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Knights Of Media Vivi Conway and the Sword of Legend
"The problem with growing up listening to bedtime stories about monsters, magic and myth is that you don't really question it when a lake summons you..." The lake has been calling to twelve-year-old Vivi Conway. On the day she and her Mams will move from Wales to London, she sneaks out to investigate what is calling her there. Instead of a quiet swim, she finds Excalibur (much smaller than she expected), a ferocious monster (much scarier in real life than in her mythology books), a new friend (which she doesn't want at all) called Dara and a ghostly dog named Gelert (who can talk). Gelert insists that Vivi is part of a magical group of children who share the souls of witches from legend and must protect the world from being taken over by the evil King Arawn of the Otherworld. Oh, and now she can magically control water. With a little extra help from spiky Stevie and sweet-hearted Chia, can Vivi be brave enough to embrace true friendship and her magical destiny to help protect the world from evil? The first book in a fantastical series that combines a quest for magic and friendship with Welsh mythology and a pinch of science, all within a contemporary setting.
£7.99
Hodder & Stoughton Make You Mine This Christmas: 'The queer Christmas rom-com I've been waiting for' LAURA KAY
'Joyous, funny and full of warm, relatable characters, this is the queer Christmas rom-com I've been waiting for' LAURA KAYAfter the year from hell, Haf is ready to blow off steam at a Christmas party. A no-strings-attached kiss with a stranger under the mistletoe is just what she needs.But by the next day, rumours have spread. Everyone believes she and Christopher are madly in love and spending the festive season with his family in the English countryside. To save her new friend from embarrassment - and with no better plans of her own - Haf agrees to go along with the ruse.Until she meets Kit: Christopher's mysterious, magnetic and utterly irresistible sister.She can't possibly fall for her fake boyfriend's sister this Christmas . . . can she?*****'The perfect cosy Christmas read - sexy, sweet and smart' KIRAN MILLWOOD HARGRAVE'Cosy, Christmassy and wonderfully queer' KATE DAVIES'Joyous' LILY LINDON'A thoroughly modern love story filled with joy, inappropriate Christmas jumpers and a daring reindeer rescue. I adored it' TANYA BYRNE'An adorable Christmas novel filled with terrible schemes, a grand ball and one very horrible goose' KAT DUNN'Easily one of the best rom-coms I've ever read. Funny, sweet and emotionally satisfying. Filled with characters you'll fall in love with and dreamy Christmas moments - it's a festive delight!' CHLOE TIMMS
£9.99
Unbound Stim: An Autistic Anthology
Around one in one hundred people in the UK are autistic, and the saying goes that if you've met one autistic person, you've met one autistic person. Autistic people's personalities, differences and experiences outweigh the diagnostic criteria that link them, yet stereotypes persist and continue to inform a fundamental misunderstanding of what it is to be autistic.Rarely do autistic people get a chance to speak for themselves, but this insightful and eye-opening collection of essays, fiction and visual art showcases the immense talents of eighteen of the world's most exciting autistic writers and artists.Stim invites the reader into the lives and minds of the contributors, and asks them to recognise the challenges of being autistic in a non-autistic world. Inspired by a desire to place the conversation around autism back into autistic hands, editor Lizzie Huxley-Jones has brought together humorous, honest and hopeful pieces that explore the many facets of being autistic.
£9.99
Scholastic Sir David Attenborough
David Attenborough: explorer, broadcaster, natural historian. Explore the beauty of the world we inhabit with national treasure, David Attenborough. A Life Story: This gripping series throws the reader directly into the lives of modern society's most influential figures. With striking black-and-white illustration along with timelines and never-heard-before facts. Also in A LIFE STORY series: Alan Turing Andy Murray Captain Tom Moore Emma Raducanu Kamala Harris Katherine Johnson Queen Elizabeth Rosalind Franklin Serena Williams Stephen Hawking Tom Daley
£6.63
Hot Key Books Hits Different
Cassie needs a change.She's in a job she hates, dating a guy who couldn't care less about her, and secretly dreaming of making her dance ambitions a reality. But that's all they are, dreams. Because no way could she actually do it . . . right?But then an opportunity to dance on tour with a global superstar presents itself and Cassie decides to give it a shot. Jetting off for a hot summer in Ibiza, her dreams seem closer than ever, and so does real love. Levi, the guy she keeps bumping into, sees and uplifts her in a way no one else ever has. If only Cassie could believe in herself like he does, she might find that life hits different when you learn to love yourself first . . .A sizzling summer romance from Love Island star Tasha Ghouri and Lizzie Huxley-Jones, perfect for fans of Emily Henry and Talia Hibbert!
£9.04