The Dad Trap

The Dad Trap

Instant enemies William and Florence are horrified to find out their dads are dating each other - and are forced to work together to split them up! This fun, fizzy, celebratory adventure for readers aged 9+ is a modern, inclusive twist on The Parent Trap for readers of Jacqueline Wilson, Elle McNicoll and Benjamin Dean. When William and Florence meet on the first day of Year Six, they instantly dislike each other. William is impulsive, endlessly chatty and struggles in school. His home life is safe and predictable - just him and Dad, who adopted him as a solo parent - and that's how William likes it. Florence is sullen, cold, and everything seems to come easily to her. She's moved after her parents' divorce - but she's convinced she won't be staying long because they'll definitely get back together... But then Florence and William find out that their dads have started seeing each other. Now they must put their differences to one...
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The Elite Rebellion

The Elite Rebellion

By the year 2260, the region formerly known as the United States of America has been fully replaced by the United World Order, a warmongering nation with the half-completed goal of global domination. Within the Order's reach, citizens are separated into Classes based on their results on a Skill Assessment, determining every aspect of their lives.  Lucas Anderson comes from a Middle Class family, but a sudden Rebel attack causes his mother's job to be compromised. Jackson Jones is from a Lower Class family, where he isn't afforded a bed to sleep on or much food to eat. When surveyors for an anti-Rebel strike force known as the Elite Forces of the Council offer to hire them, they don't have much of a choice. Unfortunately for both of them, their Upper Class bully, Thomas Cook, is afforded the same offer.  Though fighting for the Council seems okay at first, their first operation goes awry. Lucas chooses his morals over his orders, sending him on the run. In response, the force begins the hunt and pins him with the largest recorded bounty in the history of the UWO. Hoping he can convince his former best friend to join him, Lucas must put together a ragtag group to stand up to the Elites and challenge the Council's control.  Loaded with compelling action, suspense, and a never-ending chase, this story will thrill readers and leave them emotionally moved. 
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The Midnight Taxi

The Midnight Taxi

When the last fare of the night turns up dead in her backseat, a Sri Lankan American taxi driver works off the clock to clear her name in this mystery novel by debut author Yosha Gunasekera.Siriwathi Perera doesn’t quite know where she’s going in life. She never expected to be a taxicab driver in New York City, struggling to make ends meet and still living with her parents at twenty-eight. The true-crime podcasts that keep Siri company as she drives don’t do much to make up for the legal career she imagined for herself, or the brother she’s grieving.When public defender Amaya Fernando gets into her cab, they make a quick connection through their shared Sri Lankan roots. Siri, whose social circle is limited to her grade-school best friend, Alex, thinks things might finally be looking up with this new potential friendship. But she’s suddenly dropped into her own true crime when she discovers her next passenger murdered in the backseat,...
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Apostle

Apostle

David Annandale

Horror / Zombies

Legitur is a world devoted to the sacred writings of the Imperial Creed. Endlessly producing mountains of scripture, it considers itself an exemplar of piety. But there are deep secrets here – undreamt of by the ruling Ecclesiarchy, hidden amongst the shadows of the towering paper hives – and one being who was born of these secrets. Cerastes, Dark Apostle of the Word Bearers, has returned to the world he once called home. Though his host has been crushed by the fearsome Palatine Aesura and her Sororitas of the Order of the Thorn, Cerastes' dark ambition is undaunted. He will have his revenge. He will resurrect the Eightfold Bane. And he will convert the world he despises to the worship of Chaos. Legitur is about to receive the Word, and it will burn with the fires of revolution.
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