecraft Annual 2024
Mojang AB
£9.99   £7.99
Hardback
The Ice Children
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The Ice Children
M.G. Leonard
£12.99
Hardback
Lottie Brooks's Totally Disastrous School-Trip
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Lottie Brooks's Totally Disastrous School-Trip
Katie Kirby
£7.99   £6.49
Paperback
The Christmas Pig
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The Christmas Pig
J. K. Rowling
£10.99   £8.99
Paperback

Coming Soon in 9-12

Skandar and the Chaos Trials
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Skandar and the Chaos Trials
A.F. Steadman
£14.99
Hardback
Wonka
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Wonka
Roald Dahl
£7.99   £6.49
Paperback
A Mind Full of Murder
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A Mind Full of Murder
Derek Landy
£16.99   £14.99
Hardback
Greenwild: The World Behind The Door
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Greenwild: The World Behind The Door
Pari Thomson
£7.99   £6.49
Paperback
Silverborn
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Silverborn
Jessica Townsend
£12.99
Hardback
The Troublemakers
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The Troublemakers
Tamzin Merchant
£12.99   £10.99
Hardback
Keedie
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Keedie
Elle McNicoll
£7.99
Paperback
Amari and the Night Brothers 3
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Amari and the Night Brothers 3
BB Alston
£12.99
Hardback
Fright Bite
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Fright Bite
Jennifer Killick
£7.99   £6.49
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Time Travelling with a Tortoise
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Time Travelling with a Tortoise
Ross Welford
£7.99   £6.49
Paperback
Dreamstalkers: The Night Train
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Dreamstalkers: The Night Train
Sarah Driver
£7.99
Paperback
The Clockwork Conspiracy
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The Clockwork Conspiracy
Sam Sedgman
£7.99
Paperback
The Boy Who Fell From the Sky
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The Boy Who Fell From the Sky
Benjamin Dean
£7.99   £6.49
Paperback
Pirates of Darksea
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Pirates of Darksea
Catherine Doyle
£7.99
Paperback
The Girl Who Dreamed in Magic
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The Girl Who Dreamed in Magic
Maria Kuzniar
£7.99
Paperback
Mysteries at Sea: The Royal Jewel Plot
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Mysteries at Sea: The Royal Jewel Plot
A.M. Howell
£7.99
Paperback
The Secret of the Moonshard
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The Secret of the Moonshard
Struan Murray
£7.99
Paperback

Favourite Characters for 9-12 Year Olds

Tom Fletcher
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Our Bestselling Fiction Books for Teen & Young Adult Readers

If He Had Been with Me
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If He Had Been with Me
Laura Nowlin
£8.99   £7.49
Paperback
Divine Rivals
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Divine Rivals
Rebecca Ross
£14.99   £12.99
Hardback
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
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A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
Holly Jackson
£8.99   £6.99
Paperback
The Hunger Games
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The Hunger Games
Suzanne Collins
£8.99
Paperback
Murtagh
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Murtagh
Christopher Paolini
£25.00   £21.99
Hardback
Five Survive
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Five Survive
Holly Jackson
£8.99   £7.49
Paperback
Powerless
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Powerless
Lauren Roberts
£9.99   £8.49
Paperback
Girl in Pieces
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Girl in Pieces
Kathleen Glasgow
£8.99   £6.99
Paperback
The Inheritance Games
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The Inheritance Games
Jennifer Lynn Barnes
£8.99
Paperback
The Hunting Moon
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The Hunting Moon
Susan Dennard
£8.99
Paperback
Shatter Me
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Shatter Me
Tahereh Mafi
£8.99
Paperback
The Cruel Prince (The Folk of the Air)
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The Cruel Prince (The Folk of the Air)
Holly Black
£8.99
Paperback
Sisters of Sword and Shadow
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Sisters of Sword and Shadow
Laura Bates
£16.99
Hardback
The Way I Am Now
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The Way I Am Now
Amber Smith
£8.99   £7.49
Paperback
Nightbane
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Nightbane
Alex Aster
£12.99
Hardback

Coming Soon in Teen & Young Adult

Heartstopper Volume 5
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Heartstopper Volume 5
Alice Oseman
£12.99
Paperback
Ruthless Vows
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Ruthless Vows
Rebecca Ross
£14.99
Hardback
Where the Dark Stands Still
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Where the Dark Stands Still
A.B. Poranek
£14.99
Hardback
The Reappearance of Rachel Price
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The Reappearance of Rachel Price
Holly Jackson
£14.99
Hardback
The Prisoner's Throne
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The Prisoner's Throne
Holly Black
£16.99
Hardback
Burning Crowns
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Burning Crowns
Katherine Webber
£8.99
Paperback
Compass and Blade
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Compass and Blade
Rachel Greenlaw
£14.99
Hardback
The Grandest Game
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The Grandest Game
Jennifer Lynn Barnes
£14.99
Hardback
Blood Flowers
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Blood Flowers
Jay McGuiness
£8.99
Paperback
Solitaire
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Solitaire
Alice Oseman
£14.99
Hardback
The Invocations
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The Invocations
Krystal Sutherland
£8.99   £7.49
Paperback
Signed Sealed Dead
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Signed Sealed Dead
Cynthia Murphy
£8.99   £7.49
Paperback
All This Twisted Glory
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All This Twisted Glory
Tahereh Mafi
£14.99
Hardback
Nick and Charlie
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Nick and Charlie
Alice Oseman
£8.99
Paperback
A Cruel Twist of Fate
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A Cruel Twist of Fate
H. F. Askwith
£8.99   £7.49
Paperback
To Gaze Upon Wicked Gods
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To Gaze Upon Wicked Gods
Molly X. Chang
£14.99
Hardback
Sleep Like Death
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Sleep Like Death
Kalynn Bayron
£8.99
Paperback
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Books for Dyslexic & Reluctant Readers

Lunar
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Lunar
Chris Bradford
£7.99
Paperback
The Weather Well
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The Weather Well
Vashti Hardy
£7.99
Paperback
The Storm and the Minotaur
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The Storm and the Minotaur
Lucy Strange
£7.99
Paperback
Calling the Whales
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Calling the Whales
Jasbinder Bilan
£7.99
Paperback
The Piano at the Station
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The Piano at the Station
Helen Rutter
£7.99
Paperback
Nightjar
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Nightjar
Katya Balen
£7.99
Paperback
The Day the Hiccups Took Over
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The Day the Hiccups Took Over
Jo Simmons
£7.99
Paperback
Finding Her Feet
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Finding Her Feet
Eve Ainsworth
£7.99
Paperback
Jodie
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Jodie
Hilary McKay
£7.99
Paperback
Operation Banana
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Operation Banana
Tony Bradman
£7.99
Paperback
The Curio Collectors
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The Curio Collectors
Eloise Williams
£7.99
Paperback
Dragonracers
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Dragonracers
Peter Bunzl
£7.99
Paperback
The Terror of Hilltop House
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The Terror of Hilltop House
Dan Smith
£7.99
Paperback
Fortune's Fools
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Fortune's Fools
Ross Montgomery
£7.99
Paperback
Bertie and the Alien Chicken
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Bertie and the Alien Chicken
Jenny Pearson
£7.99
Paperback
Journey Back to Freedom
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Journey Back to Freedom
Catherine Johnson
£7.99
Paperback
Meg and Merlin
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Meg and Merlin
Tanya Landman
£6.99
Paperback
Resist
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Resist
Tom Palmer
£7.99
Paperback

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The Best Books of 2023: Baby & Toddler

From Julia Donaldson to Joseph Coelho, discover the baby and toddler books we've loved this year.

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The Best Books of 2023: Children's Fiction

From Katherine Rundell to Jamie Smart, discover the children's fiction we've loved this year.

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