Charlie Sanderson

Bronte is ten years old when she receives a letter saying that her long-absent parents have been killed by pirates, and the lawyers tell her that their will (reinforced with serious magic) requires her to deliver gifts to her ten other aunts (not Aunt Isabelle, whom she lives with), and to start the trip immediately and alone--but as she travels the kingdoms, she begins to suspect that there is more to this journey than delivering treasures, and that...

Let bestselling author Lindsey Hutchinson transport you back in time to Marshall's Children's Home, for this heart-warming and unforgettable tale from the Black Country. The Fitch children are finally safe, after they and their friends were rescued from the grim orphanage Reed House by Minnie and Billy Marshall. Their children's home Marshall's is full of love and laughter, and a world away from their terrible ordeal of being sold to Una Reed for...

Ten-year-old Jack Larkin has seen more than his fair share of shocking sights, growing up in the notorious Crown Saloon. Broken hearts and broken bones are just a fact of life in a Gin Palace, but for orphan Dolly, the Crown is her last hope. After the death of her mother, Dolly ran away from her sleazy stepfather Arthur, only to find herself living on the streets. When Jack discovers her hiding in the back yard of The Crown, he persuades his mother...

In a tumbledown Cornish cottage, with an alcoholic father, Colenso Carne works with the Serpentine stone from the local mine. When she catches the eye of the new factory manager, her father insists she rejects her beloved Kitto in order to marry Fenton. Forced to flee the village when Fenton turns nasty, she is taken under the wing of wise woman Mara and travels to local fairs, learning to make bonbons to pay her way. But she never gives up hope of...

Don't miss the laugh-out-loud novel of the year! Online, you can choose who you want to be. If only real life were so easy… Emma Nash may be down, but after months of wallowing, stalking her ex online and avoiding showering-because, really, who's going to care?-Emma's ready to own her newly single status, get out with her friends and chronicle her dating adventures on her private blog. But life online doesn't always run smoothly. Stumbling upon...

A city threatened by an ancient plague. A love across borders. A desperate choice that could break their worlds apart forever. When a fragment of a deadly map is recovered from a medieval plague pit in London, the Mapwalker team must cross over into the Borderlands once more. In a race against time, they must find the remaining pieces of the map in a journey across long-lost cities before the Shadow Cartographers wield it against Earthside in a devastating...

When her violent stepfather meets a tragic end, Violet Clancy feels justice has been done. Looking around the pitiless Black Country town of Wednesbury, she realises that there are many other wrongs that she could help to put right. Joining a coterie of women who call themselves 'The Wednesbury Wives,' Violet and her friends soon set about winning justice for the abused. But will their friendships survive when some of their good deeds are brought...

Previously published as Dreadmarrow Thief, Book One of The Conjurer Fellstone Trilogy, by Marjory Kaptanoglu) "Excellent!" -Kirkus Reviews When a dangerous conjurer has her father killed, locksmith's apprentice Tessa and her companions embark on a perilous quest to bring him back to life… "For those who enjoyed Harry Potter but who seek a feisty, determined female protagonist." -Midwest Book Review Tessa, who blames herself for actions that led...

There's nothing sexy about her humdrum life as a mum. But is her husband's crazy scheme a bit too exciting? Sarah's mind-numbing housewife existence is turning her brain to mush. With her third bun in the oven, this British mum is drowning under a mountain of playdates, bills, and head lice checks. But her man's get-rich-quick idea of writing steamy novels isn't her ideal way to dial up life's passion. Drew desperately wants a break from Sarah's whinging....

A stunning, exciting story from acclaimed author Dan Smith - author of the Carnegie Medal-nominated Nisha's War. Berlin, 1961. Anja and Monika are best friends – they even share a cat called Otto. When a huge barbed wire fence is built between their apartment blocks, everything changes; their city and family are divided by the Berlin Wall. In the West, Anja is sure it will be taken down, but Monika is afraid. Her world is changing: neighbours...