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Boy in the Tower by Polly Ho-Yen
Category: Fiction
When they first arrived, they came quietly and stealthily as if they tip-toed into the world when we were all looking the other way. Ade loves living at the top of a tower block. From his window, he feels like he can see the whole world stretching out beneath him. His mum doesn't really like looking out ...Show more
Boy in the Tower by Polly Ho-Yen
Category: Young Adult Fiction
When they first arrived, they came quietly and stealthily as if they tip-toed into the world when we were all looking the other way. Ade loves living at the top of a tower block. From his window, he feels like he can see the whole world stretching out beneath him. His mum doesn't really like looking out ...Show more
Dark Lullaby by Polly Ho-Yen
Category: Sci-fi & Fantasy
For fans of Black Mirror and The Handmaid’s Tale, in Dark Lullaby a mother desperately tries to keep her family together in a society where parenting standards are strictly monitored.Kit is an ’out’, she doesn’t want children. Infertility is universal and she has witnessed the agonies of her friends and ...Show more
Fly Me Home by Polly Ho-Yen
Category: Junior Fiction
Feeling lost and alone in a strange new city, Leelu wishes she could fly away back home - her real home where her dad is, thousands of miles away. London is cold and grey and the neighbours are noisy and there's concrete everywhere. But Leelu is not alone; someone is leaving her gifts outside her house ...Show more
How I Saved the World in a Week by Polly Ho-Yen
Category: Junior Fiction
A brilliantly imagined new 8+ adventure about resilience, family and hope. Rule number one: Always be prepared . . . Billy's mum isn't like other mums. All she wants is to teach him the Rules of Survival - how to make fire, build shelter and find food. She likes to test Billy on the rules until one da ...Show more
The Boy Who Grew A Tree by Polly Ho-Yen
Category: Junior Fiction
Nature-loving Timi is unsettled by the arrival of a new sibling and turns to tending a tree growing in his local library. But there is something magical about the tree and it is growing FAST… and the library is going to close. Can Timi save the library and his tree, and maybe bring his community closer ...Show more
The Day No One Woke Up by Polly Ho-Yen
Category: Junior Fiction
An out-of-this-world middle-grade adventure about finding friendship in the most unlikely of places. From the bestselling and Waterstones Children’s Book Prize shortlisted author of BOY IN THE TOWER. Perfect for fans of Stranger Things and authors, such as Ross Welford and Lisa Thompson. Something st ...Show more
The Girl Who Became a Fish by Polly Ho-Yen; Sojung Kim-McCarthy (Illustrator)
Category: Junior Fiction
Ita is afraid of lots of things. She’s afraid of talking to her classmates at her new school. She’s afraid of walking through her new town. But most of all she is afraid of water. When one day she realises the river in her new town turns her into a fish, she is forced to face up to her fears. In doing s ...Show more
Two Sides (PB) by Polly Ho-Yen
Category: Picture Books | Series: Colour Fiction
Lula and Lenka are best friends and total opposites - Lula is a Dog Person and Lenka is a Cat Person; Lula is super messy and Lenka is neat and tidy; Lula likes talking to people and Lenka likes watching people - but together they make the perfect pair. Until The Day that Everything Goes Wrong ... and s ...Show more
Where Monsters Lie by Polly Ho-Yen
Category: Children's
The children of Mivtown have grown up hearing the legend of the monsters of the loch. But it's onsly a story - a warning to stay away from the water. Then strange things start happening in the village. Effie's rabbit Buster escapes from a locked hutch, her mum disappears without trace and slugs start to ...Show more
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