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YA & CHILDREN’S LIST 2011: CONTENTS
C. J. DAUGHERTY……………………….3
DAVE LOWE……………………………...4
A. J. CAMERON…………………...……..5
ADAM PERROTT………………………...6
S. B. HAYES……………………………….7
LUCY JONES……………………………..9
CATHY CASSIDY………………………...10
ROB STEVENS………………………......13
PHIL EARLE……………………………...14
MICHELLE HARRISON………………….15
JOHN CONNOLLY……………………….16
JENNA BURTENSHAW…………………17
HELEN GRANT…………………………...18
CARMEN REID……………………………19
Darley Anderson: MD
Madeleine Buston: Deputy MD & Children’s Book Agent
Peter Colegrove: Financial Director
Clare Wallace: Rights Manager
Mary Darby: Rights Assistant
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YOUNG ADULT
DÉBUT
C. J. Daugherty
NIGHT SCHOOL
‘THE SECRET HISTORY FOR THE YA AUDIENCE’ The Bookseller
A DARK INTRODUCTION TO THE CIMMERIA ACADEMY, A PSYCHOLOGICAL
SUSPENSE THILLER
UK & COMMONWEALTH RIGHTS PRE-EMPTED BY ATOM / LITTLE, BROWN
IN A MAJOR DEAL AND SET TO BE THEIR FLAGSHIP TITLE FOR 2012
When everyone is lying to you, who do you trust?
Allie Sheridan’s world is falling apart. Her brother has run away from home and she’s just been arrested. Again.
This time her parents have finally had enough. They cut her off from her friends and send her away to a boarding
school for problem teenagers.
But Cimmeria Academy is no ordinary school. Its rules are strangely archaic. It allows no computers or phones. Its
students are an odd mixture of the gifted, the tough and the privileged. And then there’s the secretive Night School,
a secret society whose activities other students are forbidden to even mention.
Following the death of one of the students at the summer ball, Allie begins to discover that the school and her family
are involved in something much darker than she ever imagined.
Why did Allie’s parents lie to her? Who are her enemies? What’s really going on at Cimmeria Academy?
UK Publication: 5th January 2012
110,000 words
WORLD RIGHTS: Darley Anderson Agency (Madeleine Buston)
UK & COMMONWEALTH: Little, Brown / Atom (Samantha Smith)
FRENCH: Robert Laffont
C. J. Daugherty is a writer and editor, and has written for Reuters, the Dallas Morning News and the New York
Times. She is best known for her books about Ireland and Paris for Frommers (published by Wiley) and has
co-written books with her husband, the writer and filmmaker Jack Jewers. They recently co-wrote the book
IRELAND DAY-BY-DAY, which was published in 2010. Christi is now a dedicated writer of young adult fiction and
is currently working on the second book in the NIGHT SCHOOL series, STRANGE AS ANGELS.
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CHILDREN’S 6-8
DÉBUT
MY
HAMSTER
IS A ...
Dave Lowe
INTRODUCING ‘STINKY AND JINKS’
By
Dave Lowe
FUN TALES OF FRIENDSHIP, BRAVERY AND A HAMSTER
WITH AN ATTITUDE PROBLEM
MY HAMSTER IS A GENIUS
Unlike his hamster, Ben Jinks is no genius. So when ‘Stinky’, who cannot only talk but has an attitude problem,
offers to help with Ben’s homework, everyone is stunned by his sudden improvement.
But when his suspicious maths teacher, Beardy McCreedy, accuses Ben of cheating everything starts to go horribly
wrong. It takes brains, courage, a little bit of wisdom, and the best pet in the world to put things right.
UK Publication: Autumn 2012
WORLD RIGHTS: Darley Anderson Agency (Madeleine Buston)
UK & COMMONWEALTH: Templar Publishing (Helen Boyle)
8,000 words
FRENCH: Pocket Jeunesse
GERMAN: Baumhaus
MY HAMSTER IS AN ASTRONAUT
Ben announces he is going to make a rocket out of two empty baked bean tins for his school science competition.
With Stinky as captain inside Ben’s home-made rocket, and a big cash prize at stake, what can possibly go wrong?
But Edward Eggington, their arch-enemy, enters the competition and has ideas of his own. Will Stinky ever make it
back down to Earth? And who will win the big cash prize?
WORLD RIGHTS: Darley Anderson Agency (Madeleine Buston)
UK & COMMONWEALTH: Templar Publishing (Helen Boyle)
FRENCH: Pocket Jeunesse
GERMAN: Baumhaus
MY HAMSTER IS A SPY
When the Jinks’ home is burgled everything is stolen except for Stinky, Ben’s talking hamster. Stinky describes the
burglars and to Ben’s horror he realises he knows exactly who they are.
Together Ben and Stinky hatch a plan but can they catch the burglars? Watch out for talking penguins and a suspect
Beardy McCreedy to find out!
WORLD RIGHTS: Darley Anderson Agency (Madeleine Buston)
UK & COMMONWEALTH: Templar Publishing (Helen Boyle)
FRENCH: Pocket Jeunesse
GERMAN: Baumhaus
Dave Lowe has lived and worked around the world. He taught English for four years in a high school for
disadvantaged kids in Istanbul, and has worked in Malaysia and Australia. He’s 36, married with two daughters aged
6 and 3, and is currently working as the manager of an English language school. He wrote a children’s novel for his
English degree in creative writing and was awarded 1st class honours. He also had a pet hamster when he was
younger, but he didn’t talk so much.
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CHILDREN’S 9-12
DÉBUT
A. J. Cameron
LIGHTNING CATCHER:
THE GLOBE OF DEADLY STORMS
LIGHTNING
CATCHER THE GLOBE OF
DEADLY
STORMS
By
A. J. Cameron
HARPERCOLLINS / GREENWILLOW BOOKS ACQUIRE
NORTH AMERICAN RIGHTS IN A SIGNIFICANT SIX-FIGURE DEAL
FIRST IN A SERIES OF FOUR BOOKS, A HIGH-OCTANE ADVENTURE
BURSTING WITH ACTION
You know something is seriously wrong when it starts raining newts and frogs...
11 year-old Angus McFangus believes that his parents are boring civil servants, but one stormy night his world is
turned upside down when he is mysteriously whisked away to the island of Imbur to become an apprentice at the
Perilous Exploratorium for Weather and Vicious Storms.
At Perilous, the world’s most dangerous weather is studied to protect mankind from its ravages. There, Angus
discovers that his parents are actually famous Lightning Catchers who have been kidnapped by the villainous
Scabious Dankhart. Dankhart wants to find the secret Lightning Vaults hidden somewhere within Perilous, in order to
unleash an unending storm.
With the help of his new friends, Dougal Dewsnap and Indigo Midnight, Angus intends to stop him. Along the way,
Angus learns that he is a Storm-Prophet: someone with the rare ability to predict catastrophic weather. Angus
battles through blizzards in the Weather Tunnel, dodges lightning bolts in the Lightnarium and fends off an attack of
Fog Mites!
Will Angus find his parents in time or will Scabious Dankhart achieve world domination?
US Publication: 2012
80,000 words
WORLD RIGHTS: Darley Anderson Agency (Madeleine Buston)
NORTH AMERICAN: HarperCollins / Greenwillow Books (Virginia Duncan)
UK & COMMONWEALTH: On offer
A. J. Cameron has had several short stories and teen romances published under her maiden name, but the
Lightning Catcher series marks an exciting new direction for this highly talented and entertaining storyteller.
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CHILDREN’S 8-12
DÉBUT
Adam Perrott
WHAT ARE THE ODDS?
WHAT ARE
THE ODDS?
By
Adam Perrott
WINNER OF THE UK’S BERYL BAINBRIDGE AWARD
INTRODUCING THE ODDS - A FUNNY FAMILY OF MISCHIEVOUS MEDDLERS
Have you ever put down a drink, gone to do something else, and come back to find the drink is nowhere to
be seen?
WHAT ARE THE ODDS? tells the story of a family of Meddlers (or Professional Pranksters) who delight in making
Mischief. Their job is to make life as miserable as possible for the people around them by playing pranks and tricks
on them. They are called the Odds. The Odd family — Mrs Odd, Mr Odd and the twins, Edgar and Elsie — love this
work and aren’t happy at all when they meet their match in the Plopwells.
Mr and Mrs Plopwell are a seemingly unflappable couple whose dastardly plans include bulldozing the Odd’s home
to make way for their monstrous Mega Market.
Can the Odds find a way to prank the Plopwells or will they end up looking like a bunch of goody-goodies?
UK Publication: August 2012
16,000 words
WORLD RIGHTS: Darley Anderson Agency (Madeleine Buston)
UK & COMMONWEALTH: Stripes Publishing (Jane Harris)
Adam Perrott is a former bookseller who is now a stay-at-home dad. In between looking after his two young
children he also writes jokes for professional comedians. Last year, his début EERIE DEIRDRE DARKLY won the
inaugural BERYL BAINBRIDGE AWARD FOR A FIRST TIME AUTHOR at The People’s Book Prize. WHAT ARE
THE ODDS? is the first in a planned series about the Odd family.
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YOUNG ADULT
DÉBUT
S. B. Hayes
POISON HEART
A CHILLING PSYCHOLOGICAL SUSPENSE STORY
COMBINED WITH TEEN ROMANCE
A STUNNING DÉBUT IN THE VEIN OF REBECCA JAMES’ BEAUTIFUL MALICE
An idle glance through the window of a bus changes everything for Katy Rivers.
A mysterious girl, with luminous green eyes, stares back and from that moment on she haunts Katy and appears to
know her every move, even what she is thinking. What is the strange connection between them? And what is the
power of the emerald pendant which the girl bestows on her?
‘I’m everything you’re not and I’m going to take over your life… I’m your worst nightmare.’
These chilling words mean that Katy is gradually backed into a corner, alienated from everyone she holds dear, even
her own mother. Only her best friend Luke, keeps faith and together they must find a way to defeat the girl who is
determined that she will be with Katy...even until death.
POISON HEART combines psychological suspense with teen romance and makes for a thoroughly chilling
read.
UK Publication: February 2012
319 typescript pages
WORLD RIGHTS: Darley Anderson Agency (Madeleine Buston)
UK & COMMONWEALTH: Quercus (Roisin Heycock)
CROATIAN: Leo Commerce
DUTCH: Van Goor / Unieboek
FRENCH: Robert Laffont
GERMAN: DTV
NORWEGIAN: Aschehoug
PORTUGUESE: Civilizacao
PORTUGUESE (BRAZIL): Bertrand Brasil
RUSSIAN: AST
SPANISH: Maeva Ediciones
S. B. Hayes went to a Catholic convent school in Crosby, Merseyside, where she spent her time daydreaming. She
studied English at university but left to pen push for the Civil Service and then for an insurance company. A spell as
an earth mother to her three sons followed, when she also did voluntary work with children and teenagers. Her time
is currently spent working for the family business, an oil and chemical consultancy firm, although she often escapes
for long walks by the sea with her husband. She enjoys DIY, flea markets and eating chocolate.
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YOUNG ADULT
S. B. Hayes
THE HALFWAY HOUSE
THE
HALFWAY
HOUSE
By
S. B. Hayes
THE SECOND GRIPPING PSYCHOLOGICAL
SUSPENSE THRILLER FROM THE AUTHOR OF POISON HEART
ACQUIRED BY QUERCUS AT AUCTION IN A SIGNIFICANT TWO-BOOK DEAL
‘It’s a strange thing to admit, but dying was probably the most interesting thing to have ever happened to
me.’
Sinead is obsessed with time and believes it is slipping through her fingers. Could it be true that death, which almost
claimed her as a baby, is catching up with her?
When Sinead’s destructive older brother goes missing, he leaves behind a series of clues that she feels compelled to
follow. They lead her to Benedict House, a medieval manor house steeped in legend. A place where, inexplicably,
time seems to slow down.
Sinead believes that this is a halfway house for troubled teenagers and she will find her brother here. She never
dreams that she will also fall in love. With each step of her search Sinead is shown a different concept of life after
death - from the cave of Saint Patrick to the doomed lovers of Greek mythology, Orpheus and Eurydice. Could this
be some kind of test?
Sinead’s life hangs in the balance; can she find her one true love in a place where time has no meaning?
UK Publication: February 2013
314 typescript pages
WORLD RIGHTS: Darley Anderson Agency (Madeleine Buston)
UK & COMMONWEALTH: Quercus (Roisin Heycock)
DUTCH: Van Goor / Unieboek
GERMAN: DTV
PORTUGUESE: Civilizacao
PORTUGUESE (BRAZIL): Bertrand Brasil
SPANISH: Maeva Ediciones
Previous title: POISON HEART: CROATIAN: Leo Commerce; DUTCH: Van Goor / Unieboek; FRENCH: Robert
Laffont; GERMAN: DTV; NORWEGIAN: Aschehoug; PORTUGUESE: Civilizacao; PORTUGUESE (BRAZIL):
Bertrand Brasil; RUSSIAN: AST; SPANISH: Maeva Ediciones
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CHILDREN’S 8-12
DÉBUT
Lucy Jones
THE NIGHTMARE FACTORY
THE FIRST IN AN IMAGINATIVE NEW SERIES
A THRILLING ADVENTURE ABOUT A BOY WHO IS STOLEN FROM HIS
DREAM AND HELD PRISONER IN THE PLACE WHERE NIGHTMARES ARE
MADE...
There’s a secret you need to know. A secret about how nightmares are made. Welcome to THE NIGHTMARE
FACTORY.
Andrew and Poppy Lake thought they were safe in their own beds. They were wrong.
Stolen from their dreams by an unknown force, they wake up trapped in a strange world parallel to our own.
There, the evil Vesuvius rules over the Nightmare Factory with his army of Shadowmares, extracting fear from
children to create nightmares all over the earth.
But Vesuvius wants more. He wants power. He wants ANDREW.
Nowhere is safe… not even your dreams.
UK publication: 3rd May 2012; Sequel Autumn 2012
250 typescript pages
Praise for Lucy Jones:
‘She is a young writer of immense talent...The Nightmare Factory had me completely hooked from beginning to end,
and I just know it will have the same thrilling effect on all the children who delve into the amazing world Lucy has
created…’
Sarah Lilly, Senior Editor, Orchard Books
WORLD RIGHTS: Darley Anderson Agency (Madeleine Buston)
UK & COMMONWEALTH: Orchard Books (Sarah Lily)
Lucy Jones is a writer living in East Devon. As a child she was fascinated by the supernatural, snakes and anything
with eight legs. (In fact, she still is... no surprise she went on to write horror stories!) After completing her A levels,
she set about fulfilling her lifelong ambition of becoming a children’s author. She has attended an Arvon course at
Toleigh Barton and is a longstanding member of SCBWI. She has been writing short stories for fun since she was 12
although THE NIGHTMARE FACTORY is her first official novel, which bizarrely came to her in the form of a dream.
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CHILDREN’S 9-11
Cathy Cassidy
CHOCOLATE BOX GIRLS:
MARSHMALLOW SKYE
THE SUMPTUOUS SEQUEL IN THE DELICIOUS CHOCOLATE BOX GIRLS
SERIES BY THE BESTSELLING QUEEN OF TEEN 2010
EACH SISTER HAS A DIFFERENT STORY TO TELL, WHICH ONE WILL BE
YOUR FAVOURITE?
Skye wants to be her own person; but with an effortlessly cool twin, how can she?
Skye and Summer Tanberry are identical twins, and Skye loves her sister more than anything else in the world.
They do everything together but lately Skye’s been feeling like second best - it’s the story of her life. And when her
friend Alfie confesses he’s fallen for Summer, and not her, it hurts.
Will Skye ever step out of Summer's shadow and find her own chance to shine?
UK Publication: 1st September 2011
www.cathycassidy.com
304 pages
Praise for Cathy Cassidy:
‘Touching, tender and unforgettable.’
The Guardian
‘When comparisons with Jacqueline Wilson are made I normally take them with a pinch of salt but Cathy Cassidy
genuinely deserves such an accolade.’
The Bookseller
‘Where Wilson’s characters have begun to feel stereotypical, Cassidy’s have real heart, and subtly encourage the
readers to abandon their preconceptions.’
Sunday Telegraph
WORLD RIGHTS: Darley Anderson Agency (Darley Anderson) FRENCH: Nathan
UK & COMMONWEALTH: Puffin (Amanda Punter)
INDONESIAN: UFUK
Previous title: CHOCOLATE BOX GIRLS: CHERRY CRUSH: FINNISH: WSOY; FRENCH: Nathan; INDONESIAN:
UFUK; PORTUGUESE: Civilizacao; SERBIAN: Leo Commerce
Cathy Cassidy lives in Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland, with her husband, two children, three cats, two rabbits and a
mad hairy lurcher called Kelpie. She has had massive success with her books for older readers, which include
SCARLETT, SUNDAE GIRL, LUCKY STAR, GINGERSNAPS and ANGEL CAKE.
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CHILDREN’S 7+
Cathy Cassidy
STRIKE A POSE, DAIZY STAR
THE THIRD SUPER-SWEET STORY IN THE STELLAR ‘DAIZY STAR’ SERIES
CATHY’S BOOKS ARE TRANSLATED INTO 17 DIFFERENT LANGUAGES
Daizy's finally found her star quality - modelling!
Will Dad's latest crazy scheme ruin her big break? Can Daizy save her family from becoming castaways on a remote
island AND discover how to be a top model in time for the class fashion show? Or will she be one big catwalk
catastrophe...?!
UK Publication: June 2011
www.cathycassidy.com
192 pages
Praise for Cathy’s novels for older readers:
‘Touching, tender and unforgettable’
The Guardian
‘Cathy Cassidy is fast becoming the brightest star on the chick-lit radar’
mykindaplace.com
‘Cathy Cassidy… is way better than Jacqueline Wilson’
Courtney, aged 10
WORLD RIGHTS: Darley Anderson Agency (Darley Anderson)
UK & COMMONWEALTH: Puffin (Amanda Punter)
Previous titles:
DAIZY STAR AND THE PINK GUITAR: GERMAN: Klopp; POLISH: Akapit Press; PORTUGUESE: Civilizacao
SHINE ON, DAIZY STAR: UK & COMMONWEALTH RIGHTS: Puffin; GERMAN: Klopp; PORTUGUESE: Civilizacao;
POLISH: Akapit Press; SERBIAN: Leo Commerce
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CHILDREN’S 8-12
Cathy Cassidy
Previous titles:
LETTERS TO CATHY: A true collection of all the questions tween girls ever wanted to ask…
answered by Cathy Cassidy! UK & COMMONWEALTH: Puffin. UK Publication: 1st October 2009; 264 pages
ANGEL CAKE: A heart-warming and delightful story about belonging, integration and trusting those
who want the best for you. UK & COMMONWEALTH: Puffin; POLISH: Akapit Press; SERBIAN: Leo
Commerce. UK Publication: 2nd June 2009; 256 pages
GINGERSNAPS: A book about trust, hope, companionship, courage, and the secrets we hide to be
‘normal’. Most of all it follows a young girl’s realisation that the important people will love you for who you are,
no matter what. UK & COMMONWEALTH: Puffin; CZECH: BB Art; ESTONIAN: Varrak; SERBIAN: Leo
Commerce. UK Publication: 26th June 2008; 240 pages
LUCKY STAR: Cathy’s first ever hardback is a book about friendship, family, fear, and fighting back
against injustice to find the magic in life. A rollercoaster ride of drama, love and glad-to-be-alive happiness. UK
& COMMONWEALTH: Puffin; BULGARIAN: Fiut; MACEDONIAN: IKONA; PORTUGUESE (BRAZIL):
Fundamento; SERBIAN: Leo Commerce. UK Publication: 2nd August 2007; 210 pages
SUNDAE GIRL: No.6 on The Sunday Times Bestseller List; a Richard and Judy Best Kids Book Ever.
Funny, sweet and sad by turns, this is a story of magic, mayhem and dreams. No matter how crazy your
parents are, people will love you for who you are. UK & COMMONWEALTH: Puffin; CZECH: BB ART;
MACEDONIAN: IKONA; PORTUGUESE: Civilizacao; PORTUGUESE (BRAZIL): Fundamento; SERBIAN: Leo
Commerce. UK Publication: 5th April 2007; 240 pages
SCARLETT: The story of a hurt and angry girl who is transformed into someone brave and amazing,
finding love and magic along the way. UK & COMMONWEALTH: Puffin; NORTH AMERICAN: Viking
Children’s Books; BULGARIAN: Fiut; CZECH: BB Art; JAPANESE: Kaiseisha Ltd; PORTUGUESE:
Civilizacao; PORTUGUESE (BRAZIL): Fundamento; SERBIAN: Leo Commerce. UK Publication: 1st June
2006; 240 pages
DRIFTWOOD: A tender-hearted story full of the inevitable twists and uncertainties of friendships being
tested. UK & COMMONWEALTH: Puffin; NORTH AMERICAN: Viking Children’s Books; BULGARIAN: Fiut;
CHINESE (COMP.): Interminds Publishing; CZECH: BB Art; MACEDONIAN: IKONA; POLISH: Swiat Ksiazki;
PORTUGUESE: Civilizacao; PORTUGUESE (BRAZIL): Fundamento; SERBIAN: Leo Commerce. UK
Publication: 1st September 2005; 240 pages
INDIGO BLUE: This is a powerful, moving and tender book about love, family, sticking together in a
crisis - and what it feels like to get the blues. UK & COMMONWEALTH: Puffin; NORTH AMERICAN: Viking
Children’s Books; CHINESE (COMP.): Interminds Publishing; CZECH: BB Art; LATVIAN: Zvaigzne;
MACEDONIAN: IKONA; POLISH: Swiat Ksiazki; PORTUGUESE: Civilizacao; PORTUGUESE (BRAZIL):
Fundamento; SERBIAN: Leo Commerce. UK Publication: 27th January 2005; 192 pages
DIZZY: Sold in a dramatic auction for a high six figure deal. UK & COMMONWEALTH: Puffin; NORTH
AMERICAN: Viking Children’s Books; CHINESE (COMP.): Interminds Publishing; CZECH: BB Art; DUTCH:
Van Goor; ESTONIAN: Varrak; LATVIAN: Zvaigzne; MACEDONIAN: IKONA; POLISH: Swiat Ksiazki;
PORTUGUESE: Civilizacao; PORTUGUESE (BRAZIL): Fundamento; SERBIAN: Leo Commerce. UK
Publication: 3rdJune 2004; 210 pages
www.cathycassidy.com
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ADVENTURE 8+
Rob Stevens
S.T.I.N.K.B.O.M.B.: DEEP TROUBLE
THE SECOND EXPLOSIVE ADVENTURE IN THE ADRENALINE
FUELLED COMIC SERIES FEATURING ARCHIE HUNT
ROB STEVENS IS THE AUTHOR OF THE MAPMAKER’S MONSTERS SERIES,
SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2009 WATERSTONE’S CHILDREN’S BOOK PRIZE
S.T.I.N.K.B.O.M.B. (Secret Team of Intrepid-Natured Kids Battling Odious Masterminds, Basically) is the high
octane story of 12 year-old Archie Hunt, recruited to protect the Prime Minister’s son.
As London prepares to host the annual Student Games, teen agents Archie, Barney and Gemma have a new
undercover mission.
Their brief is to protect the Prime Minister’s son, who’s competing in the games, from the government’s arch-enemy
Evelyn Tension. With her face-mapping-quick-drying-liquid-latex-mask gun she has the power to change her
appearance with a squeeze of the trigger. Will S.T.I.N.K.B.O.M.B. be able to keep her at (bionic) arm’s length?
Get ready for the ultimate face-off!
UK Publication: 1st March 2012
www.robstevens.co.uk
256 pages
Praise for S.T.I.N.K.B.O.M.B.:
‘Anyone and everyone will enjoy reading this.’
mrripleysenchantedbooks.blogspot.com
‘Great adventures, satisfyingly wicked villains, likeable heroes and a delightful combination of slapstick and thrills.
Roll on the next volume.’
www.thebookbag.co.uk
WORLD RIGHTS: Darley Anderson Agency (Madeleine Buston)
UK & COMMONWEALTH: Macmillan (Emma Young)
Previous titles:
S.T.I.N.K.B.O.M.B.: UK & COMMONWEALTH: Macmillian; GERMAN: Baumhaus
THE MAPMAKER’S MONSTERS: THE VAMPANTHER ATTACK: UK & COMMONWEALTH: Macmillian;
GERMAN: Boje Verlag; PORTUGUESE: Civilizacao; PORTUGUESE (BRAZIL): Bertrand Brasil;
SPANISH: Random House Mondadori
THE MAPMAKER’S MONSTERS: BEWARE THE BUFFALOGRE: UK & COMMONWEALTH: Macmillian;
GERMAN: Boje Verlag; ITALIAN: Piemme; POLISH: Stentor; PORTUGUESE: Civilizacao; PORTUGUESE
(BRAZIL): Bertrand Brasil; ROMANIAN: Corint Junior; SPANISH: Random House Mondadori
Rob Stevens is a British Airways pilot who writes between flights in hotel rooms all over the world. THE
MAPMAKER'S MONSTERS was his first series for children. When at home, he lives in Dorset with his wife and two
young children.
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COMING OF AGE
Phil Earle
SAVING DAISY
SHORTLISTED FOR THE SOUTHERN SCHOOLS AWARD, LEWISHAM BOOKS
AWARD AND COVENTRY INSPIRATION BOOK AWARDS
‘A TOTAL PAGE-TURNER… SPIKY, BRAVE AND COMPASSIONATE’
‘IT MOVED ME TO TEARS’
Jenny Downham
Jacqueline Wilson
LOSING LOVE. FIGHTING GUILT. SEEKING HOPE.
Daisy's mum is gone. Her dad refuses to talk about it. As far as Daisy's concerned, it's all her fault. As her life starts
to spiral out of control, panic leads to tragedy and Daisy's left alone.
But sometimes the kindness of a stranger can turn things around. A stranger who desperately wants to save Daisy.
If she'll only let herself be saved…
A powerful and moving story linked to Phil Earle’s critically acclaimed début book, BEING BILLY.
UK Publication: January 2012
288 pages
Praise for Phil Earle:
‘Moving and powerful, I loved it.’
‘Gritty, authentic writing with a heart.’
‘...it is both empathetic and hopeful.’
‘Fresh and authentic, this is a brilliant page-turner.’
WORLD RIGHTS: Darley Anderson Agency (Madeleine Buston)
UK & COMMONWEALTH: Penguin / Puffin (Shannon Park)
Sophie McKenzie
Helen Masterton, Scholastic, Australia
Children’s Book of the Week, The Sunday Times
Bookseller ONES TO WATCH
GERMAN: Carlsen
Previous title: BEING BILLY: WORLD RIGHTS: Darley Anderson Agency (Madeleine Buston);
UK & COMMONWEALTH: Puffin (Shannon Park); GERMAN: Carlsen
Phil Earle was born in Hull and only managed to escape at the age of 23. After training as a drama therapist he
worked in a therapeutic community in London which cared for multiple abused adolescents, before changing tack
completely, choosing a marginally more sedate life as a children’s bookseller. It was here that he developed an
obsession for kids literature, in particular young adult fiction. He is now Sales Director at Simon & Schuster
Children’s Books.
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CHILDREN’S FANTASY
Michelle Harrison
THE 13 SECRETS
THE THIRD TITLE IN THE AWARD WINNING THE 13 TREASURES SERIES;
WATERSTONE’S CHILDREN’S BOOK PRIZE WINNER 2009
SHORTLISTED FOR THE INDEPENDENT BOOKSELLERS AWARD 2011
OVER 100,000 COPIES SOLD IN THE UK
Red is now living at Elvesden Manor under her real name, Rowan, and trying to put the past behind her. But staying
on the straight and narrow isn’t as easy as she had hoped… Hounded by those who would like her to participate
once more in the changeling trade, Rowan is also haunted by dreams of the Hedgewitch’s Cottage and the chainedup Eldritch, who swore revenge when she left him there.
Her past is about to catch up with her - but can she, Tanya and Fabian prevent it from consuming her altogether?
Imaginative, magical, chilling; become enthralled by the fantasy world of THE 13 SECRETS.
UK Publication: 3rdFebruary 2011
www.michelleharrisonbooks.com
256 pages
Praise for Michelle Harrison:
‘Fantastic storytelling.’
The Sun
‘THE 13 TREASURES boils with the kind of fairy that is far worse than Puck… what could be more cheering to curl
up with?’
Amanda Craig, The Times
‘Harrison creates a genuinely menacing atmosphere and captures the teenage agony of uncertainty, as well as
keeping up a rapid pace of plot development.’
Daily Mail
WORLD RIGHTS: Darley Anderson Agency (Darley Anderson) GERMAN: Loewe
UK & COMMONWEALTH: Simon & Schuster (Venetia Gosling) HEBREW: Modan
NORTH AMERICAN: Little, Brown US
CHINESE (SIMP.): Modern & Ancient Legend
Previous titles:
THE 13 CURSES: UK & COMMONWEALTH: Simon & Schuster; NORTH AMERICAN: Little, Brown US; FINNISH: Tammi;
GERMAN: Loewe; GREECE: Livanis; HEBREW: Modan; INDONESIAN: Zahra; POLISH; Swiat Ksiazki; PORTUGUESE
(BRAZIL); Bertrand Brasil
THE 13 TREASURES: UK & COMMONWEALTH: Simon & Schuster; NORTH AMERICAN: Little, Brown US; DUTCH: Mynx;
FINNISH: Tammi; FRENCH: Bayard; GERMAN: Loewe; GREEK: Livanis; HEBREW: Modan; INDONESIAN: Zahra; ITALIAN:
Editrice Il Castoro; POLISH: Swiat Ksiazki; PORTUGUESE (BRAZIL); Bertrand Brasil; ROMANIAN: RAO; RUSSIAN: Eksmo;
SERBIAN: Stylos; SPANISH: Planeta
Michelle Harrison is originally from Grays in Essex, she is a keen illustrator as well as writer and now lives in
Oxfordshire with her partner. Her debut novel THE 13 TREASURES won the Waterstone's Children's Book Prize in
2009.
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CHILDREN’S 8+
John Connolly
HELL’S BELLS
SAMUEL JOHNSON V. THE DEVIL. ROUND II
HOTLY ANTICIPATED SEQUEL TO THE GATES
‘EASILY ALTERNATES AMONG SLAPSTICK COMEDY, POWERFUL DRAMA
AND SKIN CRAWLING HORROR’
Publishers Weekly
Ask not for whom the bells toll. Just start running.
Samuel Johnson - with a little help from his dachshund Boswell and a very unlucky demon named Nurd - has sent
the demons back to Hell. But the diabolical Mrs Abernathy is not one to take defeat lying down.
When she reopens the portal and sucks Samuel and Boswell down into the underworld, she brings an ice-cream van
full of dwarfs. And two policemen…
Can this eccentric gang defeat the forces of Evil? And is there life after Hell for Nurd?
UK Publication: May 2011 US Publication: October 2011 (titled: THE INFERNALS)
312 pages
Praise for THE GATES:
‘Brilliant. I loved every word of it… delightfully horrific and hilarious.’
Eoin Colfer
'Destined to be another runaway success.'
Sunday Independent
‘This is a winner. I loved it.’
Norman Goldmann, Barnes & Noble
‘This could very easily be the most enjoyable book you will read this year.’
WORLD RIGHTS: Darley Anderson (Darley Anderson)
UK & COMMONWEALTH: Hodder & Stoughton (Sue Fletcher)
NORTH AMERICAN: Atria
BULGARIAN: Prozorets
Paul Pessolano, Borders
FRENCH: L’Archipel
KOREAN: Openhouse
PORTUGUESE (BRAZIL): Bertrand Brasil
RUSSIAN: Eksmo
Previous title:
THE GATES: WORLD RIGHTS: Darley Anderson Agency; UK & COMMONWEALTH: Hodder & Stoughton;
NORTH AMERICAN: Simon & Schuster (Atria / Pocket Books); BULGARIAN: Prozorets; CZECH: BB art; CHINESE
(SIMP.): Shanghai 99 Readers Culture; FRENCH: L’Archipel; GERMAN: Random House Juvenile; GREEK:
Harlenic Hellas; INDONESIAN: Gramedia; ITALIAN: Salani (GEMS); KOREAN: Moonhakdongne Publishing Corp;
MACEDONIAN: Prosvetno Delo; POLISH: Stilo Iza Sojka; PORTUGUESE: Bertrand; PORTUGUESE (BRAZIL):
Bertrand Brasil; RUSSIAN: Eksmo; SPANISH: Ediciones B
John Connolly is the bestselling author of the Charlie Parker thriller series for adults and the stand-alone YA novel THE BOOK OF
LOST THINGS, which has now been translated into 22 languages. He was the first non US author to win the Shamus Award.
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FANTASY 12+
Jenna Burtenshaw
WINTERCRAFT: LEGACY
NORTH AMERICAN RIGHTS SOLD TO GREENWILLOW / HARPERCOLLINS IN
A SIGNIFICANT SIX-FIGURE DEAL
UK & COMMONWEALTH RIGHTS IN THE WINTERCRAFT TRILOGY SOLD TO
HEADLINE AT AUCTION
RECOMMENDED IN INDIEBOUND’S SUMMER 2011 KIDS’ INDIE NEXT LIST
FINALIST OF PEOPLE’S BOOK PRIZE 2011
Stripped of her memories, abducted and alone, Kate Winters is on a ship back to Albion in the company of the
vicious Dalliah Grey. The veil over the graveyard city is weakening. Shades are spreading through the streets, and
the Skilled are falling into madness, forced to turn upon each other to survive.
Silas Dane has escaped Dalliah’s trap upon the Continent. Now, he must hunt Kate down before she is forced to
finish her ancestors’ plan to merge the worlds of the living and the dead. He must return to Fume, defend the city he
has sworn to serve from a Continental invasion no one believes is coming, and shield it from the encroaching
darkness that lies beyond the grave.
Old secrets linger within the ancient stones of Fume’s twisting streets. Silas is torn between his duty to his country
and the price of an ally’s life, while Kate faces a terrifying choice amidst the chaos of Albion’s darkest night: one that
will shape the future of Albion, and may well cost her her soul.
LEGACY is the third book in this delightful trilogy. Filled with magic and danger, Kate’s life is on the line will she be the saviour of Albion?
UK Publication: 10th May 2012
www.wintercraft.co.uk
288 pages
Praise for Jenna Burtenshaw:
‘Huge fun and deliciously shivery’.
WORLD RIGHTS: Darley Anderson Agency (Camilla Wray)
UK & COMMONWEALTH: Headline (Hannah Shepphard)
NORTH AMERICAN: HarperCollins/Greenwillow Books (Virginia Duncan)
The Times
POLISH: Proszynski
PORTUGUESE: Civilizacao
PORTUGUESE (BRAZIL): Rocco
Previous titles:
WINTERCRAFT: BLACKWATCH: UK & COMMONWEALTH: Headline; NORTH AMERICAN: HarperCollins /
Greenwillow Books; POLISH: Proszynski; PORTUGUESE: Civilizacao; PORTUGUESE (BRAZIL): Rocco
WINTERCRAFT: UK & COMMONWEALTH: Headline; NORTH AMERICAN: HarperCollins/ Greenwillow Books;
INDONESIAN: Zahra; POLISH: Proszynski; PORTUGUESE: Civilizacao; PORTUGUESE (BRAZIL): Rocco
Jenna Burtenshaw has been writing regularly since she was nine years old. Starting with short stories and poems,
she wrote for herself and the people around her and fell in love with the process of storytelling.
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YOUNG ADULT
Helen Grant
WISH ME DEAD
THE HUGELY ANTICIPATED THIRD SPINE-TINGLING THRILLER FROM THE
AUTHOR OF THE VANISHING OF KATHARINA LINDEN
SHORTLISTED FOR THE CARNEGIE MEDAL AND THE BOOKTRUST
TEENAGE PRIZE 2009
Nobody would have taken her for a killer...
The funny thing is, I never even meant the first one… Now I bitterly regret visiting the cursed witch’s house, deep in
the middle of the forest. It’s where I made my wishes.
I wished Klara Klein dead. It came true.
I wished for the most gorgeous boy in town to finally notice me. It came true.
I wished to be rid of the poisonous busybody who destroyed my family. It came true.
I didn't mean for this to happen. Not me, Steffi Nett, the shy one who never says anything. But as the body count
increases with every wish I make… who else could it be?
UK Publication: 2nd June 2011
440 pages
Praise for Helen Grant:
‘The excellent writing, and the eschewing of anything remotely winsome or mawkish, make this an eerily subtle
literary page-turner. Wonderful.’
The Guardian
‘Well-plotted and beautifully written, it is everything a young adult novel should be.
‘For something so chilling, it is terrific entertainment.’
The Independent
Sunday Times
WORLD RIGHTS: Darley Anderson Agency (Camilla Wray) PORTUGUESE (BRAZIL): Bertrand Brasil
UK & COMMONWEALTH: Puffin (Amanda Punter)
Previous titles: THE GLASS DEMON: UK & COMMONWEALTH: Penguin / Puffin; DUTCH: De Kern; FRENCH:
Michel Lafon; GERMAN: Piper; NORTH AMERICAN: Bantam Dell; NORWEGIAN: Vendetta; PORTUGUESE
(BRAZIL): Bertrand Brasil; TURKISH: Derin Kitap
THE VANISHING OF KATHARINA LINDEN: UK & COMMONWEALTH: Puffin / Penguin; NORTH AMERICA:
Bantam Dell; DUTCH: De Kern; GERMAN: Piper; ITALIAN: Mondadori; NORWEGIAN: Vendetta; PORTUGUESE
(Brazil): Bertrand Brasil; ROMANIAN: RAO; SPANISH: Planeta; TURKISH: Derin Kitap
Helen Grant was born in London in 1964. She studied Classics at Oxford University before working in marketing.
She lived in Bad Münstereifel in the Eifel area of Germany, and now lives in Perthshire, Scotland with her husband
and two children.
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TWEEN CHICK LIT
Carmen Reid
SECRETS AT ST JUDE'S:
PARTY GIRL
THE FIFTH GLAMOROUS, HILARIOUS, HEARTWARMING NOVEL OF
MODERN BOARDING SCHOOL LIFE FROM BESTSELLING CHICK-LIT
AUTHOR CARMEN REID
THIS IS ENID BLYTON’S MALLORY TOWERS FOR 2011
‘A REAL MUST-HAVE - JUST LIKE THAT PERFECT PAIR OF SHOES!’
Kelly Hurst, Editor
The pressure's on this term for the Upper Fifths… There are new boyfriends and new parents on the scene, as well
as the dreaded summer exams. But will the girls still find time for fun, and for each other? You can bet on it!
A fantastic series full of romance and friendship - and a hefty dose of chick-lit glamour. Boarding school never looked
this good!
A theatrical tale of modern boarding school life and the friends you make along the way.
UK Publication: 4th August 2011
www.carmenreid.com
304 pages
Praise for Carmen Reid:
‘Definitely teen Chick-lit at its best!’
‘A very sweet and compelling series’
www.wonderousreads.com
www.chicklish.co.uk
WORLD RIGHTS: Darley Anderson Agency (Darley Anderson)
UK & COMMONWEALTH: Random House / Corgi Children’s (Kelly Hurst)
Previous titles:
DRAMA GIRL: UK & COMMONWEALTH: Random House / Corgi Children’s
JEALOUS GIRL: UK & COMMONWEALTH: Random House / Corgi Children’s; SPAIN: Versatil
NEW GIRL: UK & COMMONWEALTH: Random House / Corgi Children’s SPAIN: Versatil
REBEL GIRL: UK & COMMONWEALTH: Random House / Corgi Children’s
Carmen Reid is a writer, journalist and mother. She is the bestselling author of HOW WAS IT FOR YOU?, DID THE
EARTH MOVE?, THREE IN A BED, UP ALL NIGHT and THE PERSONAL SHOPPER for adult readers. The St.
Jude's series are her first titles for younger readers and they draw on her own experiences in a Scottish boarding
school.
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