Nostalgex: a drug that stimulates memory. In small doses, a person can remember the order of a deck of cards. In larger doses it allows the user detailed access to their past, to focus on previously unnoticed details. On New Year's Day, Jess and Cooper's worlds collide. They must work toge

Ruth lives in Vienna and is wildly in love with Heini Radik, a brilliant young pianist. When Hitler's forces invade Ruth's family flees to London, but she cannot get a passport. Quin, a young professor and friend of the family, visits Ruth and offers a marriage of convenience. On their ret

A thrilling and beautiful new novel from the best-selling author of The Wolf Princess.

Marina's father, a naval captain, has been away for most of her life – certainly since her mother died – and yet Marina feels the pull of an ocean she's never known. When sent to boarding school to lear

It has been two weeks, and now Ruby is totally alone. People weren't prepared for the rain, got caught out in it, didn't realise that you couldn't drink water from the taps either. Even a drip of rain would infect your blood, and eat you from the inside out. Ruby sets off on a journey that

When Don grassed up Johnny Kemp it was quite possibly the biggest mistake of his life – and now it's payback time. But when Don's family, friends and teachers all turn their backs on him –it seems like he's really on his own. But events soon reach a tense and thrilling climax with a s

On a storm-ravaged night, a nineteen-year-old girl is murdered. Three days later, her two younger brothers set out in search of her killer. Cole is a dark-eyed devil who doesn't care if he lives or dies, while Ruben is a strange child who sometimes, inexplicably, experiences sensations abo

Three months after the killer rain first fell, Ruby is beginning to realise that she cannot survive alone. When a chance encounter lands her back in the army camp, Ruby thinks she is safe. But being safe has a price, and if Ruby wants to stay she must keep her eyes – and her mouth – shut.

Turn rubbish into treasure with the tiny Tindims in this second book of the series. Mother and daughter duo, prizewinning Sally Gardner and Lydia Corry, team up to create a fun and funny cast of characters and adventures in their empowering new series for 5–8 year olds inspiring conservati