Nicola Davies - Whale Boy
Fiction 9+
265 pages
Michael has never seen a whale - at least, not a real one. Everyone knows they disappeared from the waters around the little island of Liberty years ago.
But then a mysterious stranger comes to Liberty and offers Michael what he's always dreamed of: his very own boat. All he has to do in return is help the stranger find the whales - and promise to never tell a soul. Michael is about to learn that sometimes dreams come at a price.
Terry Deary - The Silver Hand
Fiction 9+
282 pages
It's 1918 and the Great War is entering its final phase. In northern France, young Aimee has just found out that her mother is part of a spy network working with the British. After reluctantly befriending Marius, a German boy who has been left behind by his countrymen, she must try to help him get back behind German lines while evading a traitor she has helped to discover.
Helen Dennis - River of Ink: Genesis
Fiction 9+
357 pages
When a mystery teenage boy emerges from the River Thames drenched, distressed and unable to remember anything about himself, he becomes the focus of worldwide media speculation. Unable to communicate, the River Boy is given paper and a pencil and begins to scribble.
Soon a symbol emerges, but the boy has no idea why he has drawn it even thought it's the only clue to the mystery of his identity. As the boy begins to build a new life under a new name, the hunt for his real identity begins.
HL Dennis - Secret Breakers: The Power of Three
Fiction 9+
324 pages
When Brodie Bray receives a coded message through the post her life changes for ever. She's drawn into a secret code and cipher society trying to crack the most complicated code in the world. Together with her new friends, Brodie must break the rules to break the code.