Skin of the Sea

by Natasha Bowen

An epic love story infused with West African mythology. 

This is the story of a great love - a love that will threaten worlds and anger Gods.

This is a story that will change history.
Simidele is one of the Mami Wata, mermaids duty-bound to collect the souls of those who die at sea and bless their journeys back home to the Supreme Creator.

But when a living boy is thrown overboard a slave ship, Simi saves his life, going against an ancient decree and bringing terrible danger to the mami wata.
Now Simi must journey to the Supreme Creator to make amends - a journey of vengeful gods, treacherous lands and legendary creatures. If she fails, she risks not just the fate of all Mami Wata, but also the world as she knows it.

ISBN-13 978-0241413975

Winner of the Diverse Book Awards: 2022 for Best Young Adult Book Winner of the Branford Boase Award 2022

The World Between Us

by Sarah Ann Juckes 

A powerful and thought-provoking story about falling in love with someone a whole world apart.
Alice may be bed-bound, but every day Stream Cast brings the world to her. From the streets of Tokyo to a masterclass in video games, she experiences other people's wild and exciting lives all without ever leaving her room.

But everything changes when Alice is introduced to a new streamer.

Rowan encourages Alice to stop watching, and start taking control. But Rowan has a secret he's trying to hide from Alice - and from himself.
As Alice and Rowan build a bigger and more beautiful world together, their secrets threaten to tear them apart. Would you risk everything for love?

ISBN-13 978-0241462072

Girl, Goddess, Queen

by Bea Fitzgerald

To hell with love, this goddess has other plans...

Thousands of years ago, the gods told a lie: how Persephone was a pawn in the politics of other gods. How Hades kidnapped Persephone to be his bride. How her mother, Demeter, was so distraught she caused the Earth to start dying.

The real story is much more interesting.

Persephone wasn't taken to hell: she jumped. There was no way she was going to be married off to some smug god more in love with himself than her.

Now all she has to do is convince the Underworld's annoyingly sexy, arrogant and frankly rude ruler, Hades, to fall in line with her plan. A plan that will shake Mount Olympus to its very core.

But consequences can be deadly, especially when you're already in hell . . .

ISBN-13 978-0241624289

Romantic Novelists' Association Fantasy Romance of the Year Winner 2024 

Shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2024

Shortlisted for the YA Book Prize 2024

One

by Sarah Crossan

Grace and Tippi don't like being stared and sneered at, but they're used to it. They're conjoined twins - united in blood and bone.

What they want is to be looked at in turn, like they truly are two people. They want real friends. And what about love?

But a heart-wrenching decision lies ahead for Tippi and Grace. One that could change their lives more than they ever asked for...

This moving and beautifully crafted novel about identity, sisterhood and love ultimately asks one question: what does it mean to want and have a soulmate?

ISBN-13 978-1526614858

WINNER OF THE YA BOOK PRIZE 2016

WINNER OF THE CILIP CARNEGIE MEDAL 2016

WINNER OF THE CBI BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2016

WINNER OF THE CLIPPA POETRY AWARD 2016

The Things We Leave Behind

by Clare Furniss

"A furious book about an-all-too-possible future Britain, 

that demands to be read."

A startling YA dystopia that imagines London as the epicentre of the refugee crisis.

Civil unrest in London has reached an all-time high after years of a growing authoritarian regime, and it’s no longer safe for Clem and her half-sister Billie in the city. Clem tells of their treacherous journey to Scotland, by road and then by sea, fleeing with nothing but a notebook filled with stories and memories of home. But is there something Clem's not saying? And how will this journey – and the sisters’ story – end? With the start of a new life? Or a mirror held up to the past?

ISBN-13 978-1471169816

Shortlisted for The UKLA Book Awards 2025

Shortlisted for The Carnegies Medal for Writing 2025

Seed

by Lisa Heathfield 

A thrilling story of life in a cult.

Fifteen-year-old Pearl has lived her whole life protected within the small community at Seed, where they worship Nature and idolise their leader, Papa S. When some outsiders arrive, everything changes. Pearl experiences feelings that she never knew existed and begins to realise that there is darkness at the heart of Seed. A darkness from which she must escape, before it's too late.

A chilling and heartbreaking coming-of-age story of life within a cult.

ISBN-13 978-1405275385

Seed was shortlisted for the Waterstones' Children's Book Prize in 2016

The Blue Book of Nebo

by Manon Steffan Ros 

Dylan was six when The End came, back in 2018: when the electricity went off for good, and the normal 21st-century world he knew disappeared. Now 14, he and his mam have survived in their isolated hilltop house above the village of Nebo in north-west Wales by learning new skills and returning to old ways of living. However, despite their close understanding, the relationship between mother and son changes subtly as Dylan has to take on adult responsibilities. And they each have their own secrets - which emerge as they take it in turns to jot down their thoughts and memories in a found notebook – the Blue Book of Nebo.

ISBN-13 978-1913102784

WINNER of the Yoto Carnegie 2023 Medal for Writing.

A multi-award winner when published in Welsh, this is a YA novel from an exceptionally talented author, which explores the human capacity to find new strengths when faced with the need to survive.

Cane Warriors

by Alex Wheatle

Nobody free till everybody free.
Moa is fourteen. The only life he has ever known is toiling on the Frontier sugar cane plantation for endless hot days, fearing the vicious whips of the overseers. Then one night he learns of an uprising, led by the charismatic Tacky. Moa is to be a cane warrior, and fight for the freedom of all the enslaved people in the nearby plantations. But before they can escape, Moa and his friend Keverton must face their first great task: to kill their overseer, Misser Donaldson. Time is ticking, and the day of the uprising approaches . . .
Irresistible, gripping and unforgettable, Cane Warriors follows the true story of Tacky’s War in Jamaica, 1760.

ISBN-13 978-1839131127

Shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal and the UKLA Book Award
Winner of the Young Quills Historical Fiction Award
Shortlisted for the YA Book Prize, Diverse Book Award and Iris Award
Longlisted for the YA Jhalak Prize

Sunrise on the Reaping

By Suzanne Collins

This book is a prequel to "The Hunger Games" 

When you’ve been set up to lose everything you love, what is there left to fight for?

As the day dawns on the fiftieth annual Hunger Games, fear grips the districts of Panem. This year, in honor of the Quarter Quell, twice as many tributes will be taken from their homes.

Back in District 12, Haymitch Abernathy is trying not to think too hard about his chances. All he cares about is making it through the day and being with the girl he loves.

When Haymitch’s name is called, he can feel all his dreams break. He’s torn from his family and his love, shuttled to the Capitol with the three other District 12 tributes: a young friend who’s nearly a sister to him, a compulsive oddsmaker, and the most stuck-up girl in town. As the Games begin, Haymitch understands he’s been set up to fail. But there’s something in him that wants to fight . . . and have that fight reverberate far beyond the deadly arena.

ISBN-13 978-0702340581

Selected for the Amazon Editors' Top 20 for the Best Books or the Year So Far 2025 list. 

 It is also a #1 bestseller on multiple platforms, including USA Today, New York Times, Indie, and Publishers Weekly, and was named a New York Times Editors' Choice. 

A Colourful View From the Top:

Twenty-One Extraordinary Stories of Leaders of Colour Achieving Excellence in Business

You might not think, right now, that you have what it takes to succeed. But incredible things do happen when you believe. We hope this book will stoke your sense of belief in what it is you can achieve and the gifts you have the potential to give to the world.

Relentless in its inspiration, candour and warmth, A Colourful View From the Top is a vital anthology of twenty-one voices who are at the top of their game in business and beyond. Whether their specialism be advertising, tech, law or art, each luminary offers a unique and deeply meaningful collection of lessons and affirmations to draw upon time and time again.

Discover how they became influential figures in culture and corporate life; how their achievements haven't been defined or limited by their race, gender or age; how sometimes the most fulfilling careers involve twists, turns and side hustles; how corporate success need not preclude social awareness.

ISBN-13 978-1408715819

These Are the Words:

Fearless Verse to Find Your Voice

by Nikita Gill

Taking you on a journey through the seasons of the soul, in this collection Nikita gives you the words to help heal from your first breakup, to celebrate finding your family, to understand first love, to express your anger and your joy, to fight for what you believe in and to help you break some rules to be your truest self.

REMINDER FOR HEALING

You do not owe anyone your forgiveness.

The trees do not apologize to the wind that uproots them.

The rocks do not apologize to the erosion by the sea.

The stars do not apologize to the universe

when they are writhing and dying out.

And you are not obligated to forgive anyone

but yourself.

ISBN-13 978-1529083606

Shortlisted for the CLiPPA 2023 

 Longlisted for the Jhalak Children’s & Young Adult Prize 2023