Golden Unicorn: Rise of the Mythix
Anh Do
Some heroes are legends. Some legends are real. The tyrant known as the Soul Collector desires to own everything that is beautiful, unusual or unique. Kelly Swift is trying hard to be an average teenager to fit in. But every day her powers are growing: she can run faster than the wind, she can hear people’s thoughts, she is not normal. When her mother is taken by the Soul Collector, Kelly can’t linger in the shadows any longer. But who is she really? Can she be the one in the prophecy? Is she the Golden Unicorn? The Golden Unicorn, the Minotaur and the Griffin—only these three united to a common purpose can fell him who seeks to triumph overall.
Angel Mage
Garth Nix
The icon-maker and angel-summoner Liliath, long believed dead, has woken from her century-long sleep to pick up the threads of a plan that has already destroyed one kingdom and may yet destroy another. To succeed, Liliath must bring together Agnez the musketeer; Simeon the doctor; Dorotea the mage; and Henri, one of the Cardinal’s clerks, and take them into utmost danger.
Set in an alternate 17th century where angels can be summoned (and controlled) by those with a talent for magic, Angel Mage is an action-packed story of angels, heroes, gunpowder and high magic.
The Somerset Tsunami
Emma Carroll
‘My name is Fortune, and I am on trial for my life. They say I did magic that made the sea disappear, then come back again so monstrous and so fast no person could out-run the waves. The sea came so far inland; cows climbed trees to escape! But I didn’t do magic. All I did was save a drowning boy: I pray he’ll now speak the truth and save me.’
The year is 1607. When a catastrophic flood hits the Somerset coast, young sailor-in-disguise Fortune gets the blame. Locals are convinced witchcraft is at work. And Fortune—who is secretive, suspiciously good at swimming and, to everyone’s surprise, a girl—is an obvious scapegoat. Even saving the life of her rival’s only son doesn’t clear her name. If anything, it makes matters worse.
Into the Crooked Place
Alexandra Christo
Desperate times call for desperate magic. Magic rules the city of Creije Capital and Tavia Syn knows just how many tricks she needs up her sleeve to survive. Selling dark magic on the streets for her kingpin, she keeps clear of other crooks, counting the days until her debt is paid and she can flee her criminal life. But then, one day, with her freedom in sight, Tavia uncovers a sinister plot that threatens to destroy the realm she calls home. Desperate to put an end to her kingpin’s plan, Tavia forms an unlikely alliance with three crooks even more deadly than her. With the reluctant saviours assembled, they embark on a quest to put an end to the dark magic before it’s too late. But even if they can take down the kingpin and save the realm, the one thing they can’t do is trust each other.
Haunted Warriors: The Rogues 3
Lian Tanner
Having escaped the salt mines, Duckling, Pummel, Sooli and Otte return to the Stronghold to find out who is responsible for raising the murderous Harshman. But with Grafine von Eisen ruling as Regent, all that awaits them is the dungeon and the executioner’s axe. The children must hide in the Strong-hold’s stone walls, while Sooli walks the path of death, searching desperately for clues. And when the Harshman arrives, turning friends and allies against each other, time is running out. With no one on their side but a cat, a ghost and a chicken who has forgotten her true identity, the children must use all their wits—and all their magic—to defeat the Harshman before he becomes unstoppable.
Spellslinger 5: Queenslayer
Sebastien de Castell
This is the fifth book in the page-turning Spellslinger fantasy series.
Spellslinger 6: Crownbreaker
Sebastien de Castell
This is the sixth—and final—instalment of the inimitable Spellslinger series. Kellen and Reichis are settling into their new lives as protectors of the young queen and dealing with the constantly shifting threats to her reign and to her life. For the first time in his life, Kellen feels as if he’s becoming the kind of man that his mentor Ferius had wanted him to be. But what seems to be a simple card game between Kellen and an old man is soon revealed to be a deadly game of wits in which a powerful mage has trapped the queen’s spellslinger in order to kill him.
Swan Lake (The Story Orchestra)
Katy Flint
Discover the spellbinding magic of Swan Lake in this musical retelling of the ballet— push the button on each beautiful scene to hear the vivid sound of an orchestra playing from Tchaikovsky’s score. As you and your little one journey through the magical scenes, you will hear ten excerpts from the ballet’s music. At the back of the book, there is a short biography of the composer and a discussion of instruments, rhythms and musical techniques. The Story Orchestra series brings classical music to life for children.
Pages & Co.: Tilly and the Lost Fairytales
Anna James
Tilly Pages is a bookwanderer; she can travel inside books, and even talk to the characters she meets there. But Tilly’s powers are put to the test when fairytales start leaking book magic and causing havoc.
A magical adventure to delight the imagination. The curl-up-on-the-sofa snuggle of a series from a uniquely talented author.
The End and Other Beginnings
Veronica Roth
Veronica Roth reaches into the unknown and immerses readers into six short stories that feel startlingly familiar and profoundly beautiful.
Contains three previously published stories, and three all-new tales (including two from the Carve the Mark world).
Hero
Michael Grant
Rockborn gang members Dekka, Shade, Cruz, Malik, Armo and Francis, are fresh off their defeat of Dillion Poe and in need of answers to some very pressing questions about their own powers.
Who are the Dark Watchers? And what is this Fourth Dimension that only Francis can access?
This is the final book in the Monster trilogy.
Rules for Vanishing
Kate Alice Marshall
Rules for Vanishing capitalizes on the growing desire for YA supernatural stories, with a number of recent high-profile acquisitions, as well as a growth in supernatural storytelling across the media, such as Netflix’s The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina and Stranger Things.
The Secret Commonwealth: The Book of Dust Volume Two
Philip Pullman
The Secret Commonwealth sees Lyra, now twenty years old, and her daemon Pantalaimon, forced to navigate their relationship in a way they could never have imagined and drawn into the complex and dangerous factions of a world that they had no idea existed. Pulled along on his own journey too is Malcolm; once a boy with a boat and a mission to save a baby from the flood, now a man with a strong sense of duty and a desire to do what is right.
The Secret Commonwealth is truly a book for our times; a powerful adventure and a thought-provoking look at what it is to understand yourself, to grow up and make sense of the world around you. This is storytelling at its very best from one of our greatest writers.
